Research Interests
- Individual Differences
- Personality Development
- Identity Development
- Socioecological Contexts of Development
- Quantitative Methods
Research Description
My research examines how individuals’ unique characteristics dynamically shape and interact with their environments to influence personality and identity development. My research draws on interdisciplinary theory and methodology, with a particular focus on charting the pathways from unexamined to examined behavior over development and across environmental contexts. Currently, I am interested in ways that gender impacts thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and trajectories of identity development.
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
Choi, J. W., Thakur, H., Briley, D. A., Temple, J. R., & Cohen, J. R. (Accepted/In press). Testing the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Temporal Experience of Pleasure Scale in Adolescents Across Time, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity. Psychological assessment. 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
Spielmann, J., Feng, S., Briley, D. A., & Stern, C. (2022). Mental Health Contributors Among Transgender People in a Non-WEIRD Society: Evidence From China. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(3), 747-757. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211039388
Vogt, R. L., Zheng, A., Briley, D. A., Malanchini, M., Harden, K. P., & Tucker-Drob, E. M. (2022). Genetic and Environmental Factors of Non-Ability-Based Confidence. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(3), 734-746. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211036610
Arumäe, K., Briley, D., Colodro-Conde, L., Mortensen, E. L., Jang, K., Ando, J., Kandler, C., Sørensen, T. I. A., Dagher, A., Mõttus, R., & Vainik, U. (2021). Two genetic analyses to elucidate causality between body mass index and personality. International Journal of Obesity, 45(10), 2244-2251. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00885-4
