List of publications by Timon Elmer

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Fernández, A., Elmer, T., Sádaba-Chalezquer, C., García-Manglano, J., & Vanden Abeele, M., (2025). The Quality of Face-to-Face and Digitally Mediated Social Interactions: Two Experience Sampling Studies Exploring the Moderating Role of Physical Location, Interaction Partner Familiarity, and Interaction Purpose. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmaf004

Emmenegger, C., Spohn, M., Elmer, T., & Bühlmann, P. (2025). Treatment Effect Estimation With Observational Network Data Using Machine Learning. Journal of Causal Inference. https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2023-0082

Elmer, T., Fernández, A., Stadel, M., Kas, M., & Langener, A. (2025). Bidirectional Associations Between Smartphone Usage and Momentary Well-Being in Young Adults: Tackling Methodological Challenges by Combining Experience Sampling Methods with Passive Smartphone Data. Emotion. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0001485

Hoffman, M., Stadtfeld, C., & Elmer, T. (2024). Dyadic isolation in social interactions: The role of depressive symptoms. Social Psychology Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/01902725241276407

Stadel, M., Bringmann, L. F., Stulp, G., Elmer, T., Verdonck, S., Mestdagh, M., & van Duijn, M. (2024). Capturing the social Life of a Person by Integrating Experience Sampling Methodology and Personal Social Network Assessments. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241244745

Stadel. M, van Duijn, M., Bringmann, L., & Elmer, T. (2024). Considering the ’With Whom’: Differences between event-and signal-contingent ESM data of person-specific social interactions. Multivariate Behavioral Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2024.2335405

Snippe, E., Elmer, T., Ceulemans, E., Smit, A.C., Lutz, W., & Helmich, M.A. (2024). The temporal order of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral gains in daily life during treatment of depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000890

Elmer, T., Vannoy, T. K., Studerus, E., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2024). Subjective Long-Term Emotional and Social Effects of Recreational MDMA Use: The Role of Setting and Intentions. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51355-6

Elmer, T. (2023). Computational Social Science is growing up: Why puberty consists of embracing measurement validation, theory development, and open science practices. EPJ Data Science, 12(51). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-023-00434-1

Elmer, T., Ram, N., Gloster, A., & Bringmann, L. (2023). Studying daily social interaction quantity and quality in relation to depression change: A multi-phase experience sampling study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231211469

Elmer, T., van Duijn, M., Ram, N., & Bringmann, L. (2023). Modeling categorical time-to-event data: The example of social interaction dynamics captured with event-contingent experience sampling methods. Psychological Methods. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000598 

Stadel, M., Stulp, G., Langener, A.M., Elmer, T., van Duijn, M.A.J, Bringmann, L. (2023). Feedback About a Person’s Social Context - Personal Networks and Daily Social Interactions. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-023-01293-8 

Eaton, N., Bringmann, L., Elmer, T., Fried, E., Forbes, M., Greene, A., Krueger, R., Kotov, R., McGorry, P., Mei, C., & Waszczuk, M. (2023). A Review of approaches and models in psychopathology classification research. Nature Reviews Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-023-00218-4 

Elmer, T., & Lodder, G. (2022). Modeling social interaction dynamics measured with smartphone sensors: An ambulatory assessment study on social interactions and loneliness. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(2), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221122069

Bringmann, L. F., Elmer, T., & Eronen, M. I. (2022). Back to Basics: The Importance of Conceptual Clarification in Psychological Science. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 31(4), 340–346. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221096485 

Van Alboom, Elmer, T., Boersma, K., Forgeron, P. , Baert, F., Bracke, P. & Goubert, L. (2022). Social integration of adolescents with chronic pain: a social network analysis. PAIN, 163(11), 2232–2244. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002623 

Elmer, T. (2021). In which direction does happiness predict subsequent social interactions? A Commentary on Quoidbach et al. (2019). Psychological Science, 32(6), 955–959. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620956981 

Zuaboni, G., Elmer, T., Rabenschlag, F., Heumann, K., Jaeger, S., Kozel, B., Mahlke, C., Theodoridou, A., Jaeger, M. , Rüsch, N. (2021). Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC). BMC Psychology, 9(1), 86. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-134092/v1

Vörös*, A., Boda*, Z., Elmer*, T., Mepham*, K., Hoffman*, M., Raabe*, I., & Stadtfeld*, C. (2021). The Swiss StudentLife Study: Investigating the emergence of an undergraduate community through dynamic, multidimensional social network data. Social Networks, 65, 71–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2020.11.006 

* These authors contributed equally to the work.

Elmer*, T., Mepham*, K., & Stadtfeld*, C. (2020). Students under lockdown: Comparisons of students’ social networks and mental health before and during the COVID-19 crisis in Switzerland. PLoS One, 15(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236337 

Elmer, T., Geschwind, N., Peeters, F., Wichers, M., & Bringmann, L. (2020). Getting stuck in social isolation: Solitude inertia and depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 129(7), 713–723. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000588

Elmer, T. & Stadtfeld, C. (2020). Depressive symptoms are associated with social isolation in face-to-face interaction networks. Scientific Reports, 1444(10).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58297-9  

Hoffman, M., Block, P., Elmer, T., & Stadtfeld, C. (2020). DyNAM-i: A statistical model for the analysis of face-to-face interactions. Network Science, 8.
https://doi.org/10.1017/nws.2020.3

Boda*, Z., Elmer*, T., Vörös*, A., & Stadtfeld*, C. (2020). Seeds of social structure: Short-term and long-term effects of an educational network intervention. Scientific Reports, 10(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59594-z 

* These authors contributed equally to the work. 

Elmer, T. ,Chaitanya, K., Purwar, P., & Stadtfeld, C. (2019). The validity of RFID badges measuring face-to-face interactions. Behavior Research Methods, 51(5), 2120–2138. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-018-1180-y

Bringmann, L., Elmer, T., Epskamp, S., Krause, R., Schoch, D., Wichers, M., Wigman, H., & Snippe, E. (2019). What do centrality measures measure in psychological networks? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128(8), 892–903. https://doi.org/10.13140/rg.2.2.25024.58884 

Stadtfeld, C., Vörös, A., Elmer, T., Boda, Z., & Raabe, I. (2019). Integration in emerging social networks explains academic failure and success. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(3), 792-797. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811388115 

Gander, F., Ruch, W., Platt, T., Hofmann, J., & Elmer, T. (2018). Current and ideal team roles: Relationships to job satisfaction and calling. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 4(3), 277-289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tps0000165

Schori, D., Jaeger, M., Elmer, T., Jaeger, S., Mahlke, C., Heumann, K., Theodoridou, A., Zuaboni, G., Kozel, B., & Rabenschlag, F. (2018). Knowledge on types of treatment pressure. A cross-sectional study among mental health professionals. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 32(5), 662-669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2018.03.005

Elmer, T., Boda, Z., & Stadtfeld, C. (2017). The co-evolution of emotional well-being with weak and strong friendship ties. Network Science, 5(3), 278-307. https://doi.org/10.1017/nws.2017.20 

Elmer*, T., Rabenschlag*, F., Schori, D., Zuaboni, G., Kozel, B., Jaeger, S., Mahlke, C., Heumann, K., Theodoridou, A., & Jäger, M. (2017). Informal coercion as a neglected form of communication in psychiatric settings in Germany and Switzerland. Psychiatry Research, 262, 400-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.09.014

* These authors contributed equally to the work.