Dr. David Kosson and Dr. Kristin Schneider and colleagues are recruiting female participants who have been in a relationship with someone with psychopathic traits for an online physical activity research study. We have developed a free online program designed to increase physical activity and to reduce stress in people with trauma symptoms. This online program … Read more
Dr. Paul Babiak is an industrial and organizational psychologist specializing in helping executives deal with possible psychopaths hiding within their organizations. His clients have included executives in business, academia, law enforcement, government, insurance, medicine, finance, and intelligence, and he speaks about the corporate psychopath at professional conferences and business meetings. He and his collaborators have conducted the … Read more
The Aftermath Foundation is seeking nominations for our 2021 Graduate Student Research Award. This award is given by the Aftermath Foundation Board of Directors to recognize graduate students who are conducting research consistent with the mission of the Foundation. This award recognizes published research by graduate students between 2016 and the present that contributes to … Read more
The Aftermath Foundation is seeking nominations for our 2022 Media Award to recognize outstanding contributions to the understanding of psychopathy and its impact on victims and family between 2016 and 2022. The media award is given to those who produce works consistent with the mission of the Aftermath Foundation. The award can be given for … Read more
Summary prepared by Dr. Beth Visser What is the Cheater-Hawk explanation of psychopathy? Grounded in evolutionary theory, this research used a Sims video game to explore the Cheater-Hawk hypothesis of psychopathy (Visser et al., 2020). The Cheater-Hawk hypothesis (Book & Quinsey, 2004) proposes that psychopaths have evolved to be both deceitful (cheaters) and aggressive (hawks). … Read more
The Aftermath Surviving Psychopathy Foundation 2019 Annual Report is now on our website. Some of the highlights include: updates on our successful Kickstarter campaign and our progress towards developing online courses to educate people about psychopathy; a summary of the locations and outcomes for the people who asked us for help in 2019; the true … Read more
