Shame in patients with narcissistic personality disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 429-437

  Ritter, Kathrin ^a,b   Vater, Aline ^a,b,c   Rüsch, Nicolas ^d   Schröder Abé, Michela ^c   Schütz, Astrid ^e   Fydrich, Thomas ^f   Lammers, Claas Hinrich ^g   Roepke, Stefan ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g Asklepios Clinic North/Ochsenzoll   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Guilt; Implicit association test; Narcissistic personality disorder; Shame; Shame proneness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; BORDERLINE STATE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SHAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SHAME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893745711     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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