Bernd Schäfer

Bernd Schäfer

@berndschaefer.bsky.social

Psychologist | Bochum | PhD student | Interested in subjective well-being, loneliness, personality dynamics and personality development

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Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺

@maikeluhmann.bsky.social

Sie sind da! Die ersten Exemplare meines Buchs "Einsamkeit - Warum sie uns alle betrifft" sind angekommen und werden jetzt an alle verteilt, die mich beim Schreiben unterstützt haben. Im Handel ist das Buch ab dem 25. März, aber vorbestellen kann man es jetzt schon. 😉 #Einsamkeit

Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺@maikeluhmann.bsky.social

Mein Buch #Einsamkeit erscheint am 25. März! Die ersten Termine für Lesungen stehen bereits fest. (Details im Thread) 📅 17.03.2026 📍München 📅 18.03.2026 📍Berlin 📅 19.03.2026 📍Leipzig 📅 20.03.2026 📍Leipzig 📅 26.03.2026 📍Hannover www.fischerverlage.de/buch/prof-dr... #Lesereise #Sachbuch

fischerverlage.deEinsamkeit - Prof. Dr. Maike Luhmann | S. Fischer VerlageSind wir heute einsamer denn je - oder sprechen wir nur endlich mehr darüber? Wann machen unsere modernen Lebensumstände uns einsam und wann bewahren sie uns...

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New paper alert! 🥳 psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...

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Excited to see this paper now in print at JPSP! doi.org/10.1037/pspp... You can find the postprint version here: osf.io/8c6sz_v2 Thanks again to @berndschaefer.bsky.social (shared 1st author 🙏), Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social for the great collaboration!

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Ruhr-Universität Bochum

@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Mit dem Grant von @erc.europa.eu erforscht @hansalves.bsky.social die verzerrte Wahrnehmung statistischer Zusammenhänge. Jan Baedke von @roto-rub.bsky.social rekonstruiert die Geschichte und Philosophie von Pflanzensammlungen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur Förderung! 🎉

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@juliakrasko.bsky.social

Why do some people feel lonelier than others? Drawing on 441 effects, our meta-analysis shows a clear link between insecure attachment orientations (anxious or avoidant) and loneliness (r= .38). Read the preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... Together with Natalie Kazianis & @bueckersusanne.bsky.social

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Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺

@maikeluhmann.bsky.social

Auf Englisch sagt man, "I have a book inside me." Das hatte ich bis vor kurzem auch, aber jetzt nicht mehr - denn ich habe es tatsächlich (fast) geschrieben, und am 24.3.2026 wird es so erscheinen: #Einsamkeit

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Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺

@maikeluhmann.bsky.social

A year ago, 20 German personality psychologists came together under the leadership of John Rauthmann to assess the status of the field (not only from a German perspective). An English-language version of this paper (in press at Psychologische Rundschau) is now available:

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social

Differential and Personality Psychology in 2025: Status, Developments, and Prospects: https://osf.io/2597u

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@hansalves.bsky.social

New paper in PsychScience: Partial election results fuel fraud beliefs via cumulative redundancy bias. Early leaders are favored; late flips spark suspicion. 7 studies, including 2020 GA data, show this persists despite explanations. @moritzingendahl.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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New preprint: osf.io/8c6sz_v1 @mdkraemer.bsky.social and I, with our fantastic co-authors Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social examined how social contact, desire, and affect dynamically interact across different modalities (in-person, digital) and time scales (hourly, daily).

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Network results for Study 1 (Dynamics within days)

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Network results for Study 2 (Dynamics across days)

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New preprint: osf.io/8c6sz_v1 @mdkraemer.bsky.social and I, with our fantastic co-authors Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social examined how social contact, desire, and affect dynamically interact across different modalities (in-person, digital) and time scales (hourly, daily).

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In contrast, at a daily timescale, social desire did not predict future contact. Bidirectional linkages of affect and social contact were also much denser hourly (vs. daily). Compared to in-person contact, calls and communication app usage generally showed distinct associations with affect.

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We discuss theoretical implications for the dynamic regulation of social needs, especially regarding temporal processes and the role of positive affect in predicting social contact. Finally, we delineate future directions of multi-method research into daily-life social dynamics.

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New preprint: osf.io/8c6sz_v1 @mdkraemer.bsky.social and I, with our fantastic co-authors Cornelia Wrzus, Yannick Roos and @drichter77.bsky.social examined how social contact, desire, and affect dynamically interact across different modalities (in-person, digital) and time scales (hourly, daily).

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We used network models to analyze data from two separate studies based on experience sampling and unobtrusive smartphone sampling with roughly hourly assessments across 2 days (N = 303) and daily assessments across 14 days (N = 377).

