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Jennifer Tackett

@jnfrltackett.bsky.social
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Psychology professor into kid personality and its various manifestations. Also entrepreneurship, leadership, construct validity, and nachos.

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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very excited for this review with Michael Hallquist on adolescent personality pathology, a critically understudied topic that has only become moreso in recent years as seen by booming publication rates for depression and anxiety - PD lines at the bottom www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Ashley Watts @ashleylwatts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🌟 Vanderbilt Psychology has an open rank position available in our clinical area! Job ad here: apply.interfolio.com/194049 (Note that this position is separate from our other psych department's asst prof search: apply.interfolio.com/194058) RTs appreciated!!
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European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP) @eapp-official.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📎 New Research in European Journal of Personality Authors: Hoff, Chu, @foswald.bsky.social & others Read the full article: doi.org/10.1177/0890... #PersonalityPsychology #EJP #EAPP
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
New preprint! 🎉 I analysed 1660 papers from 4 psychology journals and found materials sharing went from 9% of papers in 2015 to 82% in 2025, and these materials *do* get downloaded — a median of 135 times each. BUT shared code is often hard to run. doi.org/10.31234/osf... Let's walk through it 🧵
Two-panel figure. Panel a is a flow diagram tracking 1,611 empirical psychology articles from publication year (545 in 2015, 552 in 2020, 514 in 2025) to repository-link type: 785 link an OSF project, 85 link another platform, and 741 link no repository. Of those with an OSF link, download counts were retrieved for 670 and not retrieved for 115. Panel b is a line chart of the share of empirical papers linking OSF across 2015, 2020 and 2025. The overall rate, shown as a dashed black line, rises from 9% to 57% to 82%. All four journals rise steeply and end close together: Psychological Science 92%, JESP 89%, JML 83%, Cognition 76%, with Psychological Science highest throughout.Three-panel figure. Panel a: ridgeline plot of downloads per file by material type on a log scale, with the percentage never downloaded labelled for each — archive 16% of 545 files, documents 20% of 2,970, code 12% of 3,471, other 17% of 1,646, data 21% of 10,051, media 35% of 2,120, images 35% of 4,102. Most files cluster between 1 and 10 downloads, with long right tails past 100. Panel b: ridgeline plot of downloads per paper by journal, log scale, with dashed median lines; Psychological Science is highest, then JESP, JML and Cognition. Panel c: stacked bars showing, for documents, data and code separately, the share of papers by download band (0, 1–10, 11–100, more than 100) in 2015, 2020 and 2025. The share exceeding 100 downloads falls sharply over time in all three types, from roughly two-thirds in 2015 to a quarter or less in 2025, as the 1–10 band grows.Four-panel figure. Panel a: statistical languages detected among 333 papers with retrievable code — R 88%, SPSS 12%, Stata 4%, SAS 1%. Panel b: code red flags among those 333 papers — 34% hard-code an absolute path, 40% reference a missing file — above documentation among 672 OSF-linked papers — 21% have a README, 30% are documented by README, description or wiki. Panel c: among 562 Elsevier papers with no repository link, 44% (245) host at least one journal supplementary file but only 14% (77) host data, code or an archive. Panel d: composition of those 448 hosted files — documents 52%, data 21%, media 9%, other 7%, archive 6%, code 3%, images 1%. The code panels are green, the journal-supplement panels blue.Coefficient plot (download predictors)

Dot-and-whisker plot of three standardised predictors of OSF download volume, each with a 95% confidence interval. Repository size (number of files) has the largest effect at about 0.76, citations about 0.38, and altmetric attention about 0.12. All three intervals sit entirely above zero, so each predicts more downloads, with repository size roughly twice the effect of citations and six times that of attention. X-axis: standardised effect, −0.2 to 1.0.
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That time of the year for my favorite Chicago game show: Am I sick or is it allergies? 🚨⚡🤧
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Survey Says
ALT: Survey Says
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One month before application review - TT faculty position in clinical psych; please spread the word!
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Anthony Perillo, Ph.D. @anthonyperillo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
How do we identify leadership qualities in youth, including those labeled "oppositional"? @jnfrltackett.bsky.social joins Tuesday's Law & Mental Health Series to discuss the current science & need for so much more! #PsychLaw Free webinar, free CEUs: hsc-unm.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 11:00am-12:00pm
Tuesday, 09/15/26
11:00am – 12:00pm

Law and Mental Health
Who are the Game Changers Among the “Oppositional"? Why We Need to Study Leadership in Adolescence
Jennifer Tackett, PhD
Anthony Perillo, PhD
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1.0 NMCTB CEU
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Disclosure Statement: The presenters have no financial relationship to this activity.

