Why Study Personality Assessment

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Lex Borghans, Angela Lee Duckworth, James J. Heckman, & Bas ter Weel. The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits. Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 43, No. 4, Noncognitive Skills and Their Development (Fall, 2008), pp. 972-1059.

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Harkness, A. R., & Lilienfeld, S. O. (1997). Individual difference science for treatment planning: Personality traits. Psychological Assessment, 9, 349-360.

Lahey, B. B. (2009). Public health significance of neuroticism. American Psychologist,64, 241–256. doi:10.1037/a0015309

Lubinski, D. (2000). Scientific and social significance of assessing individual differences: Sinking shafts at a few critical points. Annual Review of Psychology, 51, 405-444.

Meyer, G. J., Finn, S. E., Eyde, L. D., Kay, G. G., Moreland, K. L., Dies, R. R., Eisman, E. J., Kubiszyn, T. W., & Reed, G. M. (2001). Psychological testing and psychological assessment. American Psychologist, 56, 128-165.

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Soto, C. J. (2019). How Replicable Are Links Between Personality Traits and Consequential Life Outcomes_ The Life Outcomes of Personality Replication Project. Psychological Science, 30(5), 711-727. https-__doi.org_.pdf Download Soto, C. J. (2019). How Replicable Are Links Between Personality Traits and Consequential Life Outcomes_ The Life Outcomes of Personality Replication Project. Psychological Science, 30(5), 711-727. https-__doi.org_.pdf

Tellegen, A. (1991). Personality traits: Issues of definition, evidence, and assessment. In W. M. Grove & D. Cicchetti (Eds.), Thinking clearly about psychology: Personality and psychopathology (Vol. II, pp. 10-35). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.Download Tellegen, A. (1991). Personality traits: Issues of definition, evidence, and assessment. In W. M. Grove & D. Cicchetti (Eds.), Thinking clearly about psychology: Personality and psychopathology (Vol. II, pp. 10-35). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Wiggins, J. (2003). Paradigms of personality assessment. New York: Guilford Press. Read Introduction ChapterDownload Wiggins, J. (2003). Paradigms of personality assessment. New York: Guilford Press. Read Introduction Chapter

Bader, M., Hartung, J., Hilbig, B. E., Zettler, I., Moshagen, M., & Wilhelm, O. (2021). Themes of the dark core of personality. Psychological Assessment, 33(6), 511–525. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001006 Download Bader, M., Hartung, J., Hilbig, B. E., Zettler, I., Moshagen, M., & Wilhelm, O. (2021). Themes of the dark core of personality. Psychological Assessment, 33(6), 511–525. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001006 Download Bader, M., Hartung, J., Hilbig, B. E., Zettler, I., Moshagen, M., & Wilhelm, O. (2021). Themes of the dark core of personality. Psychological Assessment, 33(6), 511–525. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001006 Download Bader, M., Hartung, J., Hilbig, B. E., Zettler, I., Moshagen, M., & Wilhelm, O. (2021). Themes of the dark core of personality. Psychological Assessment, 33(6), 511–525. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001006

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Meyer, G. J., Finn, S. E., Eyde, L. D., Kay, G. G., Moreland, K. L., Dies, R. R., Eisman, E. J., Kubiszyn, T. W., & Reed, G. M. (2001). Psychological testing and psychological assessment. American Psychologist, 56, 128-165.

Nye, C. D., Su, R., Rounds, J., & Drasgow, F. (2012). Vocational interests and performance: A quantitative summary of 60 years of research. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(4), 384-403.

Stoll, G., Rieger, S., Ludtke, O., Nagengast, B., Trautwein, U., & Roberts, B. W. (2017). Vocational interests assessed at the end of high school predict life outcomes assessed 10 years later over and above IQ and big five personality traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 167-184.