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Psychology D-index 108 Citations 42,965 451 World Ranking 291 National Ranking 189

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Awards & Achievements

2018 - Bruno Klopfer Award, Society for Personality Assessment

2013 - Joseph Zubin Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Psychiatry
  • Mental illness
  • Personality disorders

His scientific interests lie mostly in Personality, Personality disorders, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry and Developmental psychology. His research on Personality frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Psychopathology. The Personality disorders study combines topics in areas such as Psychotherapist, Absorption and Personality Assessment Inventory.

His work on Borderline personality disorder as part of general Clinical psychology study is frequently linked to Clinical judgment, bridging the gap between disciplines. His work in the fields of Psychiatry, such as Comorbidity, overlaps with other areas such as Medical diagnosis. His work on Psychometrics and Validity is typically connected to Dimensional modeling as part of general Developmental psychology study, connecting several disciplines of science.

His most cited work include:

  • The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Dimensional Alternative to Traditional Nosologies (799 citations)
  • Personality and psychopathology (688 citations)
  • Plate tectonics in the classification of personality disorder: shifting to a dimensional model. (684 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Clinical psychology, Personality, Personality disorders, Big Five personality traits and Personality Assessment Inventory. Within one scientific family, Thomas A. Widiger focuses on topics pertaining to Sadistic personality disorder under Clinical psychology, and may sometimes address concerns connected to 16PF Questionnaire. As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Personality, concentrating on Developmental psychology and intersecting with Nosology.

His Personality disorders research includes themes of DSM-5, Psychiatry, Biosocial theory and Association. His Big Five personality traits course of study focuses on Psychopathy and Antisocial personality disorder. His work deals with themes such as Facet and Discriminant validity, which intersect with Personality Assessment Inventory.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Clinical psychology (52.95%)
  • Personality (51.59%)
  • Personality disorders (44.77%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Clinical psychology (52.95%)
  • Personality (51.59%)
  • Big Five personality traits (26.59%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Clinical psychology, Personality, Big Five personality traits, Personality disorders and Personality Assessment Inventory. His Clinical psychology study incorporates themes from Negative affectivity and Narcissism. Thomas A. Widiger has included themes like Cognitive psychology, Psychopathology and Discriminant validity in his Personality study.

His Big Five personality traits research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Developmental psychology and Openness to experience. As part of his studies on Personality disorders, Thomas A. Widiger often connects relevant subjects like Incremental validity. His study looks at the intersection of Personality Assessment Inventory and topics like Alternative five model of personality with Sadistic personality disorder.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Dimensional Alternative to Traditional Nosologies (799 citations)
  • Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology (163 citations)
  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis (94 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Mental illness
  • Statistics
  • Psychiatry

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Personality, Clinical psychology, Personality disorders, Personality Assessment Inventory and Big Five personality traits. His Personality research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Psychiatry, Psychopathology and Cicero. His study in the field of Sadness also crosses realms of PsycINFO.

His Personality disorders study combines topics in areas such as DSM-5, Psychometrics and Borderline personality disorder. His Personality Assessment Inventory research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Alternative five model of personality and Test validity. His work carried out in the field of Alternative five model of personality brings together such families of science as Child psychopathology, Self-report inventory, Developmental psychopathology and Sadistic personality disorder.

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Best Publications

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

Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson;Thomas M. Achenbach.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (2017)

1756 Citations

A description of the DSM-III-R and DSM-IV personality disorders with the five-factor model of personality.

Thomas A. Widiger;Timothy J. Trull;John F. Clarkin;Cynthia Sanderson.
(1994)

1456 Citations

Plate tectonics in the classification of personality disorder: shifting to a dimensional model.

Thomas A. Widiger;Timothy J. Trull.
American Psychologist (2007)

1181 Citations

A meta-analytic review of the relationships between the five-factor model and DSM-IV-TR personality disorders: A facet level analysis

Douglas B. Samuel;Thomas A. Widiger.
Clinical Psychology Review (2008)

1098 Citations

The borderline diagnosis I: psychopathology, comorbidity, and personality structure.

Andrew E Skodol;John G Gunderson;John G Gunderson;Bruce Pfohl;Thomas A Widiger.
Biological Psychiatry (2002)

1087 Citations

DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES OR DIMENSIONS? A QUESTION FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS

T A Widiger;D B Samuel.
(2005)

975 Citations

Alternative dimensional models of personality disorder: finding a common ground.

Thomas A. Widiger;Erik Simonsen.
Journal of Personality Disorders (2005)

889 Citations

Using the five-factor model to represent the DSM-IV personality disorders: an expert consensus approach.

Donald R. Lynam;Thomas A. Widiger.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (2001)

861 Citations

Diagnostic categories or dimensions? A question for the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders--fifth edition.

Thomas A. Widiger;Douglas B. Samuel.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (2005)

852 Citations

Consensus criteria for traumatic grief: A preliminary empirical test

Holly G. Prigerson;M. K. Shear;S. C. Jacobs;C. F. Reynolds.
British Journal of Psychiatry (1999)

843 Citations

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