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From Routledge Journals . . .Members of the Society for Personality Assessment receive an electronic subscription to theJournal of Personality Assessment as a benefit of membership. There are many other SPA memberbenefits available – visit the web site at www.personality.org.Journal of Personality AssessmentOfficial Journal of the Society for Personality Assessmentwww.personality.orgEDITORGregory J. MeyerUniversity of Toledo, Department of Psychology, Mail Stop #9482801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390Email: gmeyer@UTNet.UToledo.eduASSOCIATE EDITORSSusan L. Crowley - Utah State UniversityRadhika Krishnamurthy - Florida Institute of TechnologyJohn E. Kurtz - Villanova UniversityStephen Strack - VA Ambulatory Care Center, Los AngelesThomas A. Widiger - University of KentuckyPUBLICATION DETAILSVolume 92, 2010, 6 Issues per yearPrint ISSN: 0022-3891 Online ISSN: 1532-77522008 IMPACT FACTOR 1.678The Institute for Scientific Information JournalCitation Report for 2008 ranks the Journal ofPersonality Assessment 17th out of 50 journals inSocial Psychology (Social Science) and 38th out of 88journals in Clinical Psychology (Social Science) withan Impact Factor of 1.678.© 2009 Thomson Reuters, Journal Citation Reports®WEB PAGE: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/HJPAThe Journal of Personality Assessment primarily publishes articles dealing with the development, evaluation, refinement,and application of personality assessment methods. Published six times a year, the journal features articles that addressempirical, theoretical, instructional, or professional aspects of using psychological tests, interview data, or the applied clinicalassessment process. The information presented in the journal can also be used to advance the measurement, description, orunderstanding of personality, psychopathology, and human behavior.The Journal of Personality Assessment is broadly concerned with these issues:• Developing and using personality assessment methods in clinical, counseling, forensic, andhealth psychology settings;• The assessment process in applied clinical practice;• The assessment of people of all ages and cultures;• Both normal and abnormal personality functioning.RECENT CONTENTSTesting the Effectiveness of Family Therapeutic Assessment: A Case Study Using a Time-Series Design,Justin D. Smith, Nicole J. Wolf, Leonard Handler, and Michael R. NashConstruct Validity of the Relationship Profile Test: Correlates of Overdependence, Detachment, and HealthyDependency in Low Income Urban Women Seeking Medical Services, Robert F. Bornstein, John H. Porcerelli,Steven K. Huprich, and Tsveti MarkovaFaking Good on the MCMI–III: Implications for Child Custody Evaluations, Paul Lenny and Greg E. DearMeasuring Clarity of and Attention to Emotions, Patrick A. Palmieri, M. Tyler Boden, and Howard BerenbaumMeasuring Individual Differences in Trait Sympathy: Instrument Construction and Validation, Sherman A. LeeValidity and Stability of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory in a Nonforensic Sampleof Young Adults, Mary Ann Campbell, Naomi L. Doucette, and Sheila FrenchInvestigating the MMPI–2 Trauma Profile in Treatment-Seeking Peacekeepers,Arthur R. Rademaker, Rolf J. Kleber, Miranda E. Meijer, and Eric VermettenThe Rorschach Texture Response: A Construct Validation Study Using AttachmentTheory, Michael J. Cassella and Donald J. Viglione

SPA Boardof TrusteesRobert E. ErardPresidentRadhika KrishnamurthyPresident-ElectProgram ChairVirginia M. BrabenderPast PresidentCarol Groves OvertonSecretaryF. Barton EvansTreasurerGinger C. CallowayRepresentative-at-LargeRonald J. GanellenRepresentative-at-LargeDavid S. NicholsRepresentative-at-largeSteven SmithRepresentative-at-LargeGregory J. MeyerJPA EditorJed A. YalofSPA Exchange EditorBruce L. SmithPublic Affairs DirectorDear Fellow SPA Members:On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA), I inviteyou to join us March 24-28, 2010 for our annual Scientific Exchange and Workshops at thebeautiful Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.Radhika Krishnamurthy, our President-Elect and Program Chair, and Ginger Calloway andher CE Committee have worked hard to select and arrange an excellent program. Ourtheme for 2010 is “Personality Assessment in Context.” The focus on context is intended tohighlight how we shape and adapt our theories, skills, and tools of personality assessment,and communicate our findings in ways that are well suited to the particular populations,audiences, settings, referral questions, and goals with which we are working.Throughout several days of attending the meetings and workshops in San Jose, you’ll, ofcourse, be able to keep up to date on the very latest ideas, instruments, and developments inyour areas of particular interest or expertise. You can also hobnob with familiar faces andfamous names at interest group lunches, consultation sessions, poster sessions, book signings,and receptions (not to mention our famously lively hallways). But we also encourage you tostretch a little. Learn something about an assessment technique you’ve never used before,try sitting in on a theoretical discussion with people of the ‘wrong’ orientation, find out howyour favorite instruments can be adapted to novel settings, check out innovations in teachingand research, have lunch and maybe plan a joint project or exchange of ideas with a colleaguefrom the other side of the world.No matter how you approach the meeting, I can guarantee that you’ll have some difficultchoices to make. Apart from our plenary sessions designed to be of interest to everyone,such as the Master Lectures by John Briere and Phil Erdberg, there may be 5 or moreworthwhile things to do at any given time—case discussions, presentations of research inprogress, roundtables on the future of practice, symposia on controversial topics. We’llprovide labels and mix up the topics to help you track your major interests throughoutthe conference; but any way you slice it, you’ll often find yourself wishing you could be intwo places at once.For in-depth coverage of topics of special interest, make sure you sign up for a workshopor two. In addition to a number that are suitable for all levels of experience, we’re goingto offer a few that are designed specifically for advanced audiences. We’ll have workshopsby John Briere, Phil Erdberg, Ronald Ganellen, Corine de Ruiter, Jeffrey Younggren,Arnold Bruhn, Christopher Hopwood, Sharon Rae Jenkins, Antoinette Thomas, BarryRitzler, Anthony Sciara, Reid Meloy, Mark Blais, David Streiner, Tad Gorske, DianeEngelman, Ellen Krantz, Richard Lewak, Robin Deutsch, Stephen Finn, Deborah Tharinger,Pamela Schaber, Jay Flens, Margaret Lee, Robert Kaufman, Nancy Olesen, MarjorieGans Walters, Steve Friedlander, John Sikorski, Graeme Hanson, and me.Come to San Jose and sharpen your skills, challenge your settled notions, feed yourcuriosity, widen your horizons, make new friends. Visit our website (www.personality.org)to register and try to make your hotel reservations early. Early registration will get youthe lowest registration fees and also ensure a hotel room in the deeply discounted blockthat we are holding for our attendees. To be sure there’s room for you in the workshopsof your choice, try to register for them, too, as soon as possible. This registration brochurelists all of the workshops, paper sessions, symposia, roundtables, and case presentationsscheduled for the meeting. A more detailed Program Book will be available online throughour web page after January 1, 2010. All registrants will receive a copy of the Program Book intheir registration packets.I look forward to seeing you in March in San Jose, CA.Christopher HopwoodPresident, SPAGSRobert E. Erard Ph.D.President, SPA Board of Trustees

2010 SPA WORKSHOPS AND ANNUALWednesday, March 24, 20108:00 am - 4:00 pm Full-Day Workshops (4)(see description pp. 6-7)8:00 - 11:30 am Half-Day Workshops (2)(see description pp. 6-7)11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Break1:00 - 4:30 pm Half-Day Workshops (2)(see description pp. 8-9)4:30 - 9:00 pm Board of Trustees Meeting5:00 - 8:30 pm Half-Day Workshop (1)(see description p. 9)Thursday, March 25, 20108:00 - 11:30 am Half-Day Workshops (5)(see description pp. 9-11)8:00 - 12:00 noon Board of Trustees Meeting11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Break1:00 - 2:00 pm Consultation SessionsForensic Consultation [FO]J. Reid MeloyCollaborative/Therapeutic AssessmentConsultation Constance T. Fischer [CT]Psychodynamic Case ConsultationMarshall L. SilversteinABAP Diplomate PreparationIrving B. Weiner2:00 - 3:00 pm Opening Plenary SessionPresidential AddressHow To Cook Without a Book (andhow not to)Robert E. Erard3:00 - 4:00 pm Bruno Klopfer AwardRoger L. Greene4:15 - 5:15 pm Master Lecture IThe Assessment of Trauma-Related SymptomatologyJohn N. Briere5:30 - 6:30 pm Hertz Memorial Presenationin memory of Jane Loevinger6:45 pm SPAGS Board Meeting/Dinner6:45 - 7:45 pm Book Signing6:45 - 8:00 pm President’s Welcome Reception6:45 - 8:00 pm Poster Session IAssessment with Diverse Populationsand SettingsFriday, March 26, 20107:30 - 8:30 am Journal Editorial Board Meeting Breakfast8:30 - 10:30 am Scientific SessionsPaper Session A : New Research on the MMPI-2Paper Session B: Rorschach Issues: Administration,Coding, and ValiditySymp C: Attachment in Child Custody Evaluations:The Missing Piece in an Integrative AssessmentSymp D: Clinical Interpretation of the Rorschach:Using the CS and Content AnalysisSymp E: Recent Advances in Clinical and DiagnosticUses of the MCMI-III10:45 - 11:45 am Master Lecture IIGiving Personality Assessment AwayS. Philip Erdberg12:00 - 1:15 pm Lunch Break12:00 - 1:15 pm Lunchtime PresentationDoing Effective Oral and Written Presentations12:00 - 1:15 pm Lunchtime PresentationOperationalizing the BICS12:00 - 1:15 pm International Members Meeting12:00 - 1:15 pm Interest groupsAssessment ResearchCollaborative/Therapeutic Assessment [CT]1:15 - 3:15 pm Scientific SessionsSymp F: Introducing Key Features of the RorschachPerformance Assessment SystemSymp G: Forensic Psychological Evaluation inImmigration Court [FO]Paper Session H: Collaborative/TherapeuticAssessment Research [CT]Paper Session I: Advances in Assessment ofPathological NarcissicismPaper Session J: Assessing Response Distortionsand BiasesRoundtable K: Clinimetrics: A Challenge for PA3:30 - 5:30 pm Scientific SessionsRoundtable L: Psychological Assessment in thePublic Eye: Lessons from WikipediaPaper Session M: Play Assessment: Validation ofVersions of Affect in Play ScalePaper Session N: Cultural Competence andSensitivityPaper Session O: Choosing the Right Words: Verbaland Written Feedback in Therapeutic Assessment[CT]Symp P: Cross-Informant Assessment5:45 - 7:00 pm Reception/AwardsWalter G. Klopfer Award TBAMartin Mayman Award TBASamuel J. and Anne G. Beck Award Matthew BaityMary Cerney Award Aidan G.C. Wright7:30 pm Dinner Honoring Irving B. WeinerSCIENTIFIC SESSION TRACKSFO = Forensic AssessmentCT = Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment4 / SPA Annual Meeting

