Steven K. Huprich, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Detroit Mercy. He also is the Editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment and President-Elect of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders. His interests are in the conceptualization, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders, with particular interests in psychodynamic and integrative models of conceptualization and assessment.
Early Life and Educational Background
Dr. Huprich was born May 28, 1966, in Akron, Ohio. He was raised in Upper Arlington, Ohio, and credits his excellent education as influencing his lifelong interests in learning education. Dr. Huprich set out to become a surgeon and, despite entry into medical school, soon realized that this was not the ideal pathway for him. Dr. Huprich obtained his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His predoctoral clinical psychology internship was completed at the SUNY Health Sciences...
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Clarkin, J. F., & Huprich, S. K. (2011). Do the DSM-5 proposals for personality disorders meet the criteria for clinical utility? Journal of Personality Disorders, 25, 192–205.
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Huprich, S. K., Schmitt, T. A., Richard, D. C., Zimmerman, M. A., & Chelminski, I. (2010). Comparing factor analytic models of DSM-IV personality disorder symptoms in psychiatric outpatients. Personality Disorders: Theory, Treatment, and Research, 1, 22–27.
Huprich, S. K., Schmitt, T. A., Chelminski, I., & Zimmerman, M. (2011). Combining self-defeating and depressive personality disorder symptoms into one construct. Psychopathology, 44, 303–313.
Huprich, S. K., Pouliot, G., & Bruner, R. (2012). Self and other representations mediate the relationship between trait and state depression. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 75, 175–188.
Huprich, S. K., De Fife, J., & Westen, D. (2013). Subtyping dysthymia by personality types with the SWAP-II. Journal of Affective Disorders, 152–154, 186–192.
Huprich, S. K., Nelson, S. M., Paggeot, A., Lengu, K., & Albright, J. (In press). Object relations predicts borderline personality disorder symptoms beyond emotional dysregulation, negative affect, and impulsivity. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000188
Porcerelli, J. H., Huth-Bocks, A., Huprich, S. K., & Richardson, L. (2016). Do defensive mechanisms of pregnant mothers predict attachment security, social/emotional competence, and behavioral problems in two year-olds? American Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 138–146.
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Huprich, S. (2020). Huprich, Steven K.. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_2143
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