Violent women, blame attribution, crime, and personality

Psychopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 355-361

  Weizmann Henelius, Ghitta ^a,b   Sailas, E ^c   Viemero V ^b   Eronen, M ^a,d  

^a VANHA VAASA HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Female; Guilt; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PRISONER; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GUILT; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 12244274328     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068590     Document Type: Article

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