Gender and factor-level interactions in psychopathy: Implications for self-directed violence risk and borderline personality disorder symptoms

Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-262

  Verona, Edelyn ^a   Sprague, Jenessa ^a   Javdani, Shabnam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

borderline personality disorder; gender; Psychopathy; self harm; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867634521     PISSN: 19492715     EISSN: 19492723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025945     Document Type: Article

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