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Brent W. Roberts

Researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Publications -  243
Citations -  40852

Brent W. Roberts is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. The author has contributed to research in topics: Personality & Big Five personality traits. The author has an hindex of 82, co-authored 229 publications receiving 36195 citations. Previous affiliations of Brent W. Roberts include University of Tübingen & University of California, Berkeley.

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Using Multiple Methods in Personality Psychology

TL;DR: For instance, Roberts et al. as mentioned in this paper pointed out that the Platonic ideal of convergence of similar constructs drawn from different methods is not met as often as we would like and that the focus on multiple methods has inadvertently led to a misguided boondoggle to search for the methodological holy grail, the one method that deserves our ultimate attention.
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Propositions for the Study of Moral Personality Development

TL;DR: The current review presents the case that new directions in the empirical study of moral personality development are needed and sets the stage for future work by presenting six propositions that should serve as the foundation for future research in the field.
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Substance use outcomes for mindfulness based relapse prevention are partially mediated by reductions in stress: Results from a randomized trial.

TL;DR: Results suggest that MBRP is a useful and appropriate intervention for marginalized young adults and suggest that the effects of MBRP on long-term substance use outcomes may be partially explained by reduced stress.
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The Relations Between Parental Socioeconomic Status, Personality, and Life Outcomes

TL;DR: The authors conducted a meta-analysis of the correlations between parental socioeconomic status (pSES) and personality traits and temperament dimensions and found evidence for the resource substitution hypothesis, which proposes that personality compensates for background disadvantage.
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Becoming More Conscientious or More Open to Experience? Effects of a Two–Week Smartphone–Based Intervention for Personality Change:

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that it might be possible to change personality traits through intervention, but this clinical research has primarily focused on changing neuroticism, and to date, there are no estab...