- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Child Abuse and Trauma
Ball State University
2020-2021
University of Alabama
2013-2020
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
2013
Although women in the military are exposed to combat and its aftermath, little is known about whether as well pre-deployment risk/protective factors differentially predict post-deployment PTSD symptoms among compared men. The current study assesses influence of combat-related stressors on women's risk developing following deployment relative men's risk.Participants were 801 US National Guard Soldiers (712 men, 89 women) deployed Iraq or Afghanistan who completed measures potential one month...
The triarchic model characterizes psychopathy in terms of three distinct dispositional constructs boldness, meanness, and disinhibition. can be operationalized through scales designed specifically to index these domains or by using items from other inventories that provide coverage related constructs. present study sought develop validate for assessing the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). A consensus rating approach was used identify relevant each...
Early-life exposure to childhood maltreatment, whether physically-, emotionally-, and/or sexually-based has been linked consistently psychological distress throughout the lifespan, including development of personality disorders (PDs). Individuals with PD diagnoses are at an increased risk for criminal behavior, and borderline antisocial PDs particularly common in forensic settings. However, little research assessed associations among all three variables: psychopathology, adult behavior. The...
The concept of "successful" psychopathy has intrigued the field, yet relatively little actual science exists to understand what makes those high in psychopathic traits more or less successful, even constitutes "success." In current study, we examined validity moderated expression hypothesis, including an elaborated version that considers differential configuration traits, as accounting for differences criminal and noncriminal (the most common operationalization "success") expressions...
Much of the current research on neurobiology crime has examined samples individuals who meet criteria for disorders that commonly result in criminal behaviour, such as antisocial personality disorder (APD) and psychopathy. Although these are not directly indicative criminal they highly correlated. To better understand complex relationship between neurobiological risk factors crime, it is helpful to first review theories help us how anomalies certain brain regions hormone levels can lead...