Steven Reiss an impressive personality
The American psychologist is still one of the most cited psychologists in the world. This is because he discovered something groundbreaking, unprecedented and still relevant today: All human behavior is based on 16 motives. From this insight he developed the Reiss Motivation Profile®, a diagnostic procedure for personality analysis. Steven Reiss developed unique ideas, assessment methods, and influential research studies on four psychological topics: Anxiety Disorders, Developmental Disorders, Intrinsic Motivation, and the Psychology of Religion. In 1985, he put forward (with Richard McNally) the concept of anxiety sensitivity, which has been validated in more than 1,600 peer-reviewed studies. He is the author of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index, a globally recognized standardized psychological testing procedure for diagnosing panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder. In the 1980s and 1990s, Steven Reiss presented numerous research papers onmental health problems in people with mental impairment. This work was recognized with five national awards and provided a scientific explanation for why there was and is a need for demented psychiatric and psychological clinics. He has been invited to speak extensively and has received three awards for his advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities.
The Reiss Motivation Profile®, whose validity is confirmed by other researchers such as John Froiland and Ken Olsen, elicits which motives in our lives drive our actions -the engines of our behavior, so to speak. Steven Reiss advocates understanding and accepting other people's motives. This is because we tend to value our own values as worth striving for and to disregard those of others.
Reiss contracted a life-threatening autoimmune disease in 1995 and had to undergo a liver transplant in 2002. From then on, he was committed to improving access to organ transplants for people with mental disabilities and received much recognition for this.
On October 28, 2016, Steven Reiss lost the fight against his serious illness. We bow to him, who dedicated his life and energy, despite severe illness, to the search for personal happiness. We maintain a close contact with his family and accompany the continuation of Steven Reiss' research results.
Steven Reiss
Steven Reiss and his work
In 1985, Steven Reiss (with Richard McNally) put forward the concept of anxiety sensitivity, which has been validated in more than 1,600 peer-reviewed studies.
Steven Reiss is the author of the Anxiety Sensitivity Index, a globally recognized standardized psychological testing procedure for diagnosing panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Steven Reiss presented numerous research papers on mental health problems in people with mental impairment, or the co-occurrence of psychiatric illness and developmental disabilities. This work was recognized with five national awards and provided a scientific explanation as to why there was and is a need for demented psychiatric and psychological clinics. These research contributions are ultimately credited with the creation of several hundred such facilities in Europe and North America.
In 1988, Steven Reiss authored the Reiss Screen for Maladaptive Behavior, a standardized assessment instrument that has been and continues to be used extensively to assess the need for mental health services.
Steven Reiss has been invited to speak before the Civil Rights Division ofthe U.S. Department of Justiceand the National Institutes of Health.
In 1987, Steven Reiss hosted the first international research conference on mental health for people with intellectual disabilities. Steven Reiss has received three awards for his advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities.
In 1995, Steven Reiss was diagnosed with a life-threatening autoimmune disease and underwent a liver transplant at Ohio State University Medical Center in 2002. With Linda Jones, he became involved in a national program to help people with mental disabilities gain better access to organ transplants. This commitment was recognized in hundreds of newspapers. Since 1995, Steven Reiss has been involved with recurrent life-threatening illnesses.
In 2008, Steven Reiss founded the World Society of Motivation Scientists and Professionals, a non-profit organization.
Steven Reiss theory of religion refers to William James observation that different people respond to different aspects of religion. He expanded on William James' argument with his reflections. The publication of his theory has been reported in academic journals such as Zygon, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Washington Post. Steven Reiss assumes that religious experiences encompass the meaning of life and cannot be reduced to just one or two themes-such as morality, community, or fear of death.
Steven Reiss has been and continues to be frequently cited by other researchers and scholars, according to the Social Science Citation Index.
Maggi Reiss und Steven Reiss
In 1971, Steven Reiss married Maggi Musico. Maggi Reiss is a graduate of Smith College (AB) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (MA). Maggi Reiss is a school psychologist and president of IDS Publishing Corporation, founded in 1987. Maggi and Steven Reiss have two adult children, Michael, who is a statistician, and Benjamin, who is a physician. In 2012, Michael married Kristen Lambert, an architect.