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  Allan Harkness, Ph.D.
 
Room 307E, LH
600 S. College Ave.
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK  74104
 
email:  allan-harkness@utulsa.edu
phone:  918-631-2837
fax:  918-631-2833
 
 
 
 
 
  Courses Taught  
 
Course Number Course Title Course Description
PSY 4083/6483 Biological Foundations of Behavior  Examines the structure and function of the nervous system and related systems, with emphasis on neuron conduction and transmission, sensation, and current theory and research on the biological correlates of behavior. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
PSY 7223 Theory & Practice of Clinical Psychology  Introduction to scientist-practitioners model of clinical psychology. Intake interview and Mental Status Examination skills are developed. Introduction to major theories of clinical intervention and ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity issues in clinical work are presented.
PSY 2253 Foundations of Psychology  Provides an overview of psychological theory and research on brain-behavior relations, motivation, learning, sensation and perception, memory, social behavior, intelligence, personality, and psychopathology. Required of majors as a prerequisite for 3000- and 4000-level courses.
PSY 7973 Seminar: Personality Disorders   
PSY 7973 Seminar: Anti-Social & Criminal Personalities   
PSY 8133 Emotion  Review of the dominant theories of emotion, including physiological, cognitive, and behavioral components. Examination of current topics and application of theory to understanding and ameliorating human problems.
PSY 8973 Seminar: Personality as a Central Concept in Clincal Science   
 
  Research Interests  
Interaction between personality and clinical problems.  Applying individual differences science to the design of new therapeutic approaches.
 

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  Recent Publications
 
Harkness, A. R.  (2007). Personality Traits Are Central to Clinical Science. In S. O. Lilienfeld and W. O’Donohue (Eds.). The Great Ideas of Clinical Science: 17 Principles That Every Mental Health Professional Should Understand. New York: Routledge.
Harkness, A. R. & McNulty, J. L.  (2006). An overview of personality: The MMPI-2 Personality Psychopathology-Five (PSY-5) Scales. In J. N. Butcher (Ed.) MMPI-2: A Practitioner’s Guide. Washington, DC: APA.
Harkness, A. R.  (2002). Theory and measurement of personality traits. In J. N. Butcher (Ed.) Clinical Personality Assessment: Practical Approaches (2nd Edition). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Harkness, A. R., & McNulty, J. L.  (2002). Implications of personality individual differences science for clinical work on personality disorders. P. T. costa, Jr. & T. A. Widiger (Eds.) Personality disorders and the five-factor model of personality (2nd Edition). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
McNulty, J. L. & Harkness, A. R.  (2002). The MMPI-2 Personality Psychopathology—Five (PSY-5) Scales and The Five Factor Model. In B. DeRaad & M. Peruguini (Eds.) Big Five Assessment. Hogrefe & Huber.
Hogan, R.,Harkness, A. R., & Lubinski, D.  (2000). Personality and individual differences. In K. Pawlik & M. R. Rosenzweig (Eds.) International Handbook of Psychology. London: Sage. Chapter 16.
Harkness, A.R.  (2005). Essential Paul Meehl Lessons for Personality Assessment Psychology. Journal of Clinical Psychology,61,1277-1294. (Invited Article).
Harkness, A. R. & Lilienfeld, S. O.  (1997). Individual differences science for treatment planning: Personality traits. Psychological Assessment,9,349-360. (Invited Article).
McNulty, J. L., Harkness, A. R., Ben-Porath, Y. S., & Williams, C. L.  (1997). Assessing the personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) in adolescents: New MMPI-A Scales. Psychological Assessment, 9, 250-259.
Harkness, A. R., McNulty, J. L., & Ben-Porath, Y. S.  (1995). The personality psychopathology five (PSY-5): Constructs and MMPI-2 scales. Psychological Assessment, 7, 104-114.
Harkness, A. R., Tellegen, A., & Waller, N.  (1995). Differential convergence of self-report and informant data for multidimensional personality questionnaire traits: Implications for the construct of negative emotionality. Journal of Personality Assessment, 64, 185-204.
Watson, D., Clark, L. A., & Harkness, A. R.  (1994). Structures of personality and their relevance to psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 18-31.
Engdahl, B., Harkness, A. R., Page, W. F., Eberly, R., & Bielinski, J.  (1993). Structural models of captivity trauma, resilience, and trauma response among former prisoners of war 20 to 40 years after release. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 28, 109-115.
Moffitt, T. E., Caspi, A., Harkness, A. R., & Silva, P. A.  (1993). The natural history of change intellectual performance: Who changes? How much? Is it meaningful? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 34, 455-506.
Harkness, A. R.  (1992). Fundamental topics in the personality disorders: Candidate trait dimensions from lower regions of the hierarchy. Psychological Assessment, 4, 251-259.
Eberly, R., Harkness, A. R. & Engdahl, B.  (1991). An adaptational view of trauma response as illustrated by the prisoner of war experience. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 4, 363-380.
Harkness, A. R., McNulty, J. L., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Graham, J. R.  (2002).   MMPI-2 Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) Scales: Gaining an Overview for case conceptualization and treatment planning. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
 
 

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  Graduate Student Advisees
 
Student Name Email Address Graduate Degree Sought Date Program Entered
Rebecca Isaacs rebecca-isaacs@utulsa.edu Ph.D. August 2005
Susan Weisenburger suelee326@yahoo.com Ph.D. August 2005
Kate Witheridge kate-witheridge@utulsa.edu Ph.D. August 2004

 

   

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