Family Interventions in Domestic Violence: A Handbook of Gender-Inclusive Theory and Treatment, 2007
Book Summary: In this exciting new book John Hamel, author of the ground-breaking Gender-Inclusiv... more Book Summary: In this exciting new book John Hamel, author of the ground-breaking Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse, and Tonia Nicholls go beyond the traditional intervention theories of domestic violence practiced today. Offering alternative, unbiased and sometimes controversial views, theories, and current research, they, along with renowned contributors in the field, provide new treatment options that encompass a wide range of gender dynamics. Here are just some of the key principles covered: Interventions Should Be Based on a Thorough Unbiased Assessment Victim/Perpetrator Distinctions are Overstated, and Much Partner Abuse is Mutual Regardless of Perpetrator Gender, Child Witnesses to Partner Abuse are Adversely Affected, and are at Risk for Perpetrating Partner Abuse as Adults This new gender-inclusive approach to assessment and intervention provides a significant departure from traditional paradigms of domestic violence, and offers a much-needed awareness to effectively prevent violence in our communities today and for future generations
Trying to remember something now typically improves your ability to remember it later. However, a... more Trying to remember something now typically improves your ability to remember it later. However, after watching a video of a simulated bank robbery, participants who verbally described the robber were 25% worse at identifying the robber in a lineup than were participants who instead listed U.S. states and capitals—this has been termed the “verbal overshadowing” effect (Schooler & Engstler-Schooler, 1990). More recent studies suggested that this effect might be substantially smaller than first reported. Given uncertainty about the effect size, the influence of this finding in the memory literature, and its practical importance for police procedures, we conducted two collections of preregistered direct replications (RRR1 and RRR2) that differed only in the order of the description task and a filler task. In RRR1, when the description task immediately followed the robbery, participants who provided a description were 4% less likely to select the robber than were those in the control con...
Proposal, Data, and Codebook for the Registered Replication of Driscoll, Davis, and Lipetz' (... more Proposal, Data, and Codebook for the Registered Replication of Driscoll, Davis, and Lipetz' (1972) Romeo and Juliet effect study.
"We applied the Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980) to predict unwanted p... more "We applied the Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980) to predict unwanted pursuit post-breakup. Students (n = 604) were administered surveys. To assess past behavior, participant completed the Condensed Stalking Behavior Inventory about their previous use of unwanted pursuit tactics post-breakup. To assess their attitudes toward unwanted pursuit, participants completed the Stalking Myth Scale – Minimization Sub-scale (Lyndon et al., 2012). To measure subjective norms we gave them a modified form of the Obsessive Relational Intrusion Scale (ORI-SF; Cupach & Spitzberg, 2008) where participants were asked what behaviors others would typically engage in post-breakup. For behavioral intention, participants also completed the ORI-SF reporting their own likelihood of engaging in these behaviors post-breakup. We found that all three were significant predictors, with perceived normativity and minimization being the strongest. These results support that it is possible to predict obsessive relational pursuits using the theory of reasoned action. "
This study examined how individual differences in motivation to control prejudiced reactions (MCP... more This study examined how individual differences in motivation to control prejudiced reactions (MCPR) affected one's sensitivity to social norms regarding the expression of gay rights attitudes. After measuring their political beliefs and MCPR, pro-gay rights and anti-gay rights participants took part in a discussion where they faced discussion groups that either opposed their position unanimously or nonunanimously (i.e., four opposing confederates vs. three opposing confederates and one undecided confederate). Anti-gay rights individuals showed more conformity overall, especially when high in MCPR. Anti-gay rights individuals also showed norm-consistent attitude change, regardless of MCPR, whereas attitude change among pro-gay rights individuals depended upon their level of MCPR.
