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Monographs and book chapters

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

Härtel, T. M., Breil, S. M., Grunenberg, E., & Back, M. D. (in press). Relationships between resumé cues and applicants' personality. Applied Psychology https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12522 pdf

Härtel, T. M., Hoch, F., & Back, M. D. (in press). Differential behavioral pathways linking personality to leadership emergence and effectiveness in groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. pdf

Humberg, S., Kuper, N., Rentzsch, K., Gerlach, T. M., Back, M. D., & Nestler, S. (in press). Investigating the effects of congruence between within-person associations: A comparison of two extensions of response surface analysis. Psychological Methods. supplemental materials pdf

Orth, U., Krauss, S., & Back, M. D. (in press). Development of narcissism across the life span: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies. Psychological Bulletin. pdf

Scharbert, J., Dein, L. M., Kroencke, L., Nestler, S., Back, M. D., & Utesch, K. (in press). Narcissists’ affective well-being: Associations of grandiose narcissism with state affect level and variability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. pdf

Scharbert, J., Utesch, K., Reiter, T. F., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Back, M. D., & Rau, R. (in press). If you were happy and you know it, clap your hands! Testing the peak-end rule for retrospective judgments of well-being in everyday life. European Journal of Personality.pdf

Stecker, J., Bollwerk, M., Schlipphak, B., Hellmann, J. H., Echterhoff, G., & Back, M. D. (in press). Feeling threatened by middle eastern immigrants: The role of RWA, SDO, subjective societal status, and religiosity in Germany. Personality Science. pdf

2024

Bollwerk, M., Wetzel, E., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2024). Who feels marginalized? A latent class analysis of perceived societal marginalization. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 27(3), 597-618. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302231182924 pdf

Grosz, M. P., van Aert, R. C. M., & Back, M. D. (2024). A meta-analytic review of the associations of personality, intelligence, and physical size with social status. Psychological Bulletin, 150(3), 253-283.https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000416 OSF pdf

Grunenberg, E., Peters, H., Francis, M. J., Back, M. D., & Matz, S. C. (2024). Machine learning in recruiting: Predicting personality from CVs and short text responses. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 1, Article 1290295. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsps.2023.1290295 pdf

Kraft, L., Czarna, A. Z., Utesch, K., Back, M. D., & Dufner, M. (2024). Do objective and peer-perceived qualities moderate the effect of narcissism on social outcomes? Collabra: Psychology, 10(1): 92325. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.92325 pdf

Scharbert, J., Humberg, S., Kroencke, L., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., Horst, J. ter, Utesch, K., Gosling, S. D., Harari, G., Matz, S. C., Schoedel, R., Stachl, C., Aguilar, N. M. A., Amante, D., Aquino, S. D., Bastias, F., Bornamanesh, A., Bracegirdle, C., Campos, L. A. M., . . . Back, M. D. (2024). Psychological well-being in Europe after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44693-6 pdf

Vaid, S. S., Kroencke, L., Roshanaei, M., Talaifar, S., Hancock, J. T., Back, M. D., Gosling, S. D., Ram, N., & Harari, G. M. (2024). Variation in social media sensitivity across people and contexts. Scientific Reports, 14, 6571. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55064-y pdf

2023

Back, M. D., Branje, S., Eastwick, P. W., Human, L. J., Penke, L., Sadikaj, G., Slatcher, R. B., Thielmann, I., van Zalk, M. H. W., & Wrzus, C. (2023). Personality and social relationships: What do we know and where do we go. Personality Science, 4, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.7505 pdf

Breil, S. M., Lievens, F., Forthmann, B., & Back, M. D. (2023). Interpersonal behavior in assessment center role-play exercises: Investigating structure, consistency, and effectiveness. Personnel Psychology, 76(3), 759-795. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12507 pdf

Förster, N., Forthmann, B., Back, M. D., & Souvignier, E. (2023). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on reading performance of second grade children in Germany. Reading and Writing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10379-y pdf

Geukes, K., Hecht, V., Utesch, T., Bläsing, B., & Back, M. D. (2023). Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest dancer of them all? A naturalistic lens model study on the judgment of dance performance. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 67, 102436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102436  pdf

Härtel, T. M., Leckelt, M., Grosz, M. P., Küfner, A. C. P., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2023). Pathways from narcissism to leadership emergence in social groups. European Journal of Personality, 37(1), 72-94. doi.org/10.1177/08902070211046266 pdf

Hater, L., Elsaadawy, N., Biesanz, J. C., Breil, S. M., Human, L. J., Niemeyer, L. M., Tissera, H., Back, M. D. & Carlson, E. N (2023). Examining individual differences in meta-perceptive accuracy using the Social Meta-Accuracy Model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(5), 1119-1135. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000479  supplemental materials pdf

Humberg, S., Gerlach, T. M., Franke-Prasse, T., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2023). Is (Actual or Perceptual) Personality Similarity Associated With Attraction in Initial Romantic Encounters? A Dyadic Response Surface Analysis. Personality Science, 4, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.7551 supplemental materials pdf

Jauk, E., Olaru, G., Schürch, E., Back, M. D., & Morf, C. C. (2023). Validation of the German Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory and construction of a brief form using ant colony optimization. Assessment, 30(4), 969–997. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911221075761 pdf

Kroencke, L., Harari, G. M., Back, M. D., & Wagner, J. (2023). Well-being in social interactions: Examining personality-situation dynamics in face-to-face and computer-mediated communication. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(2), 437–460. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000422 supplemental material preprint pdf

Kroencke, L., Humberg, S., Breil, S. M., Geukes, K., Zoppolat, G., Balzarini, R. N., Alonso-Ferres, M., Slatcher, R. B., & Back, M. D. (2023). Extraversion, social interactions, and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Did extraverts really suffer more than introverts? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(3), 649–679. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000468 preprint supplemental materials pdf

Kroencke, L., Kuper, N., Mota, S., Geukes, K., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Back, M. D. (2023). Narcissistic status pursuit in everyday social life: A within-person process approach to the behavioral and emotional dynamics of narcissism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(6),1519–1541. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000467 preprint supplemental materials pdf

McCarthy, P. A., Meyer, T., Back, M. D., & Morina, N. (2023). How we compare: A new approach toassess aspects of the comparison process for appearance-based standards and their associations with individual differences in wellbeing and personality measures. PLosOne 18(1): e0280072. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280072 pdf

Meijerink-Bosman, M., Back, M. D., Geukes, K. Leenders, R. & Mulder, J. (2023) Discovering trends of social interaction behavior over time: An introduction to relational event modeling. Behavior Research Methods, 55, 997–1023. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-022-01821-8 pdf

