Kristopher Brazil

Dr. Brazil’s research uses an interdisciplinary framework of evolutionary, developmental, and relationship perspectives to understand psychopathy and other individual differences. An evolutionary perspective helps examine why individual differences exist including possible functions. A developmental perspective helps examine how individual differences develop including the effects of both environmental and biological aspects. A relationship perspective helps locate individual differences within relationships, where their meaning is embedded and consequences important. Dr. Brazil’s primary interest is in psychopathy, but he also conducts research on the Dark Triad (psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) and personality traits more broadly.

Research Interests:

• Psychopathy
• Personality traits
• Relationships
• Sex and gender differences
• Sexual aggression
• Antisocial behaviour
• Empathy
• Theories in psychology (e.g., evolutionary, developmental)
• Quantitative statistics (e.g., latent profile analysis, structural equation modeling)