Sensational interests are not a simple predictor of adolescent offending: Evidence from a large normal British sample

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-240

  Charles, Kathy E ^a   Egan, Vincent ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gothic interests; Intrasexual competition; Military interests; Offending; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349220628     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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