Walt Scott
Professor
Director of Psychology Clinic
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996
Contact Information
Email: walter.scott@wsu.edu
Office: Joon Tower 364
Phone: (509) 335-3588
Website: Personality, Psychopathology, and Assessment Lab
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Classes Taught
- Psychology 545: Adult Assessment and Therapy Practicum
Research Interests
- Applications of Personality Science to Personality Assessment
- Social Cognitive Approaches to Personality/Psychopathology
Our lab is interested in applying personality science, particularly social cognitive theory, to developing new methods of personality assessment. We are also interested in the role of social cognitive personality variables—temperament, self-schemata, goal and personal/moral standard systems—in different forms of psychopathology, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr. Scott will be considering graduate student applications for Fall 2024 admission to the Clinical Psychology PhD Program.
Representative Publications (*Denotes Student Authors):
Scott, W. D., *Paup, S., & Kirchhoff, C. (2022). Clinical application of social cognitive theory: A novel personality assessment procedure and a case study of personality coherence. European Journal of Personality, 36, 371-390.
Scott, W. D., *Paup, S., & Kirchhoff, C. (2022). Clinical application of social cognitive theory: A novel personality assessment procedure and a case study of personality coherence. European Journal of Personality, 36, 371-390.
Scott, W. D., Penningroth, S. L., *Paup, S., Li, X., Adams, D., & *Mallory, B. (2022). The Relational Self-Schema Measure: Assessing psychological needs in multiple self-with-other representations. Journal of Personality Assessment, 21, 317-338
*McDougall, K. H., & Scott, W. D. (2021). The Self-Efficacy for Parenting Adolescents Scale: Development and Initial Validation. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30(9), 2289-2302.
Scott, W. D., & Cervone, D. (2016). Social cognitive personality assessment: A case conceptualization procedure and illustration. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 23, 79-98.
Scott, W. D., Clapp, J., *Mileviciute, I., & *Mousseau, A. (2016). Children’s Depression Inventory: A Unidimensional Factor Structure for American Indian and Alaskan Native Youth. Psychological Assessment, 28, 81-91.
*Mousseau, A. C., Scott, W. D., & Estes, D. (2014). Values and depressive symptoms in American Indian youth of the Northern Plains: Examining the potential moderating roles of outcome expectancies and perceived community values. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43 (3), 426-436
Scott, W. D. & Dearing, E. C. (2012). Academic self-efficacy, theories of intelligence, ethnic identity, and depression: A longitudinal study with American Indian youth. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 607-622.
Penningroth, S. L., Scott, W. D., & *Freuen, M. (2011). Social motivation in prospective memory: Higher importance ratings and reported performance rates for social tasks. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65 (1), 3-11.
Beevers, C. G., Scott, W. D., McGeary, C., & McGeary, J. E. (2009). Negative Cognitive Response to a Sad Mood Induction: Associations with Polymorphisms of the Serotonin Transporter (5-HTTLPR) Gene. Cognition and Emotion, 23 (4), 726-738.
