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Martin Sellbom

Martin Sellbom

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Psychology
New Zealand
2026

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Psychology

D-Index
71
Citations
19548
World Ranking
2166
National Ranking
102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Martin Sellbom is a researcher affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their academic work primarily spans the domain of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, philosophy, sociology and political science, and psychiatry and mental health.

Sellbom's research topics encompass several areas within psychology:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions

They have contributed to a range of publications, including frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Psychological Assessment
  • Assessment
  • Personality and Mental Health
  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Sellbom has collaborated extensively with several coauthors in the field. The most frequent coauthors include:

  • Tiffany A. Brown (16 joint publications)
  • Bo Bach (14 joint publications)
  • Aidan G.C. Wright (8 joint publications)
  • Jaime L. Anderson (8 joint publications)
  • Yossef S. Ben-Porath (8 joint publications)

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on personality disorders, psychopathology classification, and assessment methodologies. Select recent works include:

  • Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • International Assessment of DSM-5 and ICD-11 Personality Disorder Traits: Toward a Common Nosology in DSM-5.1, 2020, Psychopathology
  • Development and initial evaluation of the ICD-11 personality disorder severity scale: PDS-ICD-11, 2021, Personality and Mental Health
  • The distinction between symptoms and traits in the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP), 2020, Journal of Personality
  • Assessing Negative Response Bias Using Self-Report Measures: New Articles, New Issues, 2022, Psychological Injury and Law

Best Publications

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

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

  • The self‑report assessment of psychopathy: Challenges, pitfalls, and promises.

    Martin Sellbom;Scott O. Lilienfeld;Katherine A. Fowler;Kristen L. McCrary

  • Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology

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

  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF)

    Yossef S. Ben-Porath;Martin Sellbom;Julie A. Suhr

  • The role of fearless dominance in psychopathy: confusions, controversies, and clarifications.

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Christopher J. Patrick;Stephen D. Benning;Joanna Berg

  • Barriers to Adopting Technology for Teaching and Learning

    Darrell L. Butler;Martin Sellbom

  • An examination of the triarchic conceptualization of psychopathy in incarcerated and nonincarcerated samples.

    Martin Sellbom;Tasha R Phillips

  • Factor analysis in psychological assessment research: Common pitfalls and recommendations.

    Martin Sellbom;Auke Tellegen

  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

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

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

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  • On the convergence between PSY-5 domains and PID-5 domains and facets: implications for assessment of DSM-5 personality traits.

    Jaime L. Anderson;Martin Sellbom;R. Michael Bagby;Lena C. Quilty

  • Elaborating on the construct validity of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure in a criminal offender sample.

    Jennifer H Stanley;Dustin B Wygant;Martin Sellbom

  • Elaborating on the Construct Validity of the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in Incarcerated and Non-Incarcerated Samples

    Martin Sellbom

  • Utility of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form (PID-5-BF) in the Measurement of Maladaptive Personality and Psychopathology.

    Jaime L. Anderson;Jaime L. Anderson;Martin Sellbom;Randall T. Salekin

  • Examining the Factor Structure of the Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale

    Tess M S Neal;Martin Sellbom

  • Race/ethnicity and measurement equivalence of the Everyday Discrimination Scale.

    Giyeon Kim;Martin Sellbom;Katy-Lauren Ford

  • The sexual sensation seeking scale: reliability and validity within a heterosexual college student sample.

    George A Gaither;Martin Sellbom

  • Identifying Mmpi-2 Predictors of Police Officer Integrity and Misconduct

    Martin Sellbom;Gary L. Fischler;Yossef S. Ben-Porath

  • THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL CONCERNS REGARDING THE DARK TRIAD AS A CONSTRUCT

    Andrea L Glenn;Martin Sellbom

  • On the hierarchical structure of mood and anxiety disorders: confirmatory evidence and elaboration of a model of temperament markers.

    Martin Sellbom;Yossef S. Ben-Porath;R. Michael Bagby

  • Personality in a Hierarchical Model of Psychopathology

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

  • A comparison of the DSM-5 Section II and Section III personality disorder structures

    Jaime L Anderson;Stephen Snider;Martin Sellbom;Robert F Krueger

Frequent Co-Authors

Yossef S. Ben-Porath
Yossef S. Ben-Porath Kent State University
R. Michael Bagby
R. Michael Bagby University of Toronto
Randy A. Sansone
Randy A. Sansone Wright State University
Christopher J. Patrick
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Bo Bach
Bo Bach University of Copenhagen
Randall T. Salekin
Randall T. Salekin University of Alabama
Christopher J. Hopwood
Christopher J. Hopwood University of Zurich
David Watson
David Watson University of Notre Dame
Jennifer L. Tackett
Jennifer L. Tackett Northwestern University

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