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Overview

Douglas B. Samuel is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily centers around the broad field of psychology, with a significant focus on clinical psychology. Other subfields in which they conduct research include experimental and cognitive psychology, philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, and applied psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Douglas B. Samuel has contributed to several recent academic papers. Notable publications include:

  • The distinction between symptoms and traits in the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP), 2020, Journal of Personality
  • Three recommendations based on a comparison of the reliability and validity of the predominant models used in research on the empirical structure of psychopathology, 2021, Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • Ratings of dimensional traits in clinical practice: Comparing therapist and client perspectives, 2021, Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment
  • HiTOP Assessment of Externalizing Antagonism and Disinhibition, 2021, Assessment
  • Developing a short form of the IPIP Abridged Big Five-Dimensional Circumplex (AB5C) congruent with the AB5C circumplex locations, 2020, Journal of Research in Personality

Frequent co-authors of Douglas B. Samuel include:

  • Caroline Balling
  • Meredith A. Bucher
  • Donald R. Lynam
  • Susan C. South
  • Roman Kotov

Their publications often appear in several key venues, including:

  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology
  • Journal of Personality
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Best Publications

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

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

  • A meta-analytic review of the relationships between the five-factor model and DSM-IV-TR personality disorders: A facet level analysis

    Douglas B. Samuel;Thomas A. Widiger

  • DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES OR DIMENSIONS? A QUESTION FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS

    T A Widiger;D B Samuel

  • Diagnostic categories or dimensions? A question for the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders--fifth edition.

    Thomas A. Widiger;Douglas B. Samuel

  • Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology

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

  • A Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Can Transform Mental Health Research

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

  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

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

  • Testing whether the DSM-5 personality disorder trait model can be measured with a reduced set of items: An item response theory investigation of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5.

    Jessica L. Maples;Nathan T. Carter;Lauren R. Few;Cristina Crego

  • Psychometric Properties of an Abbreviated Instrument of the Five-Factor Model:

    Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt;Janetta E. Jamerson;Douglas B. Samuel;David R. Olson

  • Evidence-based assessment of personality disorders.

    Thomas A. Widiger;Douglas B. Samuel

  • Clinicians' Personality Descriptions of Prototypic Personality Disorders

    Douglas B. Samuel;Thomas A. Widiger

  • DSM-5 Alternative Personality Disorder Model Traits as Maladaptive Extreme Variants of the Five-Factor Model: An Item-Response Theory Analysis

    Takakuni Suzuki;Douglas B. Samuel;Shandell Pahlen;Robert F. Krueger

  • Clinicians' Judgments of clinical utility : A comparison of the DSM-IV and five-factor models

    Douglas B. Samuel;Thomas A. Widiger

  • A meta-analytic review of personality traits and their associations with mental health treatment outcomes.

    Meredith A. Bucher;Takakuni Suzuki;Douglas B. Samuel

  • Personality in a Hierarchical Model of Psychopathology

    Thomas A. Widiger;Martin Sellbom;Michael Chmielewski;Lee Anna Clark

  • Criterion A of the AMPD in HiTOP

    Thomas A. Widiger;Bo Bach;Michael Chmielewski;Lee Anna Clark

  • An item response theory integration of normal and abnormal personality scales.

    Douglas B. Samuel;Leonard J. Simms;Lee Anna Clark;W. John Livesley

  • Comparing methods for scoring personality disorder types using maladaptive traits in DSM-5.

    Douglas B. Samuel;Christopher J. Hopwood;Robert F. Krueger;Katherine M. Thomas

  • Convergence of Narcissism Measures From the Perspective of General Personality Functioning

    Douglas B. Samuel;Thomas A. Widiger

  • Conscientiousness and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.

    Douglas B. Samuel;Thomas A. Widiger

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Widiger
Thomas A. Widiger University of Kentucky
Donald R. Lynam
Donald R. Lynam Purdue University West Lafayette
Joshua D. Miller
Joshua D. Miller University of Georgia
Christopher J. Hopwood
Christopher J. Hopwood University of Zurich
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt
Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt Oklahoma State University
Roman Kotov
Roman Kotov Stony Brook University
Aidan G. C. Wright
Aidan G. C. Wright University of Pittsburgh
Leslie C. Morey
Leslie C. Morey Texas A&M University
Jennifer L. Tackett
Jennifer L. Tackett Northwestern University

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