Kira O. McCabe, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Carleton University
kira.mccabe@carleton.ca

Education

Ph.D. in Psychology
University of Groningen
Research Area: Social-Organizational Psychology
Dissertation: The Role of Personality in the Pursuit of Context-Specific Goals

M.A. in Psychology
Wake Forest University
Research Area: Personality Psychology

B.A. in Psychology, magna cum laude
Oglethorpe University

Employment

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Carleton University, 2021-present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Quantitative Methods
Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth
Vanderbilt University, 2016-2021

Research Fellow, Developmental Psychology
Youth Activity Participation Survey of Western Australia (YAPS-WA)
Murdoch University & Griffith University, 2013-2016

Select Publications
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-6808

McCabe, K. O., Lubinski, D., & Benbow, C. P. (2020). Who Shines Most Among the Brightest?: A 25-Year Longitudinal Study of Elite STEM Graduate Students. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(2), 390–416. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000239

McCabe, K. O. (2020). Low vision accessibility in structural equation modeling software. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 27(1), 162-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2019.1652912

Hamstra, M. R. W., McCabe, K. O., Klekamp, B, & Rietzschel, E. F. (2018). Regulatory Focus and Individual Sales Performance of Field Marketers: A Constructive Replication. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 40, 414-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2018.1526086

McCabe, K. O., Modecki, K. L., & Barber, B. L. (2016). Participation in Organized Activities Protects Against Adolescents’ Risky Substance Use, Even Beyond Development in Conscientiousness. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 2292–2306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0454-x (post-print pdf)

McCabe, K. O., & Fleeson, W. (2016). Are traits useful? Explaining trait manifestations as tools in the pursuit of goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(2), 287-301. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039490

McCabe, K. O., Van Yperen, N. W., Verbraak, M, & Elliot, A. J. (2013). Big Five Personality Profiles of Context-Specific Achievement Goals. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 698–707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.06.003

McCabe, K. O., & Fleeson W. (2012). What is Extraversion For? Integrating Trait and Motivational Perspectives and Identifying the Purpose of Extraversion. Psychological Science, 23, 1498-1505. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797612444904

McCabe, K. O., Mack, L., & Fleeson, W. (2012). A guide to data cleaning in experience-sampling studies. In M. R. Mehl & T. S. Conner (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Daily Life. New York, NY: Guilford Press.