Timothy J. Trull

Timothy J. Trull
Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Byler Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences
TrullT@missouri.edu
Research Interests

My research interests are in the areas of diagnosis and classification of mental disorders, personality disorders (particularly borderline personality disorder), substance use disorders, psychometrics and clinical assessment, the relationship between personality and psychopathology, professional issues in clinical psychology, affective instability, emotional dysregulation, and ambulatory assessment methods.

Education
  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology University of Kentucky, Lexington
  • M.A. in Clinical Psychology Unviersity of Kentucky, Lexington
  • B.A. in Psychology Baylor University
Awards
  • Semi-Finalist, The Mood Challenge for ResearchKit: A New Venture Fund Program Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2016
  • Curators’ Distinguished Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia. 2011-present
  • Byler Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia. 2011-present
  • Distinguished Research Award on Borderline Personality Disorder, European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (July, 2010).
  • Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of Psychological Sciences, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia.  (2006-2009).
  • MU Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, University of Missouri-Columbia. (2007).
  • Fellow, American Psychological Society (2003-present), American Psychological Association, Division 5, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics (2007-present), Division 12, Society for Clinical Psychology (2011-present).
  • Contributor to the MacArthur Data-Reanalysis Project for Personality Disorders for DSM-IV.
  • Outstanding Alumnus, University of Kentucky, 2002
  • Robert S. Daniels Junior Faculty Teaching Award, 1993; Psi Chi Professor of the Year, 1992-1993.
  • Distinguished Performance, Doctoral Qualifying Examination, University of Kentucky, 1985.
Publication

Hoffman, M., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Estimating transdiagnostic symptom networks: The problem of “skip outs” in diagnostic interviews. Psychological Assessment.

Carpenter, R. W., Tragesser, S. L., Lane, S. P., & Trull, T. J. (in press). Momentary assessment of everyday physical pain in outpatients with borderline personality disorder. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Leah S. Richmond-Rakerd, Timothy J. Trull, Ian R. Gizer, Kristin McLaughlin, Emily Scheiderer , Elliot Nelson, Arpana Agrawal, Pamela A.F. Madden, Nicholas G. Martin, Dixie Statham, Andrew Heath, Michael T. Lynskey.  (in press). Common genetic contributions to non-suicidal self-injury, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt. Manuscript submitted for publication. Psychological Medicine.

Trull, T. J. (2018). Ambulatory Assessment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Psychopathology. DOI: 10.1159/000486604. Published online February 22, 2018.

Hoffman, M., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (in press). Criteria Definitions and Network Relations: The Importance of Criterion Thresholds. Clinical Psychological Science,

Hepp, J., Lane, S. P., Wycoff, A., & Trull, T. J. (2018). Interpersonal stressors and negative affect in individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder and community adults in daily life: a replication and extension. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127, 183-189.

Carpenter, R. W., Trela, C. J., Lane, S. P., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2017). Elevated rate of alcohol consumption in borderline personality disorder patients in daily life. Psychopharmacology, 234, 3395–3406.

Helle, A. C., Trull, T. J., Widiger, T. A., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N. (2017). Utilizing Multi-method Assessment of the Five-Factor Model to Examine Convergence with the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 8, 247-254.

Hepp, J., Lane, S. P., Carpenter, R. W., Niedtfeld, I., Brown, W. C,, & Trull, T. J. (2017). Interpersonal problems and negative affect in Borderline Personality and Depressive Disorder individuals’ daily lives. Clinical Psychological Science, 5, 470-484.

