Psychopathy as predictor and moderator of multisystemic therapy outcomes among adolescents treated for antisocial behavior

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1121-1132

  Manders, Willeke A ^a,d   Deković, Maja ^a   Asscher, Jessica J ^b   Van Der Laan, Peter H ^c   Prins, Pier J M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d dept of Nutrition and Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Moderator; Multisystemic Therapy (MST); Outcomes; Predictor; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NARCISSISM; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; APATHY; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NARCISSISM; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883560923     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9749-5     Document Type: Article

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