Best personalitypsychologypodcast Podcasts (2024)

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#45 Counterdispositional behavior with Evy Kuijpers 27:08

11d ago27:08

27:08

In our daily lives, we may come across many situations in which we act in ways that are different from our typical personality. In this episode, Lisanne de Moor speaks with Evy Kuijpers about what counterdispositional behavior is and what the consequences of behaving in ways that are “out of character” are.…

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#44 Loneliness with Marlies Maes, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Marcus Mund, and Susanne Bücker 45:09

2M ago45:09

45:09

Loneliness has received a lot of attention—especially since the Covid-19 pandemic. In this episode, Rebekka Weidmann speaks with loneliness experts Marlies Maes, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Marcus Mund, and Susanne Bücker about the definition of loneliness and related but distinct constructs, the rising interest in loneliness, measurement issues, interv…

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#43 Paper Spotlight with Theo Klimstra and Kate McLean 21:58

3M ago21:58

21:58

In this episode, Rebekka Weidmann spoke with Theo Klimstra and Kate McLean, the two authors of a recently accepted Target Article in the European Journal of Personality titled "Reconsidering Normative Interpretations in Personality Research". The authors summarize their article and speak about how the field can move forward.…

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#42 What makes personality science useful, with Bill Revelle and Bob Hogan 36:15

4M ago36:15

36:15

René Mõttus talks to Bill Revelle and Bob Hogan who are well respected personality researchers in the field. They argue that the main use of personality research is to predict what real people do in the real world. Yet, much of academic psychology has not taken this seriously, focusing on abstract ideas and models with little real-world relevance. …

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#41 Creativity with Rodica Damian and Andreea Sutu 40:58

5M ago40:58

40:58

Creative products—paintings, poems, but also innovative ideas like the invention of the wheel—help societies move forward. As such, it is no surprise that formal interest in creativity from psychologists dates back at least 100 years, and the informal interest arguably much longer. In this episode, Rodica Damian and Andreea Sutu, two experts in the…

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#40 Paper Spotlight with David Hughes and Paul Irwing 21:59

6M ago21:59

21:59

In this episode, Lisanne de Moor spoke with David Hughes and Paul Irwing, two of the authors of a recent publication in the European Journal of Personality titled "Toward a taxonomy of personality facets". The authors summarize their article and its studies and outline how they developed the facet map.…

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#39 Life events and personality change with Wiebke Bleidorn and Chris Hopwood 42:59

7M ago42:59

42:59

Many lay people and scientists think that life events can change personality traits. But proving or disproving this has been surprisingly challenging. Wiebke Bleidorn and Chris Hopwood are among the leading researchers on this topic, and they were involved in a recent large study that summarized the evidence so far. They will talk to René Mõttus ab…

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#38 How to do the most good? Effective altruism, animals, and future risks with Lucius Caviola 37:19

8M ago37:19

37:19

In this episode, Lucius Caviola discusses his psychological research on effective altruism and how people can be encouraged to give more effectively. You can try out effective giving yourself using his research-based donation platform https://givingmultiplier.org/personality. The episode also explores Lucius' research on how we perceive the value o…

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#37 Sense of purpose with Gabrielle Pfund 27:14

9M ago27:14

27:14

Have you ever pondered about your purpose? In this episode, we talked with Gabrielle Pfund about sense of purpose. What does it mean to have a sense of purpose, how can we measure it, and how is it related to important life outcomes? Gabrielle also describes the characteristics of people who are more likely to have a sense of purpose and in what di…

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#36 Personality change interventions with Mathias Allemand, Gabriel Olaru, and Christoph Flückiger 44:23

9M ago44:23

44:23

There is a lot of interest in the idea that people can voluntarily change their personality traits. René Mõttus talks to Mathias Allemand, Gabriel Olaru, and Christoph Flückiger about personality change interventions. Why people want to change their personality traits, how can they do it, and how long could the effects last? They also discuss ethic…

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#35 Personality and aging with Flavia Chereches, Denis Gerstorf, Eileen Graham, and Dan Mroczek 56:00

