In Revision 

• Den Boer, L., de Moor, L. & Reitz, A. K. (in revision). Identity formation during the transition to working life. European Journal of Personality. osf.io/rkwyt/ p, s

Under Review 

• Diwan, K. Bakx, A., Meens, E. & Reitz, A. K. (under review). Daily events and state self-esteem during the student-to-teacher transition. https://osf.io/4x72h/
• Diwan, K., Kooij, D., Bakx, A., Meens, E. & Reitz, A. K. (under review). Changes in person-job fit and self-esteem during the student-to-teacher transition.
• Guðmundsdóttir, G. R., de Moor, L., & Reitz, A. K. (under review). Narrative agency and communion as predictors of self-esteem level, instability and change during the university-to-work transition. https://osf.io/cwevf       

In Preparation 

• Bange, P., Pelt, D., Reitz, A. K., van Roekel, E., & van Scheppingen, E. (in preparation) Genetic and environmental contributions to personality stability and change: A longitudinal twin plus sibling design. https://osf.io/f9yn4/
• Chereches, F. & Reitz, A. K. (in preparation). Daily dynamics of self-concept clarity and negative affect during the university-to-work transition. https://osf.io/8n5uw/
• Chereches, F., Schwabe, I. & Reitz, A. K. (in preparation). Within-person variability and carry-over effects of personality states in young adults’ daily lives across their transition to work. https://osf.io/ydzep/
• Reitz, A. K. & Bolger, N. (in preparation). A daily-diary analysis of self-esteem and need change across the transition to work. https://osf.io/ekfsq/ 
• Reitz, A. K. & Olaru, G. (in preparation). Workplace need satisfaction as a predictor of self-esteem and life satisfaction across adulthood. https://osf.io/2vx8y/ 
• Steinkampf, M. L., Olaru, G., & Reitz, A. K. (in preparation). Reciprocal associations between personality and job engagement in young adulthood. 
• Tran, C., Stavrova, O., Ivanova, K. & Reitz, A. K.  (in preparation). Daily self-esteem and well-being of first-time mothers during the transition to parenthood. 
• Visscher, A., van Roekel, E., Reitz, A. K., Bogaerts, S., & Sijtsema, J. (in preparation). Trajectories of adolescents' life satisfaction, academic performance and academic motivation across the shift to vocational education. https://osf.io/sakh2/

