Search for dissertations about: "Psychopathy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the word Psychopathy.

  2. 6. Personality traits and psychopathy (PCL-R) in male juvenile delinquents

    Author : Anna Maria Dåderman; Ulf Lundberg; Anna Wirsén Meurling; Kirsten Rasmussen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Personality traits; psychopathy PCL-R ; juvenile delinquents; reliability; validity; assessment; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract :  Abstract State-administered correctional institutions in Sweden take care of approximately 600 juvenile delinquents every year. The treatment for these institutionalized young people is based mainly on environmental programs and milieu therapy. READ MORE

  4. 7. Psychopathy: a history of the concepts : analysis of the origin and development of a family of concepts in psychopathology

    Author : Henry Werlinder; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Pedagogik;

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  5. 8. Delineating the construct of psychopathy : psychometric evidence of alternative measures

    Author : Malin Pauli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Psychopathy is a complex construct with various definitions featuring both personality traits, such as egocentricity, lack of empathy and guilt, dishonesty, callousness, and interpersonal dominance, as well as maladaptive behavior patterns. PCL-R is currently the most commonly used method of assessment. READ MORE

  6. 9. Juvenile and adult criminality : relationships to platelet MAO activity, triiodothyronine, ADHD, conduct disorder and psychopathy

    Author : Per Olof Alm; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Debut age; criminality; risk; monoamine oxidase; triiodothyronine; conduct disorder; psychopathy; juvenile delinquency; longitudinal research;

    Abstract : Indicators for persistent risk criminality in a group of grown up juvenile delinquents were investigated. The subjects had been examined In 'Young Lawbreakers': a study of 192 boys from an urban area, aged 11-14 years in 1959-1963. They had committed crime against property, serious enough for prosecution if not being underaged. READ MORE

  7. 10. The psychopathy construct in a Swedish context : conceptualization and validation of different assessments

    Author : Karolina Sörman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Psychopathy is a personality disorder that is associated with affective and interpersonal features (e.g., lack of empathy, egocentricity) in combination with behavioral deviance. READ MORE