Bernd Schäfer
Psychologist | Bochum | PhD student | Interested in subjective well-being, loneliness, personality dynamics and personality development
- New paper alert! 🥳 psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
- 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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- Reposted by Bernd SchäferWhy 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
- Reposted by Bernd SchäferAuf 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
- Reposted by Bernd SchäferA 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:
- Differential and Personality Psychology in 2025: Status, Developments, and Prospects: osf.io/2597u
- Reposted by Bernd SchäferNew 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/...
- 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).
- 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).
- 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...
- Together with @maikeluhmann.bsky.social and bluesky-less Ricarda Steinmayr, Marcus Roth, Miriam Schmitz, and Alicia Neumann.
- Be sure to check out Debbi's first first author paper on who stays lonely and who doesn't following social loss events!
- 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.
- Reposted by Bernd Schäfer#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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- Reposted by Bernd SchäferI'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!
- 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...
- Reposted by Bernd SchäferCan 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...
- Reposted by Bernd SchäferCheck 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
