Focus and interests

 

My research lies in personality and social psychology.

Broadly, I focus on the structures, processes, and dynamics of personality and individual differences in different domains (e.g., cognitive, affective-emotional, motivational, behavioral, social-interpersonal), especially from an evolutionary perspective. I am interested in themes such as stability vs. plasticity and development in those domains as well as process-focused transactions with the environment.

 

Specific interests:

►    Person-situation transactions, situations (conzeptualization, taxonomization, measurement)

►    Trait-inferences (interpersonal perception and personality judgment)

►    Dark traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy)

►    Attraction, mating

 

Current research projects

 

Scale validations

 

Validation of a Multidimensional Machiavellianism Inventory (MMI)

with Jaap Denissen

 

Validation of a Multidimensional Self-leadership Inventory (MSLI)

with Marco Furtner

 

Validation of the Narcissism Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NAR-Q)

with Mitja Back (PI), Jaap Denissen, Albrecht Küfner, Michael Dufner, Tanja Gerlach

 

Validation of a Multidimensional Systems Intelligence Questionnaire (MSIQ)

with Raimo Hämäläinen, Esa Saarinen, and the Systems Intelligence Research Group (Finland)

 

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Motivation, goals, self-concepts, self-leadership

Innsbruck Motives and Self-leadership Diary Study

with Marco Furtner

 

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Personality perception and interpersonal processes

 

Eye movement analyses of personality perception

with Mitja Back, Sarah Hirschmüller, Marco Furtner, Pierre Sachse

 

Handwritings and personality

with Mitja Back

 

Online Social Networks (Facebook, Twitter): Personality manifestations, person perception, attraction

with Vanessa Deinzer, Alexandra Hoffmann, Robert Marhenke, Kevin Wolf

 

Innsbruck Assessment Center Study

with Marco Furtner

 

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Attraction and mating

 

Women’s and men’s perspectives on men’s courtship tactics (online-study)

with Jaap Denissen, Johannes Lanzinger

 

Men’s courtship tactics in real-life settings

with Jaap Denissen, Johannes Lanzinger

 

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Situation research

 

International Situation Project

by David Funder (PI) et al.