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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Paul J. Frick is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on psychology and social sciences, with particular expertise in clinical psychology and related subfields such as sociology and political science, social psychology, general health professions, and health.

The key topics in Frick's work include psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, and sexual offending; child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development; stalking, cyberstalking, and harassment; crime patterns and interventions; child abuse and trauma; personality disorders and psychopathology; and deception detection in forensic psychology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Frick include Laurence Steinberg, Elizabeth Cauffman, Emily Robertson, Jordan Beardslee, and James V. Ray. These partnerships have contributed to expanding research within behavioral and clinical domains.

Their publication record shows a notable presence in several academic venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, followed by the Journal of Research on Adolescence, the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, CrimRxiv, and Nature Reviews Disease Primers.

Recent papers by Frick or featuring them as author include:

  • Conduct Disorders and Empathy Development, 2020, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • Psychopathy, 2021, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Parent Training Adapted to the Needs of Children With Callous-Unemotional Traits: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2022, Behavior Therapy
  • Callous-Unemotional Traits and Risk of Gun Carrying and Use During Crime, 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Crossroads in Juvenile Justice: The Impact of Initial Processing Decision on Youth 5 Years After First Arrest, 2021, Development and Psychopathology

Paul J. Frick has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2005. This acknowledgment highlights their ongoing involvement in psychological research and professional communities.

Best Publications

  • Research Review: The importance of callous‐unemotional traits for developmental models of aggressive and antisocial behavior

    Paul J. Frick;Stuart F. White

  • Assessment of parenting practices in families of elementary school-age children

    Karen K. Shelton;Paul J. Frick;Jane Wootton

  • DSM-IV field trials for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents.

    Benjamin B. Lahey;Brooks Applegate;Keith McBurnett;Joseph Biederman

  • Can callous-unemotional traits enhance the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of serious conduct problems in children and adolescents? A comprehensive review.

    Paul J. Frick;James V. Ray;Laura C. Thornton;Rachel E. Kahn

  • Temperament and Developmental Pathways to Conduct Problems

    Paul J. Frick;Amanda Sheffield Morris

  • Callous-Unemotional Traits in a Community Sample of Adolescents.

    Cecilia A. Essau;Satoko Sasagawa;Paul J. Frick

  • Callous-unemotional traits and conduct problems in the prediction of conduct problem severity, aggression, and self-report of delinquency.

    Paul J. Frick;Amy H. Cornell;Christopher T. Barry;S. Doug Bodin

  • Psychopathy and conduct problems in children.

    Paul J. Frick;Bridget S. O'Brien;Jane M. Wootton;Keith McBurnett

  • Psychopathic traits and conduct problems in community and clinic-referred samples of children: further development of the psychopathy screening device.

    Paul J. Frick;S. Doug Bodin;Christopher T. Barry

  • Developmental pathways to antisocial behavior: The delayed-onset pathway in girls

    Persephanie Silverthorn;Paul J. Frick

  • Developmental change in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in boys: a four-year longitudinal study.

    Elizabeth L. Hart;Benjamin B. Lahey;Rolf Loeber;Brooks Applegate

  • Assessing callous-unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits.

    Eva R. Kimonis;Paul J. Frick;Jennifer L. Skeem;Monica A. Marsee

  • Antisocial behavior from a developmental psychopathology perspective

    Paul Joseph Frick;E. Viding

  • Oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: A meta-analytic review of factor analyses and cross-validation in a clinic sample

    Paul J. Frick;Benjamin B. Lahey;Rolf Loeber;Lynne Tannenbaum

  • Callous-unemotional traits and developmental pathways to severe conduct problems.

    Paul J. Frick;Amy H. Cornell;S. Doug Bodin;Heather E. Dane

  • The importance of callous-unemotional traits for extending the concept of psychopathy to children.

    Christopher T. Barry;Paul J. Frick;Tammy M. DeShazo;Monique McCoy

  • Academic underachievement and the disruptive behavior disorders.

    Paul J. Frick;Randy W. Kamphaus;Benjamin B. Lahey;Rolf Loeber

  • Psychopathy and conduct problems in children : II. Implications for subtyping children with conduct problems

    Rachel E. Christian;Paul J. Frick;Natalie L. Hill;Lori Tyler

  • Callous/unemotional traits and social-cognitive processes in adjudicated youths

    Dustin A. Pardini;John E. Lochman;Paul J. Frick

  • Familial risk factors to oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder: parental psychopathology and maternal parenting.

    Paul J. Frick;Benjamin B. Lahey;Rolf Loeber;Magda Stouthamer-Loeber

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Eva R. Kimonis
Eva R. Kimonis University of New South Wales
Elizabeth Cauffman
Elizabeth Cauffman University of California, Irvine
Benjamin B. Lahey
Benjamin B. Lahey University of Chicago
Randy W. Kamphaus
Randy W. Kamphaus University of Oregon
Rolf Loeber
Rolf Loeber University of Pittsburgh
Mark R. Dadds
Mark R. Dadds University of Sydney
David J. Hawes
David J. Hawes University of Sydney
Keith McBurnett
Keith McBurnett University of California, San Francisco
Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute

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