Mota, S., Mielke, I., Kroencke, L., Geukes, K., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2023). Daily dynamics of grandiose narcissism: Distribution, stability, and trait relations of admiration and rivalry states and state contingencies. European Journal of Personality, 37(2), 207–222. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221081322 preprint supplemental material pdf

Rau, R., Zimmermann, J., & Back, M. D. (2023). Applying multi-modal Social Relations Analyses in personality pathology research. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 14(1), 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000589 https://osf.io/trcyv/ pdf

Richter, M., Mota, S., Hater, L., Bratek, R., Goltermann, J., Barkhau, C., Gruber, M., Repple, J., Storck, M., Blitz, R., Grotegerd, D., Masuhr, O., Jaeger, U., Baune B. T., Dugas, M., Walter, M., Dannlowski U., Buhlmann, U., Back M. D., & Opel, N. (2023). Narcissistic dimensions and depressive symptoms in patients across mental disorders in cognitive behavioural therapy and in psychoanalytic interactional therapy in Germany: A prospective cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(12), 955-965. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00293-6  pdf appendix1 appendix2

Ryvkina, E., Kroencke, L., Geukes, K., Scharbert, J., & Back, M. D. (2023). Understanding psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic through ESM data: The EMOTIONS project. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.83 https://osf.io/6kzx3/ pdf

Scharbert, J., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., ter Horst, J., Geukes, K., Gosling, S. D., Harari, G. M., Kroencke, L., Matz, S., Schoedel, R., Shani, M., Stachl, C., Talaifar, S., Aguilar, N. M. A., Amante, D., Aquino, S. D., Bastias, F., Biesanz, J. C., Bornamanesh, A., . . . Back, M. D. (2023). A global experience-sampling method study of well-being during times of crisis: The CoCo project. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12813. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12813 preprint supplemental materials pdf

Utesch, K., Hecht, V., Utesch, T., Bläsing, B., & Back, M. D. (2023). An application of Brunswik’s Lens Model to the judgment of dance. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 38, 30-32. pdf

Vecchione, M., Vacca, M., Dentale, F., Lombardo, C., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2023). The associations between grandiose narcissism and perfectionism: New insights into an old debate, Personality and Individual Differences, 215, 112395 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112395 pdf

Vecchione, M., Vacca, M., Dentale, F., Spagnolo, G., Lombardo, C., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2023). Prospective associations between grandiose narcissism and perfectionism: A longitudinal study in adolescence. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 41, 172–186. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12441 pdf

Weidmann, R., Chopik, W. J., Ackerman, R. A., Allroggen, M., Bianchi, E. C., Brecheen, C., Campbell, W. K., Gerlach, T. M., Geukes, K., Grijalva, E., Grossmann, I., Hopwood, C. J., Hutteman, R., Konrath, S., Küfner, A. C. P., Leckelt, M., Miller, J. D., Penke, L., Pincus, A. L., . . . Back, M. D. (2023). Age and gender differences in narcissism: A comprehensive study across eight measures and over 250,000 participants. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(6), 1277–1298. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000463 pdf

2022

Blötner, C., Ziegler, M., Wehner, C., Back, M. D., & Grosz, M. P. (2022). The nomological network of the Short Dark Tetrad Scale (SD4). European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 38(3), 187-197. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000655 pdf

Bollwerk, M., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2022). Development and validation of the perceived societal marginalization scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 38(2), 137-149. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000651 pdf

Breil, S. M., Forthmann, B., Back, M. D. (2022). Measuring distinct social skills via multiple speed assessments – a behavior-focused personnel selection approach. European Journal of Psychological Assessment , 38(3), 224-236. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000657 pdf

Breil, S. M., Mielke, I., Ahrens, H., Geldmacher, T., Sensmeier, J., Marschall, B., & Back, M. D. (2022). Predicting actual social skill expression from personality and skill self-concepts. Journal of Intelligence, 10(3), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10030048 OSF-Link Preregistration pdf

Breil, S. M., Schweppe P. C., Geukes K., Biesanz, J. C., Quintus M., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., Nestler, S., Back, M. D. (2022). The incremental validity of average states: A replication and extension of Finnigan and Vazire (2018). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(3), e23–e37. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000408 pdf

Cannata, D., Breil, S. M., Lepri, B., Back, M. D., O’Hora, D. (2022). Toward an Integrative Approach to Nonverbal Personality Detection: Connecting Psychological and Artificial Intelligence Research. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 3(2: Summer 2022). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000054 pdf

Farkhari, F, Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2022). Individual‐level predictors of conspiracy mentality in Germany and Poland. Politics and Governance, 10(4), 203–215. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i4.5865 pdf

Förster, N., Humberg, S., Hebbecker, K., Back, M. D., & Souvignier, E. (2022). Should teachers be accurate or (overly) positive? A competitive test of teacher judgment effects on students’ reading progress. Learning and Instruction, 77, 101519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2021.101519  supplemental materials pdf

Grosz, M. P., Hartmann, I., Dufner, M., Leckelt, M., Gerlach, T. M., Rauthmann, J. F., Denissen, J. J. A., Küfner, A. C. P., Back, M. D. (2022). A process × domain assessment of narcissism: The Domain-Specific Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire. Assessment, 29(7), 1482-1495. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211020075 pdf

Hellmann, J. H., Schlechter, P., Knausenberger, J., Bollwerk, M., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2022). Measuring perceived realistic physical threat imposed by migrants: Scale development and validation. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 38(4), 332–342. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000668 pdf

Humberg, S., Dufner, M., Schönbrodt, F. D., Geukes, K., Hutteman, R., van Zalk, M. H. W., Denissen, J. J. A., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2022). The true role that suppressor effects play in condition-based regression analysis: None. A reply to Fiedler (2021). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(4), 884–888. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000428 preprint supplemental materials pdf

Humberg, S., Schönbrodt, F. D., Back, M. D., & Nestler, S. (2022). Cubic response surface analysis: Investigating asymmetric and level-dependent congruence effects with third-order polynomial models. Psychological Methods, 27(4), 622–649. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000352 preprint supplemental materials pdf

Kuper, N., Breil, S. M., Horstmann, K. T., Roemer, L., Lischetzke, T., Sherman, R. A., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2022). Individual differences in contingencies between situation characteristics and personality states. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(5), 1166–1198. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000435 pdf

Leckelt, M., König, J., Richter, D., Back, M. D., & Schröder, C. (2022). The personality traits of self-made and inherited millionaires. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 9, 94. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01099-3 pdf

