Behavioural and psychometric measures of impulsivity in a personality disordered population

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 426-450

  Dolan, Mairead ^a   Fullam, Rachael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Impulsivity; Instrumental; Personality disordered offenders; Reactive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 5144233465     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789940410001721048     Document Type: Article

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