Psychopathy from a Basic Trait Perspective: The Utility of a Five-Factor Model Approach

Journal of Personality

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 611-626

  Lynam, Donald R ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84939536585     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12132     Document Type: Article

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