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals 

• Enting, M., Jongerling, J. & Reitz, A. K. (2024). Self-esteem and social interactions in daily life: An experience sampling study. European Journal of Personality. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/sfp37
• Tran, C., Ivanova, K., Reitz, A. K., & Stavrova, O. (2024). Transition to parenthood: The association between expectations and family-life satisfaction. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506241260570
• Reitz, A. K. (2024). Wind(ow)s of change? A case for (re)focusing on the individual. [Peer commentary on “Life events and personality change: A systematic review and meta-analysis”. European Journal of Personality, 38(3), 569-596. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231211207
• van Scheppingen*, M. A., Reitz*, A. K., De Caluwé*, E., & Lodder, G. (2023). Changes in loneliness and coping strategies during COVID‐19. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(12), e12895. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12895 (* shared first authorship)
• Diwan, K. A., Chung, J. M., Meyers, C., van Doeselaar, L., & Reitz, A. K. (2023). Short-term dynamics of pride and state self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition. European Journal of Personality. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231190255
• Klimstra, T., Archer, A., Reitz, A. K., Chung, J., & Engelen, B. (2023). There goes my hero: The role of exemplars in identity formation. Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1159/000531435
• Reitz, A. K. (2022). Self‐esteem development and life events: A review and integrative process framework. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 16(11), e12709. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12709 (among 10 most cited papers in this journal)
• Reitz, A. K., den Boer, van Scheppingen, & Diwan, K. (2022). Personality maturation through sense of mastery? Longitudinal evidence from two education-to-work transition studies. Journal of Personality, 91. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12789
• Reitz, A. K., Luhmann, M., Bleidorn, W., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2022). Unraveling the complex relationship between work transitions and self-esteem and life satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(3), 597–620. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000423
• Reitz, A. K., Weidmann, R., Wünsche, J., Bühler, J. Burriss, R. P., & Grob, A. (2022). In good times and in bad: A longitudinal analysis of the impact of bereavement on self-esteem and life satisfaction in couples. European Journal of Personality, 36(4), 616–639. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211054896
• Stavrova, O., Reitz, A. K., & Evans, A. M. (2022). Temporal dynamics of interpersonal trust during the transition to parenthood. Journal of Research in Personality, 97, 104188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104188
• van Doeselaar, L. & Reitz, A. K. (2022). Personal narratives as a predictor of trait change and state fluctuations in self-esteem and life satisfaction during the transition from education to work. Identity. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2022.2106229
• Jankovic, M., Sijtsema, J. J., Reitz, A. K., Masthoff, E. D., & Bogaerts, S. (2021). Workplace violence, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 168, 110410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110410
• Lodder, G. M. A., van Halem, S., Bülow, A., Van Scheppingen, M. A., Weller, J., & Reitz, A. K. (2021). Daily fluctuations in occupation with and worry about COVID-19. Personality and Individual Differences, 182, 111078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111078
• Arslan, R. C., Reitz, A. K., Driebe, J. C., Gerlach, T. M., & Penke, L. (2020). Routinely randomize potential sources of measurement reactivity to estimate and adjust for biases in subjective reports. Psychological Methods, 26(2), 175–185. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000294
• Reitz, A. K., Shrout, P. E., Denissen, J. A., Dufner, M., & Bolger, N. (2020). Self-esteem change during the transition from university to work. Journal of Personality, 88, 689–702. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12519
• Weiss, D., Reitz, A. K., Stephan, Y. (2019). Is age more than a number? The role of openness and essentialist beliefs about aging for how young or old people feel. Psychology and Aging, 34, 729–737. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000370 
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2016). Me, us, and them: Testing sociometer theory in a socially diverse real-life context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, 908–920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000073 
• Dufner, M., Reitz, A. K., & Zander, L. (2015). Antecedents, consequences, and mechanisms: On the longitudinal interplay between academic self-enhancement and psychological adjustment. Journal of Personality, 83, 511–522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12128
• Reitz, A. K., Asendorpf, J. B., & Motti-Stefanidi, F. (2015). When do immigrant adolescents feel personally discriminated against? Longitudinal effects of peer preference. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 39, 197–209. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025414567008
• Hutteman, R., Hennecke, M., Orth, U., Reitz, A. K., & Specht, J. (2014). Developmental tasks as a framework to study personality development in adulthood and old age. European Journal of Personality, 28, 267–278. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1959
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (2014). Mastering developmental transitions in immigrant adolescents: The longitudinal interplay of family functioning, developmental and acculturative tasks. Developmental Psychology, 50, 754–765. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0033889
• Reitz*, A. K., Zimmermann*, J., Hutteman, R., Specht, J. and Neyer, F. J. (2014). How peers make a difference: The role of peer groups and peer relationships in personality development. European Journal of Personality, 28(3), 279–288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.1965 (*Reitz & Zimmermann share first authorship)
• Specht, J., Bleidorn, W., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Hutteman, R., Kandler, C., Orth, U., Reitz, A. K., & Zimmerman, J. (2014). What drives adult personality development? A comparison of theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence. European Journal of Personality, 28(3), 216–230. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1966

• Zimmermann, J. & Reitz, A. K. (2018). The role of peers in personality development. In V. Zeigler-Hill, & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of personality and individual differences. Sage publishers. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526451200.n10
• Reitz, A. K. & Staudinger, U. M. (2017). Getting older, getting better? Towards understanding positive personality development across adulthood. In J. Specht (Ed.), Personality development across the lifespan. San Diego: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804674-6.00014-4
   

