Assessing the affective features of psychopathy in adolescence: A further validation of the inventory of callous and unemotional traits

Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-57

  Roose, Annelore ^a,b   Bijttebier, Patricia ^b   Decoene, Stefaan ^b,c   Claes, Laurence ^b   Frick, Paul J ^d  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assessment; Callous and unemotional traits; Psychopathy; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77949887306     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109344153     Document Type: Article

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