Research

Publications

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  1. Hudson, N. W., & Rufino, S. M. (in press). Do people want to change their antagnostic personality traits—And can interventions help them do so? Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.
  2. Rufino, S. M., Hudson, N. W., & Briskin, J. L. (in press). Volitional change in pathological traits: Can people change their maladaptive traits? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241235737
  3. Hudson, N. W. (2023). Lighten the darkness: Personality interventions targeting agreeableness also reduce participants' levels of the dark triad. Journal of Personality, 91(4), 901-916. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12714
  4. Blackie, L. E. R., & Hudson, N. W. (2023). Trauma exposure and short-term volitional personality change. Journal of Personality, 91(3), 583-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12759
  5. Hudson, N. W., & Chopik, W. J. (2023). Seeing you reminds me of things that never happened: Attachment anxiety predicts false memories when people can see the communicator. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(2), 396-412. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000447
  6. Zhang, X., Li, J., Xie, F., Chen, X., Xu, W., & Hudson, N. W. (2022). The relationship between adult attachment and mental health: A meta-analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(5), 1089-1137. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000437
  7. Hudson, N. W., Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B. (2022). A direct comparison of the temporal stability and criterion validities of experiential and retrospective global measures of subjective well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 98, 104230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104230
  8. Tabak, B. A., Gupta, D., Sunahara, C. S., Alvi, T., Wallmark, Z., Lee, J., Fulford, D., Hudson, N. W., & Chmielewski, M. (2022). Environmental sensitivity predicts interpersonal sensitivity above and beyond big five personality traits. Journal of Research in Personality, 98, 104210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104210
  9. Hudson, N. W. (2021). Does successfully changing personality traits via intervention require that participants be autonomously motivated to change? Journal of Research in Personality, 95, 104160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104160
  10. Hudson, N. W., Fraley, R. C., Briley, D. A., & Chopik, W. J. (2021). Your personality does not care whether you believe it can change: Beliefs about whether personality can change do not predict trait change among emerging adults. European Journal of Personality, 35(3), 340-357. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2289
  11. Hudson, N. W. (2021). Dynamics and processes in personality change interventions. In J. F. Rauthmann (Ed.), The handbook of personality dynamics and processes (pp. 1273-1295). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813995-0.00050-9
  12. Hannikainen, I. R., Hudson, N. W., Chopik, W. J., Briley, D. A., & Derringer, J. (2020). Moral migration: Desires to become more empathic predict changes in moral foundations. Journal of Research in Personality, 88, 104011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104011
  13. Hudson, N. W., Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B. (2020). Are we happier with others? An investigation of the links between spending time with others and subjective well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(3), 672-694. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000290
  14. Hudson, N. W., Fraley, R. C., Chopik, W. J., & Briley, D. A. (2020). Change goals robustly predict trait growth: A mega-analysis of a dozen intensive longitudinal studies examining volitional change. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(6), 723-732. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619878423
  15. Hudson, N. W., Lucas, R. E. & Donnellan, M. B. (2020). The highs and lows of love: Romantic relationship quality moderates whether spending time with one’s partner predicts gains or losses in well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(4), 572-589. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219867960
  16. Hudson, N. W., Chopik, W. J., & Briley, D. A. (2020). Volitional change in adult attachment: Can people who want to become less anxious and avoidant move closer toward realizing those goals? European Journal of Personality, 34, 93-114. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2226
  17. Hudson, N. W., Anusic, I., Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B. (2020). Comparing the reliability and validity of global self-report measures of subjective well-being to experiential day reconstruction measures. Assessment, 27(1), 102-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191117744660
  18. Hudson, N. W., Derringer, J., & Briley, D. A. (2019). Do people know how they've changed? A longitudinal investigation of volitional personality change and participants' retrospective perceptions thereof. Journal of Research in Personality, 83, 103879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103879
  19. Hudson, N. W., Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B. (2019). Healthier and happier? A three-year longitudinal investigation of the prospective associations and concurrent changes in health and experiential well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(12), 1635-1650. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219838547
  20. Hudson, N. W., Briley, D. A., Chopik, W. J., & Derringer, J. (2019). You have to follow through: Attaining behavioral change goals predicts volitional personality change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 117(4), 839-857. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000221
  21. Hudson, N. W. (2019). Volitional change in antagonism. In D. R. Lynam, & J. D. Miller (Eds.), The handbook of antagonism (pp. 393-408). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814627-9.00027-X
  22. Hudson, N. W., Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B. (2019). The development of subjective well-being across the lifespan. In D. P. McAdams, R. L. Shiner, & J. L. Tackett (Eds.), Handbook of personality development (pp. 503-517). Guildford.
