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Dr Carolyn MacCann PhD, BA(Hon)

Position: Lecturer

Office: Rm 449, Brennan MacCallum, A18
Ph: +61 2 9351 4236
Fax: +61 2 9036 5223
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Postal Address:
School of Psychology
Brennan MacCallum Building (A18)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia

 


 

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Qualifications

Ph.D. in psychology, Sydney University, 2006
B.A. (Hons I), Sydney University, 2001



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Previous Appointments

2009: Post-doctoral Fellow. Accelerated Learning Laboratory, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.

2006 - 2008: Post-doctoral Fellow. Center for New Constructs, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, USA.

2005 - 2006: Assessment Developer and Statistical Consultant. Chandler Macleod Recruitment and Capital Management Company, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1998 - 2001: Research Officer: Measurement and Research Services Department, Office of the Board of Studies, Sydney, NSW, Australia.



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Research Interests

  • Emotional intelligence
  • Noncognitive assessments (e.g., teamwork, coping, achievement motivation)
  • Response distortion and faking in personality testing
  • Methods of assessment
  • Intervention development for noncognitive constructs
  • Tacit knowledge and the SJT paradigm
  • Divergent thinking
  • Health and wellness
  • Attitude assessment

 
 
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Professional Memberships


 
 
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Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Mullan, B., Wong, C., Kothe, E., & Maccann, C. (In Press). Predicting breakfast consumption: A comparison of the theory of planned behaviour and the health action process approach. British Food Journal.
  2. MacCann, C., Fogarty, G. & Roberts, R. D. (2012). Strategies for success in vocational education: Time management is more important for part-time than full-time students. Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 618-623.
  3. Burrus, J., Betnacourt, A., Holtzman, S., Minsky, J., MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2012). Emotional intelligence relates to well-being: Evidence from the Situational Judgment Test of Emotional Management. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 4, 151–166.
  4. MacCann, C., Lipnevich, A. A., Burrus, J. B., & Roberts, R. D. (2012). The best years of our lives? Coping with stress predicts school grades, life satisfaction, and feelings about high school. Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 235–241.
  5. MacCann, C., Pearce, N., & Roberts, R. D. (2011). Emotional intelligence as assessed by situational judgment and emotion recognition tests: Building the nomological net. Psychological Topics, 20, 393-412.
  6. Lipnevich, A. A., MacCann, C., Krumm, S., Burrus, J., & Roberts, R. D. (2011). Mathematics attitudes and mathematics outcomes of U.S. and Belarusian middle school students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 103, 105-118.
  7. MacCann, C., Fogarty, G. J., Zeidner, M., & Roberts, R. D. (2011). Coping mediates the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and academic achievement. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 36, 60-70.
  8. Roberts, R. D., MacCann, C., Matthews, G., & Zeidner, M. (2010). Emotional intelligence: Towards a consensus of models, measures, and applications. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10, 821-840.
  9. Roberts, R. D., MacCann, C., Matthews, G., & Zeidner, M. (2010). Teaching and Learning Guide for: Emotional intelligence: Towards a consensus of models, measures, and applications. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10, 968-981.
  10. MacCann, C., Wang, L., Matthews, G., & Roberts, R. D. (2010). Emotional intelligence and the eye of the beholder: Comparing self- and parent-rated situational judgments in adolescents. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 673-676.
  11. MacCann, C., Roberts, R. D. (2010). Development of a student health assessment system: Health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in middle-schoolers. ETS Research Report, RR-10-04.
  12. MacCann, C. (2010). Further examination of emotional intelligence as a standard intelligence: A latent variable analysis of fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, and emotional intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 490-496
  13. Joseph, D. L., & Newman, D. A., MacCann, C. (2010). Emotional intelligence and job performance: The importance of emotion regulation and emotional labor context. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 3, 159-164
  14. MacCann, C., Duckworth, A. L., & Roberts, R. D. (2009) Empirical identification of the major facets of Conscientiousness. Learning and Individual Differences, 19, 451-458.
  15. Wang, L., MacCann, C., Zhuang, X., Liu, O. L., & Roberts, R. D. (2009). Assessing teamwork skills: A multi-method approach. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 24, 108-124.
  16. Liu, O. L., Rijmen, F., MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2009). Measuring time management abilities for middle school students. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 174-179.
  17. MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2008). New paradigms for assessing emotional intelligence: Theory and data. Emotion, 8, 540-551.
  18. Zhuang, X., MacCann, C., Wang, L., Liu, O. L., Roberts, R. D. (2008). Development and Validity Evidence Supporting a Teamwork and Collaboration Assessment for High School Students, ETS Research Report, RR-08-50.
  19. MacCann, C., Roberts, R. D. (in press). Development of a student health assessment system: Health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in middle-schoolers. ETS Research Report.
  20. Roberts, R. D., Schulze, R., O'Brien, K., MacCann, C., Reid, J., & Maul, A. (2006). Exploring the validity of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) with established emotions measures. Emotion, 6, 663-669.
  21. MacCann, C., Roberts, R. D., Matthews, G., & Zeidner, M. (2004). Consensus scoring and empirical option weighting of performance-based Emotional Intelligence (EI) tests. Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 645-662.
  22. MacCann, C., Roberts, R. D., Matthews, G., & Zeidner, M. (2003). Psychological assessment of emotional intelligence: A review of self-report and performance-based testing. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 11, 247-274.
  23. Zeidner, M., Matthews, G., Roberts, R. D., & MacCann, C. (2003). Development of emotional intelligence: Towards a multi-level investment model. Human Development, 46, 69-96.

