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Overview

Mark A. Blais is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a focus on clinical psychology and related subfields. The major areas of study include personality disorders and psychopathology, psychotherapy techniques and applications, psychological testing and assessment, mental health and psychiatry, and topics related to personality traits and psychology.

Blais's publication record includes numerous papers in reputable journals. Key recent papers include:

  • "The Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH): Psychometric Evaluation and Initial Validation of the SSSH Baseline Spirituality Survey" (2021, Religions)
  • "Exploring the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders Using SCORS-G Ratings on Thematic Apperception Test Narratives" (2021, Journal of Personality Disorders)
  • "An Evaluation of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptom Scale as a Measure of Treatment Response and Remission in Psychotherapy and Medication Trials" (2021, Behavior Therapy)
  • "External correlates of the SPECTRA: Indices of psychopathology (SPECTRA) in a clinical sample" (2021, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)
  • "When's a story a story? Determining interpretability of Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global ratings on Thematic Apperception Test narratives" (2020, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Blais include Michelle B. Stein, Jared R. Ruchensky, Samuel Justin Sinclair, Christina Massey, and Laura A. Richardson.

The most frequent publication venues for Blais's work are Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Journal of Personality Assessment, Religions, Journal of Personality Disorders, and Behavior Therapy.

Blais's research focuses deeply on clinical psychology areas, evidenced by multiple publications addressing personality disorders and psychopathology alongside psychotherapy techniques and psychological assessment methods.

The main fields of study cover:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Subfields of study include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Philosophy
  • Social Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

Main research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Best Publications

  • Psychometric Properties of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: Overall and Across Demographic Groups Living Within the United States:

    Samuel J. Sinclair;Mark A. Blais;David A. Gansler;Elisabeth Sandberg

  • Depression, self-care, and medication adherence in type 2 diabetes: relationships across the full range of symptom severity.

    Jeffrey S. Gonzalez;Steven A. Safren;Enrico Cagliero;Deborah J. Wexler

  • Psychometric evaluation and normative data for the depression, anxiety, and stress scales-21 (DASS-21) in a nonclinical sample of U.S. adults

    Samuel Justin Sinclair;Caleb J. Siefert;Jenelle M. Slavin-Mulford;Michelle B. Stein

  • Mortality in eating disorders: A descriptive study.

    David B. Herzog;Dara N. Greenwood;David J. Dorer;Andrea T. Flores

  • Correlates of health-related quality of life in type 2 diabetes

    D. J. Wexler;R. W. Grant;E. Wittenberg;J. L. Bosch;J. L. Bosch

  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

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

  • Pregnancy complications and neonatal outcomes in women with eating disorders.

    Debra L. Franko;Mark A. Blais;Anne E. Becker;Sherrie Selwyn Delinsky

  • Development and initial validation of a brief mental health outcome measure

    Mark A. Blais;William R. Lenderking;Lee Baer;Ashley deLorell

  • Measuring Psychodynamic-Interpersonal and Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques: Development of the Comparative Psychotherapy Process Scale.

    Mark J. Hilsenroth;Matthew D. Blagys;Steven J. Ackerman;Dennis R. Bonge

  • Pregnancy: outcome and impact on symptomatology in a cohort of eating-disordered women.

    Mark A. Blais;Anne E. Becker;Rebecca A. Burwell;Andrea T. Flores

  • Recognition and Treatment of Depression and Anxiety in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Jeff C. Huffman;Felicia A. Smith;Mark A. Blais;Marguerite E. Beiser

  • Anxiety, independent of depressive symptoms, is associated with in-hospital cardiac complications after acute myocardial infarction

    Jeff C. Huffman;Felicia A. Smith;Mark A. Blais;James L. Januzzi

  • Handbook of Clinical Rating Scales and Assessment in Psychiatry and Mental Health

    Lee Baer;Mark A. Blais

  • A psychometric evaluation of the DSM-IV personality disorder criteria.

    Mark A. Blais;Dennis K. Norman

  • What predicts suicide attempts in women with eating disorders

    Debra L. Franko;Pamela K. Keel;D. J. Dorer;M. A. Blais

  • Development of a brief screening instrument: the HANDS.

    Lee Baer;Douglas G. Jacobs;Joelle Meszler-Reizes;Mark Blais

  • Clinician ratings of the five-factor model of personality and the DSM-IV personality disorders.

    Mark A. Blais

  • Current Issues in Anxiety and Depression: Comorbid, Mixed, and Subthreshold Disorders.

    Rafael A. Rivas-Vazquez;Dalia Saffa-Biller;Ivonne Ruiz;Mark A. Blais

  • The anxiety sensitivity index: item analysis and suggestions for refinement.

    Mark A. Blais;Michael W. Otto;Bonnie G. Zucker;Richard J. McNally

  • Regional cerebral brain metabolism correlates of neuroticism and extraversion.

    Thilo Deckersbach;Karen K. Miller;Anne Klibanski;Alan Fischman

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. Hilsenroth
Mark J. Hilsenroth Adelphi University
Lee Baer
Lee Baer Harvard University
Jeff C. Huffman
Jeff C. Huffman Harvard University
Christopher J. Hopwood
Christopher J. Hopwood University of Zurich
Kamryn T. Eddy
Kamryn T. Eddy Harvard University
Jennifer L. Tackett
Jennifer L. Tackett Northwestern University
Marina A. Bornovalova
Marina A. Bornovalova University of South Florida
Thilo Deckersbach
Thilo Deckersbach Harvard University
Donald R. Lynam
Donald R. Lynam Purdue University West Lafayette
Bo Bach
Bo Bach University of Copenhagen

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