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Scott O. Lilienfeld

Scott O. Lilienfeld

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Psychology

D-Index
107
Citations
42821
World Ranking
450
National Ranking
291

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science

Overview

Scott O. Lilienfeld was affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple facets within psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, sociology and political science, and social psychology. Their work also intersected with cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist contributed extensively to several main topics of psychological research. These included social and intergroup psychology, psychopathy and forensic psychiatry with sexual offending, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, personality disorders and psychopathology, cultural differences and values, and misinformation and its impacts.

Throughout their career, Lilienfeld collaborated frequently with several co-authors. These included Bethany A. Teachman, Douglas A. Bernstein, Bunmi O. Olatunji, Thomas H. Costello, and Shauna M. Bowes. These collaborations resulted in a range of publications across a variety of venues.

Some of the notable recent papers associated with these collaborations and authorship were:

  • "Clarifying the structure and nature of left-wing authoritarianism." (2021), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "Psychological measurement and the replication crisis: Four sacred cows." (2020), Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne
  • "Looking under the tinfoil hat: Clarifying the personological and psychopathological correlates of conspiracy beliefs." (2020), Journal of Personality
  • "Cognitive biases, heuristics, and logical fallacies in clinical practice: A brief field guide for practicing clinicians and supervisors." (2020), Professional Psychology Research and Practice
  • "Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders Reconsidered: Beyond Sociocognitive and Trauma Models Toward a Transtheoretical Framework." (2022), Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Frequent publication venues included PsycTESTS Dataset, Professional Psychology Research and Practice, Journal of Research in Personality, Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, and Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

Lilienfeld's contributions extended to book publications through Cambridge University Press, where two notable works were published in 2020: "The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders" and "Introduction to Clinical Psychology."

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Lilienfeld received the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Development and preliminary validation of a self-report measure of psychopathic personality traits in noncriminal populations.

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Brian P. Andrews

  • A meta-analytic review of the relation between antisocial behavior and neuropsychological measures of executive function.

    Alex B. Morgan;Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Psychological Treatments That Cause Harm

    Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • The Scientific Status of Projective Techniques

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;James M. Wood;Howard N. Garb

  • Psychopathic Personality Bridging the Gap Between Scientific Evidence and Public Policy

    Jennifer L. Skeem;Devon L. L. Polaschek;Christopher J. Patrick;Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Psychopathic, not psychopath: taxometric evidence for the dimensional structure of psychopathy.

    John F. Edens;David K. Marcus;Scott O. Lilienfeld;Norman G. Poythress Jr.

  • The association between anxiety and psychopathy dimensions in children

    Paul J. Frick;Scott O. Lilienfeld;Mesha Ellis;Brian Loney

  • Conceptual problems in the assessment of psychopathy

    Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Psychopathic personality or personalities? Exploring potential variants of psychopathy and their implications for risk assessment

    Jennifer L Skeem;Norman Poythress;John F Edens;Scott O Lilienfeld

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

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

  • Parsing the heterogeneity of impulsivity: A meta-analytic review of the behavioral implications of the UPPS for psychopathology.

    Joanna M. Berg;Robert D. Latzman;Nancy G. Bliwise;Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Sex differences in psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder. A review and integration.

    Ellison M. Cale;Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Differences between trait fear and trait anxiety: Implications for psychopathology

    Patrick Sylvers;Scott O. Lilienfeld;Jamie L. LaPrairie

  • Neural correlates of social cooperation and non-cooperation as a function of psychopathy.

    James K. Rilling;Andrea L. Glenn;Meeta R. Jairam;Giuseppe Pagnoni

  • 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior

    Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Giving Debiasing Away: Can Psychological Research on Correcting Cognitive Errors Promote Human Welfare?

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Rachel Ammirati;Kristin Landfield

  • Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience

    Sally L. Satel;Scott O. Lilienfeld

  • Why many clinical psychologists are resistant to evidence-based practice: Root causes and constructive remedies☆

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Lorie A. Ritschel;Steven Jay Lynn;Robin L. Cautin

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

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

  • A Critical Examination of the Use of the Term and Concept of Comorbidity in Psychopathology Research

    Scott O. Lilienfeld;Irwin D. Waldman;Allen C. Israel

Frequent Co-Authors

Hal Arkowitz
Hal Arkowitz University of Arizona
Steven Jay Lynn
Steven Jay Lynn Binghamton University
Ashley L. Watts
Ashley L. Watts Vanderbilt University
John F. Edens
John F. Edens Texas A&M University
Robert D. Latzman
Robert D. Latzman Georgia State University
Christopher J. Patrick
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University
Jennifer L. Skeem
Jennifer L. Skeem University of California, Berkeley
Kevin S. Douglas
Kevin S. Douglas Simon Fraser University
Norman G. Poythress
Norman G. Poythress University of South Florida
Irwin D. Waldman
Irwin D. Waldman Emory University

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