Professor Dr. Mitja Back

• Konzeptualisierung, Assessment und Entwicklung sozialer Fähigkeiten
• Konsequenzen von Selbstkenntnis und Selbsterhöhung
• Persönlichkeitsurteilen
• Persönlichkeit und die Entwicklung sozialer Beziehungen
• Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
• Persönlichkeitsdynamiken
• Narzissmus
• Persönlichkeitsassessment
• Gesellschaftlicher Konflikt und Zusammenhalt

Akademische Ausbildung

seit 2007

Promotion an der Universität Leipzig

seit 2003

Diplom in Psychologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

1998 – 2003

Psychologiestudium an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Beruflicher Werdegang

seit 2012

Universitätsprofessor (W3) für Psychologische Diagnostik und Persönlichkeitspsychologie am Institut für Psychologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster

2010 – 2012

Juniorprofessor (W1) für Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Diagnostik am Psychologischen Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

2004 – 2010

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz und der Universität Leipzig

Preise

2011

William-Stern-Preis – Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS)

Mitgliedschaften und Aktivitäten in Gremien

seit 2016

Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research (SITAR)

seit 2016

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS)

seit 2016

Sprecher der Open Science Initiative der Institute für Psychologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster

seit 2016

Editor in chief: European Journal of Personality

2016 – 2017

Program Committee Chair of the 2017 annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology

seit 2015

Associate Editor: Collabra

2013 – 2016

Leitung der Kommission zur Verbesserung der Lehre der Institute für Psychologie der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster

seit 2013

Editorial Board: Journal of Research in Personality

2012 – 2016

Associate Editor European Journal of Personality

seit 2011

The Brunswik Society

seit 2010

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

seit 2010

Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

seit 2010

Editorial Board: Social Psychological and Personality Science

seit 2008

European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP)

seit 2008

Association for Research in Personality (ARP)

seit 2005

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs): Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik; Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie

• Fachbücher (Monografien)
• Artikel
• Arbeitspapiere / Working Papers
• Forschungsartikel in Online-Sammlungen
• Sonstige wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen

Fachbücher (Monografien)

2023

• Back, M.D. 2023. Ich! Die Kraft des Narzissmus, herausgegeben von M.D. Back. München: Kösel Verlag.

2022

• Back, Mitja, Echterhoff, Gerald, Müller, Olaf Pollack Detlef, und Schlipphak, Bernd. 2022. essentials, Von Verteidigern und Entdeckern: Ein neuer Identitätskonflikt in Europa Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-36808-1.

2008

• D., Back M. 2008. Spontane interpersonelle Attraktion und Persönlichkeit: Eine längsschnittliche Social Relations Analyse. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

Artikel

Artikel in Fachzeitschriften, Zeitungen oder Magazinen

Forschungsartikel (Zeitschriften)

2026

• Krüger, O, Anaya-Rojas, J, Back, M, Caspers, B, Chakarov, N, Dammhahn, M, Elliott-Graves, A, Fricke, C, Gadau, J, Hoffman, JI, Kaiser, MI, Kaiser, S, Korsten, P, Krohs, U, Kurtz, J, Langrock, R, Müller, C, Peuß, R, Reinhold, K, Richter, H, Sachser, N, Schielzeth, H, Schmoll, T, Stanewsky, R, Szekely, T, Weissing, FJ, Wittmann, M, und Xu, S. 2026. „Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution.“ Preprint. Biological reviews. doi: 10.1002/brv.70147.
• Grunenberg, E, Klinz, JL, Breil, SM, Ahrens, H, und Back, M.D. 2026. „Towards a better understanding of social judgments using machine learning: The case of performance judgments.“ Preprint. European Journal of Personality 40 (2): 413–434. doi: 10.1177/08902070251356149.
• Hätscher, O., Klinz, J.L., Kuper, N., Kroencke, L., Scharbert, J., Grunenberg, E., und Back, M.D. 2026. „Using machine learning to predict individual differences in psychological reactivities to social interactions.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 130 (3): 569–596. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000589.
• Thielmann, I., Back, M.D., und Bleidorn, W.et al. 2026. „A consensus statement on self-knowledge: Conceptualization, measurement, outcomes and changeability.“ Nature Reviews Psychology 5: 338–351. doi: 10.1038/s44159-026-00554-1.

