Associations among childhood abuse and psychopathy facets in male sexual offenders

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-75

  Graham, Nicole ^a,c   Kimonis, Eva R ^a   Wasserman, Adam L ^b   Kline, Suzonne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Children and Families   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood abuse; maltreatment; psychopathy; sexual offending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 84865955949     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025605     Document Type: Article

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