Unprovoked Aggression: Effects of Psychopathic Traits and Sadism

Journal of Personality

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-100

  Reidy, Dennis E ^a   Zeichner, Amos ^a   Seibert, L Alana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SADISM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SADISM; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651228378     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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