Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• 2026

  • Haehner, P., Andrae, R., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). A systematic review and theoretical framework of stress generation in daily life Clinical Psychology Review, 126, 102729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2026.102729
  • Haehner, P., Naudé, L., Hopwood, C. J., Shirima, C. M., Laher, S., Shino, E. N., Asatsa, S., Florence, M., Adonis Tracey-ann, Bleidorn, W., & Thalmayer, A. G. (2025). Personality trait change in three sub-Saharan countries: normative development and life events Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000582
  • Buchinger, L., Krämer, M. D., Van Scheppingen, M. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2026). How a mismatch between actual and desired fertility relates to well‐being across adulthood Journal of Personality, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.70069
  • Haehner, P., Krämer, M. D., Wright, A., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Life events and personality trait change: A coordinated data analysis European Journal of Personality, 40, 391–412. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251356148
  • Tan, N. P.-J., Krämer, M. D., Haehner, P., Bleidorn, W., & Hopwood, C. J. (2026). Associations between meat consumption and depression are small and unlikely to be causal Psychological Science, 37, 166–179. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976261426226
  • Trenkenschuh, M., Poh-Jie Tan, N., Ackermann, D., Rosero Betancourt, L. A., Bleidorn, W., & Hopwood, C. J. (2026). Eating motives and meat consumption in romantic partners Journal of Environmental Psychology, 110, 102957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102957
  • Ghose, U., Krämer, M. D., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Infurna, F. J., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2026). How spousal bereavement shapes life satisfaction: Stability and change across historical time European Journal of Personality, 40, 268–285. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251336534
  • Schoedel, R., Reiter, T., Krämer, M. D., Roos, Y., Bühner, M., Richter, D., Mehl, M. R., & Wrzus, C. (2026). Person-related selection bias in mobile sensing research: Robust findings from two panel studies Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 130, 597–625. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000585
  • Andrae, R., Krämer, M. D., Hopwood, C. J., Denissen, J. J. A., Scholz, U., Bocklet, V. V., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Transactions between the Big Five personality traits and first sexual experiences in adolescence and emerging adulthood European Journal of Personality, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070261425608
  • Wright, A., Haehner, P., Hopwood, C. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). A systematic review and taxonomy of neuroticism interventions for the general public Personality Science, 7, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710261421531
  • Krämer, M. D., Asselmann, E., Harzer, C., Denissen, J. J. A., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Psychological traits predict who uses self-help products but usage is not associated with two-year personality change Scientific Reports, 16, 8393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-39468-6
  • Weber, E., Hopwood, C. J., Denissen, J. J. A., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Self-Esteem and Sexual Experiences Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 52, 293–312. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241257355
  • Höhener, P. S., Tobias, R., Allen, J. M., Küng, P., & Scholz, U. (2026). Effectiveness of smartphone-based dyadic interventions to increase physical activity in romantic couples: microrandomized trial JMIR MHealth and UHealth, 14, e67136. https://doi.org/10.2196/67136
  • Krämer, M. D., Stern, J., Buchinger, L., MacDonald, G., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Life satisfaction, loneliness, and depressivity in consistently single young adults in Germany and the United Kingdom Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000595
  • Krämer, M. D., Schaefer, B., Roos, Y., Richter, D., & Wrzus, C. (2026). Dynamic networks of social contact, social desire, and affect across time scales Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000592
  • Jenni, S., Trenkenschuh, M., Tan, N. P.-J., Bleidorn, W., & Hopwood, C. J. (2026). Associations between romantic partners’ dietary motives and their plant-based meat alternative consumption Appetite, 216, 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108260

