Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology: Wiebke Bleidorn

The APA Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology recognize psychologists who have demonstrated excellence early in their careers and have held a doctoral degree for no more than 9 years. One of the 2019 award winners is Wiebke Bleidorn "for innovative work on when and why personality changes in adulthood. Wiebke Bleidorn's research has helped uncover the mechanisms-both biological and sociocultural- that underlie personality stability and change. Through the creative use of sophisticated methods, she has helped resolve competing theoretical models of personality change. Using longitudinal, cross-cultural, and behavioral genetic designs, her research has disentangled the more universal effects of biological maturation from cultural influences and life experiences on personality development." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).