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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Personality Assessment is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Personality and Affective Correlates of Openness to Experience from Big Five and HEXACO Personality Models: The Dual Nature of Big Five Openness	42
Comparison of Resilience Measures in Chinese Adolescents: Based on Item Response Theory	31
The Impact of Different Thematic Apperception Test Administration Methods on Narrative Length and Story Richness as Measured by the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SC	31
Construct Validity, Measurement Invariance, and Nomological Network of Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire (CMQ) Across Four Different Languages	30
The Meaning and Clinical Implications of Low MMPI-3 Self-Importance Scores	26
Assessment of Trait Empathy Scales: Comparing the IRI and the TEQ on Convergent Validity with Sexual Prejudice, Gender Effects, and Temporal Stability	23
The Trait Sexual Motivation Scale (TSMS): Clinical Application of a New Instrument	21
Associations Between a General Factor and Group Factor from the Spanish-Language Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised Short Form’s Neuroticism Scale and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory Doma	21
Identifying Core Values with a Hierarchical, Ipsative, Preference Assessment	20
Considerations When Determining Similarity Between Traits and Skills: Raters and Item Types	19
Does the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire Offer a Multidimensional Measurement of the Alexithymia Construct?	19
Workers’ Sensation Seeking Matters: Development and Validation of the Need for Sensations at Work Scale (NSWS)	18
Evaluator Disagreement about the Association between Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Scores and Risk for Future Sexual Violence	17
Becoming Financially Self-Sufficient: Developing a Need-Supportive and Need-Thwarting Scale for Financial Parenting of Emerging Adults	17
Automatic Self Recriminations: Development and Validation of a Measure of Self-Condemnatory Internal Dialogue	16
Therapeutic Assessment in a University Counseling Center: A Replicated Single-Case Time-Series Pilot Study	16
Preliminary Validation of Two Brief Measures of Masculine and Feminine Honor Endorsement	15
Validation of the Approach-Avoidance Temperament Questionnaire in Individuals with Anxiety and Depression	15
Evaluating the Construct Validity of the Norwegian Version of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale – Brief Form 2.0 in a Large Clinical Sample	13
Implicit Gender Bias in the Clinical Judgment of Psychopathy and Personality Disorders among Licensed Psychologists in the USA	12
The Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale: Some Satisfying and Frustrating Findings	12
The Statistical Developments and Applications Section at Age 20: A Time to Review the SDA’s Purpose and Ideal Types of Papers	11
Psychometric Properties of the Iranian Version of Contrast Avoidance Questionnaires: Could Contrast Avoidance Be a New Transdiagnostic Construct?	11
Personality Assessment in Legal Contexts: Introduction to the Special Issue	11
A Scoring Procedure for Malignant Narcissism Based on Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Facets	11

Measuring Chinese Personality in 8 Minutes: A Short Measure of the Five-Factor Model of Personality	10
Be Our Guest: The Development of the Interpersonal Hospitality Scale	10
A Short Measure of the Big Five Aspects: Development and Validation of the BFAS-40	10
CAT-PD and MMPI-3 Validity Scales Detect Simulated Overreporting and Underreporting	10
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Tend-and-Befriend Questionnaire	10
Measuring Change in Attachment Insecurity Using Short Forms of the ECR-R: Longitudinal Measurement Invariance and Sensitivity to Treatment	9
Stability and Change in Subjective, Psychological, and Social Well-Being: A Latent State-Trait Analysis of Mental Health Continuum–Short Form in Korea and the Netherlands	9
Reliability and Validity Testing and Network Analysis of the Levels of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0 in Chinese College Students	9
A Further Examination of the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale (MWS) in Italy and U.S: Measurement Equivalence, Convergent, Discriminant, and Predictive Validity	9
Validity Evidence for the Brief Self-Control Scale in the Spanish Adult Population: A Systematic Study	8
