Motivation for offending among prisoners and the relationship with Axis I and Axis II disorders and ADHD symptoms

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-68

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Wells, June ^b   Young, Susan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Anxiety; Clinical Syndromes; Drug and alcohol dependence; Motivation for offending; Personality disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957921346     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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