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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 2000 - Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science - Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej for his innovative regulative theory of temperament, and in particular for his work Temperament: A Psychological Perspective (1998)
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Jan Strelau was affiliated with the University of Warsaw in Poland. Their research contributed to the field of psychology, including temperament studies.

One of their recent papers is titled Μέτρηση της Ιδιοσυγκρασίας για ενήλικες με το Pavlovian Temperament Survey: Προκαταρκτικά ευρήματα για την ελληνική έκδοση και διαπολιτισμική αξιολόγηση, published in 2020 in Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society.

  • Αναστασία Καλαντζή - Αζίζι
  • Σοφία Χριστακοπούλου
  • Κώστας Μυλωνάς
  • Alois Angleitner

  • Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society

Throughout their career, Strelau received recognition from several institutions. These included the Polish Academy of Science in 2020 and the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2000 for work related to the regulative theory of temperament, especially the publication Temperament: A Psychological Perspective (1998). They were also a member of Academia Europaea since 1989.

Best Publications

  • Stress And Anxiety

    Charles D. Spielberger;Irwin G. Sarason;Jan Strelau;John M. Brebner

  • Temperament personality activity

    Jan Strelau

  • 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

  • Temperament: A Psychological Perspective

    Jan Strelau

  • Psychologia : podręcznik akademicki

    Jan . Strelau;Dariusz . Doliński

  • Explorations in temperament : international perspectives on theory and measurement

    Jan Strelau;A. Angleitner

  • Explorations in Temperament

    Jan Strelau;Alois Angleitner

  • The serotonin transporter gene and peer-rated neuroticism.

    David Ball;Linzy Hill;Bernard Freeman;Thalia C. Eley

  • The Formal Characteristics of Behaviour—Temperament Inventory (FCB—TI): Validity studies

    Jan Strelau;Bogdan Zawadzki

  • The Formal Characteristics of Behaviour‐Temperament Inventory (FCB‐TI): theoretical assumptions and scale construction

    Jan Strelau;Bogdan Zawadzki

  • Temperament as a Regulator of Behavior: After Fifty Years of Research

    Jan Strelau

  • Personality dimensions and arousal

    Jan Strelau;Hans J. Eysenck

  • The concept of temperament in personality research

    Jan Strelau

  • The concepts of arousal and arousability as used in temperament studies.

    Jan Strelau

  • The regulative theory of temperament: current status

    Jan Strelau

  • The Strelau Temperament Inventory-Revised (STI-R): Theoretical considerations and scale development

    Jan Strelau;Alois Angleitner;Jürgen Bantelmann;Willibald Ruch

  • Burnout predictors among prison officers: The moderating effect of temperamental endurance

    Roman Cieslak;Joanna Korczynska;Jan Strelau;Magdalena Kaczmarek

  • The concept and status of trait in research on temperament

    Jan Strelau

  • Fearfulness and anxiety in research on temperament: Temperamental traits are related to anxiety disorders

    Jan Strelau;Bogdan Zawadzki

  • Galen's prophecy: Temperament in human nature

    Jan Strelau

  • Modern personality psychology: Critical reviews and new directions

    J. Strelau;Robert Plomin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alois Angleitner
Alois Angleitner Bielefeld University
Charles D. Spielberger
Charles D. Spielberger University of South Florida
Irwin G. Sarason
Irwin G. Sarason University of Washington
Willibald Ruch
Willibald Ruch University of Zurich
Rainer Riemann
Rainer Riemann Bielefeld University
Frank M. Spinath
Frank M. Spinath Saarland University
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Thalia C. Eley
Thalia C. Eley King's College London
Bertram Müller-Myhsok
Bertram Müller-Myhsok Max Planck Society
Hans J. Eysenck
Hans J. Eysenck King's College London

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