2025

• Richter, M., Emden, D., Leenings, R., Winter, N.R., Mikolajczyk, R., Massag, J., Zwiky, E., Borgers, T., Redlich, R., Koutsouleris, N., Falguera, R., Thanarajah, S.E., Padberg, F., Reinhard, M.A., Back, M.D., Morina, N., Buhlmann, U., Kircher, T., Dannlowski, U., consortium, PRONIA, consortium, FOR2107, consortium, MBB, Hahn, T., und Opel, N. 2025. „Generalizability of clinical prediction models in mental health.“ Molecular Psychiatry 30: 3632–3639. doi: 10.1038/s41380-025-02950-0.
• Stecker, J., Bollwerk, M., Schlipphak, B., Hellmann, J.H., Echterhoff, G., und Back, M.D. 2025. „Feeling threatened by middle eastern immigrants: The role of RWA, SDO, subjective societal status, and religiosity in Germany.“ Personality Science 6. doi: 10.1177/27000710241309807.
• Scharbert, J., Utesch, K., Reiter, T.F., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Back, M.D., und Rau, R. 2025. „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 39 (1): 55–69. doi: 10.1177/08902070241235969.
• Härtel, T.M., Hoch, F., und Back, M.D. 2025. „Differential behavioral pathways linking personality to leadership emergence and effectiveness in groups.“ Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 51 (11): 2166–2182. doi: 10.1177/01461672241246388.
• Grosz, M.P., Thielmann, I., Krabbe, H., und Back, M.D. 2025. „When and why do narcissistic individuals attain social status?“ European Journal of Personality 39 (3): 392–407. doi: 10.1177/08902070241256142.
• Grunenberg, E., Stachl, C., Breil, S.M., Schäpers, P., und Back, M.D. 2025. „Predicting and explaining assessment center judgments: A cross‐validated behavioral approach to performance judgments in interpersonal assessment center exercises.“ Human Resource Management 64 (2): 423–445. doi: 10.1002/hrm.22252.
• Rau, R., Grosz, M.P., und Back, M.D. 2025. „A large scale, gamified online assessment of first impressions: The Who Knows project.“ Behavior Research Methods 57 (3): 83. doi: 10.3758/s13428-025-02601-w.
• Farkhari, F., Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Schwarzer, C., Koch, J.F., Van Zalk, M.H. W., Schlipphak, B., und Back, M.D. 2025. „Right-wing authoritarianism and perceptions that minoritized groups pose a threat: The moderating roles of individual- and country-level religiosity and marginalization.“ British Journal of Social Psychology 64 e12830. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12830.
• Bhowmik, C.V., Back, M.D., Nestler, S., und Schrader, F.-W. 2025. „Appearing smart, confident and motivated: A lens model approach to judgment accuracy in an educational setting.“ Social Psychology of Education 28: 105. doi: 10.1007/s11218-025-10057-1.
• Wrzus, C., Roos, Y., Krämer, M.D., Schoedel, R., Back, M.D., und Richter, D.* * shared last authorship. 2025. „Affiliation motive and social interactions in people’s daily life: A temporal processes approach using ecological momentary assessment and mobile sensing.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 129 (2): 341–362. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000555.
• Reiter, T., Sakel, S., Scharbert, J., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Back, M., Bühner, M., und Schoedel, R. 2025. „Side effects of experience sampling protocols: A systematic analysis of how they affect data quality, data quantity & bias in study results.“ Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 8 (3). doi: 10.1177/25152459251347274.
• Grosz, M.P., Fuchs, J., und Back, M.D. 2025. „The GIPO data: A publicly available data set on personality and incentivized prosocial behavior.“ Personality Science 6. doi: 10.1177/27000710251348400.
• Grosz, M.P., Olaru, G., Back, M.D., und Rauthmann, J.F. 2025. „Assessing the ABCDs of Machiavellianism: Development and validation of the M4 scale using ant colony optimization.“ Preprint. Collabra: Psychology 11 (1). doi: 10.1525/collabra.142730.

2024

• Grosz, M.P., van Aert, R.C. M., und 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. doi: 10.1037/bul0000416.
• Kraft, L., Czarna, A.Z., Utesch, K., Back, M.D., und Dufner, M. 2024. „Do objective and peer-perceived qualities moderate the effect of narcissism on social outcomes?“ Collabra: Psychology 10 (1) 92325. doi: 10.1525/collabra.92325.
• Härtel, Tobias M., Breil, Simon M., Grunenberg, Eric, und Back, Mitja D. 2024. „Relationships between resumé cues and applicants' personality.“ Applied Psychology: An International Review 73 (4): 1728–1771. doi: 10.1111/apps.12522.
• Scharbert, J., Dein, L.M., Kroencke, L., Nestler, S., Back, D., M., und Utesch, K. 2024. „Narcissists’ affective well-being: Associations of grandiose narcissism with state affect level and variability.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 127 (1): 153–175. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000495.
• Grunenberg, E., Peters, H., Francis, M.J., Back, M.D., und Matz, S.C. 2024. „Machine learning in recruiting: Predicting personality from CVs and short text responses.“ Frontiers in Social Psychology 1. doi: 10.3389/frsps.2023.1290295.
• 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., und . . . Back, M.D. 2024. „Psychological well-being in Europe after the outbreak of war in Ukraine.“ Nature Communications 15 1202. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44693-6.
• Orth, U., Krauss, S., und Back, M.D. 2024. „Development of narcissism across the life span: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies.“ Psychological Bulletin 150 (6): 643–665. doi: 10.1037/bul0000436.
• Vaid, S.S., Kroencke, L., Roshanaei, M., Talaifar, S., Hancock, J.T., Back, M.D., Gosling, S.D., Ram, N., und Harari, G.M. 2024. „Variation in social media sensitivity across people and contexts.“ Scientific Reports 14 6571.
• Humberg, S., Kuper, N., Rentzsch, K., Gerlach, T.M., Back, M.D., und Nestler, S. 2024. „Investigating the effects of congruence between within-person associations: A comparison of two extensions of response surface analysis.“ Psychological Methods (in press). doi: 10.1037/met0000666.
• Härtel, T.M., Schuler, B.A., und Back, M.D. 2024. „"LinkedIn, LinkedIn on the screen, who is the greatest and smartest ever seen?’: A machine learning approach using valid LinkedIn cues to predict narcissism and intelligence.“ Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 97 (4): 1572–1602.
• Kaiser, M.I., Killin, A., Abendroth, A.-K., Back, M.D., Baune, B.T., Bilstein, N., Breitmoser, Y., Caspers, B.A., Gadau, J., Gossmann, T.I., Kaiser, S., Krüger, O., Kurtz, J.Lengersdorf, D., Malsch, A. K. F., Müller, C. Rauthmann, J.F., Reinhold, K., Richter, S.H., Stummer, C., Trappes, R., Voelcker-Rehage, C., und Wittmann, M.J. 2024. „Individualisation and individualised science across disciplinary perspectives.“ European Journal for Philosophy of Science 14 (41) 41. doi: 10.1007/s13194-024-00602-8.
• Schneider, S., Spormann, S.S., Morf, C.C., Back, M.D., Mokros, A., und Jauk, E. 2024. „The Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale: Updated and extended construct validation in community samples using a newly constructed German Version.“ Psychological Assessment 37 (1-2): 17–32.
• Breil, S.M., Amelung, D., Oberst, S., Rollinger, T., Ahrens, H., Garbe, A., Kadmon, M., Marschall, B., Back, M.D., und Peters, H. 2024. „Physicians' social skills – conceptualization, taxonomy, and behavioral assessment.“ Perspectives on Medical Education 13 (1): 635–345. doi: 10.5334/pme.1171.
• Bollwerk, M., Wetzel, E., Schlipphak, B., und Back, M.D. 2024. „Who feels marginalized? A latent class analysis of perceived societal marginalization.“ Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 27 (3): 597–618. doi: 10.1177/13684302231182924.

