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Jaap J. A. Denissen

Jaap J. A. Denissen

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Psychology

D-Index
70
Citations
21539
World Ranking
2254
National Ranking
127

Overview

Jaap J. A. Denissen is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of psychology, with a significant portion of work concentrated within clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist has contributed notably to topics including mental health research, personality traits and psychology, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, personality disorders and psychopathology, behavioral health and interventions, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Denissen's recent published papers cover a range of subjects and venues:

  • "Loneliness and the Big Five Personality Traits: A Meta-Analysis," 2020, European Journal of Personality
  • "Personality trait stability and change," 2021, Personality Science
  • "Longitudinal Experience-Wide Association Studies-A Framework for Studying Personality Change," 2020, European Journal of Personality
  • "Parenting adolescents in times of a pandemic: Changes in relationship quality, autonomy support, and parental control?," 2021, Developmental Psychology
  • "A propensity-score matched study of changes in loneliness surrounding major life events.," 2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Denissen include Wiebke Bleidorn, Theo A. Klimstra, Maike Luhmann, Savannah Boele, and Anne Bülow.

Denissen's work has been published repeatedly in a set of prominent venues:

  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (10 publications)
  • European Journal of Personality (7 publications)
  • Personality Science (4 publications)
  • Development and Psychopathology (4 publications)
  • Journal of Research in Personality (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Narcissistic admiration and rivalry: disentangling the bright and dark sides of narcissism.

    Mitja D. Back;Albrecht C. P. Küfner;Michael Dufner;Tanja M. Gerlach

  • Recommendations for increasing replicability in psychology.

    Jens B. Asendorpf;Mark Conner;Filip de Fruyt;Jan De Houwer

  • Age and Gender Differences in Self-Esteem—A Cross-Cultural Window

    Wiebke Bleidorn;Ruben C. Arslan;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Peter J. Rentfrow

  • A Gentle Introduction to Bayesian Analysis: Applications to Developmental Research

    Rens van de Schoot;Rens van de Schoot;David Kaplan;Jaap J.A. Denissen;Jens B. Asendorpf

  • The evolutionary genetics of personality

    Lars Penke;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Geoffrey F. Miller

  • I Like to Do It, I'm Able, and I Know I Am: Longitudinal Couplings between Domain-Specific Achievement, Self-Concept, and Interest.

    Jaap J. A. Denissen;Nicole R. Zarrett;Jacquelynne S. Eccles

  • Dynamics of identity development and separation–individuation in parent–child relationships during adolescence and emerging adulthood – A conceptual integration

    Sabrina Koepke;Jaap J.A. Denissen

  • Emerging late adolescent friendship networks and Big Five personality traits: a social network approach.

    Maarten Selfhout;William Burk;Susan Branje;Jaap Denissen

  • Motivational individual reaction norms underlying the Five-Factor model of personality: First steps towards a theory-based conceptual framework

    Jaap J.A. Denissen;Lars Penke

  • The effects of weather on daily mood: A multilevel approach.

    Jaap J. A. Denissen;Ligaya Butalid;Lars Penke;Marcel A. G. van Aken

  • Development and validation of a Dutch translation of the Big Five Inventory (BFI).

    Jaap J A Denissen;Rinie Geenen;Marcel A G van Aken;Samuel D Gosling

  • Integrating Personality Structure, Personality Process, and Personality Development:

    Anna Baumert;Anna Baumert;Manfred Schmitt;Marco Perugini;Wendy Johnson

  • Personality Maturation Around the World A Cross-Cultural Examination of Social-Investment Theory

    Wiebke Bleidorn;Theo A. Klimstra;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Peter J. Rentfrow

  • What Drives Adult Personality Development? A Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence:

    Jule Specht;Wiebke Bleidorn;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Marie Hennecke

  • Loneliness and the Big Five Personality Traits: A Meta–Analysis:

    Susanne Buecker;Marlies Maes;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Maike Luhmann

  • Job crafting towards strengths and interests: The effects of a job crafting intervention on person-job fit and the role of age.

    Dorien T. A. M. Kooij;Marianne van Woerkom;Julia Wilkenloh;Luc Dorenbosch

  • Inhibited and Aggressive Preschool Children at 23 Years of Age: Personality and Social Transitions into Adulthood

    Jens B. Asendorpf;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Marcel A. G. van Aken

  • Self-esteem reactions to social interactions: evidence for sociometer mechanisms across days, people, and nations.

    Jaap J. A. Denissen;Lars Penke;David P. Schmitt;Marcel A. G. van Aken

  • PERSOC : A unified framework for understanding the dynamic interplay of personality and social relationships

    Mitja D. Back;Anna Baumert;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Freda-Marie Hartung

  • Development and validation of the childhood narcissism scale

    Sander Thomaes;Hedy Stegge;Brad J. Bushman;Tjeert Olthof

  • Transactions between life events and personality traits across the adult lifespan

    Jaap J. A. Denissen;Maike Luhmann;Joanne M. Chung;Wiebke Bleidorn

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel A. G. van Aken
Marcel A. G. van Aken Utrecht University
Wiebke Bleidorn
Wiebke Bleidorn University of Zurich
Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University
Theo A. Klimstra
Theo A. Klimstra Tufts University
Jens B. Asendorpf
Jens B. Asendorpf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Lars Penke
Lars Penke University of Göttingen
Mitja D. Back
Mitja D. Back University of Münster
Maike Luhmann
Maike Luhmann Ruhr University Bochum
Susan Branje
Susan Branje Utrecht University
Brent W. Roberts
Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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