I will be reviewing applications for a graduate student for Fall 2024
My research interests are in the areas of diagnosis and classification of mental disorders, personality disorders (particularly borderline personality disorder), substance use disorders, psychometrics and clinical assessment, the relationship between personality and psychopathology, professional issues in clinical psychology, affective instability, emotional dysregulation, and ambulatory assessment methods. Almost all of my research at this point involves Ambulatory Assessment.
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Trull, T. J., & Durrett, C. (2005). Categorical and dimensional models of personality disorders. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 355-380.
Trull, T. J., Solhan, M. B., Tragesser, S. L., Jahng, S., Wood, P. K., Piasecki, T. M., & Watson, D. (2008). Affective instability: Measuring a core feature of borderline personality disorder with ecological momentary assessment. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 647-661.
Jahng, S., Wood, P.K., & Trull, T.J. (2008). Analysis of affective instability in EMA: Indices using successive difference and group comparison via multilevel modeling. Psychological Methods, 13, 345-375.
Distel, M. A., Hottenga, J. J., Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2008). Chromosome 9: Linkage for borderline personality disorder features. Psychiatric Genetics, 18, 302-307.
Ebner-Priemer, U. W., Eid, M., Stabenow, S., Kleindienst N., & Trull, T. (2009). Analytic strategies for understanding affective (in)stability and other dynamic processes in psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 195-202.
Distel, M. A., Rebollo-Mesa, I., Willemsen, G., Derom, C. A., Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2009). Familial resemblance of borderline personality disorder features: Genetic or cultural transmission? PloS ONE, 4 (4), 1-8.
Solhan, M. B., Trull, T. J., Jahng, S., & Wood, P.K. (2009). Clinical assessment of affective instability: Comparing EMA indices, questionnaire reports, and retrospective recall. Psychological Assessment, 21, 425-436.
Distel, M. A., Trull, T. J., Vink, J. M., Willemsen, G., Derom, C. A., Lynskey, M., Martin, N. G., & Boomsma, D. I. (2009). The five factor model of personality and borderline personality disorder: A genetic analysis of comorbidity. Biological Psychiatry, 66, 1131-1138.
Ebner-Priemer, U. W., & Trull, T. (2009). Ecological momentary assessment of mood disorders and mood dysregulation. Psychological Assessment, 21, 463-475.
Trull, T. J., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2009). Using Experience Sampling Methods/Ecological Momentary Assessment (ESM/EMA) in Clinical Assessment and Clinical Research: Introduction to the Special Section. Psychological Assessment, 21, 457-462.
Distel, M. A., Willemsen, G., Ligthart, L., Derom, C., Martin, N. G., Neale, M. C., Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2010). Genetic covariance structure of the four main features of borderline personality disorder. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, 427-444.
Trull, T.J., Jahng, S., Tomko, R. L., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2010). Revised NESARC Personality Disorder Diagnoses: Gender, Prevalence, and Comorbidity with Substance Dependence Disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, 412-426.
Verges, A., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (2010). It’s the Algorithm! Why Differential Rates of Chronicity and Comorbidity are Not Evidence for the Validity of the Abuse-Dependence Distinction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 650-661.
Trull, T. J., Tomko, R. L., Brown, W. C., & Scheiderer, E. M. (2010). Borderline personality disorder in 3-D: Dimensions, symptoms, and measurement challenges. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11, 1057-1069.
Trull, T. J., Distel, M. A., & Carpenter, R. W. (2010). DSM-V Borderline Personality Disorder at the Border Between a Dimensional and a Categorical View. Current Psychiatry Reports, 13, 43-49.
Distel, M. A., Middledorp, C. M., Trull, T. J., Derom, C. A., Willemsen, G., & Boomsma, D. I. (2011). Life events and borderline personality features: The influence of gene-environment interaction and gene-environment correlation. Psychological Medicine, 41, 849-860.
Jahng, S., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., Tragesser, S. L., Tomko, R., Grant, J. D., Bucholz, K. K., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Distinguishing General and Specific Personality Disorder Features and Implications for Substance Dependence Comorbidity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 656-669.
Jahng, S., Solhan, M. B., Tomko, R., Wood, P. K., Piasecki, T. A., & Trull, T. J. (2011). Affect and alcohol use: An EMA study of Outpatients with borderline personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 572-584.
Vergés, A. Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2012). Deconstructing the age-prevalence curve of alcohol use disorders: Why “maturing out is only a small piece of the puzzle. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 511-523.
Distel, M. A., Roeling, M. P., Tielbeek, J., van Toor, D., Derom, C. A., Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2012). The covariation of trait anger and borderline personality: A bivariate twin-siblings study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 458-466.
