The Impact of Self-Reported Childhood Trauma on Emotion Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder and Major Depression

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 384-401

  Carvalho Fernando, Silvia ^a   Beblo, Thomas ^a   Schlosser, Nicole ^a   Terfehr, Kirsten ^b   Otte, Christian ^c   Löwe, Bernd ^b   Wolf, Oliver Tobias ^d   Spitzer, Carsten ^e   Driessen, Martin ^a   Wingenfeld, Katja ^c  

^a EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e Asklepios Fachklinikum Tiefenbrunn   (Germany)

Author keywords

borderline personality disorder; childhood trauma; emotion regulation; major depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COMORBIDITY; DSM-IV; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ABUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84903553849     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2013.863262     Document Type: Article

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