Machiavellianism and empathy in an adolescent residential psychiatric population

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 39-57

  Loftus, Shay T ^a   Glenwick, David S ^b  

^a Fordham University ^*

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behavior problems; Cognitive therapy; Empathy; Machiavellianism; Residential treatment; Social skills training

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749195030     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v19n02_04     Document Type: Article

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