Psychopathic Features in a Juvenile Diversion Population: Reliability and Predictive Validity of Two Self-Report Measures

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 787-805

  Falkenbach, Diana M ^b   Poythress, Norman G ^a,b   Heide, Kathleen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; RECIDIVISM; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0345827801     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.562     Document Type: Article

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