  23. Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2018). Does attachment anxiety promote the encoding of false memories? An investigation of the processes linking adult attachment to memory errors. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(4), 688-715. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000215
  24. Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2018). Moving toward greater security: The effects of repeatedly priming attachment security and anxiety. Journal of Research in Personality, 74, 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.04.002
  25. Cohen, D., Kim, E., & Hudson, N. W. (2018). Religion, repulsion, and reaction formation: Transforming repellant attractions and repulsions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(3), 564-584. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000151
  26. Hudson, N. W. & Fraley, R. C. (2017). Volitional personality change. In Specht, J. (Ed.), Personality development across the lifespan (pp. 555-571). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804674-6.00033-8
  27. Fraley, R. C., & Hudson, N. W. (2017). The development of attachment styles. In Specht, J. (Ed.), Personality development across the lifespan (pp. 275-292). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804674-6.00017-X
  28. Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2017). Adult attachment and perceptions of closeness. Personal Relationships, 24(1), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12166
  29. Hudson, N. W., Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B. (2017). Day-to-day affect is surprisingly stable: A two-year longitudinal study of well-being. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(1), 45-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616662129
  30. Hudson, N. W., Lucas, R. E., & Donnellan, M. B. (2016). Getting older, feeling less? A cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation of developmental patterns in experiential well-being. Psychology and Aging, 31(8), 847-861. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000138
  31. Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2016). Do people's desires to change their personality traits vary with age? An examination of trait change goals across adulthood. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(8), 847-856. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616657598
  32. Hudson, N. W., Lucas, R. E., Donnellan, M. B., & Kushlev, K. (2016). Income reliably predicts sadness, but not happiness: A replication and extension of Kushlev, Dunn, & Lucas (2015). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(8), 828-836. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616657599
  33. Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2016). Changing for the better? Longitudinal associations between volitional personality change and psychological well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(5), 603-615. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216637840
  34. Hudson, N. W., & Roberts, B. W. (2016). Social investment in work reliably predicts growth in conscientiousness and agreeableness: A direct replication and extension of Hudson, Roberts, and Lodi-Smith (2012). Journal of Research in Personality, 60, 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2015.09.004
  35. Hudson, N. W., & Cohen, D. (2016). Taboo desires, creativity, and career choice. Motivation and Emotion, 40(3), 404-421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-016-9540-3
  36. Travis, L. L., Hudson, N. W., Henricks-Lepp, G. M., Street, W. S., & Weidenbenner, J. (2016). Team-Based Learning improves course outcomes in introductory psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 43(2), 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/0098628316636274
  37. Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2015). Volitional personality trait change: Can people choose to change their personality traits? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(3), 490-507. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000021
  38. Fraley, R. C., Hudson, N. W., Heffernan, M. E., & Segal, N. (2015). Are adult attachment styles categorical or dimensional? A taxometric analysis of general and relationship-specific attachment orientations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(2), 354-368. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000027
  39. Hudson, N. W., Fraley, R. C., Chopik, W. J., & Heffernan, M. E. (2015). Not all attachment relationships develop alike: Normative cross-sectional age trajectories in attachment to romantic partners, best friends, and parents. Journal of Research in Personality, 59, 44-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2015.10.001
  40. Hudson, N. W., Fraley, R. C., Brumbaugh, C. C., & Vicary, A. M. (2014). Coregulation in romantic partners' attachment styles: A longitudinal investigation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(7), 845-857. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214528989
  41. Hudson, N. W., & Fraley, R. C. (2014). Partner similarity matters for the insecure: Attachment orientations moderate the association between similarity in partners' personality traits and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Research in Personality, 53, 112-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2014.09.004
  42. Hudson, N. W., & Roberts, B. W. (2014) Goals to change personality traits: Concurrent links between personality traits, daily behavior, and goals to change oneself. Journal of Research in Personality, 53, 68-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2014.08.008
  43. Cohen, D., Kim, E., & Hudson, N. W. (2014). Religion, the forbidden, and sublimation. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(3), 208-214. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721414531436
  44. Fraley, R. C., & Hudson, N. W. (2014). Review of Intensive longitudinal methods: An introduction to diary and experience sampling research. The Journal of Social Psychology, 154(1), 89-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2013.831300
  45. Hudson, N. W., Roberts, B. W., & Lodi-Smith, J. (2012). Personality trait development and social investment at work. Journal of Research in Personality, 46(3), 334-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.002