New Investigators Corner

The NI Corner will contain blog posts by the most recent class of New Investigators.
Here, NIs will write about their personal experiences with the NI program, research they are conducting, and other relevant topics.

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Military Sexual Misconduct: International Findings, Policy, and the Need for More Research

Despite ongoing initiatives to prevent sexual misconduct in the world’s militaries, further research is still needed to inform policy and evidence-based interventions.
By Travis N. Ray (USA) and Anna T. Pham (Canada)

Aggression in Kids Is Related to How They Read Others’ Emotions

Faces hold crucial clues on what others are thinking and feeling. So, does missing that key social information impact children’s unkind behaviour?
By Erinn Acland and Joanna Peplak

Fanning the Flames: How Anger Fuels Violent Crime in Youth

Violent crime causes untold harm and anger is known to fuel violence. But recent research suggests that the way anger and crime tie together in youth is a bit more complicated than expected.
By Erinn Acland

Intimate Partner Aggression (IPA): A Focus on Couples

Advancements in analytic methods now allow us to consider how both partners’ characteristics play a role.
By Ashlee Curtis (Australia) and Ruschelle Leone (United States)

Callous-Unemotional Traits: Differentiating Early Risk for Aggressive Behaviors

Research is shedding light on a distinct subgroup of antisocial youth who show severe and stable patterns of aggression.
By Rebecca Levine and Nicholas J. Wagner (United States)

How Does the Brain Regulate Our Anger?

A set of studies provides a novel understanding of how the human brain processes and regulates angry experiences and expressions.
By Gadi Gilam (United States)

“A Boy, Being a Victim [of Sexual Violence], Nobody Really Buys That, You Know?”

A model that helps us understand sexual violence dynamics and an empirical study with male youth who were victims of sexual violence that provides evidence for this model.
By Jean Von Hohendorff (Brazil)

Adolescents With Borderline Personality Disorder Struggle With Controlling Anger and Aggression

Difficulties controlling feelings of anger and aggressive impulses are key characteristics of adult patients with borderline personality disorder. But what role does aggression play in adolescence and what is its neural basis?
By Marlene Krauch (Germany) and Katja Bertsch

Hostile Attribution Bias and Aggressive Behavior: Virtual Reality as a Promising Tool?

Amongst recent methodological innovations in psychology, virtual reality appears to be a promising tool to study Hostile Attribution Bias (HAB)—the misattribution of hostile intent to others.
By Danique Smeijers (The Netherlands) and Massil Benbouriche (United States)

Research Profile

On research concerning the relationship between Western cultural sexualization, female agency, and sexual aggression; the biological and social psychological forces giving rise to women’s agency and sexual openness; and how behavior, attitudes, and culture associated with gender are influenced by the interplay between biological and economic forces.
By Khandis Blake (Australia)

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