A preliminary investigation of the construct of psychopathic personality (psychopathy) in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Lilienfeld, Scott O ^a   Gershon, Jonathan ^b   Duke, Marshall ^b   Marino, Lori ^b   De Waal, Frans B M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ETHOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033251194     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.113.4.365     Document Type: Article

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