Welcome! We are the Lifespan Personality and Social Structure Laboratory, located in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside.To learn more about our research, our lab philosophy, who we are, our publications, and joining the lab, please use the tabs at the top of this page.
News
New Graduate Students
The lab plans to review applications for PhD students starting in Fall 2026.
Grants
Dr. Antonoplis was awarded an OASIS Grant from UC Riverside to study how the Big Five personality traits predict nine socioeconomic resources across the lifespan, during both economic recessions and expansions.
New Research
Connor et al. (2024, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin investigated the structure of spontaneous stereotypes, supporting past warmth–competence models and identifying new factors (i.e., culturedness).
Luo et al. (2024, Journal of Personality) examined how people’s education, income, and occupational prestige predicted the development of their personality traits in adulthood.