Psychopathic personality in children: Genetic and environmental contributions

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-600

  Bezdjian, S ^a   Raine, A ^b   Baker, L A ^a   Lynam, D R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; psychopathic personality traits; sex differences; young twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79956313468     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710000966     Document Type: Article

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