• Meens, E., Reitz, A. K., Diwan, K., Meyers, C., & Bakx, A. (2022) Professionele identiteitsontwikkeling bij pabo-studenten. (Professional identity development of Pabo students). Onderwijs Tijd. JRG. 2. Nr. 3. https://gompel-svacina.com/product/onderwijstijd-jrg-2-nr-3/
• Sijtsema, J., Engelen, B., Klimstra, T., Archer, A., Chung, J., Reitz, A.K., & Zonneveld, R. (2021). Wat zou mijn held doen? Morele voorbeelden en persoonlijke groei (What would my hero do? Moral examples and personal growth). Tijdschrift Positieve Psychologie. Article number TPP-2021-01-06. https://www.professioneelbegeleiden.nl/wat-zou-mijn-held-doen
• Lodder*, G., van Scheppingen*, M., De Caluwé*, E., & Reitz*, A. K. (2020). Enzaamheid voorkomen in een periode van social distancing (Loneliness in times of social distancing). Research report for the Ministry of Health, The Netherlands. https://open.overheid.nl/documenten/ronl-7aef539b-897b-4788-aaf8-d9fe44d6e063/pdf
• Reitz, A. K., Shrout, P., Weiss, D., & Staudinger, U. M. (2017). Is openness decline after midlife inevitable? A cross-national study and its replication. https://osf.io/f2byh/

Invited Talks and Keynotes

• Reitz, A. K. (04/2024). Psychological well-being in the context of life events. Keynote at the BeWell Meeting, University of Magdeburg.    
• Reitz, A. K. (09/2023). Persönlichkeit & Lebensereignisse. Fakultätsworkshop der Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät, University of Greifswald.    
• Reitz, A. K. (05/2023). Self-esteem and personality change during life events: An intensive longitudinal data approach. Workshop Methods for Studying the Consequences of Life Events: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, German Research Foundation, University of Cologne. 
• Reitz, A. K. (12/2022). Using intensive longitudinal designs to Study adjustment and growth during life transitions. Colloquium of the Department of Psychology. University of Siegen.                
• Reitz, A. K. (11/2022). The development of self-esteem, personality, and life satisfaction in the context of major life events in adulthood. Stony Brook University, New York. 
• Reitz, A. K. (11/2022). Self-esteem and personality. Contexts, consequences, and change processes. Ruhr University Bochum.
• ​​Reitz, A. K. (02/2022). Das Selbstwertgefühl: Kontexte, Konsequenzen und Veränderungsprozesse.  Greifswald University.
• Reitz, A. K. (02/2022). Die Entwicklung des Selbstwertgefühls: Ein lebensspannenpsychologischer Ansatz. University Witten/Herdecke.
• Reitz, A. K. (06/2021). The complex link between work transitions and self-esteem and life satisfaction: Evidence from panel and daily diary studies. Organizational Psychology Lab Meeting, University of Groningen.
• Reitz, A. K. (05/2021). Unraveling the complex relationship between work transitions and self-esteem and life satisfaction. Lifespan Development Lab Meeting, University of Gothenburg.
• Reitz, A. K. (04/2021). Self-esteem development in the transition to work. Colloquium at the Human Resource Studies, Tilburg University.
• Reitz, A. K. (03/2020). Geschlechteridentität: Geschlechterunterschiede und -gemeinsamkeiten über die Lebensspanne. Medical School Hamburg.
• Reitz, A. K. & Engelen, B. (11/2019). Exemplars as teaching tools for academic character building. Meeting John Tempelton Foundation, Wake Forest University.
• Reitz, A. K. (11/2017). Kontexte und Prozesse der Entwicklung des Selbst und der Identität. Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie, Free University Berlin.
• Reitz, A. K. (03/2017). Personality development in social context. Department of Developmental Psychology, Tilburg University.
• Reitz, A. K. (03/2017). Individualentwicklung im sozialen Kontext. Psychologische Hochschule Berlin.
• Reitz, A. K. (02/2017), How do we become who we are? Personality development in social context Kolloquium. The Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University.
• Reitz, A. K. (03/2016)., How do we become who we are? Personality development in social context Psychologische Fakultät, University Basel.
• Reitz, A. K. (09/2015). Adaptation of adolescents in social context. Award ceremony of the Margret and Paul Baltes Dissertation Award. Goethe University Frankfurt.
• Reitz, A. K. (03/2015). A lifespan perspective on personality-environment interactions. Psychologisches Institut, University of Zurich.
• Reitz, A. K. (10/2012). Adaptation of immigrant adolescents: An integrative perspective. Brown Bag Seminar Personality and Social Contexts Psychology, University of Michigan.

