What we need to know about callous-unemotional traits: Comment on frick, ray, thornton, and kahn (2014)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-63

  Lahey, Benjamin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Callous unemotional traits; Conduct disorder; DSM 5

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84890942958     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033387     Document Type: Article

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