Executive and memory function and its relationship to trait impulsivity and aggression in personality disordered offenders

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 503-526

  Dolan, Mairead ^a   Anderson, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Antisocial; Impulsivity; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; SPECIAL HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036934004     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958518021000019452     Document Type: Article

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