Negative interpersonal events mediate the relation between borderline features and aggressive behavior: Findings from a nonclinical sample of undergraduate women

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 254-260

  Herr, Nathaniel R ^a   Keenan Miller, Danielle ^b   Rosenthal, M Zachary ^c   Feldblum, Joseph ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Borderline personality disorder; Interpersonal functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881498355     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032212     Document Type: Article

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