MEETING: ASSESSMENT IN CONTEXTSaturday, March 27, 20107:30 - 8:30 am Exchange Editorial Board Breakfast8:00 - 10:00 am Scientific SessionsSymp A: Advances in Rorschach PerformanceAssessment: Part ISymp B: Multimethod Assessment of PsychologicalImpairment, Employability, and DisabilityPaper Session C: Assessing Trauma, Dissociation, andDefensesPaper Session D: Diversity Issues in PersonalityAssessmentPaper Session E: Forensic Assessment [FO]10:15 - 12:15 pm Scientific SessionsSymp F: Personality in Context of the DSM-VSymp G: Forensic Asssessment of Asylum Seekers [FO]Paper Session H: MMPI-2-RF StudiesPaper Session I: Advances in Rorschach PerformanceAssessment: Part IIPaper Session J: Performance-Based Measurement ofPsychopathology and Distress12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break12:15 - 1:30 pm Student Lunch Leonard Handler12:15 - 1:30 pm Interest GroupsForensic Psychology [FO]Psychoanalytic Assessment12:15 - 1:30 pm Assessment Ethics ConsultatonRobert E. Erard1:30 - 3:30 pm Scientific SessionsRoundtable K: Wither the Rorschach: Revolution,Evolution, or Status Quo?Paper Session L: Application of Personality Assessment inSelection DecisionsPaper Session M: Assessing Traits, States, and LifeEventsPaper Session N: Collaborative/Therapeutic AssessmentApplications with Children, Adolescents, and Families[CT]Paper Session O: Studies in AggressionPaper Session P: New and Established MeasuresSunday, March 28, 20108:00 am - 4:00 pm Full-Day Workshops (4)(see description pp.11-12)8:00 - 11:30 am Half-Day Workshops (1)(see description p. 12)ContentsProgram Schedule . . . . . . . . . . 4-5Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12Master Lecturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Scientific Sessions . . . . . . . . . 13-18Awards and Tributes . . . . . . . . . 19Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Continuing Education . . . . . . . . . 21Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . 223:45 - 5:45 pm Scientific SessionsPaper Session Q: Assessment of Sex Offenders [FO]Paper Session R: Use of Music in Performance-BasedAssessmentPaper Session S: Duquesne Life-World RorschachResearch and First Semester Life-World AssessmentsSymp T: Integrating Attachment into Clinical Practice:Nuts and BoltsSymp U: Contributions from Personality Assessment tothe Development of Axis II in DSM-VStudent Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Consultations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246:00 - 7:00 pm Farewell Reception for Journal Reviewers6:00 - 7:00 pm Poster Session IIPsychometric/Methodological Studies andOther Empirical InvestigationsInternational Committee . . . . . . 24Interest Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Employment Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . 25To register visit: www.personality.org / 5

2010 WORKSHOPS - MARCH 24Wednesday, March 24, 20108:00 am - 4:00 pmFull-Day, 7 CE CreditsWorkshop #1Trauma-Relevant Psychological AssessmentJohn N. Briere, Ph.D.Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California,Los Angeles, CAThis workshop will outline the primary symptoms and disordersassociated with trauma exposure (including “complex” traumainvolving child abuse and neglect) and will describe generic andtrauma-specific assessment instruments relevant to traumatizedindividuals. These will include standardized measures of posttraumaticstress, dissociation, impaired self-reference, affectdysregulation, “acting out” (tension reduction) behaviors, andrelational issues, as well as possible comorbidities such as anxiety,depression, and substance abuse. A number of the presenter’spublished instruments will be discussed in greater detail.Goals and Objectives:1. Outline the major psychological effects of acute and earlytrauma exposure.2. Describe ways in which generic measures such as the PAIand MMPI-2 can be used to understand traumatized individuals.3. List at least four standardized, trauma-specific psychologicaltests.4. Describe the general notion of “assessment-based treatment.”Skill Level: This is an intermediate level workshop.Workshop #2Using Emerging and Existing Data to ImproveRorschach Validity and UtilityDonald J. Viglione, Ph.D.Alliant International University, San Diego, CAGregory J. Meyer, Ph.D.Joni L. Mihura, Ph.D.University of Toledo, Toledo, OHWe present the Rorschach Performance Assessment System(RPAS) as a reliable, valid, useful, and manageable way of usingthe Rorschach internationally in applied practice. We describethe scientific rationale and procedures for the new RPAS, addressingadministration; inquiry; the selection, scoring, and computationof variables; form quality; normative referencing; a standardizedformat to present the results; and interpretive inferences.The system is built upon a solid research foundation,making use of the best supported variables in the Rorschachliterature, and an appreciation of the Rorschach task as providinga sample of behavioral performance. We review relevantevidence from several of our studies, to which many SPA membersand colleagues around the world contributed. The selectionof variables and interpretive guidelines derive from a systematicreview of the Rorschach validity literature, surveys of cliniciansabout the usefulness of indices and variables, and a conceptual6 / SPA Annual Meetingunderstanding of the processes involved in generating test responses,as well as concerns about redundancy and parsimony.Thus, RPAS emphasizes scores in which the phenomenology ofthe coded response parallels the phenomenology of the inferredreal-world behavior or personality characteristic being assessed.This workshop should be useful for practitioners and for peoplewho teach or conduct research on personality assessment.Currently, the RPAS focuses on using the Rorschach with adolescentsand adults, although some considerations regardingits use with children will be offered. Attendees should be familiarwith the Rorschach and will receive preliminary RPAS materialsfor administration, scoring, and interpretation.Goals and Objectives:1. Describe the basic concept of response phenomenologyand its relationship to construct validity.2. Recognize critical components of the scientific foundationof the Rorschach Performance Assessment System.3. Use the materials provided to perform basic administration,scoring, and norming procedures with the RPAS.4. Describe the principles of variable selection for inclusion inthe RPAS.5. Describe the basic interpretive principles and use materialsprovided to be able to produce sound interpretive inferences.Skill Level: Participants should have some familiarity with Rorschachadministration, scoring, and interpretation.Workshop #3Forensic Assessment of Violent Offenders: Sex,Lies, and VideotapesRonald J. GanellenNorthwestern University, Chicago, ILCorine de RuiterMaastricht University, The NetherlandsPsychologists are often asked to evaluate individuals involvedin the criminal justice system. Because of the wide range ofquestions asked in forensic contexts, it is not realistic to expectany one psychological instrument to adequately address allrelevant psychological issues, such as the presence of a psychoticdisorder or the risk of future aggressive behavior. Onedimension of psychological functioning to consider whenevaluating criminal offenders is psychopathy. Psychopathy is apersonality construct independent of any diagnosis containedin the DSM-IV. Psychopathy is not directly measured by traditionalpsychological measures. The PCL and PCL-R were developedto identify and rate the severity of psychopathic characteristicsand are widely used in forensic and correctional settings. Theycan provide valuable information as prisoners identified by thePCL-R as psychopaths exhibit more aggressive and disruptivebehavior while in prison than non-psychopathic prisoners; havea less favorable response to psychological treatment; and, whenreleased from prison, are at greater risk for recidivism. Duringthis intermediate level workshop, we will review administration,scoring, and interpretation of the PCL-R, and discuss similaritiesand differences in the definitions of psychopathy and Antisocial

Personality Disorder. Cases of prisoners who committed seriousoffenses, each of whom was administered the PCL-R, MMPI-2,and Rorschach, will be presented to illustrate how findingsfrom the PCL-R can be integrated with findings from the MMPI-2 and Rorschach. The strengths and limitations of eachinstrument will be discussed. Brief videotapes of these offenderswill be shown so workshop participants can form a vivid “mentalpicture” of what these offenders are like.Goals and Objectives:1. Review the conceptualization of psychopathy.2. Describe administration, scoring, and interpretation of thePCL-R.3. Discuss similarities and differences in the definitions ofpsychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder.4. Illustrate ways to integrate findings from the PCL-R withfindings from the MMPI-2 and Rorschach.5. Identify strengths and limitations of each instrument forspecific assessment issues in forensic contexts.Skill Level: This is an intermediate level workshop.Workshop #4Legal Ethical Risks and Ethical Risk Managementin Professional Psychological PracticeJeffrey N. Younggren, Ph.D.University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine,Los Angeles, CAFor the last ten years, there has been a major increase in thenumber of lawsuits, licensing board complaints, and ethics committeecomplaints against clinical psychologists. As managedcare continues to dominate third party reimbursement in boththe private and public sectors, any adverse disciplinary eventcan make it difficult, if not impossible to meet credentialingrequirements. The changes in the economic system have ledto changes in therapeutic approaches and business organizationsthat, in turn, have increased the complexity of the legaland regulatory environment. In these difficult times, a riskmanagement strategy is an essential element of professionalpractice. After providing a basic introduction to identifying legaland ethical risks involved in working with high risk patientsand situations, this workshop will focus on three specializedareas of practice: working with couples and families, involvementwith lawyers and the legal system, and working withpotentially suicidal clients. The primary workshop goal is toallow practitioners to identify potential legal and ethical problemsin these areas so that risks of lawsuits and disciplinarycomplaints can be minimized. Dr. Younggren will suggest strategieswhich will make it more likely that a psychologist willprevail if she/he is unfortunate enough to be the target of thesesometimes unavoidable events. The program will describe howand when practitioners can utilize the APAIT Advocate 800Risk Management Consultation Service as part of their ownrisk management strategies. The workshop is primarily directedto psychologists in private practice but it applicable to all siteswhere health services are provided.2010 WORKSHOPS - MARCH 24Goals and Objectives:1. Provide basic strategies for identifying high risk situations andmanaging professional practice risks.2. Describe how to manage interactions with lawyers and the legalsystem, including responding to subpoenas and other informationrequests, providing testimony at depositions and in court, and usingstrategies for interacting with attorneys.3. Describe how to manage potential conflicts in conjoint treatmentwith couples and families, with particular emphasis on thespecial risks associated with divorce.4. Prepare essential risk management strategies for identifyingand managing outpatient suicide risk.5. Describe ethical and legal standards governing these areas ofpractice.Skill Level: The workshop is primarily directed to psychologists inprivate practice, but it is applicable to all sites where health sciencesare provided.Wednesday, March 24, 20108:00 am - 11:30 amHalf-Day, 3.5 CE CreditsWorkshop #5An Introduction to Early Memories ProcedureInterpretationArnold R. Bruhn, Ph.D.Chevy Chase, MDThe Early Memories Procedure (EMP) is best used at the beginningof therapy to assess major unresolved issues that have unconsciouslymotivated the client to seek therapy at this time. Thus thepresenting problem (“I’ve been depressed for six months”) can beviewed from a more relevant perspective (memory issue: ‘Peopleclose to me keep dying or leaving me’). Often clients lack insight asto what is causing their lives not to work, and we as clinicians mustdeduce the dysfunction before we can be of much help.The EMPwas designed with a two major purposes in mind: to help cliniciansfigure out by the end of the second session what really broughttheir client in to therapy; and just as important, to help clientsbetter understand how they function and ‘what is wrong with them’—to teach psychological mindedness, in so many words. Secondarily,such work demystifies the work of psychotherapy and reducesunproductive anxiety—the client’s feeling helpless and out ofcontrol. Proceeding in this manner helps to build trust in their therapistand the therapy process—by the end of the second session,clients know why they are there, what in their lives is not working,and what they must do to make things right. Once clients understandwhat the problem is, they are less likely to drop out andmore likely to believe the therapist knows what s/he is doing.Goals and Objectives:1. Provide a structured method to interpret memories reliably (asine qua non of the scientific method).2. Introduce the EMP and discuss how to use it at the beginningof therapy.3. Identify the major unresolved issue that brought the clientinto therapy.To register visit: www.personality.org / 7

