Published articles that have used data from the Gosling–Potter Internet Personality Project

Here is a full list of papers that have been published using data from this site, documented for transparency and for researchers doing meta–analyses (e.g. to avoid overlapping dataset issues). This list should be referenced as http://www.thebigfiveproject.com/published-papers/.

Last updated: October 28, 2015

• Bleidorn, W., Klimstra, T. A., Denissen, J. J. A., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J. & Gosling, S. D. (2014). Let the Data Speak — A Response to Terracciano (2014). Psychological Science, 25, 1051–1053.
• Bleidorn, W., Klimstra, T. A., Denissen, J. J. A., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J. & Gosling, S. D. (2013). Personality Maturation Around the World: A Cross–Cultural Examination of Social Investment Theory. Psychological Science, 24, 2530–2540 .
• Carney, D. R., Jost, J. T., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2008). The secret lives of liberals and conservatives: Personality profiles, interaction styles, and the things they leave behind. Political Psychology, 29, 807–840.
• de Vries, R., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2011). Income inequality and personality: Are less equal U.S. states less agreeable? Social Science and Medicine, 72, 1978–1985.
• Denissen, J. J. A., Geenen, R., van Aken, M. A. G., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2008). Development and validation of a Dutch translation of the Big Five Inventory (BFI). Journal of Personality Assessment, 90, 152–157
• Erdle, S., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2009). Does self–esteem account for the higher–order factors of the Big Five? Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 921–922.
• Gebauer, J. E., Bleidorn, W., Gosling, S. D., Rentfrow, P. J., Lamb, M. E., & Potter, J. (2014). Cross–cultural variations in Big Five relationships with religiosity: A sociocultural motives perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 1064–1092.
• Gebauer, J. E., Sedikides, C., Wagner, J., Bleidorn, W., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2015). Cultural norm fulfillment, interpersonal belonging, or getting ahead? A large-scale cross-cultural test of three perspectives on the function of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 526-548. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000052
• Gosling, S. D., Sandy, C. J., & Potter, J. (2010). Personalities of self–identified “dog people” and “cat people.” Anthrozoos, 23, 213–222 .
• Gosling, S. D., Sandy, C. J., John, O. P., & Potter, J. (2010). Wired but not WEIRD: The promise of the Internet in reaching more diverse samples. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 94–95 .
• Gosling, S. D., Vazire, S., Srivastava, S., & John, O. P. (2004). Should we trust Web–based studies? A comparative analysis of six preconceptions about Internet questionnaires. American Psychologist, 59, 93–104.
• Nye, C. D., Allemand, M., Gosling, S. D., Potter, J., & Roberts, B. W. (in press). Personality Trait Differences between Young and Middle–Aged Adults: Measurement Artifacts or Actual Trends. Journal of Personality.
• Obschonka, M., Schmitt–Rodermund, E., Silbereisen, R. K., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2013). The regional distribution and correlates of an entrepreneurship–prone personality profile in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom: A socioecological perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105,104–122 .
• Obschonka, M., Stuetzer, M., Audretsch, D. B., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2015). Macro-psychological factors predict regional economic resilience during a major economic crisis. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
• Obschonka, M., Stuetzer, M., Gosling, S. D., Rentfrow, P. J., Lamb, M. E., Potter, J., & Audretsch, D. B. (in press) Do macro–psychological cultural characteristics of regions help solve the "knowledge paradox" of economics? PLOS ONE.
• Ramírez–Esparza, N., Gosling, S. D., Benet–Martínez, V., Potter, J. P., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2006). Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame switching. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 99–120.
• Rentfrow, P. J., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2008). A theory of the emergence, persistence, and expression of geographic variation in psychological characteristics. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 339–369.
• Rentfrow, P. J., Gosling, S. D., Jokela, M., Stillwell, D. J., Kosinski, M., & Potter, J. (2013). Divided We Stand: Three Psychological Regions of the United States and their Political, Economic, Social, and Health Correlates. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 996–1012.
• Rentfrow, P. J., Jost, J. T., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2009). Statewide differences in personality predict voting patterns in 1996–2004 U.S. presidential elections. In J. T. Jost, A. C. Kay, and H. Thorisdottir (Eds.) Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification (pp. 314–347). Oxford University Press.
• Robins, R. W., Tracy, J. L., Trzesniewski, K. H., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2001). Personality correlates of self–esteem. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 463–482.
• Robins, R. W., Trzesniewski, K. H., Tracy, J. L., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2002). Global Self–Esteem Across the Lifespan. Psychology and Aging, 17, 423–434.
• Soto, C. J., John, O. P., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2008). The developmental psychometrics of Big Five self–reports: Acquiescence, factor structure, coherence, and differentiation from ages 10 to 20. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94, 718–737.
• Soto, C. J., John, O. P., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2011). Age Differences in Personality Traits from 10 to 65: Big–Five Domains and Facets in a Large Cross–Sectional Sample. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 330–348 .
• Srivastava, S., John, O. P., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2003). Development of personality in early and middle adulthood: Set like plaster or persistent change? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 1041–1053.
• Wood, D., Gosling, S. D., & Potter, J. (2007). Normality evaluations and their relation to personality traits and well–being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 861–879.