Callous-unemotional traits and antisocial behavior: Genetic, environmental, and early parenting characteristics

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-211

  Larsson, Henrik ^a,b   Viding, Essi ^b   Plomin, Robert ^a  

^a Institute of Psychiatry

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Callous unemotional; Genetics; Longitudinal; Parenting; Twins

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349054151     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807310225     Document Type: Article

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