Psychopathy and aggression: Examining the role of psychopathy factors in predicting laboratory aggression under hostile and instrumental conditions

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1244-1251

  Reidy, Dennis E ^a   Zeichner, Amos ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^a   Martinez, Marc A ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental and reactive aggression; Laboratory paradigm; Psychopathy; Psychopathy factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 35848952988     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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