Paul Joseph Frick is an American psychologist and the Roy Crumpler Memorial Chair in

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Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

(LSU), as well as a professor at the Learning Sciences Institute of Australia at

Australian Catholic University Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a public university in Australia. It has seven Australian campuses and also maintains a campus in Rome. History Australian Catholic University was opened on 1 January 1991 following the amalgamatio ...

. He is known for his research on

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and

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in children, which he has been studying for over twenty years.

Biography

Frick was educated at Louisiana State University and the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

. While still training to become a

family therapist Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy, marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychology and clinical social work that works with families and couples in intimate relationsh ...

, he changed his mind after deciding that treatments for child aggression were not effective enough, so instead he chose to study the causes of such behavior. Before joining the faculty of LSU in 2015, he was a University Distinguished Professor of psychology at the

University of New Orleans The University of New Orleans (UNO) is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High rese ...

, where he was chair of the psychology department from 2007 to 2015. He was the president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy from 2009 to 2011, and

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of the ''

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology The ''Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal covering child and adolescent mental health. It was established in 1971 as the ''Journal of Clinical Child Psychology'', obtaining its current name in ...

'' from 2007 to 2011. Since 2018, he has been editor-in-chief of the ''

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology ''Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology'' is the official publication of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP). This scientific journal publishes eight issues per year focusing on research in psycho ...

''. In 2015, he received the

Robert D. Hare Robert D. Hare (born 1 January 1934) is a Canadian forensic psychologist, known for his research in the field of criminal psychology. He is a professor emeritus of the University of British Columbia where he specializes in psychopathology and ...

Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.

References

External links

Faculty page
* Academic journal editors Louisiana State University faculty Living people Australian Catholic University faculty Louisiana State University alumni University of Georgia alumni University of New Orleans faculty Year of birth missing (living people) American child psychologists {{US-psychologist-stub