Throwing Caution to the Wind: Callous-Unemotional Traits and Risk Taking in Adolescents

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 106-119

  Centifanti, Luna C Muñoz ^a   Modecki, Kathryn ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84871863789     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2012.719460     Document Type: Article

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