Niemeyer, L. M., Grosz, M. P., Jallalvand, L., Mota, S., & Back, M. D. (2022). Toward a differentiated assessment of narcissism in forensic contexts: Validating the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire Short Scale (NARQ-S) in a forensic sample. Assessment, 29(4), 731–747. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191120986608 supplemental material pdf

Niemeyer, L. M., Grosz, M. P., Zimmermann, J., & Back, M. D. (2022). Assessing maladaptive personality in the forensic context: Development and validation of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Forensic Faceted Brief Form (PID-5-FFBF). Journal of Personality Assessment, 104, 30-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2021.1923522 pdf

Rau, R., Carlson, E. N., Dufner, M., Geukes, K., Kraft, L., Krause, S., Nikoleizig, L., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2022). Positivity in peer perceptions over time: Personality explains variation at zero-acquaintance, popularity explains differential change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(2), 423–443. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000407 pdf

Rau, R., Lawless DesJardins, N. M., Niemeyer, L. M., Back, M. D., Srivastava, S., & Nestler, S. (2022). Perceiver Effects in First Impressions Reflect Generalized Stereotypes: Evidence of Consistency Across Time, Groups, and Contexts. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(7), 1138–1150. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211066710 pdf

Schlipphak, B., Isani, M., & Back, M. D. (2022). Conspiracy theory beliefs and political trust: The moderating role of political communication. Politics and Governance, 10(4), 157–167. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i4.5755 pdf

Zettler, I., Schild, C., Lilleholt, L., Kroencke, L., Utesch, T., Moshagen, M., Böhm, R., Back, M. D., & Geukes, K. (2022). The role of personality in COVID-19 related perceptions, evaluations, and behaviors: Findings across five samples, nine traits, and 17 criteria. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(1), 299-310. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211001680 pdf

2021

Bhowmik, C. V., Nestler, N., Schrader, F.-W., Praetorius, A.-K., Biesanz, J. C., & Back, M. D. (2021). Teacher judgments at zero-acquaintance: A social accuracy analysis. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 65, 101965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2021.101965 pdf

Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Hill, P. L., Jokela, M., Kandler, C., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., Roberts, B. W., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2021). Personality trait stability and change. Personality Science, 2, e6009 https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6009 pdf 

Frischlich, L., Hellmann, J. H., Brinkschulte, F., Becker, M. & Back, M. D. (2021). Right-wing authoritarianism, conspiracy mentality, and susceptibility to distorted alternative news. Social Influence, 16, 24-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2021.1966499 pdf

Hater, L., Schulte, J., Geukes, K., Buhlmann, U., & Back, M. D. (2021) Disentangling the contributions of agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism to drive for thinness and drive for muscularity. PLoSONE, 16(6): e0253187. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253187 pdf

Mielke, I., Humberg, S., Leckelt, M., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2021). Do narcissists self-enhance? Disentangling the associations between narcissism and positive versus enhanced self-views across aspects of narcissism, content domains, and comparison criteria. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(5), 580–592.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620930543 supplemental materials pdf

Miller, J. D., Back, M. D., Lynam, D. R., & Wright, A. G. C. (2021). Narcissism today: What we know and what we need to learn. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30, 519–525. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F09637214211044109 pdf

Rau, R., Carlson, E. N., Back, M. D., Barranti, M., Gebauer, J. E., Human, L. J.,  Leising, D. & Nestler, S. (2021). What is the structure of perceiver effects? On the importance of global positivity and trait-specificity across personality domains and judgment contexts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(3), 745–764. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000278 pdf

Schlipphak, B., Bollwerk, M., & Back, M. D. (2021). Beliefs in conspiracy theories (CT): The role of country context. Political Research Exchange, 3, 1949358. https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2021.1949358 pdf

Stecker, J., Bürkner, P. C., Hellmann, J. H., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2021). First impressions of faces of refugees are more strongly influenced by target cues and perceiver attitudes than by sheer group affiliation. Collabra: Psychology, 7 (1): 22160. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.22160 pdf

Weber, S., Geukes, K., Leckelt, M., & Back, M.D. (2021). The attractiveness of narcissists: Hard work or natural beauty? Self and Identity, 20(2) 235-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2019.1575899  pdf

Wehner, C., Maaß, U., Leckelt, M., Back, M. D., & Ziegler, M. (2021). Validation of the Short Dark Triad in a German sample: Structure, nomological network, and an ultrashort version. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 37(5), 397–408. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000617 pdf

Wetzel, E., Lang, F. J., Back, M. D., Vecchione, M., Rogoza, R., & Roberts, B. (2021). Measurement invariance of three narcissism questionnaires across the US, the UK, and Germany. Assessment, 28, 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1073191120907967 pdf

2020

Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Sarafoglou, A. et al. (2020). A consensus-based transparency checklist. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 4-6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0772-6 pdf

Back, M. D. (2020). Editorial: A brief wish list for personality research. European Journal of Personality, 34, 3–7. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fper.2236 pdf

Back, M. D. & Kandler, C. (2020). Editorial: Some thoughts on the relevance, future prospects, and politics of structural personality research. European Journal of Personality, 34, 489-491. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fper.2298 pdf

Bleidorn, W., Hill, P. L., Back, M. D., …, & Roberts, B. W. (2020). Why stop at two opinions? A reply to McCrae (2020). American Psychologist, 75, 731–732, https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000676 pdf

Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Jokela, M.,... Zimmermann, J. (2020). Longitudinal Experience-Wide Association Studies (LEWAS) – A framework for studying personality change. European Journal of Personality, 34, 285–300. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2247 pdf

Breil, S. M., Forthmann, B., Hertel, A., Ahrens, H., Brouwer, B., Schönefeld, E., Marschall, B., Back, M. D. (2020). Construct validity of multiple mini interviews – Investigating the role of stations, skills, and raters using Bayesian G-theory. Medical Teacher, 42(2),164-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2019.1670337 pdf

Dufner, M., Back, M. D., Oehme, F. F. & Schmukle, S. C. (2020). The end of a stereotype: Only children are not more narcissistic than people with siblings. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 11(3), 416-424. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550619870785 pdf

Echterhoff, G., Hellmann, J. H., Back, M. D., Kärtner, J., Morina, N., & Hertel, G. (2020). Psychological antecedents of refugee integration (PARI). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 856–879. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619898838 pdf

Grapsas, E., Brummelman, E., Back, M. D., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2020). The “why” and “how” of narcissism: A process model of narcissistic status pursuit. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 150-172. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619873350 pdf

Grosz, M.P., Leckelt, M., & Back, M.D. (2020). Personality predictors of social status attainment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 52–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.023 pdf

Hannuschke, M., Gollwitzer, M., Geukes, K., Nestler, S., Back, M. D. (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 pdf

