Assessing callous-unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: Validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-252

  Kimonis, Eva R ^a   Frick, Paul J ^b   Skeem, Jennifer L ^c   Marsee, Monica A ^b   Cruise, Keith ^d   Munoz, Luna C ^e   Aucoin, Katherine J ^f   Morris, Amanda S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f Jefferson Parish Hum Serv Auth   (United States)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aggression; Assessment; Callous unemotional traits; Delinquency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DELINQUENCY; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROVOCATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX OFFENSES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 45849083931     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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