Self-reported attentional control differentiates the major factors of psychopathy

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 626-630

  Baskin Sommers, Arielle R ^a   Zeier, Joshua D ^a   Newman, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional Control Scale; Fearless Dominance; Impulsive Antisociality; Psychopathic Personality Inventory Short; Psychopathy; Psychopathy Checklist Revised Factor 1; Psychopathy Checklist Revised Factor 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649380325     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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