The developmental building blocks of psychopathic traits: Revisiting the role of theory of mind

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-95

  Sharp, Carla ^a,b   Vanwoerden, Salome ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84899666045     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2014.28.1.78     Document Type: Article

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