The Association for Research in Personality (abbreviated ARP) is an American

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dedicated to advancing research into

personality Personality is any person's collection of interrelated behavioral, cognitive, and emotional patterns that comprise a person’s unique adjustment to life. These interrelated patterns are relatively stable, but can change over long time per ...

. Its mission statement does not mention specific disciplines such as

social psychology Social psychology is the methodical study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Although studying many of the same substantive topics as its counterpart in the field ...

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research, instead simply emphasizing the scientific study of personality. It was established in 2001, with David Watson as the founding president. It originally held an annual preconference before the

Society for Personality and Social Psychology A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. So ...

's annual conference. In 2009, the ARP began holding its own annual conference.

Presidents

The current president of the ARP is Wiebke Bleidorn a professor of psychology at the

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. Past presidents of the ARP, in reverse chronological order, are as follows: * Rich Lucas (2020–2021) * Brent Roberts (2018–2019) * Dan McAdams (2016–17) *

Dan Ozer Daniel Ozer is a personality psychologist. He is a professor at the University of California, Riverside. He was president of Association for Research in Personality The Association for Research in Personality (abbreviated ARP) is an American learn ...

(2014–15) * Will Fleeson (2012–13) *

David Funder David C. Funder (Ph.D., Stanford University 1979) is a personality psychologist and a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. He has written a number of important textbooks and research articles pertainin ...

(2010–11) * Bill Revelle (2008–09) *

Julie Norem Julie K. Norem is a personality psychologist. She is the Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology at Wellesley College. She has been teaching at Wellesley College since 1992. In 2006, she was president of the Association for Research in Personality T ...

(2006–07) *

Lew Goldberg Lewis R. Goldberg (born January 28, 1932) is an American personality psychologist and a professor emeritus at the University of Oregon. He is closely associated Goldberg, L.R. (1993). The structure of phenotypic personality traits. ''American ...

(2004–05) *

Paul Costa Jr Paul Costa Jr. (born September 16, 1942) is an American psychologist associated with the Five Factor Model. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1970. Author of over 300 academic articles, several books, he is perhaps best know ...

(2003) *

Walter Mischel Walter Mischel (; February 22, 1930 – September 12, 2018) was an Austrian-born American psychologist specializing in personality theory and social psychology. He was the Robert Johnston Niven Professor of Humane Letters in the Department ...

(2002) * David Watson (2001)

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