About Us - Awards

The BRUNO KLOPFER AWARD is bestowed annually for outstanding, long-term professional contribution to the field of personality assessment. The recipient gives an acceptance presentation at the annual meeting that is then invited for publication in the Journal of Personality Assessment.

The SAMUEL J. and ANNE G. BECK AWARD is bestowed annually for outstanding early career research in the field of personality assessment. The cash award is presented at the Annual Meeting. The recipient gives an acceptance presentation.

The WALTER G. KLOPFER AWARD is bestowed annually for a distinguished contribution to the literature in personality assessment. Eligible contributions focus on statistically based research projects. The Journal of Personality Assessment Editorial Board nominates outstanding articles from the previous year, each of which are then rated by the Editor and Associate Editors.

The MARTIN MAYMAN AWARD is bestowed annually for a distinguished contribution to the literature in personality assessment. Eligible contributions may consist of an outstanding case study, qualitative research project, or theoretical development. The Journal of Personality Assessment Editorial Board nominates outstanding articles from the previous year, each of which are then rated by the Editor and Associate Editors.

The MARGUERITE R. HERTZ MEMORIAL is a tribute to Dr. Hertz for her long term professional contributions to personality assessment. The memorial is presented by a distinguished member of the Society in honor of a deceased eminence from the field of personality assessment. The presenter also invites two other members to join in relating anecdotes of their personal contact with the honoree.

The MARY S. CERNEY AWARD is given annually to the best personality assessment research paper submitted by a student. This award carries a stipend to defray the cost of attending the Annual meeting. See the SPA Graduate Student page (SPAGS) for more information.

The JOHN E. EXNER SCHOLAR AWARD honors the memory of John E. Exner, Ph.D., a pioneer in personality assessment, by supporting the research of a young personality assessor. Dr. Exner was committed to advancing the science of personality assessment by empirical research in the development and application of assessment instruments. This award honors that commitment by recognizing and supporting a young investigator examining any method of personality assessment. For more information and the criteria, click here.





Bruno Klopfer Award
Outstanding Lifetime Contribution

Samuel J. & Anne G. Beck Award
Outstanding Early Research


2009 Lewis R. Goldberg

  2009 Martin Sellbom
2008 Leonard Handler

  2008 Leonard J. Simms
2007 Lorna Smith Benjamin

  2007 Jon Elhai
2006
Constance T. Fischer
 
2006
Richard W. Handel
2005
George Stricker
 
2005
Steven R. Smith
2004
James N. Butcher
 
2004
Mary L. Cashel
2003
Alex Caldwell
 
2003
John L. McNulty
2002
Jerry S. Wiggins
 
2002
Joni L. Mihura
2001
Theodore Millon
 
2001
Harold Janson
2000
Auke Tellegen
 
2000
Radhika Krishnamurthy
1999
Jack Block
 
1999
B. Christopher Frueh
1998
David C. McClelland
 
1998
J. Christopher Fowler
1997
Joseph M. Masling
 
1997
Margot Holaday
1996
Paul M. Lerner
 
1996
Yossef S. Ben-Porath
1995
S. Philip Erdberg
 
1995
Seth Kalichman
1994
W. Grant Dahlstrom
 
1994
Carl Gacono
1993
Jane Loevinger
 
1993
No Award Given
1992
Lee J. Cronbach
 
1992
Mark Hilsenroth
1991
Leopold Bellak
 
1992
Stephen R. Hibbard
1990
Charles D. Spielberger
 
1991
Gregory Meyer
1989
Sidney J. Blatt
 
1991
Michael Sperling
1988
Wayne H. Holtzman
 
1990
John C. Parmer
1987
Harrison G. Gough
 
1989
G. M. Le-Xuan-Hy, SJ
1986
Walter G. Klopfer
 
1988
Patricia Thomas
1985
Stephen A. Appelbaum
 
1987
Richard D. Lennox
1984
Richard H. Dana
 
1986
Sheila M. Coonerty
1983
Irving B. Weiner
 
1985
Arnold Wilson
1982
Gordon F. Derner
 
1981
Martin Mayman
 
1980
John E. Exner, Jr.
 
1979
Paul E. Meehl
 
1978
Roy Schafer
 
1977
Albert I. Rabin
 
1976
Edwin S. Schneidman
 
1975
Silvan S. Tomkins
 
1974
Louise Bates Ames
 
1973
William E. Henry
 
1972
Molly R. Harrower
 
1971
Zygmunt A. Piotrowski
 
1970
Marguerite R. Hertz
 
1969
Robert R. Holt
 
1967
Henry A. Murray
 
1966
Bruno Klopfer
 
1965
Samuel G. Beck
 

 

Walter G. Klopfer Award
Outstanding Statistically-Based Research Article



 

