Contributions of psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian, and sadistic personality traits to juvenile delinquency

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 734-739

  Chabrol, Henri ^a   Van Leeuwen, Nikki ^a   Rodgers, Rachel ^a   Séjourné, Natalène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; Machiavellian traits; Psychopathic traits; Sadistic traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849126511     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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