Education

Louisiana State University, 1979-1984
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Major: Clinical Psychology, Ph.D.
Minor: Health Psychology
Dissertation: Menstrual cycle influences on acute alcohol
intoxication (directed by Phillip J. Brantley, Ph.D.)

Veterans Administration Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Clinical Internship, 1981-1982
Internship Director: Patricia B. Sutker, Ph.D.

University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1977-1979
Lafayette, Louisiana
Major: Experimental Psychology, M.S.
Thesis: The effects of a court-probated alcoholics anonymous
program on seven self-report indicators of life adjustment
(directed by Steven Hotard, Ph.D.)

Nicholls State University, 1974-1977
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Major: Psychology, B.A.

Professional History

Professor of Psychology (2003-present)
Associate Professor of Psychology (1991-2002)
Director of Clinical Training (1989-1992; 1999-present)
Department of Psychology
University of North Dakota

Assistant Professor of Psychology (1987-1991)
Department of Psychology
University of North Dakota

Assistant Professor of Psychology (1982-1987)
Department of Psychology
Southern University at New Orleans
St. Joseph Seminary College

Private Practitioner (1987-present)
Family Institute
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Graduate Teaching Philosophy

I teach PSYC 575 (Behavior Pathology) for students enrolled in our clinical psychology Ph.D. track and our Forensic Psychology Master's degree curriculum. I try to present information from diverse theoretical perspectives with receptiveness to legitimate alternative interpretations of empirical findings. I offer my personal interpretations of available research with an emphasis on biosocial learning but try to do so in a way that welcomes divergent opinions. I use personal experiences, current events, and multimedia to provide context and real-world implications regarding the phenomena referenced during the course. My lectures are audiotaped and assigned outside of class time which is reserved for discussion and video presentations. Course content is revised annually with a emphasis on research published in the preceding year. This graduate psychopathology course involves a combination of primary and text reading assignments evaluated through weekly multiple choice and two semester essay exams. Students also submit weekly written questions before class regarding the material we are scheduled to discuss.

Clinical Interests

I have found consideration of generalized response tendencies (i.e., personality) to be particularly important in understanding the problems that are presented by clients in clinical practice. I have advanced ideas for more effective integration of personality testing into short-term structured therapy formats. In my teaching and practice I have tried to encourage new and creative ways to more fully realize the integration of science and practice. I have been maintained a limited community private practice since 1987.

Research Interests

My research program has been focused in the areas of childhood physical abuse and trauma, agression, personality and psychopathology, alcohol research, and professional training issues. Let me summarize some of these research efforts:

I am interested in relationships between personality disturbance and how adult forms of psychopathology are manifested. I believe that psychopathology can best be understood through research that informs professionals about the interaction of personality traits and situational factors on relevant measures of psychosocial functioning. In this regard I find interactions between high risk group membership (e.g., trait aggressiveness, physical abuse histories, exposure to domestic violence) and situational stressors (e.g., provocation, alcohol intoxication, etc.) to be particularly interesting. We have conducted a number of studies of laboratory aggression (using both the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm and Taylor Aggression Paradigm) among participants classified in various high risk groups. One current student (Jessica Mugge) completed her thesis on relationships between childhood bullying and exposure to aggressive videogaming as factors that might influence TAP responding.

I have also developed the Violent Experiences Questionnaire (VEQ-R) as a brief measure for detecting histories of physical and domestic abuse that can be used for large scale screening of potential subjects. Measures of parental, sibling and peer physical abuse are provided by the VEQ-R as well as indices of domestic violence. I have also developed the Developmental History Questionnaire (DHQ) as a brief screening measure for various forms of developmental adversity. In summary, I am interested in interactions between personality variables, various forms of developmental adversity (e.g., physical and sexual abuse, exposure to domestic abuse, parental alcoholism), and important outcome variables such as physical aggressiveness.

The department's alcohol laboratory provides an opportunity to examine the role of alcohol in a wide range of psychological processes. My research has relied upon a state-of-the art intoximeter that can provide breath alcohol estimates at five minute intervals. This equipment allows researchers to collect data at specific points on the alcohol absorption and elimination curve. My current alcohol research interest involves efforts to alcohol-induced aggression in the lab among high risk participants as a predictor of aggression as it may occur in the community.

I am interested in relationships between personality disorder variables and a range of outcome variables including those that measure interpersonal perceptual processes. I recently chaired a dissertation examining the participant accuracy of perceiving visual and auditory cues of emotion among socially anxious individuals. I have also collected psychometric and interpersonal perception data (development of the First Impression Interaction Procedure) from hundreds of undergraduate psychology students at UND. My initial focus has been on judgmental personality tendencies as reflected in harsh first impressions, but this work will be extended into other areas of interpersonal perception. I am in the process of analyzing data for additional studies from this archival data base which includes developmental and personality variables of wide interest.