Hellmann, J. H., Forthmann, B., Knausenberger, J., Hellmann, D. F., Rees, J. H., Gansel, E., Back, M. D., & Echterhoff, G. (2020). Support for refugee integration in West and East Germany: Results from two lost letter studies. Social Psychology, 51, 106–115. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000397 pdf

Human, L. J., Carlson, E. N., Geukes, K., Nestler, S. & Back, M. D. (2020). Do accurate personality impressions benefit early relationship development? The bidirectional associations between accuracy and liking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118(1),  199-212. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000214 pdf

Kerr, L. G., Tissera, H., McClure, M. J., Lydon, J. E., Back, M. D., & Human, L. J. (2020). Blind at first sight: The role of distinctively accurate and positive first impressions in romantic interest. Psychological Science, 31, 715–728. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620919674 pdf

Kroencke, L., Geukes, K., Utesch, T., Kuper, N., & Back, M. D. (2020). Neuroticism and emotional risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Research in Personality, 89, 104038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104038 pdf

Leckelt, M., Geukes, K., Küfner, A.C.P., Niemeyer, L.M., Huttemann, R., Osterholz, S., Egloff, B., Nestler, N., & Back, M.D. (2020). A longitudinal field investigation of narcissism and popularity over time: How agentic and antagonistic aspects of narcissism shape the development of peer relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 643-659. pdf

Mota, S., Humberg, S., Krause, S., Fatfouta, R., Geukes, K., Schröder-Abé, M., & Back, M. D. (2020). Unmasking Narcissus: A competitive test of existing hypotheses on (agentic, antagonistic, neurotic, and communal) narcissism and (explicit and implicit) self-esteem across 18 samples. Self and Identity, 19(4), 435–455. http://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2019.1620012 pdf

Mõttus, R., Wood, D., Condon, D. M., Back, M. D., Baumert, A., Costantini, G., Epskamp, S., Greiff, S., Johnson, W., Lukaszewski, A., Murray, A., Revelle, W., Wright, A., Yarkoni, T., Ziegler, M., & Zimmermann, J. (2020). Descriptive, predictive and explanatory personality research: Different goals, different approaches, but a shared need to move beyond the Big Few traits. European Journal of Personality, 34, 1175–1201. pdf

Rau, R., Thielmann, I., Breil, S. M., Geukes, K., Krause, S., Nikoleizig, L., Back, M. D., & Nestler, S. (2020). Do perceiver effects in interpersonal perception predict cooperation in social dilemmas?. Collabra: Psychology, 6(1), 35. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.332 pdf

van Zalk, M. H. W., Nestler, S., Geukes, K., Hutteman, R., & Back, M. D. (2020). The codevelopment of extraversion and friendships: Bonding and behavioral interaction mechanisms in friendship networks. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118(6), 1269–1290. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000253 pdf

2019

Back, M. D. (2019). Editorial: Increasing scientific quality in the expanding field of personality science. European Journal of Personality, 33, 3-6. pdf

Bleidorn, W., Hill, P., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Hopwood, C. J., … Roberts, B. (2019). The policy relevance of personality traits. American Psychologist, 74, 1056–1067.  preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/a9rbn pdf

Breil, S. M., Geukes, K., Wilson, R. E., Nestler, S., Vazire, S., & Back, M. D. (2019). Zooming into real-life extraversion – how personality and situation shape sociability in social interactions. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 7. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.170 pdf

Echterhoff, G., Hellmann, J. H., Back, M. D., Esses, V., & Wagner, U. (2019). Editorial Special Issue on “The Social Psychology of Forced Migration and Refugee Integration”. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 1337-1343 https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2613 pdf

Geukes, K., Breil, S. M., Hutteman, R., Nestler, S., Küfner, A.C.P., Back, M.D. (2019). Explaining the longitudinal interplay of personality and social relationships in the laboratory and in the field: The PILS and the CONNECT study. PlosOne, 14(1), e0210424. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210424 pdf

Grosz, M. P., Emons, W. H. M., Wetzel, E., Leckelt, M., Chopik, W. J., Rose, N., & Back, M. D. (2019). A comparison of unidimensionality and measurement precision of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire. Assessment, 26, 281-293. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191116686686 pdf

Hahn, E., Richter, D., Schupp, J., & Back, M. D. (2019). Predictors of refugee adjustment: The importance of cognitive skills and personality. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 23. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.212  pdf

Hall, J. A., Schlegel, K., Castro, V. L., & Back, M. D. (2019). What laypeople think the Big Five trait labels mean. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 268-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.12.007 pdf

Holtzman, N. S., Tackman, A. M., Carey, A. L., Brucks, M. S., Küfner, A. C. P., große Deters, F., Back, M. D., Donnellan, M. B., Pennebaker, J. W., Sherman, R. A., & Mehl, M. R. (2019). Linguistic markers of grandiose narcissism: A LIWC analysis of 15 samples. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 38, 773-786. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X19871084 pdf

Humberg, S., Dufner, M., Schönbrodt, F. D., Geukes, K., Hutteman, R., Küfner, A. C. P., van Zalk, M. H. W., Denissen, J. J. A., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2019). Is accurate, positive, or inflated self-perception most advantageous for psychological adjustment? A competitive test of key hypotheses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(5), 835–859. doi:10.1037/pspp0000204 pdf  preprint  supplemental materials

Humberg, S., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2019). Response surface analysis in personality and social psychology: Checklist and clarifications for the case of congruence hypotheses. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(3), 409–419. doi:10.1177/1948550618757600  pdf  preprint supplemental materials

Leckelt, M., Richter, D., Wetzel, E., & Back, M. D. (2019). Longitudinal associations of narcissism with interpersonal, intrapersonal, and institutional outcomes: An investigation using a representative sample of the German population. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 26. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.248 pdf

Leckelt, M., Richter, D., Schröder, C., Küfner, A. C. P., Grabka, M. M., & Back, M. D. (2019). The rich are different: Unraveling the perceived and self-reported personality profiles of high net-worth individuals. British Journal of Psychology, 110, 769–789. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12360 pdf 

Mota, S., Leckelt, M., Geukes, K., Nestler, S., Humberg, S., Schröder-Abé, M., Schmukle, S. C., Back, M. D. (2019). A comprehensive examination of narcissists’ self-perceived and actual socioemotional cognition ability. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.174  pdf

Mota, S., Schaber, S., Allroggen, M., Buhlmann, U., & Back, M. D. (2019). Narcissistic Admiration und Rivalry im psychotherapeutischen Kontext: Struktur, nomologisches Netz und die Vorhersage psychopathologischer Symptomatik. [Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry in the psychotherapeutic context: Structure, nomological net and prediction of psychopathological symptoms]. Psychotherapeut, 64, 436–447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-019-00381-1 pdf

