The relationship between psychopathic traits and attachment behavior in a non-clinical population

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 584-588

  Mack, Tawny D ^a   Hackney, Amy A ^a   Pyle, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult attachment; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960406952     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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