Catherine Lutz Zois: Clinical, Community and Social Psychology

Primary Research Areas

Intimate Partner Violence:

• What are factors associated with an increased likelihood of victimization? – Revictimization
• What factors predict whether a victim of IPV will develop PTSD (e.g., rumination, avoidant coping, event specific attribution, self-compassion)?

Psychopathy 

• Differences between Primary and Secondary psychopathy.
• Emotional dysregulation, Alexithymia, Borderline Personality Disorder.
• Empathy.
• Past suicide attempts and self-injurious behavior.
• The role of self-compassion.

Opportunities for Undergraduate Student Involvement

• A project designed to increase our understanding of why mistrust may serve as a mechanism for rape revictimization.
• A study of mechanisms and protective factors for the development of PTSD following stalking victimization.

Contact Catherine Lutz Zois

E-mail: czois1@udayton.edu

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