David Kosson Sara Lapsley, working with Dr. Adelle Forth at Carleton University, is conducting a study to gain a better understanding of the experiences and impact of being in a romantic relationship with someone with perceived psychopathic traits. She is seeking participants 18 years or over who have had a relationship with someone who may have psychopathic … Read more
The Aftermath Foundation Graduate Student Research Award for 2021 has been awarded to Kendra Nespoli from the University of Windsor (Canada). This award is given to honor those graduate students who conduct and publish research consistent with the Mission of the Foundation. Dr. Nespoli received the award for her dissertation entitled: Memory Manipulation By Suspected … Read more
Dr. Angela Book, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She is also involved in the Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice program that combines psychology, law, and criminology to provide a multi-disciplinary perspective on issues relating to crime and criminal justice. Her research focuses on … Read more
Summary by Sandy Michels and the Research Committee Research Highlights Results of a meta-analysis revealed overall significant positive relationships between creativity and Machiavellianism and narcissism, but no relationship was found between creativity and psychopathy. The dark personalities (psychopathy, Machiavellianism Narcissism) are more strongly related to self-reported creativity than to performance-based measures of creativity. It is likely that … Read more
Donald R. Lynam, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995. He is internationally recognized for his work on impulsivity traits, psychopathy in youth and adults, and using general models of personality to conceptualize personality disorders, including psychopathy. In … Read more
Thank you to everyone who donated to the 2021 Giving Tuesday Raffle! Your donations are greatly appreciated, and will be used to help us start an online support group for survivors. Planning is under way on providing a safe place for survivors to meet online and share with other survivors their experiences as well as … Read more
