Research Bio
Dr. Swogger's research focuses primarily on psychopathy and violence among criminal offenders. He studies factors that moderate the relationships between psychopathic traits and key public health outcomes, including general interpersonal violence, intimate partner violence, suicidal behavior, and criminal recidivism. Dr. Swogger has begun a randomized clinical trial to study how personality heterogeneity impacts the efficacy of a substance use intervention among offenders.
2013
Swogger, M.T., Van Orden, K., Conner, K.R. "The relationship of outwardly-directed aggression to suicidal ideation and suicide attempts across two high-risk samples". Psychology of Violence (in press). 2013; . |
2012
Flicker, S. M., Cerulli, C., Swogger, M., & Talbot, N. "Depressive and Post-Traumatic Symptoms among Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Relations to Coping Strategies, Social Support, and Ethnicity". Violence Against Women. 2012; . |
2012
Swogger, M.T., Walsh, Z., Conner, K.R., Homaifar, B.Y., Caine, E.D. "Predicting Self and Other-Directed Violence among Discharged Psychiatric Patients: The Roles of Anger and Psychopathic Traits". Psychological Medicine. 2012; 42(2): 371-380. |
2012
Swogger, M.T., Walsh, Z., Kosson, D.S., Cashman-Brown, S., Caine, E.D. "Childhood physical abuse and later perpetration of intimate partner violence: The moderating role of psychopathic traits." Criminal Justice and Behavior. 2012; 39(7): 910-922. |
2011 Feb 28
Swogger MT, You S, Cashman-Brown S, Conner KR. "Childhood physical abuse, aggression, and suicide attempts among criminal offenders." Psychiatry research. 2011 Feb 28; 185(3):363-7. Epub 2010 Aug 17. |