Carpenter, R. W., & Trull, T. J. (2013). Components of emotion dysregulation in Borderline Personality Disorder: A review. Current Psychiatry Reports, 15, 335.
Carpenter, R. W., Tomko, R. L, Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2013). Gene-Environment Studies and Borderline Personality Disorder. Current Psychiatry Reports, 15, 336.
Trull, T. J., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2013). Ambulatory assessment. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 9, 151-176.
Panagopoulos, V.N., Trull, T.J., Glowinski, A.L., Lynskey, M. T., Heath, A.C., Agrawal, A., Henders, A. K., Wallace, L., Todorov, A.A., Madden, P.A.F., Moore, E., Degenhardt, L., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G. W., & Nelson, E.C. (2013). Examining the Association of NRXN3 SNPs with Borderline Personality Disorder Phenotypes in Heroin Dependent Cases and Socio-economically Disadvantaged Controls. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 128, 187-193.
Tomko, R. L., Solhan, M. B., Carpenter, R. W., Brown, W. C., Jahng, S., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2014). Measuring Impulsivity in Daily Life: The Momentary Impulsivity Scale (MIS). Psychological Assessment, 26, 339-349.
Vergés, A., Kushner, M. G., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Trull, T. J., Lane, S. P., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Personality disorders and the persistence of anxiety disorders: Evidence of a time-of-measurement effect in NESARC. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28, 178-186.
Tomko, R. L., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Characteristics of borderline personality disorder in a community sample: Comorbidity, treatment utilization, and general functioning. Journal of Personality Disorders, 28, 734-750.
Santangelo, P., Prill, T., Reinhard, I., Mussgay, L., Steil, R., Sawitzki, G., Klein, C., Trull, T. J., Bohus, M., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2014). Specificity of affective instability in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder compared to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, and Healthy Controls. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 258-272.
Few, L. R., Grant, J. D., Trull, T. J., Statham, D. J., Martin, N. G., Lynskey, M. T., & Agrawal, A. (2014). Genetic variation in personality traits explains genetic overlap between borderline personality features and substance use disorders. Addiction, 109, 2118-2127.
Trull, T. J., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2014). The role of ambulatory assessment in psychological science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, 466-470.
Vergés, A., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Personality Disorders and the Persistence of Axis I Disorders: A Reanalysis of published NESARC Findings. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 809-820.
Trull, T. J., Lane, S. P., Koval, P., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2015). Affective dynamics and psychopathology. Emotion Review, 7, 355-361.
Carpenter, R. W., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (in press). Comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and lifetime substance use disorders in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Personality Disorders.
Carpenter, R. W., & Trull, T. J. (2015). The pain paradox: Borderline personality disorder features, self-harm history, and the experience of pain. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 6, 141-151.
Scheiderer, E. M., Wang, T., Tomko, R. L., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (in press). Negative Affect Instability among Individuals with Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Clinical Psychological Science.
Delforterie, M. J., Lynskey, M., Huizink, M.A.C., Creemers, H. E., Few, L. R., Glowinski, A. L., Statham. D. J., Trull, T. J., Bucholz, K. K., Madden, P. A. F., Martin, N. G., Heath, A. C., & Agrawal, A. (2015). The relationship between cannabis involvement and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 150, 98-104.
Few, L. R., Sloan, C. A., Statham, D. J., Martin, N. G., Trull, T. J., Lynskey, M. T., & Agrawal, A. (in press). Non-heterosexual identity and risk for substance use disorders: the mediating role of borderline personality disorder features. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
Few, L. R., Miller , J. D., Grant, J. D., Maples, J., Trull, T. J., Nelson, E. C., Oltmanns, T. F., Martin, N. G., Lynskey, M. T., & Agrawal, A. (in press). Trait-based assessment of borderline personality disorder using the NEO Five-Factor Inventory: Phenotypic and genetic support. Psychological Assessment
Tomko, R. L., Lane, S. P., Pronove, L. M., Treloar, H. R., Brown, W. C., Solhan, M. B., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2015). Undifferentiated Negative Affect and Impulsivity in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Momentary Perspective. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124, 740-753.
Scheiderer, E. M., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2015). The Comorbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Role of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 2015, 2:11 DOI: 10.1186/s40479-015-0032-y URL: http://www.bpded.com/content/2/1/11
Schermer, J. A., Martin, R. A., Martin, N. G., Lynskey, M. T., Trull, T. J., Vernon, P. A. (2015). Humor styles and borderline personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 158-161.
Few, L., Werner, K., Sartor, C., Trull, T., Nock, M., Bucholz, K., Dietz, S., Glowinski, A., Martin, N., Statham, D., Heath, A., Lynskey, M., Agrawal, A. (2015). Early onset alcohol use and self-harm: A discordant twin analysis. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 2134-2142.
