Characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder and Disgust Sensitivity

Psychological Record

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 869-877

  Standish, Anne J ^a   Benfield, Jacob A ^a   Bernstein, Michael J ^a   Tragesser, Sarah ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Five personality; Moral disgust; Neuroticism; Pathogen disgust; Sexual disgust; Three domain disgust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919882484     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: 21633452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40732-014-0039-6     Document Type: Article

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