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- Publications
- Influence
The Secret Lives of Liberals and Conservatives: Personality Profiles, Interaction Styles, and the Things They Leave Behind
- Dana R. Carney, J. Jost, S. Gosling, J. Potter
- Psychology
- 1 December 2008
Although skeptics continue to doubt that most people are “ideological,” evidence suggests that meaningful left-right differences do exist and that they may be rooted in basic personality… Expand
Development of personality in early and middle adulthood: set like plaster or persistent change?
- S. Srivastava, O. John, S. Gosling, J. Potter
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 May 2003
Different theories make different predictions about how mean levels of personality traits change in adulthood. The biological view of the Five-factor theory proposes the plaster hypothesis: All… Expand
A Theory of the Emergence, Persistence, and Expression of Geographic Variation in Psychological Characteristics
- P. Rentfrow, S. Gosling, J. Potter
- Psychology, Medicine
- Perspectives on psychological science : a journal…
- 1 September 2008
Volumes of research show that people in different geographic regions differ psychologically. Most of that work converges on the conclusion that there are geographic differences in personality and… Expand
Age differences in personality traits from 10 to 65: Big Five domains and facets in a large cross-sectional sample.
- C. Soto, O. John, S. Gosling, J. Potter
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 February 2011
Hypotheses about mean-level age differences in the Big Five personality domains, as well as 10 more specific facet traits within those domains, were tested in a very large cross-sectional sample (N =… Expand
Global self-esteem across the life span.
- R. Robins, K. Trzesniewski, J. Tracy, S. Gosling, J. Potter
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychology and aging
- 2002
This study provides a comprehensive picture of age differences in self-esteem from age 9 to 90 years using cross-sectional data collected from 326,641 individuals over the Internet. Self-esteem… Expand
Personality Correlates of Self-Esteem
- R. Robins, J. Tracy, K. Trzesniewski, J. Potter, S. Gosling
- Psychology
- 1 December 2001
The current study examined the relation between self-esteem and the Big Five personality dimensions. Data were collected over the Internet from a large heterogeneous sample of individuals who ranged… Expand
Divided we stand: three psychological regions of the United States and their political, economic, social, and health correlates.
- P. J. Rentfrow, S. Gosling, M. Jokela, D. Stillwell, Michał Kosiński, J. Potter
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 14 October 2013
There is overwhelming evidence for regional variation across the United States on a range of key political, economic, social, and health indicators. However, a substantial body of research suggests… Expand
The developmental psychometrics of big five self-reports: acquiescence, factor structure, coherence, and differentiation from ages 10 to 20.
- C. Soto, O. John, S. Gosling, J. Potter
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 April 2008
How do youths' personality reports differ from those of adults? To identify the year-by-year timing of developmental trends from late childhood (age 10) to early adulthood (age 20), the authors… Expand
Personality Maturation Around the World
- W. Bleidorn, T. Klimstra, Jaap J. A. Denissen, P. Rentfrow, J. Potter, S. Gosling
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 18 October 2013
During early adulthood, individuals from different cultures across the world tend to become more agreeable, more conscientious, and less neurotic. Two leading theories offer different explanations… Expand
Age and gender differences in self-esteem-A cross-cultural window.
- W. Bleidorn, R. Arslan, +4 authors S. Gosling
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 September 2016
Research and theorizing on gender and age differences in self-esteem have played a prominent role in psychology over the past 20 years. However, virtually all empirical research has been undertaken… Expand