Socioeconomic status (SES; or social class) is considered an important determinant of
psychological and life outcomes. Despite this importance, how to appropriately conceive of …

Causal inference is a central goal of research. However, most psychologists refrain from
explicitly addressing causal research questions and avoid drawing causal inference on the …

Associations between personality traits and life outcomes are usually studied using the Big
Five domains and, occasionally, their facets. But recent research suggests these …

Education involving active engagement in the arts, herein called arts education, is often
believed to foster the development of desirable personality traits and skills in children and …

Personality–outcome associations, typically represented using the Big Five personality
domains, are ubiquitous, but often weak and possibly driven by the constituents of these …

This special issue sets out with the convictions that although personality psychology has
already achieved a lot, it can achieve more still, and it may now be a good moment to reflect …

This dissertation investigates two ways in which personality psychology should move
beyond the traditional approach of measuring personality with broad domains composed of …