Using existing self-report inventories to measure the psychopathic personality traits of Fearless Dominance and Impulsive Antisociality

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1006-1016

  Witt, Edward A ^a   Brent Donnellan, M ^a   Blonigen, Daniel M ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Assessment; Personality traits; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350110303     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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