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Shostak, David A.; McIntyre, Curtis W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Examined stimulus-seeking behavior in delinquent personality types drawn from populations (juvenile delinquents and young adult offenders). Results from a kinesthetic aftereffect task and sensation seeking scale indicate only limited evidence of pathological stimulus seeking by psychopathic delinquent personality type. This may result from…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Delinquent Behavior, Identification