Developing and Improving Personality Inventories Using Generative Artificial Intelligence: The Psychometric Properties of a Short HEXACO Scale Developed Using ChatGPT 4.0	8
Construct Validity, Longitudinal Measurement Invariance, Incremental Validity, and Predictive Validity of the Original Grit Scale in Chinese Young Adults	8
Exploring the Latent Structure and Convergent and Incremental Validity of the Metacognition Assessment Scale – Abbreviated in a Sample of Patients with Non-Affective Psychosis	8
Validity and Reliability of a Revised S-UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale: The Interplay between Impulsivity and Working Memory	8
A Closer Examination of the Integrity Scale’s Construct Validity	8
The Machiavellian Approach and Avoidance Questionnaire: Further Validation and Evidence of Cross-National Validity	8
The Italian Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Skills Inventory (BESSI-I)	8
An Examination of the Treatment Utility of the MMPI-2-RF: Prediction of Post-Treatment Depressive Symptoms and Increased Understanding of the Therapeutic Alliance in an Inpatient Mood Disorder Treatme	7
Comparing the Comprehensibility of Personality Measures Used to Measure New Diagnostic Approaches to Personality Disorders	7
Examining the Performance of the MMPI-2-RF in a Sample of Pretransplant Military Veterans	7
Longitudinal Dynamics of Mattering Constructs in Chinese Adolescents: Gender Differences in Patterns of Stability and Change	7
A Comprehensive Psychometric Evaluation of the Future Self-Continuity Questionnaire	7
The Dispositional Insight Test: Structure and Validity Across Cultures	7
Evaluating Measures of Externalizing Personality Pathology Traits in Black and White American Adolescents in a Program for at-Risk Youths	7
A Neural Network Approach to Comparing AMPD and Object Relations Theory for Personality Disorder Assessment	7
Test Design and Response Styles: Considerations for Clinical Practice	7
Portraits in Misery: A Bottom-Up-to-Prototype Approach to Personality Assessment	7
Psychological assessment of surgical candidates: Evidence-based procedures and practices	7
The Affective Neuroscience Personality Scale-Short Form (ANPS-SF): Validation and Adaptation of the Italian Version on Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples of Adolescents and Young Adults	7
Evaluating a Brief Big Five Personality Test in a Diverse Chinese Sample: The Role of Midpoint Designs and Reversely-Worded Items	6
Validation of the Persian Version of the ICD-11 Compatible Personality Inventory for DSM-5– Brief Form Plus, Modified	6
Compilation and Validation of Two Short Forms to Measure HEXACO Dimensions in Elementary School Children	6
Broader Issues in Test Translation and Validation: A Commentary Inspired by Macina et al. (2023)	6
Emotion Acceptance Questionnaire (EAQ): Factor Analysis and Psychometric Evaluation	6
Development and Validation of a Standardized Training Protocol for Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID)	5
The Development of the Attachment Defenses Questionnaire (ADQ-50): A Preliminary Examination of Reliability, Validity, and Factor Structure	5
Psychometric Properties of the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales-Self-Report-30 (DMRS-SR-30): Internal Consistency, Validity and Factor Structure	5
From Freud to Android: Constructing a Scale of Uncanny Feelings	5
Self-Reported Spite Predicts Spiteful Behavior in an Online Crowd-Sourced Sample	5
Interrater Reliability of the Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure, Extended (Dutch) Version, in a Clinical Patient Population	5
Dimensionality, Invariance, and Nomological Network of the Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS): An Extensive Psychometric Investigation in a Swedish Work Cohort	5
Defenses and Attachment in Clinical Practice: What Came First?	5
Awareness of Narrative Identity Questionnaire (ANIQ) in Early Adolescents: Psychometric Evaluation and Association with Features of Personality Disorder	5
The Self-Dehumanization Scale: Three Studies on Its Development and Validation	5
Analyzing and Comparing Univariate, Multivariate, and Bifactor Generalizability Theory Designs for Hierarchically Structured Personality Traits	5
Language Dominance and Cultural Identity Predict Variation in Self-Reported Personality in English and Spanish Among Hispanic/Latino Bilingual Adults	5
A Concise Measure of the Impostor Phenomenon: The Brief Impostor Phenomenon Scale (BIPS)	5
Validating a German Version of the Conspiracy Mentality Scale (CMS)	5
