A chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) model of triarchic psychopathy constructs: Development and initial validation

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 50-66

  Latzman, Robert D ^a   Drislane, Laura E ^b   Hecht, Lisa K ^a   Brislin, Sarah J ^b   Patrick, Christopher J ^b   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^c   Freeman, Hani J ^d   Schapiro, Steven J ^d   Hopkins, William D ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Chimpanzees; Personality; Psychopathy; Triarchic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961257990     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702615568989     Document Type: Article

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