 

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Edited Books

  1. Ziegler, M., MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2011). New perspectives on faking in personality assessments. Oxford University Press.

Book chapters

  1. Lipnevich, A. A., Roberts, R. D., & MacCann, C. (in press). Assessing noncognitive constructs in education: A review of traditional and innovative approaches. In D. Saklofske (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Psychological Assessment of Children and Adolescents. New York: Oxford University Press.
  2. Burrus, J., MacCann, C., Kyllonen, P., & Roberts. R. D. (2011). Noncognitive Constructs in K-16: Assessments, Interventions, Educational and Policy Implications. In P. J. Bowman, E. P. and St John, (Eds.) Diversity, Merit, and Higher Education: Towards a Comprehensive Agenda for the 21st Century (pp. 233-274). AMS Press.
  3. Fogarty, G. J., Games, N., MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2010). Emotional intelligence, coping and school performance. In R. Hicks (Ed.) Personality and individual differences: Current directions (pp. 69-78). Brisbane, Australia: Australian Academic Press.
  4. MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (2010). Do Time Management, Grit, and Self-Control relate to academic achievement independently of Conscientiousness? In R. Hicks (Ed.) Personality and individual differences: Current directions (pp. 79-90). Brisbane, Australia: Australian Academic Press.
  5. Orchard, B., MacCann, C., Schulze, R. Matthews, G., Zeidner, M., & Roberts, R. D. (2009). New Directions and Alternative Approaches to the Measurement of Emotional Intelligence. In and J. D. A. Parker, D. Saklofske, and C. Stough (Eds.), Advances in the Measurement of Emotional Intelligence (321-344). Springer Publishing.
  6. Roberts, R. D., & Schulze, R., & MacCann, C. (2008). The measurement of emotional intelligence: A decade of progress? In G. Boyle, G. Matthews, & D. Saklofske (Eds.), The Sage handbook of personality theory and assessment (pp. 461-482). New York: Sage.
  7. MacCann, C., Schulze, R., Matthews, G., Zeidner, M., & Roberts, R. D. (2008). Emotional intelligence as popscience, misled science, and programmatic science: A review and critical synthesis of perspectives from the field of psychology. In N. Karafyllis and G. Ulshöfer (Eds.), Sexualized Brains: Scientific Modeling of Emotional Intelligence from a Cultural Perspective (pp. 131-150). New York: MacMillan.
  8. MacCann, C., Roberts, R. D., Matthews, G., & Zeidner, M. (2004). The Assessment of Emotional Intelligence: On Frameworks, Fissures, and the Future. In G. Geher (Ed.), Measuring Emotional Intelligence (pp. 21-52). Long Island, NY: Nova Science Publishing.

 

