Ovarian hormones and borderline personality disorder features: Preliminary evidence for interactive effects of estradiol and progesterone

Biological Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-52

  Eisenlohr Moul, Tory A ^a   DeWall, C Nathan ^a   Girdler, Susan S ^b   Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Anger rumination; Borderline personality disorder; Estrogen; Menstrual cycle; Negative urgency; Progesterone; Rejection sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGESTERONE; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928815011     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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