Brent W. Roberts

49.8k total citations · 20 hit papers
230 papers, 30.9k citations indexed

About

Brent W. Roberts is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brent W. Roberts has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 30.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 162 papers in Clinical Psychology, 93 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 72 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Brent W. Roberts's work include Personality Traits and Psychology (137 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (49 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (42 papers). Brent W. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Personality Traits and Psychology (137 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (49 papers) and Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (42 papers). Brent W. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Brent W. Roberts's co-authors include Avshalom Caspi, Kate E. Walton, Tim Bogg, Rebecca L. Shiner, Richard W. Robins, Wolfgang Viechtbauer, Terrie E. Moffitt, Patrick L. Hill, Daniel K. Mroczek and Lewis R. Goldberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Brent W. Roberts

222 papers receiving 29.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety
    2011 3.2k citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Brent W. Roberts et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Patterns of mean-level change in personality traits across the life course: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
    2006 2.2k citations Brent W. Roberts, Kate E. Walton et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  3. Personality Development: Stability and Change
    2005 1.8k citations Avshalom Caspi, Brent W. Roberts et al. profile →
  4. The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes
    2007 1.5k citations Brent W. Roberts, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  5. Conscientiousness and Health-Related Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis of the Leading Behavioral Contributors to Mortality.
    2004 1.1k citations Tim Bogg, Brent W. Roberts Psychological Bulletin profile →
  6. Personality Trait Change in Adulthood
    2008 746 citations Brent W. Roberts et al. profile →
  7. A systematic review of personality trait change through intervention.
    2017 606 citations Brent W. Roberts, Daniel A. Briley et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  8. Recommendations for Increasing Replicability in Psychology
    2013 576 citations Jens B. Asendorpf, Mark Conner et al. European Journal of Personality profile →
  9. Low self-esteem prospectively predicts depression in adolescence and young adulthood.
    2008 560 citations Ulrich Orth, Richard W. Robins et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  10. THE STRUCTURE OF CONSCIENTIOUSNESS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION BASED ON SEVEN MAJOR PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRES
    2005 539 citations Brent W. Roberts et al. profile →
  11. Personality Development Across the Life Course:The Argument for Change and Continuity
    2001 533 citations Avshalom Caspi, Brent W. Roberts profile →
  12. Are expert athletes ‘expert’ in the cognitive laboratory? A meta‐analytic review of cognition and sport expertise
    2009 438 citations Brent W. Roberts et al. profile →
  13. What is conscientiousness and how can it be assessed?
    2012 386 citations Brent W. Roberts, Patrick L. Hill et al. profile →
  14. Integrating Models of Self-Regulation
    2020 310 citations Brent W. Roberts et al. profile →
  15. The divided self: Concurrent and longitudinal effects of psychological adjustment and social roles on self-concept differentiation.
    1993 296 citations Richard W. Robins, Brent W. Roberts et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  16. Processes of Personality Development in Adulthood: The TESSERA Framework
    2016 295 citations Cornelia Wrzus, Brent W. Roberts profile →
  17. Integrating Personality Structure, Personality Process, and Personality Development
    2017 264 citations Anna Baumert, Manfred Schmitt et al. European Journal of Personality profile →
  18. Personality stability and change: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
    2022 168 citations Wiebke Bleidorn, Ted Schwaba et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  19. Changing personality traits with the help of a digital personality change intervention
    2021 155 citations Mirjam Stieger, Christoph Flückiger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  20. An integrative framework for conceptualizing and assessing social, emotional, and behavioral skills: The BESSI.
    2022 85 citations Heejun Roy Yoon, Brent W. Roberts et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brent W. Roberts United States 81 16.6k 10.5k 10.1k 5.3k 5.3k 230 30.9k
Richard W. Robins United States 78 14.7k 0.9× 14.1k 1.3× 7.9k 0.8× 7.5k 1.4× 3.6k 0.7× 247 30.3k
Sonja Lyubomirsky United States 72 12.9k 0.8× 17.6k 1.7× 10.0k 1.0× 4.5k 0.8× 7.7k 1.5× 162 32.9k
Lyn Y. Abramson United States 83 20.6k 1.2× 9.9k 0.9× 13.3k 1.3× 4.0k 0.8× 4.3k 0.8× 276 35.1k
Niall Bolger United States 57 10.0k 0.6× 14.0k 1.3× 7.1k 0.7× 7.9k 1.5× 4.1k 0.8× 113 32.6k
David Watson Canada 22 10.6k 0.6× 12.6k 1.2× 9.6k 0.9× 5.2k 1.0× 5.4k 1.0× 56 31.6k
Robert R. McCrae United States 87 24.5k 1.5× 16.8k 1.6× 12.3k 1.2× 9.2k 1.7× 6.4k 1.2× 201 47.2k
