John Edens
  • APS Fellow
  • Professor
Research Areas
  • Clinical
  • Personality Processes
Google Scholar Profile

Biography

Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:00-3:30p (By Zoom)

Accepting Students for 2024-2025?: No

Affiliated Research Cluster

Personality Processes. Clinical personality assessment; risk assessment; personality measurement in forensic and correctional settings; psychopathy, aggression, and violence risk.

Selected Publications

    • Edens, J. F., *Penson, B. N., Smith, S. T., & *Ruchensky, J. R. (2019). Examining the utility of the Personality Assessment Screener in three criminal justice samples. Psychological Services, 16, 664-674.

    • Hopwood, C. J., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Watson, D., Widiger, T, Althoff, R., Zimmermann, J. (2019). Commentary on “The challenge of transforming the diagnostic system of personality disorders.” Journal of Personality Disorders, 1-4. [on-line only]

    • *Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., Donnellan, M. B., Somma, A., Fossati, A., de Ruiter, C., Eisenbarth, H., & Vaughn, M. (2019). Detecting inconsistent responding on the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory—Short Form. Assessment, 26, 465-478.

    • *Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., *Mowle, E. N., *Rulseh, A., & *Penson, B. N. (2019). Dangerous, depraved, and death-worthy: A meta-analysis of the correlates of perceived psychopathy in jury simulation studies. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75, 627-643.

    • *Mowle, E. N., Edens, J. F., *Ruchensky, J. R., & *Penson, B. N. (2019). Triarchic psychopathy and deficits in facial affect recognition. Journal of Personality, 87, 240-251.

    • Edens, J. F., & Douglas, K. S. (2018). Cross-validation of the Personality Assessment Inventory “Chronic Suicide Risk Index: S_Chron” in a large sample of offenders. Psychiatry Research, 259, 439-441.

    • *Gatner, D. T., *Blanchard, A. J., Douglas, K. S., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Edens, J. F. (2018). Psychopathy in a multiethnic world: Investigating multiple measures of psychopathy in Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian offenders. Assessment, 25, 206-221.

    • Hawes, S. W., Byrd, A. L., *Kelley, S. E., Gonzalez, R., Edens, J. F., & Pardini, D. A. (2018). Psychopathic features across development: Assessing longitudinal invariance among Caucasian and African American youths. Journal of Research in Personality, 73, 180-188.

    • Hopwood, C. J., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Watson, D., Widiger, T, Althoff, R.,…Zimmermann, J. (2018). The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis. Personality and Mental Health, 12, 82-86.

    • *Kelley, S. E., van Dongen, J., Donnellan, M. B., Edens, J. F., Eisenbarth, H., Fossati, A., Howner, K., Somma, A., & Sörman, K. (2018). Examination of the Triarchic Assessment Procedure for Inconsistent Responding in six non-English language samples. Psychological Assessment, 30, 610-620.

    • *Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., Donnellan, M. B., *Mowle, E. N., & *Sörman, K. (2018). Self- and informant perceptions of psychopathic traits in relation to the Triarchic model. Journal of Personality, 86, 738-751.

    • *Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., & Douglas, K. S. (2018). Concurrent validity of the Personality Assessment Screener in a large sample of offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 156-166.

    • *Penson, B. N., *Ruchensky, J. R., Edens, J. F., Donnellan, M. B., Vaughn, M., & Eisenbarth, H. (2018). Development and initial validation of an inconsistent responding scale for the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory. Journal of Personality Disorders, 32, 131-143.

    • *Penson, B. N., *Ruchensky, J. R., Morey, L. C., & Edens, J. F. (2018). Using the Personality Assessment Inventory Antisocial and Borderline Features scales to predict behavior change: A multisite longitudinal study of youthful offenders. Assessment, 25, 858-866.

    • Preszler, J., Marcus, D. K., Edens, J. F., & McDermott, B. E. (2018). Network analysis of psychopathy in forensic patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 171-182.

    • *Ruchensky, J. R., Donnellan, M. B., & Edens, J. F. (2018). Development and initial validation of the HEXACO-Triarchic Scales. Psychological Assessment, 30, 1560-1566.

