Jochen E. Gebauer
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View article: On the Unequal Burden of Obesity: Obesity’s Adverse Consequences Are Contingent on Regional Obesity Prevalence
On the Unequal Burden of Obesity: Obesity’s Adverse Consequences Are Contingent on Regional Obesity Prevalence Open
Obesity has adverse consequences for those affected. We tested whether the association between obesity and its adverse consequences is reduced in regions in which obesity is prevalent and whether lower weight bias in high-obese regions can…
View article: Socioeconomic-Status Differences in Agentic and Communal Self-Concepts
Socioeconomic-Status Differences in Agentic and Communal Self-Concepts Open
Do people of different socioeconomic status differ in how they see themselves on the Big Two self-concept dimensions of agency and communion? Existent research relevant to this theoretically and socially important question has generally be…
View article: Which leadership style do more narcissistic subordinates prefer in supervisors?
Which leadership style do more narcissistic subordinates prefer in supervisors? Open
Background and Objective Subordinates in Western cultures generally prefer supervisors with a democratic rather than autocratic leadership style. It is unclear, however, whether more narcissistic subordinates share or challenge this prodem…
View article: War Causes Religiosity: Gravestone Evidence from the Vietnam Draft Lottery
War Causes Religiosity: Gravestone Evidence from the Vietnam Draft Lottery Open
Does war make people more religious? Answers to this classic question are dominated by the lack of causality. We exploit the Vietnam Draft Lottery -- a natural experiment that drafted male U.S. citizens into military service during the Vie…
View article: Transactional Effects Between Personality and Religiosity
Transactional Effects Between Personality and Religiosity Open
Do changes in religiosity beget changes in personality, or do changes in personality precede changes in religiosity? Existing evidence supports longitudinal associations between personality and religiosity at the between-person level, such…
View article: Big Five personality and religiosity: Bidirectional cross‐lagged effects and their moderation by culture
Big Five personality and religiosity: Bidirectional cross‐lagged effects and their moderation by culture Open
Objective Personality has long been assumed to be a cause of religiosity, not a consequence. Yet, recent research suggests that religiosity may well cause personality change. Consequently, longitudinal research is required that examines th…
View article: Open peer commentaries to Leising et al., Ten steps toward a better personality science: How quality may be rewarded more in research evaluation
Open peer commentaries to Leising et al., Ten steps toward a better personality science: How quality may be rewarded more in research evaluation Open
The current collection comprises several comments to "Leising, D., Thielmann, I. Glöckner, A., Gärtner, A., & Schönbrodt, F. (2022). Ten steps toward a better personality science: How quality may be rewarded more in research evaluation" (h…
View article: Secularization Trends Obscure Developmental Changes in Religiosity
Secularization Trends Obscure Developmental Changes in Religiosity Open
How do people’s religious beliefs and behaviors change over the course of adulthood? Previous research found rapid decreases in religiosity during young adulthood and rebounds in middle and late adulthood. However, secularization trends—if…
View article: The ‘mixed bag’ of segregation—On positive and negative associations with migrants’ acculturation
The ‘mixed bag’ of segregation—On positive and negative associations with migrants’ acculturation Open
Many researchers and practitioners consider ethnic segregation in neighbourhoods or schools detrimental to migrants’ acculturation in host societies. Empirically, however, segregation is a 'mixed bag' and its effects depend crucially on th…
View article: National religiosity eases the psychological burden of poverty
National religiosity eases the psychological burden of poverty Open
Significance According to a fundamental assumption in the social sciences, the burden of lower socioeconomic status (SES) is more severe in developing nations. In contrast to this assumption, recent research has shown that the burden of lo…
View article: Pandemics Initially Spread Among People of Higher (Not Lower) Social Status: Evidence From COVID-19 and the Spanish Flu
Pandemics Initially Spread Among People of Higher (Not Lower) Social Status: Evidence From COVID-19 and the Spanish Flu Open
According to a staple in the social sciences, pandemics particularly spread among people of lower social status. Challenging this staple, we hypothesize that it holds true in later phases of pandemics only. In the initial phases, by contra…
View article: The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality: Evidence from the US, Europe, and a large-scale natural experiment
The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality: Evidence from the US, Europe, and a large-scale natural experiment Open
Childhood lead exposure has devastating lifelong consequences, as even low-level exposure stunts intelligence and leads to delinquent behavior. But these consequences may be more extensive than previously thought, because childhood lead ex…
View article: The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality: Evidence from the United States, Europe, and a large-scale natural experiment
The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality: Evidence from the United States, Europe, and a large-scale natural experiment Open
Significance Childhood lead exposure causes lifelong psychological problems, which may be more extensive than previously thought. In a sample of over 1.5 million people, we found that US and European residents who grew up in areas with hig…
View article: Extracting Agency and Communion From the Big Five: A Four-Way Competition
Extracting Agency and Communion From the Big Five: A Four-Way Competition Open
Agency and communion are the two fundamental content dimensions in psychology. The two dimensions figure prominently in many psychological realms (personality, social, self, motivational, cross-cultural, etc.). In contemporary research, ho…
View article: Pandemics Initially Spread Among People of Higher (not Lower) Social Status: Evidence from COVID-19 and the Spanish Flu
Pandemics Initially Spread Among People of Higher (not Lower) Social Status: Evidence from COVID-19 and the Spanish Flu Open