2010 WORKSHOPS - MARCH 244. Sketch out how the major unresolved issue can beconceptualized three dimensionally—what is the issue, how itcame to be a problem, and what keeps it unresolved now.5. Illustrate how the therapist can help the client to resolvethe major unresolved issue.Skill Level: Participants are assumed to have some foundationalunderstanding of autobiographical memories and howsuch memories are chosen, emergized, and shaped bypersonality dynamics.Workshop #6Advanced Personality Assessment InventoryInterpretationChristopher J. Hopwood, Ph.D.Michigan State University, East Lansing, MIThe purpose of this workshop is to outline advanced interpretivestrategies for the Personality Assessment Inventory. Threebroad areas of interpretation will be discussed, including issuesrelated to the interpretation of profile validity, psychiatricdiagnosis, and the assessment of risk for harm to self or othersor treatment-related problems. The PAI includes multiple scalesand indicators of response sets that could affect the validity ofthe clinical profile. These include indicators of random respondingand both negative and positive dissimulation. Within negativeand positive dissimulation, indicators vary in the degree towhich they reflect covert influences related to psychopathologyand overt efforts to distort the profile. An empirically-basedmodel for interpreting these indicators will be described usingclinical cases. Further, strategies for better understanding theinfluences of response sets on the rest of the PAI profile will beoffered. Several empirical and conceptual methods for developingpsychiatric diagnoses with the PAI have been developed.Each of these methods will be described in the context of previouslycollected PAI data, and a model for developing diagnostichypotheses with the PAI that goes beyond an enumerationof the most elevated clinical scales will be described. The PAIhas a number of scales and indicators designed to assess riskssuch as self-harm, other-harm, and problematic treatment process.Recent research on the validity of these methods will bereviewed and used to inform strategies for clinical assessmentof risk with the PAI, which will be further illustrated using clinicalcase material.Goals and Objectives:1. Describe the development of PAI indicators of responsesets, diagnosis, and risks to harm self or others or for problematictreatment process.2. Review empirical research on these indicators.3. Outline interpretive strategies for using the PAI to assessthese issues in clinical practice.Skill Level: Participants should be familiar with the PAI.Wednesday, March 24, 20101:00 pm - 4:30 pmHalf-Day, 3.5 CE CreditsWorkshop #7Quantitative Relationships Approaches toStorytelling Techniques: Validity, Evidence, andApplicationSharon Rae Jenkins, Ph.D.University of North Texas, Denton, TXAntoinette D. Thomas, Ph.D.St. Lambert, Quebec, CanadaTo understand people’s problems in their interpersonal relationships,this story scoring approach describes relationshipsof characters in TAT stories. Clearly defined content analysiscategories are applied to each story, and scores describe thecontent found. Each relationship receives one score describingits affective valence and another score for the complexity ofcognitive perspective-taking (“taking the role of the other”).These scores come from manuals recently published, alongwith research summaries, in the Handbook of Clinical ScoringSystems for Thematic Apperceptive Techniques. Attendees willlearn about the research, then practice these scoring techniquesby studying examples and applying the systems to stories scoredby experts. Thomas’s Affective Scale scores each relationshipbetween -2 and +2 to describe the relationship’s affective valence.The difference between scores for spousal relationshipsand other relationships (especially parental) distinguishes happilymarried couples from those less happily married (Thomas& Dudek, 1985). In a clinic sample, positive Parent scores wereassociated with fewer family of origin complaints (Jenkins &Thomas, 2007). Feffer’s Interpersonal Decentering Systemscores interactions between characters on a 9-point scale ofincreasing complexity and coordination of perspectives, fromundifferentiated through sequential interaction to simultaneousinformation processing (requiring internalization of both selfand other). High scorers are better at differentiating charactersand perspectives in Feffer’s Role-Taking Task (Feffer &Jahelka, 1968); violence perpetrators scored lower than otheroutpatients (Jenkins, Dobbs, & Leeper, 2005).Goals and Objectives:1. Give a general orientation to theory and applications of relationshipsscoring of storytelling techniques;2. Introduce the primary validation evidence for two relationshipsstory scoring systems.3. Ensure introductory competence in scoring and interpretingtwo relationships TAT scoring systems.Skill Level: The minimum skill level is graduate studentstatus with one course in personality assessment that includesthe TAT, another storytelling technique, or the RorschachComprehensive System.8 / SPA Annual Meeting

Workshop #8The Rorschach Comprehensive System: Codingand AdministrationBarry Ritzler, Ph.D.Long Island University, NYAnthony Sciara, Ph.D.Asheville, NCThe workshop will cover advanced coding issues that frequentlypuzzle the Rorschach psychologist. Since proper administrationof the method reduces the difficulty of coding decisions, Dr.Sciara will begin by reviewing proper administration procedures.Next, Dr. Ritzler will provide guidelines for several difficult codingdecisions. Dr. Sciara’s presentation will outline proper administrationprocedures to assure precision and standardizationof the Comprehensive System. Dr. Ritzler will cover difficultcoding issues such as FC versus CF, active versus passive movement,shading determinants, and special scores. Both presenterswill discuss the addition of certain enhancement variablesthat have been included in the Rorschach Training Programworkshops. These variables include the Rorschach Oral DependencyScale and Aggressive Content.Goals and Objectives:1. Improve administration skills, particularly inquiry, to providemore effective, necessary information for correct scoring.2. Provide guidelines for making difficult scoring decisions.3. Familiarize participants with Comprehensive System enhancementvariables.4. Answer questions participants have about coding and administrationissues.Skill Level: Participants must be familiar with the RorschachComprehensive System through at least one semester’s graduatetraining or the equivalent.Wednesday, March 24, 20105:00 pm - 8:30 pmHalf-Day, 3.5 CE CreditsWorkshop #9The Black Swan: Threat Assessment of LowFrequency High Intensity ViolenceJ. Reid Meloy, Ph.D.Forensis, San Diego, CA2010 WORKSHOPS - MARCH 25Low frequency high intensity violence, such as acts of terrorism,mass murder, and public assassinations, cannot be predicted,but their risk can be reduced. Dr. Meloy will present anidiographic model which depends upon the identification of apathway to violence—dynamic factors, markers, speed, direction—andprovides a functional and behavioral approach to discerningvariables associated with such acts of instrumental orpredatory aggression. The approach differs conceptually andoperationally from the traditional nomothetic approach to violencerisk assessment, and has been widely adapted by threatassessment teams in the US and Western Europe, whether university,corporate, or government based.Goals and Objectives:1. Describe the four approaches to violence risk assessment,including the idiographic approach taught in this class.2. Describe a pathway to violence.3. Describe markers along a pathway to violence.4. Explain how this approach has been applied to low frequencyhigh intensity acts of violence, such as mass murder and publicassassinations.Skill Level: This workshop is appropriate for all graduatestudents and Ph.D./Psy.D. psychologists.Thursday, March 25, 20108:00 am - 11:30 amHalf-Day, 3.5 CE CreditsWorkshop #10Personality Focused Assessment:An IntroductionMark A. Blais, Ph.D.Psychology Assessment Center, Boston, MAPsychological assessment requires moving beyond simple scorebehaviorrelationships and using multi-source data to describecomplex human behaviors (Handler & Meyer, 1998). Many believethat the integration of personality theory along with assessmentknowledge and skill is required to achieve this level of proficiency.This workshop on Personality Focused Assessment (PFA),presents an approach to psychological assessment that uses amodern model of personality to enhance data organization andintegration. Specifically PFA uses a trans-theoretical model ofpersonality, informed by Mayer’s systems framework (1998 &2005), to articulate the major sub-divisions and organizationpersonality and explicitly relates assessment findings to featuresof the model. PFA has been used to teach advanced psychologicalassessment to psychology interns and post doctoral fellowsfor the last decade and has recently been presented in a numberof book chapters (Blais and Smith, 2008 & Blais and Hopwood, inpress). This workshop will provide a general overview of thetrans-theoretical model of personality and demonstrate specificallyhow assessment data from commonly used instruments(Rorschach, Personality Assessment Inventory and NEO-PersonalityInventory Revised) can be aligned with the model to providea personality focused organization and integration of findings.Clinical examples will be used to illustrate the potential PFA holdsfor producing dynamic, integrated assessment formulations thatplaces the person at the center of our assessment reports.Goals and Objectives:1. Present a trans-theoretical model of personality organizationand demonstrate how the model may be used to improve theorganization, integration and interpretation of common psychologicalassessment data.To register visit: www.personality.org / 9

2010 WORKSHOPS - MARCH 252. Relate data from three popular psychological instruments,Personality Assessment Inventory, NEO-Personality Inventory Revisedand Rorschach Inkblot Method, to the model of personality.3. Use clinical examples to demonstrate how the personalitymodel can guide and enhance the organization and integrationof multi-source assessment data.Skill Level: This is an intermediate level workshop.Workshop #11Meta-Analysis for CliniciansDavid L. Streiner, Ph.D.Baycrest Centre and the University of TorontoToronto, CanadaMeta-analysis is a technique for combining the results of manystudies in a rigorous and systematic way. It was first used tolook at studies of treatment effectiveness, but has recently beenextended to include studies of the reliability and validity of scales,under the names of ‘reliability and validity generalization.’ Thisworkshop will enable participants to evaluate and/or conductmeta-analyses in both of these areas.Goals and Objectives:1. Go through the steps necessary to conduct a meta-analysisand generalization study.2. Evaluate how well a meta-analysis has been done.3. Calculate reliability and validity generalization coefficients.Skill Level: This workshop is an introductory course instatistics and psychometrics.Workshop #12Case Studies in Collaborative NeuropsycholgyTad Gorske, Ph.D.University of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburgh, PADiane Engelman, Ph.D.Center for Collaborative Psychology and PsychiatryKentfield, CAEllen Krantz, Ph.D.Corte Madera, CATherapeutic Neuropsychological Assessment (CTNA, Gorske andSmith, 2009) has been developed to fill the void that often existsin the practice of neuropsychological assessment, the provisionof objective and personalized feedback that builds rapport withpatients and lets their voices be heard in the interpretation anddecision-making process. This client-centered approach hasshown to lead to more patient centered interventions, bettercompliance, and stronger recovery. CTNA blends the conceptualframework of Therapeutic/Collaborative Assessment Modelsand Motivational Interviewing Principles and methods. Thisworkshop will present the background and methodsof CTNA principlesand provide case examples of collaborative approachesin neuropsychological assessment. The case examples will10 / SPA Annual Meetingillustrate CTNA’s utility in a complicated case with a man diagnosedwith dual attention deficit and executive functioning difficulties,pediatric neuropsychological assessment,and brain injuryrehabilitation.Goals and Objectives:1. Discuss the principles and background of CollaborativeNeuropsychology.2. Describe the methods of a Collaborative Neuropsychologyfeedback session.3. Discuss how Collaborative Neuropsychology methods areused in different case examples and clinical situations.4. Describe how Collaborative Neuropsychology methods canimprove patient-practitioner rapport, treatment adherence, differentialdiagnosis, and develop realistic and applicable treatment/rehabilitationplans.Skill Level: This is an intermediate to advanced level workshop.Workshop #13Live Demonstration: Positive Marital FeedbackUsing the MMPI-2Richard Lewak, Ph.D.Del Mar Clinic, Del Mar, CAThe workshop is a live demonstration of how the MMPI-2 canbe used to provide couples with concrete positive feedback aboutthe dynamics of their relationship. The presenter will show howMMPI-2 data can provide a couple with insight into how theirearly conditioning experiences and personality traits can leadto recurring marital conflicts. Marital therapy techniques developedusing MMPI-2 data will also be demonstrated. Volunteercouples will be solicited over the internet and a suitable couplewill be given live feedback during the workshop. Should thatnot be possible because a volunteer couple is not available, avideo from a pre-recorded couples feedback will be shown.The first hour of the workshop will discuss the Positive Psychology-influencedfeedback paradigm. The second hour will eitherbe a live feedback or a video of a pre-recorded feedback session.The third hour will provide a analysis of the feedback sessionand identify the structure of positive marital feedback sessions.It will close with participants’ questions.Goals and Objectives:1. Outline a Positive Psychology-influenced paradigm for givingcouples feedback from MMPI-2 data.2. Demonstrate how MMPI-2 data, normally described in pathologicalterms, can be reformulated in positive yet accurate ways.3. Demonstrate how MMPI-2 data can be used to create Gestaltexercises in a feedback session.4. Demonstrate the power of MMPI-2 data as an aid in understandingcouples enduring patterns of relating.Skill Level: Participants should have a basic understanding ofthe MMPI-2.

