Publications

in press
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2017
Other Publications

Journal articles (peer-reviewed) and book chapters

in press

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

Ingold, P. V., Heimann, A. L., & Breil, S. M. (in press). Any slice is predictive? On the consistency of impressions from the beginning, middle, and end of assessment center exercises and their relation to performance. Industrial and Organizational Psychology. pdf

2023

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

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  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

2022

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). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000054 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

Mielke, I., Breil, S. M., Amelung, D., Espe, L., & Knorr, M. (2022). Assessing distinguishable social skills in medical admission - Does construct-driven development solve validity issues of situational judgment tests? BMC Medical Education, 22, Article 293. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03305-x pdf

2021

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

2020

Breil, S. M., Forthmann, B., Hertel-Waszak, 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

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), Article 35. http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.332 pdf

2019

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), Article 7. http://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.170 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

2017

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(5), 442-443. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2119 pdf

Other Publications

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