Latest research abstracts
Summary by Louise Wallace Research Highlights Cyber intimate partner violence in adolescence is linked to both individual traits and prior experiences. Higher psychopathic traits, antisocial and law-violating behaviour, and prior dating violence were all associated with greater involvement in cyber abuse. Family violence patterns also matter: child-to-mother violence was associated with some forms of cyber … Read more
Summary by Beth Visser Have you ever wondered whether people’s real life personality traits carry over into how they behave in a video game? In this study, researchers recruited a sample of World of Warcraft (WoW) players and investigated the associations between gaming behaviors and psychopathic traits. Who participated in the study and what did … Read more
Summary by Jennifer Pink & Nicola Gray Research Study Highlights Individuals with higher scores on all the components of psychopathy measured by the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory reported trolling others (posting statements designed to provoke and upset others) and catfishing (pretending to be someone else in order to manipulate and trick others) and cyberstalking. Grandiose-manipulative traits … Read more
Summary by Jiana and the North American Research Committee. Research Study Highlights People with psychopathy process pain normally when it is about themselves, but their brain activity seems to respond differently when imagining someone else in pain. Participants with high psychopathy scores showed reduced activity in brain regions related to empathy compared to participants with … Read more
Summary by Theresia Bedard and the North American Research Committee Research Study Highlights: An analysis of the subgroups in a large sample of undergraduates provided evidence for five different subgroups of groups of people in regards to religiousness and Dark Triad traits: prosocial, antisocial, moderate, low religious, and struggling religious. Individuals that belong to the prosocial … Read more
Summary by Jennifer Pink & Nicola S. Gray Cyber dating abuse (Borrajo et al., 2015) refers to a range of aggressive online behaviours, directed towards a partner. These include posting humiliating or intimate material on social networks, snooping on personal communications, and sending threatening or controlling messages. Experiencing cyber dating abuse can lead to depression, … Read more
