Angela Book, Brock University

Research

psychopathy victim selection social mimicry fear enjoyment exploitation

Latest papers

Attachment and Mindfulness as Mediators in the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Personality Outcomes.
Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023 · senior author
Using the HEXACO to explain the structure of borderline and psychopathic personality traits.
Personality and mental health · 2023 · senior author
The effect of fear-inducing stimuli on risk taking in people with psychopathic traits.
Cognition & emotion · 2022 · first author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

The Social Predator Hypothesis of Psychopathy
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$61,790
The Social Predator Hypothesis of Psychopathy
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$20,340
Psychopaths as social predators: victim selection, social mimicry, and interpersonal interaction
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$144,758

All 5 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Attachment and Mindfulness as Mediators in the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Personality Outcomes.

Roters J, Book A

Journal of child & adolescent trauma2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40653-023-00553-x PMID: 38045851

02

Using the HEXACO to explain the structure of borderline and psychopathic personality traits.

Roters J, Book A

Personality and mental health2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/pmh.1584 PMID: 36990660

03

The effect of fear-inducing stimuli on risk taking in people with psychopathic traits.

Book A, Visser B, Wattam T

Cognition & emotion2022First author

DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2022.2106944 PMID: 35913789

04

In the eye of the beholder: Psychopathy and fear enjoyment.

Book A, Stark S, MacEachern J, Forth A, Visser B, Wattam T, Young J, Power J, Roters J

Journal of personality2020First author

DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12571 PMID: 32629546

05

Psychopathic Traits and the Cheater-Hawk Hypothesis.

Book A, Methot-Jones T, Blais J, Hosker-Field A, Volk A, Visser BA, Gauthier N, Holden RR, D'Agata MT

Journal of interpersonal violence2019First author

DOI: 10.1177/0886260516669168 PMID: 27651447

06

Psychopathy and victim selection: the use of gait as a cue to vulnerability.

Book A, Costello K, Camilleri JA

Journal of interpersonal violence2013First author

DOI: 10.1177/0886260512475315 PMID: 23422847

The Social Predator Hypothesis of Psychopathy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Book, Angela S.

Keywords: psychopathy; victim selection; social mimicry; fear enjoyment

$61,790

The Social Predator Hypothesis of Psychopathy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Book, Angela S.

Keywords: psychopathy; victim selection; social mimicry; fear enjoyment

$20,340

Psychopaths as social predators: victim selection, social mimicry, and interpersonal interaction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Book, Angela S.

Keywords: psychopathy; victim selection; exploitation

$144,758

A walk in the park: a study of victim selection using virtual immersion

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Guay, Jean-Pierre

Keywords: situation awareness; victim selection processes; contextual vulnerability; psychopathy; dark triad; criminal experience

$196,351

Psychopaths as social predators

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Book, Angela S.

Keywords: psychopathy; victim selection; emotion

$79,571

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Personality
Child and Adolescent Psychology
Other Psychology

Co-authors at Brock University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Julie Blais

Other Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Anthony Volk

Child and Adolescent Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: psychopathy Dear Professor Book, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Attachment and Mindfulness as Mediators in the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Personality Outcomes." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Social Predator Hypothesis of Psychopathy" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]