Workshop #14Assessment of Domestic Violence in ChildCustody DisputesRobin Deutsch, Ph.D.Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of PsychiatryBoston, MAIn the past, views on domestic violence resulted in polarization inthe professional community as dissimilar contexts and sampleswere compared. There is increasing acknowledgment among familycourt professionals, custody evaluators, and domestic violenceadvocates that not all domestic violence is the same and the differencesin the use of violence inform custodial and access decisions.This workshop will review these differences with a focus on methodsof assessing violence risks, and the implications for childrenand parenting plans. There will be a review of violence risk assessmentinstruments, new research on and thinking about differentiationof domestic violence, and the impact of domestic violenceon parenting practices and child adjustment. Case vignetteswill be used.Goals and Objectives:1. Differentiate types of domestic violence in custody disputes.2. Identify violence risk factors.3. Discuss the ramifications of domestic violence on parenting practices.4. Identify implications of violent behaviors for parenting plans.Skill Level: This workshop is appropriate for all levels of expertise.Sunday, March 28, 20108:00 am - 4:00 pmFull-Day, 7 CE CreditsWorkshop #15Therapeutic Assessment of Adolescents andFamilies2010 WORKSHOPS - MARCH 28Stephen E. Finn, Ph.D.Pamela Schaber, Ph.D.Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Austin, TexasDeborah Tharinger, Ph.D.University of Texas, Austin, TXPsychological assessment of adolescents is challenging for manyreasons, including the difficulty of engaging reluctant teens in anassessment, managing issues of confidentiality and autonomy, andmaintaining an alliance with adolescents and their caregivers simultaneously.Drs. Finn, Schaber, and Tharinger will explain howthe collaborative process of Therapeutic Assessment meets eachof these challenges and aims to benefit adolescents and theircaregivers simultaneously. In addition to didactic material, the presenterswill show video excerpts from several different adolescent/familyassessments.Goals and Objectives:1. Discuss how developmental issues of adolescents make psychologicalassessment challenging.2. Discuss how psychological assessment of adolescents ispotentially a family intervention.3. List the steps in Therapeutic Assessment with adolescents.4. Describe guidelines for managing confidentiality in adolescentassessments and for respecting teens’ appropriate needsfor autonomy.5. Discuss ways to involve caregivers in an adolescent’s assessment.6. Describe various ways to give feedback to teens about theirassessment results.Skill Level: This is an introductory workshop; participantsshould have a basic knowledge of standardized psychologicaltests.Workshop #16Advanced Issues in Child Custody: CurrentResearch, Assessment, and Forensic ApplicationsS. Margaret Lee, Ph.D.Robert Kaufman, Ph.DMill Valley, CANancy Olesen, Ph.D.Marjorie Gans Walters, PhD.San Rafael, CASteven Friedlander, PhD.John Sikorski, MDGraeme Hanson, MDSan Francisco, CAThis workshop will address issues frequently faced when conductingchild custody evaluations. The topics will include: attachment,alienation, sexual abuse and personality disorders,particularly in their neurodevelopmental aspects. Each topicalpresentation will include a review of the recent pertinent research,appropriate assessment instruments found to be useful,and the integration of assessment findings with other datacollected in this forensic application.Goals and Objectives:1. Describe elements of basic research in sexual behavior foundin non-abused children of different ages.2. Describe research on aspects of memory in children, bothneurobiological development and situations that increase or decreasethe accuracy of recall.3. Present an example of interaction between constitutionalfactors and environmental factors in personality formation.4. Review current perspectives on alienation and on childrenwho refuse to spend time with or reject a parent after divorce.5. Identify and assess the various factors that contribute to achild’s rejection of a parent.6. Adjust standard evaluation processes to obtain better attachmentdata and will be introduced to attachment measuresfor adults and children.Skill Level: Participants should have a basic understandingof divorce and performing child custody evaluations.To register visit: www.personality.org / 11

2010 WORKSHOPS - MARCH 28Workshop #17Multimethod Assessment of PersonalityDisorderS. Philip Erdberg, Ph.D.University of California, San Francisco, CAPersonality disorders can be understood as extreme manifestationsof characteristics that cause difficulties in someone’spersonal and vocational life. Multimethod assessment of thesedisorders allows a level of understanding that can lead to appropriateintervention planning and monitoring. This workshoppresents a model for multimethod assessment based on thedimensional assumption that personality disorders lie at theextreme of normal personality function and are best assessedwith instruments whose primary focus is personality as opposedto psychopathology. A substantial personality disorderliterature has developed for both the Rorschach the NEO-PI-R,and the combination of a performance-based and a self-reportinstrument provides the precision necessary for clinically relevantassessment. This workshop begins with a review of Rorschachand Five-Factor Model personality disorder findings andcontinues with a series of case vignettes that illustrate thecombined use of the Rorschach and the NEO-PI-R in a varietyof clinical and forensic settings.Goals and Objectives:1. Describe the distinction between dimensional and categoricalapproaches in the description of personality disorder.2. Understand the Rorschach’s approach to multiphasicpersonality description.3. Describe the approach that the Five-Factor Model takes todescribing the various core components of personality.4. Review the personality disorder literature that hasdeveloped in the last two decades for both the Rorschachand the NEO-PI-R.5. Illustrate how combining the Rorschach and the NEO-PI-Rcan lead to assessments that are relevant in interventionplanning and monitoring.Skill Level: Participants should have basic training and experiencewith the Rorschach Comprehensive System.Workshop #18The Use of the MMPI-2 and MCMI-III in ForensicPractice: “What’s All the Fighting About?”12 / SPA Annual MeetingJames R. Flens, Ph.D.Brandon, FLThis full day presentation will address the use of the MMPI-2and the MCMI-III in forensic practice. Particular emphasis willwill be placed on updates and changes in the MMPI-2 andMCMI-III, the impact on the use of these instruments in forensicpractice, and issues associated with admissibility of theseinstruments by the Court [i.e., Daubert and Frye issues]. Severalof the recent changes in the MMPI-2 and the MCMI-IIIhave generated controversies and heated debate within thefield of assessment psychology. These changes and controversieswill be discussed with particular emphasis on what impactthey have for day-to-day use of these instruments within the specialtyof forensic psychology.Goals and Objectives:1. Review recent developments in the MMPI-2 and MCMI-III andthe impact on admissibility issues.2. Review the various controversies generated by these recentdevelopments and their impact on use in forensic contexts.3. Recognize the importance of the context of the evaluation andresponse style in interpreting a test profile.4. Recognize the issues associated with using a computergenerated test interpretation report in a forensic setting.Skill Level: This is a moderate to advanced skill level presentation.Sunday, March 28, 20108:00 am - 11:30 amHalf-Day, 3.5 CE CreditsWorkshop #19Bringing Rorschach Protocols to LifeRobert E. Erard, Ph.D.Psychological Institutes of Michigan, Franklin, MIMost Rorschach workshops focusing on clinical interpretation beginwith brief case histories, followed by analysis of the structuralsummaries, occasionally with a little follow-up data added on.What is usually left out is a feel for what it is like to be with thatperson—how do these abstract notions about an individual’s personalityactually play out in his or her everyday life? In this workshop,we will do things exactly backwards. We will look at structuralsummaries that have been designed (by “reverse engineering”)to highlight certain personality features and qualities in variouscombinations and then listen to “conversations” with peoplewho seem to fit those summaries. The “conversations” will bedrawn (with permission) from the archives of WireTap, a Canadianradio comedy featuring actors who are remarkably gifted atvividly portraying various kinds of character pathology. The workshopwill strive to achieve an optimal balance of enlightenmentand entertainment.Goals and Objectives:1. Recognize and appreciate how key findings from Rorschachstructural summaries can be used to develop a complex and integratedpicture of personality.2. Listen for indications of particular types of personality pathologyin “live conversation.”3. Hone intuitions about how various abstract psychological constructsactually manifest in everyday life and how “reverse engineering”of Rorschach constructs can contribute to this awareness.Skill Level: Participants should be familiar with the elements ofRorschach CS interpretation and have a basic knowledge ofcharacter pathology.

2010 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONSDeveloping Tests and Methods of Personality AssessmentAdvancing the Science & Practice of Personality AssessmentPromoting Ethical & Responsible Use ofPersonality AssessmentMaster LecturesMaster Lecture I: John N. Briere, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatryand Psychology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, andDirector of the Psychological Trauma Program at LAC-USC Medical Center. He is a pastpresident of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), and recipientof the Robert S. Laufer Memorial Award for Scientific Achievement from ISTSS.Designated as “Highly Cited Researcher” by the Institute for Scientific Information, he isauthor or co-author of over 70 articles, 20 chapters and encyclopedia entries, and 10books in the areas of trauma, child abuse, and interpersonal violence. He has developed8 psychological tests, including the Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI), DetailedAssessment of Posttraumatic Stress (DAPS), Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children(TSCC), Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children (TSCYC), and the Inventoryof Altered Self-Capacities (IASC), all of which are published by Psychological AssessmentResources. He presents workshops on trauma assessment and treatment nationallyand internationally. His website is www.JohnBriere.com.The Assessment ofTrauma-RelatedSymptomatologyGiving PersonalityAssessment AwayMaster Lecture II: S. Philip Erdberg, Ph.D., is a diplomate in clinical psychologyof the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Erdberg’s longstandinginterest is in using personality assessment to provide consultation for intervention. Heis a past-president of the Society for Personality Assessment, the 1995 recipient of theSociety’s Distinguished Contribution Award, and the 2001 recipient of the OutstandingAchievement Award of the Forensic Mental Health Association of California. Dr. Erdbergis a faculty member of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis and. an assistantclinical professor at the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine. He isa consultant for a variety of school, clinical, law enforcement, and correctional settings,and a frequent workshop presenter.Scientific SessionsOn the following pages is a list of the presentations for the 2010 SPA Annual Meeting. Complete details on thesymposia, paper sessions, case discussions, roundtables, and posters will appear in the 2010 Annual MeetingProgram Book, available on the SPA website (www.personality.org) after January 1, 2010 and in the registrationpacket. At the discretion of the Program Chair, time constraints and/or space issues may affect the presentationof some of the abstracts listed. If you have any questions about these presentations, contact Paula J. Garber,Administrative Director at manager@spaonline.org.To register visit: www.personality.org / 13

