Performance-Based Personality Assessment and the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders An Integrative Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

This innovative guide integrates the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) with performance-based personality testing, formerly called projective testing, to showcase the unique contribution and utility of these tests when evaluating personality pathology. Contributors include international experts on personality assessment, some of whom developed the instruments themselves. The volume reviews conceptual foundations and available empirical research to identify key areas for further study. Vivid, extended case examples illustrate ways to use performance-based assessment data to guide AMPD formulations at varying levels of personality pathology severity and in specialized practice settings. 

Steven K. Huprich, PhD, ABPP, retired as a professor of psychology in 2025 after 26 years in higher education, and is currently Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Western Michigan University. He is also Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Mind and Personality in Northville, Michigan. Board certified in clinical psychology, Dr. Huprich has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers and 24 book chapters, as well as several books. He has served as President of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Editor of the Journal of Personality Assessment, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders. Dr. Huprich is the recipient of the Theodore Millon Mid-Career Award in Personality Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation, among other honors. He is a Fellow of Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) and Division 29 (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association, and a Fellow of the Society for Personality Assessment.

John T. Rucker, PsyD, is an early-career researcher and licensed psychologist. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program at The Austen Riggs Center and a psychoanalyst-in-training at the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Rucker additionally holds a position as Clinical Affiliate Assistant Professor within the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Baylor College of Medicine. He has published several peer-reviewed papers on topics including psychological assessment, performance-based personality testing, personality pathology, and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
 

Introduction, Steven K. Huprich & John T. Rucker
I. Introduction to Performance-Based Assessment and the AMPD
1. The Value of Performance-Based Personality Measures in Multimethod Assessment of the AMPD, Robert F. Bornstein
2. The Performance-Based Assessment of Severity and Style within the AMPD, Christopher J. Hopwood & Katie C. Lewis
3. Cultural Considerations for Performance-Based Personality Instruments and the AMPD, Adam P. Natoli, Caroline F. Carmody, & Chloe Rodriguez
II. Assessment Instruments
4. Using the Rorschach Performance Assessment System for AMPD Ratings, Mark H. Waugh
5. Broadening AMPD Findings with the Rorschach Comprehensive System--Revised, Kari Carstairs, Patrick Fontan, & Maria Fiorella Gazale
6. Using the Thematic Apperception Test for AMPD-Informed Assessment, Katie C. Lewis, Caleb J. Siefert, & Jeremy M. Ridenour
7. Using the Sentence Completion Method to Assess the AMPD, John T. Rucker
8. Using the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System for AMPD Ratings, Anna Buchheim, Manuela Gander, & Carol George
9. Using the Crisi Wartegg System and Human Figure Drawings for AMPD Ratings, Alessandro Crisi, William C. Guy, Reem Eissa, Jacob A. Palm, & Steven K. Huprich
III. Applications
10. Performance-Based Personality Assessment and the AMPD with Moderate Personality Pathology: A Case Example, Laura M. Harvey, William Orme, & George Bombel
11. Performance-Based Personality Assessment and the AMPD with Severe Personality Disorder: A Case Example, Steven K. Huprich & Elsa Ronningstam
12. Performance-Based Personality Assessment and the AMPD with Extreme Personality Pathology: A Case Example, Jeremy M. Ridenour & Mark J. Hayden
IV. Special Considerations
13. Assessing the Impact of Trauma on Personality Functioning through Performance-Based Tests: Beyond the Binary: A Case Example, Lindsey R. Hogan & Shweta Sharma
14. Performance-Based Personality Assessment with Children and Adolescents Using the AMPD: A Case Example, Benjamin Berry 
15. Performance-Based Personality Assessment and the AMPD with Neuropsychological Testing: A Case Example, Jed Yalof
16. Performance-Based Personality Assessment and the AMPD with Psychosis: A Case Example, Stuart Weir and J. Christopher Fowler
17. Forensic Family Law Assessment with Performance-Based Personality Assessment Instruments and the AMPD: A Case Example, Larry M. Friedberg
Index

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