Kennon M. Sheldon United States 85 8.2k 0.5× 21.2k 2.0× 6.4k 0.6× 6.5k 1.2× 9.9k 1.9× 230 32.5k
Todd B. Kashdan United States 82 11.8k 0.7× 10.8k 1.0× 8.0k 0.8× 2.5k 0.5× 4.4k 0.8× 238 22.9k
Gian Vittorio Caprara Italy 78 9.5k 0.6× 11.6k 1.1× 4.2k 0.4× 6.8k 1.3× 2.7k 0.5× 282 25.9k
Bart Soenens Belgium 80 10.0k 0.6× 13.5k 1.3× 4.5k 0.4× 5.6k 1.0× 3.1k 0.6× 336 24.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rammstedt, Beatrice, et al.. (2025). Beyond age and generations: How considering period effects reshapes our understanding of personality change.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 130(1). 129–159.
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Allemand, Mathias, et al.. (2023). Conscientiousness and Labor Market Returns: Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Yoon, Heejun Roy, et al.. (2022). An In-depth Review of Conscientiousness and Educational Issues. Educational Psychology Review. 34(4). 2745–2781. 27 indexed citations
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Bleidorn, Wiebke, Ted Schwaba, Anqing Zheng, et al.. (2022). Personality stability and change: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.. Psychological Bulletin. 148(7-8). 588–619. 168 indexed citations breakdown →
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Olaru, Gabriel, Mirjam Stieger, Dominik Rüegger, et al.. (2022). Personality change through a digital-coaching intervention: Using measurement invariance testing to distinguish between trait domain, facet, and nuance change. European Journal of Personality. 38(2). 141–157. 11 indexed citations
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Stieger, Mirjam, Christoph Flückiger, Dominik Rüegger, et al.. (2021). Changing personality traits with the help of a digital personality change intervention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(8). 155 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bleidorn, Wiebke, Christopher J. Hopwood, Mitja D. Back, et al.. (2021). Personality Trait Stability and Change. PsychOpen Gold (Leibniz Institute for Psychology). 2(1). 87 indexed citations
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Roberts, Brent W., et al.. (2021). Flow meter, PEEP valve development and performance testing for use in a volume-controlled emergency use ventilator (EUV-SK1). 44.
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Wetzel, Eunike, et al.. (2020). Measurement Invariance of Three Narcissism Questionnaires Across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Assessment. 28(1). 29–43. 16 indexed citations
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Bleidorn, Wiebke, Patrick L. Hill, Mitja D. Back, et al.. (2019). The policy relevance of personality traits.. American Psychologist. 74(9). 1056–1067. 152 indexed citations
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Baumert, Anna, Manfred Schmitt, Marco Perugini, et al.. (2017). Working towards integration of personality structure, process, and development. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 4 indexed citations
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Baumert, Anna, Marina Schmitt, María Laura Lupano Perugini, et al.. (2017). Authors' Response. Working towards integration of personality structure, process, and development. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yilan, Daniel A. Briley, Jeffrey R. Brown, & Brent W. Roberts. (2017). Genetic and environmental influences on household financial distress. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 142. 404–424. 32 indexed citations
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Stoll, Gundula, Sven Rieger, Oliver Lüdtke, et al.. (2016). Vocational interests assessed at the end of high school predict life outcomes assessed 10 years later over and above IQ and Big Five personality traits.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 113(1). 167–184. 84 indexed citations
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Asendorpf, Jens B., Mark Conner, Filip De Fruyt, et al.. (2013). Replication is more than hitting the lottery twice. European Journal of Personality. 27(2). 138–144. 9 indexed citations
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Pozzebon, Julie A., et al.. (2013). Establishing the validity and reliability of the Project Talent Personality Inventory. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. 968–968. 26 indexed citations
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Lodi‐Smith, Jennifer, Joshua J. Jackson, Tim Bogg, et al.. (2009). Mechanisms of health: Education and health-related behaviours partially mediate the relationship between conscientiousness and self-reported physical health. Psychology and Health. 25(3). 305–319. 115 indexed citations
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Orth, Ulrich, Richard W. Robins, & Brent W. Roberts. (2008). Low self-esteem prospectively predicts depression in adolescence and young adulthood.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 95(3). 695–708. 560 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, Brent W., Peter D. Harms, Avshalom Caspi, & Terrie E. Moffitt. (2007). Predicting the counterproductive employee in a child-to-adult prospective study.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 92(5). 1427–1436. 69 indexed citations

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