Psychopathy, traumatic exposure, and lifetime posttraumatic stress

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 505-524

  Willemsen, Jochem ^a   De Ganck, Julie ^a   Verhaeghe, Paul ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

anxiety; emotional deficit; posttraumatic stress; psychopathy; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861830638     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X11407443     Document Type: Article

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