The relationship between attribution of blame for a violent act and EPQ-R sub-scales in male offenders with mental disorder

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1467-1475

  Fox, Simone ^a   De Koning, Erica ^a   Leicht, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blame attribution; Depression; Mental disorder; Personality; Violent offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038406227     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00128-9     Document Type: Article

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