Publications

The most up to date list of publications from the NICE Research Group can be found in Dr. Syed’s CV, or his Google Scholar page. Alternatively, follow this link for the Google Scholar profile sorted by year, to get a sense of recent work.

Below is a sampling of recent publications and preprints (+indicates a student or postdoc at the time of writing):

Ajayi, A. A., *Delgado, J. E., Suarez Bonilla, G., & Syed, M. (in press). Evaluating the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale using item response theory. Journal of Counseling Psychology.

+Chou, E., +Hedrick, N., +Westberg, D. W., +Udochi, A. L., +Rogers, M. A., Holtzman, N. S., Syed., M., & DeYoung, C. G. (in press). Life narratives and the ten aspects of the Big Five. Journal of Personality. https://psyarxiv.com/wnqru/

Frankenhuis, W. E., & Syed, M. (in press). Registered Reports in Animal Biology: A new format. Animal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1163/15707563-bja10176

Frisén, A., Wängqvist, M., Carlsson, J., Eriksson, P. L., +Larsson, H., & Syed, M. (in press). The GoLDen method: Venturing a long-longitudinal mixed methods study of identity development. Identity. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2026.2650528

+Larsson, H., Carlsson, J., Eriksson, P. L., Syed, M., Wängqvist, M., & Frisén, A. (in press). Change within stability: A mixed-methods study of identity development in established adulthood. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fjopy.70046

Rogers, L. O., Syed, M., & *Westberg, D. W. (in press). “I’m just a girl; not a White girl”: Early adolescents making sense of race and gender intersectionality and identity. Journal of Adolescent Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584251334729 [open access].

Syed, M. (in press). Acronym absurdity constrains psychological science. Meta-Psychology. 10.31234/osf.io/293wx.

Syed, M. (in press). Psychology wants to stay WEIRD, not go WILD. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/bxk6c_v1

Syed, M. (in press). Some data indicating that editors and reviewers do not check preregistrations during the review process. Journal of Trial & Error. https://doi.org/10.36850/e5ce-4cc5

Atherton, O. E., +Westberg, D. W., Perkins, V., Lawson, K. M., Jeftic, A., Jayawickreme, E., Zhang, S., Hu, Z., McLean, K. C., Bottesini, J., Syed, M., & Chung, J. M. (2026). Examining personality psychology to unpack the peer review system: Towards a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable psychological science. European Journal of Personality, 40(1), 126–152. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241301629 [open access]

Carlsson, J., Wängqvist, M, Syed, M., & Frisén, A. (2026). Lost in translation: The conceptual drift from the identity status interview to questionnaire measures. Journal of Adult Development, 33, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-024-09506-6

+Nguyen, P. L. L., +Zhang, Q., +Schlinsog, W., +Hadacek, N., +Abusamrah, S., +Aceiro, A., +Ahuja, M., +Arab, F., +Griffith, M., +Madden, K., +Mormile, G., +Nguyen, E., +Zhao, Y., & Syed, M. (2026). Meta-analysis of the associations between big five personality traits and affective variability. PsyArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/j6c4a_v1

+Stern, P. D., Berne, S., Hwang, C. P., +Reinholdsson, T., Juang, L. P., Syed, M., & Frisén, A. (2026). Positive ethnic identity content among adolescents with minority ethnic backgrounds living in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 67(1), 45-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70006

Syed, M., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2026). Improving research on developmental psychopathology with Registered Reports. Development and Psychopathology, 38(2), 574-581. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100552

Tyner, A. H., Abatayo, A. L., Daley, M., Field, S., Fox, N., Haber, N. A., Hahn, K. M., Kline Struhl, M., Mawhinney, B., Miske, O., Silverstein, P., Soderberg, C. K., Stankov, T.,…Syed, M.,… Nosek, B. A., & Errington, T. M. (2026). Investigating the replicability of the social and behavioral sciences. Nature, 652, 143–150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-10078-y [open access] full citation

+Abdullahi, A. K., Juang, L. P., Syed, M., & Frisén, A. (2025). Psychosocial and academic outcomes of an ethnic-racial identity intervention in Sweden. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35(4), e70090. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70090

Bottesini, J. G., Chambers, C. D., Howard, A. L., Lucas, R. E., Moore, D. A., Sbarra, D. A., Tackett, J. L., & Syed, M. (2025). Peer Community in Psychology: A platform for peer review of preprints across psychology. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/m456e [Version of Record]

+Chou, E., +Westberg, D. W., +Nguyen, P. L. L., & Syed, M. (2025). The structure and correlates of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire among U.S. racial/ethnic groups. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 16(1), 80-90. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000662 open access

Ghai, S., Thériault, R., Forscher, P., Shoda, Y., Syed, M., Puthillam, A., Peng, H. C., Basnight-Brown, D., Majid, A., Azevedo, F., & Singh, L. (2025). A manifesto for a globally diverse, equitable, and inclusive open science. Communications Psychology, 3(16), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00179-1 (Recipient of a Commendation from the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science)

Hihara, S., Sugimura, K., Umemura, T., Saiga, S., Iwasa, Y., & Syed, M. (2025). The development of socioculturally positive and negative identities through negotiation with master narratives. Personality Science, 6, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710251410463

Kerschbaumer, S., Voracek, M., Aczél, B., Anderson, S. F., Booth, B. M., Buchanan, E. M., Carlsson, R., Heck, D. W., Hiekkaranta, A. P., Hoekstra, R., Karch, J. D., Lafit, G., Lin, Z., Liu, S., MacKinnon, D. P., McGorray, E. L., Moreau, D., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Paterson, H., Perera, R. A., Schad, D. J., Sewell, D. K., Syed, M., Tay, L., Tendeiro, J. N., Toland, M. D., Vanpaemel, W., van Ravenzwaaij, D., Voncken, L., & Tran, U.S. (2025). VALID: A checklist-based approach for improving validity in psychological research. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241306432

+Nguyen, P. L. L., +Ahuja, M., +Arab, F., +Griffith, M. G., +Hadacek, N. R., +Madden, K., +Nguyen, E, & Syed, M. (2025). Dynamic assortative mating on personality and affective states in romantic couples. PsyArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/7nhx5_v2

+Person, A. I., Frazier, P., +Reardon, B. E., Delker, B., McLean, K. C., & Syed, M. (2025). Sexual violence victim-survivors are seen as less likable, regardless of observer gender or sexual victimization history. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.143706

+Sandberg, D. J., Frisén, A, Eriksson, P. L., & Syed, M. (2025). Who benefits most? Personality traits as predictors of identity intervention outcomes in adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 54, 1879–1901. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02163-2

Syed, M. (2025). Elegant theories and the problems of social psychology. European Review of Social Psychology, 36(2), 298–325. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2025.2494434

Syed, M., +Armstrong, C. H., +Chan, E. J., & +Person, A. (2025). Evaluating the claim that preregistration and registered reports restrict exploratory research. Lifecycle Journal. [Research Plan] https://doi.org/10.71240/lcyc.227818

Syed, M., & +Westberg, D. W. (2025). Mixed methods research in psychology: Rationales and research designs. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251343919

+Westberg, D. W., +Chou, E., +Jacobsen, R., & Syed, M. (2025). Agency and communion in racial/ethnic narratives and relations with racial/ethnic identity. Collabra: Psychology. 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.138504

+Westberg, D. W., Syed, M., Loyd, A. B., & Dunlop, W. (2025). Using intersectionality to understand how structural domains are embedded in life narratives. Journal of Personality, 93(4), 913-928. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12984