Outcomes/Objectives
Describe potential aspects of leadership emergence in children and adolescents.
Assess potential mechanisms by which leadership status is conferred in youth.
Critique potential interventions for early leadership development, including for those at risk for being labeled oppositional.
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Is anyone ever forced to read through old course evaluations and are like.. oh hi old friend
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Amanda Kay Montoya @akmontoya.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Curious about Zenodo as an OSF Project alternative? Here's a short video to get you started: File Uploads, Communities, and generating links for Anonymous Peer Review. youtu.be/jW84PxuJTMw
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Getting Started with Zenodo (transitioning from OSF Projects)
YouTube video by AMANDA MONTOYA
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨& 🧵 Our new Nature paper is out! Across 46 cohorts and up to 1.14M people per Big Five trait, we do GWAS and ask how robust, generalizable and consequential the genetic signals underlying personality really are. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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simine vazire @simine.com · 02/09/2026
Psych Science has retracted Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002). The second author requested the retraction. Both authors agreed to it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... So grateful to @datacolada.bsky.social for these blog posts and the work behind them: datacolada.org/138 and datacolada.org/139 1/2
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Anyone moving (or keeping) their preregistrations on Zenodo? I'm thinking it makes more sense to move them over so projects will ultimately be on the same platform, but it looks like you can't actually blind them for peer review (even if posted as restricted, identity is still attached)?
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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I have this half-drafted paper that I keep submitting for special issues and it keeps getting rejected. One day!
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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I am shocked, shocked to learn that this 2002 paper by Dan Ariely is based on dubious data and doesn’t replicate. statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/31/s...
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I am shocked, shocked to learn that this 2002 paper by Dan Ariely is based on dubious data and doesn’t replicate. | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
More suspicion of tampered/fabricated data in a paper published by Dan Ariely, who incidentally still has his job at Duke.
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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 25/08/2026
What are some examples of *non-fraudulent* major errors in scientific papers that had major consequences, perhaps after taking a long time to be corrected?
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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨Job Search announcement 🚨 @psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏 Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
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Assistant Professor- Psychology - College of LAS
Duties & Responsibilities
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
New blogpost deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/08/acce... inspired by recent depressing experience as a peer reviewer. AI-generated #fraud is getting very hard to detect. #peerreview
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Acceleration of the arms race between fraudsters and honest researchers
I was recently asked to review a paper that piqued my curiosity. From the abstract it sounded as if it was a secondary analysis of a datas...
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Katie Corker @katiecorker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
For those looking for alternatives to OSF, I recommend two resources comparing features of other Generalist Repositories. Resources are from GREI, an NIH funded initiative. Comparison tool to help you pick which one you like best: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Decision tree:  doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Generalist Repository Comparison Chart
The Generalist Repository Comparison Chart and FAIRsharing Collection (https://fairsharing.org/collection/GeneralRepositoryComparison) was originally an outcome of the NIH Workshop on the Role of Gene...
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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Attention early career methodologists and quantitative psychologists: Berkeley Psychology is hiring! This is an assistant teaching professor position with potential for security of employment (equivalent to tenure). Please share widely! Thank you! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05480
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Assistant Teaching Professor Quantitative Methods-Psychology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
(Skipping #ASA2026 because I dropped my membership. Anybody who is interested in methodology who is there, can you help gauge and seed interest in a reviewer boycott until ASA Council allows its journals to have open science policies for quant soc? Thanks.)
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I'm thrilled to announce that we are recruiting a new faculty colleague in our Northwestern University Clinical Science program this fall! Please share widely with your colleagues, students, and mentees! psychology.northwestern.edu/people/facul...
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Job Opportunities: Department of Psychology - Northwestern University
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Trying out the features in Claude for education. Join me as I see how it "helps" me write a research paper. My chosen topic: "AI and education". /1
workspace where you can tell Claude what you are writing about. Screenshot shows that user is writng a  paper about "AI and Education"
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm excited to announce that I will be reviewing graduate student applications for Fall 2027 admissions! I review applications in both the Personality, Development, and Health and the Clinical Science (Weinberg) programs.
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Research | Personality Across Development Lab
Current Research Topics Leadership Emergence and Development Tackett, J. L., Reardon, K. W., Fast, N. J., Johnson, L., Kang, S. K., Lang, J....
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Miri Forbes @miriforbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I’m recruiting two new PhD students to start in 2027, working with me on my program of research in quantitative psychopathology. I’ve put some information for interested students on my website: miriamkforbes.academic.ws Please share with anyone you know who might be interested!
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Anyone else at ECP in Edinburgh literally watching Arthur’s Seat burn, and if so, what are the evacuation notices and procedures here?
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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New meta by @peterhaehner.bsky.social et al (I'm a little middle author) on individual differences in personality change across the lifespan (229 studies, N = 230k) 10.1037/bul0000525 Cool finding (imo): For all Big Five, variance in change is greatest in youth, declining through young adulthood!
Individual differences in change for each of the Big Five across ages 0 to 80. The trend for each trait is that individual differences in change are decreasing with age.
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Mara Breen @mbreen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Mount Holyoke College is hiring a clinical developmental psychologist! We’re a research-focused SLAC in beautiful western Mass - we have amazing students and we offer excellent faculty support - app review begins 9/7: mtholyoke.wd504.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Assistant Professor of Psychology & Education