• 2025

  • Krämer, M. D., & Wrzus, C. (2025). The value of behavioral and interpersonal information as an addition to self-reports of socio-affective dynamics Clinical Psychological Science, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026251338030
  • Haehner, P., Krämer, M. D., Schaefer, B., Hopwood, C. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). Stability and change in lower-order personality traits in a representative Swiss sample European Journal of Personality, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251405544
  • Küchler, G. N., Borgdorf, K. S. A., Aguilar-Raab, C., Bleidorn, W., Wagner, J., & Wrzus, C. (2025). Personality intervention affects emotional stability and extraversion similarly in older and younger adults Communications Psychology, 3(1), 171. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00350-2
  • Krämer, M. D., Kretzschmar, A., Hopwood, C. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). A replication attempt of personality change through randomized peer groups European Journal of Personality, 39, 825–842. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251331355
  • Krämer, M. D., Hopwood, C. J., Miller, T. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). What explains personality change intervention effects? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129, 972–1005. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000565
  • Stahlmann, A. G., Hopwood, C. J., Orth, U., Smillie, L. D., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). Big Five personality traits and voting: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and mega-analysis European Journal of Personality, 08902070251383955. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251383955
  • Haehner, P., Krämer, M. D., Bleidorn, W., & Hopwood, C. J. (2025). Validating the Big Five Aspect Scales (BFAS) and the Short Form (BFAS-40) in German, French, and Italian Personality Science, 6, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710251391609
  • Schellenberg, L., Altorfer, M. J., & Haehner, P. (2025). Individual differences in self-esteem trajectories after negative life events: the role of the Big Five personality traits and perceived event characteristics European Journal of Personality, Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251383960
  • Bleidorn, W., Stahlmann, A. G., Orth, U., Smillie, L. D., & Hopwood, C. J. (2025). Personality traits and traditional philanthropy: A systematic review and meta-analysis Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129, 363–383. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000556
  • Wrzus, C., Roos, Y., Krämer, M. D., Schoedel, R., Back, M. D., & Richter, D. (2025). Affiliation motive and social interactions in people’s daily life: A temporal processes approach using ecological momentary assessment and mobile sensing Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129, 341–362. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000555
  • Bleidorn, W., Lenhausen, M. R., Richter, D., & Hopwood, C. J. (2025). Personality and Cultural Income Differences Shape the Life Satisfaction Gap Between Aging Immigrants and Natives in Europe Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16, 530–540. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241237293
  • Kandler, C., Overlander, A. T., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). Do core motives differ from broad personality trait dimensions in their changeability and susceptibility to life experiences? European Journal of Personality, 39, 911–929. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251353549
  • Höhener, P. S., Lüscher, J., Tobias, R., Küng, P., & Scholz, U. (2025). Investigating the association between companionship and behavior concordance: a dyadic panel study Personal Relationships, 32, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.70005
  • Haehner, P., Driver, C. C., Hopwood, C. J., Luhmann, M., Fliedner, K., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). The dynamics of self-esteem and depressive symptoms across days, months, and years Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128, 930–948. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000542
  • Küng, P., Berli, C., Höhener, P. S., Tobias, R., & Scholz, U. (2025). Health-related social control in overweight romantic couples: daily associations with physical activity and affect for targets and agents Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 59, kaae093. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaae093
  • Haehner, P., Wright, A. J., Andrae, R., Lubczyk, T., Rosero Betancourt, L. A., Hopwood, C. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). A smartphone-based intervention to decrease neuroticism: Protocol of the CHILL Study Personality Science, 6, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710251319409
  • Bleidorn, W., Stahlmann, A. G., & Hopwood, C. J. (2025). Big Five personality traits and vaccination: A systematic review and meta-analysis Health Psychology, 44, 44–56. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001398
  • Schilling, T., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). Personality Traits and Insurance Demand Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51, 2494–2510. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241260457
  • Wright, A. J., & Jackson, J. J. (2025). Longitudinal within-person variability around personality trajectories Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 128, 211–242. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000507
  • Bleidorn, W., Schilling, T., & Hopwood, C. J. (2025). High Openness and Low Conscientiousness Predict Green Party Preferences and Voting Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16, 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241245157
  • Nissen, A. T., Bleidorn, W., Lenhausen, M. R., & Hopwood, C. J. (2025). Leisure travel and life satisfaction in a Dutch sample Personality Science, 6, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710241309801
  • Krämer, M. D., Rohrer, J. M., Lucas, R. E., & Richter, D. (2025). Life events and life satisfaction: Estimating effects of multiple life events in combined models European Journal of Personality, 39, 3–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241231017

• 2024

  • Bleidorn, W. (2024). Toward a Theory of Lifespan Personality Trait Development Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 6, 455–478. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-010923-101709
  • Haehner, P., Schaefer, B., Brickau, D., Kaiser, T., & Luhmann, M. (2024). The perception of major life events across the life course PLoS ONE, 19, e0314011. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314011
  • Stahlmann, A. G., Hopwood, C. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2024). The Veg∗n Eating Motives Inventory Plus (VEMI+): A measure of health, environment, animal rights, disgust, social, pandemic and zoonotic diseases, and farm workers’ rights motives Appetite, 203, 107701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107701
  • Ruch, W., & Stahlmann, A. G. (2024). Ten dos and don’ts of Character Strengths Research International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9, 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-024-00155-4
  • Kiel, L., Lind, M., Nissen, A. T., Bleidorn, W., & Hopwood, C. J. (2024). Incremental relations between self-understanding and social functioning beyond personality traits in young adults Journal of Research in Personality, 113, 104546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104546
  • Haehner, P., Wright, A. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2024). A systematic review of volitional personality change research Communications Psychology, 2, 115. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00167-5
  • Krämer, M. D., & Bleidorn, W. (2024). The Well-Being Costs of Informal Caregiving Psychological Science, 35, 1382–1394. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241279203
  • Stern, J., Krämer, M. D., Schumacher, A., MacDonald, G., & Richter, D. (2024). Differences Between Lifelong Singles and Ever-Partnered Individuals in Big Five Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction Psychological Science, 35, 1364–1381. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241286865
  • Tan, N. P., Trenkenschuh, M., Ackermann, D., Rosero Betancourt, L. A., Bleidorn, W., & Hopwood, C. J. (2024). Personality and meat consumption among romantic partners in daily life Journal of Personality, 93, 1067–1080. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12992
  • Wright, A. J., & Jackson, J. J. (2024). Individual differences in the forms of personality trait trajectories Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 127, 1062–1088. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000520
  • Tobias, R., Brügger, A., & Monge-Rodriguez, F. S. (2024). Determinants of Adapting to the Consequences of Climate Change in the Peruvian Highlands: The Role of General and Behavior-Specific Evaluations, Experiences, and Expectations Climate, 12, 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12100164
  • Tobias, R., Moraz, N., & Degenhardt, B. (2024). Applying a new theoretical and methodological approach for behavior-change campaign planning: identifying the critical determinants for reducing littering and evaluating the resulting large-scale campaign Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1441094. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1441094

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