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Christopher Soto

@cjsotomatic.bsky.social

Personality psychologist at Colby College. I study the structure, assessment, development, and outcomes of personality traits and socio-emotional skills.

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Christopher Soto @cjsotomatic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

2/2. Link to the full paper: osf.io/preprints/ps... @madisonsewell.bsky.social @tommasoferaco.bsky.social @bwroberts.bsky.social ts.bsky.social @apajournals.bsky.social

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Christopher Soto @cjsotomatic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

1/2. New paper in press in American Psychologist! Our Cumulative Practice Model proposes a pathway to intentional personality change: developing social, emotional, and behavioral skills through cycles of deliberate practice and feedback, without necessarily changing basic traits.

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Christopher Soto @cjsotomatic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

4/5 Key finding #3: Kids whose skills increased over time also experienced positive life outcomes, including better academic engagement, friendship quality, and well-being. So skill changes matter for adolescents' success.

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Christopher Soto @cjsotomatic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

2/5 Key finding #1: There were significant individual differences in change for all five skill domains: self-management, social engagement, cooperation, emotional resilience, and innovation skills. So some kids increased over time, while others decreased.

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Christopher Soto @cjsotomatic.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

1/5 New paper! How do adolescents' personality traits and skills change across a school year? And how are these changes linked with academics, social relationships, and well-being? New paper led by Christopher Napolitano in press at EJP. Brief highlights in the thread below...

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Christopher Soto @cjsotomatic.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

3/ A couple examples: * High cooperation and emotional resilience skills helped counteract low trait agreeableness and emotional stability in managing friendships. * High innovation skills (like creativity and cultural competence) outweighed trait open-mindedness in predicting multiple outcomes.

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Christopher Soto @cjsotomatic.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

1/ New paper! How do personality traits (like the Big Five) and skills (like social engagement and emotional resilience) shape success? What happens when traits and skills don't match up with each other? Led by @whitneyringwald.bsky.social, accepted at the European Journal of Personality.

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Christopher Soto @cjsotomatic.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

How are the Big Five personality traits like skills? How are they different? The slides from my keynote address at the 2024 World Conference on Personality are available at osf.io/tyez7/

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