Proactive and reactive aggression in a child psychiatric inpatient population: Relations to psychopathic characteristics

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 481-493

  Fite, Paula J ^a,c   Stoppelbein, Laura ^b   Greening, Leilani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Callousness; Impulsivity; Narcissism; Proactive reactive aggression; Psychopathic characteristics in children

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549108563     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809332706     Document Type: Article

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