Brent Donnellan
Biographic Data
| ID | 7836210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brent Donnellan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brent |
| FAMILY NAME | Donnellan |
| SIGNATURE | DONNELLAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“To Be” or “I Am Someone Who Tends to Be”
The fundamental unit of data collection for self- and informant-report personality research is the item. In personality structure research, items have historically taken the form of single-word trait descriptors (e.g., “Calm”) while, in most personality assessment frameworks, they consist of phrases and sentences (e.g., “I see myself as someone who tends to be calm”). This Registered Report used a randomized, longitudinal design to evaluate the e…
Friends’ Personality Similarity and Its Association With Friendship Well-Being
Homophily in psychological characteristics is common, yet recent evidence suggests that personality trait similarity among friends may be less common. Moreover, little is known about whether and how personality similarity—and perceptions of this similarity—among friends shapes how they feel about their relationships in group settings. In a study of 369 quads of friends ( N = 1,476), we found personality similarity in most Big Five traits (except …
The Relationship Between Career Success and Sense of Purpose
These findings suggest that subjective career success may be more important for sense of purpose than more objective indicators. Findings are discussed with respect to study limitations and guidance for future researchers using secondary data
Interdependence of Approach and Avoidance Goals in Romantic Couples Over Days and Months
The present research underscores the importance of disentangling state- and trait-level goal tendencies when investigating the interdependence of approach and avoidance goals within romantic relationships
Log on and Prosper? Little Evidence for Codevelopment Between Psychological Adjustment and Technology Use in Older Adulthood
Results of this study help clarify the mixed results of past intervention research, indicating that effects of ICT use on psychological adjustment tend to be either null or much smaller than can be detected using typical intervention sample sizes. Overall, these results suggest that the association between technology use and psychological adjustment is negligible in older adults
Do Big Five Personality Traits Moderate the Effects of Stressful Life Events on Health Trajectories? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
Findings suggest that personality and stressful life events are important predictors of health outcomes. However, we found little evidence that personality moderates the effect of major stressful events across a 2-year time frame. Any heightened reactivity related to high neuroticism may be time-limited to the months immediately after a major stressful event
Evaluating the temporal structure and correlates of daily self-esteem using a trait state error framework (TSE)
This study evaluates the temporal structure of daily self-esteem and the relative contribution of a range of theoretically motivated predictors of daily self-esteem. To assess self-esteem stability, a daily version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale (RSE, Rosenberg, 1965) was administered to 278 undergraduates for five consecutive days. These short-term longitudinal data were analysed using the Trait State Error (TSE) modelling framework. The TSE…
On the Cross‐Cultural Replicability of the Resilient, Undercontrolled, and Overcontrolled Personality Types
Personality types reflect typical configurations of personality attributes within individuals. Over the last 20 years, researchers have identified a set of three replicable personality types: resilient ( R ), undercontrolled ( U ), and overcontrolled ( O ) types. In this study, we examined the cross‐cultural replicability of the RUO types in I taly, P oland, S pain, and the U nited S tates. Personality types were identified using cluster analyses…
The Relationship Between Career Success and Sense of Purpose
These findings suggest that subjective career success may be more important for sense of purpose than more objective indicators. Findings are discussed with respect to study limitations and guidance for future researchers using secondary data
Log on and Prosper? Little Evidence for Codevelopment Between Psychological Adjustment and Technology Use in Older Adulthood
Results of this study help clarify the mixed results of past intervention research, indicating that effects of ICT use on psychological adjustment tend to be either null or much smaller than can be detected using typical intervention sample sizes. Overall, these results suggest that the association between technology use and psychological adjustment is negligible in older adults
On the Cross‐Cultural Replicability of the Resilient, Undercontrolled, and Overcontrolled Personality Types
Personality types reflect typical configurations of personality attributes within individuals. Over the last 20 years, researchers have identified a set of three replicable personality types: resilient ( R ), undercontrolled ( U ), and overcontrolled ( O ) types. In this study, we examined the cross‐cultural replicability of the RUO types in I taly, P oland, S pain, and the U nited S tates. Personality types were identified using cluster analyses…
Evaluating the temporal structure and correlates of daily self-esteem using a trait state error framework (TSE)
This study evaluates the temporal structure of daily self-esteem and the relative contribution of a range of theoretically motivated predictors of daily self-esteem. To assess self-esteem stability, a daily version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale (RSE, Rosenberg, 1965) was administered to 278 undergraduates for five consecutive days. These short-term longitudinal data were analysed using the Trait State Error (TSE) modelling framework. The TSE…
The Relationship Between Career Success and Sense of Purpose
These findings suggest that subjective career success may be more important for sense of purpose than more objective indicators. Findings are discussed with respect to study limitations and guidance for future researchers using secondary data
Interdependence of Approach and Avoidance Goals in Romantic Couples Over Days and Months
The present research underscores the importance of disentangling state- and trait-level goal tendencies when investigating the interdependence of approach and avoidance goals within romantic relationships
Log on and Prosper? Little Evidence for Codevelopment Between Psychological Adjustment and Technology Use in Older Adulthood
Results of this study help clarify the mixed results of past intervention research, indicating that effects of ICT use on psychological adjustment tend to be either null or much smaller than can be detected using typical intervention sample sizes. Overall, these results suggest that the association between technology use and psychological adjustment is negligible in older adults
Do Big Five Personality Traits Moderate the Effects of Stressful Life Events on Health Trajectories? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
Findings suggest that personality and stressful life events are important predictors of health outcomes. However, we found little evidence that personality moderates the effect of major stressful events across a 2-year time frame. Any heightened reactivity related to high neuroticism may be time-limited to the months immediately after a major stressful event
“To Be” or “I Am Someone Who Tends to Be”
The fundamental unit of data collection for self- and informant-report personality research is the item. In personality structure research, items have historically taken the form of single-word trait descriptors (e.g., “Calm”) while, in most personality assessment frameworks, they consist of phrases and sentences (e.g., “I see myself as someone who tends to be calm”). This Registered Report used a randomized, longitudinal design to evaluate the e…
Friends’ Personality Similarity and Its Association With Friendship Well-Being
Homophily in psychological characteristics is common, yet recent evidence suggests that personality trait similarity among friends may be less common. Moreover, little is known about whether and how personality similarity—and perceptions of this similarity—among friends shapes how they feel about their relationships in group settings. In a study of 369 quads of friends ( N = 1,476), we found personality similarity in most Big Five traits (except …
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Big Five personality traits (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Mental Health Research Topics (4 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (4 works) · Personality (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works)