Construct validity of psychopathy in a female offender sample: A multitrait-multimethod evaluation

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 576-585

  Salekin, Randall T ^a   Rogers, Richard ^b   Sewell, Kenneth W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030717656     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.4.576     Document Type: Article

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