    • *Ruchensky, J. R., Edens, J. F., Corker, K. S., Donnellan, M. B., Witt, E., & Blonigen, D. M. (2018). Evaluating the structure of psychopathic personality traits: A meta-analysis of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory. Psychological Assessment, 30, 707-718.

    • Ruiz, M., Hopwood, C., Morey, L. C., & Edens, J. F., & Cox, J. (2018). Initial development of pathological personality trait domain measures using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) item pool. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 9, 564-573.

    • Somma, A., Borroni, S., *Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., & Fossati, A. (2018). Further evidence for the validity of a response inconsistency scale for the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 in Italian community dwelling adolescents, community dwelling adults and clinical adults. Psychological Assessment, 30, 929-940.

    • Verschuere, B., van Ghesel Grothe, S., Noordhof, A., Waldorp, L., *Watts, A. L., Lilienfeld, S. O., Edens, J. F., & Skeem, J. L. (2018). What symptoms of psychopathy might be central? A network analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) in three large samples. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 51-65.

    • Balsis, S., Busch, A. J., Wilfong, K. M., Newman, J. W., & Edens, J. F. (2017). A statistical consideration regarding the threshold of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised. Journal of Personality Assessment, 99, 494-502.

    • Brislin, S. J., Venables, N. C., Drislane, L. E., Blonigen, D. M., Iacono, W G., Tellegen, A., Edens, J. F., & Patrick, C. J. (2017). Further validation of triarchic psychopathy scales from the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire: Setting the stage for large-sample
      etiological studies. Assessment, 24, 575-590.

    • Edens, J. F., & Boccaccini, M. T. (2017). Taking forensic mental health assessment ‘out of the lab’ and into ‘the real world’: Introduction to the special issue on the field utility of forensic assessment instruments and procedures. Psychological Assessment, 29, 710-719.

    • Edens, J. F., & Kelley, S. E. (2017). “Meet the New Boss. Same as the Old Boss:” A commentary on Williams, Wormith, Bonta, and Sitarenios (2017). International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 16, 23-27.

    • Edens, J. F., Mowle, E.N., Clark, J. W., & Magyar, M. S. (2017). “A psychopath by any other name?” Jury venireperson perceptions of the DSM-5 “limited prosocial emotions” specifier. Journal of Personality Disorders, 31, 90-109.

    • Jeandarme, I., Edens, J. F., Habets, P., Bruckers, L., Oei, K., & Bogaerts, S. (2017). Psychopathy Checklist-Revised field validity in prison and hospital settings. Law and Human Behavior, 41, 29-43.

    • Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., & Morey, L. C. (2017). Convergence of self- and informant reports on the Personality Assessment Screener. Assessment, 24, 999-1007.

    • Mowle, E. N., Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., Donnellan, M. B., Smith, S. T., Wygant, D., & Sellbom, M. (2017). Development of an inconsistent responding scale for the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure. Psychological Assessment, 29, 990-1000.

    • Ruchensky, J. R., Edens, J. F., Donnellan, M. B., & Witt, E. (2017). Examining the reliability and validity of an abbreviated Psychopathic Personality Inventory – Revised (PPI-R) in four samples. Psychological Assessment, 29, 238-244.

    • Rulseh, A., Edens, J. F., & Cox, J. (2017). Triarchic model personality traits and their impact on mock juror perceptions of a white-collar criminal defendant. Journal of Personality Assessment, 99, 453-464.

    • Smith, S. T., Cox, J., Mowle, E. N., & Edens, J. F. (2017). Intentional inattention: Detecting feigned Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder on the Personality Assessment Inventory. Psychological Assessment, 29, 1447-1457.

    • Edens, J. F., & Douglas, K. S. (2018). Cross-validation of the Personality Assessment Inventory “Chronic Suicide Risk Index: S_Chron” in a large sample of offenders. Psychiatry Research, 259, 439-441.

    • Gatner, D. T., *lanchard, A. J., Douglas, K. S., Lilienfeld, S. O., & Edens, J. F. (2018). Psychopathy in a multiethnic world: Investigating multiple measures of psychopathy in Hispanic, African American, and Caucasian offenders. Assessment, 25, 206-221.

