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Overview

William J. Chopik is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with notable contributions in the subfields of Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Health, Sociology and Political Science, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Personality Traits and Psychology

William J. Chopik has published extensively. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Collabra Psychology
  • Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • European Journal of Personality

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations (2020), Journal of Personality
  • To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply? (2021), Nature Human Behaviour
  • Many Labs 5: Testing Pre-Data-Collection Peer Review as an Intervention to Increase Replicability (2020), Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
  • Change Goals Robustly Predict Trait Growth: A Mega-Analysis of a Dozen Intensive Longitudinal Studies Examining Volitional Change (2020), Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • Age and gender differences in narcissism: A comprehensive study across eight measures and over 250,000 participants (2023), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

William J. Chopik frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jeewon Oh
  • Rebekka Weidmann
  • Mariah F. Purol
  • Richard E. Lucas
  • Eric S. Kim

Best Publications

  • The Benefits of Social Technology Use Among Older Adults Are Mediated by Reduced Loneliness

    William J. Chopik

  • The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology through a Distributed Collaborative Network

    Hannah Moshontz;Lorne Campbell;Charles R. Ebersole;Hans Ijzerman

  • Differences in Empathic Concern and Perspective Taking Across 63 Countries

    William J. Chopik;Ed O’Brien;Sara H. Konrath

  • From the cradle to the grave: age differences in attachment from early adulthood to old age.

    William J. Chopik;Robin S. Edelstein;R. Chris Fraley

  • Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations.

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Frank J. Infurna;Kinan Alajak;Laura E.R. Blackie

  • To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply?

    Benedict C. Jones;Lisa M. DeBruine;Jessica K. Flake;Marco Tullio Liuzza

  • Changes in Adult Attachment Styles in American College Students Over Time A Meta-Analysis

    Sara H. Konrath;William J. Chopik;Courtney K. Hsing;Ed O’Brien

  • Validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire Short Scale (NARQ-S) in convenience and representative samples.

    Marius Leckelt;Eunike Wetzel;Tanja M. Gerlach;Robert A. Ackerman

  • Sociosexuality moderates the association between testosterone and relationship status in men and women.

    Robin S. Edelstein;William J. Chopik;Emily L. Kean

  • Attached to monogamy? Avoidance predicts willingness to engage (but not actual engagement) in consensual non-monogamy

    Amy C. Moors;Terri D. Conley;Robin S. Edelstein;William J. Chopik

  • Associations among relational values, support, health, and well-being across the adult lifespan

    William J. Chopik

  • You have to follow through: Attaining behavioral change goals predicts volitional personality change

    Nathan W. Hudson;Daniel A. Briley;William J. Chopik;Jaime Derringer

  • Gratitude across the life span: Age differences and links to subjective well-being

    William J Chopik;Nicky J Newton;Lindsay H Ryan;Todd B Kashdan

  • A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ke Wang;Amit Goldenberg;Charles A. Dorison;Jeremy K. Miller

  • Changes in Optimism Are Associated with Changes in Health Over Time Among Older Adults

    William J. Chopik;Eric S. Kim;Jacqui Smith

  • Dyadic associations between testosterone and relationship quality in couples.

    Robin S. Edelstein;Sari M. van Anders;William J. Chopik;Katherine L. Goldey

  • Prenatal hormones in first‐time expectant parents: Longitudinal changes and within‐couple correlations

    Robin S. Edelstein;Britney M. Wardecker;William J. Chopik;Amy C. Moors

  • Age Differences in Explicit and Implicit Age Attitudes Across the Life Span.

    William J. Chopik;Hannah L. Giasson

  • Many Labs 5: Testing pre-data collection peer review as an intervention to increase replicability

    Charles R. Ebersole;Maya B. Mathur;Erica Baranski;Diane-Jo Bart-Plange

  • Was That Cheating? Perceptions Vary by Sex, Attachment Anxiety, and Behavior

    Daniel J. Kruger;Maryanne L. Fisher;Robin S. Edelstein;William J. Chopik

  • Fathers' decline in testosterone and synchrony with partner testosterone during pregnancy predicts greater postpartum relationship investment.

    Darby E. Saxbe;Robin S. Edelstein;Hannah M. Lyden;Britney M. Wardecker

  • Personality change across the life span: Insights from a cross-cultural, longitudinal study

    William J. Chopik;Shinobu Kitayama

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin S. Edelstein
Robin S. Edelstein University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard E. Lucas
Richard E. Lucas Michigan State University
Heather L. Urry
Heather L. Urry Tufts University
Daniel A. Briley
Daniel A. Briley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
R. Chris Fraley
R. Chris Fraley University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stefan Stieger
Stefan Stieger Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
Igor Grossmann
Igor Grossmann University of Waterloo
Mitja D. Back
Mitja D. Back University of Münster
Lorne Campbell
Lorne Campbell University of Western Ontario

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