2023

• Weidmann, R., Chopik, W.J., Ackerman, R.A., Allroggen, M., Bianchi, E.C., Brecheen, C., und … Back, M. 2023. „Age and gender differences in narcissism: A comprehensive study across eight measures and over 250,000 participants.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (in press). doi: 10.31234/osf.io/5ygtc.
• 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., und . . . 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 17 (10) e12813. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12813.
• Meijerink-Bosman, M., Back, D., M., Geukes, Leenders, K., R., Mulder, und J.. 2023. „Discovering trends of social interaction behavior over time: An introduction to relational event modeling.“ Behavior Research Methods 55: 997–1023. doi: 10.3758/s13428-022-01821-8.
• Vecchione, M., Vacca, M., Dentale, F., Lombardo, C., Geukes, K., und Back, M.D. 2023. „The associations between grandiose narcissism and perfectionism: New insights into an old debate.“ Personality and Individual Differences 215 112395. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2023.112395.
• 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., T., Baune B., Dugas, M., Walter, M., Dannlowski, U., Buhlmann, U., D., Back M., und 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. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00293-6.
• Bollwerk, Michaek, Wetzel, Eunike, Schlipphak, Bernd, und Back, Mitja. 2023. „Who feels marginalized? A latent class analysis of perceived societal marginalization.“ Group Processes & Intergroup Relations in press. doi: 10.1177/1368430223118292.
• Utesch, K, Hecht, V, Utesch, T, Bläsing, B, und Back, M.D. 2023. „An application of Brunswik’s Lens Model to the judgment of dance.“ The Brunswik Society Newsletter 38.
• Humberg, S., Gerlach, T.M., Franke-Prasse, T., Geukes, K., und 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. doi: 10.5964/ps.7551.
• Kroencke, L, Harari, GM, Back, MD, und 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. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/g6s8f.
• M, Breil S, F, Lievens, B, Forthmann, Back, und D, M. 2023. „Interpersonal behavior in assessment center role-play exercises: Investigating structure, consistency, and effectiveness.“ Personnel Psychology 76 (3): 759–795. doi: 10.1111/peps.12507.
• Mota, S, Mielke, I, Kroencke, L, Geukes, K, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 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. doi: 10.1177/08902070221081322.
• Jauk, E, Olaru, G, Schürch, E, Back, MD, und Morf, CC. 2023. „Validation of the German Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory and construction of a brief form using ant colony optimization.“ Assessment 30 (4): 969–997. doi: 10.1177/10731911221075761.
• Haertel, TM, Leckelt, M, Grosz, MP, Küfner, AC P, Geukes, K, und Back, MD. 2023. „Pathways from narcissism to leadership emergence in social groups.“ European Journal of Personality 37 (1): 72–94. doi: 10.1177/08902070211046266.
• Förster, N, Forthmann, B, Back, MD, und Souvignier, E. 2023. „Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on reading performance of second grade children in Germany.“ Reading and Writing 36: 289–315. doi: 10.1007/s11145-022-10379-y.
• McCarthy, P., Meyer, T., Back, M., und Morina, N. 2023. „How we compare: a new approach to assess aspects of the comparison process for appearance-based standards and their associations with individual differences in wellbeing and personality measures.“ PloS one 18 (1) e0280072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280072.
• 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. doi: 10.5964/ps.7505.
• Rau, R., Zimmermann, J., und Back, M.D. 2023. „Applying multi-modal Social Relations Analyses in personality pathology research.“ Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment 14 (1): 73–82. doi: 10.1037/per0000589.
• Ryvkina, E., Kroencke, L., Geukes, K., Scharbert, J., und 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. doi: 10.5334/jopd.83.
• Vecchione, M., Vacca, M., Dentale, F., Spagnolo, G., Lombardo, C., Geukes, K., und Back, M.D. 2023. „Prospective associations between grandiose narcissism and perfectionism: A longitudinal study in adolescence.“ British Journal of Developmental Psychology 41: 172–186. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12441.
• Kroencke, L., Kuper, N., Mota, S., Geukes, K., Zeigler-Hill, V., und 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. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000467.
• Kroencke, L., Humberg, S., Breil, S.M., Geukes, K., Zoppolat, G., Balzarini, R.N., Alonso-Ferres, M., Slatcher, R.B., und 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. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/jb8cg.
• Geukes, K., Hecht, V., Utesch, T., Bläsing, B., und 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. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102436.
• Hater, L., Elsaadawy, N., Biesanz, J.C., Breil, S. M.Human, L. J., Niemeyer L. M., Tissera, H., Back, M.D., und Carlson, E.N. 2023. „Examining individual differences in meta-perceptive accuracy using the Social Meta-Accuracy Model.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (in press). doi: 10.31234/osf.io/9fwnd.

