Heartless and cunning? Intelligence in adolescents with antisocial behavior and psychopathic traits

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1147-1153

  Allen, Jennifer L ^a,b   Briskman, Jacqueline ^b   Humayun, Sajid ^b,c   Dadds, Mark R ^b,d   Scott, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Callous unemotional; Cognitive ability; Performance IQ; Psychopathy; Verbal IQ

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NARCISSISM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84888289849     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.033     Document Type: Article

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