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Conference Presentations

  1. MacCann, C., Wang, L., Matthews, G., & Roberts R. D. (November, 2009). Emotional Intelligence and the eye of the beholder: Comparing self- and parent-rated situational judgments in adolescents. Paper presented at the 8th Australasian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney, Australia, November 25th to 28th, 2009.
  2. MacCann, C., Lipnevich, A. A., Burrus, J., & Roberts, R. D. (August, 2009). Coping styles and academic outcomes in middle school, high school, and college. In R. D. Roberts (Chair), Symposium on Assessment of Affect in Educational Settings, APA 117th Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, August 6-9, 2009.
  3. Lipnevich, A. A., MacCann, C., Bertling, J., & Roberts R. D. (August, 2009). Emotional reactions to school in high school, middle school, and college students: Relationships to academic outcomes. In R. D. Roberts (Chair), Symposium on Assessment of Affect in Educational Settings, APA 117th Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, August 6-9, 2009.
  4. MacCann, C., Lipnevich, A. A., Burrus, J., & Roberts, R. D. (July, 2009). Coping in School: A State-Trait Continuum and its Relationship with Academic Outcomes in Middle School, High School, and College Student Samples. In G. Matthews and W. Helton (Chairs) Symposium on Individual Differences in Subjective State, Coping, and Performance, 14th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Evanston, IL, 18-22 July, 2009.
  5. Fellner, A., Matthews, G., Warm, J. S., Shockley, K., MacCann, C., & Roberts R. D. (July, 2009). Emotional intelligence and teamwork: an experimental study. In T. Charmorro-Premuzic & P. Ackerman (Chairs) Symposium on Intellectual Investment: Advances in the Area of Determinants of Adult Intellect, 14th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Evanston, IL, 18-22 July, 2009.
  6. MacCann, C., Roberts, R. D., & Wang, L. (April, 2009). Individual differences in teamwork: A situational judgment testing approach. 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., April 2-4, 2009.
  7. MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (November, 2008). Overweight and Obese U.S. Eighth-Graders Obtain Lower Grades at School. Seventh Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Bond University, Qld, Australia, November 27-29, 2008.
  8. MacCann, C., & Roberts, R. D. (November, 2008). Identifying the major facets of Conscientiousness in high school students and their relationships with valued educational Outcomes. Seventh Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Bond University, Qld, Australia, November 27-29, 2008.
  9. Roberts, R. D., Steinberg, J., MacCann, C., & Kyllonen, P. C. (August, 2008). Can noncognitive skills and related educational outcomes be improved? In P. C. Kyllonen (Chair), Symposium on Enhancing Noncognitive Skills, APA 116th Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 14-17, 2008.
  10. MacCann, C., Wang, L., Zhuang, X., Orchard, B., & Roberts, R. D. (August, 2008). Development and validity evidence supporting a multi-method teamwork assessment for high school students. American Psychological Association 116th Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 14-17, 2008.
  11. MacCann, C. (July, 2008). New item development approaches for social and emotional intelligence. In C. MacCann and P. C. Kyllonen (Chairs), New approaches to item generation for educational and psychological measurement. XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 21-25, 2008.
  12. Roberts, R. D., Schulze, R., & MacCann, C. (July, 2008). Developing and validating situational judgment tests of emotional intelligence. In R. D. Roberts & G. Matthews (Chairs), Emotional intelligence and cognitive processes. XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 21-25, 2008.
  13. Roberts, R. D., MacCann, C., Steinberg, J., Courtney, R., & Minsky, J. (August, 2007). Noncognitive predictors of academic performance in early adolescence. In P. C. Kyllonen (Chair), Assessing and Developing Noncognitive Factors in Education. APA 115th Annual Convention, Moscone Center South and West, San Francisco, CA, August 17-20, 2007.
  14. MacCann, C. (July, 2007). Noncognitive Constructs in Middle Schools. Paper presented at International Symposium on Noncognitive Constructs in Education, the 13th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID).
  15. Ventura, M. Roberts, R D., Minsky, J., MacCann, C. & Schulze, R. (July, 2007). Noncognitive Constructs: Theory, Measures, and Applications in Education. Paper presented at International Symposium "Assessing Non-cognitive constructs through constructed response" at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Glasgow, Scotland.
  16. Ventura, M. Roberts, R D, & MacCann, C. (July, 2007). Item development and scoring of noncognitive constructs using constructed response. Paper presented at International Symposium "Assessing Non-cognitive constructs through constructed response" at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, Glasgow, Scotland.
  17. Roberts, R. D., Schulze, R., & MacCann, C. (April, 2007). Student 360: A valid medium for noncognitive assessment? National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Chicago, IL, April 9, 2007 - April 13, 2007.
  18. MacCann, C. (July, 2005). The Status of Emotional Intelligence as a Standard Intelligence: An Examination with Two New Measures. Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. Adelaide, SA, Australia.
  19. MacCann, C. (November, 2004). Assessing Emotional Intelligence: An Examination of Two New Approaches. Paper presented at the 3rd Australian Conference for Personality and Individual Differences. University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia.
  20. Roberts, R.D., Suess, H. M., MacCann, C., Matthews, G. & Zeidner, M. (July, 2004). Measuring emotional intelligence: Furnishing a framework, patching fissures, and a platform for the future. The 12th European Conference on Personality. University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  21. MacCann, C. (November, 2003). What Makes a Situation Emotional? A Qualitative Analysis of Emotional Incidents in an Australian Population. Poster presented at 'Emotional Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns' Workshop, Chauncey Conference Center, Princeton, NJ, USA.
  22. MacCann, C., Reid, J., O'Brien, K., & Roberts, R. D. (October, 2003). New Approaches to the Measurement of Emotional Intelligence: Be as Smart as the Best, not as Smart as the Rest. 38th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society. Perth, Australia.
  23. Roberts, R. D., MacCann, C., Zeidner, M., & Matthews, G. (July, 2003). The many assessments of emotional intelligence. International Symposium on Emotional and Practical Intelligence. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
  24. Reid, J., MacCann, C., Rouse, J. R., Matthews, G., Zeidner, M., & Roberts, R. D. (July, 2003). Psychometric properties of consensus scored ability scales of emotional intelligence. Poster presented at the 11th biennial meeting of the society for the study of individual differences: Graz, Austria.
  25. O'Brien, K., Rouse, J. R., MacCann, C., Matthews, G., Zeidner, M., & Roberts, R. D. (July, 2003). Emotional intelligence as a cognitive ability: New approaches. Paper presented at the 11th biennial meeting of the society for the study of individual differences: Graz, Austria.
  26. MacCann, C. & Roberts, R. D. (February, 2001). Can Emotional Intelligence be measured reliably? An application of the Method of Reciprocal Averages technique. Poster presented at the 1st Australian Conference for Personality & Individual Differences. Wollongong, Australia.

