Weapons carrying in British teenagers: The role of personality, delinquency, sensational interests, and mating effort

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-72

  Barlas, Joanna ^a   Egan, Vincent ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Mating effort; Personality; Sensational interests; Weapons; Weapons carrying

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATING; MILITARY SERVICE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEAPON;

EID: 33645638809     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789940500407692     Document Type: Article

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