The Revised Animal Preference Test: An Implicit Probe of Tendencies Toward Psychopathy

At least some forms of interpersonal violence could follow from a vision of the self as a fierce, dominant creature. This should be particularly true when psychopathic (more proactive, less reactive) tendencies are involved. Possible relations of this type were examined in two studies (total N = 278...

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Authors: Penzel, Ian B. (Author) ; Bair, Jessica (Author) ; Liu, Tianwei (Author) ; Robinson, Michael D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 7/8, Pages: 3710-3731
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