Empathic, moral and antisocial outcomes associated with distinct components of psychopathy in healthy individuals: A Triarchic model approach

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 205-211

  Almeida, Pedro R ^a   Seixas, Maria João ^a   Ferreira Santos, Fernando ^a,b   Vieira, Joana B ^a   Paiva, Tiago O ^a   Moreira, Pedro S ^c,d   Costa, Patrício ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Empathy; Morality; Psychopathic traits; Triarchic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929579544     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.05.012     Document Type: Article

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