Faculty Highlights 2010: Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies

Robert Bornstein published the following journal articles and book chapters: “Dependent Personality Disorder” in The Corsini Encyclopediaof Psychology, fourth edition, volume 2 (New York: Wiley, 2010); “Psychoanalytic Theory as a Unifying Framework for 21st Century Personality Disorder” in Psychoanalytic Psychology, 27, April 2010; “Psychodynamic models of Personality” The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology, fourth edition, volume 3 (New York: Wiley, 2010); “The Rocky Road from Axis I to Axis II: Extending the Network Model of Diagnostic Comorbidity to Personality Pathology” in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, October 2010; with Adelphi part-time faculty member Nikaya Becker-Matero, D. Winarick, and A. Reichman, “Interpersonal Dependency in Borderline Personality Disorder: Clinical Context and Empirical Evidence” in the Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, January 2010; with W. Gottdiener and D. Winarick, “Construct Validity of the Relationship Profile Test: Links with Defense Style in Substance Abuse Patients and Comparison with Nonclinical Norms” in the Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32, September 2010; with C. Craver-Lemley, D. Alexander, and A. Barrett, “Imagery Interference Diminishes in Older Adults: AgeRelated Differences in the magnitude of the Perky Effect” in Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 29, March 2010; and with S. Huprich, W. Hsiao, C. Porcerelli, and T. Markova, “Expanding the Construct Validity of the Relationship Profile Test: Associations with Physical Health and Anaclitic and Introjective Traits” in Assessment, 17, January 2010. He presented the following at professional meetings: “Toward a Multidimensional Model of Personality Disorder Diagnosis,” and, with Adelphi part-time faculty member Nikaya Becker-Matero and A. Rosen, “Differential Associations of Oral Dependent and Hostile Dependent Rorschach Imagery to Relationship Profile Test Scores in Women and Men: Implications for Healthy Dependency” at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, San Jose, CA, March 2010; “Dependency as a Factor in Health and Mental Health Outcomes” and, with C. Denckla, A. Mancini, and G. Bonanno, “Construct the Validity of the Relationship Profile Test: Correlates of Overdependence, Detachment, and Healthy Dependency in Conjugally Bereaved Adults” at the 27 th Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA, May 2010; with D. Hofshi, A. Smith, A. Rosen, and A. Alois, “The Cheese Stands Alone: Parental Perceptions in Students with Unacknowledged Dependency” and “Construct Validity of the Relationship Profile Test: Contrasting Parental Introjects in Overdependent, Detached, and Healthy Dependent College Students,” and, with A. Reichman and K. Zurlo, “Effects of Mortality Salience on Implicit and Self-Attributed Dependency Scores,” at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Brooklyn, NY, March 2010; and, with D. Winarick, W. Gottdiener, and R. Rosenthal, “Ego Functioning in Substance Abusers with PTSD: Adaptational, Relational, and Emotional Factors” at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, New York, NY, January 2010; and “Personality Affect and Post-Traumatic Stress in Substance Use Disorders” at the 118 th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA, August 2010.

Jean Chin presented “Integration of a Prevention Perspective into Psychology Training Programs” and “Considering the Evidence on Diversity in Practice and Training” at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA, August 2010.

Francine Conway published three articles: “An Unlikely Occurrence? Mentoring Gerontological Research in a Psychodynamic Oriented Clinical Psychology Program” in Clinical Geropsychology News, Society of Clinical Geropsychology, APA Division 12, Section II, 17 (3), (2010, 11); with M. Oster, “Exploring Object Relations in Hospitalized Children with Caregiver Loss” in the Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 9 (2-3), (2010, 9); and, with S. Jones, “Training B.S.W. Students to Meet the Needs of Grandparent Caregivers: Utilizing Intergenerational Opportunities at the GRAN Care Center” in Educational Gerontology, (2010, 9). She presented, with M. Oster, “Exploring Object Relations in Hospitalized Children with Caregiver Loss” with M. Pal, “Which Ethnicity Am I? Psychological Effects Facing Multiethnic Minority Individuals” at the APA 118th Convention, San Diego, CA, August 2010. She also published the book review, “The Life-Line Interview Method: Galton or Ebbinghaus?” in PsycCRITIQUESContemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 55, 44 (4), November 2010.

Rebecca Curtis published “Review of Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy” in Psychoanalytic Psychology, 44, (2010, 10). She presented “Fame, Fortune, and Failure: Suicides Among Celebrities” at Failure: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2010. “System Justification and Psychoanalysis” at the Association for Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October 2010. Her edited book, Taboo or Not Taboo in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, won the Goethe Award in 2010.

Laura DeRose published, with A. Tyrka, M. kelly, J. Graber, J. Lee, M. Warren, and J. Brooks-Gunn, “Behavioral Adjustment in a Community Sample of Boys: Link with Basal and Street-Induced Salivary Cortisol Concentrations” in Psychoneuroendocrinology, 8, 2010. With k. Clemans, J. Graber, and J. Brooks-Gunn, she published the book chapters, “Gender in Adolescence” in the Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology, edited by Chrisler and mcCreary (New York: Springer Publishing, 2010), and, with J. Graber and J. Brooks-Gunn, “Abnormalities of Puberty” in Cognitive and Behavioral Abnormalities of Pediatric Diseases, edited by R. Nass and Y. Frank (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010).

Jennifer Durham presented “The Psychodynamics of Structural Racism in Education as a Barrier to Social Justice” at the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, New Brunswick, NJ, October 2010.

Katherine Fiori presented “Social Support Networks and Health across the Lifespan” in Madison, WI, August 2010, and, with N. Consedine, “Gender Moderates the Associations between Attachment and Discrete Emotions in Late Middle Ages and Later Life” at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA, November 2010.

Mark Hilsenroth wrote four journal articles: with J, Charnas, J. Zodan, and M. Blais, “Should I Stay or Should I Go? PAI and Rorschach Indices of Early Withdrawal from Psychotherapy” in Psychotherapy, 47, 2010; with T. Cromer, “Patient Personality Characteristics and Outcome in ShortTerm Psychodynamic Psychotherapy” in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 198, 2010; he and Adelphi part-time faculty member Jenelle Slavin-Mulford, with M. Stein and F. Pesale published, “A Training Outline for Conducting Psychotherapy Process Ratings: An Example Using Therapist Technique” in Counseling Psychotherapy Research, 10, 2010; and, with D. Westen, J. DeFife, and B. Bradley, “Prototype Personality Diagnosis in Clinical Practice: A Viable Alternative for DSM-V and ICD-11” in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 41, 2010.

Lawrence Josephs presented “The Dynamics of Sexual Fidelity” at the Training Institute for Mental Health, New York, NY, September 2010.

Robert Mendelsohn presented “Clutching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, Self-Destruction, and the Icarus Myth” at the Fifth International Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2010.

Carolyn Springer presented, with R. Chhabra, S. Ghosh, D. Mosca, and E. Kamara, “The Impact of Location: Regional Effects on an HIV Prevention Program for Youth in India” at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, July 2010.

Kate Szymanski presented, with J. Clavedesther, “Development of the Somatic Awareness Scale (SOMAS)” and, with E. Jeanette, “Creativity in the Collaborative Arts: Interpretive Artists’ Unique Personality Profile” at the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA, August 2010.