Empathy deficits and trait emotional intelligence in psychopathy and Machiavellianism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 758-762

  Ali, Farah ^a   Amorim, Ines Sousa ^a   Chamorro Premuzic, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Empathy; Machiavellianism; Primary psychopathy; Secondary psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849094083     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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