Development and preliminary validation of a self-report measure of psychopathic personality traits in noncriminal populations

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 488-524

  Lilienfeld, Scott O ^a   Andrews, Brian P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0029996445     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6603_3     Document Type: Article

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