Sensitivity, Specificity and Interrater Reliability of a Clinical Staging Model for Personality Disorders in Older Adults: A Case Series Study	5
Measurement Invariance and Convergent Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV) Across New Zealand Māori and European Samples	5

Measuring Happiness Orientations: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Differences Across Countries, Ages, and Sex	5
Dominance and Prestige as Self-Concept Facets	4
Review of “ICD-11 Personality Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide” by Bo Bach and Sebastian Simonsen (2025, Hogrefe)	4
Developing the Short Form of the Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES-SF)	4
The Youth Internalizing Problems Screener: Validation in Serbian Adolescents and Measurement Invariance across Serbia and the USA	4
Differentiation of Self and Interpersonal Functioning with the Level of Personality Functioning Scale – Brief Form 2.0	4
Comparing the Validity of MMPI-3 Scores in Prehire Psychological Screenings of Male and Female Police Officer Candidates	4
Call for Papers: Utility of Clinical Personality Assessment	4
Psychometric Properties and Normative Data of the Spanish UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale in Adolescents	4
Development and Preliminary Validation of the Mentalizing Vignettes Task: A Measure of Mentalizing Across Relational Contexts	4
Revisiting the English Short Measure for Adult Playfulness (SMAP): An Investigation of Reliability, Validity, and Cross-Cultural Comparisons	4
Markers of Suicide Risk on the MMPI-3 Among Post-9/11 Veterans	4
Assessing Alexithymia across Asian and Western Cultures: Psychometric Properties of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire and Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 in Singaporean and Australian Samples	4
Refining Anger: Summarizing the Self-Report Measurement of Anger	4
Extending Validity Evidence for the MMPI-3: The Role of Collateral Report in Adult Assessment	4
The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV (MCMI-IV) and Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory-II (MACI-II) in Legal Settings	4
Adapting a Strategy-Based Measure of Behavioral Emotion Regulation: An Exploration of Links with Psychopathology from a Network Perspective	3
Improving the Objective Measurement of Alexithymia Using a Computer-Scored Alexithymia Provoked Response Questionnaire with an Online Sample	3
Focusing Narrowly on Model Fit in Factor Analysis Can Mask Construct Heterogeneity and Model Misspecification: Applied Demonstrations across Sample and Assessment Types	3
Assessing Personality Change: Introduction to the Special Section	3
Examining the Incremental Validity of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) Relative to the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20)	3
A Population Wide Analysis of MCMI-IV Symptom Validity Scales Administered in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System	3
The Unified Narcissism Scale-Revised: Testing Incremental Validity and Shortening the Measure	3
Hermann Rorschach’s Psychodiagnostics, Newly Translated and Annotated Anniversary Edition: A Critical Review	3
Assessment of PTSD and Trauma Symptoms With the MMPI–3 in College Students: Validity and Incremental Utility of the Anxiety Related Experiences (ARX) Scale	3
Revisiting the Structure of the Chinese Version of the Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy and Its Relationships with Schizotypy and Paranoia Using Network Approaches	3
Different Faces of Kindness. Development and Validation of the Kind Attitude Scale	3
Development and Initial Validation of Two Brief Measures of Left-Wing Authoritarianism: A Machine Learning Approach	3
Character Traits Predict Health and Well-Being beyond Personality	3
How to Capture the Rage? Development and Validation of a State-Trait Anger Scale	3
Competitive Latent Structures for the Comic Style Markers: Developing a Psychometrically Sound Short Version Using Spanish and US American Samples	3
Trait Machiavellianism and Agentic Career Success: A Multi-Measure, Multi-Criteria, Multi-Source Analysis	3
The Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Encouragement Character Strength Scale in Selected Undergraduate Students and Teachers	3
Measuring Global Character Dimensions: An Ant Colony Optimization Approach toward Three Core Strength Scales	3
The Self-Compassion Scale: Validation and Psychometric Properties within the Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling Framework	3
