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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Kenneth N. Levy is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their primary field of study is psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, supported by a substantial number of publications in this subfield. Other notable areas of research include philosophy, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and applied psychology.

Their research interests cover a diverse range of topics, including:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Kenneth N. Levy has contributed to several peer-reviewed journals and publication venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Portfolio Management
  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
  • The Lancet Psychiatry

Noteworthy recent papers by Levy include:

  • "In-session reflective functioning in psychotherapies for borderline personality disorder: The emotion regulatory role of reflective functioning," 2021, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • "The association between mentalizing and psychopathology: A meta-analysis of the reading the mind in the eyes task across psychiatric disorders," 2022, Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
  • "The roles of attachment and emotion dysregulation in the association between childhood maltreatment and PTSD in an inner-city sample," 2021, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • "Treatment of depression in children and adolescents," 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Reflective functioning and its potential to moderate the efficacy of manualized psychodynamic therapies versus other treatments for borderline personality disorder," 2022, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Levy has also published books, including one with the American Psychological Association titled Understanding mechanisms of change in psychotherapies for personality disorders (2024).

Throughout their career, Kenneth N. Levy has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, such as:

  • Uëli Kramer
  • Shelley McMain
  • Bruce I. Jacobs
  • Benjamin N. Johnson
  • Yogev Kivity

In 2013, Levy was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Initial Construction and Validation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

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

  • Evaluating three treatments for borderline personality disorder: a multiwave study.

    John F. Clarkin;Kenneth N. Levy;Mark F. Lenzenweger;Otto F. Kernberg

  • Change in attachment patterns and reflective function in a randomized control trial of transference-focused psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder.

    Kenneth N. Levy;Kevin B. Meehan;Kristen M. Kelly;Joseph S. Reynoso

  • Failure of frontolimbic inhibitory function in the context of negative emotion in borderline personality disorder.

    David Silbersweig;John F. Clarkin;Martin Goldstein;Otto F. Kernberg

  • Attachment Styles and Parental Representations

    Kenneth N. Levy;Sidney J. Blatt;Phillip R. Shaver

  • The implications of attachment theory and research for understanding borderline personality disorder.

    Kenneth N. Levy

  • The development of a psychodynamic treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder: a preliminary study of behavioral change.

    John F. Clarkin;Pamela A. Foelsch;Kenneth N. Levy;James W. Hull

  • Mental representations in personality development, psychopathology, and the therapeutic process

    Sidney J. Blatt;Sidney J. Blatt;John S. Auerbach;Kenneth N. Levy

  • Transference focused psychotherapy: Overview and update.

    Otto F. Kernberg;Frank E. Yeomans;John F. Clarkin;Kenneth N. Levy

  • Attentional mechanisms of borderline personality disorder

    Michael I. Posner;Michael I. Posner;Mary K. Rothbart;Mary K. Rothbart;Nathalie Vizueta;Kenneth N. Levy;Kenneth N. Levy

  • The mechanisms of change in the treatment of borderline personality disorder with transference focused psychotherapy

    Kenneth N. Levy;Kenneth N. Levy;John F. Clarkin;Frank E. Yeomans;Lori N. Scott

  • Attachment Theory, Psychoanalysis, Personality Development, and Psychopathology

    Sidney J. Blatt;Kenneth N. Levy

  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Diagnostic and Clinical Challenges

    Eve Caligor;Kenneth N. Levy;Frank E. Yeomans

  • Neural substrates of the interaction of emotional stimulus processing and motor inhibitory control: An emotional linguistic go/no-go fMRI study

    Martin Goldstein;Gary Brendel;Oliver Tuescher;Oliver Tuescher;Hong Pan

  • Patient-therapist attachment in the treatment of borderline personality disorder

    Diana Diamond;Chase Stovall-McClough;John F. Clarkin;Kenneth N. Levy

  • The relational context of aggression in borderline personality disorder: using adult attachment style to predict forms of hostility.

    Kenneth L. Critchfield;Kenneth N. Levy;John F. Clarkin;Otto F. Kernberg

  • The Personality Disorders Institute/Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation randomized control trial for borderline personality disorder: rationale, methods, and patient characteristics.

    John F. Clarkin;Kenneth N. Levy;Mark F. Lenzenweger;Otto F. Kernberg

  • A meta-analysis of the relation between patient adult attachment style and the working alliance

    Samantha L. Bernecker;Kenneth Neil Levy;William D. Ellison

  • Attachment and borderline personality disorder: implications for psychotherapy.

    Kenneth N. Levy;Kevin B. Meehan;Michal Weber;Joseph Reynoso

  • Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Personality Disorder Diagnosis in Adolescent Inpatients

    Kenneth N. Levy;Daniel F. Becker;Carlos M. Grilo;Jonathan J.F. Mattanah

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Clarkin
John F. Clarkin Cornell University
Otto F. Kernberg
Otto F. Kernberg Cornell University
Mark F. Lenzenweger
Mark F. Lenzenweger Binghamton University
Sidney J. Blatt
Sidney J. Blatt Yale University
Aaron L. Pincus
Aaron L. Pincus Pennsylvania State University
Carlos M. Grilo
Carlos M. Grilo Yale University
Michael I. Posner
Michael I. Posner University of Oregon
Michelle G. Newman
Michelle G. Newman Pennsylvania State University
Kathleen M. Thomas
Kathleen M. Thomas University of Minnesota
Mary K. Rothbart
Mary K. Rothbart University of Oregon

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