    • Hawes, S. W., Byrd, A. L., Kelley, S. E., Gonzalez, R., Edens, J. F., & Pardini, D. A. (2018). Psychopathic features across development: Assessing longitudinal invariance among Caucasian and African American youths. Journal of Research in Personality, 73, 180-188.

    • Hopwood, C. J., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Watson, D., Widiger, T, Althoff, R.,…Zimmermann, J. (2018). The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis. Personality and Mental Health, 12, 82-86.

    • Kelley, S. E., van Dongen, J., Donnellan, M. B., Edens, J. F., Eisenbarth, H., Fossati, A., Howner, K., Somma, A., & Sörman, K. (2018). Examination of the Triarchic Assessment Procedure for Inconsistent Responding in six non-English language samples. Psychological Assessment, 30, 610-620.

    • Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., Donnellan, M. B., Mowle, E. N., & Sörman, K. (2018). Self- and informant perceptions of psychopathic traits in relation to the Triarchic model. Journal of Personality, 86, 738-751.

    • Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., & Douglas, K. S. (2018). Concurrent validity of the Personality Assessment Screener in a large sample of offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 156-166.

    • Penson, B. N., Ruchensky, J. R., Edens, J. F., Donnellan, M. B., Vaughn, M., & Eisenbarth, H. (2018). Development and initial validation of an inconsistent responding scale for the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory. Journal of Personality Disorders, 32, 131-143.

    • Penson, B. N., Ruchensky, J. R., Morey, L. C., & Edens, J. F. (2018). Using the Personality Assessment Inventory Antisocial and Borderline Features scales to predict behavior change: A multisite longitudinal study of youthful offenders. Assessment, 25, 858-866.

    • Preszler, J., Marcus, D. K., Edens, J. F., & McDermott, B. E. (2018). Network analysis of psychopathy in forensic patients. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 171-182.

    • Ruchensky, J. R., Donnellan, M. B., & Edens, J. F. (2018). Development and initial validation of the HEXACO-Triarchic Scales. Psychological Assessment, 30, 1560-1566.

    • Ruchensky, J. R., Edens, J. F., Corker, K. S., Donnellan, M. B., Witt, E., & Blonigen, D. M. (2018). Evaluating the structure of psychopathic personality traits: A meta-analysis of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory. Psychological Assessment, 30, 707-718.

    • Ruiz, M., Hopwood, C., Morey, L. C., & Edens, J. F., & Cox, J. (2018). Initial development of pathological personality trait domain measures using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) item pool. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 9, 564-573.

    • Somma, A., Borroni, S., Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., & Fossati, A. (2018). Further evidence for the validity of a response inconsistency scale for the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 in Italian community dwelling adolescents, community dwelling adults and clinical adults. Psychological Assessment, 30, 929-940.

    • Verschuere, B., van Ghesel Grothe, S., Noordhof, A., Waldorp, L., Watts, A. L., Lilienfeld, S. O., Edens, J. F., & Skeem, J. L. (2018). What symptoms of psychopathy might be central? A network analysis of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) in three large samples. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 51-65.

    • Edens, J. F., Penson, B. N., Smith, S. T., & Ruchensky, J. R. (2019). Examining the utility of the Personality Assessment Screener in three criminal justice samples. Psychological Services, 16, 664-674.
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    • Hopwood, C. J., Kotov, R., Krueger, R. F., Watson, D., Widiger, T, Althoff, R.,…Zimmermann, J. (2019). Commentary on “The challenge of transforming the diagnostic system of personality disorders.” Journal of Personality Disorders, 1-4.3.80

    • Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., Donnellan, M. B., Somma, A., Fossati, A., de Ruiter, C., Eisenbarth, H., & Vaughn, M. (2019). Detecting inconsistent responding on the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory—Short Form. Assessment, 26, 465-478.
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      Kelley, S. E., Edens, J. F., Mowle, E. N., Rulseh, A., & Penson, B. N. (2019). Dangerous, depraved, and death-worthy: A meta-analysis of the correlates of perceived psychopathy in jury simulation studies. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75, 627-643.
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    • Mowle, E. N., Edens, J. F., Ruchensky, J. R., & Penson, B. N. (2019). Triarchic psychopathy and deficits in facial affect recognition. Journal of Personality, 87, 240-251.

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