Selected Publications
Bleidorn, W., Hufer, A., Kandler, C., Hopwood, C. J., & Riemann, R. (in press). A nuclear twin family study of self-esteem. European Journal of Personality.
Schwaba, T., & Bleidorn, W. (in press). Personality Trait Change Across the Transition to Retirement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Preprint available at https://osf.io/j6byv/
Bleidorn, W., Arslan, R., Denissen, J.J.A., Rentfrow, P.E., Gebauer, J. E., Potter, J. & Gosling, S.D. (2016). Age and gender differences in self-esteem – A cross-cultural window. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 396 – 410.
Bleidorn, W. (2015). What accounts for personality maturation in early adulthood? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(3), 245-252.
Bleidorn, W., Klimstra, T.A., Denissen, J.J.A., Rentfrow, P.J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S.D. (2013). Personality maturation around the world: A cross-cultural examination of Social Investment Theory. Psychological Science, 24(12), 2530-2540.
Schwaba, T., & Bleidorn, W. (in press). Personality Trait Change Across the Transition to Retirement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Preprint available at https://osf.io/j6byv/
Bleidorn, W., Arslan, R., Denissen, J.J.A., Rentfrow, P.E., Gebauer, J. E., Potter, J. & Gosling, S.D. (2016). Age and gender differences in self-esteem – A cross-cultural window. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 396 – 410.
Bleidorn, W. (2015). What accounts for personality maturation in early adulthood? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(3), 245-252.
Bleidorn, W., Klimstra, T.A., Denissen, J.J.A., Rentfrow, P.J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S.D. (2013). Personality maturation around the world: A cross-cultural examination of Social Investment Theory. Psychological Science, 24(12), 2530-2540.
Chronological List Of Peer-Reviewed Lab Publications
56) Bleidorn, W. & Hopwood, C.J. (2018) Using machine learning to advance personality assessment and theory. Personality and Social Psychology Review. ** IN PRESS**
55) Bleidorn, W., & Schwaba, T. (2018). Retirement is Associated with Change in Self-Esteem. Psychology and Aging. Preprint available at https://osf.io/3j8ab ** IN PRESS **
54) Atherton, O., Zheng, L.R., Bleidorn, W., & Robins, R. W. The co-development of effortful control and school behavioral problems. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
53) Denissen, J.J.A., Luhmann, M., Chung, J.M., & Bleidorn, W. The effect of life events on personality change across the adult lifespan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
52) Bleidorn, W., Hufer, A., Kandler, C., Hopwood, C. J., & Riemann, R. (2018) A nuclear twin family study of self-esteem. European Journal of Personality.
51) Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., & Lucas, R. E. (2018). Life events and personality trait change. Journal of Personality, 86, 83-96. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12286
50) Schwaba, T. (2018). The Structure, Measurement, and Development of Openness to Experience across Adulthood. In D. McAdams, J. Tackett & R. Shiner (eds.) Handbook of Personality Development. Preprint available by request. ** IN PRESS **
49) Schwaba, T., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Personality Trait Change Across the Transition to Retirement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Preprint available at https://osf.io/j6byv/ ** IN PRESS **
48) Luhmann, M. & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Changes in affect, cognition, and behavior after the Paris terror attacks of November 13, 2015. Social Psychological and Personality Science. ** IN PRESS **
47) Hopwood, C.J. & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Stability and change in personality and personality disorders. Current Opinion in Psychology. **IN PRESS **
46) Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C.J., Wright. A. (2017). Using Big Data to Advance Personality Theory. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. **IN PRESS **
45) van Scheppingen, M. A., Denissen, J. J. A., Chung, J. M., Tambs, K., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Self Esteem and Relationship Satisfaction During the Transition to Motherhood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ** IN PRESS ** Preprint available at https://osf.io/xv4np/
44) Schwaba, T., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Individual Differences in Personality Change Across the Adult Lifespan. Journal of Personality. ** IN PRESS** Preprint available at https://osf.io/u7tb2/
43) Schwaba, T., Luhmann, M., Denissen, J. J. A., Chung, J. M., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Openness to Experience and Culture-Openness Transactions Across the Lifespan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ** IN PRESS ** Preprint available at https://osf.io/t3yjn/
42) Borghuis, J., Denissen, J. J. A., Oberski, D., Sijtsma, K., Meeus, W. H. J., Branje, S., Koot, H. M., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Big Five Personality Stability, Change, and Co-Development across Adolescence and Early Adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 641-657.
41) Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Spengler, M., Kornadt, A. E., ... & Lang, V. (2016). What Drives the Development of Social Inequality Over the Life Course? The German TwinLife Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19(6), 659-672.
40) Spinath, F. M., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). The New Look of Behavioral Genetics in Social Inequality: Gene‐Environment Interplay and Life Chances. Journal of Personality, 85, 5-9.
39) Wilt, J. A., Bleidorn, W., & Revelle, W. (2017). Velocity Explains the Links between Personality States and Affect. Journal of Research in Personality. 69, 86-95.
38) Gebauer, J., Sedikides, C., Schonbrodt, F. D., Bleidorn, W., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2016). Religiosity as social value: Replication and extension. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1-74.
37) Bleidorn, W., Buyukcan-Tetik, A., Schwaba, T., van Scheppingen, M. A., Denissen, J. J. A., & Finkenauer, C. (2016). Stability and change in self-esteem during the transition to parenthood. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(6), 560-569.
36) Bleidorn, W., Schönbrodt, F., Gebauer, J. E., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2016). To live among like-minded others: Exploring the links between person-city personality fit and self-esteem. Psychological Science, 27(3), 419-427.
35) Wilt, J., Bleidorn, W., & Revelle, W. (2016). Finding a Life Worth Living: Meaning in Life and Graduation from College. European Journal of Personality, 2(30), 158-167.
34) van Scheppingen, M. A., Jackson, J. J., Specht, J., Hutteman, R., Denissen, J. J. A., & Bleidorn, W. (2016). Personality trait development during the transition to parenthood: A test of social investment theory. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(5), 452-462.
33) Bleidorn, W., Arslan, R. C., Denissen, J. J. A., Rentfrow, P. J., Gebauer, J. E., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2016). Age and gender differences in self-esteem—A cross-cultural window. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(3), 396-410.
32) Gebauer, J. E., Sedikides, C., Wagner, J., Bleidorn, W., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2015). Cultural norm fulfillment, interpersonal belonging, or getting ahead? A large-scale cross-cultural test of three perspectives on the function of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(3), 526-548.
31) Bleidorn, W., & Denissen, J. J. (2015). Virtues in action–the new look of character traits. British Journal of Psychology, 106(4), 700-723.
30) Vazire, S., & Bleidorn, W. (2015). Where Is personality most visible?.European Journal of Personality, 29(3), 414-415.
29) Bleidorn, W. (2015). What accounts for personality maturation in early adulthood? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(3): 245-252.
28) Jokela, M., Bleidorn, W., Lamb, M.E., Gosling, S.D., Rentfrow, P.J. (2015). Geographically varying associations between personality and life satisfaction in the London metropolitan area. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 112(3): 725-30.
27) Specht, J., Bleidorn, W., Denissen, J.J.A., Hennecke, M., Hutteman, R., Kandler, C., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Reitz, A., Zimmermann, J. (2014). What drives adult personality development? A comparison of theories and empirical evidence. European Journal of Personality, 28(3): 216-230.
26) Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., & Caspi, A. (2014). The behavioral genetics of personality development in adulthood - Classic, contemporary, and future trends. European Journal of Personality, 28(3): 244-255.
25) Hennecke, M., Bleidorn, W., Denissen, J.J.A., & Wood, D. (2014). A Three-Part Framework for Self-Regulated Personality Development across Adulthood. European Journal of Personality, 28(3): 289-299.
