Identifying essential features of juvenile psychopathy in the prediction of later antisocial behavior: Is there an additive, synergistic, or curvilinear role for fearless dominance?

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 572-590

  Vize, Colin E ^a   Lynam, Donald R ^a   Lamkin, Joanna ^b   Miller, Joshua D ^b   Pardini, Dustin ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Fearless dominance; Pittsburgh Youth Study; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007614165     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702615622384     Document Type: Article

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