Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment
Chair: Prof. Dr. Anne Reitz
Welcome!
Differential and Personality Psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology that focuses on individual differences in experience and behavior. Important differences among individuals, for example, pertain to intelligence and personality.
Psychological Assessment deals with the measurement of psychological characteristics. In addition to interviews and behavioral observations, psychological test and questionnaire methods are primarily used for this purpose. The development and quality assurance of such methods is a key task within this subdiscipline.
In teaching, the department team represents these topics in the modules Differential Psychology and Personality Psychology, Psychological Assessment, and Clinical Psychological Assessment.
Contact
Office-Management: Evelyn Reichel
Room: 321
Phone: 0049 - (0)3834 420 3753
Fax: 0049 - (0)3834 420 3763
Office Hours:
Tuesdays: 9-12 + 14-16
Wednesdays: 9-12 + 14-16
Recent publications
Diwan, K. Bakx, A., Meens, E. & Reitz, A. K. (2025). Dynamic associations between daily events and state self-esteem during the student-to-teacher transition. European Journal of Personality. doi.org/10.1177/08902070251357994
Guðmundsdóttir, G. R., de Moor, L., & Reitz, A. K. (2025). Narrative agency and communion as predictors of trait and state self-esteem dynamics. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.70000
Rauthmann, J., Armbruster, D., Asselmann, E., Berkessel, J. B., Bleidorn, W., Buecker, S., Gärtner, A., Leising, D., Luhmann, M., Phan, L. V., Rammstedt, B., Reitz, A. K., Renner, K.-H., Rohrer, J. M., Schmitz, F., Schoedel, R., Schubert, A.-L., Thielmann, I., Wrzus, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2025). Die Differentielle und Persönlichkeitspsychologie im Jahr 2025: Stand, Entwicklungen und Ausblick. Psychologische Rundschau. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2597u_v1
Tran, C. B., Ivanova, K., Stavrova, O., & Reitz, A. K. (2025). Changes in psychological well-being across the transition to motherhood: Combining longitudinal and experience sampling methods. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000573
EL-Awad, U., Eves, R., Hachenberger, J., Bozorgmehr, K., Entringer, T. M., Hecker, T., Razum, O., Sauzet, O., & Lemola, S. (2025). Post-migration stress mediates associations between potentially traumatic peri-migration experiences and mental health among Middle Eastern refugees in Germany. BMC Public Health, 25(1). doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23660-w
Tazelaar, H., & Rohmann, A. (2025). Wandering stormy roads (together). Stress and relationship satisfaction, and the mediating role of individual and couple adaptation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251335812