Papers

Under Review & In Preparation

Williams, T. F., Cowan, H. R., Shankman, S. A., Addington, J., Calkins, M. E., Martin, E. A., Shah, J. L., Strauss, G. P., Alameda, L., Lepage, M., Pratt, D. N., Arango, C., Bouix, S., Breitborde, N. J. K., Broome, M. R., Cadenhead, K. S., Castillo-Passi, R. I., Chen, E. Y. H., Choi, J., … Mittal, V. A. (2026). Transdiagnostic hierarchical symptom models in a clinical high risk for psychosis sample. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Williams, T. F., Moussa-Tooks, A. B., & Hajdúk, M. (2026). Paranoia’s complexity requires a broader perspective from researchers. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Huque, Z. M., O’Brien, K. J., Rossi-Goldthorpe, R., Kenney, J., Gold, J. M., Schiffman, J., Waltz, J. A., Powers, A. R., Woods, S. W., Zinbarg, R., Mittal, V. A., Strauss, G. P., Walker, E. F., Silverstein, S. M., Pokorny, V. J., Williams, T. F., Olino, T. M., Corlett, P. R., & Ellman, L. M. (2026). Prediction error processes in associations between ethnoracial discrimination and persecutory and non-persecutory ideation.

Sutharan, P. Pappu, M. K., Kenney, J. G., Pokorny, V. J., Levin, J., Silverstein, S. M., Gold, J. M., Schiffman, J., Waltz, K. A., Williams, T. F., Powers, A. R., Woods, S. W., Zinbarg, R. E., Mittal, V. A., Ellman, L. M., Strauss, G. P., Walker, E. F., & Corlett, P. R. (2026). Probabilistic reversal learning dynamics with belief updating identify psychosis risk.

Williams, T. F., Strauss, G. P., Woods, S. W., Powers, A. R., Corlett, P. R., Schiffman, J., Waltz, J. A., Gold, J. M., Silverstein, S. M., Ellman, L. M., Zinbarg, R. E., Walker, E. F., & Mittal, V. A. (2026). A multimethod examination of interpersonal behavior and social functioning in psychosis risk. Manuscript in preparation.

Williams, T. F., & Fradkin, I. (2026). An expanded transdiagnostic model of paranoia and its nomological network. Manuscript in preparation.

Achim, A. M., Williams, T. F., & Thibaudeau, E. (2025). A theoretical integration of social cognitive task and dyadic interaction research. Manuscript in preparation.

Hicks, C.J., & Williams, T. F. (2026) Do paranoia scales capture the same construct? Personality correlates of paranoia, suspiciousness, and mistrust measures. Manuscript in preparation. 

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Bronstein, M. V., Corlett, P., Kimhy, D., Rapp, D. N., Williams, T., Pratt, D. N., ... & Mittal, V. A. (in press). Understanding and challenging epistemically suspect beliefs: A call for expanding interdisciplinary research. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.

Alliende, L. M., Voigt, R., Hoffman, M., Strauss, G. P., Ellman, L. M., Walker, E. F., Corlett, P., Schiffman, J., Woods, S. W., Powers, A., Silverstein, S. M., Waltz, J. A., Zinbarg, R., Chen, S., Williams, T. F., Kenney, J., Gold, J. M., & Mittal, V. A. (in press). Large language models can supplement the assessment of clinical high risk for psychosis. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.

Alliende, L. M., Pokorny, V., Ku, B., Larson, N., Strauss, G., Ellman, L., Walker, E., Corlett, P., Schiffman, J., Woods, S., Powers, A., Silverstein, S., Waltz, J. A., Zinbarg, R., Chen, S., Williams, T. F., Kenney, J., Gold, J., Mittal, V. (in press). Environmental Exposures and Computational Mechanisms in Psychosis Risk: Insights from a Multi-Site Cohort. Clinical Psychological Science.