2022

• Breil, S.M., Forthmann, B., und Back, M.D. 2022. „Measuring distinct social skills via multiple speed assessments – a behavior-focused personnel selection approach.“ Psychological Assessment 38 (3): 224–236. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000657.
• Breil, S.M., Mielke, I., Ahrens, H., Geldmacher, T., Sensmeier, J., Marschall, B., und Back, M.D. 2022. „Predicting Actual Social Skill Expression from Personality and Skill Self-Concepts.“ Journal of Intelligence 10 (3) 48. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence10030048.
• Rau, R., Lawless DesJardins, N.M., Niemeyer, L.M., Back, M.D., Srivastava, S., und 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. doi: 10.1177/19485506211066710.
• Humberg, S, Schönbrodt, FD, Back, MD, und 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. doi: 10.1037/met0000352.
• Hellmann, JH, Schlechter, P, Knausenberger, J, Bollwerk, M, Geukes, K, und Back, MD. 2022. „Measuring perceived realistic physical threat imposed by migrants: Scale development and validation.“ European Journal of Psychological Assessment 38 (4): 332–342. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000668.
• Niemeyer, LM, Grosz, MP, Zimmermann, J, und Back, MD. 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. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2021.1923522.
• Zettler, I, Schild, C, Lilleholt, L, Kroencke, L, Utesch, T, Moshagen, M, Böhm, R, Back, MD, und 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: 299–310. doi: 10.1177/19485506211001680.
• Niemeyer, LM, Grosz, MP, Jallalvand, L, Mota, S, und Back, MD. 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.“ Assessment 29 (4): 731–747. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/u278n.
• Leckelt, M, König, J, Richter, D, Back, MD, und Schröder, C. 2022. „The personality traits of self-made and inherited millionaires.“ Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 9 (94). doi: 10.1057/s41599-022-01099-3.
• Bollwerk, M, Schlipphak, B, und Back, M. 2022. „Development and validation of the Perceived Societal Marginalization Scale.“ European Journal of Psychological Assessment 38 (2): 137–149. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000651.
• Rau, R, Carlson, EN, Dufner, M, Geukes, K, Kraft, L, Krause, S, Nikoleizig, L, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 2022. „Positive peer perceptions over time: Personality explains variation at zero-acquaintance, popularity explains differential change.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 123 (2): 423–443. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000407.
• Breil, SM, Schweppe, PC, Geukes, K, Biesanz, JC, Quintus, M, Wagner, J, Wrzus, C, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 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. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000408.
• Cannata, D, Breil, SM, Lepri, B, Back, MD, und O’Hora, D. 2022. „Toward an Integrative Approach to Nonverbal Personality Detection: Connecting Psychological and Artificial Intelligence Research.“ Technology, Mind, and Behavior 3 (2). doi: 10.1037/tmb0000054.
• Kuper, N, Breil, SB, Horstmann, KT, Roemer, L, Lischetzke, T, Sherman, RA, Back, MD, Denissen, JJ A, und Rauthmann, JF. 2022. „Individual differences in contingencies between situation characteristics and personality states.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 123 (5): 1166–1198. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000435.
• Humberg, S, Dufner, M, Schönbrodt, FD, Geukes, K, Hutteman, R, van, Zalk M H W, Denissen, JJ A, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 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. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000428.
• Schlipphak, Bernd, Isani, Mujtaba, und Back, Mitja. 2022. „Conspiracy Theory Beliefs and Political Trust: The Moderating Role of Political Communication.“ Politics and Governance 10 (4): 157–167. doi: 10.17645/pag.v10i4.5755.
• Farkhari, Fahima, Schlipphak, Bernd, und Back, Mitja. 2022. „Individual‐Level Predictors of Conspiracy Mentality in Germany and Poland.“ Politics and Governance 10 (4): 203–215. doi: 10.17645/pag.v10i4.5865.
• Grosz, M.P., Hartmann, I., Dufner, M., Leckelt, M., Gerlach, T.M., Rauthmann, J.F., Denissen, J.J. A., Küfner, A.C. P., und Back, M.D. 2022. „A process × domain assessment of narcissism: The Domain-Specific Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire.“ Assessment 29 (7): 1482–1495. doi: 10.1177/10731911211020075.

2021

• Frischlich, Lena, Hellmann, Jens H, Brinkschulte, Felix, Becker, Martin, und Back, Mitja D. 2021. „Right-wing authoritarianism, conspiracy mentality, and susceptibility to distorted alternative news.“ Social Influence 16: 24–64. doi: 10.1080/15534510.2021.1966499.
• Rau, R, Carlson, EN, Back, MD, Barranti, M, Gebauer, JE, Human, LJ, Leising, D, und 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. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000278.
• Weber, S, Geukes, K, Leckelt, M, und Back, MD. 2021. „The attractiveness of narcissists: Hard work or natural beauty?“ Self and Identity 20 (2): 235–267. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2019.1575899.
• Wehner, C, Maaß, U, Leckelt, M, Back, MD, und 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. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000617.
• Stecker, J, Bürkner, PC, Hellmann, JH, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 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) 22160. doi: 10.1525/collabra.22160.
• Bleidorn, W, Hopwood, CJ, Back, MD, Denissen, JJ A, Hennecke, M, Hill, PL, Jokela, M, Kandler, C, Lucas, RE, Luhmann, M, Orth, U, Roberts, BW, Wagner, J, Wrzus, C, und Zimmermann, J. 2021. „Personality trait stability and change.“ Personality Science 2 (e6009). doi: 10.5964/ps.6009.
• Blötner, C, Ziegler, M, Wehner, C, Back, MD, und Grosz, MP. 2021. „The nomological network of the short dark tetrad scale (SD4).“ European Journal of Psychological Assessment xxx. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000655.
• Bhowmik, CV, Nestler, N, Schrader, F-W, Praetorius, A-K, Biesanz, JC, und Back, MD. 2021. „Teacher judgments at zero-acquaintance: A social accuracy analysis.“ Contemporary Educational Psychology 65.
• Bhowmik, CV, Schrader, F, Back, MD, und Nestler, S. 2021. „An application of Brunswik’s lens model to the educational context.“ The Brunswik Society Newsletter 36: 18–20.
• Schlipphak, B, Bollwerk, M, und Back, M. 2021. „Beliefs in conspiracy theories (CT): the role of country context.“ Political Research Exchange 3 (1). doi: 10.1080/2474736X.2021.1949358.
• Rau, R, Niemeyer, LM, Lawless, DesJardins N M, Srivastava, S, Back, MD, und Nestler, S. 2021. „Perceiver effects in first impressions reflect generalized stereotypes: Evidence of consistency over time and across groups and contexts.“ Social Psychological and Personality Science xxx. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/ctm3a.
• Miller, JD, Back, MD, Lynam, DR, und Wright, AG C. 2021. „Narcissism today: What we know and what we need to learn.“ Current Directions in Psychological Science 30 (6): 519–525. doi: 10.1177/09637214211044109.
• Förster, N, Humberg, S, Hebbecker, K, Back, MD, und Souvignier, E. 2021. „Should teachers be accurate or (overly) positive? A competitive test of teacher judgment effects on students’ reading progress.“ Learning and Instruction xxx. doi: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2021.101519.
• Schlipphak, B, Bollwerk, M, und Back, MD. 2021. „Beliefs in conspiracy theories (CT): The role of country context.“ Political Research Exchange 3 (1949358). doi: 10.1080/2474736X.2021.1949358.
• Hater, L., Schulte, J., Geukes, K., Buhlmann, U., und Back, M.D. 2021. „Disentangling the Contributions of Agentic, Antagonistic, and Neurotic Narcissism to Drive for Thinness and Drive for Muscularity.“ PloS one 16 (6). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253187.
• Mielke, I, Humberg, S, Leckelt, M, Geukes, K, und Back, MD. 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. doi: 10.1177/1948550620930543.

