Psychopathic traits in youth: Is there evidence for primary and secondary subtypes?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-393

  Lee, Zina ^a,c   Salekin, Randall T ^a   Iselin, Anne Marie R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Model based cluster analysis; Psychopathy; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77952044163     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-009-9372-7     Document Type: Article

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