Victimization History and Posttraumatic Stress: An Analysis of Psychopathy Variants in Male Juvenile Offenders

Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-113

  Tatar II, Joseph R ^a   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^a   Kimonis, Eva R ^b   Skeem, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

dissociation; juvenile psychopathy; posttraumatic stress disorder; psychopathy variants; trauma; violence exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861407342     PISSN: 19361521     EISSN: 1936153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361521.2012.671794     Document Type: Article

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