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Name: Thomas  Widiger
Position Type: Professorship
Appointment Start Date: 07/01/06
Appointment End Date: 06/30/11
Area of Specialty: Personality Disorders
Summary Vita: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, BGS, 1974 Miami University, Miami, OH Ph.D. 1981, Clinical Psychology Professional Experience: 1980-1982: Internship, Cornell University Medical Center 1982-1985: Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky 1985-1989: Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky 1988-1989: Research Associate, American Psychiatric Association 1989-present: Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky Editorial Board Positions: Associate Editor for Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Personality Disorders, and Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. Consulting Editor for Psychological Bulletin, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Journal of Personality Assessment, Journal of Personality, and Assessment. Professional Offices and Committees: Co-Chair: APA DSM-V Personality Disorder Research Agenda, 2004-2007 Board of Directors; Society for Research in Psychopathology (2001-2004) Executive Board; Academy of Psychological Clinical Science (2002-2005) Publications (incomplete; only a sample from over the years) Widiger, T.A., & Simonsen, E. (in press). Alternative dimensional models of personality disorder: Finding a common ground. Advancing the Research Agenda for DSM-V: I. Dimensional models of personality disorder. Edited by Widiger, T.A., & Simonsen, E. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing. Widiger, T.A., & Simonsen, E. (2005). The American Psychiatric Association’s research agenda for DSM-V. Journal of Personality Disorders, 19, 103-109. Widiger, T.A., & Samuel, D.B. (in press). Evidence based assessment of personality disorders. Psychological Assessment. Widiger, T.A., & Samuel, D.B. (in press). Diagnostic categories or dimensions: A question for DSM-V. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Widiger, T.A., & Mullins-Sweatt, S. (2005). Categorical and dimensional models of personality disorder. In J. Oldham, A. Skodol, & D. Bender (Eds.), Textbook of Personality Disorders (pp. 35-53). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. Widiger, T.A., & Anderson, K. (2003). Personality and depression in women. Journal of Affective Disorders, 74, 59-66. Widiger, T.A. (2003). Personality disorder and Axis I psychopathology: the problematic boundary of Axis I and Axis II. Journal of Personality Disorders, 17, 90-108. Widiger, T.A., & Coker, L.A. (2003). Mental disorders as discrete clinical conditions: Dimensional versus categorical classification. In M. Hersen & S.M. Turner (Eds.), Adult psychopathology and diagnosis (4th ed., pp. 3-35). NY: John Wiley & Sons. Widiger, T.A., & Mullins, S. (2003). Personality disorders. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J.A. Lieberman, & M.B. First (Eds.), Psychiatry (Vol. 2, 2nd ed., pp. 1603-1637). Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders. Widiger, T.A., & Seidlitz, L. (2002). Personality, psychopathology, and aging. Journal of Research in Personality, 36. 335-362. Trull, T.J., Widiger, T.A., Lynam, D.R., & Costa, P.T. (2003). Borderline personality disorder from the perspective of general personality functioning. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 193-202. Widiger, T.A., Costa, P.T., & McCrae, R.R. (2002). A proposal for Axis II: Diagnosing personality disorders using the five factor model. In P.T. Costa & T.A. Widiger (Eds.), Personality disorders and the five factor model of personality (2nd ed., pp.431-456). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. First, M.B., Bell, C.B., Cuthbert, B., Krystal, J.H.,.Malison, R., Offord, D.R., Reiss, D., Shea, M.T., Widiger, T.A., & Wisner, K.L. (2002). Personality disorders and relational disorders: A research agenda for addressing crucial gaps in DSM. In D.J. Kupfer, M.B. First, & D.A. Regier (Eds.), A research agenda for DSM-V (pp. 123-199) Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. Lynam, D.R., & Widiger, T.A. (2001). Using the five factor model to represent the DSM-IV personality disorders: An expert consensus approach. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110, 401-412. Widiger, T.A. (2001). Official classification systems. In W.J. Livesley (Ed.), Handbook of personality disorders (pp. 60-83). NY: Guilford. Widiger, T.A., & Coker, L.A. (2001). Assessing personality disorders. In J. N. Butcher (Ed.), Clinical personality assessment. Practical approaches (2nd ed., pp. 407-434). New York: Oxford University Press. Widiger, T.A., & Clark, L.A. (2000). Toward DSM-V and the classification of psychopathology. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 946-963. Widiger, T.A., & Sankis, L. (2000). Adult psychopathology: issues and controversies. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 377-404. Widiger, T.A. (2000). Personality disorders in the 21st century. Journal of Personality Disorders, 14, 3-16. Widiger, T.A., Verheul, R., & van den Brink, W. (1999). Personality and psychopathology. In L. Pervin & O. John (Eds.), Handbook of personality (2nd ed., pp. 347-366). NY: Guilford Widiger, T.A., Frances, A.J., Pincus, H.A., Ross, R., First, M.B., Davis, W.W., & Kline, M. (Eds.). (1998). DSM-IV Sourcebook (Vol. 4). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association. Widiger, T.A., Cadoret, R., Hare, R., Robins, L., Rutherford, M., Zanarini, M., Alterman, A., Apple, M., Corbitt, E., Forth, A., Hart, S., Kultermann, J., Woody, G., & Frances, A. (1996). DSM-IV antisocial personality disorder field trial. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 3-16. Widiger, T.A., & Costa, P.T. (1994). Personality and personality disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 78-91. Widiger, T., Frances, A., Pincus, H., Davis, W., & First, M. (1991). Toward an empirical classification for DSM-IV. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 100, 280-288. Widiger, T., & Trull, T. (1991). Diagnosis and clinical assessment. Annual Review of Psychology, 42, 109-133. Frances, A., Widiger, T., & Pincus, H. A. (1989). The development of DSM-IV. Archives of General Psychiatry, 46, 373-375. Widiger, T., Frances, A., Spitzer, R., & Williams, J. (1988). The DSM-III-R personality disorders: An overview. American Journal of Psychiatry, 145, 786-795. Widiger, T., & Frances, A. (1985). The DSM-III personality disorders. Perspectives from psychology. Archives of General Psychiatry, 42, 615-623.
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Professional Affiliations: World Health Organization, Committee for the Revision of ICD-10 (2005) National Institute of Mental Health & American Psychiatric Association, DSM-V Research Planning Work Group, Co-Chair(1999-2006) Society for Research in Psychopathology, Board of Directors (2001-2005) Academy of Psychological Clinical Science, Executive Board (2002-2005)
Primary Research Focus: Diagnosis and classification of mental disorders
Key Contributions: Chaired American Psychiatric Association's (APA) and World Health Organization's international conference on establishing the research agenda for the forthcoming (5th) edition of the personality disorders section of the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This conference was held at the headquarters of the APA and was attended by personality disorder researchers around the world.
Publications: 2005 (subset from 2005) Bagby, R.M., Costa, P.T., Widiger, T.A., Ryder, A.G., & Marshall, M . (2005). DSM-IV personality disorders and the five-factor model of personality: A multi-method examination of domain and facet level predictions. European Journal of Personality, 19, 307-324. Hicklin, J., & Widiger, T.A. (2005). Similarities and differences among antisocial and psychopathic personality inventories from the perspective of general personality functioning. European Journal of Personality, 19, 1-18. Widiger, T.A. (2005). CIC, CLPS, and MSAD. Journal of Personality Disorders, 19, 586-593. Widiger, T.A. (2005). Five factor model of personality disorder: integrating science and practice. Journal of Research in Personality, 39, 67-83. Widiger, T.A. (2005). Therapeutic change of personality? Facts and myths. In L. Sanchez Planell & J. Vallejo (Eds.), Treatment resistant conditions. Barcelona, Spain: Pfizer. Widiger, T.A. (2005). Understanding personality disorders. In J. Huprich (Ed.), Rorschach assessment of the personality disorders. Mahwah, NJ: Lwarence Erlbaum. Widiger, T.A. (2005). Social anxiety, social phobia, and avoidant personality disorder. In W.R. Corzier & L. Alden (Eds.), The essential handbook of social anxiety for clinicians (pp. 219-240). NY: Wiley. Widiger, T.A. (2005). A temperament model of borderline personality disorder. In M. Zanarini (Ed.). Borderline personality disorder (pp. 63-81). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. Widiger, T.A. (2005). A dimensional model of personality disorder. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18, 41-43. Widiger, T.A. (2005). A dimensional model of psychopathology. Psychopathology, 38, 211-214. Widiger, T.A. (2005). Psychopathy and DSM-IV psychopathology. In C. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy (pp. 156-171). NY: Guilford Press. Widiger, T.A., & Mullins-Sweatt, S. (2005). Categorical and dimensional models of personality disorder. In J. Oldham, A. Skodol, & D. Bender (Eds.), Textbook of Personality Disorders (pp. 35-53). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. Widiger, T.A., Mullins-Sweatt, S., & Anderson, K. (2005). Personality and depression in women. In C. Keyes & S. Goodman (Eds.), Handbook for the study of women and depression: Views from social, behavioral, and biomedical science (pp. 176-198). NY: Cambridge University Widiger, T.A., & Samuel, D.B. (2005). Evidence based assessment of personality disorders. Psychological Assessment, 17, 278-287. Widiger, T.A., & Samuel, D.B. (2005). Diagnostic categories or dimensions: A question for DSM-V. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 494-504. Widiger, T.A., & Simonsen, E. (2005). Alternative dimensional models of personality disorder: Finding a common ground. Journal of Personality Disorders, 19,110-130. Widiger, T.A., & Simonsen, E. (2005). The American Psychiatric Association’s research agenda for the DSM-V. Journal of Personality Disorders, 19, 103-109. Widiger, T.A., Simonsen, E., Krueger, R., Livesley, J., & Verheul, R. (2005). Personality disorder research agenda for the DSM-V. Journal of Personality Disorders, 19, 317-340. Widiger, T.A., & Trull, T.J. (2005). A simplistic understanding of the five-factor model. American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 1550-1551. 2006 (does not include in press) Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., Jamerson, J.E., Samuel, D.B., Olson, D.R., & Widiger, T.A. (2006). Psychometric properties of an abbreviated instrument of the five-factor model. Assessment, 13, 119-137. Mullins-Sweatt, S.N., & Widiger, T.A. (2006). The five-factor model of personality disorder: a translation across science and practice. In R.F. Krueger & J.L. Tackett (Eds.), Personality and psychopathology (pp. 39-70). NY: Guilford. Samuel, D.B., & Widiger, T.A. (2006). Clinicians’ judgments of clinical utility: A comparison of the DSM-IV and five factor models. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 115, 298-308. Widiger, T.A. (2006). Tough questions of morality, free will, and maladaptivity. Journal of Personality Disorders, 20, 116-118. Samuel, D., & Widiger, T.A. (2006). Normal versus abnormal personality from the perspective of the DSM. In S. Strack & M. Lorr (Eds.), Differentiating normal and abnormal personality (2nd edition, pp. 165-183). New York: Springer. Widiger, T.A., Costa, P.T., & Samuel, D. (2006). Assessment of maladaptive personality traits. In S. Strack & M. Lorr (Eds.), Differentiating normal and abnormal personality (2nd edition, pp. 311-335.). New York: Springer. Widiger, T.A, & Simonsen, E. (Eds.). (2006). Advancing the Research Agenda for DSM-V: I. Dimensional models of personality disorder. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.