Early Life and Educational Background
Paul Joseph Frick was born on May 18, 1963, to his parents, John and Jane Frick, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was raised in New Orleans, where he attended Immaculate Heart of Mary elementary school and St. John Vianney high school.
Paul left New Orleans to attend Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he met his wife, Vicki Frick, who is the mother of his three sons: Joshua, Jordan, and Jacob. He obtained his B.A. (1984) in Psychology from LSU, where he worked in the research lab of Dr. Mary Lou Kelly. He received both his M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) degrees in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia, where he worked under the mentorship of Benjamin B. Lahey. His masters thesis title was “Emotional Disturbance in Parents of Children with Anxiety Disorders” and his dissertation title was “Patterns of Parent and Family Characteristics Associated with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder in...
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Frick, P.J. (2020). Frick, Paul J.. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_181
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