A5016984050- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Family Support in Illness
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
Michigan State University
2021-2025
Brigham Young University
2024-2025
University of Basel
2016-2023
University of Zurich
2023
Michigan United
2021-2022
Ernst Basler + Partner (Switzerland)
2022
Age and gender differences in narcissism have been studied often. However, considering the rich history of research accompanied by its diverging conceptualizations, little is known about age across various measures. The present study investigated their interactions eight widely used instruments (i.e., Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, Dirty Dozen, Psychological Entitlement Disorder Symptoms from
Abstract. Personality has been found to play an important role in predicting satisfaction couples. This review presents dyadic research on the association between Big Five traits and both life relationship couples focusing self-reported personality, partner-perceived personality (how partner rates one’s own personality), similarity. Furthermore, special attention is given possible gender effects. The findings indicate importance of as well reported for partners. Specifically, majority...
It is well established that goals energize and direct behaviour across the lifespan. To better understand how are embedded in people's lives adulthood, present research examined life goals’ content (health, personal growth, prosocial engagement, social relations, status, work), dynamics (interplay between goal importance attainability), outcomes (subjective well–being) from a developmental perspective. We argue people rate those as important attainable enable them to master tasks, they adapt...
Relationship science contends that the quality of couples’ communication predicts relationship satisfaction over time. Most studies testing these links have examined between-person associations, yet couple dynamics are also theorized at within-person level: For a given couple, worsened is presumed to predict deteriorations in future satisfaction. We within-couple associations between and three longitudinal studies. Across studies, there were some lagged deviations negative changes (and vice...
In a two-sample investigation of 766 adolescents, we examined the associations and incremental validity test-based intelligence, parent-rated conscientiousness, self-rated achievement striving motivation with objective (grades) subjective (parent-reported self-reported academic performance) measures achievement. The two studies yielded largely similar results. Intelligence was related to performance ratings. Conscientiousness showed explained variance beyond intelligence in grades...
Loneliness describes a perceived deficiency in quantitative or qualitative aspects of individuals’ social relationships. Whereas the health-related consequences loneliness are well-documented, surprisingly little is known about its interpersonal features and for relationship outcomes. In present study, we investigated association between experiences partner relationships with sample 937 individuals from 480 mixed-sex couples. By employing actor-partner interdependence models dyadic...
Age and gender differences in narcissism have been studied often. However, considering the rich history of research accompanied by its diverging conceptualizations, little is known about age across various measures. The present study investigated their interactions eight widely used instruments (i.e., Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, Dirty Dozen, Psychological Entitlement DSM-IV NPD, Admiration Rivalry Questionnaire-Short Form, Single Item brief version...
Commitment readiness – feeling ready to be in a committed relationship is conducive romantic initiation and maintenance. Further, friends’ perceptions of whether someone might constrain the opportunities afforded individuals, these may shaped by how people navigate relationship, namely, attachment orientation. Hence, we examined overlap self other commitment those perceived as insecurely attached were also not for commitment. Persons groups ( N = 193) consisting four friends each 772) rated...
<title>Abstract</title> <bold>Background</bold>: This protocol describes a research project investigating changes in individual differences the context of relationship transitions single and partnered individuals. While prior has examined long-term personality change life events, this study takes fine-grained, dynamic approach to capture short-term before, during, after transitions. The integrates trait-level, state-level, situational perspectives examine how traits states co-evolve with By...
Objectives: Romantic relationships are critically important for the development of a range psychosocial outcomes across lifespan. However, relatively few studies have examined change, interdependence, and predictors relationship happiness within between romantic partners in midlife. We therefore aim to (1) describe trajectories couples midlife (2) examine whether children living household, work status, gender predict these trajectories. Methods: Dyadic latent growth curve models were applied...
Attachment insecurity is associated with important relationship outcomes, well-being, and mental health. has long been considered a stable trait, but recent findings indicate that attachment decreases over time among adults in romantic relationships. Although theoretical considerations suggest positive experiences within these relationships should contribute to changes attachment, little known about the specific characteristics foster security. Using longitudinal dyadic sample of...
The present study aimed to examine the link between physical activity (PA) and life satisfaction in a large international of adolescents. We also test whether overweight underweight perceptions act as mediators age sex acted moderators. For this purpose, we analyzed data from Health Behavior School-aged Children study, which comprises 727,865 observations 44 nations at 4 measurement occasions. Multilevel analyses revealed positive PA satisfaction. In addition, mediated effect on further...
The associations between couple members’ personality and their relationship satisfaction can be conceptualized as reciprocal transactions. To better understand these transactions, we focused on both partners’ interpersonal vulnerabilities (i.e. neuroticism, low self–esteem, insecure attachment); daily emotional, cognitive, behavioural components perceived responsiveness, positive expectations, self–disclosure); satisfaction. Specifically, examined whether the average levels within–person...
This study examines the impact of bereavement on self-esteem and life satisfaction in both partners a romantic couple. We investigate moderating effects type lost relationship (close family, close friends/others) characteristics (daily social support, responsiveness-closeness, self-disclosure). examined 1238 individuals 619 male–female couples from ages 18 to 81 ( M [ SD] = 31.97 years [13.26]). Both completed questionnaires at two assessments that were 20 months SD 2.02 months) apart,...
Pet ownership has often been lauded as a protective factor for well-being, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. We expanded this question to consider how pet (i.e., species, number) and owner relationship quality, personality, attachment orientations) characteristics affected association between well-being in pre-registered mixed method analysis of 767 people assessed three times May 2020. In our qualitative analyses, owners listed both benefits costs quantitative we found that was not...
According to the integrative framework for studying people, personality manifests and develops along three separate, but related, levels: actor (e.g. traits), agent goals), author (i.e. narratives). Although these levels are thought be conceptually interrelated, few studies have empirically examined such interrelations. To address this gap, present study tested how traits, goals, narratives longitudinally related each other whether master motives (getting getting ahead) serve as helpful...