Psychopathic personality traits: Heritability and genetic overlap with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 637-648

  Blonigen, Daniel M ^a   Hicks, Brian M ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a   Patrick, Christopher J ^a   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 19144369270     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704004180     Document Type: Article

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