Interpersonal Characteristics of Male Criminal Offenders: Personality, Psychopathological, and Behavioral Correlates

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-98

  Edens, John F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dominance; interpersonal; offenders; Personality Assessment Inventory; warmth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY; PRISONER;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EMPATHY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249099525     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014856     Document Type: Article

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