Publications

Personality Pathology Across Adulthood 

Balsis, S., Woods, C., Gleason, M., & Oltmanns, T. (2007). Overdiagnosis and Underdiagnosis of Personality Disorders in Older Adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 15, 742–753. https://doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e31813c6b4e

Cruitt, P., & Oltmanns, T. (2018). Age-related Outcomes Associated with Personality Pathology in Later Life. Current Opinion in Psychology, 21, 89–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.09.013

Dupree, J., South, S. C., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2023). Late Onset Personality Disorders in Mid-Life and Older Adults. Journal of Personality Disorders, 37(3), 304–316. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2023.37.3.304

Oltmanns, J., Jackson, J., & Oltmanns, T. (2020). Personality Change: Longitudinal Self‒Other Agreement and Convergence with Retrospective-Reports. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118(5), 1065–1079. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000238

Oltmanns, T., & Balsis, S. (2010). Personality Disorders in Later Life: Questions About the Measurement, Course, and Impact of Disorders. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 7, 321–349. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-090310-120435

Oltmanns, T. F., & Balsis, S. (2019). The Prevalence, Stability, and Impact of Personality Pathology in Later Life: Preliminary Findings From the SPAN Study. In D. B. Samuel, D. R. Lynam, D. B. Samuel, & D. R. Lynam (Eds.), Using Basic Personality Research to Inform Personality Pathology (p. 0). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190227074.003.0009

Rose, L., Carter, N.T., Lynam, D.R., Miller, J.D., & Oltmanns, T.F. (2025). Validity, stability, and change in psychopathic traits in older adults: A registered report. Clinical Psychological Science, 13, 664-679.

Personality Pathology and Interpersonal Relationships 

Carlson, E. N., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2018). Is It Adaptive for People With Personality Problems to Know How Their Romantic Partner Perceives Them? The Effect of Meta-accuracy on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction. Journal of Personality Disorders, 32(3), 374–391. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2018.32.3.374

Disney, K., Weinstein-Jones, J., & Oltmanns, T. (2012). Personality Disorder Symptoms Are Differentially Related to Divorce Frequency. Journal of Family Psychology : JFP : Journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 26, 959–965. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030446

Rodebaugh, T., Okada Gianoli, M., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns, T. (2010). The Interpersonal Problems of the Socially Avoidant: Self and Peer Shared Variance. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(2), 331–340. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019031

South, S., Boudreaux, M., & Oltmanns, T. (2020). The Impact of Personality Disorders on Longitudinal Change in Relationship Satisfaction in Long-Term Married Couples. Journal of Personality Disorders, 34(4), 7–26. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2019_33_392

South, S., Boudreaux, M., & Oltmanns, T. (2021). Personality Disorders and Intimate Partner Aggression: A Replication and Extension in Older, Married Couples. Personality Disorders, 12(1), 70–80. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000458

South, S., Boudreaux, M., & Oltmanns, T. (2022). Childhood Maltreatment, Personality Pathology, and Intimate Partner Aggression. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 23–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221076164

South, S., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns, T. (2008). Personality Disorder Symptoms and Marital Functioning. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 769–780. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013346

Weinstein-Jones, J., Gleason, M., & Oltmanns, T. (2012). Borderline but Not Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptoms Are Related to Self-Reported Partner Aggression in Late Middle-Age. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 692–698. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028994

Personality Pathology, Physical Health, and Health Behaviors 

Cruitt, P., Boudreaux, M., Jackson, J., & Oltmanns, T. (2018). Borderline Personality Pathology and Physical Health: The Role of Employment. Personality Disorders, 9(1), 73–80. https://doi.org/10.1037/per000021

Cruitt, P., & Oltmanns, T. (2019). Unemployment and the Relationship between Borderline Personality Pathology and Health. Journal of Research in Personality, 82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103863

Gleason, M., Lott, A., & Oltmanns, T. (2011). The Enduring Impact of Borderline Personality Pathology: Risk for Threatening Life Events in Later Middle-Age. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 447–457. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025564

King, H., Jackson, J., Morrow-Howell, N., & Oltmanns, T. (2015). Personality Accounts for the Connection Between Volunteering and Health. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 70(5), 691–697. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbu012

Oltmanns, J., & Oltmanns, T. (2015). Borderline Personality Pathology, Polysomnography, and Self-Reported Sleep Problems: A Review. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-015-0011-2

Powers Lott, A., & Oltmanns, T. (2012). Personality Disorders and Physical Health: A Longitudinal Examination of Physical Functioning, Healthcare Utilization, and Health-Related Behaviors in Middle-Aged Adults. Journal of Personality Disorders, 26, 524–538. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2012.26.4.524

Powers, A., Strube, M. J., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2014). Personality Pathology and Increased Use of Medical Resources in Later Adulthood. Anxiety Disorders, 22(12), 1478–1486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2013.10.009