Williams, T. F., Freilich, C. D., Cowan, H. R., Docherty, A. R., Jonas, K. G., Martin, E. A., & Kotov, R. (2026). Negative symptoms in the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology: Nosology, etiology, and pathophysiology. Schizophrenia Research, 296, 39-51.

Pratt, D. N., Lewandowski, K. E., Hacker, H., Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L., Yassin, W., Shah, J., Allott, K., Stone, W. S., Addington, J., Yung, A. R., Williams, T. F., … & Mittal, V. A. (2026). Processing Speed and Verbal Learning Ability as Predictors of Assessor-Rated and Ecological Momentary Assessment Self-Reported Functioning: Findings from AMP SCZ. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 52(4), sbag056.

Schreiber, A. M., Martinez, M., Li, S., Williams, T. F., Alexander, N., Mittal, V. A., & Haase, C. M. (2026). Disrupted physiological coregulation in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis: Findings from a dyadic interaction study. Emotion, 26(2), 420-432.

Pokorny, V., Williams, T., Pratt, D., Kenney, J., Ellman, L. M., Strauss, G. P., ... & Mittal, V. A. (2026). Psychosis Risk is Associated with Increased Multimodal Reports of Socially Salient Content in Degraded Stimuli. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 7(1), sgag021.

Edershile, E. A., Girard, J. M., Woods, W. C., Williams, T. F., Simms, L. J., & Wright, A. G. C. (2026). Narcissism from Every Angle: An Interpersonal Analysis of Narcissism in Young Adults. Assessment, 33(5),784-805.

Williams, T. F., Gold, J. M., Waltz, J. A., Schiffman, J., Ellman, L. M., Strauss, G. P., Walker, E. F., Woods, S. W., Powers, A. R., Kenney, J., Pappu, M. K., Corlett, P. R., Tran, T., Silverstein, S. M., Zinbarg, R. E., & Mittal, V. A. (2025). Identifying individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis using a battery of tasks sensitive to symptom mechanisms. Translational Psychiatry, 15(1), 311.

Pokorny, V., Tran, T., Williams, T. F., Kenney, J., Silverstein, S. M., Gold, J. M., Waltz, J. A., Schiffman, J., Ellman, L. M., Strauss, G. P., Walker, E. F., Woods, S. W., Powers, A. R., Corlett, P. R., & Mittal, V. A. (2025). Functional Correlates of Atypical Visuoperceptual Organization in a Multisite Clinical High Risk Sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 134(5), 527–539.

Hoffman, M., Alliende, L. M., Pokorny, V., Williams, T., Gold, J., Waltz, J., ... & Mittal, V. A. (2025). Baseline Social Functioning Is Associated with Increased Likelihood of Remission from a Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Syndrome. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 6(1), sgaf031.

Williams, T. F., Pinkham, A. E., & Mittal, V. A. (2025). Understanding the psychosis spectrum using a hierarchical model of social cognition. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 51(1), 247-257.

Lozano-Goupil, J., Gupta, T., Williams, T. F., Pinkham, A. E., Haase, C. M., Shankman, S. A., & Mittal, V. A. (2025). Automated analysis of clinical interviews indicates altered head movements during social interactions in youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia, 11, 74.

Tran, T., Keane, B., Thompson, J. L., Robinson, B., Kenney, J., Williams, T. F., Waltz, J.A., Levin, J.A., Kafadar, E., Gold, J.M., Schiffman, J., Ellman, L.M., Walker, E.F., Strauss, G.P., Mittal, V.A., Zinbarg, R.E., Corlett, P.R., Powers, A.R., Woods, S.W., & Silverstein, S. M. (2025). Increased Face Perception in Individuals at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis: Mechanisms, Sex Differences, and Clinical Correlates. Schizophrenia, 11, 74.