24) Gebauer, J.E., Bleidorn, W., Gosling, S.D., Rentfrow, P.J., & Potter, J. (2014). Cross-cultural variations in Big Five relationships with religiosity: A sociocultural motives perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107: 1064-1091.
23) Hutteman, R., Bleidorn, W., Kerestes, G., Brkovic, I., Butkovic, A., & Denissen, J.J.A. (2014). Reciprocal associations between parenting challenges and parents' personality development in young and middle adulthood. European Journal of Personality, 28(2): 168-179.
22) Bleidorn, W., Klimstra, T.A., Denissen, J.J.A., Rentfrow, P.J., Potter, J., Gosling, S.D. (2014). Let the data speak: a response to Terracciano (2014). Psychological Science, 25(4): 1051-3.
21) Bleidorn, W., Klimstra, T.A., Denissen, J.J.A., Rentfrow, P.J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S.D. (2013). Personality maturation around the world: A cross-cultural examination of Social Investment Theory. Psychological Science, 24(12): 2530-2540.
20) Hutteman, R., Bleidorn, W., Penke, L., Denissen, J.J.A. (2013). It takes two: A longitudinal dyadic study on predictors of fertility outcomes. Journal of Personality, 81(5): 487-498.
19) Klimstra, T.A., Bleidorn, W., van Aken, M.A.G., Asendorpf, J.B., & Denissen, J.J.A. (2013). Correlated change of Big Five personality traits across the lifespan: A search for determinants. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(6): 768-777.
18) Bleidorn, W. & Ködding, C. (2013). The divided self and psychological (mal) adjustment - A meta-analytic review. Journal of Research in Personality, 47: 547-552.
17) Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Spinath, F., Bleidorn, W., Thiel, W., & Angleitner, A. (2013). The Bielefeld Longitdinal Study of Adult Twins (BiLSAT). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16(1): 167-172.
16) Belsky, D., Caspi, A., Arseneault, L., Bleidorn, W., Fonagy, P., Goodman, M., Houts, R., Moffitt, T. (2012). Etiological features of borderline personality related characteristics in a birth cohort of 12 year old children. Development and Psychopathology, 24: 251-265.
15) Bleidorn, W. Hitting the road to adulthood: Short-term personality development during a major life transition (2012). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(12): 1594-1608.
14) Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. (2012). Genetic and environmental influences on personality profile stability: Unraveling the normativeness problem. Journal of Personality, 80: 1029-1060.
13) Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. (2012). Life events as environmental states and genetic traits and the role of personality: A longitudinal twin study. Behavior Genetics, 42(1): 57-72.
12) Renner, W., Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., & Menschik-Bendele, J. (2012). Human values: Genetic and environmental effects on five lexically derived domains and their facets. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(1): 89-93.
11) Riemann, R., Kandler, C., &
55) Bleidorn, W., & Schwaba, T. (2018). Retirement is Associated with Change in Self-Esteem. Psychology and Aging. Preprint available at https://osf.io/3j8ab ** IN PRESS **
54) Atherton, O., Zheng, L.R., Bleidorn, W., & Robins, R. W. The co-development of effortful control and school behavioral problems. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
53) Denissen, J.J.A., Luhmann, M., Chung, J.M., & Bleidorn, W. The effect of life events on personality change across the adult lifespan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
52) Bleidorn, W., Hufer, A., Kandler, C., Hopwood, C. J., & Riemann, R. (2018) A nuclear twin family study of self-esteem. European Journal of Personality.
51) Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., & Lucas, R. E. (2018). Life events and personality trait change. Journal of Personality, 86, 83-96. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12286
50) Schwaba, T. (2018). The Structure, Measurement, and Development of Openness to Experience across Adulthood. In D. McAdams, J. Tackett & R. Shiner (eds.) Handbook of Personality Development. Preprint available by request. ** IN PRESS **
49) Schwaba, T., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Personality Trait Change Across the Transition to Retirement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Preprint available at https://osf.io/j6byv/ ** IN PRESS **
48) Luhmann, M. & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Changes in affect, cognition, and behavior after the Paris terror attacks of November 13, 2015. Social Psychological and Personality Science. ** IN PRESS **
47) Hopwood, C.J. & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Stability and change in personality and personality disorders. Current Opinion in Psychology. **IN PRESS **
46) Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C.J., Wright. A. (2017). Using Big Data to Advance Personality Theory. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. **IN PRESS **
45) van Scheppingen, M. A., Denissen, J. J. A., Chung, J. M., Tambs, K., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Self Esteem and Relationship Satisfaction During the Transition to Motherhood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ** IN PRESS ** Preprint available at https://osf.io/xv4np/
44) Schwaba, T., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Individual Differences in Personality Change Across the Adult Lifespan. Journal of Personality. ** IN PRESS** Preprint available at https://osf.io/u7tb2/
43) Schwaba, T., Luhmann, M., Denissen, J. J. A., Chung, J. M., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Openness to Experience and Culture-Openness Transactions Across the Lifespan. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ** IN PRESS ** Preprint available at https://osf.io/t3yjn/
42) Borghuis, J., Denissen, J. J. A., Oberski, D., Sijtsma, K., Meeus, W. H. J., Branje, S., Koot, H. M., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). Big Five Personality Stability, Change, and Co-Development across Adolescence and Early Adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 641-657.
41) Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Spengler, M., Kornadt, A. E., ... & Lang, V. (2016). What Drives the Development of Social Inequality Over the Life Course? The German TwinLife Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19(6), 659-672.
40) Spinath, F. M., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). The New Look of Behavioral Genetics in Social Inequality: Gene‐Environment Interplay and Life Chances. Journal of Personality, 85, 5-9.
39) Wilt, J. A., Bleidorn, W., & Revelle, W. (2017). Velocity Explains the Links between Personality States and Affect. Journal of Research in Personality. 69, 86-95.
38) Gebauer, J., Sedikides, C., Schonbrodt, F. D., Bleidorn, W., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2016). Religiosity as social value: Replication and extension. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1-74.
37) Bleidorn, W., Buyukcan-Tetik, A., Schwaba, T., van Scheppingen, M. A., Denissen, J. J. A., & Finkenauer, C. (2016). Stability and change in self-esteem during the transition to parenthood. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(6), 560-569.
36) Bleidorn, W., Schönbrodt, F., Gebauer, J. E., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2016). To live among like-minded others: Exploring the links between person-city personality fit and self-esteem. Psychological Science, 27(3), 419-427.
35) Wilt, J., Bleidorn, W., & Revelle, W. (2016). Finding a Life Worth Living: Meaning in Life and Graduation from College. European Journal of Personality, 2(30), 158-167.
34) van Scheppingen, M. A., Jackson, J. J., Specht, J., Hutteman, R., Denissen, J. J. A., & Bleidorn, W. (2016). Personality trait development during the transition to parenthood: A test of social investment theory. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(5), 452-462.
33) Bleidorn, W., Arslan, R. C., Denissen, J. J. A., Rentfrow, P. J., Gebauer, J. E., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2016). Age and gender differences in self-esteem—A cross-cultural window. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(3), 396-410.
32) Gebauer, J. E., Sedikides, C., Wagner, J., Bleidorn, W., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2015). Cultural norm fulfillment, interpersonal belonging, or getting ahead? A large-scale cross-cultural test of three perspectives on the function of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(3), 526-548.
31) Bleidorn, W., & Denissen, J. J. (2015). Virtues in action–the new look of character traits. British Journal of Psychology, 106(4), 700-723.
30) Vazire, S., & Bleidorn, W. (2015). Where Is personality most visible?.European Journal of Personality, 29(3), 414-415.
