Learning to 'talk the talk': The relationship of psychopathic traits to deficits in empathy across childhood

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 599-606

  Dadds, Mark R ^b,d   Hawes, David J ^c   Frost, Aaron D J ^a   Vassallo, Shane ^d   Bunn, Paul ^a   Hunter, Kirsten ^a   Merz, Sabine ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisocial behaviour; Emotion recognition; Empathy; Psychopathy; Sociopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPATHY; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; AGE; EMOTION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; EMPATHY; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68849108080     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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