Background Everyday sadism is unique among the dark personality traits that form the Dark
Tetrad. Whilst it shares the Dark Core of Personality with psychopathy, narcissism, and …

Two meta-analyses were performed on the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking
Styles (PICTS: Walters, 1995) as a predictor of recidivism. Seven samples from six different …

REVIEWS personality disorders tend to view themselves as incompetent; antisocial people
feel vulnerable; people with borderline personalities feel powerless and devalued while …

The present chapter intends to delineate and assess the future potentials of the main fields
of the anthropology of art. I will not engage here in the definitional issues surrounding the …

Many empirical studies have explored the relationship between anger dysregulation and
aggression; few have explored the association between emotion regulation more generally …

Cognitive distortions are an important focus in many investigations and treatments of
externalizing problem behavior, such as antisocial, delinquent, and aggressive behavior …

Recent research has demonstrated that antisocial attitudes and antisocial associates are
among the better predictors of antisocial behavior. This study tests the predictive validity of …

Walters provides a detailed description of how criminal thinking serves as a vital link
between criminality and crime. Criminality, the propensity to become involved in criminal …

School coexistence/violence is often the subject of social alarm. There is no consensus on
the prevalence of violent behavior in the classroom, but there does seem to be about its …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether criminal thinking underpins peer
influence and selection. It was predicted that proactive criminal thinking would mediate the …