Relations between self-serving cognitive distortions, psychopathic traits, and antisocial behavior in a non-clinical sample of adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 887-892

  Chabrol, Henri ^a   van Leeuwen, Nikki ^a   Rodgers, Rachel F ^a,b   Gibbs, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Antisocial behavior; Psychopathic traits; Self serving cognitive distortions

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053247000     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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