Psychopathy, aggression, and emotion processing of violent imagery in women

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 928-932

  Reidy, Dennis E ^a   Zeichner, Amos ^b   Foster, Joshua D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Emotion processing; Psychopathy; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349113069     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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