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Overview

David K. Marcus is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States and has focused research efforts primarily within the field of psychology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and archeology.

The central research topics explored by Marcus include personality disorders and psychopathology, personality traits and psychology, mental health research topics, resilience and mental health, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, conflict of laws and jurisdiction, and crime patterns and interventions.

Marcus has contributed to the academic literature with recent papers such as:

  • "A Network Approach to Understanding Narcissistic Grandiosity via the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory" (2021), published in Self and Identity
  • "Item response theory analysis of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure." (2021), published in Psychological Assessment
  • "Bipolar disorders and narcissism: Diagnostic concerns, conceptual commonalities and potential antecedents" (2022), published in Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • "Community Service Outcomes in Justice-Involved Youth: Comparing Restorative Community Service to Standard Community Service" (2021), published in Criminal Justice and Behavior
  • "Construction and Preliminary Validation of Machiavellianism Scales From the HEXACO-100" (2022), published in Assessment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Marcus include:

  • Madeline G. Nagel
  • Virgil Zeigler-Hill
  • Alexa M. Lambros
  • Keira L Monaghan
  • Brian F. French

Marcus has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Psychological Assessment
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • Criminal Justice and Behavior
  • Assessment

Their book publications include titles released by Gorgias Press such as "The Masorah of the Former Prophets in the Leningrad Codex" in 2020 and 2022. Another publication appeared with the eBooks publisher titled ": " in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Psychopathic, not psychopath: taxometric evidence for the dimensional structure of psychopathy.

    John F. Edens;David K. Marcus;Scott O. Lilienfeld;Norman G. Poythress Jr.

  • A Taxometric Analysis of Psychopathic Personality

    David K. Marcus;Siji L. John;John F. Edens

  • Cognitive and perceptual variables in hypochondriasis and health anxiety: a systematic review.

    David K. Marcus;Jessica R. Gurley;Melynda M. Marchi;Craig Bauer

  • Are the Parts as Good as the Whole? A Meta-Analysis of Component Treatment Studies

    Erin C. Bell;David K. Marcus;James K. Goodlad

  • Evidence-based apps? A review of mental health mobile applications in a psychotherapy context.

    Joyce H. L. Lui;David K. Marcus;Christopher T. Barry

  • The two-factor model of psychopathic personality: Evidence from the Psychopathic Personality Inventory.

    David K. Marcus;Jessica J. Fulton;John F. Edens

  • Does attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder have a dimensional latent structure? A taxometric analysis.

    David K. Marcus;Tammy D. Barry

  • Youth with psychopathy features are not a discrete class: a taxometric analysis.

    Daniel C. Murrie;David K. Marcus;Kevin S. Douglas;Zina Lee

  • The effects of neuroimaging and brain injury on insanity defenses

    Jessica R. Gurley;David K. Marcus

  • Is the Dodo bird endangered in the 21st century? A meta-analysis of treatment comparison studies.

    David K. Marcus;Debra O'Connell;Alyssa L. Norris;Abere Sawaqdeh

  • Comparing the relative fit of categorical and dimensional latent variable models using consistency tests.

    John Ruscio;Glenn D. Walters;David K. Marcus;Walter Kaczetow

  • Creative music therapy : a guide to fostering clinical musicianship

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  • The Psychology of Spite and the Measurement of Spitefulness

    David K. Marcus;Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Sterett H. Mercer;Alyssa L. Norris

  • Lead and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms: A meta-analysis

    James K. Goodlad;David K. Marcus;Jessica J. Fulton

  • Is antisocial personality disorder continuous or categorical? A taxometric analysis.

    David K. Marcus;Scott O. Lilienfeld;John F. Edens;Norman G. Poythress

  • A Big Tent of Dark Personality Traits

    David K. Marcus;Virgil Zeigler‐Hill

  • Health Anxiety, Rumination, and Negative Affect: A Mediational Analysis

    David K. Marcus;Kathleen T. Hughes;Randolph C. Arnau

  • A network of dark personality traits: What lies at the heart of darkness?

    David K. Marcus;Jonathan Preszler;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Lead and conduct problems: a meta-analysis.

    David K. Marcus;Jessica J. Fulton;Erin J. Clarke

  • Detecting small taxa using simulated comparison data : A reanalysis of beach, amir, and bau's (2005) data

    John Ruscio;David K. Marcus

  • Studying psychotherapy using the one-with-many design: The therapeutic alliance as an exemplar.

    David K. Marcus;Deborah A. Kashy;Scott A. Baldwin

  • Depression and interpersonal rejection

    David K. Marcus

  • Sex Differences in Judgments of Physical Attractiveness: A Social Relations Analysis

    David K. Marcus;Rowland S. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Edens
John F. Edens Texas A&M University
Virgil Zeigler-Hill
Virgil Zeigler-Hill Oakland University
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
John Ruscio
John Ruscio College of New Jersey
Marcus T. Boccaccini
Marcus T. Boccaccini Sam Houston State University
Deborah A. Kashy
Deborah A. Kashy Michigan State University
Norman G. Poythress
Norman G. Poythress University of South Florida
Emil F. Coccaro
Emil F. Coccaro The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Glenn D. Walters
Glenn D. Walters Kutztown University
Daniel C. Murrie
Daniel C. Murrie University of Virginia

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