A5103965243- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Sex work and related issues
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
University of Toronto
2005-2025
Carleton University
2015-2024
Sofia University
2024
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011-2023
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
2012-2021
Concordia University
2020
Carleton College
2017
Alabama State University
2017
University of Alberta
2010
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
1999-2008
Edited by Rick H. Hoyle. New York, NY: Guilford, 2012, 740 pp. $125.00 (hardcover). In this welcome addition to the personal libraries of quantitative and applied researchers alike, Hoyle brin...
Five actuarial instruments and one guided clinical instrument designed to assess risk for recidivism were compared on 215 sex offenders released from prison an average of 4.5 years. The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide, Sex Offender Rapid Assessment Sexual Offense Recidivism, Static-99 predicted general recidivism, serious (violent sexual) sexual recidivism. Minnesota Screening Tool–Revised a assessment (Multifactorial Recidivism) but did not significantly predict or On its own, the Psychopathy...
Although recent statistical and computational developments allow for the empirical testing of psychological theories in ways not previously possible, one particularly vexing challenge remains: how to optimally model prospective, reciprocal relations between 2 constructs as they developmentally unfold over time. Several analytic methods currently exist that attempt these types relations, each approach is successful varying degrees. However, none provide unambiguous separation time...
Consistent with findings in other areas of clinical practice, it was predicted that good treatment behavior (in terms in-session behavior, homework quality, and global ratings motivation change achieved) would be associated parole success lower recidivism a sample 283 sex offenders. This prediction not supported: Good unrelated to failure or general recidivism, higher serious (a new violent sexual offense) after an average time at risk 32 months. Further exploration revealed men who scored...
The Multimodal Treatment Study (MTA) began as a 14-month randomized clinical trial of behavioral and pharmacological treatments 579 children (7-10 years age) diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-combined type. It transitioned into an observational long-term follow-up 515 cases consented for continuation 289 classmates (258 without ADHD) added local normative comparison group (LNCG), assessments 2-16 after baseline.
Objective Longitudinal studies of children diagnosed with ADHD report widely ranging persistence rates in adulthood (5–75%). This study documents how information source (parent vs. self‐report), method (rating scale interview), and symptom threshold (DSM norm‐based) influence reported adulthood. Method Five hundred seventy‐nine were DSM‐IV ADHD‐Combined Type at baseline (ages 7.0–9.9 years) 289 classmates served as a local normative comparison group (LNCG), 476 241 whom respectively...
One hundred twenty-nine outpatient child molesters (91 nonfamilial and 38 father/daughter offenders) were assessed interviewed regarding various aspects of their deviant sexuality. Of our total sample, 29% reported having fantasies prior to age 20, this was most pronounced (41.1%) among those who molested the sons other people. Fourteen percent offenders against boys, 11.8% girls, 7.9% incest had one or more paraphilia additional index offense; only three sample than two paraphilias. These...
Criminal record, personal history, social-sexual competence, and physiological responses to erotic stimuli were examined in incarcerated pedophiles, hebephiles, rapists. There significant differences among groups criminal background; particular, pedophiles tended be older, more poorly educated, likely unmarried, less frequently involved nonsexual crime. Social inadequacy was common all groups, reflected under-assertiveness, low self-esteem, negative sexual attitudes. Rapists hebephiles both...
Erectile responses to pictures of nude females ranging in age from 3-24 years were studied a group 21 incest offenders, 40 non-familial child molesters, and 22 non-offender subjects approximately matched on socioeconomic status, intelligence, age. Profiles erectile responses, plotting percent full erection over target stimulus, drawn for each individual subject. These profiles sorted reliably by judges, later computer, into five distinct profile shapes reflecting: (1) failure discriminate...
Youth today spend years moving in and out of different education employment statuses until they settle into stable employment. This 14-year Canadian longitudinal study reveals how month-to-month fluctuations educational from age 19 to 25 predict success at 32. Early instability was linked lower income 32 and, among men, occupational status career satisfaction. However, for those who had made least one change, fluctuation a positive effect on Greater associated with higher In general, labor...