Personality, Psychopathology, and Measurement Lab

What do we study?

Members of the Personality, Psychopathology, and Measurement Lab at The University of Alabama investigates a variety of psychological research questions. The following is a brief list of broad topics covered in this lab:

  • Psychopathy/Externalizing Psychopathology
  • Personality and Psychopathology
  • Personality Assessment
  • Response Bias/Malingering

More information about specific projects and publications can be found below, as well as on Dr. Sellbom's page.

Current Projects

Coming Soon

Recent Publications

Wygant, D. B., & Sellbom, M. (in press). Viewing Psychopathy from the Perspective of the Personality Psychopathology Five Model: Implications for DSM-5. Journal of Personality Disorders.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Patrick, C. J., Wygant, D. B., Gartland, D. M., & Stafford, K. P. (in press). Development and Construct Validation of MMPI-2-RF Measures Assessing Global Psychopathy, Fearless-Dominance, and Impulsive-Antisociality. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.

*Kastner, R. M., Sellbom, M., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (in press). A Comparison of the Psychometric Properties of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory Full-Length and Short-Form Versions. Psychological Assessment.

*Neal, T. M. S., & Sellbom, M. (in press). Examining the Factor Structure of the Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment.

Sellbom, M. (2011). Elaborating on the Construct Validity of the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in Incarcerated and Non-Incarcerated Samples. Law and Human Behavior, 35, 440-451.

*Marion, B. E., & Sellbom, M. (2011). An examination of gender-moderated test bias on the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 93, 235-243.

Sellbom, M., Bagby, R. M., Kushner, S., & Quilty, L. C. (in press). The Diagnostic Construct Validity of MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Scale Scores. Assessment.

Wygant, D. B., *Anderson, J. L., Sellbom, M., Rapier, J. L., Allgeier, L. M., & Granacher, R. P. (2011). Association of the MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Validity Scales with Structured Malingering Criteria. Psychological Injury and Law, 4, 13-23.

Sellbom, M., & Bagby, R. M. (2010). The Detection of Over-Reported Psychopathology with the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) Validity Scales. Psychological Assessment, 22, 757-767.

Sellbom, M., *Toomey, J. A., Wygant, D. B., Kucharski, L. T., & Duncan, S. (2010). Utility of the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) Validity Scales in Detecting Malingering in a Criminal Forensic Setting: A Known-Groups Design. Psychological Assessment, 22, 22-31.


*Denotes Student Advisee/Collaborator