2020

• Aczel, B, Szaszi, B, sarafoglou, A, und et, al. 2020. „A consensus-based transparency checklist.“ Nature Human Behaviour 4: 4–6. doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0772-6.
• Leckelt, M, Geukes, S, Küfner, AC P, Niemeyer, LM, Hutteman, R, Osterholz, S, Egloff, B, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 2020. „A longitudinal field investigation of narcissism and popularity over time: How agentic and antagonistic aspects of narcissism shape the development of peer rela-tionships.“ Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 46: 643–659. doi: 10.1177/0146167219872477.
• Human, LJ, Carlson, EN, Geukes, K, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 2020. „Do accurate personality impressions benefit early relationship development? The bidirectional associations between accuracy and liking.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 118 (01): 199–212.
• Grapsas, E, Brummelman, E, Back, MD, und Denissen, JJ A. 2020. „The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of narcissism: A process model of narcissistic status pursuit.“ Perspectives on Psychological Science 15: 150–172.
• Back, Mitja, Echterhoff, Gerald, Hellmann, J HForthmann B, Knausenberger J, Hellmann D F, und Rees, J HGansel E. 2020. „Support for refugee integration in West and East Germany: Results from two lost letter studies.“ Social Psychology 51: 106–115. doi: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000397.
• Dufner, M, Back, MD, Oehme, FF, und Schmukle, SC. 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.
• Grosz, MP, Leckelt, M, und Back, MD. 2020. „Personality predictors of social status attainment.“ Current Opinion in Psychology 33: 52–56.
• Hannuschke, M, Gollwitzer, M, Geukes, K, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 2020. „Neuroticism and interpersonal perception: Evidence for positive, but not negative, biases.“ Journal of Personality 88: 217–236.
• Möttus, R, Wood, D, Condon, DM, Back, MD, Baumert, A, Costantini, G, Epskamp, S, Greiff, S, Johnson, W, Lukaszewski, A, Murray, A, Revelle, W, Wright, A, Yarkoni, T, Ziegler, M, und 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. doi: 10.1002/per.2311.
• Kroencke, L., Geukes, K., Utesch, T., Kuper, N., und Back, M.D. 2020. „Neuroticism and emotional risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.“ Journal of Research in Personality 89: 104038.. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104038.
• Kroencke, L, Geukes, K, Utesch, T, Kuper, N, und Back, MD. 2020. „Neuroticism and emotional risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.“ Journal of Research in Personality 89. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104038.
• Back, MD, und Kandler, C. 2020. „Editorial: Some thoughts on the relevance, future prospects, and politics of structural personality research.“ European Journal of Personality 34: 489–491. doi: 10.1002/per.2298.
• W, Bleidorn, L, Hill P, D, Back M, …, und W, Roberts B. 2020. „Why stop at two opinions? A reply to McCrae.“ American Psychologist 75: 731–732. doi: 10.1037/amp0000676.
• Rau, R, Thielmann, I, Breil, SM, Geukes, K, Krause, S, Nikoleizig, L, Back, MD, und Nestler, S. 2020. „Do perceiver effects in interpersonal perception predict cooperation in social dilemmas?“ Collabra: Psychology 6 (1).
• Bollwerk, M, Schlipphak, B, und Back, MD. 2020. „Development and validation of the perceived societal marginalization scale.“ European Journal of Psychological xxx.
• Echterhoff, G., Hellmann, J.H., Back, M., Kärtner, J., Morina, N., und Hertel, G. 2020. „Psychological antecedents of refugee integration (PARI).“ Perspectives on Psychological Science 15: 856–879. doi: 10.1177/1745691619898838.
• van, Zalk M H W, Nestler, S, Geukes, K, Hutteman, R, und Back, MD. 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.
• Bleidorn, W, Hopwood, CJ, Back, MD, Denissen, JJ A, Hennecke, M, Jokela, M, und ..., Zimmermann J. 2020. „Longitudinal Experience-Wide Association Studies (LEWAS) – A framework for studying personality change.“ European Journal of Personality 34: 285–300.
• Back, MD. 2020. „Editorial: A brief wish list for personality research.“ European Journal of Personality 34: 3–7.
• Kerr, LG, Tissera, H, McClure, MJ, Lydon, JE, Back, MD, und Human, LJ. 2020. „Blind at first sight: The role of distinctively accurate and positive first impressions in romantic interest.“ Psychological Science 31: 715–728. doi: 10.1177/0956797620919674.
• Wetzel, E, Lang, FJ, Back, MD, Vecchione, M, Rogoza, R, und Roberts, B. 2020. „Measurement invariance of three narcissism questionnaires across the US, the UK, and Germany.“ Assessment 28: 29–43. doi: 10.1177/1073191120907967.

