Research Interests

• Cross-cultural personality development 

• Cross-ethnic measurement equivalence

• Stereotype processing and social cognition

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 Blumentritt, T. L. (2010). Is higher better? A review and analysis of postconventional ego functioning. In A. H. Pfaffenberger, P. W. Marko, & A. Combs (Eds.), The postconventional personality: Perspectives on higher development. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. In press.     

 Blumentritt, T. L., & Oyster, C. K. (2010). Right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and prejudice: A cross-ethnic replication. Under revision.

     Blumentritt, T. L. (2010).  Canonical correlation analysis. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.     

     Blumentritt, T. L. (2008). Personality tests. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology (pp.780-786). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

     Blumentritt, T. L. (2007). Depressive phenomenology in Hispanic American youth.  In T.C. Rhodes (Ed.), Focus on Adolescent Behavior Research (pp.171-190).  Hauppauge, NY:  Nova Science Publishers.

     VanVoorhis Wilson, C. R. & Blumentritt, T. L. (2007). Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory II in a clinically-identified sample of Mexican American adolescents. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16, 789-798.

     Blumentritt, T. L. & Heredia, R. R. (2005). Stereotype processing and non-literal language. In H. A. Colston & A. Katz (Eds.). Social and cultural factors involved in language processing and products. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

     Blumentritt, T. L., & VanVoorhis Wilson, C. R. (2004). The Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory: Is it reliable and valid for Mexican American youth? Journal of Personality Assessment, 83, 64-74.

     Blumentritt, T. L., Angle, R. A., & Brown, J. M. (2004). MACI personality patterns and DSM-IV symptomatology in a sample of troubled Mexican-American youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13, 163-178.

     Heredia, R. & Blumentritt, T.L. (2002). On-line processing of social stereotypes during spoken language comprehension. Experimental Psychology, 49, 1-14.

     Novy, D.M., Nelson, D.V., Gaa, A., Blumentritt, T. & Hetzel, R. (1998). The relationship of cognitive processes and ego development with adjustment to chronic pain. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 3, 285-298.

     Novy, D. M.., Blumentritt, T.L., Nelson, D.V., & Gaa, A. (1997). The Washington University Sentence Completion Test: Are the halves alternate forms? Are the female and male forms comparable? Journal of Personality Assessment, 68, 616-627.

     Blumentritt, T., Novy, D.M., Gaa, J.P., & Liberman, D. (1996). The effects of maximum performance instructions on the Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development. Journal of Personality Assessment, 67, 78-89.

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Scholarly Presentations

 Blumentritt, T.L. (2008, Dec). Depressive phenomenology among Hispanic female youth.  Presentation given at UW-L Annual Faculty Research Day, La Crosse, WI. 

     Blumentritt, T.L. (2006, May). Differentiation of self and marital satisfaction among married Mexican American college students. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, New York, NY.

     Blumentritt, T.L., & VanVoorhis Wilson, C. (2005, May). Social dominance orientation, right wing authoritarianism and prejudice in a Mexican American college sample. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.

     Blumentritt, T.L., & VanVoorhis Wilson, C. (2004, May). The Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory: Is it reliable and valid for Mexican American youth? Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, Chicago, IL.

     VanVoorhis Wilson, C., & Blumentritt, T. L. (2004, April). Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in a Mexican American population. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

     Blumentritt, T.L., Angle, R., & Brown, J. (2001, March). Personality variables and DSM-IV symptomology among Mexican-American youth. Paper presented at the National Counseling Psychology Conference, Houston, Texas.

     Heredia, R. & Blumentritt, T. L. (1999, November). On-line processing of stereotypes during spoken language: A moment-to-moment processing approach. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Los Angeles, CA.

     Blumentritt, T. L., Angle, R. A., Hernandez, J. (1997, March). Substance abuse on the Texas-Mexico border. Paper presented at the Counseling and Psychotherapy on the Border Conference, Texas A & M International University, Laredo, Texas.

     Blumentritt, T. (1995, March). The effects of maximum performance instructions on the Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development. Paper presented at the Houston Symposium for Research in Educational Psychology, Houston, Texas.

     Blumentritt, T., Sarid, A., & Swank, P. (1994, April). Assumptive world theory and its relation to psychological trauma. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

     Angle, R., Blumentritt, T., & Swank, P. (1994, April). The Pet Bonding Scale: Internal reliability and factorial validity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

     Blumentritt, T., Gaa, J.P., Liberman, D., & Novy, D. (1994, March). An investigation of the sequentiality of ego development levels. Paper presented at the Houston Symposium for Research in Educational Psychology, Houston, Texas.

     Blumentritt, T., Gaa, J.P., Liberman, D., & Hawkins, J. (1993, April). The relation between sex role identity and ego development. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Corpus Christi, Texas.

     Blumentritt, T., Gaa, J.P., Liberman, D., & Hawkins, J.D. (1993, March). Sex role identity and ego development. Paper presented at the Houston Symposium for Research in Educational Psychology, Houston, Texas.

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