A critique of Carver and White's (1994) behavioral inhibition scale (BIS) for investigating Lykken's (1995) theory of primary psychopathy

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-275

  Poythress, Norman G ^a   Edens, John F ^b   Landfield, Kristin ^c   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^c   Skeem, Jennifer L ^d   Douglas, Kevin S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BIS BAS scales; Gray's theory; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 45649083427     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.014     Document Type: Review

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