Secondary psychopathy, but not primary psychopathy, is associated with risky decision-making in noninstitutionalized young adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 272-277

  Dean, Andy C ^a   Altstein, Lily L ^b   Berman, Mitchell E ^c   Constans, Joseph I ^d,e,f   Sugar, Catherine A ^a   McCloskey, Michael S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System   (United States)

^e Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Gambling task; Impulsivity; Noninstitutionalized; Primary psychopathy; Risk taking; Secondary psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868535217     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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