Inattention, hyperactivity/impulsivity and antisocial personality disorder. Which is the best predictor of false confessions?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 720-724

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Sigurdsson, Jon Fridrik ^b,c   Einarsson, Emil ^b   Bragason, Olafur Orn ^d   Newton, Anna Kristin ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d Office of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police   (Iceland)

^e Prison and Probation Administration   (Iceland)

Author keywords

ADHD; Antisocial personality disorder; False confessions; Hyperactivity impulsivity; Inattention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349104279     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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