Ecological momentary assessment in borderline personality disorder: A review of recent findings and methodological challenges

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 555-576

  Santangelo, Philip ^a   Bohus, Martin ^b   Ebner Priemer, Ulrich W ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84907188771     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2012_26_067     Document Type: Article

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