Psychopathic personality traits and risky sexual behavior in college students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Fulton, Jessica J ^a   Marcus, David K ^a   Payne, Kathleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychopathic personality traits; Risky sexual behavior; Sensation seeking; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952010749     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.02.035     Document Type: Article

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