2010 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONSSymposia, RoundtablesAttachment in Child Custody Evaluations: The Missing Piece inan Integrative Assessment, Marla B. Isaacs, Carol George,Robert E. ErardClinical Interpretation of the Rorschach: Using theComprehensive System and Content Analysis, Marshall L.Silverstein, Radhika Krishnamurthy, Jed A. Yalof, Constance T.FischerRecent Advances in Clinical and Diagnostic Uses of the MCMI-III, Gina Rossi, Stephen N. Strack, Leen Bastiaansen,Mercedes de Weerdt, Aaron L. PincusIntroducing Key Features of the Rorschach PerformanceAssessment System, Gregory J. Meyer, Joni L. Mihura, DonaldJ. Viglione, Robert E. Erard, S. Philip ErdbergForensic Psychological Evaluation in Immigration Court, F.Barton Evans, Uwe Jacobs, Marvin W. AcklinClinimetrics: A Challenge for Personality Assessment, David S.Nichols, Piero Porcelli, David L. Streiner, Robert E. McGrath,Ronald J. GanellenCross-Informant Assessment: Concepts, Behavioral Science,and Applications, Marvin W. Acklin, Aaron L. Pincus, John E.Kurtz, Harald JansonAdvances in Rorschach Performance Assessment: Part I,Gregory J. Meyer, Lucas de Francisco Carvalho, Ricardo Primi,Fabiano K. Miguel, Luciano GirominiPsychological Assessment in the Public Eye: Lessons fromWikipedia, Ronald J. Ganellen, Bruce L. Smith, Gregory J.Meyer, Irving B. Weiner, Robert E. ErardMultimethod Assessment of Psychological Impairment,Employability, and Disability, Saul Rosenberg, Alex Caldwell, S.Philip ErdbergPersonality in Context of the DSM-V, Christopher J. Hopwood,Steven K. Huprich, Douglas B. Samuel, Aidan G.C. Wright,Robert F. Krueger, Mark A. BlaisForensic Assessment of Asylum Seekers: Torture, ComplexTraumatization, and Culture, James D. Livingston, MarileeRuebsamen, Jorge WongWither the Rorschach: Revolution, Evolution, or Status Quo?Bruce L. Smith, Anne Andronikof, S. Philip Erdberg, Irving B.Weiner, Gregory J. MeyerIntegrating Attachment into Clinical Practice: Nuts and Bolts,Carol George, Adriana Lis, Colleen Gray, Linda WebsterContributions from Personality Assessment to the Developmentof Axis II in DSM-V, Steven K. Huprich, John M. Oldman,Robert F. Bornstein, Thomas Oltmanns, John F. ClarkinPaper SessionsOrder Effects in Within-Subjects Malingering Studies on theMMPI-2, Peter A. Weiss14 / SPA Annual MeetingFurther Explorations in Construct Drift in the RC Scales: TheExample of RC8, David S. NicholsInvestigating the MMPI-2 Psychopathic Personality (PSP)Scale, Kevin BolinskeyExploratory Factor Analysis of the MMPI-2 Symptom ValidityScale, James B. Hoelzle, Paul A. Arbisi, Nathaniel W. Nelson,Gregory J. MeyerIs the Symptom Validity Scale (FBS) Biased Against Women?Tayla T.C. Lee, John R. Graham, Martin Sellbom, RogerGervaisThe Effect of Administration Competence on the RorschachComprehensive System, Barry A. Ritzler, Anthony SciaraUsing Rasch Analysis to Explore Rorschach Form QualityRatings, Mark A. Blais, Gregory J. Meyer, Steven R. SmithContent Analysis of the Rorschach, Elizabeth J. Carroll,Robert E. McGrathA Review of Literature Regarding Scientific ControversiesSurrounding the Psychometric Properties of the RorschachInkblot Test, Kevin N. ParkThe Rorschach Online: Clinical Implications of the WikipediaControversy, Douglas S. Schultz, James LovingBored at SPA: The Problem with PowerPoint, Barry A. RitzlerThe Integrated Report: Philosophy, Guidelines, and TeachingStrategies, Gary Groth-Marnat, Ari DavisOperationalizing the Best Interest of the Child Standard(BICS): Empirically-Validated Assessment Tools for ChildCustody Evaluators, Marvin W. AcklinTherapeutic Assessment for Preadolescent Boys withOppositional Defiant Disorder: A Replicated Single-CaseTime-Series Design, Justin D. Smith, Leonard Handler,Michael R. NashTherapeutic Assessment with Couples: An Exploratory Study,Jennifer Durham-FowlerChild and Parent Experiences of NeuropsychologicalAssessment as a Function of Child-Centered Feedback, SheaM. PilgrimPatient and Assessor/Therapist Perceptions of CollaborativeAssessment Sessions, Jessica A. Little, Mark A. BlaisComparing Therapeutic Assessment and TraditionalAssessment with SMI Adults, Erin M. FarrerUtility and Complications Associated with the Bifurcation ofPathological Narcissism, Christopher R.D. Roberts, Steven K.Huprich, Thomas Schmitt, Andrew Luchner, Eamonn ArbleInvestigating Correlates of Normal and PathologicalNarcissism, Michael J. Roche, Aaron L. Pincus, Mark R.Lukowitsky, David E. Conroy, Kim MenardThe Interpersonal Impacts of Narcissism, Aidan G.C. Wright,Aaron L. Pincus, David E. Conroy

Interpersonal Perception of Pathological Narcissism andInterpersonal Problems, Mark R. Lukowitsky, Aaron L. PincusThe Ability of the MMPI-2-RF to Identify Implausible PTSDClaims in Veteran Populations, Paul A. Arbisi, James B. Hoelzle,Nathaniel W. Nelson, Thad StromExamining the Validity Indices of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF ina Residential Addiction Treatment Sample, Reese Mayer, TonyR. YoungAttempts to Simulate Good Mental Health on the MMPI-2 andthe Rorschach, Ellen HartmannSocially Desirable Responding on the NEO PersonalityInventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R): Two Questions, Cole Napper,Tony R. Young, Frank IgouExamining Response Bias on the HEXACO PersonalityInventory-Revised: Toward Validity Scales, Jeanette Edmonds-Ellis, Tony R. YoungStructure of the Affect in Play Scale (APS) Among ItalianChildren Aged 6-10: A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Study,Daphne Chessa, Elisa Del Vecchio, Adriana LisEnhancing the Construct Validity of the Affect in Play Scale,Brief Rating (APS-BR): Pretend Play and Creativity, EmotionRegulation, and Executive Functioning, Jessica Dillon, SandraRussValidation of the Affect in Play Scale Preschool Brief RatingVersion (APS-P-BR) in a Study Examining Pretend Aggressionin Play, Aggressive Behavior, and Parenting Style, Karla Fehr,Sandra RussComparison between APS and APS-P in Italian School AgeChildren, Claudia Mazzeschi, Loredana Laghezza, ChristinaMarognaSpecial Considerations When Assessing Individuals of MixedRace, Jonathan SchettinoAssessing Korean-Americans, Dahyun YiWorking with Hispanic Individuals, Lauren Reba-HarrelsonSpirits and Ghosts: Beliefs of Southeast Asian Islanders, NancyKaser-BoydConsidering the Impact of Perceived Ethnic Discrimination inPsychological Assessment, J. E. Taylor, Matthew R. BaityAnticipating the Assessment Results: “I Think I Might beBorderline,” Diane H. EngelmanWorking with Referring Professionals to Optimize Impact:Challenges in Consultative Assessment, Erin JacklinTuning In and Selecting the Right Metaphors, Noriko NakamuraTherapeutic Assessment of an Adolescent Boy: Reflecting HisNew Story, Deborah Tharinger, Cynthia Austin, LaurenKrumholtzAll Words are not Created Equal: Communicating Effectively inTherapeutic Assessment, J. B. Allyn2010 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONSScreening Rorschach Characteristics of Traumatized Refugees of Multi-Ethnicity Entering Mental Health Treatment in Norway, MarianneOpaas, Ellen HartmannAn Application of the Rorschach Comprehensive System (CS) toPsychoanalytic Conceptualization of Dissociative Disorders,Ruth ZeligmanWartegg TestChildhood Abuse, Partner-Violence, and Defense Mechanisms inUrban Women, John H. Porcerelli, Rosemary Cogan, Ray KamooSocial Cognition and Object Relations Scale Ratings of TATNarratives and the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI),Michelle SteinDefense Mechanisms in Borderline, Schizotypal, Antisocial, andNarcissistic Personality Disorders, Michelle D. Presniak, J.Christopher Perry, Trevor R. OlsonA Further Exploration of Diversity Issues in PersonalityAssessment, Steven R. SmithThe Culture of SPA and SPAGS, Pilar Sumalpong, Steven R.SmithEffects of Cultural Adherence Level and Examiner Race onPersonality Assessment Inventory and the Rorschach InkblotMethod Responding: Are Asian-Americans the “ModelExaminees”? Jenss Chang, Mi Na Park, Whitney Ence, SummerTawalbahEffect of Expected Examiner Ethnicity on Latino Participants’Response Patterns on PAI Validity Scales, Jenss Chang, CarlosM. Grilo, Steven R. SmithHispanic Culture and Socially Desirable Responding, ChristopherJ. Hopwood, Katherine M. Thomas, Aaron Estrada, SusanAmbwani, Jenss Chang, Carlos M. GriloWhat Tests are Acceptable and What Tests are Used: A Surveyof Experts Regarding Personal Injury Evaluations, Stephen J.Lally, Robert H. GordonJuvenile Transfer to Adult Court, the Kent Criteria, and ForensicAssessment: Disparities in Legal and Psychological Constructs,Lauren L. FarwellAdjudication and our Diverse Clients: Intersections ofMulticultural Training and Forensic Assessment Practice, LaurenL. FarwellIs There a Place for Qualitative Interpretation of RorschachResponses in Custody Evaluations?, Alissa Sherry, BrittneyLintonA Validity Study of the MMPI-2-RF Personality Disorder Scales,Tony R. Young, Reese Mayer, Jeanette EllisAn Investigation of the Psychometric Validity and TheoreticalAssumptions Used in the Development of Normative Data forthe MMPI-2-RF, Amber Learn, Ronald StolbergMMPI-2-RF Convergent and Discriminant Validity: Relationshipswith the MCMI-III and 16PF, John N. Roberts, RadhikaKrishnamurthyTo register visit: www.personality.org / 15

