New meta by @peterhaehner.bsky.social et al (I'm a little middle author) on individual differences in personality change across the lifespan (229 studies, N = 230k) 10.1037/bul0000525 Cool finding (imo): For all Big Five, variance in change is greatest in youth, declining through young adulthood!

Können wir uns ändern? Stabilität und Veränderung der Persönlichkeit hier super anschaulich erklärt im Arte Programm “42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles”: www.arte.tv/de/videos/12... Unter anderem mit @wiebkeb.bsky.social und Franz Neyer

Können wir uns ändern? - 42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Ist unsere Persönlichkeit von Geburt an festgelegt – oder können wir sie bewusst verändern? Lässt sich Gelassenheit lernen, Gewissenhaftigkeit trainieren und Kontaktfreudigkeit steigern? „Persönlichke...

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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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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...

Exciting new research from the Bleidorn & Hopwood labs:

Nicholas Tan@nickoras.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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

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!

Bernd Schäfer@berndschaefer.bsky.social · last yr.

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).

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 EJP article on self-esteem recovery after negative life events from our PhD student @schellenberglukas.bsky.social and postdoc @peterhaehner.bsky.social 👨‍💻📈

Lukas Schellenberg@schellenberglukas.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New paper out! 🎢 We found that following negative life events most people's self-esteem tends to increase again–though some don't seem to recover. Personality traits and perceived event characteristics predicted who recovered vs. who did not. @peterhaehner.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0890...

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.

New paper out on personality functioning by lab members @ajwright.bsky.social and @peterhaehner.bsky.social ⬇️🤩

Amanda J. Wright@ajwright.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New paper out at the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science! We examined unconditional & event-related changes in pathological vs normal-range personality using 4 metrics to compare their developmental links, how these vary with life events, and whether unique effects emerge across metrics

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.

New paper on self-esteem changes after life events lead by our research interns @schellenberglukas.bsky.social and Marco and supervised by @peterhaehner.bsky.social 🎉

Lukas Schellenberg@schellenberglukas.bsky.social · last yr.

New Preprint Alert! Why do people differ in their self-esteem development after a negative life event? With M. Altorfer, and @peterhaehner.bsky.social, I addressed this question by studying self-esteem changes over six months after a negative life event. Full preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Recent preprint from UZH doctoral student @rosalieandrae.bsky.social on personality and first sexual intercourse using the pairfam data of adolescents 👇

Rosalie Andrae@rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 2y ago

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

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...

A systematic review of volitional personality change research - Communications Psychology

Meta-analytic evidence finds interventions aimed at altering personality traits were successful in promoting change. A review of nonintervention studies, finds having the goal to change personality is...

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More than happy to share that our manuscript investigating „Differences Between Lifelong Singles and Ever-Partnered Individuals in Big Five Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction“ across 27 countries is now available online at Psychological Science (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...)! A 🧵:

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How does providing informal care affect people's well-being? @wiebkeb.bsky.social and I used longitudinal data to examine this question across different well-being aspects, 3 countries (🇳🇱, 🇩🇪, 🇦🇺), and several moderators. See below for a thread or @psychscience.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1177/0956...

The best moments as a PhD supervisor: celebrating first first-author publications! Check out this great paper by @berndschaefer.bsky.social published in JPSP 🤩 on network dynamics in subjective well-being! And follow Bernd for more research on this topic. Congrats, Bernd! #perpsy #PsychSciSky

Bernd Schäfer@berndschaefer.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am very excited to announce that my first first-author publication was accepted at JPSP: doi.org/10.1037/pspp... Thank you, @peterhaehner.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, for your incredible support! Here is what we found: (1/7)

Individual Differences in Event-Related Personality Changes: A Systematic Review and Coordinated Data Analysis: http://osf.io/epx5m/

Still friends with people you randomly met in a university study group? 👯🧑‍🎓 In this preprint with André Kretzschmar, @chopwood.bsky.social, and @wiebkeb.bsky.social, we looked at social influences on personality change in a design that randomized first-semester students to peer groups (1/4)

Check out this new research on personality interventions from lab members, @mdkraemer.bsky.social and @wiebkeb.bsky.social as well as Travis Miller and @chopwood.bsky.social! 🚀📝

Michael D. Krämer@mdkraemer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to share this preprint on personality interventions that I've been working on the last year together with Travis Miller, @chopwood.bsky.social , and @wiebkeb.bsky.social : osf.io/eb6p7 🥳🥳 We compared two intervention programs: self-improvement and self-acceptance in (1/7)

Excited to share that you can now read the preprint to our investigation of response aggregation methods in divergent thinking assessments: osf.io/preprints/os.... Big thanks to @srtzki.bsky.social , Boris Forthmann, and Mathias Benedek!

Looking back at 20 years of research, this new article by @wiebkeb.bsky.social reviews the personality development literature against three criteria for strong psychological theories: osf.io/preprints/os... Overall, the field has come a long way in refining our understanding of lifespan (1/2)

Congratulations!! 🥳

Persons in Contexts: The Role of Social Networks and Social Density for the Dynamic Regulation of Face-to-face Interactions in Daily Life: http://osf.io/3w9bt/

A Systematic Review of Volitional Personality Change Research: http://osf.io/h5db2/

Very happy to see this out now in JPSP! We used 5 datasets (N = 128K) to do a deep dive into within-person variability for long-term personality development, a metric common in short-term dynamics work but (sadly!) pretty disregarded longitudinally (1/8) psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...

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 🧑‍🔬