Emotion dysregulation, impulsivity and personality disorder traits: A community sample study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 266, Issue , 2018, Pages 186-192

  Garofalo, Carlo ^a   Velotti, Patrizia ^b   Callea, Antonino ^c   Popolo, Raffaele ^d,e   Salvatore, Giampaolo ^d   Cavallo, Francesca ^f   Dimaggio, Giancarlo ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Center for Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy   (Italy)

^e Postgraduate Cognitive Psychotherapy Schools and Research Centres   (Italy)

^f Spinal Unit San Raffaele Sulmona Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Emotion regulation strategies; Emotional nonacceptance; Negative urgency; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY; NARCISSISM; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTION; INDEPENDENT LIVING; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INDEPENDENT LIVING; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047817844     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.067     Document Type: Article

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