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The perils of partialling: cautionary tales from aggression and psychopathyDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 2081, USA
Assessment 13:328-41. 2006..Difficulties in applying the conclusions to the residualized scale are highlighted and best practices suggested...
Assessment of maladaptive variants of Five-Factor Model traitsDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN 47907 2081, USA
J Pers 80:1593-614. 2012..Finally, the advantages of this approach are outlined...- Testing the relations between impulsivity-related traits, suicidality, and nonsuicidal self-injury: a test of the incremental validity of the UPPS modelDonald R Lynam
Purdue University, Department of Psychological Sciences, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 2081, USA
Personal Disord 2:151-60. 2011..The current results argue strongly for the consideration of these 2 impulsivity-related domains--alone and in interaction--when attempting to understand and predict SB and NSSI... - Assessing the basic traits associated with psychopathy: development and validation of the Elemental Psychopathy AssessmentDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 2081, USA
Psychol Assess 23:108-24. 2011..The EPA provides an opportunity to examine psychopathy and its nomological network through smaller, more basic units of personality rather than by scales or factors that blend these elements... - The stability of psychopathy across adolescenceDonald R Lynam
Purdue University, Department of Psychological Sciences, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 2081, USA
Dev Psychopathol 21:1133-53. 2009..These results suggest that concerns about large changes in personality pathology across childhood and adolescence may be overstated. Implications and future directions are discussed... 
Using a general model of personality to understand sex differences in the personality disordersDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 2081, USA
J Pers Disord 21:583-602. 2007..Implications of understanding sex differences in terms of the FFM are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided...- The content validity of juvenile psychopathy: an empirical examinationDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Psychol Assess 19:363-7. 2007..These results suggest that the downward translation method is adequate for understanding the juvenile psychopathy construct... - Using a general model of personality to identify the basic elements of psychopathyDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 2081, USA
J Pers Disord 21:160-78. 2007..We end with a discussion of the implications of this analysis for understanding, researching, and measuring psychopathy... - Longitudinal evidence that psychopathy scores in early adolescence predict adult psychopathyDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 2081, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 116:155-65. 2007..Implications and future directions are discussed... - Borderline personality disorder from the perspective of general personality functioningTimothy J Trull
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia, 65211, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 112:193-202. 2003..Findings support the hypothesis that BPD is a maladaptive variant of FFM personality traits... - Adolescent psychopathy and the big five: results from two samplesDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506 0044, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 33:431-43. 2005.... - Externalizing behavior through the lens of the five-factor model: a focus on agreeableness and conscientiousnessJoshua D Miller
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
J Pers Assess 90:158-64. 2008..In general, the results support the validity of the FFM domains and facets, particularly Agreeableness, in the prediction of a variety of externalizing behaviors... - Response style differences in the inattentive and combined subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderKaren J Derefinko
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, 202A Kastle Hall, Lexington, KY, 40506 0044, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 36:745-58. 2008..The sluggish and inhibited performance of the ADHD/I group challenges the idea that it is a subtype of ADHD... - Using the FFM to conceptualize psychopathy: a test using a drug abusing sampleKaren J Derefinko
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
J Pers Disord 21:638-56. 2007..These results further extend the nomological network of FFM psychopathy and provide additional support for considering psychopathy a constellation of personality traits from a general model... - Understanding the role of impulsivity and externalizing psychopathology in alcohol abuse: application of the UPPS impulsive behavior scaleStephen P Whiteside
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 11:210-7. 2003..The results suggest that personality traits related to impulsive behavior are not directly related to alcohol abuse but rather are associated with the elevated levels of psychopathology found in a subtype of alcohol abusers... - Psychopathy and the Five-factor model of personality: a replication and extensionJoshua D Miller
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0044, USA
J Pers Assess 81:168-78. 2003.... - The development of psychopathyDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506 0044, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 1:381-407. 2005..We close with a discussion of recent objections to the downward developmental extension of psychopathy to juveniles and some suggestions for additional research... - A simplified technique for scoring DSM-IV personality disorders with the Five-Factor ModelJoshua D Miller
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Assessment 12:404-15. 2005..Given the ease of this scoring procedure, the FFM count technique has obvious clinical utility... - Convergence and divergence among self-report psychopathy measures: a personality-based approachKaren J Derefinko
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506-0044, USA
J Personal Disord 20:261-80. 2006..Additionally, the potential moderating effects of sex were also examined, but very few were identified. Implications of these results and future directions are discussed... - Reduced electrodermal activity in psychopathy-prone adolescentsMichelle T Fung
Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 1061, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 114:187-96. 2005.... - Fledgling psychopathy: a view from personality theoryDonald R Lynam
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506 0044, USA
Law Hum Behav 26:255-9. 2002..Additionally, the present author argues that fledgling psychopathy holds the key to successful intervention... - Dependent personality disorder: comparing an expert generated and empirically derived five-factor model personality disorder countJoshua D Miller
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 3013, USA
Assessment 15:4-15. 2008..Possible explanations for the discrepancy between the expert ratings and the meta-analytic results are offered... - Looking earlier in the life course for the GVA: comment on Holtzworth-Munroe and MeehanDonald R Lynam
University of Kentucky, KY, USA
J Interpers Violence 19:1401-4. 2004 - Comparing the developmental trajectories of marijuana use of African American and Caucasian adolescents: patterns, antecedents, and consequencesTamara L Brown
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 0044, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 12:47-56. 2004..Early-onset Caucasian and mid-onset African American adolescents experienced the greatest number of negative outcomes later in life associated with their marijuana use, suggesting that groups to target for intervention may vary by race... - Developmental trajectories of childhood disruptive behaviors and adolescent delinquency: a six-site, cross-national studyLisa M Broidy
Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131, USA
Dev Psychol 39:222-45. 2003.... - Understanding the relations among gender, disinhibition, and disruptive behavior in adolescentsCynthia M Hartung
Department of Psychology, University of Denver, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 111:659-64. 2002..In contrast, CD symptoms in girls were not predictive of disinhibition in either condition. These findings are discussed in terms of implications for understanding sex differences in the etiology of ADHD and CD...
Research Grants
- ADULT ANTISOCIAL OUTCOMES OF PSYCHOPATHIC CHILDRENDonald Lynam; Fiscal Year: 2003..5) what factors account for and mediate the stability in psychopathy across time; 6) if subclinical or so-called "successful" psychopaths can be identified and what factors distinguish them from unsuccessful psychopaths. ..