Research Review: What do we know about psychopathic traits in children?

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1180-1200

  Salekin, Randall T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; callous unemotional traits (CU); Child psychopathy; daring impulsive traits (DI); grandiose manipulative traits (GM)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CONDUCT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 85032917841     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12738     Document Type: Review

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