Revisiting Lynam's notion of the "fledgling psychopath": Are HIA-CP children truly psychopathic-like?

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Michonski, Jared D ^a   Sharp, Carla ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

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ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77956489944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-4-24     Document Type: Article

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