Detecting Psychopathy From Thin Slices of Behavior

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-78

  Fowler, Katherine A ^a   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^a   Patrick, Christopher J ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; personality disorders; psychopathy; thin slices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOPATHY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249178311     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014938     Document Type: Article

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