The Reasoning through Evidence versus Advice (EvA) Scale: Scale Development and Validation	3
Tendencies for Comparing Up and Down: An Examination of the Directional Subscales of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure	3
Are We Thinking about the Same Disorder? A Trifactor Model Approach to Understand Parents’ and Their Adolescents’ Reports of Borderline Personality Pathology	3
Construct Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form (DERS-SF): Further Evidence From Community and Student Samples	3
He Who Seeks Finds (Bodily Signals): German Validation of the Interoceptive Attention Scale (IATS) and its Relationship with Subclinical Psychopathology	3
Take Their Word for It: The Inventory of Problems Provides Valuable Information on Both Symptom and Performance Validity	3
Do State and Trait Affect Measures Retain Their Measurement Properties during a Disaster? An Investigation of Measurement Invariance during the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Development and Initial Validation of the Social Impression Comparison Scale (SICS)	3
Can the PVQ21 Measure Schwartz’s Refined Values?	3
A Summary of Construct Validity Evidence for Two Measures of Character Strengths	3
Is There Only One Well-Being for Younger Children and Preadolescents? The Revision of the SCWBS Questionnaire with Detailed Psychometric Properties	2
Establishing Levels of Personality Functioning Using the Structured Interview of Personality Organization (STIPO-R): A Latent Profile Analysis	2
Measuring Positive Development among College Students in the United States: Investigating Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Measurement Invariance across Different Racial Groups	2
Review of a Special Issue of Rorschachiana: The Rorschach Test Today: An Update on the Research	2
Opportunities for the AMPD: Commentary on Hopwood, 2024	2
The Anticipated Regret Scale (ARS): Initial Validation of a Self-Report Measure of Proneness Toward Anticipated Regret	2
Rorschach Human Movement and Psychotherapy: Relationship with the Therapist’s Emotional Responses	2
Development and Validation of the Narrative Identity Self-Evaluation Scale (NISE)	2
The Structure of Identity Dysfunction in Self-Report Measures	2
Expanding the Interpretive Potential of Eye Tracking for the Rorschach: Replication and Extension of the Findings of Ales et al. (2020)	2
Pathological Personality Traits and Self-Reported Managerial Leadership: A Comparison of the Dirty Dozen and Five-Factor Model Antagonistic Triad Measure	2
Comment on Implicit Gender Bias in the Clinical Judgement of Psychopathy and Personality Disorders among Licensed Psychologists in the USA	2
Differentiating Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Using the Interpersonal Circumplex	2
Measuring Eudaimonic and Hedonic Wellbeing: Development and Validation of the Holistic Wellbeing Measure	2
The Problem No One is Talking About: Forensic Evaluators’ Lack of Familiarity with Dimensional Approaches to Personality and Psychopathology	2
Personality Traits in Latin America: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Big Five Factor Structure and its Relationship with Self-Reported Daily Behaviors	2
Implicit Measures of Agentic Narcissism and Their Relationships with Self-Enhancement	2
Assessing Affective Dimensions of the Interpersonal Circumplex: Development and Validation of the Interpersonal Emotion Inventory	2
Correction	2
Violence Risk Assessment with the HCR-20^V3 in Legal Contexts: A Critical Reflection	2
The Boredom Prone Personality: A Multitrait-Multimethod Approach	2
Developing the Sense of Belonging Scale and Understanding Its Relationship to Loneliness, Need to Belong, and General Well-Being Outcomes	2
Test-Retest Reliability and Construct Validity of the Brief Dark Triad Measurements	2
Measuring Self-Esteem with Expanded Format in a Fraction of Time: ESE-S and ESE-US	2
Measuring the Four Higher-Order Values in Schwartz’s Theory: Validation of a 17-Item Inventory	2
Entrapment and Defeat Scales: Factor Structure Assessment and Variation by Gender and Sexual Identity among Adults in the United Kingdom	2
Reliability Generalization of the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure	2
The DOES Scale: Measuring Sensory Processing Sensitivity as a Trait Constellation	2
Inching Closer to the Structure (Structures?) of Character Strengths and Virtues	2
Personalized Psychotherapy Informed by Person in Context Assessment: A Single Subject Study	2