... application in areas of personality research and occupational behavior. Understanding successful psychopathy is essential for broadening the scope of psychopathy research beyond forensic and correctional settings, identifying psychopathic traits in high-functioning individuals and exploring how such traits...

...Charlie Waite; Robyn Mooney Purpose Although it is a relatively recent conceptualization of malevolent personality, the dark triad (DT) has been widely researched and shown to be responsible for increases in physical violence, controlling behavior, short-term mating preferences and poor...

... specific traits (e.g. submissiveness) and behaviors (e.g. gait) related to past victimization or vulnerability. The purpose of this study is to explore the link between personality traits, self-assessed vulnerability and nonverbal cues. Design/methodology/approach In all, 40 undergraduate Canadian...

...Jayme Stewart; Audrey Smodis; Adelle Forth Purpose In women, having a history of sexual victimization has been linked to certain personality traits (e.g. low levels of assertiveness) and nonverbal behaviors (e.g. fewer head movements). The majority of research in this area, however, has considered...

...Ashling Bourke; Daniel Boduszek; Philip Hyland Purpose The aim of the current study is to investigate criminal psycho‐social cognition, criminal associates and personality traits as predictors of non‐violent recidivism. Design/methodology/approach The sample consisted of 179 male non‐violent...

...Daniel Boduszek; Philip Hyland; Ashling Bourke Purpose The current study seeks to assess the predictive utility of personality, family violence, associations with criminal friends, peer rejection, parental attachment, and parental supervision as predictors of homicidal behaviour among a sample...