Unraveling affective dysregulation in borderline personality disorder: A theoretical model and empirical evidence

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 186-198

  Ebner Priemer, Ulrich W ^a,b   Houben, Marlies ^c   Santangelo, Philip ^a   Kleindienst, Nikolaus ^b   Tuerlinckx, Francis ^c   Oravecz, Zita ^d,e   Verleysen, Gregory ^c   Van Deun, Katrijn ^c   Bohus, Martin ^b   Kuppens, Peter ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOOD DISORDERS;

EID: 84925824014     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000021     Document Type: Article

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