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Citations
160856
World Ranking
55
National Ranking
30

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Bruno Klopfer Award, Society for Personality Assessment
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Robert R. McCrae is an independent scientist and consultant based in the United States. Their research spans mainly across psychology with a focus on social psychology, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, cognitive neuroscience, visual arts and performing arts, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics including aging and gerontology research, cultural differences and values, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, aesthetic perception and analysis, visual culture and art theory, and multisensory perception and integration.

Notable recent publications by Robert R. McCrae include:

  • Perceptions of Aging Across 26 Cultures and Their Culture-Level Associates, 2021, Faculty of Philosophy (University of Belgrade)
  • A volitional account of aesthetic experience, 2024, Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McCrae are:

  • Corinna E. Löckenhoff
  • Antonio Terracciano
  • Marleen De Bolle
  • Verónica Benet-Martínez
  • Filip De Fruyt

Their work has appeared in venues such as the Faculty of Philosophy (University of Belgrade) and Frontiers in Psychology.

Throughout their career, Robert R. McCrae has been recognized by professional organizations, including receiving the Bruno Klopfer Award from the Society for Personality Assessment in 2013 and being named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1985.

Best Publications

  • An introduction to the five-factor model and its applications.

    Robert R. McCrae;Oliver P. John

  • Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers.

    Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa

  • Personality trait structure as a human universal.

    Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa

  • Personality in Adulthood: A Five-Factor Theory Perspective

    Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa

  • The five-factor theory of personality.

    Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa Jr.

  • Four ways five factors are basic

    Paul T. Costa;Robert R. McCrae

  • Normal Personality Assessment in Clinical Practice: The NEO Personality Inventory.

    Paul T. Costa;Robert R. McCrae

  • Influence of extraversion and neuroticism on subjective well-being: happy and unhappy people.

    Paul T. Costa;Robert R. McCrae

  • Gender Differences in Personality Traits Across Cultures: Robust and Surprising Findings

    Paul T. Costa Jr.;Antonio Terracciano;Robert R. McCrae

  • NEO inventories for the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (NEO-PI-3), NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3), NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R) : professional manual

    Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa

  • Domains and Facets: Hierarchical Personality Assessment Using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory

    Paul T. Costa;Robert R. McCrae

  • Personality in adulthood: a six-year longitudinal study of self-reports and spouse ratings on the NEO Personality Inventory.

    Paul T. Costa;Robert R. McCrae

  • Creativity, divergent thinking, and openness to experience.

    Robert R. McCrae

  • Personality disorders and the five-factor model of personality

    Paul T. Costa;Robert R. McCrae

  • Personality, coping, and coping effectiveness in an adult sample

    Robert R McCrae;Paul T Costa

  • Facet Scales for Agreeableness and Conscientiousness: A Revision of the NEO Personality Inventory☆

    Paul T. Costa;Robert R. McCrae;David A. Dye

  • Nature over nurture: temperament, personality, and life span development.

    RR McCrae;PT Costa;Fritz Ostendorf;Alois Angleitner

  • Personality in adulthood

    Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa

  • Adding Liebe und Arbeit: The Full Five-Factor Model and Well-Being

    Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa

  • Universal features of personality traits from the observer's perspective: Data from 50 Cultures

    Robert R. McCrae;Antonio Terracciano

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul T. Costa
Paul T. Costa Duke University
Antonio Terracciano
Antonio Terracciano Florida State University
Jüri Allik
Jüri Allik University of Tartu
Anu Realo
Anu Realo University of Warwick
Corinna E. Löckenhoff
Corinna E. Löckenhoff Cornell University
Michelle Yik
Michelle Yik Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Alois Angleitner
Alois Angleitner Bielefeld University
René Mõttus
René Mõttus University of Edinburgh
Jane Shakespeare-Finch
Jane Shakespeare-Finch Queensland University of Technology
Peter B. Smith
Peter B. Smith University of Sussex

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