Maciejewski, D. F., Renteria, M. E., Abdellaoui, A., Medland, S. E., Few, L. R., Gordon, S. D., Agrawal, A., Madden, P. A. F., Montgomery, G., Trull, T. J., Heath, A. C., Statham, D. J., Martin, N. G., Zietsch, B. P., & Verweij, K. J. H. (2017). The association of genetic predisposition to depressive symptoms with non-suicidal and suicidal self-injuries. Behavior Genetics, 47(1), 3-10. PMCID: PMC5222948

Trull, T. J., Wycoff, A. M., Lane, S. P., Carpenter, R. W., & Brown, W. C. (2016). Cannabis and Alcohol Use, Affect, and Impulsivity in Psychiatric Outpatients’ Daily Lives. Addiction, 111, 2052-2059. PMCID: PMC5056804 DOI: 10.1111/add.13471

Few, L.R., Grant, J.D., Nelson, E.C., Trull, T.J., Grucza, R.A., Bucholz, K.K., Verweij, K.J.H., Martin, N.G., Statham, D., Madden, P.A.F., Heath, A.C., Lynskey, M.T., & Agrawal, A. (2016). Cannabis involvement and non-suicidal self-injury: A discordant twin approach. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77, 873-880.

Carpenter, R. W., Wycoff, A. M., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Ambulatory Assessment: New adventures in characterizing dynamic processes. Assessment, 23, 414-424.

Helle, A. C., Trull, T. J., Widiger, T. A., Mullins-Sweatt, S. N. (2016). Utilizing Multi-method Assessment of the Five-Factor Model to Examine Convergence with the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment,

Hepp, J., Carpenter, R. W., Lane, S. P., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Momentary symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder as a function of trait personality and social context. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 7, 384-393.

Carpenter, R. W., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and lifetime substance use disorders in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Personality Disorders, 30, 336-350.

Houben, M., Bohus, M., Santangelo, P., Ebner-Priemer, U., Trull, T., & Kuppens, P. (2016). The Specificity of Emotional Switching in Borderline Personality Disorder in Comparison to Other Clinical Groups. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 7, 198-204.

Lane, S. P., Carpenter, R. W., Sher, K. J., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Alcohol Craving and Consumption in Borderline Personality Disorder: When, Where, and with Whom. Clinical Psychological Science, 4, 775-792.

Few, L. R., Miller , J. D., Grant, J. D., Maples, J., Trull, T. J.,  Nelson, E. C., Oltmanns, T. F., Martin, N. G., Lynskey, M. T., & Agrawal, A. (2016). Trait-based assessment of borderline personality disorder using the NEO Five-Factor Inventory: Phenotypic and genetic support. Psychological Assessment, 28, 39-50.

Scheiderer, E. M., Wang, T., Tomko, R. L., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2016). Negative Affect Instability among Individuals with Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Clinical Psychological Science, 4, 67-81.

Few, L., Werner, K., Sartor, C., Trull, T., Nock, M., Bucholz, K., Dietz, S., Glowinski, A., Martin, N., Statham, D., Heath, A., Lynskey, M., Agrawal, A. (2015). Early onset alcohol use and self-harm: A discordant twin analysis. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 2134-2142.

Schermer, J. A., Martin, R. A., Martin, N. G., Lynskey, M. T., Trull, T. J., Vernon, P. A. (2015). Humor styles and borderline personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 158-161.

Scheiderer, E. M., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2015). The Comorbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Role of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 2015, 2:11 DOI: 10.1186/s40479-015-0032-y URL: http://www.bpded.com/content/2/1/11

Tomko, R. L., Lane, S. P., Pronove, L. M., Treloar, H. R., Brown, W. C., Solhan, M. B., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2015). Undifferentiated Negative Affect and Impulsivity in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Momentary Perspective. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124, 740-753.

Few, L. R., Miller , J. D., Grant, J. D., Maples, J., Trull, T. J., Nelson, E. C., Oltmanns, T. F., Martin, N. G., Lynskey, M. T., & Agrawal, A. (in press). Trait-based assessment of borderline personality disorder using the NEO Five-Factor Inventory: Phenotypic and genetic support. Psychological Assessment

Few, L. R., Sloan, C. A., Statham, D. J., Martin, N. G., Trull, T. J., Lynskey, M. T., & Agrawal, A. (in press). Non-heterosexual identity and risk for substance use disorders: the mediating role of borderline personality disorder features. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

Delforterie, M. J., Lynskey, M., Huizink, M.A.C., Creemers, H. E., Few, L. R., Glowinski, A. L., Statham. D. J., Trull, T. J., Bucholz, K. K., Madden, P. A. F., Martin, N. G., Heath, A. C., & Agrawal, A. (2015). The relationship between cannabis involvement and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 150, 98-104.