Rau, R., Nestler, S., Geukes, K., Back, M. D., & Dufner, M. (2019). Can other-derogation be beneficial? Seeing others as low in agency can lead to an agentic reputation in newly formed face-to-face groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 117(1), 201-227. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000250 pdf

Wille, B., Hofmans, J., Lievens, F., Back, M. D., & De Fruyt, F. (2019). Climbing the corporate ladder and within-person changes in narcissism: Reciprocal relationships over two decades. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 103341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.103341 pdf

2018

Back, M. D. (2018). Editorial: Continued quality, openness, and curiosity at the European Journal of Personality. European Journal of Personality, 32, 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2141 pdf

Back, M. D. (2018). The structure and dynamics of (research on) personality and personality disorders: A Joint Journey. European Journal of Personality, 32, 496-498. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2177 pdf 

Geukes, K., van Zalk, M., & Back, M. D. (2018). Understanding personality development: An integrative state process model. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42, 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025416677847 pdf

Hall, J. A., Back, M. D., Nestler, S., Frauendorfer, D., Schmid Mast, M., & Ruben, M. A. (2018). How do different ways of measuring individual differences in zero-acquaintance personality judgment accuracy correlate with each other? Journal of Personality, 86, 220-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12307 pdf

Hirschmüller, S., Schmukle, S. C., Krause, S., Back, M. D., & Egloff, B. (2018). Accuracy of self-esteem judgments at zero acquaintance. Journal of Personality, 86, 308-319. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12316 pdf 

Humberg, S., Dufner, M., Schönbrodt, F. D., Geukes, K., Hutteman, R., van Zalk, M. H. W., Denissen, J. J. A., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2018). Enhanced versus simply positive: A new condition-based regression analysis to disentangle effects of self-enhancement from effects of positivity of self-view. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(2), 303-322. doi:https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000134 osf preprint  supplemental materials pdf

Humberg, S., Dufner, M., Schönbrodt, F. D., Geukes, K., Hutteman, R., van Zalk, M. H. W., Denissen, J. J. A., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2018). Why Condition-Based Regression Analysis (CRA) is indeed a valid test of self-enhancement effects: A response to Krueger et al. (2017). Collabra: Psychology, 4(1), 26. doi: http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.137 open access article pdf

Leckelt, M., Wetzel, E., Gerlach, T. M., Ackerman, R. A., Miller, J. D., Chopik, W. J., … Back, M. D. (2018). Validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire Short Scale (NARQ-S) in convenience and representative samples. Psychological Assessment, 30(1), 86–96. doi:10.1037/pas0000433. pdf (brief documentations of different versions of the NARQ can be found here)

Nestler, S., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2018). Modeling intraindividual variability in three-level multilevel models. Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 14(3), 95-108.  https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-2241/a000150 pdf

Oeberst, A., von der Beck, I., Back, M. D., Cress, U., & Nestler, S. (2018). Biases in the production and reception of collective knowledge: The case of hindsight bias in Wikipedia. Psychological Research, 82, 1010-1026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-017-0865-7 pdf

Veccione, M., Dentale, F., Graziano, M., Dufner, M., Wetzel, E., Leckelt, M., & Back, M. D. (2018). An italian validation of the Narcissism Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ): Further evidence for a two-dimensional model of grandiose narcissism. Applied Psychology Bulletin, 281, 29-37. https://doi.org/10.26387/bpa.281.3  pdf

2017

Back, M. D. (2017). Editorial. European Journal of Personality, 31, 3–7. pdf

Breil, S.M., Geukes, K., Back, M. D. (2017). Using situational judgment tests and assessment centres in personality psychology: Three suggestions. European Journal of Personality, 31, 442-443. pdf

Geukes, K. & Back, M.D. (2017). Towards a process-based understanding of personality structure, development, consequences, and assessment: Systemizing personality processes into state domains and sequences. European Journal of Personality, 31, 543–545. pdf

Geukes, K., Nestler, S., Hutteman, R., Dufner, M., Küfner, A. C. P., Egloff, B., Denissen, J. J. A., & Back, M. D. (2017). Puffed-up but shaky selves: State self-esteem level and variability in narcissists. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112(5), 769-786. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000093 pdf

Geukes, K., Nestler, S., Hutteman, R., Küfner, A.C.P., & Back, M.D. (2017). Trait personality and state variability: Predicting individual differences in within- and cross-context fluctuations in affect, self-evaluations, and behavior in everyday life. Journal of Research in Personality, 69, 124-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.003 pdf

Grosz, M. P., Lösch, T., & Back, M. D. (2017). The Narcissism-Overclaiming Link Revisited. Journal of Research in Personality, 70, 134-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.05.006 pdf

Mahmoodi, J., Leckelt, M., van Zalk, M.W. H., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D.(2017). Big Data approaches in social and behavioral science: Four key trade-offs and a call for integration. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 18, 57—62. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.07.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.07.001 pdf

Morf, C. C., Schürch, E., Küfner, A., Siegrist, P., Vater, A., Back, M., ... & Schröder-Abé, M. (2017). Expanding the nomological net of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory: German validation and extension in a clinical inpatient sample. Assessment, 24, 419-443. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191115627010 pdf

Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2017). Using cross-classified structural equation models to examine the accuracy of personality judgments. Psychometrika, 82, 475-497. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-015-9485-6 pdf & Supplemental materials at OSF

Nestler, S., Geukes, K., Hutteman, R., & Back, M. D. (2017). Tackling longitudinal round-robin data: A Social Relations Growth Model. Psychometrika, 82, 1162–1181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-016-9546-5 pdf

Nestler, S., Leckelt, M., Back, M. D., von der Beck, I., Cress, U., & Oeberst, A. (2017). Produktion von naturwissenschaftlichen Informationen im Internet am Beispiel von Wikipedia. Psychologische Rundschau, 68, 172-176. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000360 pdf

Wurst, S. N., Gerlach, T. M., Dufner, M., Rauthmann, J. F., Grosz, M. P., Küfner, A. C. P., Denissen, J. J. A., & Back, M. D. (2017). Narcissism and romantic relationships: The differential impact of narcissistic admiration and rivalry. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112, 280-306. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000113 pdf supplemental

2016

Allroggen, M., Back, M. D., & Plener, P. L. (2016). Kinder an die Macht? – Machiavellismus im Kindes- und Jugendalter [Power to the children? – Machiavellianism in children and adolescents]. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 44, 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000395 pdf

