Research.

Web Lab currently has four major research programs:

• Personality traits (Big Five, Dark Triad, aggression)
• Romantic and sexual relationships
• Heuristics and biases in perceptions of rare and random events such as natural disasters (e.g., hurricanes)
• ​Novel applications of cutting-edge data collection and analytic methods to social–personality psychology:
  • Meta-analysis
  • Measurement models
  • Social network analysis
  • Advanced regression techniques

Some brief scales we've helped develop over the years...

Brief Aggression Scale

The Brief Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ) is a 12-item scale with 4 three-items subscales assessing trait Anger, Hostility, Verbal Aggression, and Physical Aggression. We've published two papers on the BAQ's psychometric properties in Aggressive Behavior and the Journal of Personality Assessment. A copy of the BAQ items and how to score them can be found here. 

Dark Triad Dirty Dozen

The Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD) is a 12-item scale with 3 four-item subscales assessing subclinical Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Narcissism. We've published two papers on the DTDD's psychometric properties in Psychological Assessment and Personality and Individual Differences. A copy of the DTDD items and scoring instructions can be found here. In situations don't demand efficient assessment, we recommend using the newer Short Dark Triad (SD3).

Need to Belong

The Single-Item Need to Belong Scale is just that—an extremely efficient way to assess need to belong in situations that demand it. We've published one paper on it in Personality and Individual Differences. The item is simply "I have a strong need to belong" and scored on a scale from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree).