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Overview

Kali H. Trzesniewski is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with substantial contributions in Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology subfields. Their work addresses topics such as Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation, Education, Achievement, and Giftedness, Early Childhood Education and Development, Youth Development and Social Support, Forgiveness and Related Behaviors, Resilience and Mental Health, and Cognitive Abilities and Testing.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Kali H. Trzesniewski include:

  • Intellectual humility predicts mastery behaviors when learning (2020), published in Learning and Individual Differences
  • Are self-esteem and academic achievement reciprocally related? Findings from a longitudinal study of Mexican-origin youth (2020), published in Journal of Personality
  • Growth-Mindset Intervention Delivered by Teachers Boosts Achievement in Early Adolescence (2022), published in Psychological Science
  • Self and identity in personality psychology (2021), published in Personality Science
  • Measuring Mastery Behaviors at Scale: The Persistence, Effort, Resilience and Challenge-Seeking Task (PERC) (2020), published in Journal of Learning Analytics

Kali H. Trzesniewski frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Tenelle Porter
  • Diego Catalán Molina
  • Andrei Cimpian
  • Lucy Zheng
  • Sylvia Roberts

Their research outputs have been published across various venues such as:

  • Learning and Individual Differences
  • Journal of Personality
  • Psychological Science
  • Personality Science
  • Journal of Learning Analytics

Best Publications

  • Implicit theories of intelligence predict achievement across an adolescent transition: a longitudinal study and an intervention

    Lisa S. Blackwell;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Carol Sorich Dweck

  • Measuring Global Self-Esteem: Construct Validation of a Single-Item Measure and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

    Richard W. Robins;Holly M. Hendin;Kali H. Trzesniewski

  • Low Self-Esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency

    M. Brent Donnellan;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Richard W. Robins;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Low Self-Esteem During Adolescence Predicts Poor Health, Criminal Behavior, and Limited Economic Prospects During Adulthood

    Kali H. Trzesniewski;M. Brent Donnellan;Terrie E. Moffitt;Richard W. Robins

  • Global self-esteem across the life span.

    Richard W. Robins;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Jessica L. Tracy;Samuel D. Gosling

  • Stability of self-esteem across the life span

    Kali H. Trzesniewski;M. Brent Donnellan;Richard W. Robins

  • Self-Esteem Development Across the Lifespan:

    Richard W. Robins;Kali H. Trzesniewski

  • What Does the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Really Measure

    Robert A. Ackerman;Edward A. Witt;M. Brent Donnellan;Kali H. Trzesniewski

  • A Longitudinal Study of Personality Change in Young Adulthood

    Richard W. Robins;R. Chris Fraley;Brent W. Roberts;Kali H. Trzesniewski

  • Self-esteem development from young adulthood to old age: A cohort-sequential longitudinal study.

    Ulrich Orth;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Richard W. Robins

  • Personality Correlates of Self-Esteem

    Richard W. Robins;Jessica L. Tracy;Kali Trzesniewski;Jeff Potter

  • Two Replicable Suppressor Situations in Personality Research.

    Delroy L. Paulhus;Richard W. Robins;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Jessica L. Tracy

  • Bullying Victimization Uniquely Contributes to Adjustment Problems in Young Children: A Nationally Representative Cohort Study

    Louise Arseneault;Elizabeth Walsh;Kali Trzesniewski;Rhiannon Newcombe

  • Authentic and Hubristic Pride: The Affective Core of Self-esteem and Narcissism

    Jessica L. Tracy;Joey T. Cheng;Richard W. Robins;Kali H. Trzesniewski

  • The far-reaching effects of believing people can change: Implicit theories of personality shape stress, health, and achievement during adolescence.

    David Scott Yeager;Rebecca Johnson;Brian James Spitzer;Kali H. Trzesniewski

  • An Implicit Theories of Personality Intervention Reduces Adolescent Aggression in Response to Victimization and Exclusion

    David Scott Yeager;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Carol S. Dweck

  • Rethinking "Generation Me": A Study of Cohort Effects From 1976-2006.

    Kali H. Trzesniewski;M. Brent Donnellan

  • Low self-esteem is a risk factor for depressive symptoms from young adulthood to old age

    Ulrich Orth;Richard W. Robins;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Jürgen Maes

  • Revisiting the association between reading achievement and antisocial behavior: new evidence of an environmental explanation from a twin study.

    Kali H. Trzesniewski;Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Alan Taylor

  • Mentalizing Deficits Constrain Belief in a Personal God

    Ara Norenzayan;Will M. Gervais;Kali H. Trzesniewski

  • Self-Esteem Development Across the Life Span

    Richard W. Robins;Kali H. Trzesniewski

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Brent Donnellan
M. Brent Donnellan Michigan State University
Richard W. Robins
Richard W. Robins University of California, Davis
Carol S. Dweck
Carol S. Dweck Stanford University
Avshalom Caspi
Avshalom Caspi Duke University
Jessica L. Tracy
Jessica L. Tracy University of British Columbia
Brent W. Roberts
Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University
James J. Gross
James J. Gross Stanford University
David S. Yeager
David S. Yeager The University of Texas at Austin
Rand D. Conger
Rand D. Conger University of California, Davis

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