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

learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and s ...

dedicated to advancing research into

personality Personality is the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that are formed from biological and environmental factors, and which change over time. While there is no generally agreed-upon definition of personality, mos ...

. Its mission statement does not mention specific disciplines such as

social psychology Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people or by social norms. Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the r ...

policy Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organ ...

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 The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) is an academic society for personality and social psychologists focused on promoting scientific research that explores how people think, behave and interact. It is the largest organization o ...

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

Presidents

The current president of the ARP is

Wiebke Bleidorn Wiebke Bleidorn is a personality psychologist. She is a professor at the University of Zurich. in the department of psychology. She is president of Association for Research in Personality (ARP) until 2023. She received the American Psychological As ...

a professor of psychology at the University of Zurich. Past presidents of the ARP, in reverse chronological order, are as follows: * Rich Lucas (2020-2021) *

Brent Roberts Brent Walter Roberts is an American social and personality psychologist who is professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He is known for his research on personality traits, especially conscientiousness and narcis ...

(2018-2019) *

Dan McAdams Dan P. McAdams (born February 7, 1954) is personality psychologist and the Henry Wade Rogers Professor in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University. He was raised in Gary, Indiana, where he attended nearby Valparaiso University. In ...

(2016-17) *

Dan Ozer Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoir ...

(2014-15) * Will Fleeson (2012-13) *

David Funder David C. Funder (Ph.D., Stanford University 1979) is a personality psychologist and psychology professor in the Psychology department at the University of California, Riverside. He has written a number of important textbooks and research articles p ...

(2010-11) * Bill Revelle (2008-09) *

Julie Norem Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ...

(2006-07) *

Lew Goldberg Lewis R. Goldberg 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 Psychologist, 48'', 26 ...

(2004-05) * Paul Costa Jr (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 o ...

(2002) *David Watson (2001)

References

External links

* {{Science-org-stub Psychology organizations based in the United States Scientific organizations established in 2001 Psychological societies