@kiraomccabe
Personality Psychologist. I study personality traits/states, goals, & individual differences. Assistant Professor at Carleton University She/Her, Legally Blind, First Gen Website: https://kiramccabe.com/
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New paper led by SJ Shao in @commspsychol.nature.com. Across 20 days of EMA (5x daily), momentary loneliness prospectively predicted heightened social threat perception and social withdrawal. Trait loneliness amplified loneliness–rejection coupling and social disengagement @emoriebeck.bsky.social
I am hiring a new lab manager for the @umdleadlab.bsky.social to start this summer! Job ad and link to apply here. Please re-post and share with your seniors, and/or anyone else who would be a good fit! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
On the postdoc market?? Our social area at UF is two hours from Disney and the beach, and two minutes from endless access to alligators!! Also toy dinos. Need I say more?? Run*, don’t walk, to apply - job ad closes today!!
*swimming or diving is also acceptable
Study promotion for a great PhD student!
If you and/or your romantic partner are experiencing depressive symptoms, consider participating in this online study. Your participation can help researchers better understand romantic partner support. Open to couples of any gender or sexual orientation 🌈
Our lab has a new postdoc position that is ideal for someone interested in a career in data science or statistical consulting and an interest in gender diversity / trans health. apply.interfolio.com/182278
Here’s a full draft of the upcoming second edition of my “Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction”: socviz.co
#SPSP2026 join us at 12:30 to answer all your questions about registered reports!
Yangyilin Guo presenting on regional personality in Colombia, Japan, and New Zealand. 🇳🇿 @spspnews.bsky.social #SPSP2026
This 2026 remix is way, way worse than 2003 or 1991. Or 1987 if you want to include Black Monday and various Reagan-era shenanigans (which were also pretty damn bad). Zero attempt for a pretext or even the veneer of one this time....
During my prep for Social Development, I forgot that I had this meme on the slide about siblings. I'm not sure how my own siblings should view this--I'm guessing my older brother would claim he would be winning. I doubt many students would get this Highlander reference, but I'm keeping it in.
I won't be at #SPSP2026 this year, but I hope y'all have a great conference in Chicago!
Edward L. Deci, 83, Dies; Found Self-Determination as a Key to Happiness www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/s...
School psychology scholars: we have a job opening. We are Canadian and very nice humans. You can contact me for more info. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...
The new #Scrubs reboot brought me so much joy this evening. If you're a fan of the original show, then you should enjoy it. Same vibe, but the characters reflect how their lives have changed in the past 15 years. I guess it's also weird for me to go from student to mentor perspective with this, too.
Exciting news! We just posted an opening for a Survey Associate on @pewresearch.org's Methods team! This is an amazing opportunity for someone relatively early in their career to join what is, IMO, the most fun methods team in the business. Full description at the link below.
My first PhD paper is out 🎉🐣
We examined transactions between Big Five traits and first sexual intercourse across up to 10 years and ~5,000 German adolescents.
Extraversion stood out 🔄🧠
Agreeableness + openness showed interesting patterns as well
Check them out here:
doi.org/10.1177/0890...
📣 Join @katiecorker.bsky.social (ASAPbio), @thewilkybarkid.bsky.social, and @neurosarda.bsky.social (@prereview.bsky.social) on March 5th for the Community Call!
Speakers will discuss the ins and outs of doing open peer review as part of a team🤝
Register 👇️
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Paper on statistical power necessary for interaction effects
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
There should be a bonus medal for dropping a perfect f-bomb faster than the NBC censors can catch it
Bee personality!
"Although bees could choose from multiple routes, we discovered that individual bees follow idiosyncratic paths with striking and repeatable precision."
"Barely 24 hours after announcing the #RideauCanal Skateway was closing due to slushy conditions, the National Capital Commission #NCC has announced it will reopen Wednesday morning."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CBC #news #skate #skating #Ottawa
It is amazing how that works! I'm glad that the admin hasn't bothered to hire psychologists who can help explain human behavior to them....
This is too real. When I cover it in class, I feel that parts of it are like giving a recap of some TV drama....
Excellent! No notes. 😅
It was a brief part of the opening ceremony. In the 70s, he made a song to mimic U.S. pop music but didn't know English. So the song is what English sounded like to him. I learned about it from this podcast (slow start, main discussion 19 min. in.): www.omnibusproject.com/episodes/pri...
I totally did not expect this Italian song during the Opening Ceremony. For those who don't know, it was meant to mimic English, but the words are all nonsense. youtu.be/RObuKTeHoxo?...
Agreed! And for me, it was a wonderful bookend to "The Visitor."
*clip (I wish BlueSky allowed you to edit posts)
