Pursuing the psychopath: Capturing the fledgling psychopath in a nomological net

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-438

  Lynam, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOPATHY;

EID: 0030850129     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.3.425     Document Type: Article

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