Amanda J. Wright

Do You Agree? Do You Strongly Agree? The Effect of the Number of Response Categories on Response Processes and Verification of Substantive Hypotheses Abstract. This study investigates how the number and labeling of response categories in survey scales affect respondent behavior, psychometric properties,

This is consistent with earlier psychometric work that suggests 5-7 is the best response scale options, but good to see that the finding holds up in contemporary research. Also, good to see that labeling scales whether anchored or not has little impact on findings. academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

We already know that lagged effects in CLPMs are likely to be upwardly biased, but just how easy is it to find significant effects? Way too easy. I tested CLPMS in 100 randomly selected pairs of correlated variables and found significant effects in 98 of them. New preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Has conscientiousness really been in a free fall since 2014?* Brent W. RobertsA.J. WrightLena RoemerCavan Bonner Recently Burn-Murdoch reported in the Financial Times (FT) that since 2014 conscientiousness was in a “free fall” in younger p…

Has conscientiousness really been in a free fall since 2014? A question that made us blog again: Has conscientiousness really been in a free fall since 2014?*
floggingpvalues.blog/2025/10/22/h...

GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.

Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....

genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.

New preprint!

Many claim that first sex is a huge risk for teens. We tested that claim in a large, nationally representative German sample. Core question: Do first sexual experiences harm adolescents, or do they reflect prior well-being?

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A reminder that I’m accepting applications for PhD students!

When we measure personality multiple times in a study, does it matter if we ask people about their personality *in general* or *since the last time point*?

Turns out: yes!

We found differences in internal consistency, Ms, & SDs but not in the underlying constructs 🧵

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

thank you so much for checking out our preprint! We were excited to use the data from m-Path for this one 🙂

Cool preprint from @ajwright.bsky.social et al. demonstrating that personality change occurs at different time scales!

www.researchgate.net/profile/Aman...

New paper out on personality functioning by lab members @ajwright.bsky.social and @peterhaehner.bsky.social ⬇️🤩

Thank you! The full publisher text should be available at this link 🙂 drive.google.com/file/d/1xCp5...

I'm reviewing applications for the University of Washington's PhD program this fall.

Applicants interested in the Clinical Psychology, Social-Personality (emphasis on personality), or Quantitative programs are welcome to apply.

More information here: sites.google.com/uw.edu/radla...

I'm happy to announce that Vanderbilt Psychology's clinical area is hiring a TT asst prof this year! Please share with your networks and consider applying if you're on the market! Happy to (try to) answer questions about the search if you have them.

Link here: apply.interfolio.com/173316

We hope you enjoy reading the study as much as we enjoyed doing it 🙂

And a special thank you to my wonderful co-authors: @peterhaehner.bsky.social, @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, Sophia, and Maren!

And x2 here is the publication link: doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

Overall, our findings offer valuable insight into the conceptual (dis)similarity of personality traits & personality functioning, inform joint theoretical frameworks, and may advance treatment of personality disorders by identifying conditions in which changes may be expected or best captured

What'd we find? (continued)

3) Event perceptions & initial personality levels sometimes predicted heterogeneity in event-related changes, but mostly for mean-level effects

Initial personality functioning frequently moderated event-related changes in the Big Five, but the reverse was less common

What'd we find? (continued)

2) Life events were related to personality development, but almost exclusively for personality functioning

We believe this suggests that personality functioning is more susceptible to external influences than most Big Five traits

What'd we find?

1) Unconditional development of all constructs was generally very similar, but there were some interesting trait- & metric-specific differences

We had 3 research questions:

1) How do personality functioning and the Big Five traits unconditionally develop over one year?

2) How does their development change in response to life events?

3) Can we predict individual differences in event-related changes?

New paper out at the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science!

We examined unconditional & event-related changes in pathological vs normal-range personality using 4 metrics to compare their developmental links, how these vary with life events, and whether unique effects emerge across metrics

pers-wrapped formr survey framework. chain simple surveys into long runs, use the power of R to generate pretty feedback and complex designs

Teilnahme und weitere Informationen unter:
formr.psych.uzh.ch/pers-wrapped

Wie verändert sich unsere Persönlichkeit über ein Jahr? Dazu starten wir heute eine neue Studie und suchen nach Teilnehmenden zwischen 18-40 Jahren, die Interesse haben, Einblicke in ihre Persönlichkeit, Wohlbefinden und Verhalten über ein Jahr zu erhalten und bis zu 173 CHF (~185€) zu verdienen.

UZH: Professorship in the Sociology of Child and Adolescent Development The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in the sociology of child and adolescent development, starting on 1 February 2027. The future holder of the position will be affiliate...

The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in the sociology of child and adolescent development. I've been told this is open rank.

I will be reviewing applications for the University of Michigan Clinical Psychology doctoral program this fall. If you are interested in applying, here’s some info I prepared for applicants: sites.lsa.umich.edu/aidangcw-lab...

Effects of a theory-based smartphone intervention to decrease neuroticism in the general public: https://osf.io/m8a5r

I am recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to join my lab at Dartmouth. The ideal candidate will have experience in EMA, passive physiological data, and/or digital therapeutics. Interest and/or experience in chronic pain and co-occurring disorders is preferred. apply.interfolio.com/169836

and if you’re an early bird (unlike me, RIP), stop by the Emerging Scholars symposium tomorrow at 9:15 to hear a great lineup of talks :-)

If you’re at ARP and want to hear some great talks on personality interventions, stop by our symposium at 2:45 in the James Room on the 9th floor!!!

congratulations Bill!!! They’re so lucky to get you! It’s a wonderful department and I know you’ll love it!

Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...