2008 Tam K. Dao, Frances Prevatt, Heather Leveta Horne Differentiating psychotic patients from nonpsychotic patients with the MMPI-2 and the Rorschach. JPA, 90

2007

Richard A. Grucza, Lewis R. Goldberg

The comparative validity of 11 modern personality inventories: predictions of behavioral acts, informant reports, and clinical indicators. JPA, 89

2006
Virginia Blankenship, Christopher M. Vega, Erica Ramos, Katherine Romero, Kenneth Warren, Kathleen Keenan, Valery Rosenow, Jennifer Rebarchik, Amanda Sullivan
Using the multifaceted Rasch model to improve the TAT/PSE measure of need for achievement. JPA, 86

2005 Nicole M. Dudley, Lynn A. McFarland, Scott A. Goodman, Steven T. Hunt, and Eric J.Sydell Racial differences in socially desirable responding in selection contexts: Magnitude and consequences. JPA, 85

2005 Dawne S. Vogt and C. Randall Colvin Assessment of accurate self-knowledge. JPA, 84

2004 Cato Gronnerod Rorschach assessment of changes following psychotherapy: A meta-analytic review. JPA, 83

2003 Constance J. Jones, Norman Livson, and
Harvey Peskin
Longitudinal hierarchical linear modeling analyses of California Psychological Inventory data from age 33 to 75: An examination of stability and change in adult personality. JPA, 80

2002 Linda S. Grossman, Orest E. Wasyliw,
Andrea F. Benn, and Kevin L. Gyoerkoe
Can sex offenders who minimize on the MMPI conceal psychopathology on the Rorschach? JPA, 78

2001 Steven R. Smith, Matthew R. Baity, Eric S. Knowles, and Mark J. Hilsenroth Assessment of disordered thinking in children and adolescents: The Rorschach Perceptual-Thinking Index. JPA, 77

2000 Jabbar Hicklin and Thomas A. Widiger Convergent validity of alternative MMPI-2 personality disorder scales. JPA, 75

1999 Gregory Meyer, Mark Bates, and Carl Gacono The Rorschach Rating Scale: Item adequacy, scale development, and relations with the Big Five Model of personality. JPA, 73

1998 Robert F. Bornstein Implicit and self-attributed dependency needs in dependent and histrionic personality disorders. JPA, 71

1997 Gregory J. Meyer and Leonard Handler The ability of the Rorschach to predict subsequent outcome: A meta-analysis of the Rorschach Prognostic Rating Scale. JPA, 69

1996 Gregory J. Meyer Construct validation of scales derived from the Rorschach method: A review of issues and introduction to the Rorschach Rating Scale. JPA, 67

1996 Lewis R. Goldberg, Dennis Sweeney, Peter F. Merenda, and John Edward Hughes, Jr. The Big-Five factor structure as an integrative framework: An analysis of Clarke's AVA model. JPA, 66

1995 Allan H. Frankle A new method for detecting brain disorder by measuring perseveration in personality responses. JPA, 64

1994 Robert F. Bornstein, Stephanie C. Rosser,
Eric L. Hill, and Marianne L. Stepanian
Face validity and fakability of objective and projective measures of dependency. JPA, 63

1993 Hedy Singer and Virginia Brabender The use of the Rorschach to differentiate unipolar and bipolar disorders. JPA, 60

1992 Joyanna L. Silberg and Judith G. Armstrong he Rorschach test for predicting suicide among depressed adolescent inpatients. JPA, 59

1991 Marvin Acklin, James Bibb, Pam Boyer, and
Vijay Jain
Early memories as expressions of relationship paradigms: A preliminary investigation. JPA, 57

1990 Donald J. Viglione, Jr. Severe disturbance or trauma-induced adaptive reaction: A Rorschach child case study. JPA, 55

1990 Jeremy P. Shapiro, Myra Leifer, Mary W. Martone, and Layla Kassem Multimethod assessment of depression in sexually abused girls. JPA, 55
1990 Alfred Heilbrun Differentiation of death-row murderers and life-sentence murderers by antisociality and intelligence measures. JPA, 54

1989 John E. Exner, Jr. Searching for projection in the Rorschach. JPA, 53

1988 David L. Pancoast, Robert P. Archer, and Raymont A. Gordon The MMPI and clinical diagnosis: A comparison of classification system outcomes with discharge diagnoses. JPA, 52

1987 David Lachar, Rex B. Kline, and Charles L. Gdowski Respondent psychopathology and interpretive accuracy of the Personality Inventory for Children: The evaluation of a "most reasonable" assumption. JPA, 51

1986 Richard Farmer and Norman D. Sundberg Boredom proneness: The development and correlates of a new scale. JPA, 50

The Walter G. Klopfer Award is co-sponsored with and funded by Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. (PAR), Odessa, Florida.

