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 does not plan to accept graduate students for the 2025 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
Recent Publications
Dugan, K. A., Vogt, R. L., Zheng, A., Gillath, O., Deboeck, P. R., Fraley, R. C., & Briley, D. A. (2024). 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, 92(1), 130-146. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12837
Zheng, A., Hoff, K. A., Hanna, A., Einarsdóttir, S., Rounds, J., & Briley, D. A. (2024). Job characteristics and personality change in young adulthood: A 12-year longitudinal study and replication. Journal of Personality, 92(1), 298-315. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12836
Kulisch, L. K., Arumäe, K., Briley, D. A., & Vainik, U. (2023). Triangulating causality between childhood obesity and neurobehavior: Behavioral genetic and longitudinal evidence. Developmental science, 26(6), Article e13392. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13392
Serna, A., Thakur, H., Cohen, J. R., & Briley, D. A. (Accepted/In press). Testing the temporal precedence of family functioning and child psychopathology in the LONGSCAN sample. Development and psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000585
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
