Association for Research in Personality

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| abbreviation = ARP

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| predecessor = Society for Personality and Social Psychology

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| formation = 2001

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| type = 501(c)(3) non-profit organization

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| purpose = Research

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| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Wiebke Bleidorn

| leader_title2 = Past President

| leader_name2 = Rich Lucas

| leader_title3 = Executive Officer

| leader_name3 = M. Brent Donnellan

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| website = {{url|https://personality-arp.org}}

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The Association for Research in Personality (abbreviated ARP) is an American learned society dedicated to advancing research into personality. Its mission statement does not mention specific disciplines such as social psychology or policy research, instead simply emphasizing the scientific study of personality.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CJpAgAAQBAJ |title=The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology |last=Deaux |first=Kay |last2=Snyder |first2=Mark |date=2012-02-10 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199939497 |pages=821 |language=en}} It was established in 2001, with David Watson as the founding president.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_D-nCgAAQBAJ |title=The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology, 5 Volume Set |last=Cautin |first=Robin L. |last2=Lilienfeld |first2=Scott O. |date=2015-01-20 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=9780470671276 |pages=526 |language=en}} It originally held an annual preconference before the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's annual conference. In 2009, the ARP began holding its own annual conference.{{Cite web |url=http://www.personality-arp.org/about/history/ |title=History |date=2013-03-26 |website=Association for Research in Personality |language=en-US |access-date=2018-02-21}}