Wie verändert sich unsere Persönlichkeit über ein Jahr? Dazu starten wir heute eine neue Studie und suchen nach Teilnehmenden zwischen 18-40 Jahren, die Interesse haben, Einblicke in ihre Persönlichkeit, Wohlbefinden und Verhalten über ein Jahr zu erhalten und bis zu 173 CHF (~185€) zu verdienen.

Effects of a theory-based smartphone intervention to decrease neuroticism in the general public: https://osf.io/m8a5r

Personality Predictors of Health, Well-Being, Relationships, and Employment in Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study: https://osf.io/apx63

New preprint! Ever heard that personality doesn't change? Do you believe that? (you shouldn't) Using data from an online survey (n = 887) & eight longitudinal datasets (n = 166,971), we compared perceived vs. actual lifespan changes in personality and 20+ individual differences (1/8) osf.io/ytmxp

Personality Trait Change in Three Sub-Saharan Countries: Normative Development and Life Events: http://osf.io/85dvn_v1/

In the last months, I supervised two super-talented research interns (unfortunately Bluesky-less). They were interested in how self-esteem develops after negative events and examined this question in a longitudinal study over 6 months. You can find their results here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Ever wondered whether our personality influences our first sexual milestone? 🍒 We explored how the Big Five traits affect the timing of first sexual experiences — and how these, in turn, shape personality traits over time. Check out our preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... #PersonalityPsych

And here is a list of all current and former lab members that have arrived at BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/did:... (If I missed your account, let me know and I will add you.)

The question I've got asked most frequently at conferences when I was presenting something on the perception of life events was whether there are any age differences. Using data from the SOEP-IS, we addressed this simple but interessting question. Open-access link: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

A study by @wiebkeb.bsky.social & @mdkraemer.bsky.social shows caregiving lowers life satisfaction and raises anxiety, depression, and loneliness. #SupportCaregivers

Can people intentionally change their personality? Happy to share that our review on volitional personality change research has now been published at Nature Communications. Open-Access-Link: doi.org/10.1038/s442...

+++ New Preprint Alert +++ Together with @ajwright.bsky.social, @mdkraemer.bsky.social, and @wiebkeb.bsky.social, I worked on two coordinated data analyses to examine event-related personality changes. CDA1: osf.io/preprints/ps... CDA2: osf.io/preprints/ps... ⬇️Details below⬇️

One of the best things about doing research is when you aim to do one thing but an unexpected more interesting thing happens. We were concerned that #perpsy intervention research focused too much on changing and not enough on accepting. We compared these approaches and this happened:

🚨New Preprint on Affective Stress Responses in Daily life (N=248) - w/ @vizecolin.bsky.social and @aidangcw.bsky.social! We used high-density sampling after stressful events to closely examine the dynamic affective response following daily hassles by estimating latent microtrajectories. 1/3

Hi and welcome to all new followers! If you're interested in personality psychology, you can use the feed below to find relevant posts. And use #perpsy or #personalityPsych in your own posts so they show up in this feed.

⚠️ Check out Bernd's new (and first) paper on network analyses of subjective well-being:

Can people choose to change their personality traits? Probably yes! In our new systemtic review (preprint), we provide an overview of the emerging literature on volitional personality change: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Do people become more alike across the lifespan? Is the variability of personality traits changing across time and age? In our meta-analyis on changes in personality variability, we integrated data from more than 300 longitudinal studies to answer these questions. Preprint: osf.io/yk3eh/

First #skeet, with high hopes for this new place! 🥳😄 Stay tuned for updates of our research on differential psychology, personality, cognitive ability, and assessment at the University of Zurich (UZH). Also perhaps the occasional job posting 🧑‍🔬

I am very happy to share my debut research article on PsyArXiv! You can find our findings on network dynamics of subjective well-being here: osf.io/preprints/ps.... Many thanks to my amazing co-authors @peterhaehner.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social for their invaluable support.

+++ New paper alert +++ Our meta-analytic Review on the relationship between the perception of life events and depression is now published at the Journal of Affective Disorders 😊 Full-text link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

JOB ALERT! I am looking for a postdoc (100%) or PhD student (75%) for a new research project on work and #loneliness. The deadline for applications is Oct 31. More details: www.stellenwerk.de/bochum/jobbo... #PsychSciSky #SocialPsych #PerPsych