• Psychological Assessment 2
• Psychopathology
• Structural Equation Modeling
• Psychology, Law, and Justice
• Personality

Psychopathy/Externalizing Psychopathology: I am interested in psychopathic personality conceptualizations that emphasize universal personality domains and de-emphasize criminal behavior. I am particularly interested how non-criminal psychopaths differ from criminal psychopaths on intellectual, neurocognitive, emotional, personality, and contextual variables. Furthermore, I continue to be interested in assessing psychopathic personality traits with clinical assessment instruments, such as the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF.  In addition to psychopathy, I am also more broadly interested in the construct validity of externalizing psychopathology in terms of hierarchical structure, neuropsychological mechanisms, and temperamental underpinnings. 

Personality Assessment: Much of my research background to date have focused on construct validation of the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF. I have continuously received external grant funding from the University of Minnesota Press to conduct research on the utility of these instruments in a variety of clinical and forensic settings. Most recently, I have been examining how the MMPI-2-RF maps on to contemporary models of personality and psychopathology. Another more applied research agenda within the domain of personality assessment focuses on the over- and under-reporting of psychopathology and personality. A significant portion of this research to date has emphasized the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF validity scales and their utility in detecting those engaging in dissimulated responding.

Psychopathy Research Group.

*Denotes graduate student advisee/collaborator

Wygant, D. B., & Sellbom, M. (in press). Viewing Psychopathy from the Perspective of the Personality Psychopathology Five Model: Implications for DSM-5. Journal of Personality Disorders.

Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Patrick, C. J., Wygant, D. B., Gartland, D. M., & Stafford, K. P. (in press). Development and Construct Validation of MMPI-2-RF Measures Assessing Global Psychopathy, Fearless-Dominance, and Impulsive-Antisociality. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.

*Kastner, R. M., Sellbom, M., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (in press). A Comparison of the Psychometric Properties of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory Full-Length and Short-Form Versions. Psychological Assessment.

*Neal, T. M. S., & Sellbom, M. (in press). Examining the Factor Structure of the Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment.

*Marion, B. E., & Sellbom, M. (2011). An examination of gender-moderated test bias on the Levenson Self-Report Psychopathy Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 93, 235-243.

Sellbom, M., & Bagby, R. M. (2010). The Detection of Over-Reported Psychopathology with the MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form) Validity Scales. Psychological Assessment, 22, 757-767.