Juvenile psychopathic personality traits are associated with poor reading achievement

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-190

  Vaughn, Michael G ^a   Delisi, Matt ^b   Beaver, Kevin M ^c   Wexler, Jade ^d   Barth, Amy ^e   Fletcher, Jack ^e  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Callous unemotional; Psychopathic traits; Reading comprehension; Youth psychopathy

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INVENTORY OF CALLOUS UNEMOTIONAL TRAITS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; RATING SCALE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TEACHER; YOUTH PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS INVENTORY;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATTENTION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 80052642802     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-010-9162-y     Document Type: Article

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