Scheiderer, E. M., Wang, T., Tomko, R. L., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (in press). Negative Affect Instability among Individuals with Comorbid Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Clinical Psychological Science.

Carpenter, R. W., & Trull, T. J. (2015). The pain paradox: Borderline personality disorder features, self-harm history, and the experience of pain. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 6, 141-151.

Carpenter, R. W., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (in press). Comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and lifetime substance use disorders in a nationally representative sample. Journal of Personality Disorders.

Trull, T. J., Lane, S. P., Koval, P., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2015). Affective dynamics and psychopathology. Emotion Review, 7, 355-361.

Vergés, A., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Personality Disorders and the Persistence of Axis I Disorders: A Reanalysis of published NESARC Findings. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 809-820.

Trull, T. J., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2014). The role of ambulatory assessment in psychological science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23, 466-470.

Few, L. R., Grant, J. D., Trull, T. J., Statham, D. J., Martin, N. G., Lynskey, M. T., & Agrawal, A. (2014). Genetic variation in personality traits explains genetic overlap between borderline personality features and substance use disorders. Addiction, 109, 2118-2127.

Santangelo, P., Prill, T., Reinhard, I., Mussgay, L., Steil, R., Sawitzki, G., Klein, C., Trull, T. J., Bohus, M., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2014). Specificity of affective instability in patients with Borderline Personality Disorder compared to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, and Healthy Controls. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 258-272.

Tomko, R. L., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Characteristics of borderline personality disorder in a community sample: Comorbidity, treatment utilization, and general functioning. Journal of Personality Disorders, 28, 734-750.

Vergés, A., Kushner, M. G., Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Trull, T. J., Lane, S. P., & Sher, K. J. (2014). Personality disorders and the persistence of anxiety disorders: Evidence of a time-of-measurement effect in NESARC. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28, 178-186.

Tomko, R. L., Solhan, M. B., Carpenter, R. W., Brown, W. C., Jahng, S., Wood, P. K., & Trull, T. J. (2014). Measuring Impulsivity in Daily Life: The Momentary Impulsivity Scale (MIS). Psychological Assessment, 26, 339-349.

Panagopoulos, V.N., Trull, T.J., Glowinski, A.L., Lynskey, M. T., Heath, A.C., Agrawal, A., Henders, A. K., Wallace, L., Todorov, A.A., Madden, P.A.F., Moore, E., Degenhardt, L., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G. W., & Nelson, E.C. (2013). Examining the Association of NRXN3 SNPs with Borderline Personality Disorder Phenotypes in Heroin Dependent Cases and Socio-economically Disadvantaged Controls. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 128, 187-193.

Trull, T. J., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2013). Ambulatory assessment. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 9, 151-176.

Carpenter, R. W., Tomko, R. L, Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2013). Gene-Environment Studies and Borderline Personality Disorder. Current Psychiatry Reports, 15, 336.

Carpenter, R. W., & Trull, T. J. (2013). Components of emotion dysregulation in Borderline Personality Disorder: A review. Current Psychiatry Reports, 15, 335.

Distel, M. A., Roeling, M. P., Tielbeek, J., van Toor, D., Derom, C. A., Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2012). The covariation of trait anger and borderline personality: A bivariate twin-siblings study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 458-466.

Vergés, A. Jackson, K. M., Bucholz, K. K., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2012). Deconstructing the age-prevalence curve of alcohol use disorders: Why “maturing out is only a small piece of the puzzle. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 511-523.

Jahng, S., Solhan, M. B., Tomko, R., Wood, P. K., Piasecki, T. A., & Trull, T. J. (2011). Affect and alcohol use: An EMA study of Outpatients with borderline personality disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 572-584.