2010 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONSScoring Guidelines and Norms for Space Reversal (Sr) and SpaceIntegration (Si) Rorschach, Nicolae Dumitrascu, Joni L. Mihura,Gregory J. MeyerExternal Test Correlates of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF: AComparative Study, Tiffany L. Cummings, Lauren A. King,Radhika Krishnamurthy, Aaron R. Privett, Deborah O. DayCorrelation of the MMPI-2-RF, MMPI-2, and External Criteria ina Puerto Rican Sample, Albarosa Alicea, Orlando Pedrosa, JoyLynn SuarezAn Integrated Assessment: “Give Me a Rorschach, Because IDon’t Trust My Judgment,” Sandra L. Horn, Joni L. Mihura,Gregory J. MeyerHow Should We Score the Frequent Minus Responses of Faceson Card II and X? Joshua J. Eblin, Joni L. Mihura, Gregory J.Meyer, Donald J. Viglione, the Rorschach Research CouncilRorschach Form Accuracy Ratings in Taiwanese and ChineseSamples: The Role of Rorschach Experience and Acculturation,Wen-So Su, Wei-Cheng Hsiao, Donald J. Viglione, Gregory J.MeyerClarifying the Inquiry process: The Whys, Whens, and Hows,Elizabeth A. Koonce, Gregory J. Meyer, Joshua J. Eblin, Joni L.Mihura, Donald J. Viglione, the Rorschach Research CouncilPersonality Dimensions Behind One Rorschach Index: A Studywith the Rorschach Reality-Fantasy Scale (RFS) and the SWAP-200, Piero Porcelli, Shira Tibon, Liat Appel, Vitorio LinguardiThe Wartegg Index of Pathology (WIP), Alessandro CrisiPsychosis and Projective Techniques: The Content AnalysisThrough the Wartegg Drawing Completion Test in a Sample of330 Psychiatric Clients, Alessandro Crisi, F. Testa, S. Maio, S.CarlesimoMain Characteristics of Work-Abused Clients Examined Throughthe Wartegg Test, Alessandro Crisi, L. PastoreUse of Scale K in Assessing Air Traffic Control SpecialistApplicants with the MMPI-2, Raymond King, Clara WilliamsPsychological Interview Rating and Not Personality MeasuresPredict Selection for High Risk Military Assignment, James J.Picano, Robert Roland, John Via, Thomas WilliamsPersonality Testing of Police Candidates: What’s Being Usedand Why, M. L. DantzkerExploring the MMPI-2 L Scale Cutoff in Police Selection, WilliamU. Weiss, Peter A. Weiss, Robert Davis, Cary RostowBorderline Personality Traits and Disorder: Findings from theMcLean Study of Adult Development, Christopher J. Hopwood,Mary C. ZanariniSelf-Concept Differentiation and Personality Trait PerceptionsAcross Social Contexts, Amy PastvaEmotional Perception Factors and Personality Traits: ACorrelation Study, Fabiano K. Miguel, Ricardo PrimiDependency Traits Relating to the Grief Trajectories ofConjugally Bereaved Adults, Christy A. DencklaAssessing Life Events in College: Validity of the Brief Adolescent16 / SPA Annual MeetingLife Events Scale, Hal S. ShoreyTesting the Pulse of Therapeutic Assessment in a Children’sHospital, Justin D. Smith, Stephen E. Finn, Nicole F. Swain,Leonard HandlerThe Impact of Collaborative Child Assessment during theCourse of Psychotherapy: An Investigation of ParentalSatisfaction, Alliance, and Stress, Katrina Schnoebelen,Kharisa Shaw, Jenss Chang, Steven R. SmithFamily-Hospital Boundary as Context of CollaborativeAssessment Intervention in Adolescent Psychiatry: A CaseStudy, Heikka ToivakkaCrossing the Cultural Divide: Issues of Translation, Mistrust,and Co-collaboration in Therapeutic Assessment, AudreyRosenbergNot Getting Lost in Translation, Angelica AlmeidaThe Dice Game: Co-creation of Meaning, Heather MacDonaldRorschach Assessment of Aggression in Child and AdolescentInpatients, Alison C. BaxterThe Rorschach as a Predictor of Aggression in Adolescents,Brad T. Barcklay, Stephen J. Lally, Michael E. BarnesRorschach Correlates of Violent Behavior: A PsychiatricPatient Sample, Maria-Fiorella Gazale, Giovanni Aresi, EricaLicini, Daniela NicodemoThe Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale: A Summary of25 Years of Research, William M. ReynoldsA Validity Study of the Early Memory Index, John H. Porcerelli,Steven K. Huprich, Kenneth R. Silk, Naomi Lohr, LauraRichardsonFurther Validation of the Inventory of InterpersonalStrengths: Comparing Interpersonal Strengths, Capabilities,Efficacies, and Values, Daniel T. Rogers, Robert T. HatcherDevelopment and Validation of a New Empirically BasedRorschach Variable: The Rorschach Maturity Index, Michael L.Stanfill, Donald J. ViglioneHow to Assess Psychosocial Maturity with a SentenceCompletion Test: Construction and Validation of a NewScoring Manual for Children and Adolescents, P. MichielWestenberg, Jan BoomRisk Assessment in a Child Pornography Case: AConservative Approach to Personality Assessment, Anita L.BossA Comparative Evaluation of Sex Offender Recidivism RiskMeasures, Jennifer M. Green, Radhika Krishnamurthy, Eric A.ImhofMMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF Profile Comparison of Convicted SexOffenders: A Follow-up, Bijou Stoc, Jessica Davis, Todd D.Pizitz, Joseph McCullaughK Corrected versus Non-K Corrected MMPI-2 Profiles ofContact and Non-contact Adult Sexual Offenders, Michael L.Stanfill, Todd D. PizitzNeuropsychology, Development, and Design of the MusicApperception Test, LeLand van den DaeleMeditation, Zazen, and Music Apperception TestPerformance, Garth Copenhaver

Case Studies with the Music Apperception Test, Denise RenyeAppraisal of the Music Apperception Test, Donald J. ViglioneMusic as Language, Trisha A. ReadyTina Kooser’s Dissertation on the EB: Exner’s “Problem-SolvingStyle” Comes to Life, Constance T. FischerRorschach White Space Responses: More Than Opposition,Jessica CallananFirst Semester Life-World Psychological Assessments, JessieGoicoecheaReliability Comparisons of Proposed Scoring Criteria forRorschach and Passive Movement, Patrick McElfreshPostersMMPI-2 Profiles of Stalking and Domestic ViolencePerpetrators: Are These Offenders that Different?, Todd D.Pizitz, Michael L. Stanfill, Ronald StolbergThe Effects of Underreporting Alcohol Problems on thePersonality Assessment Inventory in Law EnforcementApplicants, Sara E. Lowmaster, Leslie C. MoreyRelating TAT Affective Scale Scores to Marital SatisfactionOver Time, Monica Johnson, Sharon Rae JenkinsThe Model Minority Myth: The Relationshhip Between AsianAmericans Subjective Overachievement, Psychological Distressand Attitudes Towards Help Seeking, Arpana GuptaMeasuring Love and Hate in Marital Relationships--A Cross-Informant Approach, Joshua Dwire, Marvin W. AcklinComparing the Stability of Personality Traits and Coping StylesAcross Social Contexts, Amanda M. Sizemore, John E. KurtzMMPI-2 Profiles of Surrogate Mothers, Todd D. Pizitz, MichaelL. Stanfill, Ronald StolbergSelf-Efficacy, Object Representations, and Health BehaviorAmong African American Women, Lavonda Mickens, John H.Porcerelli, Cheryl Munday, V. Barry DauphinPsychopathological Predictors of Maturity Among CollegeStudents, Catherine A. Sanders, Rebecca DeMoor, John E.KurtzThe Utility of the PAI in the Prediction of Behavior forOffenders Sentenced to Community Supervision, Nora E.Charles, Sara E. Lowmaster, Leslie C. MoreyDescribing Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Processes inAdolescents with and without Psychopathic Traits: ExaminingRorschach Variables, Vanessa R. Talkington, Tammy HughesAn Adolescent at Risk of Psychotic Breakdown, ChiaraMarabelli, Roberta Vitali, Maria-Fiorella GazaleThe Use of the MCMI-III in Predicting Job Retention, A. JordanWright, Lauren FisherMMPI-2 Profiles of Male Stalkers, Todd D. Pizitz, Jerry KroppAn Examination of the Relationship Between Personality Traitsand Criminal Thinking Styles in a Former Substance AbusePopulation, Erika K. Widera2010 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONSNormative Considerations for a Sample of 80 Roman CatholicPriests in the United States, Gerard McGlone, Lorien J.Newsome, Donald J. ViglioneMMPI-2-RF Profiles of Women with Eating Disorders in anInpatient Setting, Katie Erreca, Ronald Stolberg, Amber LearnMeasurement of Sensitization and Disinhibition in SubstanceAbusers, Noam M. Schneck, Robert E. McGrathSensation Seeking and Aggressiveness Among SecurityProfessionals, Joao P. IliveiraSuicide and Self-Harm Assessment Using the MMPI-2-RF, TinaL. Wolfe, Ronald StolbergNeuropsychological Correlates of MMPI-2 Profiles Among OEF/OIF Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury, Sara J. Walker,Robert J. Spencer, Lauren L. Drag, Linas BieliauskasPersonality Style Assessment in Patients with Chronic Pain,Lucas de Francisco Carvalho, Ricardo PrimiDysfunctional Personality Traits and Their Relationship toOutcome in Physical Therapy, Ashley N. Boys, Steven K.Huprich, Patrick Hoban, Wei-Cheng Hsiao, Ann WilsonUse of Projective Drawings to Assess Changes in Patients AfterOne Year of Psychotherapy and to Differentiate Them fromPatients Who Drop-out, Marvin LeibowitzChronic Pain, Workers Compensation, and the New MMPI-2-RF, Justin LaPilusa, Ronald StolbergPersonality and Psychopathy in a Noninstitutionalized Sample,Joao P. OliveiraExamining Differences in MMPI-2 Profiles of Hispanic/LatinoFoster and/or Adoptive Parent Applicants, Raquel E. Guardado-Soto, Ronald Stolberg, Andrew Noorollah, Jessie Macaulay,Amy Blume-Marcovici, Aracely ArellanoPersonality Characteristics of Low SES Medical Patients withVarious Types of Substance Abuse, Katherine M. Thomas,Christopher J. Hopwood, Bekh BradleyThe Evaluation of Cross-cultural Equivalence of the MMPI-2-RF: A Comparison Between Israeli and North AmericanNormative Samples, Haim ShemerLinking MMPI-2 Restructured (RC) Scales to MCMI-III Axis IScales, Ronald W. Partridge, Darwin Dorr, Blake Webster,Deidra RendinellExamination of the Factor Structure of the PANAS, Gail A.Williams, Sara E. Lowmaster, Ana Ramirez-Cash, MarisolPerezReliability, Convergent and Discriminant Validity of theReynolds Depression Screening Inventory, William M. ReynoldsAn Investigation of an Alternative Rorschach AdministrationMethod, Gregory Converse, Ryan J. Jordan, Donald J. Viglione,Gregory J. MeyerComputerized versus Paper and Pencil Administration of theRorschach Inkblot Method: Preliminary Findings, Tonya Oliver,Donald J. Viglione, Rachna Kumar, Fernando OrtizTo register visit: www.personality.org / 17

