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83
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1271
National Ranking
770

Overview

Aidan G. C. Wright is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, specializing in the field of Psychology. Their research primarily focuses on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, Philosophy, and Social Psychology. The main topics covered in their work include Mental Health Research Topics, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, Personality Traits and Psychology, Mental Health and Psychiatry, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, and Digital Mental Health Interventions.

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, with frequent appearances in several key journals and publication venues. These include:

  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment
  • European Journal of Personality
  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Journal of Personality
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science

Aidan G. C. Wright has collaborated regularly with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Whitney R. Ringwald
  • Michael N. Hallquist
  • Aleksandra Kaurin
  • Robert F. Krueger
  • Miriam K. Forbes

Their recent notable papers consist of:

  • "The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Quantitative Nosology Based on Consensus of Evidence," published in 2021 in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • "Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum," published in 2020 in World Psychiatry
  • "Personalized Models of Psychopathology," published in 2020 in Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • "Narcissism Today: What We Know and What We Need to Learn," published in 2021 in Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • "Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum," published in 2021 in World Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Dimensional Alternative to Traditional Nosologies

    Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson;Thomas M. Achenbach

  • Initial Construction and Validation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

    Aaron L. Pincus;Emily B. Ansell;Claudia A. Pimentel;Nicole M. Cain

  • The Hierarchical Structure of DSM-5 Pathological Personality Traits

    Aidan G.C. Wright;Katherine M. Thomas;Christopher J. Hopwood;Kristian E. Markon

  • The Structure of Personality Pathology: Both General ('g') and Specific ('s') Factors?

    Carla Sharp;Aidan G. C. Wright;J. Christopher Fowler;B. Christopher Frueh

  • Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology

    Robert F. Krueger;Roman Kotov;David Watson;Miriam K. Forbes

  • The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Quantitative Nosology Based on Consensus of Evidence.

    Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson;David C. Cicero

  • A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Can Transform Mental Health Research

    Christopher C. Conway;Miriam K. Forbes;Kelsie T. Forbush;Eiko I. Fried

  • DSM-5 personality traits and DSM-IV personality disorders

    Christopher J. Hopwood;Katherine M. Thomas;Kristian E. Markon;Aidan G. C. Wright

  • Evidence that psychopathology symptom networks have limited replicability.

    Miriam K. Forbes;Aidan G. C. Wright;Kristian E. Markon;Robert F. Krueger

  • The structure of psychopathology: Toward an expanded quantitative empirical model.

    Aidan G. C. Wright;Robert F. Krueger;Megan J. Hobbs;Kristian E. Markon

  • The convergent structure of DSM-5 personality trait facets and five-factor model trait domains.

    Katherine M. Thomas;Matthew M. Yalch;Robert F. Krueger;Aidan G. C. Wright

  • On the structure of personality disorder traits: conjoint analyses of the CAT-PD, PID-5, and NEO-PI-3 trait models.

    Aidan G. C. Wright;Leonard J. Simms

  • The interpersonal core of personality pathology.

    Christopher J. Hopwood;Aidan G.C. Wright;Emily B. Ansell;Aaron L. Pincus

  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

    Christopher J. Hopwood;Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson

  • The higher order factor structure and gender invariance of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory.

    Aidan G. C. Wright;Mark R. Lukowitsky;Aaron L. Pincus;David E. Conroy

  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum

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  • Narcissistic Grandiosity and Narcissistic Vulnerability in Psychotherapy

    Aaron L. Pincus;Nicole M. Cain;Aidan G. C. Wright

  • Integrating the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) into clinical practice

    Camilo J. Ruggero;Roman Kotov;Christopher J. Hopwood;Michael First

  • Bridging the Nomothetic and Idiographic Approaches to the Analysis of Clinical Data

    Adriene M. Beltz;Aidan G. C. Wright;Briana N. Sprague;Peter C. M. Molenaar

  • Longitudinal validation of general and specific structural features of personality pathology.

    Aidan G C Wright;Christopher J Hopwood;Andrew E Skodol;Leslie C Morey

  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): I. Psychosis superspectrum.

    Roman Kotov;Katherine G Jonas;William T Carpenter;Michael N Dretsch

  • Personalized Models of Psychopathology.

    Aidan G C Wright;William C Woods

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Hopwood
Christopher J. Hopwood University of Zurich
Aaron L. Pincus
Aaron L. Pincus Pennsylvania State University
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Michael N. Hallquist
Michael N. Hallquist Pennsylvania State University
Paul A. Pilkonis
Paul A. Pilkonis University of Pittsburgh
Kristian E. Markon
Kristian E. Markon University of Iowa
Johannes Zimmermann
Johannes Zimmermann University of Kassel
Stephanie D. Stepp
Stephanie D. Stepp University of Pittsburgh
Stephen B. Manuck
Stephen B. Manuck University of Pittsburgh
Miriam K. Forbes
Miriam K. Forbes Macquarie University

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