Coordinating Author Information: Kelsey Priebe, MA | Sam Houston State University Session Abstract: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Personality psychopathology plays a significant role in the development and maintenance of disordered eating behaviors (e.g., Rikani, 2013), including symptom level differences in eating disorders (Garner et al., 1983; Garner et al., 2004; Grilo et al., 2015; Holland et al., … Continue reading Utility of Dimensional Personality Assessment in Capturing Disordered Eating Symptomology
The Dark Triad, Anger Rumination, and Criminal Maladaptive Behaviors
Coordinating Author Information: Shelby C. Vaughn | Mississippi State University Session Abstract:The Dark Triad (DT; Paulhus & Williams, 2002) is composed of the socially aversive, sub-clinical personality traits Machiavellianism (manipulation of others), narcissism (feelings of grandiosity, entitlement, dominance, and self-superiority), and psychopathy (high impulsivity and thrill seeking, low empathy and anxiety; Stead et al., 2012). … Continue reading The Dark Triad, Anger Rumination, and Criminal Maladaptive Behaviors
Self-Orientation on the MMPI-3: Investigating Differences in Individuals with Elevated SFD with Versus without Interpretable Low SFI
Coordinating Author Information: William Rice, BA | Western Carolina University Session Abstract: An update to the MMPI-2-RF (Tellegen & Ben-Porath, 2008/2011), the MMPI-3 (Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2020), was released with a new, nationally representative normative sample as well as new scales that provide increased coverage of clinically significant psychological constructs. One new scale, Self-Importance (SFI), measures … Continue reading Self-Orientation on the MMPI-3: Investigating Differences in Individuals with Elevated SFD with Versus without Interpretable Low SFI
Is There Really a Mental Health Crisis Among Today’s College Students?
Coordinating Author Information: Julianna G. Nails | Villanova University Session Abstract: Understanding the mental health needs of college students is crucial for university counseling centers, professors, and parents so that they can better help students to be successful both at school and after they graduate. Some data have suggested a significant increase in psychiatric diagnoses and … Continue reading Is There Really a Mental Health Crisis Among Today’s College Students?
Distinctions in Interpersonal Influence Tactics between Psychopathic Personality Traits and the Big Five
Coordinating Author Information: Chloe Rodriguez | Sam Houston State University Session Abstract:Background and Purpose Research suggests psychopathic personality traits are distinct from normal (Big Five) personality traits. Presumably, the strategies individuals use to influence others (interpersonal influence tactics) and the frequency this is done is an interpersonal dynamic wherein distinctions between psychopathic and normal personality … Continue reading Distinctions in Interpersonal Influence Tactics between Psychopathic Personality Traits and the Big Five
An Exploration of the Relationship between Defense Mechanisms and the Dimensions of the HiTOP Model
Coordinating Author Information: JoAnna Molina, MS | University of Detroit- Mercy Session Abstract: The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is an alternative classification system that conceptualizes psychopathology using empirically derived transdiagnostic dimensions. These dimensions align with decades of research findings and address a number of the well-documented problems with diagnostic categories. However, the HiTOP’s relationship … Continue reading An Exploration of the Relationship between Defense Mechanisms and the Dimensions of the HiTOP Model
A Performance-Based Test on the Circumplex Model: An Adaptation of the Picture Frustration Study Coherent with Criterion A of the AMPD
Corresponding Author Information: Carlo Vetere Session Abstract: The interpersonal paradigm in personality assessment uses circumplex based measures for assessment, evaluating interpersonal abilities, and the coping strategies through the coordinates of Community and Agency. The Picture Frustration Study (PFS) is an old test of 24 cartoon pictures showing two people in frequently frustrating situations, which is able … Continue reading A Performance-Based Test on the Circumplex Model: An Adaptation of the Picture Frustration Study Coherent with Criterion A of the AMPD
Developmental Cascades from Early Childhood Attachment Security to Adolescent Level of Personality Functioning in a High-Risk Sample
Session Abstract: There is widespread recognition that level of personality functioning, defined in terms of quality of relationships with the self and others, impacts development toward positive adaptation or pathology (e.g., Bender, 2019). Affective expectations of the self, others, and the environment form in the context of attachment relationships in infancy and continue to develop … Continue reading Developmental Cascades from Early Childhood Attachment Security to Adolescent Level of Personality Functioning in a High-Risk Sample
Eye Contact: Understanding the Relationship between Personality and Visual Information Processing on the Rorschach and Human Faces (1.5 CE Credits)
Corresponding Author Information: Ellen Day Session Abstract: Researchers from independent laboratories in two countries will present papers utilizing psychophysiological techniques to investigate the role of personality in processing the Rorschach and discerning emotions in faces. The session capitalizes on the fact that performance on the Rorschach involves scanning and making a visual attribution to the … Continue reading Eye Contact: Understanding the Relationship between Personality and Visual Information Processing on the Rorschach and Human Faces (1.5 CE Credits)
Initial Steps in the Development of the Behaviors and Attributes Questionnaire (BAQ) As a Measure of Fit for the Catholic Seminary
Corresponding Author Information: Augustine I Obasi Session Abstract: Using the 44-item list of behaviors and attributes of successful priests identified through a focus group study by Ippolito et al. In Fulfillment of Their Mission (2008), and five new items primarily focused on multi-cultural issues, we sought to develop and validate a new psychological measure ‚Äì‚ÄúThe … Continue reading Initial Steps in the Development of the Behaviors and Attributes Questionnaire (BAQ) As a Measure of Fit for the Catholic Seminary