2010 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONSOptimizing the Range of R: A New Method for RorschachAdministration, Jenny Evans, Devon MacDermott, Donald J.Viglione, Gregory J. MeyerConstruct and Convergent Validity for Two Measures ofBorderline Personality Disorder, Gregory S. Pouliot, StevenK. Huprich, Reino BrunerThe Development and Application of a Rorschach ChildCorrection Factor, Kirstin G. Filizetti, Jessica Davis, DonaldJ. Viglione, Gregory J. MeyerSelf-report and Indirect Measures: An Examination ofDiscrepancies and Future Directions, Alex CogswellA Comparison of a Non-patient Sample of CS RorschachProtocols to Exner’s and International Norms, Joseph M.McCullaugh, Donald J. ViglioneAn Extended Validation of the Miller FFM Count Technique:The Utility of Different SIFFM Facet Counts in theAssessment of Personality Disorders, Leen Bastiaansen,Gina Rossi, Filip De FruytThe Interpersonal Validity of the Brief Version of theSchizotypal Personality Questionnaire, David P. Marino,Rebecca M. DeMoor, John E. KurtzLess is More: The Validity of the 5-Item Restraint Scale,Suman Ambwani, Christopher J. Hopwood, JenniferChmielewskiGroup-Level Hope: Validity and Predictive Utility of a NewMeasure, Zoe Adams-Deutsch, Adam J. Hiller, Hal S.Shorey, Robin O. TimmeReported Coping Styles Associated with the MMPI-2-RF’sInefficiency Scale (NFC), Janet V. Smith, Sean Lauderdale,Vanashree VazeTesting the Role of Five-Factor Neuroticism and ObjectRelations as Predictors of Current Negative Mood, GregoryS. Pouliot, Steven K. Huprich, Deron Wirt, Reino BrunerRelationship Between Early Memory Index Factor Scoresand Social Adjustment, Laura A. Richardson, John H.Porcerelli, Steven K. Huprich, Kenneth R. Silk, Naomi LohrClinical Aspects of the Neuropsychological AssessmentProcess, Kaila R. Norman, Pilar SumalpongExamining Feedback Practices of ClinicalNeuropsychologists, Carly Roukos, Steven R. SmithPersonality and Music Preferences, Joao P. OliveiraLinks Between Sensation Seeking and Music Preferences,Joao P. OliveiraWeighing the Evidence: Accuracy of Self-reported BodyWeight, Jennifer Chmielewski, Angela Guy, AlyssaCompeau, Sandra Buck, Suman AmbwaniWhat is Dietary Restraint? Suman Ambwani, Christopher J.Hopwood, Alyssa CompeauDifferential Associations of Oral Dependent and HostileDependent Rorschach Imagery to Relationship Profile TestScores in Women and Men: Implications for HealthyDependency, Nikaya Becker-Matero, Alexandra M. Rosen,Robert F. BornsteinA First Schizophrenic and a Control Sample Tested with theRorschach Performance Assessment System, Raeanne C.Moore, Donald J. Viglione, Brent MausbachFear of Mortal Danger: Exploring the Relationship BetweenMorbid Content on the Rorschach and Annihilation Anxiety, KaraK. LevinThe Ability of Borderline and Antisocial Personality Disorders toPredict Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Rebecca M. DeMoor,David P. MarinoObject Relations Uniquely Predicts Borderline PersonalityDisorderSymptoms over Emotional Dysregulation, Impulsivity, andNegative Affect, Andrea B. Kiss, Steven K. Huprich, Chelsea D.Cawood, Wei-Cheng HsiaoThe Convergence of Implicit and Explicit Measures ofAggression, Sara E. Lowmaster, Gail Williams, Chris M. Berry,Leslie C. MoreyThe “Red Herring Item” in Self-report Personality Measures:Detecting Indiscriminant Responding in College StudentSamples, Adam J. Hillner, Zoe Adams-Deutsch, Hal S. ShoreyDetecting Feigned PTSD with the Personality AssessmentInventory, Matthew Orlando, Christopher J. Hopwood, Meghan E.McDevitt-Murphy, Frank W. WeathersAbility of Simulators to Successfully Overreport Symptoms: AreAll Feigning Scenarios Created Equally?, Danielle L. Burchett,Lesley A. Hiebing, John R. Graham, Tayla T.C. LeeUsing Probability Scores to Distinguish Malingering Using theInventory of Problems, Joseph M. McCullaugh, Donald J.Viglione, Gregory Logid, Iva Houston, Jessie Macaulay, AmyBlume-Marcovici, Aracely ArellanoRelationship of MMPI-2 Restructured Format (RF) Higher OrderScales to MCMI-III Axis I Scales, Blake Webster, Ronald W.Partridge, Darwin Dorr, Don MorganFurthering Understanding of the MMPI-2 Restructured CynicismScale, Blake Webster, Don Morgan, Angela Burgess, SusannaCiccolari-MicaldiImplications of Neuropsychological Functioning in theAssessment and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder.Ana L. Mills, Pamela DengroveUse of the MMPI-2 in Medical Settings: Cancer, Eric Frank P.CepedaUse of the MMPI-2 in Medical Settings: Chronic ObstructivePulmonary Disease and Emphysema, Sarah E. MosemanUse of the MMPI-2 in Medical Settings: Multiple Sclerosis, RachelAnne Reed18 / SPA Annual Meeting

AWARDSThe Bruno Klopfer Award is given for outstanding, long-term professionalcontribution to the field of personality assessment. Thursday, March25, 2008, 3:00 pmBruno Klopfer AwardThe Marguerite R. Hertz Memorial is a tribute to Dr. Hertz for herlong-term professional contributions to personality assessment, and is presentedby the Society each year in honor of a deceased eminence from thefield of personality assessment. This year’s honoree is Jane Loevinger, Ph.D.Jane Loevinger was told to forget graduate school and to get marriedbecause no one would hire a Jewish woman. Eventually she married achemist, Sam Weissman, who, after a stint at Los Alamos, worked atWashington University in St. Louis for his entire career. She raised twochildren who became professors, and had two grandchildren. She had tocontinue to overcome substantial persistent obstacles to pursue her careeras a woman in St. Louis. She challenged fundamental concepts in variousfields. For example, she challenged the understanding of validity in psychometrics(“Objective test as instruments of psychological theory,” 1957) andshe sharply criticized some of the empty verbalisms that psychoanalysistreated on the same footing as its genuine insights. Most importantly, inconstructing her own theory of character development, she let data guideher own insight. Her wit, both written and oral, was legendary. In thiscelebration we recount some of that, and also her lesser-known soft side.Her family and former students will relate personal accounts and welcomestories from her long-time friends in the Society.Thursday, March 25, 2010,5:30 pmThe Samuel J. And Anne G. Beck Award is given for outstandingearly career research in the field of personality assessment. The award ispresented in conjunction with the University of Chicago at the Annual Meeting.This year’s recipient will be given his award during the Friday nightreception. Friday, March 26, 2010, 6:00 pmRoger L. Greene, Ph.D.Marguerite R. HertzMemorialJane Loevinger, Ph.D.Samuel J. andAnne G. Beck AwardThe Walter Klopfer Award is given for distinguished contribution tothe literature in personality assessment. A review committee chaired by theJournal editor selects the outstanding article in the previous year’s Journal ofPersonality Assessment. Friday, March 26, 2010, 6:00 pmThe Martin Mayman Award is presented for distinguished contributionto the literature of personality assessment for an outstanding case study,qualitative research paper, or theoretical development published in the previousyear’s Journal of Personality Assessment and selected by a reviewcommittee chaired by the Journal editor. Friday, March 26, 2010, 6:00 pmMatthew Baity, Ph.D.Mary Cerney AwardThe Mary S. Cerney Student Award is awarded to the best personalityassessment research paper by a graduate student. Friday, March 26,2010, 6:00 pmAidan G.C. Wright, Ph.D.

REGISTRATION INFORMATIONWelcomeThe Board of Trustees looks forward to welcoming youto the Annual Meeting of the Society for PersonalityAssessment in San Jose, CA. Please take thetime to read these materials carefully. If you have anyquestions, check the SPA web site at www.personality.org,email Paula J. Garber, Administrative Director, atmanager@spaonline.org, or email the Program Chair,Radhika Krishnamurthy at rkrishna@fit.edu.RegistrationParticipant conference registration includes conferencematerials; coffee breaks; the President’s WelcomeReception on Thursday evening, the Awards Receptionon Friday evening, and the Closing Reception on Saturdayevening; entry to all scientific sessions, the masterlectures, poster sessions; and a collegial atmosphere tomeet and interact with colleagues from around the world(typically eight or more countries) who are interested inpersonality assessment research and practice.Conference registration can be completed by accessingan online registration form through our web page(www.personality.org). To ensure your participation,please register early and take advantage of the advanceregistration fee.All participants are asked to complete the conferenceregistration form and/or workshop registration form (Allpresenters, workshop leaders, and award winners areasked to complete the conference registration form). Inorder to take advantage of the Advanced RegistrationFee, your completed forms must be received online nolater than February 24, 2010. After February 24, theonline form will reflect the on-site registration fee.All persons who register for the conference will receive aProgram Book in their registration packet with completedetails of the meeting and locations of the offerings.The draft Program book will be available on ourweb page (www.personality.org) for review after January1, 2010. If you have pre-registered, the registrationpackets will be in boxes at the registration site. Thepackets are arranged alphabeticallty. Simply find thepacket with your name, pull the packet, and you areregistered. If you have not pre-registered, please seethe registrar, Monica Tune.Non-members are encouraged to join SPA and take advantageof the member registration fee. A membershipapplication is available online at www.personality.org.Registration FeesCategoryMember/Fellow/AssociateNon-MemberMember/One-Day FeeNon-Member/One-Day FeeStudentStudent/One-DayStudent VolunteerStudent LuncheonIrving Weiner DinnerBy 2/24/10$215.00$285.00$145.00$165.00$75.00$50.00$50.00$10.00$48.00After 2/24/10$265.00$335.00$145.00$165.00$90.00$50.00$50.00$10.00$48.00Cancellation PolicyCancellations will be accepted for the Annual Meetingand/or a workshop, less a $75 administrative fee, untilFebruary 24, 2010. After that date no refunds will begranted.Meeting SpaceMeeting rooms are set to the maximum allowed by thefire codes. If there are no more chairs in the room, itmeans the room is at capacity, and you should chooseanother session to attend. Workshop rooms are set forthe number of persons that have registered and paid forthe workshop. Please do not participate in a workshop ifyou have not registered and paid. If you bring a laptopto a scientific session or a workshop, make sure it canrun on a battery. Meeting rooms in most hotels areequipped with a small number of electrical outlets.20 / SPA Annual Meeting

Continuing EducationThe Society for Personality Assessment will present 8full-day and 11 half-day workshops. SPA is approvedby the American Psychological Association to sponsorcontinuing education for psychologists, and SPA maintainsresponsibility for this program and its content.Full-day workshops offer 7 CE credits and half-dayworkshops offer 3.5 credits. CE credits will also be available,at no extra charge, for the Bruno Klopfer awardpresentation, the Master Lectures, the Hertz Memorial,and for 18 symposia and/or case discussions. Adetailed listing will appear in the Annual Meeting ProgramBook available in your registration packet. Grievancesabout any of the CE offerings may be addressedin writing to SPA.Workshop FeesWORKSHOP REGISTRATIONWorkshopsWorkshops will be held on Wednesday, March 24, Thursdaymorning, March 25, and Sunday, March 28, 2010.No workshops are held on Friday, March 26, or Saturday,March 27, 2010. Enrollment in the workshops will befilled on the basis of completed workshop registrationforms and fees received. Continuing education creditswill be awarded to all in attendance for the entire workshop.See workshop descriptions on pages 6-12 of thisbrochure. Registration for the workshops can be completedonline through the SPA web site atwww.personality.org. You may register for aworkshop(s) without attending the Annual Meeting.Member or Non-MemberConference Registrant Non-Conf Registrant StudentWednesday, March 24, 20108:00 am-4:00 pm #1 (Full-Day) $175 $225 $908:00 am-4:00 pm #2 (Full-Day) $175 $225 $908:00 am-4:00 pm #3 (Full-Day) $175 $225 $908:00 am-4:00 pm #4 (Full-Day) $175 $225 $908:00 am-11:30 am #5 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $508:00 am-11:30 am #6 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $501:00 pm-4:30 pm #7 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $501:00 pm-4:30 pm #8 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $505:00 pm-8:30 pm #9 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $50Thursday, March 25, 20108:00 am-11:30 am #10 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $508:00 am-11:30 am #11 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $508:00 am-11:30 am #12 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $508:00 am-11:30 am #13 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $508:00 am-11:30 am #14 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $50Sunday, March 28, 20108:00 am-4:00 pm #15 (Full-Day) $175 $225 $908:00 am-4:00 pm #16 (Full-Day) $175 $225 $908:00 am-4:00 pm #17 (Full-Day) $175 $225 $908:00 am-4:00 pm #18 (Full-Day) $175 $225 $908:00 am-11:30 am #19 (Half-Day) $105 $140 $50To register visit: www.personality.org /21

