The future of Perspectives on Psychological Science (the journal) is wide open! Want to be the next Editor in Chief? Have ideas about new directions for the journal? Submit a proposal (2pp) by June 1. Come join the team of APS journals' Editors in Chief! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
When Perspectives on Psychological Science was founded in 2006, the goal of the journal was to “publish an eclectic mix of articles that are enjoyable to read and thought-provoking, and at the same ti...
We'll likely have a 2-year postdoc position in our lab (MetaMelb) in psych at Melbourne Uni, starting later this year. If you have a PhD, do relevant stuff, & want to spend 2 years in Melbourne studying psychology research methods & practices, please get in touch! Please share!
New insightful analysis of CDC data on teen mental health. 📊💔 Bans on tech as a fix ignore the complexities of online safety & literacy. Instead of arbitrary limits, we need evidence-based resources to truly support our youth. 🌐🤝 #DigitalWellbeing#TechLiteracywww.salon.com/2024/04/12/s...
Being online helps teens avoid suicide, self-harm and other risks. Why do media and lawmakers blame it instead?
A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. The bit that gets me:”The male associate professors in particular made it clear that they actively engaged in evasiveness and did not want to participate if it was not positive for their careers”
Feeling challenged by longitudinal data analysis? I'm offering 3 longitudinal methods workshops this summer! I'll cover everything from panel data (2-10ish waves) to intensive longitudinal data analysis (10+ observations/unit), and from the basic to complex. Please share! See 🧵 for details ⬇️
🚨 New paper! In this review, we explore factor indeterminacy and outline how we can use genetic data to test the validity of latent factors. tinyurl.com/5n75446y@tedmond.bsky.social@tuckerdrob.bsky.social@kph3k.bsky.social@andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social@michelnivard.bsky.social
The authors address the central criticism of latent variable models in behavioural science, which is that a wide range of causal models may account for the observed data (the factor indeterminacy prob...
Occupational prestige is a core component of SES. But it is often overlooked in research because it is hard to measure. We wanted to fix that. This new pub presents an easy to use index, validity evidence, and analyses of what makes a job get seen as prestigious online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...
The relationship between life outcomes and an individual’s standing in the social and economic hierarchy of society is an important topic across the social sciences. Foundational to this work is asses...