Journal Articles:

• Carney, D. R., & Colvin, C. R. (2010). The circumplex structure of affective social behavior. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(1), 73-80.
• Carney, D. R., Colvin, C. R., & Hall, J. A. (2007). A thin slice perspective on the accuracy of first impressions. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 1054-1072.
• Colvin, C. R. (1993). Judgeable people: Personality, behavior, and competing explanations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 861-873.
• Colvin, C. R., & Block, J. (1994). Do positive illusions foster mental health? An examination of the Taylor and Brown formulation. Psychological Bulletin, 116, 3-20.
• Colvin, C. R., Block, J., & Funder, D. C. (1995). Overly-positive self-evaluations and personality: Negative implications for mental health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 1152-1162.
• Colvin, C. R., & Longueuil, D. (2001). Eliciting self-disclosure: Personality and behavioral correlates of the Opener Scale. Journal of Research in Personality, 35, 238-246.
• Funder, D. C., Furr, R. M., & Colvin, C. R. (2000). The Riverside Behavioral Q-sort: A tool for the description of social behavior. Journal of Personality, 68, 451-489.
• Hall, J., & Colvin, C. R. (2011). On making a thriving field even better: Acknowledging the past and looking to the future. Psychological Inquiry, 22(3), 193-199.
• Murphy, N. A., Hall, J. A., & Colvin, C. R. (2003). Accurate intelligence assessments in social interactions: Mediators and gender effects. Journal of Personality, 71, 465-493.
• Vogt., D., & Colvin, C. R. (2005). Assessment of accurate self-knowledge. Journal of Personality Assessment, 84, 239-251. [William G. Klopfer award winner for distinguished contribution to personality assessment].
• Vogt, D. S., & Colvin, C. R. (2003). Interpersonal orientation and the accuracy of personality judgements. Journal of Personality, 71, 267-295.

Other Publications:

• Colvin, C. R. (2007). Accuracy of personality judgments. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, Vol 1 (pp. 659-660). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Colvin, C. R., & Griffo, R. (2008). The psychological costs of self-enhancement. In E. C. Chang (Ed.), Self-Criticism and Self-Enhancement: Theory, research, and clinical implications (pp. 123-140). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Colvin, C. R., Vogt, D., & Ickes, W. (1997). Why do friends understand each other better than strangers do? In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy. New York: Guilford Publications.
• Funder, D. C., & Colvin, C. R. (1997). Congruence of self and others' judgments of personality. In S. Briggs, R. Hogan, & W. Jones (Eds.), Handbook of personality psychology. Orlando, FL: Academic Press.