ACCOMMODATIONSHotel ReservationsThe Fairmont Hotel blends historic grandeur with all thehigh-tech excitement of Silicon Valley. To learn more:www.thefairmont.com/sanjose. Hotel reservations mustbe made directly with the hotel. To get the special conferencerate, please inform the hotel that you are with theSociety for Personality Assessment (SPA). Reservationdeadline to receive the conference rate: March 1, 2010The Fairmont170 S. Market StreetSan Jose, CA 95113Tel: 408-998-1900Fax: 408-287-1648Reservations: 800-346-5550Online Reservations: Group Code #MM0308Room Block Dates: March 22-29, 2010Single Room: $149 per nightDouble Room: $159 per nightAdditional Person: $25 per night(no charge for children up to 18 sharing with parent)Fairmont President’s Club: This exclusive guestrecognition program offers special benefits designed toreflect your individual travel preferences and offer anenhanced level of service. Membership is complimentaryand your experience begins the moment you arrive atany of our properties with express check-in at our privatereception desk and continues during your stay withcomplimentary high-speed Internet access, freelocal calls, complimentary health club access,complimentary use of TalyorMade golf clubs, and use ofFairmont Fit. Sign up online at www.thefairmont.com/sanjose.SPA realizes that you have a number of options whensecuring your accommodations for the SPA Annual Meeting.We would like you to know that, in order to secure areasonable room rate, SPA has made a financial commitmentto The Fairmont. If the block is not filled, there arefinancial implications for SPA, and it will affect our ability tonegotiate room rates for future meetings. Also, to keepour financial liability minimal, we do not reserve an unusuallylarge block of rooms. Consequently, the rooms in theblock may be taken early. If so, the hotel has no obligationto honor the low room rate for additional rooms,although they will try to accommodate your needs.Airline TicketsCall Travelink, Incorporated, at 1-800-821-4671 tofind the best available air travel to San Jose, CA.Parking$5 for the first half-hour, $1.50 each additional twentyminutes, with a maximum of $26. For overnight parking,the fee is $26. Free ‘Green’ parking for overnightguests who drive hybrid vehicles.TransportationNorman Y. Mineta International Airport is located threemiles (5km) from the hotel. Taxis to and from NormanY. Mineta International Airport cost approximately $20to $25. For driving directions: http://www.fairmont.com/sanjose/MapAndDirections.htmDiningThe Fairmont provides options for everyone: FairmontExpress Cafe, Fountain Restaurant, Pagoda Restaurantand Bamboo Lounge, The Grill on the Alley, TheLobby Lounge, Cafe Stretto, and McCormick andSchmick’s. There are also 105 restaurants within a fiveblockradius of the hotel, from fine dining to JohnnyRocket’s!Discover San Jose, CAAbout a 45-minute drive south of San Francisco and anhour northeast of Monterey, the capitol of Silicon Valleyis edged by oak-dotted hills and set in a wide valley thatwas once blanketed with orchards. Basking in the sun(300 days of sunshine annually with average temperatureof 70 degrees), it’s both clean and safe—for sixyears in a row San Jose was crowned the nation’s safestbig city. San Jose’s amazing diversity is mirrored inthe many flavors of its shops, restaurants, and festivals.For information on San Jose visit: www.sanjose.org.22 / SPA Annual Meeting

VolunteersAs has been the tradition, SPA solicits the help of studentvolunteers to monitor the continuing education sessions(workshops, scientific sessions, and master lectures)throughout the Annual Meeting. This task is integralto the continuing education portion of the conference,and we need two volunteers per CE session. Thisyear SPA is sponsoring 19 workshops, 18 symposia/case discussions, two Master Lectures, and two awardpresentations, so approximately 75 volunteers is vital.Student volunteers may attend the workshop they aremonitoring at no cost; and those students who volunteerto monitor a CE scientific session, an Award session,or a Master Lecture held during the Annual Meetingcan register at a reduced rate of $50. ContactPaula J. Garber at manager@spaonline.org.Student Travel GrantsIn an effort to encourage training of students and promoteresearch and writing on personality assessment,SPA offers grants to students who are presenting atthe Annual Meeting. Awards are available for amountsup to $200 to help defray costs of travel to and fromthe Annual Meeting. Due to limited funds, not all applicantsreceive a travel grant. Also, many of the grantsare small, so students should not expect full reimbursementfor their travel.Eligibility: Students applying for grants must be thefirst author on a paper or poster already accepted forpresentation at the SPA Annual Meeting, and must bea student affiliate of the Society. Priority will be given tostudents for whom other travel funding (e.g. from theiracademic department) is not available.Application Process: Applications are available onour web page under the conference tab. Students areto complete the application and return it to the SPAoffice no later than February 15, 2010. A faculty memberat the student’s institution and a Member or Fellowof SPA must sponsor all applications.Award Process: Students will be notified as soon aspossible after the application deadline whether they willreceive a travel grant and in what amount. Checks willbe distributed at the 2009 Annual Meeting; please checkin at the conference registration desk.STUDENT PARTICIPATIONStudent LunchSPA will sponsor a lunch for students to have anopportunity to interact with Leonard Handler. Therewill be a nominal fee of $10.00 for the lunch. Registerfor the lunch on the registration form. Saturday, March27, 12:15 pmPoster SessionsAt the 2010 SPA Annual Meeting we once again will bejudging the posters that have been accepted for thepresentation. Each poster session will be judged separately.A first place and two honorable mentions will beawarded during each poster session. Thursday, March25, 6:45 pm and Saturday, March 27, 6:00 pmSPAGS SocialThe SPAGS officers would like to invite you to join usat the 4th-Annual SPAGS Social at the Annual Meetingin San Jose! Come for a chance to meet other studentswith similar interests in personality assessment.All graduate and undergraduate students are welcome.The location is still to be determined, but it will be nearthe hotel at a place where food and drinks can beordered. Look for more details at the conference. Wehope to see you there! Thursday, March 25, 2010Silent AuctionAs is SPA’s tradition, a Silent Auction will be held andagain we are asking members to donate “large ticket”items if at all possible; i.e., a week and/or weekend atyour vacation home; a gourmet dinner for four preparedby a member; season passes to a family themepark; theater or movie passes; art work; photography;electronics; gift certificates for hotels, stores, restaurants;jewelry, etc. Think BIG, and give generously!Contact SPA if you have items or services youwish to donate to the Silent Auction, which benefits theStudent Travel Grants. Winners will be announced duringthe reception on Friday evening. Friday, March 26,6:00 pmTo register visit: www.personality.org / 23

PROGRAM NOTESScientific Session TracksPlease note on the program schedule (pages 4 and 5)initials placed after certain scientific sessions. Theseinitials indicate that the session belongs to a certaintrack:FO = Forensic AssessmentCT = Collaborative/Therapeutic AssessmentConsultation SessionsCollaborative/Therapeutic Assessment ConsultationConstance T. Fischer, Thursday, March25, 1:00 pmForensic Consultation Session J. Reid Meloy,Thursday, March 25, 1:00 pmPsychodynamic Case Consultation Marshall L.Silverstein, Thursday, March 25, 1:00 pmABAP Diplomate Consultation Session Irving B.Weiner, Thursday, March 25, 1:00 pmAssessment Ethics Consultation Robert E. ErardSaturday, March 27, 12:15 pmDinner Honoring Irving B.WeinerA special dinner event will honor our friend and mentor,Irv Weiner. An SPA Past President (twice!) and lifelongchampion of personality assessment, the fruits of Irv’sscholarship are well known. Less well known but atleast as important has been the personal qualities ofdevotion and persistence Irv has brought to our Societyand to the science and practice of personality assessmentat large through his teaching and service.Through all of these means and more, Irv has beennothing less than our impresario: informing, campaigning,cajoling, sweating, and attracting on behalf of ourfield for four decades and counting. Please join us incelebrating our esteemed friend and colleague. Registerfor the dinner on the registration form. Friday, March26, 2010, 7:30 pmLunchtime SpecialsDoing Effective Oral and Written PresentationsBored at SPA: The Problem with PowerPoint, BarryRitzlerThe Integrated Report: Philosophy, Guidelines, andTeaching Strategies,Gary Groth-MarnatFriday, March 26, 12:00 noonOperationalizing the BICSMarvin W. Acklin, Friday, March 26, 12:00 noonInternational CommitteeThe International Committee will offer a progress reporton Board efforts to address the concerns of SPA membersliving outside the United States. These include thecreation of listserves for discussion of various assessmentinterests, including international, and the availabilityfor the first time of web video/audio podcasts of certainAnnual Meeting events. At this meeting, attendeeswill also be invited to define specific and realistic ways inwhich SPA might meet their research and publicationneeds better. The aim will be to formulate a proposal tosubmit to the Board. Friday, March 26, 12:00 noonBook SigningSPA members attending the conference who have had abook published recently are invited to participate. This isan opportunity for our SPA community to become morefamiliar with your work. You are asked to sit at a tablewith your books and be available for conversation. Youwill be responsible for all financial transactions. We askyou to donate one book to the Silent Auction. Pleasecontact Paula J. Garber, Administrative Director, atmanager@spaonline.org if you are interested in participating.Thursday, March 25, 6:45 pm24 / SPA Annual Meeting

SPA Interest GroupsSPA members have expressed an interest in continuing to have an opportunity to interact with other memberswho are engaged in personality assessment in similar venues. As we did in 2010, we promote interest groupsin forensic psychology,collaborative/therapeutic assessment, assessment research, and psychoanalytic assessment.Assessment ResearchCo-Chairs: John E. Kurtz, Robert E. McGrathFriday March 26, 2009, 12:00 noonCollaborative/Therapeutic AssessmentCo-Chairs: Stephen E. Finn, Leonard HandlerFriday March 26, 2009, 12:00 noonForensic PsychologyCo-Chairs: Marvin Acklin, Nancy Kaser-BoydSaturday, March 27, 2009, 12:15 pmPsychoanalytic AssessmentCo-Chairs: Charles Peterson, Jed A. YalofSaturday, March 27, 2009, 12:15 pmPROGRAM NOTESDuring each session, participants can consider whether a permanent interest group should be established inthat area and what the needs and contributions of the group might be. For example, assessors working inassessment research might consider whether a greater array of assessment research topics should befeatured during the annual meeting and whether the interest group might make a contribution to this need bysubmitting proposals in this area. From this lunch session, the SPA Board hopes to obtain information andrecommendations that will inform planning for future SPA activities. The participants will have the opportunity toexchange e-mail addresses from which listserves may be created and enable conversation throughout theyear.EMPLOYMENT FAIRSPA is promoting an employment fair again in 2010. If your agency, university,or organization has a position open and you would like an opportunity to be contactedby potential applicants, SPA will provide that opportunity during its March24-28, 2010, Annual Meeting in San Jose, CA.Employers: go to www.personality.org; click on the Annual Meeting tab; clickon the Employer Job Listing link; complete the form; hit submit. Your informationwill be duplicated by the SPA staff. The copies will be placed in a notebookfor all potential applicants to review and take a copy if they are interested incontacting you.Potential Applicants: come by the registration desk at the 2010 Annual Meetingand ask for the employment fair notebook. You can review the information onpotential positions, take a copy of any position in which you are interested, andcontact the employer.To register visit: www.personality.org / 25

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