Adaptive and maladaptive personality traits as predictors of violent and nonviolent offending behavior in men and women

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-186

  Thornton, Abigail J Varley ^a   Graham Kevan, Nicola ^a   Archer, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Domestic violence; Gender; Offending behavior; Partner violence; Personality disorders; Personality traits; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952478025     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20340     Document Type: Article

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