Physiologically-indexed and self-perceived affective empathy in conduct-disordered children high and low on callous-unemotional traits

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-517

  Anastassiou Hadjicharalambous, Xenia ^a,b   Warden, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Affective empathy; Callous unemotional traits; Conduct disorder; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AROUSAL; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58549121123     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-008-0104-y     Document Type: Article

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