10M ago56:00

56:00

In this episode, Lisanne de Moor talks with four researchers in the field of personality and aging about common trends in personality change into old age, antecedents and consequences thereof and, most importantly, individual differences.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#34 Goals and motivations with Marie Hennecke and Jana Nikitin 34:01

11M ago34:01

34:01

In this episode, Marie Hennecke and Jana Nikitin talk about their research on goals and motivations. Specifically, they discuss why goals and motivations are important, how they change across the lifespan, and how we can achieve our goals—and even change our personality traits.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#33 Paper Spotlight with Emily Willroth 10:52

12M ago10:52

10:52

What is a good life? And can people have it? A recent European Journal of Personality paper authored by Emily Willroth and colleagues explored this question among U.S. Americans and Japanese, and also asked whether most people have the lives that they want.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#32 Narrative identity with Jonathan Adler, Kate McLean, and Monisha Pasupathi 40:03

1y ago40:03

40:03

In this episode, Lisanne de Moor talks with three experts on what narrative identity is, what important contributions it makes to the field of personality psychology, and what is needed to further advance research on narrative identity.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#31 Attachment, optimism, and honesty with Bill Chopik 42:01

1y ago42:01

42:01

Personality research occupies itself with not only the Big Five traits but a myriad of other important constructs. Bill Chopik talks in this episode about his research on attachment, optimism, and honesty, and also close relationships (including pets). He shares his experience with cross-cultural and lifespan studies, and important lessons from gra…

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#30 Personality states with Gabriella Harari, Kai Horstmann, and Whitney Ringwald 42:21

1y ago42:21

42:21

Many researchers like to think of personalities as patterns of dynamic states. Thanks to technological advances, they can now measure the states and build statistical models from these measurements. Other researchers may have remained more sceptical: after all, isn’t personality something relatively stable, by definition? Can state models really he…

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#29 Causal inference with Michael Grosz 39:22

1y ago39:22

39:22

In this episode, Michael Grosz talks about what causal inference is, how difficult it is to test in personality psychology, and why he doesn't give up on our field.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#28 Big Five vs. HEXACO with Colin DeYoung, Isabel Thielmann, Luke Smillie, and Reinout de Vries 1:04:47

1+ y ago1:04:47

1:04:47

In this episode moderated by Lisanne de Moor, Colin DeYoung, Isabel Thielmann, Luke Smillie, and Reinout de Vries discuss personality traits and trait models, and debate the evidence for and against two of the most dominant trait models: the Big Five and the HEXACO model.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#27 Geography and personality with Fritz Götz, Elisa Militaru, and Markus Jokela 47:12

1+ y ago47:12

47:12

What does geography have to do with personality? In this episode, Rebekka Weidmann speaks with Fritz Götz, Elisa Militaru, and Markus Jokela about studying personality from a geographical psychology approach—what that research field is, how things are measured (and how tricky it is to measure), past interesting findings and future directions.…

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#26 Spirituality and religiosity with Julie Exline 39:48

1+ y ago39:48

39:48

Julie Exline is an expert in studying spirituality and religiosity. For this episode, Julie talked with Rebekka Weidmann how she came to study spirituality and religiosity, the nature of spiritual struggles, and supernatural operating rules—how people envision or experience God or other supernatural powers.…

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#25 Behaviour genetics with Michel Nivard 42:06

1+ y ago42:06

42:06

Michel Nivard and René Mõttus discuss classical and modern behaviour genetics, and why much of personality genetics is no longer focused on finding personality genes (there are none) but using genes to learn about environment. Perhaps paradoxically, then, genetics is as likely to help with building psychological and sociological theories of persona…

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#24 Personality, doomsday prepping, science denial, and being wrong with Adam Fetterman 39:11

1+ y ago39:11

39:11

In this episode, Lisanne de Moor chats with Adam Fetterman about his work on the role of personality and beliefs in shaping people’s behavior in contemporary phenomena such as doomsday prepping, science denial, and people’s willingness to admit to being wrong.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#23 Personality: universalism and cultural context with Moin Syed 27:02