Personality Pathology and Mental Health 

Bondy, E., Norton, S., Voss, M., Marks, R., Boudreaux, M., Treadway, M., Oltmanns, T., & Bogdan, R. (2021). Inflammation is associated with future depressive symptoms among older adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2021.100226

Eldesouky, L., Thompson, R., Oltmanns, T., & English, T. (2018). Affective Instability Predicts the Course of Depression in Late Middle-Age and Older Adulthood. Journal of Affective Disorders, 239, 72–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.06.038

Mike, A., King, H., Oltmanns, T. F., & Jackson, J. J. (2018). Obsessive, compulsive, and conscientious? The relationship between OCPD and personality traits. Journal of Personality, 86(6), 952–972. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12368

Oltmanns, T., & Gleason, M. (2011). Personality, health, and social adjustment in later life. In Mental health in public health: The next 100 years (pp. 151–179).

Paul, S., Winograd, R., & Oltmanns, T. (2021). Personality Pathology and Substance Misuse in Later Life: Perspectives from Interviewer-, Self-, and Informant-Reports. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 43, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-020-09862-z

Personality Pathology Through Generations

Paul, S. E., Boudreaux, M. J., Bondy, E., Tackett, J. L., Oltmanns, T. F., & Bogdan, R. (2019). The intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment: Nonspecificity of maltreatment type and associations with borderline personality pathology. Development and Psychopathology, 31(3), 1157–1171. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457941900066X

Shields, A. N., Oltmanns, T. F., Boudreaux, M. J., Paul, S. E., Bogdan, R., & Tackett, J. L. (2021). The Impact of Personality Pathology Across Three Generations: Evidence From the St. Louis Personality and Intergenerational Network Study. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(5), 900–918. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702621989665

Personality Disorder Narrative Identity and Self-Other Perception 

Adler, J., Chin, E., Kolisetty, A., & Oltmanns, T. (2012). The Distinguishing Characteristics of Narrative Identity in Adults With Features of Borderline Personality Disorder: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Personality Disorders, 498–512. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2012_26_016

Adler, J., Turner, A., Brookshier, K., Monahan, C., Walder-Biesanz, I., Harmeling, L., Albaugh, M., Mcadams, D., & Oltmanns, T. (2015). Variation in Narrative Identity Is Associated With Trajectories of Mental Health Over Several Years. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 476–496. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038601

Balsis, S., Cooper, L., & Oltmanns, T. (2015). Are Informant Reports of Personality More Internally Consistent Than Self Reports of Personality? Assessment, 22, 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191114556100

Balsis, S., Loehle-Conger, E., Busch, A., Ungredda, T., & Oltmanns, T. (2018). Self and Informant Report Across the Borderline Personality Disorder Spectrum. Personality Disorders, 9(5), 429–436. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000259

Busch, A. J., Balsis, S., Morey, L. C., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2016). Gender Differences in Borderline Personality Disorder Features in an Epidemiological Sample of Adults Age 55–64: Self Versus Informant Report. Journal of Personality Disorders, 30(3), 419–432. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2015_29_202

Carlson, E., & Oltmanns, T. (2015). The Role of Metaperception in Personality Disorders: Do People with Personality Problems Know How Others Experience Their Personality? Journal of Personality Disorders, 29, 449–467. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2015.29.4.449

Carlson, E., Vazire, S., & Oltmanns, T. (2011). You Probably Think this Paper’s About You: Narcissists’ Perceptions of their Personality and Reputation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101(1), 186–201. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023781

Cooper, L., Balsis, S., & Oltmanns, T. (2012). Self- and Informant-Reported Perspectives on Symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Personality Disorders, 3. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026576

Personality Structure, Traits, and Conceptual Models

Balsis, S., Eaton ,Nicholas R., Cooper ,Luke D., & and Oltmanns, T. F. (2010). The Presentation of Narcissistic Personality Disorder in an Octogenarian: Converging Evidence from Multiple Sources. Clinical Gerontologist, 34(1), 71–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2011.524821

Boudreaux, M. (2016). Personality-Related Problems and the Five-Factor Model of Personality. Personality Disorders, 7. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000185

Cruitt, P., Boudreaux, M., King, H., Oltmanns, J., & Oltmanns, T. (2018). Examining Criterion A: DSM-5 Level of Personality Functioning as Assessed Through Life Story Interviews. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 10. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000321

Oltmanns, J. R., Smith, G. T., Oltmanns, T. F., & Widiger, T. A. (2018). General Factors of Psychopathology, Personality, and Personality Disorder: Across Domain Comparisons. Clinical Psychological Science, 6(4), 581–589. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167702617750150

