17. Mental health (including empathy, narcissism, and other psychological factors)

Overviews

Spencer, C., Mallory, A. B., Cafferky, B. M., Kimmes, J. G., Beck, A. R., & Stith, S. M. (2019). Mental health factors and intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization: A meta-analysis. Psychology of Violence, 9(1), 1-17. doi:10.1037/vio0000156

James, J., & Proulx, J. (2020). Theories That Explain Sexual Aggression Against Women. The Wiley Handbook of What Works with Sexual Offenders: Contemporary Perspectives in Theory, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention, 1-22.

Knight, R. A., & Guay, J.‑P. (2018). The role of psychopathy in sexual coercion against women: An update and expansion. In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of Psychopathy (pp. 662–681). The Guilford Press. 

 

Further works

Abbey, A., Jacques‐Tiura, A. J., & LeBreton, J. M. (2011). Risk factors for sexual aggression in young men: An expansion of the confluence model. Aggressive Behavior, 37(5), 450-464.

Birkley, E. L., & Eckhardt, C. I. (2015). Anger, hostility, internalizing negative emotions, and intimate partner violence perpetration: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 37, 40-56. 

Boothroyd, D. (2021). Psychopathy and Sexual Offending (Doctoral dissertation, University of Liverpool).

Bouffard, L. A. (2010). Exploring the utility of entitlement in understanding sexual aggression. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38(5), 870-879.

Champion, D. R. (2003). Narcissism and Entitlement: Sexual aggression and the college male. LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC.

Chesire, J.D. (2004). Review, critique, and synthesis of personality theory in motivation to sexually assault. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 9(6): 633-644.

Chovanec, M. G. (2020). Transforming into men who matter: Increasing empathy in domestic abuse treatment. Australian Social Work, 73(3), 296-308. 

Espejo-Siles, R., Zych, I., Farrington, D. P., & Llorent, V. J. (2020). Moral disengagement, victimization, empathy, social and emotional competencies as predictors of violence in children and adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 118, 105337. 

Gantiva, C., Cendales, R., Díaz, M., & González, Y. (2021). Is there really a relationship between empathy and aggression? Evidence from physiological and self-report measures. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(7-8), 3438-3458. 

Holland, S. (2019). Everyone Has A Dark Side: How Personality and Empathy Impact Men’s Sexual Aggressive Persistence on Dating Apps.

Hudson-Flege, M. D., Grover, H. M., Meçe, M. H., Ramos, A. K., & Thompson, M. P. (2020). Empathy as a moderator of sexual violence perpetration risk factors among college men. Journal of American College Health, 68(2), 139-147. 

Hudson-Flege, M. D., Grover, H. M., Meçe, M. H., Ramos, A. K., & Thompson, M. P. (2020). Empathy as a moderator of sexual violence perpetration risk factors among college men. Journal of American College Health, 68(2), 139-147. 

Jones, D. N., & Olderbak, S. G. (2014). The associations among dark personalities and sexual tactics across different scenarios. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(6), 1050-1070.

Kasowski, A. E., & Anderson, J. L. (2020). The association between sexually aggressive cognitions and pathological personality traits in men. Violence Against Women, 26(12-13), 1636-1655.

Kjærvik, S. L., & Bushman, B. J. (2021). The link between narcissism and aggression: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin.

Knight, R. A., & Guay, J.‑P. (2018). The role of psychopathy in sexual coercion against women: An update and expansion. In C. J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of Psychopathy (pp. 662–681). The Guilford Press.

Lamarche, V. M., & Seery, M. D. (2019). Come on, give it to me baby: Self-esteem, narcissism, and endorsing sexual coercion following social rejection. Personality and Individual Differences, 149, 315-325.

Loinaz, I., Sánchez, L. M., & Vilella, A. (2021). Understanding empathy, self-esteem, and adult attachment in sexual offenders and partner-violent men. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(5-6), 2050-2073. 

