Callous-unemotional traits in incarcerated adolescents

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 227-237

  Kimonis, Eva R ^a,b   Fanti, Kostas ^c   Goldweber, Asha ^d,g   Marsee, Monica A ^e   Frick, Paul J ^e   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression and violence; Callous unemotional traits; Conduct disorder; Dsm 5; Item response theory analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CALLOUSNESS; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISON; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; UNEMOTIONAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTION; EMPATHY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84896718373     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034585     Document Type: Article

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