2019

• Breil, SM, und Back, MD. 2019. „The perceived and actual relationship between nonverbal cues and personality: An overview of empirical findings.“ The Brunswik Society Newsletter xxxx (34): 1–3.
• van, Zalk M H W, Nestler, S, Geukes, K, Hutteman, R, und Back, MD. 2019. „The Co-Development of extraversion and friendships: Bonding and behavioral mechanisms in friendship networks.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology xxx.
• Nestler, S, Geukes, K, und Back, MD. 2019. „Modeling intraindividual variability in three-level models.“ Methdology 14: 95–108.
• Echterhoff, G, Hellmann, JH, Back, MD, Esses, V, und Wagner, U. 2019. „Editorial special issue on ‘The social psychology of forced migration and refugee integration’.“ European Journal of Social Psychology 49: 1337–1343. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2613.
• Breil, SM, Forthmann, B, Hertel, A, Ahrens, H, Brouwer, B, Schönefeld, E, Marschall, B, und Back, MD. 2019. „Construct Validity of Multiple Mini Interviews – Investigating the Role of Stations, Skills, and Raters using Bayesian G-theory.“ Medical Teacher Advance Online Publication.
• Mota, S., Schaber, S., Allroggen, M., Buhlmann, U., und Back, M.D. 2019. „Narcissistic Admiration und Rivalry im psychotherapeutischen Kontext: Struktur, nomologisches Netz und die Vorhersage psychopathologischer Symptomatik.“ Psychotherapeut 64: 436–447. doi: 10.1007/s00278-019-00381-1.
• Wille, B, Hofmans, J, Lievens, F, Back, MD, und 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).
• Holtzman, NS, Tackman, AM, Carey, AL, Brucks, MS, Küfner, AC P, Große, Deters F, Back, MD, Donnellan, MB, Pennebaker, JW, Sherman, RA, und Mehl, MR. 2019. „Linguistic markers of grandiose narcissism: A LIWC analysis of 15 samples.“ Journal of Language and Social Psychology 38: 773–786.
• Leckelt, M, Richter, D, Wetzel, E, und Back, MD. 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: 10.1525/collabra.248.
• Bleidorn, W, Hill, P, Back, MD, Denissen, JJ A, Hennecke, M, Hopwood, CJ, Jokela, M, Kandler, C, Lucas, RE, Luhmann, M, Orth, U, Wagner, J, Wrzus, C, Zimmermann, J, und Roberts, B. 2019. „The policy relevance of personality traits.“ American Psychologist 74 (09): 1056–1067. doi: 10.1037/amp0000503.
• Leckelt, M, Richter, D, Wetzel, E, und Back, MD. 2019. „Longitudinal associations of narcissism with interpersonal, intrapersonal, and institutional outcomes: An investigation using a representative sample of the German population.“ Collabra: Psychology. *.
• Mota, S, Humberg, S, Krause, S, Fatfouta, R, Geukes, K, Schröder-Abé, M, und Back, MD. 2019. „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 *.
• Rau, R, Nestler, S, Geukes, K, Back, MD, und 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.
• Back, MD. 2019. „Editorial: Increasing scientific quality in the expanding field of personality science.“ European Journal of Personality 33.
• Geukes, K, Breil, SM, Hutteman, R, Nestler, S, Küfner, AC P, und Back, MD. 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.
• Humberg, S, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 2019. „Response Surface Analysis in personality and social psychology: Checklist and clarifications for the case of congruence hypotheses.“ Social Psychological and Personality Science *.
• Leckelt, M, Richter, D, Schröder, C, Küfner, AC P, Grabka, MM, und Back, MD. 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.
• Hall, JA, Schlegel, K, Castro, VL, und Back, MD. 2019. „What laypeople think the Big Five trait labels mean.“ Journal of Research in Personality 78: 268–285.
• Breil, SM, Geukes, K, Wilson, RE, Nestler, S, Vazire, S, und Back, MD. 2019. „Zooming into real-life extraversion – how personality and situation shape sociability in social interactions.“ Collabra: Psychology 5(1),7.
• Mota, S, Leckelt, M, Geukes, K, Nestler, S, Humberg, S, Schröder-Abé, M, Schmukle, SC, und Back, MD. 2019. „A Comprehensive Examination of Narcissists’ Self-Perceived and Actual Socioemotional Cognition Ability.“ Collabra: Psychology 5(1), 6.
• Grosz, M.P., Emons W. H. M., Wetzel E., Leckelt M., Chopik W. J., und 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.
• Hahn, E, Richter, D, Schupp, J, und Back, MD. 2019. „Predictors of refugee adjustment: The importance of cognitive skills and personality.“ Collabra: Psychology 5 (23). doi: 10.1525/collabra.212.

2018

• Humberg, SC, Dufner, M, Schönbrodt, FD, Geukes, K, Huttemann, R, Van, Zalk M, Denissen, JJ A, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 2018. „Enhanced versus simply positive: A new condition-based regression analysis to dis-entangle effects of self-enhancement from effects of positivity of self-view.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 114: 303–322.
• Humberg, S, Dufner, M, Schönbrodt, FD, Geukes, K, Hutteman, R, Küfner, AC P, van, Zalk M H W, Denissen, JJ A, Nestler, S, und Back, MD. 2018. „Is accurate, positive, or inflated self-perception most advantageous for psychological adjustment? A competitive test of key hypotheses.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology *.
• Back, MD. 2018. „The structure and dynamics of (research on) personality and personality disorders: A Joint Journey.“ European Journal of Personality 32.
• Humberg, Sarah, Dufner, Michael, Schönbrodt, Felix, Geukes, Katharina, Hutteman, Roos, Maarten, van Zalk, Denissen, Jaap, Nestler, Steffen, und Back, Mitja. 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). doi: 10.1525/collabra.137.
• Breil, SM, und Back, MD. 2018. „What is measured within an assessment center: A detailed investigation of underlying cues.“ The Brunswik Society Newsletter 33: 7–9.
• Nestler, S, Geukes, K, und Back, MD. 2018. „Modeling intraindividual variability in three-level models.“ Methodology 14(3).
• Oeberst, A, von, der Beck I, Back, MD, Cress, U, und Nestler, S. 2018. „Biases in the production and reception of collective knowledge: The case of hindsight bias in Wikipedia.“ Psychological Research 82: 1010–1026.
• Hall, JA, Back, MD, Nestler, S, Frauendorfer, D, Schmid, Mast M, und Ruben, MA. 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.
• Geukes K, van Zalk M, und Back, MD. 2018. „Understanding personality development: An integrative state process model.“ International Journal of Behavioral Development 42.
• Veccione, M, Dentale, F, Graziano, M, Dufner, M, Wetzel, E, Leckelt, M, und Back, MD. 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 *.
• Back, MD. 2018. „Editorial: Continued Quality, Openness, and Curiosity at the European Journal of Personality.“ European Journal of Personality 32: 3–5.
• Hirschmüller, S, Schmukle, SC, Krause, S, Back, MD, und Egloff, B. 2018. „Accuracy of self-esteem judgments at zero acquaintance.“ Journal of Personality 86: 308–319.