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Results were highly specific to the examined time scale. When measured at an hourly timescale, people desired more social contact than usual when they engaged in more in-person contact, and higher social desire predicted more future social contact in both experience sampling and smartphone sensing.

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Preprint ALERT! We used data from the GLUECK study to explore network dynamics in the subjective well-being of adolescents. Our findings highlight the central role of school satisfaction and strong links between domain satisfaction and affective well-being. Check it out: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Together with @maikeluhmann.bsky.social and bluesky-less Ricarda Steinmayr, Marcus Roth, Miriam Schmitz, and Alicia Neumann.

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Be sure to check out Debbi's first first author paper on who stays lonely and who doesn't following social loss events!

deborabrickau.bsky.social@deborabrickau.bsky.social

I am excited to share that I have posted a preprint of my first research article on PsyArXiv. You can find our findings here: doi.org/10.31234/osf.... I would like to thank my amazing co-authors @berndschaefer.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, for all their incredible support.

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Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺

@maikeluhmann.bsky.social

#Loneliness is still widespread among young people in Europe. In a new study for @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, we found that in 2024, 57% of youth in Europe are at least moderately lonely. With @berndschaefer.bsky.social and Ricarda Steinmayr Links to full reports (German / English) in next posts.

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@peterhaehner.bsky.social

The question I've got asked most frequently at conferences when I was presenting something on the perception of life events was whether there are any age differences. Using data from the SOEP-IS, we addressed this simple but interessting question. Open-access link: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

doi.orgThe perception of major life events across the life courseTo better understand the effects of life events, research interest recently turned to the question of how life events are perceived (e.g., as positive, predictable, or controllable). However, research...

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Maike Luhmann 🇪🇺

@maikeluhmann.bsky.social

I'm very humbled and extremely happy to announce that my research will be supported by an #ERC Consolidator Grant in the next 5 years. More soon!

Ruhr-Universität Bochum@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Wir gratulieren @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, Clara Saraceno und Lars Borchardt zur Einwerbung eines #ERCCoG. Mehr zu den geförderten Projekten im Newsportal: 👉 news.rub.de/leute/erc-co...

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@peterhaehner.bsky.social

Can people intentionally change their personality? Happy to share that our review on volitional personality change research has now been published at Nature Communications. Open-Access-Link: doi.org/10.1038/s442...

doi.orgA systematic review of volitional personality change research - Communications PsychologyMeta-analytic evidence finds interventions aimed at altering personality traits were successful in promoting change. A review of nonintervention studies, finds having the goal to change personality is...

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Michael D. Krämer

@mdkraemer.bsky.social

Check out this recently published paper lead-authored by my PhD colleague Yannick Roos (who's not on Bluesky): doi.org/10.1037/pspp... We examined in 2 studies how contextual social factors (e.g., neighborhood, household composition) relate to differential regulation of social interactions in daily

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I am very excited to announce that my first first-author publication was accepted at JPSP: doi.org/10.1037/pspp... Thank you, @peterhaehner.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, for your incredible support! Here is what we found: (1/7)

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Our findings underscore the importance of considering domain satisfaction as a key factor in understanding SWB. By applying psychometric network models, we hope to advance how we think about the structure and dynamics of well-being (6/7)

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You can check out the final preprint for more details: osf.io/preprints/ps... (7/7)

@berndschaefer.bsky.social

I am very excited to announce that my first first-author publication was accepted at JPSP: doi.org/10.1037/pspp... Thank you, @peterhaehner.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, for your incredible support! Here is what we found: (1/7)

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We found that the relationship between life satisfaction and domain satisfaction wasn’t one-directional (top-down or bottom-up). Instead, it was characterized by reciprocal connections (4/7)

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Interestingly, the dynamic relationships of SWB were very similar across different age groups in middle adulthood (5/7)

@berndschaefer.bsky.social

I am very excited to announce that my first first-author publication was accepted at JPSP: doi.org/10.1037/pspp... Thank you, @peterhaehner.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social, for your incredible support! Here is what we found: (1/7)

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We used network modeling to analyze SWB dynamics across the lifespan. This is one of the first attempts to apply this method to a large, representative dataset (SOEP), capturing over 32,000 adults (2/7)

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From the domains considered, family, work, and income satisfaction tended to be the most central, highlighting their importance in overall well-being (3/7)

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I am very happy to share my debut research article on PsyArXiv! You can find our findings on network dynamics of subjective well-being here: osf.io/preprints/ps.... Many thanks to my amazing co-authors @peterhaehner.bsky.social and @maikeluhmann.bsky.social for their invaluable support.

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