Luther, L., Ahmed, A.O., Grant, P.M., Granholm, E., Gold, J.M., Williams, T.F., Pratt, D., Holden, J., Walker, E.F., Arnold, L., Ellman, L.M., Mittal, V.A., Zinbarg, R., Silverstein, S.M., Corlett, P.R., Powers, A.R., Woods, S.W., Waltz, J.A., Schiffman, J., & Strauss, G.P. (2025). Revisiting the Defeatist Performance Belief Scale in Adults with Schizophrenia and Youth at Clinical-High Risk for Psychosis: A Comprehensive Psychometric Analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 51(6), 1606-1619.

Williams, T. F., Williams, A. L., Cowan, H. R., Walker, E. F., Bearden, C. E., Keshavan, M., Cornblatt, B. A., Addington, J., Woods, S. W., Perkins, D. O., Mathalon, D. H., Cadenhead, K. S., Stone, W., & Mittal, V. A. (2024). The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology in Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Validation and Extension. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(3), 235–244.

Cowan, H. R., Williams, T. F., Mittal, V. A., Addington, J., Bearden, C. E., Cadenhead, K. S., Cannon, T. D., Cornblatt, B. A., Keshevan, M., Perkins, D. O., Mathalon, D. H., Stone, W., Woods, S. W., & Walker, E. F. (2024). The complex latent structure of attenuated psychotic symptoms: Hierarchical and bifactor models of SIPS symptoms replicated in two large samples at clinical high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 50(6), 1295-1309.

Russell, M. T., Hajdúk, M., Springfield, C. R., Klein, H. S., Bass, E. L., Mittal, V. A., Williams, T. F., O’Toole, A. J., & Pinkham, A. E. (2024). Identity recognition from faces and bodies in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 36, 100307.

Rossi-Goldthorpe, R., Silverstein, S. M., Gold, J. M., Schiffman, J., Waltz, J. A., Williams, T. F., Powers, A. R., Woods, S. W., Zinbarg, R. E., Mittal, V. A., Ellman, L. M., Strauss, G. P., Walker, E. F., Levin, J. A., Castiello, S., Kenney, J., & Corlett, P. R. (2024). Different learning aberrations relate to delusions with different contents, Brain, 147, 2854-2866.

Cowan, H. R., Williams, T. F., Schiffman, J., Ellman, L. M., & Mittal, V. A. (2024).   Mapping psychosis risk states onto the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology using hierarchical symptom dimensions. Clinical Psychological Science, 12(1), 3-21.

Spencer, R. J., Williams, T. F., Kordovski, V. M., Patrick, S. D., Lengu, K., Gradwohl, B. D., & Hammers, D. B. (2024). A quantitative review of competing learning slope metrics: Effects of age, sex, and clinical diagnosis. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 45(7), 744-757.

Williams, T. F., Cohen, A. S., Sanchez, A., Joorman, J., & Mittal, V. A (2023). Attentional biases in facial emotion processing in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 273, 1825-1835.

Williams, T. F., Conley, R. E., & Mittal, V. A. (2023). The relevance of social anxiety for understanding social functioning and facial emotion recognition in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 17(10), 1021-1027.

Williams, T. F., Pratt, D. N., Pinkham, A. E., & Mittal, V. A. (2023). Advances in online data gathering and personalized advertisement complicate assessment of some symptoms. Schizophrenia Research, 258, 69-70.

Williams, T. F., Walker, E. F., Strauss, G. P., Woods, S. W., Powers, A. R., Corlett, P. R., Schiffman, J., Waltz, J. A., Gold, J. M., Silverstein, S. M., Ellman, L. M., Zinbarg, R. E., & Mittal, V. A. (2023). The reliability and validity of the Revised Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 147(6), 623-633.

Karp, E.L.*, Williams, T.F., Ellman, L.M., Strauss, G.P., Walker, E.F., Corlett, P.R., Woods, S.W., Powers, A.R., Gold, J.M., Schiffman, J.E., Waltz, J.A., Silverstein, S.M, & Mittal, V.A. (2023). Self-reported gesture interpretation and performance deficits in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 49(3), 746-755. 