Geukes, K., Schönbrodt, F. D., Utesch, T. , Geukes, S., & Back, M. D. (2016). Wege aus der Vertrauenskrise – Individuelle Schritte hin zu verlässlicher und offener Forschung [Ways out of the crisis of confidence – Individual steps towards reliable and open science]. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 23, 99-109. https://doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000167  osf-preprint  pdf

Krause, S., Back, M. D., Egloff, B., & Schmukle, S. C. (2016). Predicting self-confident behavior with implicit and explicit self-esteem measures. European Journal of Personality, 30, 648-662. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2076 pdf   OSF-page with Open data and script, Open material and supplementary analyses

Leckelt, M., Back, M. D., Foster, J. D., Hutteman, R., Jaeger, G., McCain, J., Twenge, J. M., & Campbell, W. K. (2016). Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism – But only in men. Journal of Research in Personality, 60, 8-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2015.10.006  pdf

Wetzel, E., Leckelt, M., Gerlach, T. M., & Back, M. D. (2016). Distinguishing subgroups of narcissists with latent class analysis. European Journal of Personality, 30, 374-389. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2062 pdf

2015

Back, M. D. (2015). Editorial. Opening the process-black box: Mechanisms underlying the social consequences of personality. European Journal of Personality, 29, 91–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1999 pdf 

Back, M. D., & Vazire, S. (2015). The social consequences of personality: Six suggestions for future research. European Journal of Personality, 29, 296–307.https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1998 pdf

Carey, A. L., Brucks, M., Küfner, A. C. P., Holtzman, N. S., Deters, F. g., Back, M. D., Donnellan, M. B., Pennebaker, J. W., & Mehl, M. R. (2015). Narcissism and the use of personal pronouns revisited. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, e1-e15. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000029  pdf

Dufner, M., Egloff, B., Hausmann, C., Wendland, L.-M., Neyer, F. J., & Back, M. D. (2015). Narcissistic tendencies among actors: Craving for admiration, but not at the cost of others. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 447-454. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550614564224 pdf

Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2015). Beyond cross-role self-concepts: Contextualized personality in action. European Journal of Personality, 29, 329-331 pdf

Grosz, M. P., Dufner, M., Back, M. D., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2015). Who is open to a narcissistic romantic partner? The roles of sensation seeking, trait anxiety, and similarity. Journal of Research in Personality, 58, 84-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2015.05.007  pdf

Hirschmüller, S., Egloff, B., Schmukle, S. C., Nestler, S. & Back, M. D. (2015). Accurate judgments of neuroticism at zero acquaintance: A question of relevance. Journal of Personality, 83, 221-228. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12097  pdf

Hutteman, R., Nestler, S., Wagner, J., Egloff, B., & Back, M. D. (2015). Wherever I may roam: Processes of self-esteem development from adolescence to emerging adulthood in the context of international student exchange. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 767-783. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000015  pdf

Küfner, A. C. P., Dufner, M., & Back, M. D. (2015). Das Dreckige Dutzend und die Niederträchtigen Neun – Kurzskalen zur Erfassung von Narzissmus, Machiavellismus und Psychopathie. [The Dirty Dozen and the Naughty Nine - Short scales for the assessment of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy] Diagnostica, 61, 76-91. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000124 pdf a brief documentation of the Dirty Dozen scales can be found here

Lawless DesJardins, N. M., Srivastava, S., Küfner, A. C. P., & Back, M. D. (2015). Who attains status? Similarities and differences across social contexts. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 692-700. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550615580171 pdf

Leckelt, M., Küfner, A. C. P., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2015). Behavioral processes underlying the decline of narcissists’ popularity over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109, 856-871. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000057  pdf

Nestler, S., Thielsch, M., Vasilev, E., & Back, M. D. (2015). Will they stay or will they go? Personality predictors of dropout in an online study. International Journal of Internet Science, 10 (1), 37-48. pdf

 

2014

Krause, S., Back, M. D., Egloff, B., & Schmukle, S. C. (2014). Implicit interpersonal attraction in small groups: Automatically activated evaluations predict actual behavior toward social partners. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 671-679. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550613517723 pdf 

Stopfer, J. M., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2014). Personality expression and impression formation in online social networks: An integrative approach to understanding the processes of accuracy, impression management, and meta-accuracy. European Journal of Personality, 28, 73-94. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1935 pdf (Supplemental Online Material can be found here).

2013

Back, M. D., Küfner, A. C. P., Dufner, M., Gerlach, T. M., Rauthmann, J. F., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2013). Narcissistic admiration and rivalry: Disentangling the bright and dark sides of narcissism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 105, 1013-1037.pdf (brief documentations of different versions of the NARQ can be found here)

Hirschmüller, S., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2013). The dual lens model: A comprehensive framework for understanding self-other agreement of personality judgments at zero acquaintance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 335-353.https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030383  pdf

Küfner, A. C. P., Nestler, S., & Back M. D. (2013). The two pathways to being an (un-)popular narcissist. Journal of Personality, 81, 184-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00795.x  pdf 

Nestler, S. & Back, M.D. (2013). Applications and extensions of the lens model to understand interpersonal judgments at zero acquaintance. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, 374-379. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721413486148 pdf

Stopfer, J. M., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2013). Being popular in online social networks: How agentic, communal, and creativity traits relate to judgments of status and liking. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 592-598.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.05.005 pdf

2012

Krause, S., Back, M. D., Egloff, B. & Schmukle, S. C. (2012). A new reliable and valid tool for measuring implicit self-esteem: The response-window affective priming task. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 28, 87-94.https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000095  pdf

Nestler, S., Egloff, B., Küfner, A. C. P., & Back, M. D. (2012). An integrative lens model approach to bias and accuracy in human inferences: Hindsight effects and knowledge updating in personality judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 698-717.https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029461 pdf

Schönbrodt, F. D., Back, M. D., & Schmukle, S. C. (2012). TripleR: An R package for social relations analyses based on round robin designs. Behavior Research Methods, 44, 455-470.https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-011-0150-4 pdf

2011

Asendorpf, J. B., Penke, L. & Back, M. D. (2011). From dating to mating and relating: Predictors of initial and long-term outcomes of speed-dating in a community sample. European Journal of Personality, 25, 16-30.https://doi.org/10.1002/per.768 pdf

Back, M. D., Baumert, A., Denissen, J. J. A., Hartung, F.-M., Penke, L., Schmukle, S. C., Schönbrodt, F. D., Schröder-Abé, M., Vollmann, M., Wagner, J., & Wrzus, C. (2011). PERSOC: A unified framework for understanding the dynamic interplay of personality and social relationships. European Journal of Personality, 25, 90-107.https://doi.org/10.1002/per.811 pdf