Scheiderer, E. M., Wang, T., Tomko, R. L., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Negative Affect Instability among Individuals with Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 4, 67-81.
Few, L. R., Miller , J. D., Grant, J. D., Maples, J., Trull, T. J., Nelson, E. C., Oltmanns, T. F., Martin, N. G., Lynskey, M. T., & Agrawal, A. (2016). Trait-based assessment of borderline personality disorder using the NEO Five-Factor Inventory: Phenotypic and genetic support. Psychological Assessment, 28, 39-50.
Lane, S. P., Carpenter, R. W., Sher, K. J., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Alcohol Craving and Consumption in Borderline Personality Disorder: When, Where, and with Whom. Clinical Psychological Science, 4, 775-792.
Houben, M., Bohus, M., Santangelo, P., Ebner-Priemer, U., Trull, T., & Kuppens, P. (2016). The Specificity of Emotional Switching in Borderline Personality Disorder in Comparison to Other Clinical Groups. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 7, 198-204.
Carpenter, R. W., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and lifetime substance use disorders in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Personality Disorders, 30, 336-350.
Hepp, J., Carpenter, R. W., Lane, S. P., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Momentary symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder as a function of trait personality and social context. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 7, 384-393.
Helle, A. C., Trull, T. J., Widiger, T. A., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N. (2016). Utilizing Multi-method Assessment of the Five-Factor Model to Examine Convergence with the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment,
Carpenter, R. W., Wycoff, A. M., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Ambulatory Assessment: New adventures in characterizing dynamic processes. Assessment, 23, 414-424.
Few, L.R., Grant, J.D., Nelson, E.C., Trull, T.J., Grucza, R.A., Bucholz, K.K., Verweij, K.J.H., Martin, N.G., Statham, D., Madden, P.A.F., Heath, A.C., Lynskey, M.T., & Agrawal, A. (2016). Cannabis involvement and non-suicidal self-injury: A discordant twin approach. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 873-880.
Trull, T. J., Wycoff, A. M., Lane, S. P., Carpenter, R. W., & Brown, W. C. (2016). Cannabis and Alcohol Use, Affect, and Impulsivity in Psychiatric Outpatients’ Daily Lives. Addiction, 111, 2052-2059. PMCID: PMC5056804 DOI: 10.1111/add.13471
Maciejewski, D. F., Renteria, M. E., Abdellaoui, A., Medland, S. E., Few, L. R., Gordon, S. D., Agrawal, A., Madden, P. A. F., Montgomery, G., Trull, T. J., Heath, A. C., Statham, D. J., Martin, N. G., Zietsch, B. P., & Verweij, K. J. H. (2017). The association of genetic predisposition to depressive symptoms with non-suicidal and suicidal self-injuries. Behavior Genetics, 47(1), 3-10. PMCID: PMC5222948
Hepp, J., Lane, S. P., Carpenter, R. W., Niedtfeld, I., Brown, W. C,, & Trull, T. J. (2017). Interpersonal problems and negative affect in Borderline Personality and Depressive Disorder individuals’ daily lives. Clinical Psychological Science, 5, 470-484.
Helle, A. C., Trull, T. J., Widiger, T. A., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N. (2017). Utilizing Multi-method Assessment of the Five-Factor Model to Examine Convergence with the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 8, 247-254.
Carpenter, R. W., Trela, C. J., Lane, S. P., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2017). Elevated rate of alcohol consumption in borderline personality disorder patients in daily life. Psychopharmacology, 234, 3395–3406.
Hepp, J., Lane, S. P., Wycoff, A., & Trull, T. J. (2018). Interpersonal stressors and negative affect in individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder and community adults in daily life: a replication and extension. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 183-189.
Hoffman, M., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Criteria Definitions and Network Relations: The Importance of Criterion Thresholds. Clinical Psychological Science,
Trull, T. J. (2018). Ambulatory Assessment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychopathology. DOI: 10.1159/000486604. Published online February 22, 2018.
Leah S. Richmond-Rakerd, Timothy J. Trull, Ian R. Gizer, Kristin McLaughlin, Emily Scheiderer , Elliot Nelson, Arpana Agrawal, Pamela A.F. Madden, Nicholas G. Martin, Dixie Statham, Andrew Heath, Michael T. Lynskey. (in press). Common genetic contributions to non-suicidal self-injury, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt. Manuscript submitted for publication. Psychological Medicine.
Carpenter, R. W., Tragesser, S. L., Lane, S. P., & Trull, T. J. (in press). Momentary assessment of everyday physical pain in outpatients with borderline personality disorder. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
Hoffman, M., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Estimating transdiagnostic symptom networks: The problem of “skip outs” in diagnostic interviews. Psychological Assessment.