 

Martin Mayman Award
Outstanding Case Study, Qualitative Research Project, or Theoretical Development



2008 Robert E. McGrath

The Rorschach in the context of performance-based personality assessment. JP, 90
2007

Steven K. Huprich, Robert F. Bornstein

An overview of issues related to the categorical and dimensional models of personality disorder assessment. JPA, 89
2006 David S. Nichols Tell me a story: MMPI responses and personal biography in the case of a serial killer. JPA, 86
2005 Robert E. McGrath Conceptual complexity and construct validity. JPA, 85
2004 James R. Allen, Richard H. Dana Methodological issues in cross-cultural and multicultural Rorschach research. JPA, 82

2003 Stephen E. Finn Therapeutic assessment of a man with "ADD". JPA, 80

2002 Mary Jo Peebles-Kleiger Elaboration of some sequence analysis strategies: Examples and guidelines for level of confidence. JPA, 79

2002 Robert F. Bornstein A process dissociation approach to objective-projective test score interrelationships. JPA, 78

2001 Robert E. McGrath Toward more clinically relevant assessment research. JPA, 77

2000 Carol Groves Overton A relational interpretation of the Rorschach color determinants. JPA, 75

2000 Constance T. Fischer Collaborative, individualized assessment. JPA, 74

2000 Irving B. Weiner Making Rorschach interpretation as good as it can be. JPA, 74

1999 Robert Craig Testimony based on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory: Review, commentary, and guidelines. JPA, 73

 

Marguerite Hertz Lecture
Memorial Presentation


 

2009

Donald J. Viglione, Barry Ritzler, Irving B. Weiner, Hertz Memorial Presentation in memory of John E. Exner, Ph.D.
2008 Stephen N. Strack, Aaron L. Pincus, David S. Nichols. Hertz Memorial Presentation in memory of Jerry S. Wiggins, Ph.D.  

    
2007 Robert P. Archer, David Lachar, Abigail Panter honoring W. Grant Dahlstrom, with special guests, Mrs. Leona Dahlstrom, Eric Dahlstrom, and Amy Dahlstrom

2006 Steven N. Strack honoring Timothy Leary

2005 Bertram Karon honoring Silvan S. Tomkins

2004 Leslie J. Yonce, William M. Grove, and Neils G. Waller honoring Paul Everett Meehl

2003 Herbert W. Eber, Richard L. Gorruch, and R. G. G. "Rick" Cattell honoring Raymond B. Cattell

2002 Alex Caldwell honoring Starke Hathaway with special guests Grant and Leona Dahlstrom

2001 Barry Ritzler and Eric A. Zillmer honoring Molly R. Harrower with special guest Jacqueline Goldman

2000 Paul Lerner honoring Martin Mayman with special guests Stephen Appelbaum and Jeffrey Urist

1999 Halina Piotrowski honoring Zygmunt Piotrowski with special guests Barry Bricklin, Patricia Bricklin, and Clifford DeCato

1998 Catherine "Nina" Murray, Robert Holt and Morris Stein honoring Henry Murray 

1997 Charles Peterson honoring Ernest Schachtel

1996 Martin Spiegelman and Frederick Klopfer honoring Bruno Klopfer

1995 Martin Mayman honoring David Rapaport

1994 Sidney Blatt honoring Samuel Beck

1993 John E. Exner, Jr. honoring Marguerite Hertz

 

Mary S. Cerney Award
Outstanding Student Paper


 

2009 James B. Hoelzle

The invariant component structure of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) full scales
2008 Gudrun Opitz, Ph.D. Cross-Method discrepancy of the Rorschach and MMPI-2: Associations with ego development inan inpatient setting.

2007 Jarrod S. Steffan Effect of Symptom Information and Intelligence in Dissimulation: An Examination of Faking Response Styles by Inmates on the Basic Personality Inventory
2006 Samuel J. Liebman Reliability and Validity of Rorschach Aggression Variables with a Sample of Adjudicated Adolescents

2005 Martin Sellbom Assessing Psychopathic Personality Traits with the MMPI-2

2004 No Award Given

2003 Peter D. Heinze The Relation Between Psychopathy and Ethics Among MBA Students

2002 John V. Petrocelli Personality Characteristics of Depressed Adults: Evidence of Four Distinct Subtypes of Affect

2001 Sara M. Gerard A Rorschach Study of Interpersonal Disturbance in Priest Child Molesters

2000 Erik Sprohge A Rorschach Study of Oral Dependence in Alcoholics and Depressives

1999 Robert K. Welsh Psychopathy and Psychological Risk Markers of Violent Recidivism

1998 James Loving, Jr. Selected Rorschach Variables of Psychopathic Male Juvenile Offenders

1997 Anne McKee The Manifestation of Post-Traumatic Distress on the MMPI-2

 

John E. Exner Scholar Award
Outstanding Student Paper


 

2010 Dustin B. Wygant
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

 

 

 


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