William Chaplin, Ph.D. Dr. Chaplin has substantive interests in personality psychology and interests in issues involving psychometrics and the analysis of data, particularly in applied research. He is concerned with issues involving the analysis of change and the analysis of latent variables. In addition, he has worked on the appropriate analysis of data generated by designs that combine qualitative experimental variables with quantitative naturalistic ones.

Positions

• Associate Professor of Psychology, St. John's University, Queens, NY

Education

• Ph.D, 1981, University of Oregon, Psychology

Relevant Publications

• Chaplin, W. F., Davidson, K. W., Sparrow, V. M., Stuhr, J., Van Roosemalen, E., & Wallston, K. A. (2001). A psychometric and structural evaluation of the expanded Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale with a diverse sample of Caucasian/European, Native, and Black Canadian women. British Journal of Health Psychology, 6, 447-455.
• Floyd, M., Scogin, F., & Chaplin, W. F. (2004). The Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale: Factor structure, reliability, and validity with older adults. Aging and Mental Health, 8, 153-160.
• Chaplin, W. F. (in press). Factor analysis of personality measures. In B. Everitt & D. Howell (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Statistics. New York: Wiley.
• Roff, L. L., Burgio, L. D., Gitlin, L., Nichols, L., Chaplin, W., & Hardin, M. J. (2004). Positive aspects of Alzheimer's caregiving: The role of race. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 59, 185-190.
• Thorn, B. E., Clements, K. L., Ward, L. C., Dixon, K. E., Kersh, B. C., Boothby, J. L., & Chaplin, W. F. (2004). Personality factors in the explanation of sex differences in pain catastrophizing and response to experimental pain. Clinical Journal of Pain, 20, 275-282.