Psychopathy factors and risk for aggressive behavior: A test of the "threatened egotism" hypothesis

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-74

  Cale, Ellison M ^a,c   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^b  

^a South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCDJJ Consultation and Evaluation Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional setting aggression; Ego threats; Narcissism; Psychopathy; Threatened egotism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EGO STRENGTH; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PRISON; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; EGO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIME; EGO; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARCISSISM; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746405776     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9004-5     Document Type: Article

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