Genotypic Associations with Age-Graded and Event-Related Personality Development
We examine personality development across age in response to stressful life events, and their associations with polygenic indices (PGIs). PGIs summarize the effect of hundreds of thousands of trait-specific genetic variants with phenotypic trait-related outcomes, and could theoretically reveal mechanisms underlying individual differences.
In these studies, we investigate these associations in two large-scale representative samples of adults in the United States (HRS) and Canada (CLSA), with a sample of ~50k.
Preregistered. Manuscript in preparation.
Nonbinary Career Identity Development
Research on career interest development has previously focused on differences between those who identify as men and women. These findings demonstrate strong mean-level differences in interest scores between genders, wherein men tend to favor careers involving realistic interests (such as working in trade jobs), and women tend to favor social interests (such as working as a teacher) (Su et al., 2009, Lippa, 2010). However, little research has examined the interest profiles of nonbinary people or those who identify less strongly with male or female identities. In this project, we conduct a series of studies to better understand the role of self-perceptions of gender in career development.
Preregistered. In data collection.
Josephine Fealy 