Out of the frying pan, into the fire: Mixed affective reactions to social proximity in borderline and avoidant personality disorders in daily life

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 613-622

  Gadassi, Reuma ^a   Snir, Avigal ^a   Berenson, Kathy ^b   Downey, Geraldine ^c   Rafaeli, Eshkol ^a,d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

APD; BPD; Diary methods; Emotion regulation; Social proximity

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL REJECTION; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905586347     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036929     Document Type: Article

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