{"id":23,"date":"2026-06-27T11:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T15:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:56:32","slug":"welcome-to-the-personality-psychopathology-and-psychometrics-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/251\/2026\/06\/cropped-AdobeStock_111353157-scaled-1-e1782576180595.jpeg\" alt=\"tape measure\">\n  <div class=\"text-overlay\">Welcome to the Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychometrics Lab<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychometrics Laboratory, we pursue two interrelated programs of research broadly relevant to measurement of and theory related to personality and psychopathology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Structure of Personality and Psychopathology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We conduct research aimed at better understanding the phenotypic description and structure of personality and psychopathology, especially as related to personality pathology and the mood and anxiety disorders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assessment and Psychometrics Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We conduct applied psychometric research designed to create, improve upon, or evaluate psychological assessment tools.&nbsp; In addition, we are interested in research aiming to translate the above line of research into clinically and practically useful applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Follow our Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Leonard-Simms\">ResearchGate<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;oi=ao&amp;user=MIsjDhUAAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> <strong>| <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=leonard%20simms\">PubMed<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:ljsimms@buffalo.edu\"><strong>Email<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/2026\/07\/19\/its-time-to-test-the-likert-scale\/\">It&#8217;s time to test the Likert scale<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">University at Buffalo psychologist&#8217;s research suggest that a response format should be given as much thought as the test itself. &#8230; <a title=\"It&#8217;s time to test the Likert scale\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/2026\/07\/19\/its-time-to-test-the-likert-scale\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s time to test the Likert scale\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychometrics Lab What we do? In the Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychometrics Laboratory, we pursue two interrelated programs of research broadly relevant to measurement of &#8230; <a title=\"Home\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Home\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":678,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/3plab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}