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This project examines the overarching factor structure of the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) in youth via CFA analyses. Additionally, we examine whether personality traits moderate the association between discrimination and psychopathology.

The present study seeks to examine the joint hierarchical structure of personality traits and personal values in young adults using three personality inventories: the BFI, the MPQ, and the Schwartz Values Survey. This study is intended to be descriptive and exploratory, particularly given the lack of research on the hierarchical structure of the traits-values relationships.

The goal of this project is to examine the dual-hormone hypothesis as it relates to dominance in a community sample of adolescents.

Preregistration: The Relationship Between Personal Values, Personality, and Psychopathology in Middle Childhood Raul A. España, Cassandra M. Brandes, Allison N. Shields, Cheyenne M. Bates, Avanté J. Smack, and Jennifer L. Tackett 1. Research Question/Hypothesis The associations between personality traits and psychopathology in children are robust (e.g., De Bolle et al., 2012; Kushner, 2015). Yet, personal values, which are defined as guiding life principles that influence individuals’ behaviors, decision-making, and perceptions of events (Parks & Guay, 2009), are another branch of individual differences that might shed light on important behavioral outcomes such as psychopathology. Limited work has investigated Schwartz’s theory of personal values (Schwartz, 1992) in the context of psychopathology in adults (e.g., Hanel & Wolfradt, 2016) and found that certain personal values are associated with psychopathological constructs (e.g., achievement and power positively correlate with aggression and violence; Benish-Weisman, 2015, Knafo et al., 2008). However, these associations have not been examined explicitly in children. Furthermore, gender and racial/ethnic group membership has not been considered when examining the values-psychopathology association in adults, leaving to question if either gender or ethnic group membership influences the strength of the values-psychopathology association in children. Given known associations between child personality and psychopathology, it is important to examine the extent to which personal values may increment the prediction of psychopathology (beyond personality traits). In addition, personality traits and values may interact in increasing either risk or resiliency for psychopathology in childhood. The current study is designed to inform these research questions. In the present study using a cross-sectional sample of middle childhood-aged children, we aim to answer the following research questions: 1. What are the associations between child personal values and broad psychopathology domains (i.e., internalizing and externalizing problems) in children? a. Do these correlational associations differ by gender and/or race/ethnicity? 2. Do children’s personal values increment the prediction of psychopathology beyond the Five Factor Model personality traits? 3. Do children’s personal values moderate the associations between child personality traits and psychopathology?

This project examines moderating and mediating effects of sleep problems in the association between various forms of adversity and psychopathology in youth.

***Please see the Files of this project for a pdfs of Registration Document with properly formatted tables.** Contextualizing Adolescent Leadership Motivations in an Individual Differences Framework: A Construct Validation Approach