I have also published a number of survey studies concerning professional training issues that routinely arise in CUDCP (Council for University Directors of Clinical Psychology) annual meetings. Articles focused on training issues also bring national attention to the program within the important ranks of clinical scientist-practitioner program directors. I am now extending this program of research into the role of theoretical perspective on the interpretation of empirical research. In a recent experimental study one of my students and I manipulated manuscript content to see how graduate students perceive and interpret the meaning of empirical data.

You will see that I have also chaired many projects that extend beyond my specialized areas of interest, and I would consider extending my work to some extent to advance the career interests of selected students. My archival data base is also available for possible collateral projects that might interest you. I would need a clear and specific set of hypotheses and plan for particular analyses that can be shown to be similar to those utilized in one or more recent publications, i.e., the proposal should be clear, publishable, and not inordinately time-consuming.

Publications

     King, A.R., & Jackson, D.A. (in press). Personality disorder scale predictors of depression stability over time as a partial function of mental health history. Personality and Mental Health.

    King, A.R., & Miller, J.C. (2008). Structured MMPI 2 client feedback in the identification of potential supplemental targets of change. In F. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research (Chapter ?, Vol. ?, pp. ?), Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, N.Y.

    Green, J.S., & King, A.R. (2009). Domestic violence and parental divorce as predictors of best friendship qualities among college students. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage.

    King, A.R., & Terrance, C. (in press). Best friendship qualities and mental health symptomatology among young adults. Journal of Adult Development.

    Wise, R., & King, A.R. (2008). Family environment as a predictor of the quality of college students' friendships. Journal of Family Issues.

    King, A.R., Grieves, J., & Opp, D. (2008). The estimated impact of performing arts on adolescent mood within a community sample of mental health professionals. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2 (4), 65-73.

     Bailly, M. D., & King, A. R.  (2006).  Trait modulation of alcohol-induced laboratory aggression.  Psychiatry Research, 146, 129-138.

    King, A.R., & Terrance, C.  (2006).   Relationships between personality disorder attributes and friendship qualities among college students.  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 23(1), 5-20.

     King, A.R., & Hunter, P.J.  (2005).  Alcohol elimination at low blood concentrations among women taking oral contraceptives.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66(6), 738-744.

     Busseri, M., Tyler, J., & King, A. (2005).  Student dismissals from clinical psychology Ph.D. training programs: Does clinical competency matter?  Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 36(4), 441-445.  

     McCray, J.A., King, A.R., & Bailly, M. D.  (2005).   General and gender-specific attributes of the psychology major.  Journal of General Psychology, 132(2), 139-150.

     McCray, J.A., Bailly, M.D., & King, A.R.  (2005).  The external validity of MMPI-2 research conducted on college samples disproportionately represented by psychology majors.  Personality and Individual Differences, 38, 1097-1105. 

     Shaleen, L., & King, A.R.  (2004).  Psychiatric stability among clients receiving residential mental health  care.  North Dakota Journal of Counseling and Human Services, 5(1), 10-17.

     Moe, B.K., King, A.R., & Bailly, M.D.  (2004).  Retrospective accounts of recurrent parental physical abuse as a predictor of adult laboratory-induced aggression.  Aggressive Behavior, 30, 217-228.

     Bailly, M.D., & King, A.R. (2004).  A failure to replicate alcohol-induced laboratory aggression among college students without evidence of personality disturbance.  Psychological Reports, 94, 1089-1096.

     King, A.R., & Pate, A.N.  (2004).  Coolidge Axis II Inventory predictors of judgmental tendencies as measures by the First Impression Interaction Procedure.  Personality and Individual Differences, 36(6), 1329-1341.

     Jackson, D.A., & King, A.R.  (2004).  Gender differences in the effects of oppositional behavior on teacher ratings of ADHD symptoms.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32(2), 215-224.

     King, A.R., Bailly, M.D., & Moe, B.K.  (2003).  External validity considerations regarding college participant samples comprised substantially of psychology majors.  In F. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research (Chapter 4, Vol. 29, pp. 71-85), Nova Science Publishers:  Hauppauge, N.Y.

     King, A.R., & Pate, A.N.  (2003).  MCMI-II personality disorder scale predictors of judgmental tendencies as measured by the First Impression Interaction Procedure.  Personality and Individual Differences, 35(2), 327-337. 

     McCray, J.A., & King, A.R. (2003).  Personality disorder attributes as supplemental goals for change in interpersonal psychotherapy.  Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 33(2), 79-92.

     King, A.R.  (2002).  Processes governing the selection of academic clinical training directors.  Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 33(4), 418-421.

