Personality pathways to impulsive behavior and their relations to deviance: Results from three samples

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-341

  Lynam, Donald R ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

crime; impulsivity; personality; substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344240969     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-004-5867-0     Document Type: Article

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