Identifying psychopathy subtypes on the basis of personality structure

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 276-288

  Hicks, Brian M ^a   Markon, Kristian E ^a   Patrick, Christopher J ^a   Krueger, Robert F ^a   Newman, Joseph P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 4544236028     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.16.3.276     Document Type: Article

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