Examining the influence of psychopathy, hostility biases, and automatic processing on criminal offenders' Theory of Mind

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-99

  Nentjes, Lieke ^a,b   Bernstein, David ^a   Arntz, Arnoud ^a,b   van Breukelen, Gerard ^a   Slaats, Mariëtte ^c,d,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Forensic Psychiatric Center the Dr S van Mesdagkliniek   (Netherlands)

^d Forensic Psychiatric Clinic Veldzicht   (Netherlands)

^e Forensic Psychiatric Hospital Assen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive empathy; Hostility bias; Psychopathy; Social information processing; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPATHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THEORY OF MIND; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIMINALS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925969780     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.01.012     Document Type: Article

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