Job no: R-0000003479 Position Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology & Education Work Type: Faculty Full time In-Person Start Date: 07/01/2027 Job Description: The Department of Psychology and E...
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
For one of my final editorial projects before rotating off Clinical Psychological Science, I wanted to come full circle and end with the same focus I started with - celebrating the importance of multidisciplinary psychological research journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XEP2G...
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Could someone tell one of my favorite podcasts that is supposed to be about tech and data and science that psychological science is not what happens in TED talks www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/p... @caseynewton.bsky.social @kevinroose.com
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Do Social Media Bans Work? + A Conversation About A.I. Consciousness + Tool Time
“If the net result is that all the teens in Australia are still using social media, even after they’re technically banned from doing it, why are we doing any of this?”
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Everyone posting conference pics from Europe right now and covered in sweat. 💗
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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
New post! "Making Sense of Replications (and Some Nonsense about the Replication Crisis)," in which I suggest a journal club reading list of new papers on replication, and push back on claims that the replication crisis is fake. getsyeducated.substack.com/p/making-sen...
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Making Sense of Replications (and Some Nonsense about the Replication Crisis)
It’s hard to overstate just how much the culture around replication in science has changed over the past 15 years.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Rsearch suggests that test optional policies tend to disporportionately harm high acheiving candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds: www.nber.org/papers/w33389 Applicants who don't report test scores also tend to perform worse, at least in terms of college GPA. That's why we repealed it.
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How Test Optional Policies in College Admissions Disproportionately Harm High Achieving Applicants from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The NYU department of psychology is also reinstating the GRE as a requirement for PHD admissions. I heard Yale and Harvard are as well. Now Penn too. If you are applying to psych PHD programs this year be sure to take the exam.
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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🚨University of Pennsylvania will be re-instating the GRE as a requirement for Psychology PhD admissions for the coming cycle 🚨
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Aleksa Kaurin @aleksakaurin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Thrilled (really) to share recent evidence from our READY study led by @paulaphilippi.bsky.social w/ @aidangcw.bsky.social: "Minutes that matter: A microburst approach to adolescents' resolution of affect in response to daily stressors" 🧵1/9
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Growing up in rural Texas as a low socioeconomic status ranch girl, I was accepted to my #1 university choice - Carnegie Mellon - and when I saw the "Total costs" line, I immediately knew I couldn't go.
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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our paper on food insecurity and mental health in children and adolescents, by Giacomo Bignardi Mina Fazel and OxWell Student Survey - published today in JCPP Advances See next post for summary acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I had Opus 4.8 in Claude Code write a sophisticated, if minor, academic paper from a archive of hundreds of de-identified research files from years ago I had to use GPT-5.5 Pro as a reviewer, it spotted one major error & some minor points. Opus corrected them. embeddedness-gradient.netlify.app
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Experience as a journal editor does not preclude impatiently waiting for a recently submitted manuscript to get assigned or desk rejected. Because THAT editor should be managing their queue 24/7, amirite?
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Jennifer Tackett @jnfrltackett.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“we need mental health funding that isn’t consumed with the latest fad (genetics, machine learning, the microbiome, or whatever). Mental health is an incredibly complex problem that needs attention at many different levels”
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A study in @nature.com shows that while complex traits are polygenic in population at large, they have distinct architecture at tails, where rare variants of large effect act as key drivers. Not a surprising finding but neat to see it demonstrated in large UK Biobank cohort across traits & methods.🧪
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Distinct genetic architecture in the tails of complex traits - Nature
Genome-wide analyses in multiancestry and European cohorts show that in complex traits, rare alleles have disproportionately large effects at the tails of the phenotypic spectrum compared with common ...
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
absolutely wild to see people out here saying that it is responsibility of peer reviewers to check for hallucinated references. it is hard enough to persuade people to read articles and provide reviews. expecting them to spend hours cross reffing literature is unreal.
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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 14/05/2026
Still a few days to apply!
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
2. We push back against the idea that reform must wait for broad stakeholder buy-in and cultural alignment. We use smoking as an analogy. Smoking rates did not decline primarily because smokers were persuaded. They declined because smoking became more costly, inconvenient, and denormalized. 6/8
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We also argue that treating Open Science as merely one more “content area” to squeeze into graduate curricula is a category mistake. Transparency is to science what food safety is to culinary training: foundational hygiene, not an elective specialization. 5/8
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Don Lynam @drlynam.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Excited to share this one: Open Science Now: A Response to Commentaries on Van Til et al. (with @kaelavantil.bsky.social, @nphillips36.bsky.social, Tinawei (Vera) Du, Leigha Rose, @jdmiller.bsky) osf.io/preprints/ps... See below for the TLDR version 1/8
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Alex Shackman @ajshackman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Computational Analysis of Expressive Behavior in Clinical Assessment
Clinical psychological assessment often relies on self-report, interviews, and behavioral observation, methods that pose challenges for reliability, validity, and scalability. Computational approaches...
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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It seems clear there are important connections between personality research and motivation with implications for education research. I'm super excited this paper, which explores those connections, is in our forthcoming topical collection in Educational Psychology Review! #PsychSciSky #EduSky
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Motivation and Personality: Current Integrative Perspectives and the Way Ahead - Educational Psychology Review
Research over recent decades has highlighted the importance of both personality and motivation in students’ academic success. Yet, integrations of motivation and personality have rarely been adopted…
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