Dr. Kimberly McAdams received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University in 2010 and became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Boise State University later that year. Her dissertation title was "Understanding Religiosity: A Preliminary Evaluation of a Process Model Linking Religiosity to Relationship Outcomes". Dr. McAdams' main research interest is in how personality attributes are associated with different relationship outcomes. She is also interested in positive psychology, such as optimism and life satisfaction, how personality changes throughout adolescence and adulthood, and how personality variables affect health and well-being.
Articles
Personal Characteristics and Resilience to Economic Hardship and Its Consequences: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Illustrations (with M. Brent Donnellan, Katherine J. Conger, and Tricia K. Neppl), Journal of Personality (2009)
This article describes a theoretical model that links personal characteristics with resilience to economic hardship...
Presentations
Two People, One Relationship: Understanding Personality, Interpersonal Processes, and Relationship Quality, Social Sciences & Humanities Seminar Series, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University (2012)
Previous research has linked the personality traits of neuroticism and optimism with several life experiences,...
Experiences in Romantic Relationships Influence the Development of Negative Emotionality in Young Adulthood (with M. B. Donnellan and R. D. Conger), 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2010)