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

Haben Sie in den letzten 12 Monaten einen neuen Job angefangen?

Dann suchen wir genau Sie für unsere aktuelle Studie!

Weitere Infos zur Teilnahme finden Sie hier im Flyer. Direkt zur Studie geht es hier entlang:
s2survey.net/Masterarbeit...

Danke auch fürs Teilen und Weiterleiten!

I am excited to share that I have posted a preprint of my first research article on PsyArXiv. You can find our findings here: doi.org/10.31234/osf.... I would like to thank my amazing co-authors @berndschaefer.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, for all their incredible support.

🚨 Job alert - please share!

I'm looking for a doctoral researcher (3 years, 75%) to join my #ERC project #Loneliness across time and space (LOTIS) at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, starting June 1 or later.

Details in thread 👇

#PsychSciSky

Call for Papers: For the theme week on loneliness organized by the Volkswagen Foundation (June 11-13, 2025, Hannover, Germany), we invite submissions for our symposium “The Next Big Questions on Loneliness: Integrating National and International Perspectives on Research and Policy Priorities”.
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Forschung zu Einsamkeit, Krebstherapien, Energiewirtschaft, IT-Sicherheit und vielem mehr erwartet euch bei diesen Accounts von RUB-Mitgliedern.
Große Follow-Empfehlung! 🦋

Behind the first door of the 100% CI advent calendar is a new blog post! In which I hand out unsolicited writing advice -- with a focus on writing about technical topics in an accessible manner, but most of it is fairly general: www.the100.ci/2024/12/01/w...

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...

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.)

Do you know that my lab has a pretty active (but mostly German language) Instagram account? Check it out:

www.instagram.com/happiness_re...

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 publication!

Very happy to finally to see this opus magnum by my former PhD student Sarah Kritzler in print:

Link: doi.org/10.1037/pspp...
Open access preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

#perpsy #personalityPsychology

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)

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