Psychopathic personality traits in middle-aged male twins: A behavior genetic investigation

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-486

  Brook, Michael ^a   Panizzon, Matthew S ^b   Kosson, David S ^a   Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^a   Lyons, Michael J ^c   Franz, Carol E ^e   Eisen, Seth A ^d   Kremen, William S ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TWINS;

EID: 77955676494     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 0885579X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.4.473     Document Type: Article

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