Intergenerational transmission of psychopathy and mediation via psychosocial risk factors

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-31

  Auty, Katherine M ^a   Farrington, David P ^a   Coid, Jeremy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT FATHER; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COHABITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAUGHTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INTERGENERATIONAL CONTINUITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATHOGENESIS; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ACCOMMODATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SON; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHER CHILD RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920384835     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.151050     Document Type: Article

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