Christopher Soto
@cjsotomatic.bsky.social
Personality psychologist at Colby College. I study the structure, assessment, development, and outcomes of personality traits and socio-emotional skills.
4/5 Key finding #3:
Kids whose skills increased over time also experienced positive life outcomes, including better academic engagement, friendship quality, and well-being. So skill changes matter for adolescents' success.
Kids whose skills increased over time also experienced positive life outcomes, including better academic engagement, friendship quality, and well-being. So skill changes matter for adolescents' success.
February 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
4/5 Key finding #3:
Kids whose skills increased over time also experienced positive life outcomes, including better academic engagement, friendship quality, and well-being. So skill changes matter for adolescents' success.
Kids whose skills increased over time also experienced positive life outcomes, including better academic engagement, friendship quality, and well-being. So skill changes matter for adolescents' success.
2/5 Key finding #1:
There were significant individual differences in change for all five skill domains: self-management, social engagement, cooperation, emotional resilience, and innovation skills. So some kids increased over time, while others decreased.
There were significant individual differences in change for all five skill domains: self-management, social engagement, cooperation, emotional resilience, and innovation skills. So some kids increased over time, while others decreased.
February 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
2/5 Key finding #1:
There were significant individual differences in change for all five skill domains: self-management, social engagement, cooperation, emotional resilience, and innovation skills. So some kids increased over time, while others decreased.
There were significant individual differences in change for all five skill domains: self-management, social engagement, cooperation, emotional resilience, and innovation skills. So some kids increased over time, while others decreased.
1/5 New paper!
How do adolescents' personality traits and skills change across a school year? And how are these changes linked with academics, social relationships, and well-being?
New paper led by Christopher Napolitano in press at EJP.
Brief highlights in the thread below...
How do adolescents' personality traits and skills change across a school year? And how are these changes linked with academics, social relationships, and well-being?
New paper led by Christopher Napolitano in press at EJP.
Brief highlights in the thread below...
February 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
1/5 New paper!
How do adolescents' personality traits and skills change across a school year? And how are these changes linked with academics, social relationships, and well-being?
New paper led by Christopher Napolitano in press at EJP.
Brief highlights in the thread below...
How do adolescents' personality traits and skills change across a school year? And how are these changes linked with academics, social relationships, and well-being?
New paper led by Christopher Napolitano in press at EJP.
Brief highlights in the thread below...
3/ A couple examples:
* High cooperation and emotional resilience skills helped counteract low trait agreeableness and emotional stability in managing friendships.
* High innovation skills (like creativity and cultural competence) outweighed trait open-mindedness in predicting multiple outcomes.
* High cooperation and emotional resilience skills helped counteract low trait agreeableness and emotional stability in managing friendships.
* High innovation skills (like creativity and cultural competence) outweighed trait open-mindedness in predicting multiple outcomes.
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
3/ A couple examples:
* High cooperation and emotional resilience skills helped counteract low trait agreeableness and emotional stability in managing friendships.
* High innovation skills (like creativity and cultural competence) outweighed trait open-mindedness in predicting multiple outcomes.
* High cooperation and emotional resilience skills helped counteract low trait agreeableness and emotional stability in managing friendships.
* High innovation skills (like creativity and cultural competence) outweighed trait open-mindedness in predicting multiple outcomes.
1/ New paper!
How do personality traits (like the Big Five) and skills (like social engagement and emotional resilience) shape success? What happens when traits and skills don't match up with each other?
Led by @whitneyringwald.bsky.social, accepted at the European Journal of Personality.
How do personality traits (like the Big Five) and skills (like social engagement and emotional resilience) shape success? What happens when traits and skills don't match up with each other?
Led by @whitneyringwald.bsky.social, accepted at the European Journal of Personality.
December 11, 2024 at 6:48 PM
1/ New paper!
How do personality traits (like the Big Five) and skills (like social engagement and emotional resilience) shape success? What happens when traits and skills don't match up with each other?
Led by @whitneyringwald.bsky.social, accepted at the European Journal of Personality.
How do personality traits (like the Big Five) and skills (like social engagement and emotional resilience) shape success? What happens when traits and skills don't match up with each other?
Led by @whitneyringwald.bsky.social, accepted at the European Journal of Personality.
How are the Big Five personality traits like skills? How are they different?
The slides from my keynote address at the 2024 World Conference on Personality are available at osf.io/tyez7/
The slides from my keynote address at the 2024 World Conference on Personality are available at osf.io/tyez7/
April 4, 2024 at 4:36 PM
How are the Big Five personality traits like skills? How are they different?
The slides from my keynote address at the 2024 World Conference on Personality are available at osf.io/tyez7/
The slides from my keynote address at the 2024 World Conference on Personality are available at osf.io/tyez7/