     King, A.R., & Bailly, M.D.  (2002).  MMPI-2 scale predictors of academic performance.  Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment., 20(3), 258-267.

     Tyler, J., Busseri, M, & King, A. (2002).  Treatment outcome assessment practices of psychology training clinics.  Behavior Therapist, 25 (7/8), 144-147.

     King, A.R., & Pate, A.N.  (2002).  Individual differences in judgmental tendencies derived from first impressions.  Personality and Individual Differences, 33(1), 131-145.

     King, A.R.  (2001).  The ethics of “gaming”:  Advocacy dilemmas.   Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 30 (3), 227-230; 231-232.

     Tyler, J.D., Sloan, L.L., & King, A.R. (2000).  Psychotherapy supervision practices of academic faculty: A national survey.  Psychotherapy, 37 (1), 98-101.

     Schmidtgall, K., King, A.R, Zarski, J.J., & Cooper, J.E.  (2000).  The effects of parental conflict on later child development.  Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 33 (1/2), 149-157.

     King, A.R. (1999). Relationships between CATI personality disorder variables and measures of academic performance. Personality and Individual Differences, 29 (1), 177-190.

     King, A.R. (1998). Relationships between MCMI-II personality variables and measures of academic performance. Journal of Personality Assessment, 71 (2), 253-268.

     King, A.R. (1998). Family Environment Scale predictors of academic performance. Psychological Reports, 83, 1319-1327.

     Ellenbecker, T. & King, A.R. (1990). The effect of gender and college major on mood state changes induced through artistic expression. Journal of Art Therapy, 28, 106-110.

     Holm, J.E. & King, A.R. (1989). The University of North Dakota's Ph.D. program in clinical psychology. The Behavior Therapist, 12 (7), 159-160.

     King, A.R. (1989). Psychodynamic therapy for addictions: But will chemical dependency counselors finally buy it? Review of Jerome D. Levin's Treatment of Alcoholism & Other Addictions: A Self-Psychology Approach. Contemporary Psychology, 34 (3), 245-246.

     King, A.R. & King, B.F. (1988). The redesign of Project Simulation for microcomputer-assisted instruction. Social Science Microcomputer Review, 6 (1), 75-89.

     King, B.F., King, A.R., & Crookall, D. (1988). Using spreadsheets for game calculations and model development. Simulation/Games for Learning, 18 (1), 95-101.

     Sutker, P.B., Goist, K.C., & King, A.R. (1987). Acute alcohol intoxication in women: Relationship to dose and menstrual cycle phase. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 11 (1), 74-79.

     Sutker, P.B. & King, A.R. (1985). Antisocial personality disorder: Behavioral assessment and case formulation. In I. Turkat (Ed.), Behavioral Case Formulation, Plenum Publishers.

     Dumas, M., LaRue, C., Tumblin, I., & King, A.R. (1984). Menstrual cycle influences on alcohol consumption among blacks. Journal of Black Psychology, 11 (1), 9-18.

     Clemeau, L., King, A.R., & Brantley, P.J. (1984). Psychological factors in childhood illness. In H.E. Adams and P.B. Sutker (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology, Plenum Publishing Company.

     Sutker, P.B. & King, A.R. (1984). Dissociative, somatoform, and personality disorders. In N. Endler and J.M. Hunt (Eds.), Personality and Behavior Disorders (2nd Ed.), John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

     King, A.R., King, B.F., & Williamson, D.A. (1984). Computerized simulation of psychological research. Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 11 (4), 121-125.

     McKnight, G.T., Cocke, T., King, A.R., Van Buren, D., & Brantley, P.J. (1984). An evaluation of clinic functioning in five outpatient clinics. Journal of the Louisiana Medical Society, 136 (8), 180-185.

     Hill, C., Riopelle, A.J., & King, A.R. (1983). Protein deprivation and food-related risk-taking preferences of rhesus monkeys. Animal Learning and Behavior, 11 (1), 116-118.

     Hill, C., Riopelle, A.J., & King, A.R. (1981). Scotopic thresholds of rhesus monkeys at different grating densities under normal and low protein diets. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 53, 467-471.

Federal Grants

King, A. R. (7/04 - 7/07). Graduate Psychology Education Program. Department of Health & Human Services (Grant #D40YHP02596-01-00), $625,282.

King, A.R. & Mann, W. (7/91 - 7/94). Collaborative family practice behavioral training.
Department of Health & Human Services (Grant #1D15PE18077-01), $211,000.

Former Doctoral Students

Patrick L. Kerr, Ph.D.
Cortisol Response of Non-Suicidal Injurers Versus Non-Self-Injurers (Project co-chaired with Jennifer Muehlenkamp, Ph.D.)

