Emotion Dysregulation and Affective Intensity Mediate the Relationship between Childhood Abuse and Suicide-Related Behaviors among Women with Bulimia Nervosa

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-87

  Gordon, Kathryn H ^a,b   Simonich, Heather ^b   Wonderlich, Stephen A ^b,c   Dhankikar, Swati ^c   Crosby, Ross D ^b,c   Cao, Li ^b   Kwan, Mun Yee ^a   Mitchell, James E ^b,c   Engel, Scott G ^b,c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AUTOMUTILATION; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFFECT; BULIMIA NERVOSA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958057049     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12172     Document Type: Article

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