Williams, T. F., Vehabovic, N., & Simms, L. J. (2023). Developing and validating a facial emotion recognition task with graded intensity. Assessment, 30(3), 761-781.

Williams, T. F., Powers, A. R., Ellman, L. M., Corlett, P. R., Strauss, G. P., Schiffman, J., Waltz, J. A., Silverstein, S. M., Woods, S. W., Walker, E. F., Gold, J. M., & Mittal, V. A. (2022). Three Prominent Self-Report Risk Measures Show Unique and Overlapping Utility in Characterizing Those at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 244, 58-65

Ringwald, W. R., Edershile, E. A., Hale, J., Williams, T. F., Simms, L. J., Creswell, K. G., ... & Wright, A. G. (2022). Role of pregaming motives in accounting for links between maladaptive personality traits and drinking consequences. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 13(2), 192-197.

Williams, T. F., Ellman, L. M., Schiffman, J., & Mittal, V. A. (2022). Employing Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory to Understand Dysfunction in Those at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 3(1), sgac015.

Mittal, V. A., Ellman, L. M., Strauss, G. P., Walker, E. F., Corlett, P. R., Schiffman, J., Woods, S. W., Powers, A. R., Silverstein, S. M., Waltz, J. A., Zinbarg, Z., Chen, S., Williams, T., Kenney, J., & Gold, J. M. (2021). Computerized assessment of psychosis risk. Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science, 6, Article e210011.

Silverstein, S. M., Thompson, J. L., Gold, J. M., Schiffman, J., Waltz, J. A., Williams, T. F., Zinbarg, R. E., Mittal, V. A., Ellman, L. M., Strauss, G. P., Walker, E. F., Woods, S. W., Levin, J. A., Kafadar, E., Kenney, J., Smith, D., Powers, A. R., & Corlett, P. R. (2021). Increased face detection responses on the mooney faces test in people at clinical high risk for psychosis. npj Schizophrenia, 7(1), 1-7.

Spencer, R. J., Gradwohl, B. D., Williams, T. F., Kordovski, V. M., & Hammers, D. B. (2020). Developing learning slope scores for the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 1-7.

Tonkin, S. S., Williams, T. F., Simms, L. J., Tiffany, S. T., Mahoney, M. C., Schnoll, R. A., Cinciripini, P. M., & Hawk, L. W. (2020). Withdrawal symptom, treatment mechanism, and/or side effect? Developing an explicit measurement model for smoking cessation research. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 22(4), 482-491.

Simms, L. J., Zelazny, K., Williams, T. F., Bernstein, L. (2019). Does the number of response options matter? Psychometric perspectives using personality questionnaire data. Psychological Assessment, 31(4), 557-566.

Williams, T. F., & Simms, L. J. (2018). Personality traits and maladaptivity: Bipolarity vs. unipolarity. Journal of Personality, 86(5), 888-901.

Williams, T. F., Scalco, M. D., & Simms, L. J. (2018). Examining the structural and construct validity of general and specific dimensions of personality pathology. Psychological Medicine, 48(5), 834-848.

Williams, T. F., & Simms, L. J. (2016). Personality Disorder Models and their Coverage of Interpersonal Problems. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 7(1), 15-27.

Wright, A. G. C., Calabrese, W. R., Rudick, M. M., Yam, W. H., Zelazny, K., Williams, T. F., Rotterman, J. H., & Simms, L. J. (2015). Stability of the DSM-5 Section III pathological personality traits and their longitudinal associations with psychosocial functioning in personality disordered individuals. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124(1), 199-207.

Williams, T. F., Thomas, K.M., Donnellan, M.B., & Hopwood, C.J. (2014). The aversive interpersonal behaviors associated with pathological personality traits. Journal of Personality Disorders, 28(6), 824-840.