Contributor Biographies

Ola Mohamed Ali, MSc, is a PhD candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Her current research takes a developmental approach to investigating early emerging internalizing symptoms and their associations with structural brain abnormalities that could predict the development of anxiety disorders in later life.

Federica Andrei (PhD, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, 2015) is a clinical psychologist, postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Psychology of the University of Bologna, Italy, and a member of the Italian Psychological Association for the division of clinical and dynamic psychology. Her research interests include the development of personality and emotional intelligence. She is among the authors of the article entitled “The incremental validity of the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (TEIQue): A systematic review and meta‐analysis,” published in the Journal of Personality Assessment.

Bostjan Antoncić (PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 2000) is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana. His main research interests include corporate entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship, entrepreneurial networks, entrepreneurial personality, and international entrepreneurship. He has authored or co‐authored various books (more than 10 of them in the area of entrepreneurship) and several scientific research articles. His papers have been published in academic journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Technovation, Transformations in Business & Economics, Journal of Business Economics and Management, Journal of Small Business Management, and others.

Breanna E. Atkinson is a first‐year PhD candidate in the Personality and Measurement Area of the Department of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario. Her research interests include personality and individual differences, behavioral genetics, measurement and data analysis, and test development. She has eight publications in peer‐reviewed journals and has presented invited symposia and papers at conferences in Canada and around the world. The journals in which her publications appear include Twin Research and Human Genetics and Personality and Individual Differences.

Sarah E. Babcock is an MSc psychology candidate at the University of Western Ontario in the Personality and Measurement department. Her research interests include individual differences, IQ assessment, scale development, resilience, and anxiety. Her recent publications include Babcock, S.E. et al. (2016) Replications of an Investigation on Empathy and Utilitarian Judgement across Socioeconomic Status (Submitted to Scientific Data, Nature). She also currently collaborates with the Pearson Clinical Assessment as a project coordinator for Canadian adaptations of intelligence and behavioral assessment tools.

Anjana Balakrishnan (MSc in psychology‐personality and measurement, the University of Western Ontario, 2015) completed her PhD in social psychology with a specialization in migration and ethnic relations at the University of Western Ontario. Anjana is a member of the Canadian Psychological Association and a member of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Her research interests lie in the study of student success, international students, immigration, prejudice, how personality and culture interact to exert influence in life domains, and intercultural and interethnic relations.

Andrea L. Barbian‐Shimberg is a professor in the Master of Arts in Professional Counseling program at the Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, as well as, an adjunct professor in the Master of Arts in Professional Counseling program at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky. In addition to her responsibilities as an educator, Dr. Barbian‐Shimberg maintains a private counseling practice in Huntersville, North Carolina where she specializes in the treatment of eating disorders.

Laura Borgogni, PhD, is full professor in the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Her research interests are related to goal setting, self‐efficacy, and human development in the organizational setting. Her main publications are in journals such as Applied Psychology: An International Review; European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology; Work & Stress; Journal of Vocational Psychology, and European Journal of Psychological Assessment. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies and Organizational Dynamics.

Emily N. Boughner is a current PhD candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Regina. Her research interests examining the relationships between experiences of trauma and subsequent mental health concerns through the lens of institutional betrayal and betrayal trauma theory. She has been involved with research examining the maintenance of drug dependence in animals as well as research examining relationships between posttraumatic stress symptoms, substance use behaviors, and mindfulness in humans. Her latest published research involves involves examining the relationships between trauma and physical health, and how these experience may impact trust in physicians and the healthcare system.

Joshua S. Bourdage is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary, specializing in industrial/organizational psychology. Dr. Bourdage has investigated personality in relation to a number of critical behaviors and outcomes, including impression management, leadership, organizational citizenship, interview behaviors, and faking in personnel selection. His work has been published in journals such as The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, European Journal of Personality, and Personality and Individual Differences.

Richard Boyatzis is Distinguished University Professor and professor in Departments of Organizational Behavior, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at Case Western Reserve University, Adjunct Professor at ESADE. Having authored more than 175 articles, his books include The Competent Manager, and two international best‐sellers: Primal Leadership with Daniel Goleman and Annie McKee; and Resonant Leadership, with McKee. His MOOC, Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence has now enrolled over 500,000 worldwide.

Gregory J. Boyle is a professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne. Previously, he served as professor of psychology at Bond University for over 20 years and was associate dean for research for several years. He is a fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, and the Association for Psychological Science. He has received the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements Distinguished Reviewer Award, and was honored with conferral of a higher Doctorate of Science degree from the University of Queensland. He has more than 200 publications, is co‐author of a book on statistical methods, and is senior editor of several international psychology handbooks.

Ornella Bucci, PhD, has a research grant for support activities regarding guidance and job placement for university students and graduates at the University of Florence, Italy. She is a member of both the International Research and Intervention Laboratories: Psychology for Vocational Guidance, Career Counseling and Talents (LabOProCCareer&T); Positive Psychology, Prevention, and Sustainability (PosPsychP&S), director Professor Annamaria Di Fabio, at the Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Italy. She is the author of peer‐reviewed articles and she has presented communications and posters at international and national conferences.

Emily R. Bunnett is a data analyst, researcher and PhD candidate at Swinburne University of Technology. Emily’s areas of research include emotional intelligence, bullying, victimization, psychopharmacology, psychometrics and school social and emotional developmental programs. Emily is particularly interested in the use of advanced quantitative statistical analyses including structural equation modeling and is in the process of revising a measure of Ability EI in young children.

Bernardo J. Carducci, PhD, was professor emeritus of psychology and director of the Shyness Research Institute (http://www.ius.edu/shyness) at Indiana University Southeast and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Divisions 1: General Psychology, 2: Teaching of Psychology, 8: Personality and Social Psychology, and 52: International Psychology. He is the author of The Psychology of Personality: Viewpoints, Research, and Applications (3rd ed., 2015, Wiley) and Shyness: A Bold New Approach (2000, HarperCollins) and other books related to shyness translated into multiple foreign languages.

Silvia Casale, PhD, is associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Florence. Her research interests include online social behavior, with a particular focus on interpersonal aspects of problematic Internet use, and the validity of grandiose and vulnerable subtypes of narcissistic character styles, with a particular focus on interpersonal outcomes. She is author of several papers related...