Back, M. D., Küfner, A. C. P., & Egloff, B. (2011). "Automatic or the people?" Anger on September 11, 2001, and lessons learned for the analysis of large digital data sets. Psychological Science, 22, 837-838.https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611409592 pdf Additional methodological details

Back, M. D., Penke, L., Schmukle, S. C., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2011). Knowing your own mate value: Sex-specific personality effects on the accuracy of expected mate choices. Psychological Science, 22, 984-989.https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611414725 pdf

Back, M. D., Penke, L., Schmukle, S. C., Sachse, K., Borkenau, P., & Asendorpf (2011). Why mate choices are not as reciprocal as we assume: The role of personality, flirting, and physical attractiveness. European Journal of Personality, 25, 120-132.https://doi.org/10.1002/per.806 pdf

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C. & Egloff, B. (2011). A closer look at first sight: Social relations lens model analyses of personality and interpersonal attraction at zero acquaintance. European Journal of Personality, 25, 225-238.https://doi.org/10.1002/per.790 pdf

Krause, S., Back, M. D., Egloff, B. & Schmukle, S. C. (2011). Reliability of implicit self-esteem measures revisited. European Journal of Personality, 25, 239-251. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.792 pdf

Nestler, S., Back, M. D., & Egloff, B. (2011). Psychometrische Eigenschaften zweier Skalen zur Erfassung interindividueller Unterschiede in der Präferenz zum Alleinsein. Diagnostica, 57, 57-67.https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000032 pdf

2010

Back, M. D., & Kenny, D. A. (2010). The Social Relations Model: How to understand dyadic processes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 855-870. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00303.x pdf

Back, M. D., Küfner, A. C. P. & Egloff, B. (2010). The emotional timeline of September 11, 2001. Psychological Science, 21, 1417-1419. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610382124 pdf Additional methodological details and results

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C., & Egloff, B. (2010). Why are narcissists so charming at first sight? Decoding the narcissism-popularity link at zero acquaintance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 132-145. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016338 pdf 

Back, M. D., Stopfer, J. M., Vazire, S., Gaddis, S., Schmukle, S. C., Egloff, B. & Gosling, S. D. (2010). Facebook profiles reflect actual personality, not self-idealization. Psychological Science, 21, 372-374.pdf

Küfner, A. C. P., Back, M. D., Nestler, S., & Egloff, B. (2010). Tell me a story and I will tell you who you are! Lens model analyses of personality and creative writing. Journal of Research in Personality, 44, 427-435.pdf

2009

Back, M. D. & Egloff, B. (2009). Yes we can! A plea for direct behavioral observation in personality research. European Journal of Personality, 23, 403-405.pdf

Back, M. D., Krause, S., Hirschmüller, S., Stopfer, J. M., Egloff, B. & Schmukle, S. C. (2009). Unraveling the three faces of self-esteem: A new information-processing sociometer perspective. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 933-937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2009.04.002 pdf

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C. & Egloff, B. (2009). Predicting actual behavior from the explicit and implicit self-concept of personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 533-548.https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016229 pdf

2008

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C. & Egloff, B. (2008). Becoming friends by chance. Psychological Science, 19, 439-440.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02106.x pdf

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C. & Egloff, B. (2008). How extraverted is honey.bunny77@hotmail.de? Inferring personality traits from email addresses. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1116-1122.https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956797609360756 pdf

Schmukle, S. C., Back, M. D. & Egloff, B. (2008). Validity of the five-factor model for the implicit self-concept of personality. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 24, 263-272.https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759.24.4.263  pdf

2007-2005

Schmukle S. C., Liesenfeld, S., Back, M. D. & Egloff, B. (2007). Second to fourth digit ratios and the implicit gender self-concept. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1267-1277.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.03.018 pdf

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C. & Egloff, B. (2006). Who is late and who is early? Big Five personality factors and punctuality in attending psychological experiments. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 841-848.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2005.11.003 pdf

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C. & Egloff, B. (2005). Measuring task-switching ability in the Implicit Association Test. Experimental Psychology, 52, 167-179.https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169.52.3.167 pdf

Monographs and book chapters

Back, M. D. (2023). Ich! Die Kraft des Narzissmus. Kösel. ISBN: 978-3-466-34796-4 order

Grosz, M. P., Dufner, M., & Back, M. D. (2023). On the measurement of narcissistic admiration and rivalry. In P. K. Jonason (Ed.), Shining light on the dark side of personality: Measurement properties and theoretical advances (pp. 53-62). Hogrefe. pdf

Back, M. D., Echterhoff, G., Müller, O., Pollack, D., & Schlipphak, B. (2022). Von Verteidigern und Entdeckern: Ein neuer Identitätskonflikt in Europa. Springer Open Access Link

Schlipphak, B. & Back, M. D. (2022). Konflikte um Identität in Europa – eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme. In: Kneip, S. & Rasemann, C. (Hrsg.). Repräsentation – Identität – Beteiligung. Zum Zustand und Wandel der Demokratie. Schriftenreihe der BpB Band 10871. Bonn: BpB, 241-255. pdf

Back, M. D. (2021). Social interaction processes and personality. In J. Rauthmann (Ed.), The handbook of personality dynamics and processes (pp. 183-226). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813995-0.00008-X pdf

Breil, S. M., Osterholz, S., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2021). Contributions of nonverbal cues to the accurate judgment of personality traits. In T. D. Letzring & J. S. Spain (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of accurate personality judgment (pp. 195–218). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190912529.013.13 pdf

Osterholz, S., Breil, S. M., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2021). Lens and dual lens models. In T. D. Letzring & J. S. Spain (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of accurate personality judgment (pp. 45–60). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190912529.013.4 pdf

Perugini, M., Hagemeyer, B., Wrzus, C., & Back, M. D. (2021). Dual process models of personality. In J. F. Rauthmann (Ed.), The handbook of personality dynamics and processes (pp. 551-577). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813995-0.00020-0 pdf

Geukes, K., Morf C. C., & Back, M. D. (2020). Narcissism. In D. Hackfort & R. J. Schinke (Eds.), The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Vol. 1: Theoretical and Methodological Concepts (pp. 375-390). Routledge. pdf

Denissen J. J. A., Rauthmann J. F., & Back M. D. (2019) European Association of Personality Psychology. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2311-1 pdf

Geukes, K., Hanrahan, S., & Back. M. D. (2019). Person, Situation und Person-Situation-Interaktion im Sport. In J. Schüler, M. Wegner, & H. Plessner (Eds.), Sportpsychologie - Grundlagen und Anwendung (pp. 309-336). Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56802-6_13

