Donald R. Lynam
Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
525
Citations
48,075
Est. group size
~3
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
52
Publishing since 1975
Donald R. Lynam studies personality and its disordered forms, with particular focus on traits like narcissism, psychopathy, and antagonism, and how these relate to aggression, sexual offending, and other harmful behaviors. His work also examines how psychologists measure these traits, including debates over questionable research practices and statistical methods (like 'partialing') used in personality research. Much of this research involves developing and validating psychological assessment tools across different cultures and populations.
Publication output was fairly steady at 25-37 papers per year from 2017-2023, dipped in 2024, then rebounded sharply to 38 in 2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- The “dark triad” may be popular, but more importantly, it is irresponsible, moralizing, trivializing, and ultimately replaceable: Reply to Borráz-León et al. (2026).
Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science · 2026
- The Perils of Partialing Optimism: Relationships with Personality and Health
2026
- Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Short Form of the Five‐Factor Narcissism Inventory
Personality and Mental Health · 2026
- Self-reports of personality functioning and depression are practically fungible. A commentary on Kerber et al. (2026)
2026
- Questionable research practices violate the American Psychological Association’s Code of Ethics.
Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science · 2025
- It is past time to abandon the term “dark” as a descriptor of antagonistic traits.
Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science · 2025
- Comparison of self-report data validity in undergraduate samples using remote versus in-person administration methods.
Psychological Assessment · 2025
- Comparing the Comprehensibility of Personality Measures Used to Measure New Diagnostic Approaches to Personality Disorders
Journal of Personality Assessment · 2025
- Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Daily Life: An Exploratory Experience‐Sampling Method Study
Aggressive Behavior · 2025
- Validating the Structure of Narcissism: A Replication and Extension of Crowe et al. (2019)
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment · 2025
- The Relation Between Psychopathy and Sexual Aggression: A Meta‐Analysis
Journal of Personality · 2025
- Perils of Partialing: Can Scholars Predict Residualized Variables' Nomological Nets?
Journal of Personality · 2025
- Additive and Interactive Relations of Personality and Cognition With Externalizing Behaviors
Clinical Psychological Science · 2025
- Perils of Partialing: Can Scholars Predict Residualized Variables' Nomological Nets?
Journal of Personality · 2025
- Elemental psychopathy assessment’s nomological net: A meta-analytic review.
Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment · 2025
- Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment×28
- Journal of Personality×20
- Assessment×16
- Journal of Personality Disorders×10
- Psychological Assessment×9
- Tianwei V. Du
Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Douglas B. Samuel
Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Caroline Balling
Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Susan C. South
Psychology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Jennifer S. Cheavens
Psychology · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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