Jahng, S., Trull, T. J., Wood, P. K., Tragesser, S. L., Tomko, R., Grant, J. D., Bucholz, K. K., & Sher, K. J. (2011). Distinguishing General and Specific Personality Disorder Features and Implications for Substance Dependence Comorbidity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 656-669.

Distel, M. A., Middledorp, C. M., Trull, T. J., Derom, C. A., Willemsen, G., & Boomsma, D. I. (2011). Life events and borderline personality features: The influence of gene-environment interaction and gene-environment correlation. Psychological Medicine, 41, 849-860.

Trull, T. J., Distel, M. A., & Carpenter, R. W. (2010). DSM-V Borderline Personality Disorder at the Border Between a Dimensional and a Categorical View. Current Psychiatry Reports, 13, 43-49.

Trull, T. J., Tomko, R. L., Brown, W. C., & Scheiderer, E. M. (2010). Borderline personality disorder in 3-D: Dimensions, symptoms, and measurement challenges. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11, 1057-1069.

Verges, A., Steinley, D., Trull, T. J., & Sher, K. J. (2010). It’s the Algorithm! Why Differential Rates of Chronicity and Comorbidity are Not Evidence for the Validity of the Abuse-Dependence Distinction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 650-661.

Trull, T.J., Jahng, S., Tomko, R. L., Wood, P. K., & Sher, K. J. (2010). Revised NESARC Personality Disorder Diagnoses: Gender, Prevalence, and Comorbidity with Substance Dependence Disorders. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, 412-426.

Distel, M. A., Willemsen, G., Ligthart, L., Derom, C., Martin, N. G., Neale, M. C., Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2010). Genetic covariance structure of the four main features of borderline personality disorder. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, 427-444.

Trull, T. J., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2009). Using Experience Sampling Methods/Ecological Momentary Assessment (ESM/EMA) in Clinical Assessment and Clinical Research: Introduction to the Special Section. Psychological Assessment, 21, 457-462.

Ebner-Priemer, U. W., & Trull, T. (2009). Ecological momentary assessment of mood disorders and mood dysregulation. Psychological Assessment, 21, 463-475.

Distel, M. A., Trull, T. J., Vink, J. M., Willemsen, G., Derom, C. A., Lynskey, M., Martin, N. G., & Boomsma, D. I. (2009). The five factor model of personality and borderline personality disorder: A genetic analysis of comorbidity. Biological Psychiatry, 66, 1131-1138.

Solhan, M. B., Trull, T. J., Jahng, S., & Wood, P.K. (2009). Clinical assessment of affective instability: Comparing EMA indices, questionnaire reports, and retrospective recall. Psychological Assessment, 21, 425-436.

Distel, M. A., Rebollo-Mesa, I., Willemsen, G., Derom, C. A., Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2009). Familial resemblance of borderline personality disorder features: Genetic or cultural transmission? PloS ONE, 4 (4), 1-8.

Ebner-Priemer, U. W., Eid, M., Stabenow, S., Kleindienst N., & Trull, T. (2009). Analytic strategies for understanding affective (in)stability and other dynamic processes in psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 195-202.

Distel, M. A., Hottenga, J. J., Trull, T. J., & Boomsma, D. I. (2008). Chromosome 9: Linkage for borderline personality disorder features. Psychiatric Genetics, 18, 302-307.

Jahng, S., Wood, P.K., & Trull, T.J. (2008). Analysis of affective instability in EMA: Indices using successive difference and group comparison via multilevel modeling. Psychological Methods, 13, 345-375.

Trull, T. J., Solhan, M. B., Tragesser, S. L., Jahng, S., Wood, P. K., Piasecki, T. M., & Watson, D. (2008). Affective instability: Measuring a core feature of borderline personality disorder with ecological momentary assessment. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 647-661.

Trull, T. J., & Durrett, C. (2005). Categorical and dimensional models of personality disorders. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 1, 355-380.