Mitch Prinstein

Mitch Prinstein
Born Mitchell J. Prinstein
Residence Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Nationality United States of America
Alma mater

University of Miami - M.A., Ph.D.

Emory University - B.A.
Known for His research on suicidality in youth and adolescents, depression in adolescents, graduate student mentoring
Scientific career
Fields Clinical psychologist, Depression, Suicide, peer relations, self-injurious behavior, professional development, adolescent development
Institutions University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctoral advisor Annette M. La Greca, Ph.D., ABPP
Doctoral students Matthew Nock
Website Mitch Prinstein

Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D., ABPP, also known as Mitchell J. Prinstein, is the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology, the Director of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a board certified clinical child and adolescent psychologist. He is currently the director of the Peer Relations Lab,[1] an interdisciplinary clinical research and training laboratory examining how interactions with peers predict and are affected by psychological adjustment and health. His research has been funded by federal agencies (such as the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) as well as several private foundations and non-profit organizations. He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association[2] and the Association for Psychological Science.[3] He also serves on the board of directors for the American Psychological Association and is the past-president of the Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology and the Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology. He has authored and/or edited multiple volumes of psychological research,[4] professional development training,[5][6] an encyclopedia series in adolescent development,[7] and an undergraduate textbook in clinical psychology,[8] and is the author of Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World, a book describing the role of popularity in society.[9][10]

Education and training

Dr. Prinstein received his B.A. from Emory University. He attended graduate school at University of Miami where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology. He completed his clinical psychology internship training in clinical child and adolescent psychology at the Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium and was awarded a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health to remain at Brown for his postdoctoral fellowship.[11] He was board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in clinical child psychology.

Publications

Research

Dr. Prinstein’s research examines how our social experiences affect, and are predicted by, our thoughts, feelings, and behavior. His research has examined the nature and effects of childhood popularity, peer victimization, friendships, and processes of peer influence that are relevant to our engagement in risk-taking behavior. Dr. Prinstein and his colleagues have discovered the types of social experiences that predict adolescents’ depression, nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidal thoughts and behaviors,[12] and also how adolescent girls social stress affects physiological systems that regulate emotions and behavior.[13][14] His work on peer influence examines why adolescents emulate their peers’ behavior, and how to identify those teens who are particularly susceptible or resilient to conformity pressures.[15]

Professional development

Dr. Prinstein has a long-standing commitment towards professional development. His “Uncensored Advice for Applying to Graduate School in Clinical Psychology” has been adopted by numerous professional associations in psychology and utilized in many classes throughout the world as a guide for the graduate application process, downloaded over 100,000 times.[16] He offers frequent talks on numerous professional development issues at dozens of universities and professional conferences. His website offers a litany of resources for students at all career stages,[1] and he has edited/authored two professional development volumes, including The Portable Mentor: Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology[5] and Internships in Psychology: The APAGS Workbook for Writing Successful Applications and Finding the Right Fit.[6]

Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World

Dr. Prinstein also is the author of Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World, translated into 7 languages and sold in over 150 countries.[17] In this book, Prinstein reviews scientific research on ways that childhood popularity affects our lives decades later, with one type of popularity predicting happiness and success, and another predicting addictions, depression, and anxiety.[18]

Professional roles

Dr. Prinstein served as the 10th President of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students.[19] After successfully lobbying for greater student representation in American Psychological Association (APA) governance, Dr. Prinstein was appointed as the first APAGS representative on the APA Board of Directors and later was appointed as the Chair of the ad hoc APA workgroup on Early Career Psychologists to advocate for its incorporation as a standing committee of APA. Within APA, Dr. Prinstein also served on the Council of Representatives and was appointed to the Good Governance Group to improve organizational efficiency.[20] Dr. Prinstein served in various roles, including as President of the executive board of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, as well as President of the Society for the Science of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Prinstein served on the boards of several other professional societies, including the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology, the Publications board of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the Council of Specialties in Professional Psychology.[21][22][23]

Dr. Prinstein is an editor of Understanding Peer Influence in Children and Adolescence,[24] Future Work in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: A Research Agenda,[25] an undergraduate textbook on Clinical Psychology,[8] an encyclopedia series, Encyclopedia of Adolescence,[7] and three forthcoming graduate textbooks on child and adolescent psychopathology, assessment, and treatment. He was an associate editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology[26] and the Editor for the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

