Paul D. Werner, PhD

Specialties and Interests

• Personality and family assessment
• Research on clinical decision making
• Psychology and social issues
• Program evaluation
• Research methodology

Programs and Research Projects

• PhD program in clinical psychology
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• Family assessment; co-author of the California Inventory for Family Assessment (CIFA)
• Research on clinical decision making about dangerousness -- Research on population and family planning (e.g., attitudes and beliefs concerning abortion)
• Research on the experience of music; co-author of the Music Experience Questionnaire
• Research on gender roles
• Research on personality and clinical assessment

Courses Taught

• Psychometrics, statistics and research design
• Research cluster on assessment, families and social issues
• Advanced statistics
• Psychometric theory
• Introduction to professional psychology

Selected Publications

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• Werner, P. D., Swope, A. J., & Heide, F. J. (2006). The Music Experience Questionnaire: Development and correlates.  Journal of Psychology, 140, 329-345.
• Werner, P. D., Green, R.-J., Greenberg, J., Browne, T. L., & McKenna, T. E. (2001).  Beyond “enmeshment”: Evidence for the independence of intrusiveness and closeness-caregiving in married couples.  Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27, 459-471.
• Lewinsohn, M. L., & Werner, P. D. (1997). Factors in Chinese marital process: Relationship to marital adjustment. Family Process, 36, 43-61.
• Werner, P. D. (1993). A Q-Sort measure of beliefs about abortion. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 53, 513-521.
• Cooper, R. P., & Werner, P. D. (1990). Predicting violence in newly admitted inmates: A lens model analysis of staff decision making. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 17, 431-447.
• Werner, P. D. (1988). Personality correlates of reproductive knowledge. Journal of Sex Research, 25, 219-234.
• Werner, P. D., & Pervin, L. A. (1986). The content of personality inventory items. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 622-628.
• Werner, P. D., & Roy, P. J. (1985). Measuring activism regarding the nuclear arms race. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49, 181-186.
• Werner, P. D., & LaRussa, G. W. (1985). Persistence and change in sex role stereotypes. Sex Roles, 12, 1089-1100.
• Werner, P. D., Rose, T. L., & Yesavage, J. A. (1983). Reliability, accuracy, and decision-making strategy in clinical predictions of imminent dangerousness. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 51, 815- 825.
• Werner, P. D. (1978). Personality and attitude-activism correspondence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 1375-1390.

Recent Dissertations Chaired

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• Wigren, P. E. (2006). Waking and dream affect during pregnancy and their relationship to obstetrical variables.
• Lanes, E. (2005). Identification of variables associated with conditional release outcome for mentally disordered offenders.
• Orren, P. M. (2003). The effects of brief wilderness therapy programs in relation to adolescent participants' ethnicity.
• Spradling, G. M. (2000). The moderating effect of hardiness on the relationship between marital stress and satisfaction in older adults.
• Okuda, C. (1998). Rorschach responses as a function of language among Japanese bilinguals.

Professional Activities

• Consulting in the area of research and assessment
• Program evaluation

Professional Licenses, Certifications and Honors

• Licensed Psychologist (License # Psy7408)
• Fellow of the American Psychological Association
• Fellow of the American Psychological Society
• Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment
• Fellow of the Western Psychological Association

Degrees

• BA, Psychology, New York University, New York, NY (1969)
• MA, Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA (1972)
• PhD, Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA (1976)