Personality within social situations
Personality within social situations
Personality traits influence human behavior – but people's behavior and experiences also shape their personality! Modeling these reciprocal processes and understanding their underlying mechanisms is not easy, but we are trying to do in our research. So far, we have mainly addressed the question of how personality influences social perceptions (for example, in partnerships) and whether it is possible that personality-congruent behavior causally contributes to the consolidation of trait expressions. The question of how and why personality changes over time due to social experiences and one's own social behavior is still open.
Selected Publications:
- Kreuzer, M., & Gollwitzer, M. (2021). Neuroticism and satisfaction in romantic relationships: A systematic investigation of intra- and interpersonal processes with a longitudinal approach. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211001258
- Hannuschke, M., Gollwitzer, M., Geukes, K., Nestler, S., & Back. M. (2020). Neuroticism and interpersonal perception: Evidence for positive, but not negative, biases. Journal of Personality, 88, 217-236. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12480
- Bondü, R., Hannuschke, M., Elsner, B., & Gollwitzer, M. (2016). Inter-individual stabilization of justice sensitivity in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Research in Personality, 64, 11-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.021
- Bondü, R., Rothmund, T., & Gollwitzer, M. (2016). Mutual long-term effects of school bullying, victimization, and justice sensitivity in adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 48, 62-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.01.007
- Gollwitzer, M., Süssenbach, P., & Hannuschke, M. (2015). Victimization experiences and the stabilization of victim sensitivity. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:439. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00439