 
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Invited Colloquia, Presentations, and Workshops

  1. MacCann, C. (October, 2008). Developing low-stakes assessment and feedback for the educational sector. Accelerated Learning Laboratory, Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  2. MacCann, C. (August, 2008). Identifying the major facets of Conscientiousness in high school students: Their relationships with valued educational outcomes. ETS R & D Seminar Series, Princeton, NJ, USA.
  3. Zeidner, M., & MacCann, C. (July, 2008). How can we best conceptualize and assess emotional intelligence (EI)? Current Issues, problems and pitfalls. XXIX International Congress of Psychology Pre-Conference Workshop, Berlin, Germany.
  4. MacCann, C. (June, 2008). Assessing and Enhancing Noncognitive Constructs in Middle Schools. ETS R & D Seminar Series, Princeton, NJ, USA.
  5. MacCann, C. (June, 2008). An Overview of the Field of Emotional Intelligence (EI). ETS Visiting Scholar Program, Princeton, NJ, USA.
  6. Roberts, R. D., Wang, L., Zhuang, X., Liu, L., & MacCann, C. (June 2007). Ford PAS employment skills assessment pilot: Teamwork and collaboration. Invited Symposium entitled, "Interested in Learning about Ford PAS Evaluation Efforts?" 5th Annual Ford PAS National Networking Conference: "Making Connections". Louisville, KY, June 18-21, 2007.
  7. Roberts, R. D., & MacCann, C. (May, 2007). A demonstration of Ready Edge: Student Success System. How Community Colleges Contribute to Equity in Education and the Workforce, Princeton, NJ, May 21-22, 2007.
  8. Roberts, R. D., & MacCann, C. (May, 2007). A primer on Ready Edge: Student Success System. Atlantic Cape Community College Faculty Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ, May 14, 2007.
  9. MacCann, C. (April, 2007). The five factors of personality in high and low ability groups: An Examination with multiple-group analyses. IQB Colloquium, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, April 23, 2007.
  10. MacCann, C., Steinberg, J., Minski, J., & Roberts, R. D. (April, 2007). Predicting academic achievement in middle school: The role of noncognitive constructs. Otto von Guericke University Colloquium, Magdeburg, Germany, April 17, 2007.
  11. MacCann, C. (April, 2007). Personality structure at different levels of ability: An Examination with invariance models. University of Muenster Colloquium, Muenster, Germany, April 12, 2007.
  12. MacCann, C. (March, 2007). The personality-by-intelligence differentiation hypothesis: Do smarter people have "more" personality? ETS R & D Seminar Series, Princeton, NJ, USA.
  13. Roberts, R. D., MacCann, C., Markham, P., Matthews, G., & Zeidner, M. (July, 2002). The scientific status of emotional intelligence: A critical perspective. Department of Psychology Colloquium: University of Muenster, Germany.

 
 
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