Back, M. D. (2018). The Narcissistic admiration and rivalry concept. In A. D. Hermann, A. Brunell, & J. Foster (Eds.), The Handbook of trait narcissism: Key advances, research methods, and controversies (pp. 57-67). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92171-6_6 pdf

Back, M. D., Küfner, A. C. P., & Leckelt, M. (2018). Early impressions of grandiose narcissists: A dual-pathway perspective. In A. D. Hermann, A. Brunell, & J. Foster (Eds.), The Handbook of trait narcissism: Key advances, research methods, and controversies (pp. 309-316). New York, NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92171-6_33 pdf

Back M. D., & Morf C. C. (2018) Narcissism. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_704-1 pdf

Grünberg, M., Mattern, J., Geukes, K., Küfner, A. C. P., & Back M. D. (2018). Assessing group interactions in personality psychology: The Münster Behavior Coding-System (M-BeCoSy). In E. Brauner, M. Boos, & M. Kolbe (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Group Interaction Analysis (pp. 602-611). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316286302.042 pdf

Wurst, S. N., & Back, M. D. (2018). Attraction, interpersonal. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), The Sage encyclopedia of lifespan human development (pp. 184-186). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications. pdf

Back M. D. (2017) Back, Mitja. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2133-1

Back, M., & Nestler, S. (2017). Dual-process approaches to personality. In R. Deutsch, B. Gawronski, & W. Hofmann (Eds), Reflective and impulsive determinants of human behavior (pp. 137-154). New York, NY: Routledge. pdf

Geukes, K., van Zalk, M. H. W., & Back, M. D. (2017). Analyzing processes in personality development. In J. Specht (Ed.). Personality development across the lifespan (pp. 455-472). San Diego: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804674-6.00028-4 pdf

Leising D., & Back M. D. (2017) Person perception and accuracy. In: Zeigler-Hill V., Shackelford T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_707-1 pdf

Back, M. D., & Nestler, S., (2016). Accuracy of judging personality. In J. A. Hall, M., Schmid Mast, & T. V., West (Eds.). The social psychology of perceiving others accurately (pp. 98-124). Cambridge University Press. pdf

Oeberst, A., Cress, U., Back, M. D., & Nestler, S. (2016). Individual versus collaborative information processing: The case of biases in Wikipedia. In U. Cress, H. Jeong, & J. Moskaliuk (Eds.), Mass collaboration and Education (pp. 165-185). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13536-6_9

von der Beck, I., Oeberst, A., Cress, U., Back, M. D., & Nestler, S. (2015). Hätte die Geschichte auch anders verlaufen können? Der Rückschaufehler zu Ereignissen in Wikipedia. In T. Wozniak, U. Rohwedder & J., Nemitz (Hrsg.), Wikipedia und Geschichtswissenschaft (S. 155-174). Oldenbourg: DeGruyter. pdf https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110376357-012

Zimmermann, J., Hutteman, R., Nestler, S., Neyer, F. J., & Back, M. D.(2015). Und wenn Sie zurückkommen, sind Sie plötzlich erwachsen? Auslandserfahrungen als Kontext der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung. In Fachstelle für Internationale Jugendarbeit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V. (Ed.), Forum Jugendarbeit International (pp. 203-213). Bonn: IJAB-Verlag.

Back, M. D. & Vazire, S. (2012). Knowing our personality. In S. Vazire and T. D. Wilson (Eds.) Handbook of Self Knowledge (pp. 131-156). New York: Guilford. pdf

Back, M. D. (2008). Spontane interpersonelle Attraktion und Persönlichkeit: Eine längsschnittliche Social Relations Analyse. Saarbrücken: VDM. Buchhandel

Back, M. D. (2003). Implizite Persönlichkeitsdiagnostik mit dem IAT: Die Rolle exekutiver Kontrollprozesse. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz: Diplomarbeit.

Software and other publications

Back, M. D., Echterhoff, G., Müller, O., Pollack, D., & Schlipphak, B. (2021). Von Verteidigern und Entdeckern: Ein Identitätskonflikt um Zugehörigkeit und Bedrohung. pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.17879/97049506223 / Back, M. D., Echterhoff, G., Müller, O., Pollack, D., & Schlipphak, B. (2021). Of Defenders and Explorers: An identity conflict over belonging and threat. pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.17879/97049506223 

Bhowmik, C. V., Schrader, F., Back, M. D., & Steffen, S. (2021). An application of Brunswik’s lens model to the educational context. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 36, 18-20.

Breil, S. M., & Back, M. D. (2019). The perceived and actual relationship between nonverbal cues and personality: An overview of empirical findings. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 34, 1-3. pdf

Breil, S. M., & Back, M. D. (2018). What is measured within an assessment center: A detailed investigation of underlying cues. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 33, 7-9. pdf

Hellmann, J. H., Knausenberger, J., Echterhoff, G., & Back, M. D. (2017). Woher kommt die Angst vor Fremden und einer sogenannten Islamisierung? Pax Christi-Korrespondenz, 8, 13-21. pdf

Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2015). Cross-classified structural equation models for the analysis of lens model data. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 30, 33-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-015-9485-6 pdf

Hirschmüller, S., Egloff, B., Schmukle, S. C., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2014). A lens model approach to accurate personality judgments: The case of neuroticism and situational relevance. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 29, 27-29. pdf

Stopfer, J. M., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2013). Using lens model analysis to understand impression formation in online social networks. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 28, 48-50. pdf

Nestler, S. & Back, M.D. (2012). Applications and extensions of lens model analyses in personality psychology. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 27, 32-34. pdf

Schmukle, S. C., Schoenbrodt, F. D., & Back, M. D. (2009). Triple R: A package for round robin analyses using R (Version 0.1). Freely available via http://www.persoc.net and http://www.r-project.org.

Stopfer, J. M., Back, M. D. & Egloff, B. (2010). Persönlichkeit 2.0: Genauigkeit von Persönlichkeitsurteilen anhand von Online Social Network-Profilen. Datenschutz und Datensicherheit - DuD, 34, 459-462.

Unpublished Preprints

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C., & Egloff, B. (2019, January 15). From First Sight to Friendship: A Longitudinal Social Relations Analysis of Stability and Change in Interpersonal Attraction. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7qptu   pdf

Wurst, S. N., Humberg, S., & Back, M. D. (2018). Rose-colored glasses in initial romantic encounters? Examining positive partner illusions and their interpersonal consequences in the very early stages of romantic acquaintance. Retrieved from https://osf.io/48sh2/  pdf  preprint

Wurst, S. N., Humberg, S., & Back, M. D. (2018). The impact of mate value in first and subsequent real-life romantic encounters. Retrieved from https://osf.io/adej3/  pdf  preprint