Written by Alicia Spidel and the Research Committee This article by Lyons and colleagues looks at motivations for using Tinder and their associations with the Dark Tetrad of personality traits. Tinder is a location-based, real-time application that allows people to easily and spontaneously communicate and, if desired, meet up. On-line dating applications, like Tinder, are … Read more
Our Membership Raffle raised $1,239 for the Aftermath Foundation. Thanks to everyone who donated, everyone who donated prizes, and everyone who joined as a new or renewing member. Thanks also to the anonymous donor who matched the first $500 in donations. Your contributions allow us to do the work we are doing. (Congratulations also to … Read more
In honor of Giving Tuesday (Dec. 1, 2020), we will be hosting a RAFFLE to encourage people to join us and to raise funds to continue our mission of providing information and support to those whose lives, health, or careers have been placed at risk or negatively impacted by psychopathy. This year we have an … Read more
Written by Nathalie Gauthier and the Research Committee Ted Bundy is estimated to have sexually assaulted and murdered up to 50 victims, and has also been referred to as an extreme example of a criminal psychopath. He referred to his female victims as objects like “potted plants” and spoke of them as being items to … Read more
A copy of a recent article by Jeffrey Hancock, Michael Woodworth, and Rachel Boochever, Psychopaths Online: The Linguistic Traces of Psychopathy in Email, Text Messaging and Facebook, is now available on the Members page of this website. Jamie Knowles and Dr. Nicola Gray prepared this summary of the article. ———————————— Study background and aims of … Read more
Written by Sara Lapsley and the Research Committee The article by Reidy, Kearns, DeGue, Lilienfeld, Massetti, and Kiehl (2015) draws attention to the grave threat that violence poses to public safety across the globe, and notes the catastrophic burden in terms of human suffering, lost productivity, and medical and criminal justice costs. The authors suggest … Read more