According to a staple in the social sciences, pandemics particularly spread among people of lower social status. Challenging this staple, we hypothesize that it holds true in later phases of pandemics only. In the initial phases, by contra…
View article: Data from the paper: Extracting agency and communion from the Big Five: A four-way competition
Data from the paper: Extracting agency and communion from the Big Five: A four-way competition Open
Agency and communion are the two fundamental content dimensions in psychology. The two dimensions figure prominently in many psychological realms (personality, social, self, motivational, cross-cultural, etc.). In contemporary research, ho…
View article: The Well-Being Benefits of Person-Culture Match Are Contingent on Basic Personality Traits
The Well-Being Benefits of Person-Culture Match Are Contingent on Basic Personality Traits Open
People enjoy well-being benefits if their personal characteristics match those of their culture. This person-culture match effect is integral to many psychological theories and—as a driver of migration—carries much societal relevance. But …
View article: Country‐level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries
Country‐level correlates of the Dark Triad traits in 49 countries Open
Objectives The Dark Triad traits (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) capture individual differences in aversive personality to complement work on other taxonomies, such as the Big Five traits. However, the literature on the D…
View article: Structure of Dark Triad Dirty Dozen Across Eight World Regions
Structure of Dark Triad Dirty Dozen Across Eight World Regions Open
The Dark Triad (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) has garnered intense attention over the past 15 years. We examined the structure of these traits’ measure—the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD)—in a sample of 11,488 participants…
View article: Religious people only live longer in religious cultural contexts: A gravestone analysis.
Religious people only live longer in religious cultural contexts: A gravestone analysis. Open
Religious people live longer than non-religious people according to a staple of social science research. Yet, are those longevity benefits an inherent feature of religiosity? To find out, we coded gravestone inscriptions and imagery in ord…
View article: Data from the paper: The well-being benefits of person-culture match are contingent on basic personality traits
Data from the paper: The well-being benefits of person-culture match are contingent on basic personality traits Open
People enjoy well-being benefits if their personal characteristics match those of their culture. This person-culture match effect is integral to many psychological theories and—as a driver of migration—carries much societal relevance. But …
View article: The Well-Being Benefits of Person-Culture Match Are Contingent on Basic Personality Traits
The Well-Being Benefits of Person-Culture Match Are Contingent on Basic Personality Traits Open
People enjoy well-being benefits if their personal characteristics match those of their culture. This person-culture match effect is integral to many psychological theories and—as a driver of migration—carries much societal relevance. But …
View article: What is the structure of perceiver effects? On the importance of global positivity and trait-specificity across personality domains and judgment contexts.
What is the structure of perceiver effects? On the importance of global positivity and trait-specificity across personality domains and judgment contexts. Open
When judging others' personalities, perceivers differ in their general judgment tendencies. These perceiver effects partly reflect a response bias but are also stable and psychologically important individual differences. However, current i…
View article: Religiosity’s Nomological Network and Temporal Change
Religiosity’s Nomological Network and Temporal Change Open
Countries differ in their religiosity and these differences have been found to moderate numerous psychological effects. The burgeoning research in this area creates a demand for a country-level religiosity index that is comparable across a…
View article: Data from the paper: Mind-body practices and the self: Yoga and meditation do not quiet the ego, but instead boost self-enhancement
Data from the paper: Mind-body practices and the self: Yoga and meditation do not quiet the ego, but instead boost self-enhancement Open
Mind-body practices enjoy immense public and scientific interest. Yoga and meditation are highly popular. Purportedly, they foster well-being by “quieting the ego” or, more specifically, curtailing self-enhancement. However, this ego-quiet…
View article: list_of_relevant_studies – Supplemental material for Self-Enhancement and Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review
list_of_relevant_studies – Supplemental material for Self-Enhancement and Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review Open
Supplemental material, list_of_relevant_studies for Self-Enhancement and Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review by Michael Dufner, Jochen E. Gebauer, Constantine Sedikides, and Jaap J. A. Denissen in Personality and Social Psycho…
View article: Age and Gender Differences in Self-Esteem—A Cross-Cultural Window
Age and Gender Differences in Self-Esteem—A Cross-Cultural Window Open
Research and theorizing on gender and age differences in self-esteem have played a prominent role in psychology over the past 20 years. However, virtually all empirical research has been undertaken in the United States or other Western ind…
View article: The religiosity as social value hypothesis: A multi-method replication and extension across 65 countries and three levels of spatial aggregation.
The religiosity as social value hypothesis: A multi-method replication and extension across 65 countries and three levels of spatial aggregation. Open
Are religious people psychologically better or worse adjusted than their nonreligious counterparts? Hundreds of studies have reported a positive relation between religiosity and psychological adjustment. Recently, however, a comparatively …
View article: Religiosity as social value: replication and extension
Religiosity as social value: replication and extension Open
Are religious people psychologically better or worse adjusted than their non-religious counterparts? Hundreds of studies have reported a positive relation between religiosity and psychological adjustment. Recently, however, a comparatively…