Symposia

• Reitz, A. K. (07/2024). Daily dynamics of personality and well-being in the context of small and big events. European Conference of Personality, Berlin. 
• Diwan, K. & Reitz, A. K. (06/2023). Dynamic associations between daily events and affective and personality states. Society for Ambulatory Assessment, Amsterdam.
• Reitz, A. K. (07/2022). Personality development during educational and work transitions. European Conference of Personality, Madrid.
• Horstmann, K. & Reitz, A. K. (07/2022). Examining the dynamic processes between psychological states and state happiness and daily experiences using experience sampling data. European Conference of Personality, Madrid.
• Diwan, K. & Reitz, A. K. (06/2021). Personality, self-esteem and emotions in daily life. Society for Ambulatory Assessment (online).
• Orth, U. & Reitz, A. K. (07/2018). Development of self-esteem: Predictors, consequences, and patterns of change. European Conference of Personality, Zadar.
• Harari, G. & Reitz, A. K. (07/2016). Capturing personality in daily life: Insights from daily diary, digital records and ambulatory assessment. European Conference of Personality, Timisoara.
• Reitz, A. K. & Staudinger, U. (11/2015). Personality development in context: The sample case of culture and critical life events. Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL.
• Reitz, A. K. & Staudinger, U. (11/2014) Conditions and correlates of personality maturity in adulthood and old age. Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.

