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2021
- Journal Article
  - Proyer, René T; Gander, Fabian; Brauer, Kay; Chick, Garry (2021). Can Playfulness be Stimulated? A Randomised Placebo-Controlled Online Playfulness Intervention Study on Effects on Trait Playfulness, Well-Being, and Depression. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 13(1):129-151.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Heintz, Sonja; Gander, Fabian; Hofmann, Jennifer; Platt, Tracey; Proyer, René T (2021). The long and winding road: A comprehensive analysis of 50 years of Eysenck instruments for the assessment of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 169:110070.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Gander, Fabian; Wagner, Lisa; Giuliani, Fiorina (2021). The structure of character: On the relationships between character strengths and virtues. Journal of Positive Psychology, 16(1):116-128.
- Dissertation
  - Wagner, Lisa. Studying What Is Best in Adolescents: The Role of Character Strengths in Positive Experiences, Relationships, and Achievement at School. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Arts.
2020
- Journal Article
  - Gander, Fabian; Gaitzsch, Ines; Ruch, Willibald (2020). The Relationships of Team Role- and Character Strengths-Balance With Individual and Team-Level Satisfaction and Performance. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:566222.
  - Heintz, Sonja; Ruch, Willibald; Aykan, Simge; Brdar, Ingrid; Brzozowska, Dorota; Carretero-Dios, Hugo; Chen, Hsueh-Chih; Chłopicki, Władysław; Choi, Incheol; Dionigi, Alberto; Ďurka, Róbert; Ford, Thomas E; Güsewell, Angelika; Isler, Robert B; Ivanova, Alyona; Laineste, Liisi; Lajčiaková, Petra; Lau, Chloe; Lee, Minha; Măda, Stanca; Martin-Krumm, Charles; Mendiburo-Seguel, Andrés; Migiwa, Ifu; Mustafi, Nailya; Oshio, Atsushi; Platt, Tracey; Proyer, Rene T; Quiroga-Garza, Angélica; Ramis, TamilSelvan; Săftoiu, Răzvan; Saklofske, Donald H; Shcherbakova, Olga V; Slezackova, Alena; Stalikas, Anastasios; Stokenberga, Ieva; Torres-Marín, Jorge; Wong, Peter S O (2020). Benevolent and Corrective Humor, Life Satisfaction, and Broad Humor Dimensions: Extending the Nomological Network of the BenCor Across 25 Countries. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(7):2473-2492.
  - Stahlmann, Alexander G; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Scrutinizing the Criteria for Character Strengths: Laypersons Assert That Every Strength Is Positively Morally Valued, Even in the Absence of Tangible Outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:591028.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Stahlmann, Alexander G (2020). Toward a dynamic model of Gelotophobia: Social support, workplace bullying and stress are connected with diverging trajectories of life and job satisfaction among Gelotophobes. Current Psychology:Epub ahead of print.
  - Gander, Fabian; Proyer, René T; Hentz, Eva; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Working mechanisms in positive interventions: A study using daily assessment of positive emotions. Journal of Positive Psychology, 15(5):633-638.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Niemiec, Ryan M; McGrath, Robert E; Gander, Fabian; Proyer, René T (2020). Character strengths-based interventions: Open questions and ideas for future research. Journal of Positive Psychology, 15(5):680-684.
  - Stahlmann, Alexander G; Hofmann, Jennifer; Ruch, Willibald; Heintz, Sonja; Clifton, Jeremy D W (2020). The higher-order structure of primal world beliefs in German-speaking countries: Adaptation and initial validation of the German Primals Inventory (PI-66-G). Personality and Individual Differences, 163:110054.
  - Mendiburo-Seguel, Andrés; Heintz, Sonja (2020). Comic styles and their relation to the sense of humor, humor appreciation, acceptability of prejudice, humorous self-image and happiness. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 33(3):381-403.
  - Lau, Chloe; Chiesi, Francesca; Hofmann, Jennifer; Ruch, Willibald; Saklofske, Donald H (2020). The Italian Version of the State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory Trait Form: Psychometric Validation and Evaluation of Measurement Invariance. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 38(5):613-626.
  - Hofmann, Jennifer; Platt, Tracey; Lau, Chloe; Torres-Marín, Jorge (2020). Gender differences in humor-related traits, humor appreciation, production, comprehension, (neural) responses, use, and correlates: A systematic review. Current Psychology:Epub ahead of print.