Joel D. Deloy, Ph.D.
Patterns of Relationship Satisfaction and Sexual Behavior as a Function of Pornography Usage Among College Men

Hanna C. Rue, Ph.D.
Teaching Educators Functional Assessment Procedures (2006) 

Erin Haugen, Ph.D.
Maternal Psychiatric Disturbance at Eight Weeks PostPartum and Its Relation to Personal, Child and Family Functioning at Two to Three Years PostPartum (2006)

Matthew D. Bailly, Ph.D.
Laboratory-induced aggression among participants with and without a history of alcohol-related aggression (2005)

Ryan D. Hartmann, Ph.D.
Social anxiety and the recognition of auditory and visual emotional cues (2005)

Jason A. McCray, Ph.D.
The effects of exposure to images of the muscular ideal on body image and muscularity concerns in men (2004)

Scott D. Guldseth, Ph.D.
White racial identification as a predictor of prejudice in simulated criminal sentencing (2002)

Lori A. Shaleen, Ph.D.
A comparative study of outpatient treatments for individuals with serious mental illness (2001)

David A. Jackson, Ph.D.
The negative halo effect of oppositional defiant behavior on teacher ratings of ADHD: Impact of child gender (2000)

Jennifer B. McDermott, Ph.D.
Relationship between women’s perception of sexual assault risk and sexual abuse history (2000)

Allison N. Pate, Ph.D.
Social judgment tendencies as a function of MCMI-II and CATI personality variables (1999)

Bette Bakke, Ph.D.
Relationships between early parent-child variables and later psychological adjustment among female adult children of alcoholics and controls (1995)

Eric M. Anderson, Ph.D.
Stress and its correlates: An empirical investigation among North Dakota peace officers (1994)

Mary K. Zielinski, Ph.D.
The relationships between parental restrictions and the occurrence of aggressive behavior in pre-adolescent males (1993)

Claudette M. Richter-Reno, Ph.D.
comparison of inpatient and outpatient treatment programs for bulimia nervosa (1992)

Frederick P. List, Ph.D.
Interpersonal perception in MMPI-2 defined sociopathic females: An examination of the effects of partner gender on impression accuracy and self-perception (1992) 

Prior Thesis Projects

Jessica Mugge (2008). The effects of violent video games on aggression in bullied versus non-bullied college students.

Lisa Bemus (2007). Relationships between developmental factors and alcohol expectancies and consumption.

Patrick Kerr (2005).  Planning ability components of executive functioning in women with a history of self-harm behavior and suicidality

Brian Moe (2005).  Childhood physical, sexual and domestic abuse predictors of adult MMPI-2 psychiatric symptomatology

Julie Grieves (2004). Relationships between creative identity, creative behavior, pleasant
events and mood disturbance among college students

Ryan Hartmann (2002). The effects of instructional set on laboratory-induced
aggression among participants with MCMI-II Scale 4 elevations and controls

Matt Bailly (2001). Alcohol effects on laboratory-induced aggression among
participants with and without MCMI-II aggressive-sadistic high point profiles

Jason McCray (2001). Math anxiety, performance and self efficacy from a
constructivist perspective

Scott Guldseth (1998). Relationships betweent the Family Environment Scale (FES) and
measures of academic performance among ethnic minority college students

David Jackson (1998). Personality disorder predictors of spontaneous remission of depression among college students

Lori Shaleen (1998). The Interactive Social Anxiety Thoughts Questionnaire (ISAT):
Reliability and validity assessment

Margaret Donovan (1995). The effects of premarital discussion of common marital conflict areas on martial satisfaction

Eric M. Anderson (1992). Prediction of recidivism among North Dakota probated felons

Raymond List (1991). Friendships of ACOAs and non-ACOAs: A study of differences in
degree of closeness

Marianne M. Schumacher (1990). Personality characteristics of adult children of alcoholics compared to control subjects

Bette Bakke (1989). Cognitive functioning of male adult children of alcoholics and control subjects while under the influence of acute alcohol intoxication

Donna Greifer (1989). The effects of mood state and gender on interpersonal impression
accuracy

Frederick P. List (1989). Impression accuracy: Gender differences and relationships to
psychopathology

Prior Honors Thesis Projects

Brian Moe (2001). Childhood exposure to physical abuse as a predictor of laboratory-
induced aggression responses

Patricia Hunter (1997). Effects of family conflict and eating disorders on depression

Robin Michael (1992). Impression accuracy as related to social behaviors

Sally Vanderstrom (1991). Psychometric indicators of psychopathology among hospitalized alcoholics with and without family histories of chemical dependency

William Kratzer (1989). Relationships between MMPI subscale scores and attitudes toward abortion

Thomas Ellenbecker (1989). Effect of beliefs and attitudes toward art on mood alteration
resulting from artistic expression