Reposted by Rosalie AndraeAmanda J. Wright @ajwright.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Since our paper on the Changing How I Live Life (CHILL) Study is now out in Psychological Science (doi.org/10.1177/0956...), here's a LONG overdue post on the intervention work we've been doing the past few years! Have you ever wanted to change one of your personality traits? 14620
Reposted by Rosalie AndraeEuropean Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP) @eapp-official.bsky.social · 24/03/2026How can we systematically organize and test the strategies used to reduce neuroticism? >> New research in Personality Science Authors: @ajwright.bsky.social, @peterhaehner.bsky.social, @chopwood.bsky.social, and @wiebkeb.bsky.social Read the full article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 053
Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 23/02/2026My 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...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 1136
Reposted by Rosalie AndraeAlejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 18/01/2026"We find that questionable research practices (QRPs) are widespread across all fields of research and seniority levels. Yet, younger, more prolific researchers, and those dismissing the seriousness of QRPs admitted to more QRPs" journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...journals.plos.orgThe ‘shades of grey’ in research integrity—Researchers admit to questionable research practices that they do not perceive to be seriousResearch misconduct practices like fabrication, falsification and plagiarism (FFP) are serious deviations from good research conduct, which have attracted attention in the literature due to the damage... 2218
Reposted by Rosalie AndraePsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Remaining single in your twenties is linked to lower life satisfactionpsypost.orgRemaining single in your twenties is linked to lower life satisfactionA 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. 033
Reposted by Rosalie AndraeMichael D. Krämer @mdkraemer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025New 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)osf.ioOSF 144
Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 04/11/2025New 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...osf.ioOSF 1106
Reposted by Rosalie AndraeMichael D. Krämer @mdkraemer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025We are conducting a meta-analysis on personal and contextual predictors of solitude. We're looking for unpublished research such as theses, unpublished manuscripts, conference submissions etc. Full call for data: tinyurl.com/4hur45cw Please reskeet, or message me if you know unpublished research!tinyurl.comMA solitude: Call for unpublished dataMeta-analysis on solitude: Call for unpublished data Dear colleagues, We are conducting a meta-analysis on personal and contextual predictors of solitude. Currently, we are looking for unpublished r... 31010
Reposted by Rosalie AndraeAmanda J. Wright @ajwright.bsky.social · 13/03/2025New preprint! Ever heard that personality doesn't change? Do you believe that? (you shouldn't) Using data from an online survey (n = 887) & eight longitudinal datasets (n = 166,971), we compared perceived vs. actual lifespan changes in personality and 20+ individual differences (1/8) osf.io/ytmxposf.ioOSF 68427
Reposted by Rosalie AndraeChris Hopwood @chopwood.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Meta analysis in press at JPSP: personality traits are related to volunteering and charitable giving. Which have the biggest effects? See below (hint: they start with vowels) @wiebkeb.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 0105
Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Ever 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... #PersonalityPsychdoi.orgOSF 1166
Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 05/01/2025How should we score divergent thinking tasks to best assess the ability to generate creative ideas? 🤔 It’s a big question in creativity research, so we systematically compared different scoring approaches to evaluate their psychometric quality. Check out our findings! doi.org/10.1002/jocb...doi.orgInvestigation of Response Aggregation Methods in Divergent Thinking AssessmentsDivergent thinking (DT) ability is widely regarded as a central cognitive capacity underlying creativity, but its assessment is challenged by the fact that DT tasks yield a variable number of respons... 164
Reposted by Rosalie AndraePeter Haehner @peterhaehner.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Can 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...doi.orgA systematic review of volitional personality change research - Communications PsychologyMeta-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... 13713
Reposted by Rosalie AndraeAmanda J. Wright @ajwright.bsky.social · 23/09/2024New preprint 🤗 Life events are a commonly studied environmental factor believed to influence normal-range personality development (such as the Big Five), but how well does this extend to features of personality pathology? (1/7) t.co/PyPkEUATP3t.cohttps://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6eh5g 165
Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 21/09/2024Made my conference debut talking about #sexualdebut and its relationship with #personalitytraits. Like many others, I did not make it to the @dgps.bsky.social #DGPs2024 congress @univie.ac.at, but still enjoyed my digital experience a lot! 010
Reposted by Rosalie AndraeMichael D. Krämer @mdkraemer.bsky.social · 12/09/2024Already excited for the @dgps.bsky.social congress next week in Vienna? 🇦🇹 If you're around on Wed. 9:30, we'd love to see you in our symposium on social drivers of personality change w/ Manon van Scheppingen, Larissa Wieczorek, Eva Bleckmann, & @rosalieandrae.bsky.social (who created this graphic😊) 062
Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 29/07/2024Excited 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!osf.ioOSF 072