29) Bleidorn, W. (2015). What accounts for personality maturation in early adulthood? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(3): 245-252.
28) Jokela, M., Bleidorn, W., Lamb, M.E., Gosling, S.D., Rentfrow, P.J. (2015). Geographically varying associations between personality and life satisfaction in the London metropolitan area. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 112(3): 725-30.
27) Specht, J., Bleidorn, W., Denissen, J.J.A., Hennecke, M., Hutteman, R., Kandler, C., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Reitz, A., Zimmermann, J. (2014). What drives adult personality development? A comparison of theories and empirical evidence. European Journal of Personality, 28(3): 216-230.
26) Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., & Caspi, A. (2014). The behavioral genetics of personality development in adulthood - Classic, contemporary, and future trends. European Journal of Personality, 28(3): 244-255.
25) Hennecke, M., Bleidorn, W., Denissen, J.J.A., & Wood, D. (2014). A Three-Part Framework for Self-Regulated Personality Development across Adulthood. European Journal of Personality, 28(3): 289-299.
24) Gebauer, J.E., Bleidorn, W., Gosling, S.D., Rentfrow, P.J., & Potter, J. (2014). Cross-cultural variations in Big Five relationships with religiosity: A sociocultural motives perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107: 1064-1091.
23) Hutteman, R., Bleidorn, W., Kerestes, G., Brkovic, I., Butkovic, A., & Denissen, J.J.A. (2014). Reciprocal associations between parenting challenges and parents' personality development in young and middle adulthood. European Journal of Personality, 28(2): 168-179.
22) Bleidorn, W., Klimstra, T.A., Denissen, J.J.A., Rentfrow, P.J., Potter, J., Gosling, S.D. (2014). Let the data speak: a response to Terracciano (2014). Psychological Science, 25(4): 1051-3.
21) Bleidorn, W., Klimstra, T.A., Denissen, J.J.A., Rentfrow, P.J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S.D. (2013). Personality maturation around the world: A cross-cultural examination of Social Investment Theory. Psychological Science, 24(12): 2530-2540.
20) Hutteman, R., Bleidorn, W., Penke, L., Denissen, J.J.A. (2013). It takes two: A longitudinal dyadic study on predictors of fertility outcomes. Journal of Personality, 81(5): 487-498.
19) Klimstra, T.A., Bleidorn, W., van Aken, M.A.G., Asendorpf, J.B., & Denissen, J.J.A. (2013). Correlated change of Big Five personality traits across the lifespan: A search for determinants. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(6): 768-777.
18) Bleidorn, W. & Ködding, C. (2013). The divided self and psychological (mal) adjustment - A meta-analytic review. Journal of Research in Personality, 47: 547-552.
17) Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Spinath, F., Bleidorn, W., Thiel, W., & Angleitner, A. (2013). The Bielefeld Longitdinal Study of Adult Twins (BiLSAT). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16(1): 167-172.
16) Belsky, D., Caspi, A., Arseneault, L., Bleidorn, W., Fonagy, P., Goodman, M., Houts, R., Moffitt, T. (2012). Etiological features of borderline personality related characteristics in a birth cohort of 12 year old children. Development and Psychopathology, 24: 251-265.
15) Bleidorn, W. Hitting the road to adulthood: Short-term personality development during a major life transition (2012). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(12): 1594-1608.
14) Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. (2012). Genetic and environmental influences on personality profile stability: Unraveling the normativeness problem. Journal of Personality, 80: 1029-1060.
13) Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. (2012). Life events as environmental states and genetic traits and the role of personality: A longitudinal twin study. Behavior Genetics, 42(1): 57-72.
12) Renner, W., Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., & Menschik-Bendele, J. (2012). Human values: Genetic and environmental effects on five lexically derived domains and their facets. Personality and Individual Differences, 52(1): 89-93.
11) Riemann, R., Kandler, C., &