Family Interventions in Domestic Violence: A Handbook of Gender-Inclusive Theory and Treatment, 2007
Book Summary: In this exciting new book John Hamel, author of the ground-breaking Gender-Inclusiv... more Book Summary: In this exciting new book John Hamel, author of the ground-breaking Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse, and Tonia Nicholls go beyond the traditional intervention theories of domestic violence practiced today. Offering alternative, unbiased and sometimes controversial views, theories, and current research, they, along with renowned contributors in the field, provide new treatment options that encompass a wide range of gender dynamics. Here are just some of the key principles covered: Interventions Should Be Based on a Thorough Unbiased Assessment Victim/Perpetrator Distinctions are Overstated, and Much Partner Abuse is Mutual Regardless of Perpetrator Gender, Child Witnesses to Partner Abuse are Adversely Affected, and are at Risk for Perpetrating Partner Abuse as Adults This new gender-inclusive approach to assessment and intervention provides a significant departure from traditional paradigms of domestic violence, and offers a much-needed awareness to effectively prevent violence in our communities today and for future generations
Trying to remember something now typically improves your ability to remember it later. However, a... more Trying to remember something now typically improves your ability to remember it later. However, after watching a video of a simulated bank robbery, participants who verbally described the robber were 25% worse at identifying the robber in a lineup than were participants who instead listed U.S. states and capitals—this has been termed the “verbal overshadowing” effect (Schooler & Engstler-Schooler, 1990). More recent studies suggested that this effect might be substantially smaller than first reported. Given uncertainty about the effect size, the influence of this finding in the memory literature, and its practical importance for police procedures, we conducted two collections of preregistered direct replications (RRR1 and RRR2) that differed only in the order of the description task and a filler task. In RRR1, when the description task immediately followed the robbery, participants who provided a description were 4% less likely to select the robber than were those in the control con...
Proposal, Data, and Codebook for the Registered Replication of Driscoll, Davis, and Lipetz' (... more Proposal, Data, and Codebook for the Registered Replication of Driscoll, Davis, and Lipetz' (1972) Romeo and Juliet effect study.
"We applied the Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980) to predict unwanted p... more "We applied the Theory of Reasoned Action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980) to predict unwanted pursuit post-breakup. Students (n = 604) were administered surveys. To assess past behavior, participant completed the Condensed Stalking Behavior Inventory about their previous use of unwanted pursuit tactics post-breakup. To assess their attitudes toward unwanted pursuit, participants completed the Stalking Myth Scale – Minimization Sub-scale (Lyndon et al., 2012). To measure subjective norms we gave them a modified form of the Obsessive Relational Intrusion Scale (ORI-SF; Cupach & Spitzberg, 2008) where participants were asked what behaviors others would typically engage in post-breakup. For behavioral intention, participants also completed the ORI-SF reporting their own likelihood of engaging in these behaviors post-breakup. We found that all three were significant predictors, with perceived normativity and minimization being the strongest. These results support that it is possible to predict obsessive relational pursuits using the theory of reasoned action. "
This study examined how individual differences in motivation to control prejudiced reactions (MCP... more This study examined how individual differences in motivation to control prejudiced reactions (MCPR) affected one's sensitivity to social norms regarding the expression of gay rights attitudes. After measuring their political beliefs and MCPR, pro-gay rights and anti-gay rights participants took part in a discussion where they faced discussion groups that either opposed their position unanimously or nonunanimously (i.e., four opposing confederates vs. three opposing confederates and one undecided confederate). Anti-gay rights individuals showed more conformity overall, especially when high in MCPR. Anti-gay rights individuals also showed norm-consistent attitude change, regardless of MCPR, whereas attitude change among pro-gay rights individuals depended upon their level of MCPR.
Multiple researchers and the United Nations have identified the internet as the primary location ... more Multiple researchers and the United Nations have identified the internet as the primary location for extremist recruitment and planning. Using the emerging extremist group, the Boogaloo Bois, as a test case, we developed a coding paradigm integrating Maynard & Benesch’s (2016) Dangerous Speech Model and Cottrell & Neuberg’s (2005) Sociofunctional Threat Theory. We coded 500+ posts by Boogaloo members scraped from multiple online sites for how often they cast the outgroup (e.g., police, “the Feds,” liberals) as a Realistic/Physical, Resource, Symbolic/Moral, Social, or Self Threat. We then assessed whether the poster made any specific threats (identifying a target, plan, date, means, etc.). The analysis revealed a significant link between perceiving threats and making threats.
Emerging late in the 2010s, the Boogaloo Bois are a decentralized, domestic, terrorist group who ... more Emerging late in the 2010s, the Boogaloo Bois are a decentralized, domestic, terrorist group who seize upon periods of civil unrest in order to provoke the collapse of the federal government. Becoming particularly active during anti-mask/anti-vaxx and Black Lives Matter (BLM) movements of 2020, the group has been linked to an array of incidents, most notoriously including the murder of a Santa Cruz police officer during BLM marches and the attempted abduction of the governor of Michigan. As a newer extremist group, less is known about them than other longer-standing domestic terrorists. The present program of research exploits open-source intelligence (OSInt) to 1) better understand the ideology of the group and 2) test a new theory-grounded linguistic threat assessment framework for the detection of dangerous speech - i.e., speech the promotes violence - in online chatter. In order to pull the signal from the noise, we have to know what sort of signals we should even be seeking. This talk will discuss how OSInt and theory can be integrated to guide our understanding of the threat domestic extremists present.
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