Research Interests
- Schizotypy and schizophrenia spectrum
- Bipolar spectrum psychopathology
- Experience Sampling Methodology
Research Description
My program of research investigates schizotypy and schizophrenia from experimental and developmental psychopathology perspectives. My research focuses on developing and testing symptom, personality, neurocognitive, biobehavioral, and genetic associates of schizotypy. This program of research traces its roots back to Paul Meehl's landmark work on schizotypy and to the pioneering work on psychosis proneness by the Chapmans. It is guided by two primary questions: How can we identify individuals who are at risk for schizophrenia and related disorders, and how will identifying individuals at risk help us better understand the etiology, phenomenology, course, and treatment of these disorders? A secondary, but related, focus of my research laboratory examines bipolar spectrum psychopathology, and specifically clinical and subclinical manifestations of hyperthymic traits. My research into these topics employs cross-sectional and prospective studies and actively involves student researchers. My laboratory is currently focusing on research in three interrelated areas, including: 1) Expression of Clinical and Subclinical Psychopathology in Daily Life using Experience Sampling Methodology, 2) Identification and Assessment of the Multidimensional Structure of Schizotypy, and 3) Assessment of Risk for Bipolar Spectrum Psychopathology.
Note that I am not recruiting graduate students for admission in fall 2024
Education
Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1994)
External Links
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Recent Publications
Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, R. M., Welhaf, M. S., Smeekens, B. A., Booth, R. A., Kwapil, T. R., Silvia, P. J., & Kane, M. J. (Accepted/In press). Variation in Divergent Thinking, Executive-Control Abilities, and Mind-Wandering Measured in and Out of the Laboratory. Creativity Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2024.2326336
Gizdic, A., Sheinbaum, T., Kwapil, T. R., & Barrantes-Vidal, N. (2023). Empirically-derived dimensions of childhood adversity and cumulative risk: associations with measures of depression, anxiety, and psychosis-spectrum psychopathology. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2), Article 2222614. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2222614
Hernández, L. M., Kemp, K. C., Barrantes-Vidal, N., & Kwapil, T. R. (2023). Disorganized schizotypy and neuroticism in daily life: Examining their overlap and differentiation. Journal of Research in Personality, 106, Article 104402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104402
Hernández, L. M., Kemp, K. C., Barrantes-Vidal, N., & Kwapil, T. R. (2023). Replication of the Associations of Positive, Negative, and Disorganized Schizotypy With Interview-Assessed Symptoms and Impairment: Convergence With Previous Studies. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14(5), 527-533. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000611
Hird, E. J., Ohmuro, N., Allen, P., Moseley, P., Kempton, M. J., Modinos, G., Sachs, G., Van Der Gaag, M., De Haan, L., Gadelha, A., Bressan, R., Barrantes-Vidal, N., Ruhrmann, S., Catalan, A., McGuire, P., Valmaggia, L. R., Calem, M., Tognin, S., Velthorst, E., ... Van Os, J. (2023). Speech Illusions in People at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Linked to Clinical Outcome. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 49(2), 339-349. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac163
