Department of Psychology

Phone: 828-227-3368
Email: lbobadilla@wcu.edu
Office Address: 92 Killian Building Lane, Rm. 302C 
Further information for prospective students: paws.wcu.edu/lbobadilla

Research Interests: 

• The developmental trajectory of psychopathic and antisocial traits.
• The validity of the “Successful Psychopath” construct. Cluster B personality disorders and other disinhibitory disorders.
• Personality protective factors against drug abuse and dependence.
• Use of cognitive and psychophysiological measures for the assessment of disinhibitory traits.

Education:

• Ph.D Florida State University (Clinical Psychology).
• B.A. University of Texas at Dallas

Manuscripts Under Review:

Bobadilla, L., Wampler, M., & Taylor, J. Proactive and Reactive Aggression Are Associated with Different Physiological and Personality Profiles. Submitted to Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

Bobadilla, L., & Metze, A.  Physical Attractiveness and its relation to Proactive and Reactive Aggression.

Bobadilla, L., Vaske, J., Asberg, K. The role of DRD gene polymorphisms in the development of substance abuse and depression.

 Selected Peer Reviewed Publications:

• Screening for disinhibited disorder cases in a college population: Performance of the SMAST, DAST, SCID-II-Q, and PDQ-4. Taylor, J., James, L. M., Bobadilla, L., Reeves, M. D. (2008).  Psychological Assessment, 20, 351-360
• Bobadilla, L., & Taylor, J. (2007). Relation of physiological reactivity and perceived coping to substance use disorders. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 608-616.
• Taylor, J., James, L., Reeves, M., & Bobadilla, L. (2006). The Florida State Twin Registry: Research aims and design. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9, 958-962
• Buckner, J.D., Schmidt, N.B., Bobadilla, L., & Taylor, J. (2006). Social Anxiety and Problematic Cannabis Use: Evaluating the Moderating Role of Stress Reactivity and Perceived Coping.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, pp 1007-1015.
• Taylor, J., Reeves, M., James, L., & Bobadilla, L. (2006). Disinhibitory trait profile and its relation to cluster b personality disorder features and substance use problems. European Journal of Personality, 20, 271-284.

Book Chapters:

• Narcissistic personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. Bobadilla, L., Taylor, J. In Encyclopedia of Human Behavior 2nd Ed. (In press). Ramachandran,V. S. (Ed).
• Behavioral Resolution.  Bobadilla, L.  Michels, J.  In K.C. Cukrowicz, A. B. Burns, J. A. Minnix, L.R. Reitzel, & T. E. Joiner, Jr. Simple Treatment for Complex Problems: A Workbook. (2005). Mahwah.NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Book Reviews:

• Review of: Narcissism and Machiavellianism in youth: Implications for the development of adaptive and maladaptive behavior. Barry, C. T., Kerig, P. K., Stellwagen, K. K.,  & Barry, T. D. (Eds). Henderson, B., Bobadilla, L.  (In press) PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books.