  - Aluja, Anton; Rossier, Jérôme; Oumar, Barry; García, Luis F; Bellaj, Tarek; Ostendorf, Fritz; Ruch, Willibald; Wang, Wei; Kövi, Zsuzsanna; Ścigała, Dawid; Čekrlija, Đorđe; Stivers, Adam W; Di Blas, Lisa; Valdivia, Mauricio; Ben Jemaa, Sonia; Atitsogbe, Kokou A; Hansenne, Michel; Glicksohn, Joseph (2020). Multicultural Validation of the Zuckerman-Kuhlman-Aluja Personality Questionnaire Shortened Form (ZKA-PQ/SF) Across 18 Countries. Assessment, 27(4):728-748.
  - Pang, Dandan; Eichstaedt, Johannes C; Buffone, Anneke; Slaff, Barry; Ruch, Willibald; Ungar, Lyle H (2020). The language of character strengths: Predicting morally valued traits on social media. Journal of Personality, 88(2):287-306.
  - Heintz, Sonja; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Character Strengths and Job Satisfaction: Differential Relationships Across Occupational Groups and Adulthood. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15(2):503-527.
  - Baumann, Doris; Ruch, Willibald; Margelisch, Katja; Gander, Fabian; Wagner, Lisa (2020). Character Strengths and Life Satisfaction in Later Life: an Analysis of Different Living Conditions. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15(2):329-347.
  - Wagner, Lisa; Gander, Fabian; Proyer, René T; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Character Strengths and PERMA: Investigating the Relationships of Character Strengths with a Multidimensional Framework of Well-Being. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15(2):307-328.
  - Hofmann, Jennifer; Heintz, Sonja; Pang, Dandan; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Differential Relationships of Light and Darker Forms of Humor with Mindfulness. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15(2):369-393.
  - Höfer, Stefan; Gander, Fabian; Höge, Thomas; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Special Issue: Character Strengths, Well-Being, and Health in Educational and Vocational Settings. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15(2):301-306.
  - Gander, Fabian; Hofmann, Jennifer; Proyer, René T; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Character Strengths – Stability, Change, and Relationships with Well-Being Changes. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15(2):349-367.
  - Wagner, Lisa; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Trait cheerfulness, seriousness, and bad mood outperform personality traits of the five-factor model in explaining variance in humor behaviors and well-being among adolescents. Current Psychology:Epub ahead of print.
  - Heintz, Sonja (2020). Separating Content and Structure in Humor Appreciation. Journal of Individual Differences, 41(1):37-44.
  - Forabosco, Giovannantonio; Dionigi, Alberto; Cioni, Filippo; Heintz, Sonja (2020). Umorismo e intelligenza. Uno studio sperimentale. Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo, 3(1):24-35.
  - Wagner, Lisa; Holenstein, Mathias; Wepf, Hannah; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Character Strengths Are Related to Students' Achievement, Flow Experiences, and Enjoyment in Teacher-Centered Learning, Individual, and Group Work Beyond Cognitive Ability. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1324.
  - Ruch, Willibald (2020). Humor : eine kleine Einführung. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik, 26(11-12):9-14.
  - Gander, Fabian; Hofmann, Jennifer; Ruch, Willibald (2020). Character Strengths: Person-Environment Fit and Relationships With Job and Life Satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1582.
  - Giuliani, Fiorina; Ruch, Willibald; Gander, Fabian (2020). Does the Excellent Enactment of Highest Strengths Reveal Virtues?. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1545.
- Book Section
  - Ruch, Willibald; Stahlmann, Alexander G (2020). 15 years after Peterson and Seligman (2004): A brief narrative review of the research on the 12 criteria for character strengths – the forgotten treasure of the VIA classification. In: Brohm-Badry, Michaela; Peifer, Corinna; Greve, Julian M; Berend, Benjamin. Zusammen wachsen – Förderung der positiv-psychologischen Entwicklung von Individuum, Organisation und Gesellschaft. Lengerich: Pabst, 142-172.
2019
- Journal Article
  - Moeller, Bryton L; Stahlmann, Alexander G (2019). Which Character Strengths Are Focused on the Well-Being of Others? Development and Initial Validation of the Environmental Self-Efficacy Scale: Assessing Confidence in Overcoming Barriers to Pro-environmental Behavior. Journal of Well-Being Assessment, 3(2-3):123-135.