2y ago27:02

27:02

Personality psychology is an exciting field of research. However, as we learn in Moin Syed’s presentation, this excitement has been dampened by a hyper focus on methodological and definitional issues based on the history of our field. However, personality can be more. Moin Syed talks in his presentation about how our field can earn back its excitem…

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#22 Interviews at the 20th European Conference on Personality in Madrid 35:13

2y ago35:13

35:13

For this episode, we talked to ten researchers at the 20th European Conference on Personality (#ECP20) in Madrid, including Anna Hakobjanyan, Jérome Rossier, Matej Bjurković, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura Buchinger, Markus Jokela, Barbara De Clercq, Verònica Benet-Martínez, Arij Yehya, and Kendall Mather.…

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#21 Personality and health with Nick Turiano, Damaris Aschwanden, and Yannick Stephan 48:04

2y ago48:04

48:04

This episode's guests were Nick Turiano, Damaris Aschwanden, and Yannick Stephan, three experts in personality and health psychology, who talked with Rebekka Weidmann about the importance of considering personality when predicting important health outcomes across the life span.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#20 Post-traumatic growth with Laura Blackie and Eranda Jayawickreme 41:41

2y ago41:41

41:41

Many people believe that traumatic experiences are often followed by psychological growth. What does not kill us, makes us stronger, right? Laura Blackie and Eranda Jayawickreme are among the leading researchers on this topic, and they just guest-edited a special issue on post-traumatic personality growth in the European Journal of Personality. The…

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#19 Paper Spotlight with Emily Willroth and Brett Ford 12:02

2y ago12:02

12:02

René Mõttus talks with Emily Willroth and Brett Ford about their recently published paper in the European Journal of Personality entitled: "Emotional responses to a global stressor: Average patterns and individual differences"By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#18 Personality and psychopathology with Bob Krueger, Odilia Laceulle, and Johannes Zimmerman 42:19

2y ago42:19

42:19

In this episode, Lisanne de Moor talked with three experts about a dimensional approach to conceptualizing and measuring psychopathology, and the HiTOP model as an example of one of the advancements of this approach.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#17 Paper Spotlight with Paul Eastwick 12:21

2+ y ago12:21

12:21

Rebekka Weidmann talks with Paul Eastwick about his recently accepted paper in the European Journal of Personality entitled: "Predicting Romantic Interest during Early Relationship Development: A Preregistered Investigation using Machine Learning"By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#16 Self-esteem with Ulrich Orth, Ketaki Diwan, and Lorenzo Filosa 38:08

2+ y ago38:08

38:08

Lisanne de Moor speaks with Ulrich Orth, Ketaki Diwan, and Lorenzo Filosa, three self-esteem researchers, about what self-esteem is, why it has attracted so much scientific attention, some interesting new discoveries, and some outstanding research questions.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#15 Intelligence with Ian Deary 45:02

2+ y ago45:02

45:02

René Mõttus speaks with Ian Deary, who has published many hundreds of articles on intelligence and personality traits, alongside several books. They discuss the value of robust empirical findings over grand theories and key findings about human intelligence. They also compare personality and intelligence research and discuss their future. And final…

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#14 Psychopathology, authenticity, sustainability, and veganism with Chris Hopwood 51:10

2+ y ago51:10

51:10

In this episode, Rebekka Weidmann speaks with Chris Hopwood about his research on personality and psychopathology, and also his work on authenticity and realness, sustainable behavior, and veganism.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#13 Personality science and helping people to change, with Patrick Hill 45:32

2+ y ago45:32

45:32

Patrick Hill has studied many topics, including purpose in life, gratitude, health, and personality change. In this episode, Patrick spoke with René Mõttus about the influence of personality on life outcomes, interventions to change personality traits, and several other topics.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#12 Diversity and inclusiveness with Alexandria West, Hrag Vosgerichian, and Khatuna Martskvishvili 41:11

