The inverse relation between psychopathy and faking good: not response bias, but true variance in psychopathic personality

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 705-713

  Verschuere, Bruno ^a,b,c   Uzieblo, Katarzyna ^d,e   De Schryver, Maarten ^b   Douma, Hester ^a   Onraedt, Thomas ^b   Crombez, Geert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; faking; impression management; psychopathy; self report; social desirability

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DELINQUENCY; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 84907918601     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2014.952767     Document Type: Article

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