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Alois Angleitner

Alois Angleitner

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Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
19762
World Ranking
3326
National Ranking
149

Overview

Alois Angleitner is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany. Their research contributions include publications in psychological science, particularly in the domain of behavior-genetic research and temperament assessment.

Angleitner's recent published papers include the following:

  • Assessment issues in behavior-genetic research on personality, 2020, Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society
  • Μέτρηση της Ιδιοσυγκρασίας για ενήλικες με το Pavlovian Temperament Survey: Προκαταρκτικά ευρήματα για την ελληνική έκδοση και διαπολιτισμική αξιολόγηση, 2020, Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society

The frequent co-authors in their research are:

  • Peter Borkenau
  • Rainer Riemann
  • Frank M. Spinath
  • Αναστασία Καλαντζή - Αζίζι
  • Σοφία Χριστακοπούλου

Angleitner's publications have appeared primarily in the following venue:

  • Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society

Best Publications

  • Nature over nurture: temperament, personality, and life span development.

    RR McCrae;PT Costa;Fritz Ostendorf;Alois Angleitner

  • Nature over nurture: temperament personality and lifespan

    Robert R McCrae;Paul T Costa Jr;Fritz Ostendorf;Alois Angleitner

  • International Preferences in Selecting Mates A Study of 37 Cultures

    David M. Buss;Max Abbott;Alois Angleitner;Armen Asherian

  • Age differences in personality across the adult life span: Parallels in five cultures.

    R. R. McCrae;P. T. Costa;M. Pedroso de Lima;A. Simões

  • The lexical approach to personality: A historical review of trait taxonomic research

    Oliver P. John;Alois Angleitner;Fritz Ostendorf

  • Heritability of Facet-Level Traits in a Cross-Cultural Twin Sample: Support for a Hierarchical Model of Personality

    KL Jang;RR McCrae;Alois Angleitner;Rainer Riemann

  • National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures

    A. Terracciano;A. M. Abdel-Khalek;N. Ádám;L. Adamovová

  • Genetic and environmental influences on personality: A study of twins reared together using the self- and peer-report NEO-FFI scales.

    Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner;Jan Strelau

  • Thin slices of behavior as cues of personality and intelligence.

    Peter Borkenau;Nadine Mauer;Rainer Riemann;Frank M. Spinath

  • Sex Differences in Jealousy in Evolutionary and Cultural Perspective: Tests From the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States:

    Bram P. Buunk;Alois Angleitner;Viktor Oubaid;David M. Buss

  • Is the genetic structure of human personality universal? A cross-cultural twin study from North America, Europe, and Asia.

    Shinji Yamagata;Atsunobu Suzuki;Atsunobu Suzuki;Juko Ando;Yutaka Ono

  • Heritability of facet-level traits in a cross-cultural twin sample: support for a hierarchical model of personality.

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  • Towards a taxonomy of personality descriptors in German: A psycho‐lexical study

    Alois Angleitner;Fritz Ostendorf;Oliver P. John

  • On the invalidity of validity scales: evidence from self-reports and observer ratings in volunteer samples.

    Ralph L. Piedmont;Robert R. McCrae;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner

  • Patterns and Universals of Mate Poaching Across 53 Nations: The Effects of Sex, Culture, and Personality on Romantically Attracting Another Person's Partner

    David P. Schmitt

  • The Five-Factor Personality Inventory (FFPI)

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  • Patterns and sources of adult personality development: growth curve analyses of the NEO PI-R scales in a longitudinal twin study.

    Wiebke Bleidorn;Christian Kandler;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner

  • Explorations in temperament : international perspectives on theory and measurement

    Jan Strelau;A. Angleitner

  • Genetic and environmental influences on the covariance of facets defining the domains of the five-factor model of personality

    Kerry L. Jang;W.John Livesley;Alois Angleitner;Rainer Riemann

  • Sex, Lies, and Strategic Interference: The Psychology of Deception Between the Sexes

    Martie G. Haselton;David M. Buss;Viktor Oubaid;Alois Angleitner

  • Sources of Structure: Genetic, Environmental, and Artifactual Influences on the Covariation of Personality Traits

    Robert R. McCrae;Kerry L. Jang;W. John Livesley;Rainer Riemann

  • Nature over nurture: Temperament, personality, and lifespan development

    R. R. McCrae;P. T. Costa;Fritz Ostendorf;Alois Angleitner

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Riemann
Rainer Riemann Bielefeld University
Frank M. Spinath
Frank M. Spinath Saarland University
Fritz Ostendorf
Fritz Ostendorf Bielefeld University
Jan Strelau
Jan Strelau University of Warsaw
Peter Borkenau
Peter Borkenau Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Robert R. McCrae
Robert R. McCrae Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Willibald Ruch
Willibald Ruch University of Zurich
Wiebke Bleidorn
Wiebke Bleidorn University of Zurich
David M. Buss
David M. Buss The University of Texas at Austin
Oliver P. John
Oliver P. John University of California, Berkeley

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