APS

2025 APS Annual Convention

Cutting Through the Jangle: Practical Approaches to Addressing Construct  Proliferation

Saturday, May 24, 2025 · Washington, DC

Oral · Industrial/Organizational

Construct proliferation is a problem across many areas of psychology and threatens scientific progress. This panel will address (a) what construct proliferation is, (b) why it is a problem, (c) statistical and methodological tools for addressing it, and (d) institutional changes (e.g., to graduate education, journal policies) to address it.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Louis HickmanChair
    Virginia Tech
  • Shiyang SuSpeaker
    University of Central Florida
  • Nathan BowlingSpeaker
    University of Central Florida
  • Kim NimonSpeaker
    The University of Texas at Tyler
  • Sharon GlazerSpeaker
    Rutgers University
  • Jonathan ShafferSpeaker
    West Texas A&M University