Conference Talks

• Reitz, A. K. (09/2023). The development of self-esteem: An integrative dynamic lifespan perspective. Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, German Psychological Society, Universität Salzburg. 
• Diwan, K. & Reitz, A. K. (06/2023).  Contingency of state self-esteem on daily events during the transition to becoming a teacher. Society for Ambulatory Assessment, Amsterdam.        
• Chereces, F. & Reitz, A. K. (06/2023). Conscientious now, conscientious later? An ambulatory assessment study on the short-term dynamics of personality states and their dependence on daily activities. Society for Ambulatory Assessment, Amsterdam. 
• Reitz, A. K. (02/2023). Personality maturation through sense of mastery? Longitudinal evidence from two education-to-work transition studies. Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Reitz, A. K., den Boer, van Scheppingen, & Diwan, K. (07/2022). Personality maturation through sense of mastery? Longitudinal evidence from two education-to-work transition studies. European Conference of Personality, Madrid.
• Diwan, K., Meyers, C., Chung, J., van Doeselaar, L. & Reitz, A. K. (07/2022). Examining the dynamic associations between momentary self-esteem and anticipated and experienced social interactions in daily life. European Conference of Personality, Madrid.
• Enting, M. & Reitz, A. K. (07/2022). Dynamic associations between momentary self-esteem and social interactions in daily life during the transition to work. European Conference of Personality, Madrid.
• Diwan, K., Meyers, C., & Reitz, A. K. (01/2022). Pride and self-esteem development during the transition to work. European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (online).
• Reitz, A. K. et al. (09/2021). The longitudinal association between work transitions and self-esteem: Evidence from a national panel Study and intensive longitudinal studies. Conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment (online).
• Diwan, K., Meyers, C., & Reitz, A. K. (07/2021). Pride and self-esteem development during the transition to work. Association for Research on Personality (online).
• Diwan, K., Meyers, C., & Reitz, A. K. (06/2021). Pride and self-esteem development during the transition to work. Society for Ambulatory Assessment (online).
• van Doeselaar, L. & Reitz, A. K. (06/2021). Do stories about past experiences predict young adults’ daily self-esteem and life satisfaction? Society for Ambulatory Assessment (online).
• van Doeselaar, L. & Reitz, A. K. (05/2021). Turning point narratives predict young adults’ daily self-esteem and life satisfaction. International Society for Research on Identity (online).
• Reitz, A. K. (11/2020). An intensive longitudinal Study on mechanisms of personality change. Belgian-Dutch Expert ESM Network Meeting (online).
• Reitz, A. K., Bleidorn, W., Luhmann, M., & Denissen, J. J. A. (02/2020). Selection and socialization effects of repeated work transitions and self-esteem and life satisfaction. Society of Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, Lousiana.
• Reitz, A. K., & Denissen, J. J. A. (06/2019). The link between life events and self-esteem across the lifespan. Association for Research in Personality, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Reitz, A. K., Denissen, J. J. A., Shrout, P. & Bolger, N. P. (09/2018). Von der Universität in den Beruf: Eine intensive Längsschnittstudie zur Selbstwertentwicklung. German Psychological Society, Frankfurt.
• Reitz, A. K., Denissen, J. J. A., Shrout, P. & Bolger, N. P. (07/2018). Self-esteem change in the transition from school to work. European Conference of Personality, Zadar.
• Reitz, A. K. & Bolger, N. P. (03/2018). The contingencies of the need to belong: Two longitudinal studies of different life phases. Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
• Reitz, A. K., Denissen, J. J. A., Dufner, M., Shrout, P. & Bolger, N. P. (10/2017). Von der Universität in den Beruf: Individuelle Unterschiede in der Selbstwertentwicklung. Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, German Psychological Society, München.
• Reitz, A. K., Denissen, J. J. A., Shrout, P. & Bolger, N. P. (06/2017). Self-esteem change in the transition to work – A Matter of Individual Differences. Association for Research in Personality, Sacramento, CA.
• Reitz, A. K., Denissen, J. J. A., Shrout, P. & Bolger, N. P. (09/2016). Von der Uni in den Beruf: Individuelle Unterschiede in der Selbstwertentwicklung. German Psychological Society, Leipzig.
• Reitz, A. K. & Bolger, N. P. (07/2016). Zooming in on self-esteem change in the transition to work –  A matter of individual differences. European Conference of Personality, Timisoara.
• Reitz, A. K. & Bolger, N. P. (01/2016). Self-esteem change in the transition to work - A matter of individual differences. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
• Reitz, A. K. & Staudinger, U. M. (11/2015). What buffers the openness decline across the lifespan? The role of societal protective factors. Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL.
• Reitz, A. K. & Staudinger, U. M. (05/2015). What buffers the decline of openness across the lifespan? The role of the macro-context. Association for Research in Personality, St. Louis, MO.
• Reitz, A. K. & Staudinger, U. M. (11/2014). Plasticity of personality maturity: The role of life review and social context. Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (09/2014). Me, myself, and them: Who affects my self-esteem? German Psychological Society, Bochum.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (02/2014). Being liked by my folks is different from being liked by others. The differential longitudinal interplay of likability and self-esteem. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX, USA.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (05/2013). Does it matter who likes you? Testing sociometer theory in a diverse setting. Association for Research in Personality, Charlotte, NC.
• Reitz, A. K. (06/2012). Does it matter who likes you? Longitudinal effects of peer status in the in- and out-group on self-esteem and personal discrimination. European Conference of Personality, Trieste.
• Reitz, A. K. (05/2012). Self-esteem reactions to peer status. PhD workshop, Social Psychology,, German Psychological Society, Julius-Maximilians University, Würzburg.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (05/2012). Longitudinal effects of peer status on personal discrimination and self-esteem. LIFE Spring Academy, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (09/2011). Predicting acculturation - A longitudinal perspective on resource and risk factors among immigrant youth. LIFE Fall Academy, Universität Zürich.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (09/2011). Acculturation of immigrant youth: How to predict involvement in host and heritage culture? Developmental Psychology, German Psychological Society, University Erfurt.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (08/2011). What promotes host and ethnic acculturation? A longitudinal mediation model. European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Bergen.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (06/2011). Predicting host versus ethnic acculturation in immigrant youth - A longitudinal mediation model of promotive factors. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Istanbul.
• Reitz, A. K., Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Asendorpf, J. B. (10/2010). Predicting host versus ethnic acculturation in immigrant youth. LIFE Fall Academy, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin.