Penn State Personality Psychology Laboratory
Integrating Personality and Clinical Science!
Aaron L. Pincus, Ph.D.
Director
Professor of Psychology Licensed Psychotherapist Editor, ASSESSMENT
Upcoming Presentations
Dr. Pincus will be presenting virtually on Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory on September 27, 2023, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Dr. Pincus will be presenting virtually on pathological narcissism on January 30, 2025, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Recent News!
Congratulations to:
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2007 Millon Award for Personality
Receiving the award from Ted Millon.
2011 Fellow,
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2022 Bruno Klopfer Award for Personality Assessment
PsyByond & IPSD China 2022
Former Graduate Students
Lia Rosenstein, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist at the Penn State Psychological Clinic
Chloe Bliton, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist at the Northshore Group, Knoxville TN.
Leila Z. Wu, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow in Pain Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford University
Emily Dowgwillo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Detroit--Mercy
University of Detroit--Mercy
Sindes Dawood, Ph.D.
Staff Psychologist
Columbus VA Ambulatory Care Center
Columbus VA Ambulatory Care Center
Mike Roche, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
West Chester University
West Chester University
Shuo Wang, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar 2012-2013
Beijing Normal University
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Beijing Language and Culture University
Beijing Language and Culture University
Current Graduate Students in Residence
Alexandra Halberstadt, M.S.
Alexandra Halberstadt received her B.S. in psychology and biology from Carnegie Mellon University. She joined the lab as a first year graduate student in fall 2019.
Research Interests:
DSM-5 alternative model of personality disorders.
Integrating personality structure and personality processes.
Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics.
Recent Paper:
Halberstadt, A.L., Pincus, A.L., Mogle, J., & Ansell, E.B. (2023). Interpersonal complementarity and affect in daily life. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 270-281.
Research Interests:
DSM-5 alternative model of personality disorders.
Integrating personality structure and personality processes.
Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics.
Recent Paper:
Halberstadt, A.L., Pincus, A.L., Mogle, J., & Ansell, E.B. (2023). Interpersonal complementarity and affect in daily life. Motivation and Emotion, 47, 270-281.
A. Esin Asan, M.S.
Ayse Esin (Essie) Asan received her B.A. in psychology from Vassar College and then worked at McLean Hospital’s Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program as a full-time Clinical Research Assistant. She joined the lab as a first year graduate student in fall 2019.
Research Interests:
Interpersonal and affective processes in psychopathology.
Schizotypy and schizotypal personality pathology.
Essie is the current president of the Society for Personality Assessment Graduate Student Association (SPAGS).
Recent Paper: Asan, A.E., Pincus, A.L., & Hopwood, C.J. (2023). Interpersonal diagnosis of schizotypy. In S. Cheli & P. Lysaker (Eds.), A dimensional approach to schizotypy: Conceptualization and treatment (pp. 177-196). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Research Interests:
Interpersonal and affective processes in psychopathology.
Schizotypy and schizotypal personality pathology.
Essie is the current president of the Society for Personality Assessment Graduate Student Association (SPAGS).
Recent Paper: Asan, A.E., Pincus, A.L., & Hopwood, C.J. (2023). Interpersonal diagnosis of schizotypy. In S. Cheli & P. Lysaker (Eds.), A dimensional approach to schizotypy: Conceptualization and treatment (pp. 177-196). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Parandis Pourdehghan, M.S.
Parandis Pourdehghan received her M.S. in clinical psychology from Islamic Azad University and worked as a researcher in clinical psychology, specifically on personality disorders, at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. She joins the Penn State Personality Psychology Laboratory in Fall 2023. Her research interests broadly are individual differences in personality, interpersonal functioning, and an integrative approach to personality, personality pathology, and psychotherapy. Her goals for this line of research are to understand the whole person in the context of their life history to provide personalized treatment
Recent Paper:
Pourdehghan, P., Pincus, A.L., & Mohammadi, M.R. (Under Review). Do individual differences in personality predict COVID-19 infection? Examining the roleof normative, maladaptive, and dark personality traits using structural equation modeling. Health Psychology.
Recent Paper:
Pourdehghan, P., Pincus, A.L., & Mohammadi, M.R. (Under Review). Do individual differences in personality predict COVID-19 infection? Examining the roleof normative, maladaptive, and dark personality traits using structural equation modeling. Health Psychology.
Visiting Graduate Scholar (January-June 2024)
Erika Fanti, M.Sc.
Erika Fanti, M.Sc., is a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Her research interests include personality disorders and interpersonal dynamic processes of pathological personality. Erika's doctoral research project examines paranoid presentations in personality pathology, with a specific focus on narcissistic pathology.
Recent Paper:
Di Pierro, R., Fanti, E., Gallucci, M., Madeddu, F., & Preti, E. (2022). Narcissus Going Public: Pathological Narcissism and Reactions to Public vs. Private Exposure in Ego-relevant Events. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 45, 136–149.
Recent Paper:
Di Pierro, R., Fanti, E., Gallucci, M., Madeddu, F., & Preti, E. (2022). Narcissus Going Public: Pathological Narcissism and Reactions to Public vs. Private Exposure in Ego-relevant Events. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 45, 136–149.