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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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!

Individual differences in change for each of the Big Five across ages 0 to 80. The trend for each trait is that individual differences in change are decreasing with age.

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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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)

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Michael D. Krämer @mdkraemer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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

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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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Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

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...

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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Exciting new research from the Bleidorn & Hopwood labs:

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Michael D. Krämer @mdkraemer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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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Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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...

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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

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.

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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

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 🎉

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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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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Peter Haehner @peterhaehner.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

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...

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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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Julia Stern @juliastern.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

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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Michael D. Krämer @mdkraemer.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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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Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺 @maikeluhmann.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

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

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

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

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Michael D. Krämer @mdkraemer.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

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)

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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

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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Rosalie Andrae @rosalieandrae.bsky.social · 29/07/2024

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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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 09/07/2024

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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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

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

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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 21/06/2024

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

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Amanda J. Wright @ajwright.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

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-...

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Peter Haehner @peterhaehner.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

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/

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UZH diff-psy @uzh-diffpsy.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

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 🧑‍🔬

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