2+ y ago41:11

41:11

At the 2021 EAPP Day, we conducted a live panel discussion with Alexandria West, Hrag Vosgerichian, and Khatuna Martskvishvili and discussed how we can bring more diversity and inclusiveness into the field of personality research. Thank you all for attending!By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#11 Adolescent personality with Jenny Wagner, Eva Bleckmann, Larissa Wieczorek, and Naemi Brandt 37:25

2+ y ago37:25

37:25

Lisanne de Moor spoke with Jenny Wagner, Eva Bleckmann, Larissa Wieczorek, and Naemi Brandt about their research on adolescent personality. They discussed personality development, and school and relationships as influencing factors. In addition, they discussed major recent accomplishments in the fields as well as the next steps forward.…

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#10 The past, present, and controversies of personality trait psychology with Jeff McCrae 44:52

2+ y ago44:52

44:52

René Mõttus spoke with one of the most influential personality psychologists in recent decades, Robert "Jeff" McCrae. They discussed the history and achievements of personality trait psychology and some of the key questions still awaiting an answer. They also spoke about an early "conspiracy" among the Big Five enthusiasts to promote the trait mode…

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#9 Narcissism with Mitja Back, Carolyn Morf, and Joshua Miller 52:55

3y ago52:55

52:55

In this episode, Rebekka Weidmann talked with Mitja Back, Carolyn Morf, and Joshua Miller about narcissism—what it is, how it manifests in people’s lives, whether it changes, and common misconceptions about narcissism.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#8 Morality and moral development with Jessie Sun 48:11

3y ago48:11

48:11

In this episode, Lisanne de Moor talked with Jessie Sun about morality and moral development, and how to conceptualize and measure it in research. In addition, they discussed some of Jessie’s past, ongoing, and upcoming research, and the major challenges she sees in moving forward.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#7 Personality development with Ted Schwaba, Eva Asselmann, and Chris Soto 37:44

3y ago37:44

37:44

In this episode, Rebekka Weidmann talked with Ted Schwaba, Eva Asselmann, and Chris Soto about their research on personality development across the lifespan, the importance of personality for life outcomes, and the emerging study of social, emotional, and behavioral skills.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#6 A chat with Joanne Chung 42:01

3y ago42:01

42:01

In this episode, Lisanne de Moor talks with Joanne Chung about how she became interested in personality psychology, her past, present, and future work, and creating spaces and recognizing different voices in our work as personality scientists.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#5 Subjective well-being with Susanne Bücker, Rich Lucas, and Samantha Heintzelman 44:01

3y ago44:01

44:01

In this episode, Rebekka Weidmann talked to Susanne Bücker, Richard Lucas, and Samantha Heintzelman about subjective well-being across the life span, factors that can change the well-being of people including the pandemic, and typical misconceptions that people might hold.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#4 Personality in the work context with Joanna Sosnowska 36:20

3y ago36:20

36:20

In this episode, Joanna Sosnowska and René Mõttus discuss dynamic models of personality and their usefulness for describing and understanding the psychology of workplace. The discussion is partly based on a recent paper Joanna and her colleagues published in the European Journal of Personality, as well as an upcoming special issue co-edited by Joan…

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#3 Personality structure and change with Emorie Beck 36:45

3+ y ago36:45

36:45

In this episode, we hear a presentation by Emorie Beck on her research on nomothetic and idiographic approaches to personality structure and change, couched in a historical perspective.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#2 Personalized approaches to personality with Aidan Wright 44:29

3+ y ago44:29

44:29

In this episode, Lisanne de Moor talked to Aidan Wright about how personality can be measured from a more personalized angle, what such an approach can contribute to personality science, and what are some of the challenges that he sees for moving this research forward.By personalitypsychologypodcast

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#1 Introducing personality psychology with Julia Rohrer & Jaap Denissen 51:05

3+ y ago51:05

51:05

Welcome to our podcast! For this episode, René Mõttus talked to Julia Rohrer and Jaap Denissen about what personality is, how personality psychology is unique as a field, and what its most significant achievements have been so far—but also about what is still puzzling and what can be improved for the future.…

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