2017

• Nestler, S, Geukes, K, Huttemann, R, und Back, MD. 2017. „Tackling longitudinal round-robin data: The Social Relations Growth Model.“ Psychometrika 82: 1162–1181.
• Breil, SM, Geukes, K, und Back, MD. 2017. „Using situational judgment tests and assessment centres in personality psychology: Three suggestions.“ European Journal of Personality 31: 442–443.
• Geukes, K, und Back, MD. 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..
• Grosz, MP, Loesch, T, und Back, MD. 2017. „The Narcissism overclaiming link revisited.“ Journal of Research in Personality 70: 134–138.
• Mahmoodi, J, Leckelt, M, van, Zalk M W H, Geukes, K, und Back, MD. 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.
• Hirschmüller, S, Schmukle, SC, Krause, S, Back, MD, und Egloff, B. 2017. „Accuracy of self-esteem judgments at zero acquaintance.“ Journal of Personality 2017.
• Wurst, S.N., Gerlach, T.M., Dufner, M., Rauthmann, J.F., Grosz, M.P., Küfner, A.C. P., Denissen, J.J. A., und Back, M.D. 2017. „Narcissism and romantic relationships: The differential impact of narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology N.N..
• D., Back M. 2017. „Editorial.“ European Journal of Personality N.N..
• Nestler, S., Leckelt, M., Back, M.D., von, der Beck I., Cress, U., und Oeberst, A. 2017. „Produktion von naturwissenschaftlichen Informationen im Internet am Beispiel von Wikipedia.“ Psychologische Rundschau 68: 172–176.
• Leckelt, M., Wetzel, E., Gerlach, T.M., Ackerman, R.A., Miller, J.D., Chopik, W.J., Penke, L., Geukes, K., Küfner, A.C. P., Hutteman, R., Richter, D., Renner, K.-H., Allroggen, M., Brecheen, C., Campbell, W.K., Grossmann, I., und Back, M.D. 2017. „Validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire short scale (NARQ-S) in convenience and representative samples.“ Psychological Assessment N.N..
• Humberg, S., Dufner, M., Schönbrodt, F.D., Geukes, K., Hutteman, R., van, Zalk M. H. W., Denissen, J.J. A., Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2017. „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 N.N..
• Geukes, K., van, Zalk M. H. W., und Back, M.D. 2017. „Understanding Personality Development: An Integrative State Process Model.“ International Journal of Behavioral Development. N.N..
• Geukes, K., Nestler, S., Hutteman, R., Küfner, A.C. P., und 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.
• Geukes, K, Nestler, S, Hutteman, R, Dufner, M, Küfner, AC P, Egloff, B, Denissen, JJ A, und Back, MD. 2017. „Puffed up but shaky selves: State self-esteem level and variability in narcissists.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 112: 769–786. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000093.
• Morf, C.C., Schürch, E., Küfner, A., Siegrist, P., Vater, A., Back, M., Mestel, R., und 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.
• Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2017. „Using cross-classified structural equations models to examine the accuracy of personality judgments.“ Psychometrika 82: 475–497.
• Hellmann, JH, Knausenberger, J, Echterhoff, G, und Back, MD. 2017. „Woher kommt die Angst vor Fremden und einer sogenannten Islamisierung?“ Pax Christi-Korrespondenz 8: 13–21.
• Nestler, S, Geukes, K, Hutteman, R, und Back, MD. 2017. „Tackling longitudinal round-robin data: A Social Relations Growth Model.“ Psychometrika 82: 1162–1181..

2016

• Wetzel, E., Leckelt, M., Gerlach, T.M., und Back, M.D. 2016. „Distinguishing subgroups of narcissists with latent class analysis.“ European Journal of Personality 30.
• Krause, S., Back, M.D., Egloff, B., und Schmukle, S.C. 2016. „Predicting self-confident behavior with implicit and explicit self-esteem measures.“ European Journal of Personality 30.
• Allroggen, M., Back, M.D., und Plener, P.L. 2016. „Kinder an die Macht? – Machiavellismus im Kindes- und Jugendalter.“ Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie 44.
• Leckelt, M., Back, M.D., Foster, J.D., Hutteman, R., Jaeger, G., McCain, J., Twenge, J.M., und Campbell, W.K. 2016. „Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism – But only in men.“ Journal of Research in Personality 60: 8–11.