References

  1. 1 2 "Peer Relations Lab - Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D., ABPP". Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D., ABPP. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ↑ "Division 53 Division Fellows". www.clinicalchildpsychology.org.
  3. ↑ "Association for Psychological Science: APS Fellows". www.psychologicalscience.org. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Amazon.com: Mitch Prinstein: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  5. 1 2 The Portable Mentor : Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology. Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970- (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. 2013. ISBN 9781461439943. OCLC 810446779.
  6. 1 2 Carol., Williams-Nickelson, (2013). Internships in psychology : the APAGS workbook for writing successful applications and finding the right fit. Williams-Nickelson, Carol., Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970-, Keilin, W. Gregory. (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. ISBN 9781433812101. OCLC 784125163.
  7. 1 2 Encyclopedia of adolescence. Brown, B. Bradford (Benson Bradford), 1949-, Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970-. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. 2011. ISBN 9780123739155. OCLC 733579188.
  8. 1 2 1960-, Trull, Timothy J., (2013). Clinical psychology. Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970- (8th student ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780495508229. OCLC 793073794.
  9. ↑ "Popularity At Work Still Matters Whether We Like It Or Not". BBC. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Brenoff, Ann (18 December 2017). "How Office Popularity Is Just Like High School". Huffington Post.
  11. ↑ generator, metatags. "Project Information - NIH RePORTER - NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results". projectreporter.nih.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  12. ↑ Miller, Adam Bryant; Eisenlohr-Moul, Tory; Giletta, Matteo; Hastings, Paul D.; Rudolph, Karen D.; Nock, Matthew K.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. "A within-person approach to risk for suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior: Examining the roles of depression, stress, and abuse exposure". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 85 (7): 712–722. doi:10.1037/ccp0000210.
  13. ↑ Giletta, Matteo; Slavich, George M.; Rudolph, Karen D.; Hastings, Paul D.; Nock, Matthew K.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. (2018-02-01). "Peer victimization predicts heightened inflammatory reactivity to social stress in cognitively vulnerable adolescents". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 59 (2): 129–139. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12804. ISSN 1469-7610.
  14. ↑ Giletta, Matteo; Hastings, Paul D.; Rudolph, Karen D.; Bauer, Daniel J.; Nock, Matthew K.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. (October 2017). "Suicide ideation among high-risk adolescent females: Examining the interplay between parasympathetic regulation and friendship support". Development and Psychopathology. 29 (4): 1161–1175. doi:10.1017/s0954579416001218. ISSN 0954-5794.
  15. ↑ Brechwald, Whitney A.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. (2011-03-01). "Beyond Homophily: A Decade of Advances in Understanding Peer Influence Processes". Journal of Research on Adolescence. 21 (1): 166–179. doi:10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00721.x. ISSN 1532-7795. PMC 3666937.
  16. ↑ Prinstein, Mitch. "Mitch's Uncensored Advice for Applying to Graduate School in Clinical Psychology" (PDF).
  17. ↑ "Opinion | Popular People Live Longer". The New York Times. 2017-06-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  18. ↑ "Mitch Prinstein, Author of POPULAR". Mitch Prinstein. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  19. ↑ "American Psychological Association of Graduate Students". http://www.apa.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09. External link in |website= (help)
  20. ↑ "Good Governance Project Team Biographies". http://www.apa.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09. External link in |website= (help)
  21. ↑ "Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology - Home". cudcp.wildapricot.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  22. ↑ MUJIK.BIZ, Leonid Shiriaev -. "ABCT | Home Page". www.abct.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  23. ↑ "cospp.org". cospp.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  24. ↑ Understanding peer influence in children and adolescents. Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970-, Dodge, Kenneth A. New York: Guilford Press. 2008. ISBN 9781593853976. OCLC 180204826.
  25. ↑ Future work in clinical child and adolescent psychology : a research agenda. Prinstein, Mitchell J.,. London. ISBN 9781138732902. OCLC 975370675.
  26. ↑ "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology". http://www.apa.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09. External link in |website= (help)
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