Stability and invariance of psychopathic traits from late adolescence to young adulthood

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-152

  Neumann, Craig ^a   Wampler, Megan ^b   Taylor, Jeanette ^b   Blonigen, Daniel M ^c   Iacono, William G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalizing; Family functioning; Minnesota Temperament Inventory; Personality traits; Psychopathy; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953240750     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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