A new research Article in the journal by Amanda J. Wright and colleagues: www.nature.com/articles/s44... (in Press) @ajwright.bsky.social @mdkraemer.bsky.social @peterhaehner.bsky.social @chopwood.bsky.social @wiebkeb.bsky.social

📢 We’re hiring! Postdoc in Personality Psychology & Psychological Assessment at the University of Greifswald. ✨ Lots of freedom for your own research ✨ Start Oct 2026 or later ✨ Long-term perspective toward a permanent position Deadline: 15 Aug Please share — and feel free to get in touch!

With all the recent bugs and issues on OSF, I‘m considering switching to www.psycharchives.org for a new project. Has anyone here used it recently and can report on their experience? Does it offer comparable functionality? (for prereg and code/data repo)

I'm hiring! I am currently establishing my new Research Group for Personality Psychology at Ulm University and am looking for a motivated researcher to join the team starting October 1, 2026 (or by arrangement). 🧵👇 (1/4) 🔗 Full description and details: stellenangebote.uni-ulm.de/jobposting/a...

Akademische/r Beschäftigte/n (m/w/d) - Abt. Persönlichkeitspsychologie - Referenz-Nr. 26091

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My PhD student is recruiting participants for his study. Please repost and distribute to your networks if you have a chance!

How we spend time alone has important consequences for well-being. Over the past year and a half, I’ve delved into the fascinating literature on solitude. Two updates related to this work: - 📚 We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on how relatively stable personal and contextual (1/3)

New theory piece on the mechanisms of personality change, led by @wiebkeb.bsky.social! In the extended ABC consolidation model, we extend previous accounts of how change in momentary states accumulates to lead to enduring trait change. (1 / 3)

New publication: doi.org/10.1038/s415... The market for self-help products (SHP) is booming – online (e.g., apps, podcasts) and in traditional media (e.g., books). Many SHP promise psychological self-improvement and happiness increases. Within psychology, however, examinations of SHP use have been

Psychological traits predict who uses self-help products but usage is not associated with two-year personality change - Scientific Reports

Self-help products such as books and apps are booming, often promising personal growth and well-being gains. Despite their popularity, little research has examined the psychological predictors and con...

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📣 Introducing ManyLabsDACH! We are delighted to announce our new large-scale crowd-science study spanning Germany (D), Austria (A), and Switzerland (CH). Each participating lab will submit one design proposal, and all participating labs will then jointly select the design to be implemented.

My first PhD paper is out 🎉🐣 We examined transactions between Big Five traits and first sexual intercourse across up to 10 years and ~5,000 German adolescents. Extraversion stood out 🔄🧠 Agreeableness + openness showed interesting patterns as well Check them out here: doi.org/10.1177/0890...

The effect of life events on personality and well-being is a hot topic. But our new paper on the effects of romantic partnering suggests you need to also consider the effect of NOT experiencing the life event. unromanticprof.substack.com/p/do-boosts-...

Do Boosts in Well-Being from Partnering Last?

The importance of tracking both those who partner and those who stay single longitudinally

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Dauerhaftes Single-Sein belastet #Psychologie #Singles

Dauerhaftes Single-Sein belastet

Je später junge Erwachsene ihre erste feste Beziehung eingehen, umso mehr sinkt ihre Zufriedenheit, so eine Studie.

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Comparing registrations to published papers is essential to research integrity - and almost no one does it routinely because it's slow, messy, and time-demanding. RegCheck was built to help make this process easier. Today, we launch RegCheck V2. 🧵 regcheck.app

RegCheck

RegCheck is an AI tool to compare preregistrations with papers instantly.

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Very excited to share our preprint (in press at Psychological Science) titled "Associations between meat consumption and depression are small and unlikely to be causal". Have a read: lnkd.in/eM8Cd6Ss @mdkraemer.bsky.social @peterhaehner.bsky.social @wiebkeb.bsky.social @chopwood.bsky.social

3 months later, this is still unsolved? When I search for preprints I know are on psyarxiv via DuckDuckGo/Google, I don't find them (only their traces on the web), maybe because you broke working links and indexers delisted? This is really bad.

Remaining single in your twenties is linked to lower life satisfaction

Remaining single in your twenties is linked to lower life satisfaction

A longitudinal analysis of British and German youth finds that staying single through the twenties correlates with rising loneliness and falling life satisfaction, widening the gap with partnered peers.

