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Curriculum Vitae
Abbreviated

Pavel Blagov, PhD

Education and Credentials

Licensed Psychologist, WA
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Emory University
Predoctoral Internship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Graduate Work in Clinical Psychology, York University, Ontario 
B.A. summa cum laude in Psychology and Neuroscience/Neurochemistry, Connecticut College

Research Interests

Classification and diagnosis of personality pathology
Psychometric properties of the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure
Motivational constraits on decision making
Motivational aspects of autobiographical memory

Courses Taught

Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Psychology as a Natural Science
Introduction to Psychology as a Social Science
Research Methods in Psychology
Research Methods in Psychometrics
Research Methods in Personality
Personality Theories
Abnormal Psychology
Psychology and Law
Applied Psychology and Psychology Practicum
Science of Sexual Orientation

Journal Articles

Blagov, P.S., Patrick, C.J., Oost, K.M., Goodman, J.A., & Pugh, A.T. (2015). Triarchic Psychopathy Measure: Validity in relation to normal-range traits, personality pathology, and psychological adjustment. Journal of Personality Disorders. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2105_29_182

Westen, D., Waller, N., Shedler, J. & Blagov, P.S. (2014). Dimensions of personality and personality pathology: Factor structure of the Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure-II (SWAP-II). Journal of Personality Disorders, 28(2), 281-318.

Singer, J.A., Blagov, P.S., Berry, M., & Oost, K.M. (2013). Self-defining memories, scripts, and the life story: Narrative identity in personality and psychotherapy. Journal of Personality, 81(6), 569-582.

Blagov, P.S., Bi, W., Shedler, J., & Westen, D. (2012). The Shedler-Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP): Evaluating psychometric questions about its reliability, validity, and impact of its fixed score distribution. Assessment. doi: 10.1177/1073191112436667

Blagov, P.S., Patrick, C.J., Lilienfeld, S.O., Powers, A.D., Phifer, J.E., Venables, N., et al. (2011, July 25). Personality constellations in incarcerated psychopathic men. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, & Treatment. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0023908

Blagov, P.S., & Westen, D. (2008). Questioning the coherence of Histrionic Personality Disorder: Personality subtypes in adults and adolescents. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 169 (11), 785-797.

Blagov, P.S., Bradley, R., & Westen, D. (2007). Under the Axis II radar: Clinically relevant personality constellations that escape DSM-IV diagnosis. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195 (6), 477-483.

Westen, D., Blagov, P.S., Harenski, K., Kilts, C., & Hamann, S. (2006). Neural bases of motivated reasoning: An fMRI study of emotional constraints on partisan political judgment in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(11), 1947-1958.

Blagov, P.S., & Singer, J.A. (2004). Four empirically derived dimensions of self-defining autobiographical memories (structure, meaning, content, and affect) and their relationships to social-emotional maturity, distress, and repressive defensiveness. Journal of Personality, 72, 481-511.

Book Chapters

Blagov, P.S., Goodman, J.A. (In press). Sex, gender, and sexual orientation in the assessment of affective disorders. In V. Brabender and J. Mihura (Eds.), Handbook of gender and sexuality in psychological assessment. New York, N.Y.: Routlege.

Blagov, P.S., Fowler, K., & Lilienfeld, S. (2007). Histrionic personality disorder. In W. O'Dononue, S. O. Lilienfeld, and K. A. Fowler (Eds.), Personality disorders: Toward DSM-V (pp. 203-232). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press.

Westen, D., & Blagov, P.S. (2007). A clinical-empirical model of emotion regulation:  From defenses and motivated reasoning to emotional constraint satisfaction.  In J. Gross (Ed.), Handbook of emotion regulation (pp. 373-392). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Westen, D., Gabbard, G., & Blagov, P. (2006).  Back to the future: Personality structure as a context for psychopathology.  In R. F. Krueger & J. L. Tackett (Eds.), Personality and psychopathology: Building bridges (pp. 335-384). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Singer, J.A., & Blagov, P.S. (2004). The integrative function of self-defining memories in the self-memory system and their use in individual psychotherapy. In L. Angus and J. McLeod (Eds.), The Handbook of Narrative and Psychotherapy: Practice, Theory, & Research (pp. 229-246). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press.

