Do Core Interpersonal and Affective Traits of PCL-R Psychopathy Interact With Antisocial Behavior and Disinhibition to Predict Violence?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 569-580

  Kennealy, Patrick J ^a   Skeem, Jennifer L ^a   Walters, Glenn D ^b   Camp, Jacqueline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Disinhibition; Psychopathy; Risk assessment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL AFFECTIVE SCALE; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DEVIANCE SCALE; VIOLENCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77956764299     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019618     Document Type: Article

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