Presentations and Publications

Publications – Steven Abell
Abell, S. & Dauphin, B. (2009). The Perpetuation of patriarchy: The Hidden costs
of gender bias in the diagnosis and treatment of children. Clinical Child Psychology and
Psychiatry, 14(1), 117-133.
Abell, S., Wood, W., & Liebman, S.J. (2001). Children’s human figure drawings
as measures of mental ability: The Comparative validity of three scoring systems. Journal
of Psychoeducational Assessment, 19, 204-215.
Abell, S., & Schwartz, D.J., (1999). Fatherhood as a growth experience:
Expanding humanistic theories of paternity. The Humanistic Psychologist, 17, 221-241.
Abell, S. (1998). The Use of poetry in play therapy: A Logical integration. The
Arts in Psychotherapy, 25(1), 45-49.
Abell, S., Horkhimer, R., & Nguyen, S.E. (1998) Intellectual evaluations of
human figure drawings: An empirical comparison of two methods. The Journal of
Clinical Psychology, 54 (6), 811-15.
Abell, S. (1998). The Lifelong preservation of the self: Integrating the
contributions of Erikson and Kohut. The Journal of Aging and Identity, 3 (2), 87-98.
Abell, S., & Richards, M.H. (1996). The relationship between body shape
satisfaction and self-esteem: An investigation of gender and class differences. The
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 25,691-703.
Abell, S., Watz, L. S., & Von Briesen, P.D. (1996). The intellectual assessment of
children via human figure drawings: an empirical investigation of two methods. The
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 52, 67-74.
Abell, S. (1995). The Cult of Personality. In J. Woods (Ed.) Magill’s Ready
Reference: Government and Politics, Vol.1 (pp. 477-482). Pasadena, CA: Salem Pres,
Inc.
Abell, S. (1994). Child abuse and neglect: Prevalence, causes and solutions. In H.
Delgado (Ed) Survey of Social Science: Sociology, Vol. 1 (pp. 218-224). Pasadena, CA:
Salem Press, Inc.
Abell, S. (1994). Ageism. ( a discussion of how children may actually be the
primary victims of age discrimination in the United States). In J.K. Roth (Ed). Magill’s
Ready Reference: Ethics, Vol. 1 (pp 21-23). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc.

Vita – Steven Abell
Abell, S. (1994). Sigmund Freud’s contribution to ethics. In J.K. Roth (Ed)
Magill’s Ready Reference: Ethics, Vol. 1 (pp. 331-333). Pasadena, CA: Salem Pres, Inc.
Abell, S. (1994). Soviet psychiatry: Ethical violations. In R. Davies (ed.) Magill’s
Ready Reference: Ethics, Vol. 3 (pp. 829-830). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc.
Abell, S., Heiberger, A.M., & Johnson, J. E. (1994). Cognitive evaluations with
young adults using human figure drawings: An empirical investigations of two methods.
The Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50, 900-905.
Abell, S. (1993). Conversion, hypochondriasis, somatization, and somatoform
pain (an article exploring psychodynamic explanations for these disorders). In J.
Rodriguez (Ed.) Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Psychology, Vol. 2 (pp.682-
688).Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, Inc.
Bambery, M., &Abell, S. (2006). Relocating the nexus of psychotherapy and
treatment: Thoughts on the contribution of Erich Fromm to contemporary psychotherapy.
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 36, 175-182.
Dauphin, B., & Abell, S. (under review). Infinite adolescence: A psychoanalytic
exploration of the tantalizing promised inherent to the singularity. The Psychoanalytic
Review.
Hanley, S.J., &Abell, S. (2002). Maslow and relatedness: Creating an
interpersonal model of self-actualization. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 42 (4), 37-
57.
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Kwon, J., Delaney-Black, V., Covington, C., Abell, S., Nordstrom-Bailey, B.,
Sokol, R.J., & Ager, J. (2006). The relations between maternal expressed emotion and
children’s pervieved self-competence, behavior and intelligence in African-American
families. Early Child Development and Care, 176(2), 195-206.
Laurencelle, R.M., Abell, S., & Schwartz, D.J. (2002). The Relationship between
intrinsic religious faith and psychological well-being. International Journal of Psychology
and Religion, 12, 109-123.
Leibman, S.J., Porcerelli, J., & Abell, S. (2005). Reliability and validity of
Rorschach aggression variables with a sample of adjudicated adolescents. Journal of
Personality assessment, 85 (1), 33-39.
Leibman, S.J., &Abell, S. (2000). The Forgotten parent no more: A
psychoanalytic reconsideration of fatherhood. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 17, 88-105.
Leibman, S.J.& Abell, S. (2000). Reconstructing the sacred: Evolving
conceptualizations of religious faith in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Journal of
Contemporary Psychotherapy, 30, 7-25.
Leibman, S.J., & Abell, S. (2000). Wisdom. (an explication of the views of Erik
Erikson). In P. Roberts (Ed.) Aging: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective, Vol.2. Pasadena,
CA: Salem Press, Inc (pages 793-796).
Lorinz, A. C. (in press). Understanding neuroticism in emerging adulthood:
Integrating the contributions of Erikson and Fromm. In F. Columbus (ed.) The
Psychology of Neuroticism. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publications.
Richards, M., Abell, S., & Petersen, A., (1992). Biological development during
puberty. In P. Tolan and B. Cohler (eds.) Handbook of Clinical Research and practice
with Adolescents (pp. 21-44). New York: Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Rosenberg, A.D., Abell, S., & Mackie, J.K. (2005). An examination of the
relationship between child sexual offending and psychopathy. Journal of Child sexual
abuse, 14 (3), 49-66.
Schwartz, D.J., & Abell, S. (2003). A Consensus of the most instructive book
length accounts of mental abnormality. Teaching of Psychology, 30 (1), 63-65.
Taylor, A., & Abell S. (2003). The use of poetry in play therapy with adolescents.
In L. Gallo-Lopez and C.E. Schaefer (eds.) Play Therapy with adolescents. (pp.143-158).
New York: Jason Aronson, Inc.
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