Borderline personality disorder symptoms in college students: The complex interplay between alexithymia, emotional dysregulation and rumination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Meaney, Rebecca ^a   Hasking, Penelope ^a,b   Reupert, Andrea ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RUMINATION; SELF REPORT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE USE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978132486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157294     Document Type: Article

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