Shame and borderline personality features: The potential mediating role of anger and anger rumination

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Peters, Jessica R ^a   Geiger, Paul J ^a   Smart, Laura M ^a   Baer, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Borderline personality disorder; Rumination; Shame

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAME; STUDENT; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHAME; STUDENTS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897742113     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/per0000022     Document Type: Article

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