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Olivia E. Atherton

@oliviaatherton.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at UC Riverside • Interested in personality development, self-regulation, life contexts, and health • srchlab.ucr.edu

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Tabea Springstein @tabeaspringstein.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Excited to be in Edinburgh for #ECP22! @oliviaatherton.bsky.social , @stephanoplis.bsky.social, and I are especially happy to have so many members of our labs here presenting their work.Thursday morning is packed with great talks - including lots of options in the 9:10 AM time slot. 😊
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Olivia E. Atherton @oliviaatherton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We'll be at #SPSP2026 this week! Come check out our recent work: @spspnews.bsky.social @spspsc.bsky.social
SPSP 2026 flyer for the Self-Regulation, Contexts, and Health (SRCH) Lab (PI: Olivia Atherton, UC Riverside). Our lab will have three poster presentations on Thursday Feb 26. Priscilla Whang from 4-5 PM on personality and major life goals (poster #135). Cinthya Navarro-Garcia from 9-10:15 AM on health goals and family dynamics in Latine adults (poster #26). Cassandra Garcia from 6-7 PM on cultural socialization and identity development (poster # 155). All posters held in Exhibit Hall D1, Level 3. Hope to see you there!
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lingzhichu.bsky.social @lingzhichu.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Our new study is published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia! We found that rural residence across the lifespan is associated with lower cognitive function, and childhood rurality is particularly associated with lower cognitive function. doi.org/10.1002/alz....
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Lifespan exposures to rural–urban conditions and later‐life cognitive function
INTRODUCTION Limited research exists on life-course rural–urban residence and cognitive functions. METHODS This study examines associations between rural–urban residence during childhood, adulthoo...
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The Association for Research in Personality @arpposts.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
ARP 2025 registration is now live! For more information about preconferences, a program overview, how to register, and lodging/transportation, please visit: www.personality-arp.org/conference/. We hope to see you in the Chicagoland area this summer!
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Conference – Association for Research in Personality
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The Association for Research in Personality @arpposts.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The Association for Research in Personality is soliciting abstracts for the 2025 Biennial Meeting scheduled to take place June 26-28, 2025 in Evanston (suburb of Chicago), IL, USA!
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Conference – Association for Research in Personality
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Olivia E. Atherton @oliviaatherton.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
Awesome! Thanks for the shoutout, Andrew. And, good luck with the revision! If you have any feedback about what works and what doesn’t, we, of course, welcome any and all feedback ☺️
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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Emily C. Willroth of Washington University in St. Louis and @oliviaatherton.bsky.social of the University of Houston provide a new reporting framework for scientists who alter their research plan after preregistering a study.
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When Things Don’t Go According to Plan
Methodologists have embraced preregistration as a way to prevent questionable research practices and add transparency to scientific studies. But many researchers end up deviating from those preregiste...
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Olivia E. Atherton @oliviaatherton.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Going to @spspnews.bsky.social this week? Come check out the work my lab is doing! #SPSP2024 ☀️
Flyer describing poster presentations happening at SPSP by Priscilla Whang and Sarah Belew. Priscilla will be presenting one poster at the Health Preconference and one poster during the main conference on Friday from 4:30-5:30. Sarah will be presenting her poster at the Happiness and Wellbeing preconference and at the main conference on Thursday from 6-7. Come check out the work they are doing!
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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
The schedule is set and registration is live for the SPSP 2024 Personality Science Preconference, Feb 8th 8AM-noon (++ Happiness and Well-being Preconf. in the afternoon). Register here: spsp.org/events/annua.... Early bird registration ends in 1 month!
Personality science preconference schedule
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Olivia E. Atherton @oliviaatherton.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
involves a lot of work, time, and skill. I’m optimistic that change in the name of transparency and rigor is on the horizon ☺️
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Olivia E. Atherton @oliviaatherton.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
evaluate.) Of course, prereg itself is a skill to be honed (and research doesn’t always go according to plan), so deviations are expected. But, transparency is key. At the same time, all of that does not correct the past lit and like you mentioned, to fully evaluate adherence to prereg plans
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Olivia E. Atherton @oliviaatherton.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Yes totally! The primary solution we suggest is for authors to fill out the standardized prereg deviations table (to be published along with article), and then AEs/reviewers can evaluate table during the review process to determine risk of bias. (And then future readers would have access to info to
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Olivia E. Atherton @oliviaatherton.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
(TLDR: not disclosing deviations will negatively impact editors perceptions of work and there’s notable variability in what types of deviations are considered major/minor or justifiable, at least among psychology journal editors).
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Olivia E. Atherton @oliviaatherton.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
My colleague Emily Willroth and I had the same questions! You might be interested in our forthcoming paper: osf.io/et6km/
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Best Laid Plans: A Guide to Reporting Preregistration Deviations
Psychological scientists are increasingly using preregistration as a tool to increase the credibility of research findings. Many of the benefits of preregistration rest on the assumption that preregis...
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