The following documents can be found on this website or allied sites, and fall into several categories:
- Conference Posters and Presentations -- The first section below on this page. Documents are arranged by year.
- Test Manuals -- Please go to the website tab above for "Tests & Measures" and locate the specific test you are interested in. The manual can be found on its web page.
- Publications -- Please go to the website tab above for "publications". Try also https://scholars.unh.edu/personality_lab/
- Theses and Dissertations -- recent Master's theses and dissertations from the lab.
- Technical Supplements -- If these are related to a specific test or measure, please see "Test Manuals" above. If the technical supplement is to an article published by the lab, try also https://scholars.unh.edu/personality_lab/
- Figures -- figures created for publications, technical supplements and test manuals.
Conference Presentations
2021
Angier, D. (2021). What's your gaming style? Correlates of personal intelligence, personality traits, video game preferences, and gaming behaviors. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality
Bryan, V.M., & Mayer, J.D. (2021). Seeking evidence in support of a psychometrically distinct group of people-centered intelligences: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality.
Lightcap, H., & Mayer, J.D. (2021). Health goals: How do personality traits relate? Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality.
Low, A., Lightcap, H., & Mayer, J.D. (2021). Personally motivated: How personal intelligence and motivation relate. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality.
Mayer, J.D., Caruso, D.R., & Panter, A.T. (2021). People with high and low personal intelligence exhibit different life expressions: Further Findings. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality.
Phelps, E., Bryan, V.M., & Mayer, J.D. (2021). The way I loved you: How reasoning about personality predicts romantic interactions. Poster presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality.
2019
Cavallaro, R., Bryan, V. M., & Mayer, J. D. (2019). The Brief Mood Introspection Scale (BMIS) 30 Years Later: Norms and Validity Evidence from a Meta-Analysis. Poster presented at the 2019 Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Grand Rapids, MI.
Martin, H.K., Bryan, V.M., & Mayer, J.D. (2019). "I just don't get you": How low personal intelligence interferes with communication in romantic relationships. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
Mayer, J. D., Caruso, D. R. & Panter, A. T. (2019). Life expressions of people with high and low personal intelligence: Initial findings. Poster presented at the 2019 Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Grand Rapids, MI.
Sylaska, K. & Mayer, J.D. (2019). It's 2019: Do we need "super" attention check items to conduct web-based survey research? Data Blitz talk presented at the 2019 Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Grand Rapids, MI. [Note: This document is online also at the Open Science Foundation website at https://osf.io/xys8e/]
Sylaska, K. & Mayer, J. D. (2019). Manual for the Students' Thinking about Majors Scale (TAMS). Laboratory Technical report. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
2017
Bryan, V. M., & Mayer, J. D. (2017). People versus thing intelligences? Poster presented at the 14th meeting of the Association for Research in Personality. arp_posterfinal2017.pdf
Theses and Dissertations
2018
Bryan, V. M. (2018). Does personal Intelligence promote conflict resolution in romantic relationships? Master's Thesis. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
Himlin, L. T. (2018). Pending.
2017
Allen, J. (2017). Personal Intelligence and Learning about Personality in Everyday Life. Doctoral Dissertation. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 135.
2016
Barlow, B. A. (2016). What is self-potential and how does it relate to personal intelligence? Doctoral Dissertation. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 2262.
Phillips, K. G. (2016). Navigating Barriers at Work: Exploring the Perceptions of Employees with Disabilities. Doctoral Dissertation. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 2382.
Sylaska, K. (2016). Major Decisions: Personal Intelligence and Students' Reasoning about College Majors. Doctoral Dissertation. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 2262.
Technical Supplements
Bryan, V. M. & Mayer, J. D. (2019).https://mypages.unh.edu/sites/default/files/jdmayer/files/renewingfielddata-tech-supplement-2019-06-10.pdf Laboratory Technical report. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
Figures
How do the broad intelligences relate to g? Additional Analyses of the Data from Bryan and Mayer (2020)

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
g loadings taken from Bryan & Mayer (2020). The full manuscript can be accessed here.
Binning Approaches
Angier, D. M. & Mayer, J. D. (2021) "Technical Supplement for 'A Comparison of Methods for Binning Responses to Open-Ended Survey Items About Everyday Events: a New Tailored-Binning Approach'". University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.