Taking blame for antisocial acts and its relationship with personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-13

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b   Einarsson, Emil ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality traits; Compliance; Motivation for taking blame; Protecting others; Self esteem; Taking blame

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047188520     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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