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New paper – and my first ✨Registered Report✨: Do hormonal contraceptives affect women’s sexuality? We studied both average effects and individual differences in effects using longitudinal data: doi.org/10.1177/2700...

Positive Treatment Effects and High Heterogeneity of Hormonal Contraceptive Use on Women’s Sexuality - Laura J. Botzet, Julia M. Rohrer, Lars Penke, Ruben C. Arslan, 2026

Different women experience hormonal contraceptives differently, reporting side effects on their sexuality that range from negative to positive. But research on ...

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Excited to see this paper now in print at JPSP! doi.org/10.1037/pspp... You can find the postprint version here: osf.io/8c6sz_v2 Thanks again to @berndschaefer.bsky.social (shared 1st author 🙏), Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social for the great collaboration!

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New preprint: osf.io/8c6sz_v1 @mdkraemer.bsky.social and I, with our fantastic co-authors Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social examined how social contact, desire, and affect dynamically interact across different modalities (in-person, digital) and time scales (hourly, daily).

The Department of Psychology @uzh-ch.bsky.social has an open position for a tenured Lecturer (Research) «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship» jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... #psychjobs

UZH: Lecturer Research «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship»

The Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich invites applications for a tenured Lecturer Research position for «Psychological Data Management and -Stewardship». We are seeking an enthusias...

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So...my undergrad thesis student is doing a quality analysis of studies found in meta-analyses. She identified a few and we contacted the authors to request their effect sizes and other variables for the studies in their papers. Here's what happened: scientiapsychiatrica.com/index.php/Sc...

Want to make nice graphs with me, starting next year? I'm hiring for a position at the University of Witten/Herdecke. uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/61280592...

Why do some people feel lonelier than others? Drawing on 441 effects, our meta-analysis shows a clear link between insecure attachment orientations (anxious or avoidant) and loneliness (r= .38). Read the preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... Together with Natalie Kazianis & @bueckersusanne.bsky.social

New preprint! Many claim that first sex is a huge risk for teens. We tested that claim in a large, nationally representative German sample. Core question: Do first sexual experiences harm adolescents, or do they reflect prior well-being? osf.io/preprints/ps...

New preprint! 📚📱 osf.io/3kpf9_v1 Did you ever stand in a bookshop and wondered who tends to buy self-help books, and whether people who buy them actually change? Here, we looked at these questions for self-help products more generally (also apps, seminars, etc.), which are a rapidly (1/3)

New preprint! 📚📱 osf.io/3kpf9_v1 Did you ever stand in a bookshop and wondered who tends to buy self-help books, and whether people who buy them actually change? Here, we looked at these questions for self-help products more generally (also apps, seminars, etc.), which are a rapidly (1/3)

Great opportunity for PhDs! The 2022 Madrid summer school was amazing

European Association of Personality Psychology@eapp-official.bsky.social · 10mo ago

☀️To all Master’s & PhD students: Join the Summer School of Personality Science 2026 (July 15–19, Edinburgh) for a week of research training, mentoring & networking in personality psychology. Template: osf.io/76ej2/files/... Apply Nov 2-20: www.conftool.org/ssps2026 #SSPS #eapp

Auf Englisch sagt man, "I have a book inside me." Das hatte ich bis vor kurzem auch, aber jetzt nicht mehr - denn ich habe es tatsächlich (fast) geschrieben, und am 24.3.2026 wird es so erscheinen: #Einsamkeit

New paper out 🎓: Personality Traits and Provision of Grandparental Childcare: Evidence from Europe (w/ @valeriabordone.bsky.social, Giorgio Di Gessa & @mdkraemer.bsky.social Using data from @share-eric.bsky.social, we find personality matters for grandhild care provision doi.org/10.1080/1535...

In a new paper, my colleagues and I set out to demonstrate how method biases can create spurious findings in relationship science, by using a seemingly meaningless scale (e.g., "My relationship has very good Saturn") to predict relationship outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Pseudo Effects: How Method Biases Can Produce Spurious Findings About Close Relationships - Samantha Joel, John K. Sakaluk, James J. Kim, Devinder Khera, Helena Yuchen Qin, Sarah C. E. Stanton, 2025

Research on interpersonal relationships frequently relies on accurate self-reporting across various relationship facets (e.g., conflict, trust, appreciation). Y...

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Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social) Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...