Capturing the Psychopathic Female: A Prototypicality Analysis of the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP) Across Gender

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 634-648

  Kreis, Mette K F ^a   Cooke, David J ^b,c  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WOMEN;

EID: 80052941917     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.1003     Document Type: Article

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