  - Gander, Fabian; Hofmann, Jennifer; Ruch, Willibald (2019). From Unemployment to Employment and Back: Professional Trajectories and Well-Being. Applied Research in Quality of Life:Epub ahead of print.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Heintz, Sonja (2019). On the dimensionality of humorous conduct and associations with humor traits and behaviors. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 32(4):643-666.
  - Heintz, Sonja (2019). Do Others Judge My Humor Style as I Do?. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 35(5):625-632.
  - Pang, Dandan; Ruch, Willibald (2019). The Mutual Support Model of Mindfulness and Character Strengths. Mindfulness, 10(8):1545-1559.
  - Wagner, Lisa (2019). Good Character Is What We Look for in a Friend: Character Strengths Are Positively Related to Peer Acceptance and Friendship Quality in Early Adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 39(6):864-903.
  - Wagner, Lisa (2019). The Social Life of Class Clowns: Class Clown Behavior Is Associated With More Friends, but Also More Aggressive Behavior in the Classroom. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:604.
  - Heintz, Sonja; Ruch, Willibald (2019). From four to nine styles: An update on individual differences in humor. Personality and Individual Differences, 141:7-12.
  - Pang, Dandan; Ruch, Willibald (2019). Scrutinizing the Components of Mindfulness: Insights from Current, Past, and Non-meditators. Mindfulness, 10(3):492-505.
  - Heintz, Sonja (2019). Locating eight comic styles in basic and broad concepts of humor: Findings from self-reports and behavior tests. Current Psychology:ePub ahead of print.
  - Pérez-Aranda, Adrián; Hofmann, Jennifer; Feliu-Soler, Albert; Ramírez-Maestre, Carmen; Andrés-Rodríguez, Laura; Ruch, Willibald; Luciano, Juan V (2019). Laughing away the pain: A narrative review of humour, sense of humour and pain. European Journal of Pain, 23(2):220-233.
  - Pang, Dandan; Ruch, Willibald (2019). Fusing character strengths and mindfulness interventions: Benefits for job satisfaction and performance. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24(1):150-162.
  - Perchtold, Corinna M; Weiss, Elisabeth M; Rominger, Christian; Feyaerts, Kurt; Ruch, Willibald; Fink, Andreas; Papousek, Ilona (2019). Humorous cognitive reappraisal: More benign humour and less "dark" humour is affiliated with more adaptive cognitive reappraisal strategies. PLoS ONE, 14(1):e0211618.
  - Heintz, Sonja; Kramm, Christoph; Ruch, Willibald (2019). A meta-analysis of gender differences in character strengths and age, nation, and measure as moderators. Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(1):103-112.
  - Platt, Tracey; Gander, Fabian; Giuliani, Fiorina (2019). Relationships of retrospectively assessed class clown behavior with current humor and well-being. Current Psychology:Epub ahead of print.
  - Vylobkova, Valentina; Heintz, Sonja; Gander, Fabian (2019). Stärkenbasierte Interventionen in der Positiven Psychologie. Report Psychologie, 44(11):14-21.
  - Ruch, Willibald; Wagner, Lisa; Hofmann, Jennifer (2019). A lexical approach to laughter classification: Natural language distinguishes six (classes of) formal characteristics. Current Psychology:ePub ahead of print.
  - Forabosco, G; Dionigi, A; Cioni, F; Heintz, Sonja (2019). Barzellette: comprensione e divertimento. Uno studio preliminare. Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo, 2(2):90-100.
- Book Section
  - Hofmann, Jennifer; Ruch, Willibald (2019). Moving Forward in Fostering Humour: Towards Training Lighter Forms of Humour in Multicultural Contexts. In: Van Zyl, Llewellyn Ellardus; Rothmann Sr, Sebastiaan. Theoretical Approaches to Multi-Cultural Positive Psychological Interventions. Cham: Springer, 1-20.
  - Massoudi, Koorosh; Urbanaviciute, I; Hofmann, Jennifer; Gander, Fabian (2019). Des vulnérabilités aux vertus : une approche positive du bien-être au travail. In: Masdonati, Jonas; Massoudi, Koorosh; Rossier, Jérôme. Repères pour l’orientation. Lausanne, Switzerland: Antipodes, 267-295.

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