Are secondary variants of juvenile psychopathy more reactively violent and less psychosocially mature than primary variants?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 381-391

  Kimonis, Eva R ^a   Skeem, Jennifer L ^b   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^b   Dmitrieva, Julia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental and reactive violence; Juvenile psychopathy; Primary and secondary psychopathy; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79961167008     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-010-9243-3     Document Type: Article

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