2015

• Hutteman, R., Nestler, S., Wagner, J., Egloff, B., und 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 2015.
• Carey, A.L., Brucks, M., Küfner, A.C. P., Holtzman, N.S., Deters, F.g., Back, M.D., Donnellan, M.B., Pennebaker, J.W., und Mehl, M.R. 2015. „Narcissism and the Use of Personal Pronouns Revisited.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2015.
• Küfner, A.C. P., Dufner, M., und Back, M.D. 2015. „Das Dreckige Dutzend und die Niederträchtigen Neun – Kurzskalen zur Erfassung von Narzissmus, Machiavellismus und Psychopathie.“ Diagnostica 2015.
• Hirschmüller, S., Egloff, B., Schmukle, S.C., Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2015. „Accurate Judgments of Neuroticism at Zero Acquaintance: A Question of Relevance.“ Journal of Personality 2015.
• Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2015. „Cross-Classified Structural Equation Models for the Analysis of Lens Model Data.“ The Brunswik Society Newsletter 30.
• Hirschmüller, S., Egloff, B., Schmukle, S.C., Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2015. „Accurate Judgments of Neuroticism at Zero Acquaintance: A Question of Relevance.“ Journal of Personality 83.
• D., Back M. 2015. „Editorial. Opening the process-black box: Mechanisms underlying the social consequences of personality.“ European Journal of Personality 2015.
• Back, M.D., und Vazire, S. 2015. „The social consequences of personality: Six suggestions for future research.“ European Journal of Personality 2015.
• Geukes, K., und Back, M.D. 2015. „Beyond cross-role self-concepts: Contextualized personality in action.“ European Journal of Personality 2015.
• Grosz, M.P., Dufner, M., Back, M.D., und 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 2015.
• Lawless, DesJardins N. M., Srivastava, S., Küfner, A.C. P., und Back, M.D. 2015. „Who attains status? Similarities and differences across social contexts.“ Social Psychological and Personality Science 2015.
• Leckelt, M., Küfner, A.C. P., Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2015. „Behavioral processes underlying the decline of narcissists’ popularity over time.“ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2015.
• Nestler, S., Thielsch, M., Vasilev, E., und Back, M.D. 2015. „Will they stay or will they go? Personality predictors of dropout in an online study.“ International Journal of Internet Science 2015.

2014

• Dufner, M., Egloff, B., Hausmann, C., Wendland, L.-M., Neyer, F.J., und Back, M.D. 2014. „Narcissistic tendencies among actors: Craving for admiration, but not at the cost of others.“ Social Psychological and Personality Science 2014.
• Hirschmüller, S., Egloff, B., Schmukle, S.C., Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2014. „A lens model approach to accurate personality judgments: The case of neuroticism and situational relevance.“ The Brunswik Society Newsletter 2014 (29): 27–29.
• Krause, S., Back, M.D., Egloff, B., und Schmukle, S.C. 2014. „Implicit interpersonal attraction in small groups: Automatically activated evaluations predict actual behavior toward social partners.“ Social Psychological and Personality Science N.N..
• Stopfer, J.M., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., und 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.

2013

• Stopfer, J.M., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2013. „Using lens model analysis to understand impression formation in online social networks.“ The Brunswik Society Newsletter 28: 48–50.
• Back, M.D., Küfner, A.C. P., Dufner, M., Gerlach, T.M., Rauthmann, J.F., und 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.
• Stopfer, J.M., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., und 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.
• Hirschmüller, S., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., und 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.
• Nestler, S., und 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.
• Küfner, A.C. P., und Nestler S., Back M. D. 2013. „The two pathways to being an (un-)popular narcissist.“ Journal of Personality 81: 184–195.

2012

• Schönbrodt, F.D., Back, M.D., und Schmukle, S.C. 2012. „TripleR: An R package for social relations analyses based on round robin designs.“ Behavior Research Methods 44: 455–470.
• Krause, S., Back, M.D., Egloff, B., und 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.
• Nestler, S., Egloff, B., Küfner, A.C. P., und 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.
• Nestler, S., und Back, M.D. 2012. „Applications and extensions of lens model analyses in personality psychology.“ The Brunswik Society Newsletter 27.

2011

• Krause, S., Back, M.D., Egloff, B., und Schmukle, S.C. 2011. „Reliability of implicit self-esteem measures revisited.“ European Journal of Personality 25: 239–251.
• Back, M.D., Schmukle, S.C., und Egloff, B. 2011. „A closer look at first sight: Social relations lens model analyses of personality and interpersonal attraction at zero acqaintance.“ European Journal of Personality 25: 225–238.
• Back, M.D., Penke, L., Schmukle, S.C., Sachse, K., Borkenau, P., und Asendorpf, J.B. 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.
• Back, M.D., Penke, L., Schmukle, S.C., und Asedorpf, J.B. 2011. „Knowing your own mate value: Sex-specific personality effects on the accuracy of expected mate choices.“ Psychological Science 22: 984–989.
• 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., und Wrzus, C. 2011. „PERSOC: A unified framework for understanding the dynamic interplay of personality and social relationshiop.“ European Journal of Personality 25: 90–107.
• Asendorpf, J.B., Penke, L., und 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.
• Nestler, S., Back, M.D., und Egloff, B. 2011. „Psychometrische Eigenschaften zweier Skalen zur Erfassung interindividueller Unterschiede in der Präferenz zum Alleinsein.“ Diagnostica 57: 57–67.
• Back, M.D., Küfner, A.C. P., und 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.

2010

• Stopfer, J.M., Back, M.D., und Egloff, B. 2010. „Persönlichkeit 2.0: Genauigkeit von Persönlichkeitsurteilen andhand von Online-Social Network-Profilen.“ Datenschutz und Datensicherheit - DuD 34: 459–462.
• Back, M.D, Stopfer, J.M., Vazire, S., Gaddis, S., Schmukle, S.C., Egloff, B., und Gosling, S.D. 2010. „Facebook profiles reflect actual personality, not self-idealization.“ Psychological Science 21: 372–374.
• Back, M.D., Schmukle, S.C., und 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.
• Back, M.D., und Kenny, D.A. 2010. „The Social Relations Model: How to understand dyadic processes.“ Social and Personality Psychological Compass 4: 855–870.
• Küfner, A.C. P., Back, M.D., Nestler, S., und 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.
• Back, M.D., Küfner, A.C. P., und Egloff, B. 2010. „The emotional timeline of September 11, 2001.“ Psychological Science 21: 1417–1419.