Item-level prediction models often outperform scale scores in personality research — usually credited to "nuances" (stable item-specific variance). Our new simulation study shows: measurement non-invariance can produce similar predictive gains.

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Beyond Nuances: Measurement Non-Invariance as a Source of Item-Level Predictive Gains: https://osf.io/9wtay

Thrilled to share a new consensus statement just published in Nature Mental Health: "Ambulatory assessment in mental health: expert consensus and recommendations" Glad to have contributed to this group effort. Open-access read cube link here: rdcu.be/fnxDZ

✨ Chronische Depressionen besser verstehen – und gezielter behandeln: Update aus ChangePDD ✨ 1️⃣ Veröffentlichung unseres Studienprotokolls im BMJ Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/4... 2️⃣ Bewilligung unseres Fortführungsantrags durch die DFG Weitere Infos: psychologie.uni-greifswald.de/changepdd/

We investigated the @hitop-system.bsky.social Brief Report (HiTOP-BR) in two German samples. Although there is room for improvement in certain areas, the HiTOP-BR provides a time-efficient and psychometrically acceptable assessment of the 6 HiTOP spectra. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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An Empirical Assessment of the Cost of Dichotomization of the Outcome of Clinical Trials

We have studied 21 435 unique randomized controlled trials (RCTs) from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). Of these trials, 7224 (34%) have a continuous (numerical) outcome and 14 211....

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Kerber...& Knaevelsrud, C. (2026). The interplay of personality functioning and affect–event dynamics in predicting future impairment and depression: A large mobile mental health ambulatory assessment study.Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 135(1), 136–157. doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

Interview and self-report measures of personality disorder criteria are not structurally equivalent. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

New paper out: Some people are systematically better at judging others’ intelligence. Who are the best judges? People WHO are intelligent themselves, have good emotion-perception ability, and who are high in well-being. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The good judge of intelligence

Accurately judging others' intelligence is important, yet little is known about individual differences in this ability. In this study we investigated …

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Last week, we lost our dear friend, colleague, and mentor, Cord Benecke, who passed away at the age of 60. We will never forget you, Cord! 💛 www.uni-kassel.de/fb01/en/depa...

🕯️ In Trauer, Dankbarkeit und Erinnerung ✨ Wer für Cord eine Gedenkkerze anzünden, einen Stern zum Leuchten bringen oder einen Gedanken im digitalen Kondolenzbuch hinterlassen möchte, kann dies hier tun: www.bestattung-sarg.at/sterbefall/p... Danke, Cord. ⭐

Zusätzlich zum SCID-5-CV Workshop bieten @maxganslmeier.bsky.social und ich auch einen SCID-5-AMPD Workshop an - für alle die sich mit dem neuen Konzept der Persönlichkeitsstörung im DSM-5 AMPD/ICD-11 fundiert auseinandersetzen und mehr Sicherheit in der Diagnostik erlangen möchten.

Clinical Psychology & Psychological Treatment @LMU Munich@lmu-klips.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We’re offering a 2-day workshop on SCID-5-AMPD in November 2026! Designed for professionals who want to deepen their skills in dimensional personality diagnostics. More info: www.lmu.de/psy/en/chair...

Sometimes, doing research feels truly fulfilling. Working on this paper was one of those moments. doi.org/10.1037/ccp0...

Wann gilt jemand als psychisch krank? Forschende erläutern Vor- und Nachteile des aktuellen Diagnosesystems und ordnen das Potenzial alternativer Ansätze ein: sciencemediacenter.de/angebote/psy...

Construct validity is a cornerstone of psychological science. But too often, construct validation practices fall short, leaving uncertainty about what our measures really capture. Why is that? We (@stmllr.bsky.social) tackle this question in our 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁: 🧵…

Interesting new special issue in Psychological Assessment. Edited by Kristin Naragon-Gainey and @kstanton.bsky.social Here's their overview paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... And here's our contribution, which will win us no friends: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

✨ Neu erschienen: Special Issue „Personality Dynamics in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy“ (KPP), herausgegeben von Remmers, Jauk & @ehrenthal-lab.bsky.social. Ich war mit u.a. @jzpsych.bsky.social am Beitrag „Interpersonal Dynamics“ beteiligt. 🔗 econtent.hogrefe.com/toc/zkp/curr...

Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie: Vol 54, No 3

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Special Issue 'Personality Dynamics'! We are happy to share this special issue from the Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie looking at interpersonal dynamics, motivational conflicts, and personality functioning in clinical psychology and psychotherapy.

Unsere Gedanken über den Nutzen neuerer Modelle zur dimensionalen Persönlichkeit(sstörungs)diagnostik für die forensische Glaubhaftigkeitsbegutachtung. In der FPPK, mit Johannes Zimmermann @jzpsych.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A year ago, 20 German personality psychologists came together under the leadership of John Rauthmann to assess the status of the field (not only from a German perspective). An English-language version of this paper (in press at Psychologische Rundschau) is now available:

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Differential and Personality Psychology in 2025: Status, Developments, and Prospects: https://osf.io/2597u

New paper out in European Psychologist 📄⏰: "A Hitchhiker's Guide to Translation." In a collaborative project with spokespersons of many subfields of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) we explore ideas for connecting basic psychology and clinical psychology. econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/...

Join me at the University of Witten/Herdecke for research on meta scientific topics, replication work or other fun things :-) as well as teaching some IMO wonderful students short.sg/j/56902143

Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (w/m/d) am Lehrstuhl für Psychologische Forschungsmethoden bei Universität Witten/Herdecke

Wir suchen: Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (w/m/d) am Lehrstuhl für Psychologische Forschungsmethoden (Teilzeit) • Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50, 58455 Witten, Deutschland

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Want to make nice graphs with me, starting this summer? I am hiring for two PhD positions at the University of Witten/Herdecke.

Psychological internet interventions are effective in people suffering from depressive symptoms who do not meet criteria for depression yet. Particularly for those with at least moderate symptom severity @mathiasharrer.bsky.social @toshi-frkw.bsky.social bit.ly/4kcYMxS

Our paper "Why do judgments on different person-descriptive attributes correlate with one another? A conceptual analysis with relevance for most psychometric research" (osf.io/preprints/ps...) has just been accepted for publication by Collabra: Psychology.

New paper comparing latent dimensional, categorical, and hybrid models of internalizing psychopathology. Dimensions win out, no surprise there. But the use of skewed latent dimensions as a comparison is a nice addition. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Comparing structural models for internalizing pathology: Latent dimensions, classes, or a mix of both?

In recent decades, the conceptualization of internalizing problems has changed from categorical to dimensional and hybrid approaches. However, most st…

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Comparing Structural Models for Internalizing Pathology: Latent Dimensions, Classes, or a Mix of Both? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Comparing Structural Models for Internalizing Pathology: Latent Dimensions, Classes, or a Mix of Both?

In recent decades, the conceptualization of internalizing problems has changed from categorical to dimensional and hybrid approaches. However, most st…

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New in personality psychology, from Nele Wessels, Daniel Leising @leising.bsky.social, and Johannes Zimmermann @jzpsych.bsky.social: A Nuanced Perspective on How Item Features Are Associated With Different Forms of Agreement doi.org/10.1525/coll...

A Nuanced Perspective on How Item Features Are Associated With Different Forms of Agreement

While personality research has repeatedly shown that self-, meta- and other-ratings of personality are correlated to a considerable degree, relatively little is known about how item features determine...

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If you're into ambulatory assessment of personality and psychopathology, I'll provide some distractions for your timeline this week. First up, our (@whitneyringwald.bsky.social @jzpsych.bsky.social) paper on Measuring Psychopathology in Daily Life is now in a journal. link: doi.org/10.1177/2167...

Das Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft (NNW) hat seine zweite Stellungnahme zur sogenannten Exzellenzstrategie veröffentlicht: netzwerk-nachhaltige-wissenschaft.de?p=449

1/ Our paper "A large-scale, gamified online assessment of first impressions: The Who Knows project" has just been accepted at Behavior Research Methods! 🎉 Check out the preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps... Special credit to Richard Rau for envisioning & spearheading this innovative project & app!

Hier ein Pre-Print zu den ersten Outcome-Ergebnissen der DPG-Praxisstudie. Es ist ein erster Entwurf. Wir freuen uns über konstruktives Feedback. osf.io/preprints/ps...