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John F. Rauthmann

John F. Rauthmann

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Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
9215
World Ranking
6911
National Ranking
329

Overview

John F. Rauthmann is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany and has a prominent presence in the field of psychology, with a particular focus on personality research. Their extensive publication record spans over 110 works in the psychology domain, encompassing various subfields including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, and intersections with sociology and political science.

Their research covers several key topics, notably personality traits and psychology, mental health research topics, behavioral health and interventions, cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, personality disorders and psychopathology, as well as psychological testing and assessment.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rauthmann include Niclas Kuper, Le Vy Phan, Nick Modersitzki, Ryne A. Sherman, and Mitja D. Back. These collaborations reflect a network of joint research efforts within the field.

Rauthmann has contributed regularly to a number of prominent publication venues such as the European Journal of Personality, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, PLoS ONE, Psychologische Rundschau, and The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences.

Selected recent publications feature:

  • "Who Is Impacted? Personality Predicts Individual Differences in Psychological Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany" (2020) in Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • "Unveiling an exclusive link: Predicting behavior with personality, situation perception, and affect in a preregistered experience sampling study." (2020) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "The dynamics, processes, mechanisms, and functioning of personality: An overview of the field" (2021) in British Journal of Psychology
  • "Personality computing: New frontiers in personality assessment" (2021) in Social and Personality Psychology Compass
  • "The Situation of Situation Research: Knowns and Unknowns" (2020) in Current Directions in Psychological Science

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

  • The Situational Eight DIAMONDS: a taxonomy of major dimensions of situation characteristics.

    John F. Rauthmann;David Gallardo-Pujol;Esther M. Guillaume;Elysia Todd

  • The Dark Triad and Interpersonal Perception: Similarities and Differences in the Social Consequences of Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy:

    John F. Rauthmann

  • How ''dark'' are the Dark Triad traits? Examining the perceived darkness of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy

    John F. Rauthmann;Gerald P. Kolar

  • Principles of Situation Research: Towards a Better Understanding of Psychological Situations

    John F. Rauthmann;Ryne A. Sherman;David C. Funder

  • The independent effects of personality and situations on real-time expressions of behavior and emotion.

    Ryne A. Sherman;John F. Rauthmann;Nicolas A. Brown;David G. Serfass

  • Proposing a Multidimensional Machiavellianism Conceptualization

    John F. Rauthmann;Theresa Will

  • Narcissism and romantic relationships: The differential impact of narcissistic admiration and rivalry.

    Stefanie N. Wurst;Tanja M. Gerlach;Michael Dufner;John F. Rauthmann

  • Is there a ''dark intelligence''? Emotional intelligence is used by dark personalities to emotionally manipulate others

    Ursa K.J. Nagler;Katharina J. Reiter;Marco R. Furtner;John F. Rauthmann

  • Leading yourself and leading others: Linking self-leadership to transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership

    Marco R. Furtner;Urs Baldegger;John F. Rauthmann

  • Personality-driven situation experience, contact, and construal: How people’s personality traits predict characteristics of their situations in daily life.

    John F. Rauthmann;Ryne A. Sherman;Christopher S. Nave;David C. Funder

  • Reliability and validity of the Turkish versions of Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD-T), Short Dark Triad (SD3-T), and Single Item Narcissism Scale (SINS-T)

    Emrah Özsoy;John F. Rauthmann;Peter K. Jonason;Kadir Ardıç

  • Eyes as windows to the soul: Gazing behavior is related to personality

    John F. Rauthmann;Christian T. Seubert;Pierre Sachse;Marco R. Furtner

  • Are Narcissists Sexy? Zeroing in on the Effect of Narcissism on Short-Term Mate Appeal

    Michael Dufner;John F. Rauthmann;Anna Z. Czarna;Jaap J. A. Denissen

  • The perceived attractiveness and traits of the Dark Triad: Narcissists are perceived as hot, Machiavellians and psychopaths not

    John F. Rauthmann;Gerald P. Kolar

  • Positioning the Dark Triad in the interpersonal circumplex: The friendly-dominant narcissist, hostile-submissive Machiavellian, and hostile-dominant psychopath?

    John F. Rauthmann;Gerald P. Kolar

  • Investigating the MACH–IV With Item Response Theory and Proposing the Trimmed MACH*

    John F Rauthmann

  • The Self-Loving Self-Leader: An Examination of the Relationship Between Self-Leadership and the Dark Triad

    Marco R. Furtner;John F. Rauthmann;Pierre Sachse

  • Acquisitive or protective self-presentation of dark personalities? Associations among the Dark Triad and self-monitoring

    John F. Rauthmann

  • Ultra-Brief Measures for the Situational Eight DIAMONDS Domains

    John F. Rauthmann;Ryne A. Sherman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryne A. Sherman
Ryne A. Sherman Florida Atlantic University
Matthias Ziegler
Matthias Ziegler Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Jaap J. A. Denissen
Jaap J. A. Denissen Utrecht University
David C. Funder
David C. Funder University of California, Riverside
Brent W. Roberts
Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ulrich Trautwein
Ulrich Trautwein University of Tübingen
Mitja D. Back
Mitja D. Back University of Münster
Anu Realo
Anu Realo University of Warwick
Maike Luhmann
Maike Luhmann Ruhr University Bochum
Emanuel Jauk
Emanuel Jauk TU Dresden

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