Research Interests
- Individual Differences
- Personality Development
- Identity Development
- Socioecological Contexts of Development
- Quantitative Methods
Research Description
Dr. Briley's research examines how individuals’ unique characteristics dynamically shape and interact with their environments to influence personality and identity development. Their research draws on interdisciplinary theory and methodology, with a particular focus on ways that gender impacts thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and trajectories of identity development.
Dr. Briley plans to accept graduate students for the 2023 Fall term.
Education
Psychology (Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology), Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Psychology (Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology), University of Texas at Austin
Courses Taught
- Psyc 250: Psychology of Personality
- Psyc 501: Applied Structural Equation Modeling
Additional Campus Affiliations
Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
Recent Publications
Dugan, K. A., Vogt, R. L., Zheng, A., Gillath, O., Deboeck, P. R., Fraley, R. C., & Briley, D. A. (Accepted/In press). Life events sometimes alter the trajectory of personality development: Effect sizes for 25 life events estimated using a large, frequently assessed sample. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12837
Zheng, A., Hoff, K. A., Hanna, A., Einarsdóttir, S., Rounds, J., & Briley, D. A. (Accepted/In press). Job characteristics and personality change in young adulthood: A 12-year longitudinal study and replication. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12836
Bleidorn, W., Schwaba, T., Zheng, A., Hopwood, C. J., Sosa, S. S., Roberts, B. W., & Briley, D. A. (2022). Personality Stability and Change: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies. Psychological bulletin, 148(7-8), 588-619. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000365
Choi, J. W., Thakur, H., Briley, D. A., Temple, J. R., & Cohen, J. R. (2022). Testing the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale in Adolescents Across Time, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity. Psychological assessment, 34(8), 752-762. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001142
Hoff, K. A., Chu, C., Einarsdóttir, S., Briley, D. A., Hanna, A., & Rounds, J. (2022). Adolescent vocational interests predict early career success: Two 12-year longitudinal studies. Applied Psychology, 71(1), 49-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12311
