Faculty and graduate students from the Gevirtz School at UC Santa Barbara present at the 2008 Society for Personality Assessment Convention

Faculty and graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School will take part in six events at the 2008 Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) Convention in New Orleans, LA, March 26-30. The scholars, researchers, and teachers will discuss the latest findings on topics as diverse as the Rorschach task, personality assessment thought disorder scales, and alcohol abuse among college students.

The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) was founded in Essex County, New Jersey by Bruno Klopfer and a group of his students. The Society is a collegial organization dedicated to the advancement of professional personality assessment, to the development of procedures and concepts for personality assessment and to the ethical and responsible use of these techniques. Initially incorporated as the Rorschach Institute, Inc. in 1938, the Society was renamed in 1971 to reflect the Society’s interest in the entire spectrum of issues present in contemporary personality assessment and to focus the Society as a special interest group, concerned with promoting exchange of ideas and information about personality assessment in research and in practice.

Gevirtz School faculty and graduate students will take part in the following:

Thursday March 27, 2008

6 – 7:30 pm

“Personality and Adjustment Measures Highlight Diversity within Cultural Construct of Collectivism”
Aaron R. Estrada, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Sara J. Walker, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Steve R. Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Friday, March 28, 2008

8:30 – 10:30 am

“Relationship between Initial Levels of Symptomatic Functioning and Formation of Early Therapeutic Alliance”
Katrina Schnoebelen, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Lisa Nowinski, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Jennifer G. Green, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Steve R. Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

3:30 – 5:30 pm

“Collaborative Neuropsychological Assessment: Examining Research and Clinical Application”
Lisa A. Nowinski, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Steven R. Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Aaron Estrada, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Katrina Schnoebelen, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Saturday, March 29, 2008

8 – 10 am

“Examining the Perceptual Experience of the Rorschach Task”
Steven R. Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Ilyssa Silverman, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Mark A. Blais, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

“Neuropsychological Correlates of Personality Assessment Thought Disorder Scales”
Lisa A. Nowinski, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Sara J. Walker, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Rene Staskal, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Steven R. Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

6 – 7 pm

“The Relationship between PAI Clinical Scales and Alcohol Abuse among College Students”
Sara J. Walker, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Aaron R. Estrada, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Steven R. Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

[Presenters from the Gevirtz School are available for interviews; contact George Yatchisin at 805 893 5789]
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Faculty and graduate students from the Gevirtz School at UC Santa Barbara present at the 2008 Society for Personality Assessment Convention