David P. Schmitt

David P. Schmitt
Nationality American United States
Education Ph.D. in Personality Psychology at University of Michigan
Alma mater University of Michigan
Occupation Psychologist, educator, and author
Employer Bradley University
Organization Department of Psychology
Title Caterpillar Inc. Professor

David P. Schmitt is a personality psychologist who founded the International Sexuality Description Project (ISDP). The ISDP is the largest-ever cross-cultural research study on sex and personality. Over 100 psychologists simultaneously administered an anonymous self-report survey to 17,837 individuals representing 56 different nations, 6 continents, 13 islands, and 30 languages. Direct assessments of people's personality traits and sexual behaviors have led to innovative tests of evolutionary psychology and social role theory. A second wave of the ISDP is currently underway and includes measures of subjective well-being, social dominance, sexual aggression, rape attitudes, HIV risk, and psychopathy.

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