Beth A Visser

Biographic Data

ID4231492
NAMEBeth A Visser
GIVEN NAMESBeth A
FAMILY NAMEVisser
SIGNATUREVISSER B A
AFFILIATIONSBrock University
ORCID0000-0001-8413-5831
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS79
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX5

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

    Angela Book, Angela S Book et al.ARTICLECognition & Emotion2022

    Research suggests that people with psychopathic traits experience fear-inducing stimuli differently from others, seeming to interpret fear as more positive and less negative. We expected that this reaction, termed fear enjoyment, would impact the effect of fear-inducing stimuli on self-report risk-taking behaviour. Risk-taking was measured before and after viewing excitement- and fear-inducing videos (N = 825). As expected from research showing t…

  • The ESS-R

    Open AccessBeth A Visser, Emily Stiner et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2022Cited by: 1References: 20

  • In the eye of the beholder

    Open AccessAngela S Book, Scarlet Stark et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality2020

    OBJECTIVE: We investigated the relations between psychopathic traits and fear enjoyment. METHOD: In Study 1, 140 undergraduate participants (62 men, 78 women) watched the footage of video game play meant to induce either excitement or fear, rating each on positive/negative adjectives. In Study 2, 150 undergraduate participants (94 women, 56 men) rated valence (positive/negative) of 20 sets of morphed surprise/fear photos. RESULTS: In Study 1, par…

  • Is the Dark Triad common factor distinct from low Honesty-Humility

    Open AccessGordon Hodson, Angela Book et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research in Personality2018Cited by: 10References: 42

  • Unpacking “evil”

    Open AccessAngela Book, Angela S Book et al.ARTICLEPersonality and Individual…2015

  • Psychopathic Sexuality

    Open AccessBeth A Visser, Victoria DeBow et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality2015

    In two studies, we explored the relations between psychopathic traits and sexual fantasy content. In Study 1, we rated content themes in the fantasy narratives of 195 men and women recruited at a Canadian university. In Study 2, we administered a sexual fantasy questionnaire to a sample of 355 Canadian undergraduate students. In Study 1, we found that psychopathic traits predicted themes of anonymous, uncommitted, and nonromantic sexual activity …

  • Gender Differences in Object of Desire Self-Consciousness Sexual Fantasies

    Open AccessA F Bogaert, Beth A Visser et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2015Cited by: 6References: 35

  • Sex, Power, and Money

    Open AccessKibeom Lee, Michael C Ashton et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Personality2013

    Data were collected from two undergraduate student samples to examine (i) the relations of the ‘Dark Triad’ variables (Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Narcissism) with the HEXACO personality dimensions, as well as (ii) the ability of the aforementioned characteristics and of the Big Five personality factors to predict outcome variables related to sex, power, and money. Results indicated that the common variance of the Dark Triad was very highl…

  • Is Low Anxiety Part of the Psychopathy Construct

    Open AccessBeth A Visser, Michael C Ashton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality2012

    Low anxiety has traditionally been considered a feature of psychopathy, but there has been mixed research support for this conceptualization. We investigated the PPI‐R‐SF S tress I mmunity subscale (a measure of low anxiety) in relation to 2 widely used self‐report psychopathy scales in a sample of 346 undergraduate students. Results indicated that PPI‐R‐SF S tress I mmunity was nearly unrelated to other indicators of psychopathy, showing a near‐…

  • Self-Objectification, Self-Esteem, and Gender

    Open AccessBecky L Choma, Becky Choma et al.ARTICLESex Roles2010Cited by: 25References: 9

  • Status-driven risk taking and the major dimensions of personality

    Open AccessMichael C Ashton, Kibeom Lee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research in Personality2010Cited by: 5References: 13

  • Similarity and assumed similarity in personality reports of well-acquainted persons

    Kibeom Lee, Michael C Ashton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…2009Cited by: 29

    The authors obtained self- and observer reports of personality from pairs of well-acquainted college students. Consistent with previous findings, results of Study 1 showed strong cross-source agreement for all 6 HEXACO personality factors (rs approximately .55). In addition, the authors found modest levels of similarity (r approximately .25) between dyad members' self-reports on each of 2 dimensions, Honesty-Humility and Openness to Experience. F…

  • Phobic tendency within the Five-Factor and Hexaco models of personality structure

    Open AccessMichael C Ashton, Kibeom Lee et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research in Personality2008Cited by: 3References: 14