Singer, J.A., & Blagov, P.S. (2004). The integrative function of narrative processing: Autobiographical memory, self-defining memories and the life story of identity. In D. R. Beike, J. M. Lampinen, & D. A. Behrend (Eds.), The self and memory. New York, NY: The Psychology Press.

Presentations and Posters

Clark, J.E., Blagov, P.S., & Oost, K.M. (2012, May). The triarchic psychopathy model, adult attachment, and antisocial behavior in incarcerated men. Poster presented at the 24th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science in Chicago, IL.

Goodman, J.A., Schiller, E.M., & Blagov, P.S. (2012, April). Multiple stigmas in non-heterosexual adults: Incremental validity in predicting adjustment. Poster presented at the 92nd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association in San Francisco, CA.

Butler, P.J., Ulrickson, C., & Blagov, P.S. (2012, April). Incremental validity of sexual minority stigma in predicting mental health. Poster presented at the 92nd Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association in San Francisco, CA.

Blagov, P.S., Oost, K.M., & Zhou, H. (2011, May). Faculty job acceptance as a function of teaching load and competing factors. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science in Washington, DC.

Blagov, P.S., Oost, K.M., Schiller, E., & Goodman, J. (2011, April). Incremental validity of integrative narrative processing in predicting psychological adjustment. Poster presented at the 91st Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association in Los Angeles, CA.

Blagov, P.S., & Patrick, C.J. (2010, April). Two personality subtypes in highly psychopathic incarcerated men. Poster presented at the 90th Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association in Cancun, Mexico.

Blagov, P.S., & Westen, D. (2007, August). Subtyping adolescent Histrionic Personality Disorder yields overlap with borderline and psychopathic personality. Poster presented at the 115th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in San Francisco, CA.

Blagov, P.S., Peart, J., Fowler, K., Thompson-Brenner, H., Levin, L., & Westen, D. (2007, June). Partnering with clinicians to develop basic science: Personality subtypes of Axis I disorders and their implications for treatment. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research in Madison, WI.

Blagov, P.S., & Westen, D. (2006, August). Refining the histrionic diagnosis. Paper presented at the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association in New Orleans, LA.

Angus, L., Lewin, J., & Blagov, P.S. (2006, June). Transformative conversations: Differences in narrative process patterns and therapeutic outcomes for process experiential therapy of depression. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Westen, D., Blagov, P., Harenski, K., Kilts, C., & Hamann, S. (2006, February). An fMRI study of motivated reasoning: Partisan political reasoning in the U.S. Presidential Election. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Palm Springs, FL.

Blagov, P.S., & Westen, D. (2006, April). Refining the histrionic diagnosis and questioning its coherence. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Psychological Association in Atlanta, GA.

Blagov, P.S., & Westen, D. (2005, May). Neurotic styles: The case for a classification of “subthreshold” personality dysfunction. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Psychological Association in Atlanta, GA.

Westen, D., Kilts, C., Blagov, P., Harenski, K., & Hamann, S. (2005, May). The political brain: Partisans’ neural responses to threatening information about their candidate. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

Blagov, P.S., Westen, D., & Feit, A. (2004, July). Emotional constraint satisfaction in the impeachment and selection of Presidents. Poster presented at the 112th annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Honolulu, HI.

Lewin, J., Blagov, P.S., & Angus, L. (2003, November). Effective patterns of narrative processing in brief process experiential therapy. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Society for Psychotherapy Research in Newport, RI.

Singer, J.A., & Blagov, P.S. (2003, August). Self-defining memories: The link between memory and meaning in psychotherapy. Paper presented at the 111th Convention of the American Psychological Association in Toronto, Ontario.

Blagov, P.S., & Singer, J.A. (2003, February). The structure, meaning, content, and affect of self-defining autobiographical memories and their relationships to social-emotional maturity, distress, and defensiveness. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Los Angeles, CA.

Blagov, P.S., Singer, J. A., & Vergnani, M. (2002, March). Structure and meaning in autobiographical memories: A reliable scoring system. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Boston, MA.

Blagov, P.S., & Singer, J.A. (2000, October). Relationships between identity and social-emotional maturity: Self-defining memories, self-concept clarity, and self-restraint. Paper presented at the meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Lewiston, Maine.

Singer, J.A., & Blagov, P.S. (2000, June). Classification system and scoring manual for self-defining autobiographical memories. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Applied Research on Memory and Cognition, Miami Beach, FL.