Are juvenile offenders extreme future discounters?

Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 989-994

  Wilson, Margo ^a   Daly, Martin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; REWARD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MOTIVATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REWARD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845346793     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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