UZH diff-psy
@uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social
Account of the Individual Differences and Assessment lab of the University of Zurich
We are a group of researchers with broad interests in personality psychology and assessment. You can find us at: https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/sob/diffpsy/team.
We are a group of researchers with broad interests in personality psychology and assessment. You can find us at: https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/sob/diffpsy/team.
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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?
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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...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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...
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 👨💻📈
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...
doi.org/10.1177/0890...
Individual differences in self-esteem trajectories after negative life events: The role of the Big Five personality traits and perceived event characteristics - Lukas Schellenberg, Marco Joe Altorfer,...
Negative life events can lead to changes in self-esteem, with diverging effects across individuals. To better understand these individual differences, we examin...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New EJP article on self-esteem recovery after negative life events from our PhD student @schellenberglukas.bsky.social and postdoc @peterhaehner.bsky.social 👨💻📈
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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.
August 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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 ⬇️🤩
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
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
September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New paper out on personality functioning by lab members @ajwright.bsky.social and @peterhaehner.bsky.social ⬇️🤩
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.
August 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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 🎉
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...
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...
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February 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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 🎉
Recent preprint from UZH doctoral student @rosalieandrae.bsky.social on personality and first sexual intercourse using the pairfam data of adolescents 👇
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
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
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January 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Recent preprint from UZH doctoral student @rosalieandrae.bsky.social on personality and first sexual intercourse using the pairfam data of adolescents 👇
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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...
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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December 2, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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...
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...
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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/...)!
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November 27, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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/...)!
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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...
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November 25, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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...
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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
Congrats, Bernd!
#perpsy #PsychSciSky
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)
Thank you, @peterhaehner.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, for your incredible support! Here is what we found: (1/7)
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November 15, 2024 at 8:33 AM
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
Congrats, Bernd!
#perpsy #PsychSciSky
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Individual Differences in Event-Related Personality Changes: A Systematic Review and Coordinated Data Analysis: http://osf.io/epx5m/
November 5, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Individual Differences in Event-Related Personality Changes: A Systematic Review and Coordinated Data Analysis: http://osf.io/epx5m/
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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)
@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)
September 9, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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)
@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! 🚀📝
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)
We compared two intervention programs: self-improvement and self-acceptance in (1/7)
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September 5, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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! 🚀📝
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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!
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July 29, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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)
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July 9, 2024 at 2:13 PM
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!! 🥳
June 24, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations!! 🥳
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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/
June 24, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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/
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A Systematic Review of Volitional Personality Change Research: http://osf.io/h5db2/
June 21, 2024 at 11:26 AM
A Systematic Review of Volitional Personality Change Research: http://osf.io/h5db2/
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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-...
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-...
June 6, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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-...
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-...
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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/
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/
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May 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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/
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 🧑🔬
April 26, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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 🧑🔬