René Mõttus
@renemottus.bsky.social
Personality psychology professor.
Edinburgh. Tartu.
Current effort: https://whichjob.me
About psychology:
https://psychologytoday.com/us/blog/people-unexplained
https://personalitypsychologypodcast.com
Edinburgh. Tartu.
Current effort: https://whichjob.me
About psychology:
https://psychologytoday.com/us/blog/people-unexplained
https://personalitypsychologypodcast.com
21 to 24 July 2026
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
21 to 24 July 2026
Keynote speakers: @tuckerdrob.bsky.social @foswald.bsky.social Ellen Hamaker
Hands-on workshops by:
@tedmond.bsky.social & @ukuvainik.bsky.social (genomic analyses)
@dirkwulff.bsky.social (LLMs in personality research)
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/programme
Hands-on workshops by:
@tedmond.bsky.social & @ukuvainik.bsky.social (genomic analyses)
@dirkwulff.bsky.social (LLMs in personality research)
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/programme
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Keynote speakers: @tuckerdrob.bsky.social @foswald.bsky.social Ellen Hamaker
Hands-on workshops by:
@tedmond.bsky.social & @ukuvainik.bsky.social (genomic analyses)
@dirkwulff.bsky.social (LLMs in personality research)
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/programme
Hands-on workshops by:
@tedmond.bsky.social & @ukuvainik.bsky.social (genomic analyses)
@dirkwulff.bsky.social (LLMs in personality research)
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/programme
Since otherwise the stability is confounded with test-specific variance (e.g., facets/nuances, stable item interpretations etc).
It's like people define latent traits as the shared variance of multiple indicators cross-sectionally -- here we extend to longitudinal data.
It's like people define latent traits as the shared variance of multiple indicators cross-sectionally -- here we extend to longitudinal data.
July 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Since otherwise the stability is confounded with test-specific variance (e.g., facets/nuances, stable item interpretations etc).
It's like people define latent traits as the shared variance of multiple indicators cross-sectionally -- here we extend to longitudinal data.
It's like people define latent traits as the shared variance of multiple indicators cross-sectionally -- here we extend to longitudinal data.
I suppose yes, this makes them real in some sense.
My follow-up question is: if these "real" Big Five exist independently of their tests, then to study the "real" rank-order stability of the Big Five, we should assess them with different tests at different time-points.
My follow-up question is: if these "real" Big Five exist independently of their tests, then to study the "real" rank-order stability of the Big Five, we should assess them with different tests at different time-points.
July 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I suppose yes, this makes them real in some sense.
My follow-up question is: if these "real" Big Five exist independently of their tests, then to study the "real" rank-order stability of the Big Five, we should assess them with different tests at different time-points.
My follow-up question is: if these "real" Big Five exist independently of their tests, then to study the "real" rank-order stability of the Big Five, we should assess them with different tests at different time-points.
Good thing there is a reference for why this (or any such) number makes no sense.
June 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Good thing there is a reference for why this (or any such) number makes no sense.
And how that difference plays out in other demographic trends (see number of kids 👀). Personality is up next 😁
June 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
And how that difference plays out in other demographic trends (see number of kids 👀). Personality is up next 😁