Summary by Dr. Louise Wallace Background Intimate partner violence is a serious and complex problem, and research has long tried to identify factors that increase the risk of abuse within relationships. This paper focuses on psychopathy, which the authors describe as a personality structure that can involve interpersonal features such as manipulation, affective features such…

We are hosting a mini-conference, Surviving Psychopathy, to celebrate our 20th anniversary. The conference will present knowledge about the impact of people with psychopathy on others and insights into factors that have helped people who were in relationships with psychopathic individuals. Speakers will include Dr. Adelle Forth who has conducted extensive research on the impact…

Summary by Dr. Beth Visser Research Highlights This paper describes a review of studies on the relationship between psychopathic traits, pain tolerance, and empathy for the pain of others. Several studies suggest the possibility that a higher level of pain tolerance and reduced empathy for the pain of others may contribute to the antisocial behavior…

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