Personality Pathology Measures, Assessment, and Methodology 

Balsis, S., Gleason, M., Woods, C., & Oltmanns, T. (2007). An Item Response Theory Analysis of DSM–IV Personality Disorder Criteria Across Younger and Older Age Groups. Psychology and Aging, 22(1), 171–185. https://doi.org/10.1037/0882-7974.22.1.171

Boudreaux, M., Ozer, D., Oltmanns, T., & Wright, A. (2018). Development and Validation of the Circumplex Scales of Interpersonal Problems. Psychological Assessment, 30(5), 594–609. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000505

Bourdreaux, M., South, S., & Oltmanns, T. (2019). Symptom-Level Analysis of DSM-IV/DSM-5 Personality Pathology in Later Life: Hierarchical Structure and Predictive Validity across Self-and Informant Ratings. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(5), 365–384. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000444

Clifton, A., Turkheimer, E., & Oltmanns, T. (2007). Improving Assessment of Personality Disorder Traits Through Social Network Analysis. Journal of Personality, 75, 1007–1031. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00464.x

Cruitt, P. J., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2018). Incremental Validity of Self- and Informant Report of Personality Disorders in Later Life. Assessment, 25(3), 324–335. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191117706020

Lawton, E., Shields, A., & Oltmanns, T. (2011). Five-Factor Model personality disorder prototypes: A review of their development, validity, and comparison to alternative approaches. Personality Disorders, 2(4), 219–292. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022617

Müller, S., Hopwood, C., Skodol, A., More, L., Oltmanns, T., Benecke, C., & Zimmerman, J. (2023). Exploring the predictive validity of personality disorder criteria. Personality Disorders, 14(3), 309–320. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000609

Norton, S. A., Baranger, D. A. A., Young, E. S., Voss, M., Hansen, I., Bondy, E., Rodrigues, M., Paul, S. E., Edershile, E., Hill, P. L., Oltmanns, T. F., Simpson, J., & Bogdan, R. (2023). Reliability of diurnal salivary cortisol metrics: A meta-analysis and investigation in two independent samples. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 16, 100191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2023.100191

Okada, M., & Oltmanns, T. (2009). Comparison of Three Self-Report Measures of Personality Pathology. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 31, 358–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-009-9130-8

Tackett, J., Balsis, S., Oltmanns, T., & Krueger, R. (2009). A unifying perspective on personality pathology across the life span: Developmental considerations for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Development and Psychopathology, 21(3), 687–713. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457940900039X

Racial Health Disparities 

McClendon, J., Bogdan, R., Jackson, J., & Oltmanns. (2021). Mechanisms of Black-White disparities in health among older adults: Examining discrimination and personality. Journal of Health Psychology, 26(7), 995–1011. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105319860180

McClendon, J., Chang, K., J. Boudreaux, M., Oltmanns, T. F., & Bogdan, R. (2021). Black-White racial health disparities in inflammation and physical health: Cumulative stress, social isolation, and health behaviors. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 131, 105251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105251

McClendon, J., Jackson, J., Bogdan, R., & Oltmanns, T. (2019). Trajectories of Racial and Gender Health Disparities during Later Midlife: Connections to Personality. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25(3), 359–370. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000238

Spence, C., & Oltmanns, T. (2011). Recruitment of African American Men: Overcoming Challenges for an Epidemiological Study of Personality and Health. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17, 377–380. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024732

Personality and Cognitive Functioning 

Best, R., Cruitt, P., Oltmanns, T., & Hill, P. (2021). Neuroticism predicts informant reported cognitive problems through health behaviors. Aging & Mental Health, 25(12), 2191–2199. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1839857

Cruitt, P., Hill, P., & Oltmanns, T. (2022). Personality pathology predicts increased informant-reported, but not performance-based, cognitive decline: Findings from two samples. Personality Disorders, 13(1), 30–40. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000434

Hill, P. L., Pfund, G. N., Cruitt , P. J., Spears, I., Norton , S. A., Bogdan , R., & and Oltmanns, T. F. (2024). Personality traits moderate associations between word recall and subjective memory. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 31(4), 705–722. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2023.2249195

Pfund, G. N., Spears, I., Norton, S. A., Bogdan, R., Oltmanns, T. F., & Hill, P. L. (2022). Sense of purpose as a potential buffer between mental health and subjective cognitive decline. International Psychogeriatrics, 34(12), 1045–1055. Cambridge Core. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610222000680

Personality, Stress, and Aging 

Conway, C., Boudreaux, M., & Oltmanns, T. (2018). Dynamic Associations between Borderline Personality Disorder and Stressful Life Events over Five Years in Older Adults. Personality Disorders, 9(6), 521–529. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000281

Iacovino, J., Bogdan, R., & Oltmanns, T. (2016). Personality Predicts Health Declines Through Stressful Life Events During Late Mid-Life. Journal of Personality, 84(4), 536–546. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12179

White, C., Conway, C., & Oltmanns, T. (2019). Stress and Personality Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190681777.013.8