Long, A. D., & Herr, N. R. (2022). Narcissism, Empathy, and Rape Myth Acceptance Among Heterosexual College Males. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51(5), 2373-2383. doi:10.1007/s10508-021-02256-6

Lyons, M., Houghton, E., Brewer, G., & O’Brien, F. (2020). The dark triad and sexual assertiveness predict sexual coercion differently in men and women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0886260520922346.

Lyons, M., Rowe, A., Waddington, R., & Brewer, G. (2021) Situational and Dispositional Factors in Rape Cognitions: The Roles of Social Media and the Dark Triad Traits. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0886260520985499.

Malamuth, N. M., Huppin, M., & Linz, D. (2018). Sexual assault interventions may be doing more harm than good with high-risk males. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 41, 20-24.

Marín-López, I., Zych, I., Ortega-Ruiz, R., Monks, C. P., & Llorent, V. J. (2020). Empathy online and moral disengagement through technology as longitudinal predictors of cyberbullying victimization and perpetration. Children and Youth Services Review, 116, 105144. 

McGee, T. R., Jolliffe, D., Eriksson, L., Bond, C. E., & Farrington, D. P. (2021). Low cognitive empathy and its relationship to relational, online, and physical aggression in young adults in Australia. In Empathy versus Offending, Aggression, and Bullying (pp. 172-187): Routledge.

Morrow, E. P. (2020). Cognitive, affective, and general empathy in individuals convicted of a sexual offense: a meta-analysis. Sexual Abuse, 32(8), 883-906. 

Mouilso, E. R. (2011). Narcissism and psychopathy explain the relationship between sociosexuality and sexual assault perpetration (Doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia).

Mouilso, E. R., & Calhoun, K. S. (2012). Narcissism, psychopathy and five‐factor model in sexual assault perpetration. Personality and Mental Health, 6(3), 228-241.

Mouilso, E. R., & Calhoun, K. S. (2013). The role of rape myth acceptance and psychopathy in sexual assault perpetration. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 22(2), 159-174.

Mouilso, E. R., & Calhoun, K. S. (2016). Personality and perpetration: Narcissism among college sexual assault perpetrators. Violence Against Women, 22(10), 1228-1242.

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Navas, M. P., Maneiro, L., Cutrín, O., Gómez-Fraguela, J. A., & Sobral, J. (2022). Sexism, Moral Disengagement, and Dark Triad Traits on Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Against Women and Community Men. Sexual Abuse, 34(7), 857-884. doi:10.1177/10790632211051689

O’Neill, K. K. (2020). Adolescence, Empathy, and the Gender Gap in Delinquency. Feminist Criminology, 15(4), 410-437.

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Roy, C. (2019). Sexual Arousal, Attention, Perceptions, and Sexual Narcissism: A Cognitive Conditional Process Model of Sexual Coercion (Doctoral dissertation).

Saenz, C. (2009). Integrating theories of sexual assault: Incorporating narcissistic reactance theory into the confluence model of sexual aggression. Wayne State University.

Schiafo, M. C. (2020). Personality, decision-making, and sexually aggressive behavior among college students (Doctoral dissertation).

Stefanile, C., Matera, C., Nerini, A., Puddu, L., & Raffagnino, R. (2021). Psychological predictors of aggressive behavior among men and women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(1-2), NP920-NP941.Trentini, C., Tambelli, R., Maiorani, S., & Lauriola, M. (2021). Gender Differences in Empathy During Adolescence: Does Emotional Self-Awareness Matter? Psychological Reports, 0033294120976631. 

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Zinzow, H. M., & Thompson, M. (2015). Factors associated with use of verbally coercive, incapacitated, and forcible sexual assault tactics in a longitudinal study of college men. Aggressive Behavior, 41(1), 34-43.

Zych, I., & Llorent, V. J. (2019). Affective empathy and moral disengagement related to late adolescent bullying perpetration. Ethics & Behavior, 29(7), 547-556.