Self-esteem and other-esteem in college students with borderline and avoidant personality disorder features: An experimental vignette study

Personality and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-319

  Bowles, David P ^a   Armitage, Chris J ^b   Drabble, Jennifer ^a   Meyer, Björn ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888028007     PISSN: 19328621     EISSN: 1932863X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.1230     Document Type: Article

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