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Overview

Mathias Allemand is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on psychology with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, applied psychology, and neuropsychology and physiological psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include personality traits and psychology, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, mental health research, psychological and temporal perspectives, behavioral health and interventions, aging and gerontology, and health disparities and outcomes.

They have contributed to a number of recent publications, including:

  • Changing personality traits with the help of a digital personality change intervention (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples (2020), published in European Journal of Personality
  • Becoming More Conscientious or More Open to Experience? Effects of a Two-Week Smartphone-Based Intervention for Personality Change (2020), published in European Journal of Personality
  • Personality Change Through Digital-Coaching Interventions (2022), published in Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Predicting Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Machine Learning Approach (2020), published in Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

Frequent co-authors in their work include Patrick L. Hill, Christoph Flückiger, Gabriel Olaru, Mirjam Stieger, and Damaris Aschwanden.

Their publications are often featured in venues such as:

  • European Journal of Personality
  • Journal of Personality
  • Psychology and Aging
  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

Mathias Allemand has published books through publishers including Springer International Publishing and World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. Notable titles include Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood (2020) and Conscientiousness and Labor Market Returns: Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa (2023).

Best Publications

  • Low and decreasing self-esteem during adolescence predict adult depression two decades later.

    Andrea E. Steiger;Mathias Allemand;Richard W. Robins;Helmut A. Fend

  • Empathy Development in Adolescence Predicts Social Competencies in Adulthood

    Mathias Allemand;Andrea E. Steiger;Helmut A. Fend

  • Cross-Sectional Age Differences and Longitudinal Age Changes of Personality in Middle Adulthood and Old Age

    Mathias Allemand;Daniel Zimprich;Christopher Hertzog

  • Age differences in five personality domains across the life span

    Mathias Allemand;Daniel Zimprich;A. A. Jolijn Hendriks

  • The role of trait forgiveness and relationship satisfaction in episodic forgiveness

    Mathias Allemand;Irina Amberg;Daniel Zimprich;Frank D. Fincham

  • Changing personality traits with the help of a digital personality change intervention

    Mirjam Stieger;Christoph Flückiger;Dominik Rüegger;Tobias Kowatsch;Tobias Kowatsch

  • Examining the Pathways between Gratitude and Self-Rated Physical Health across Adulthood.

    Patrick L. Hill;Mathias Allemand;Brent W. Roberts

  • Habitual computer game playing at night is related to depressive symptoms

    Sakari Lemola;Sakari Lemola;Serge Brand;Nicole Vogler;Nadine Perkinson-Gloor

  • Age and Gender Differences in Motivational Manifestations of the Big Five from Age 16 to 60.

    Regula Lehmann;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Mathias Allemand;Lars Penke

  • Age differences in forgivingness: The role of future time perspective

    Mathias Allemand

  • Forgivingness and subjective well-being in adulthood: the moderating role of future time perspective

    Mathias Allemand;Patrick L. Hill;Pearl Ghaemmaghami;Mike Martin

  • Personality Traits and Relationship Satisfaction in Intimate Couples: Three Perspectives on Personality:

    Kathrin Schaffhuser;Mathias Allemand;Mike Martin

  • Gratitude, forgivingness, and well-being in adulthood: Tests of moderation and incremental prediction

    Patrick L. Hill;Mathias Allemand

  • Long-term correlated change in personality traits in old age.

    Mathias Allemand;Daniel Zimprich;Mike Martin

  • Factorial structure and age-related psychometrics of the MIDUS personality adjective items across the life span.

    Daniel Zimprich;Mathias Allemand;Margie E. Lachman

  • Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples

    Eileen K. Graham;Sara J. Weston;Denis Gerstorf;Denis Gerstorf;Tomiko B. Yoneda

  • Optimism and self-esteem are related to sleep. Results from a large community-based sample.

    Sakari Lemola;Katri Räikkönen;Veronica Gomez;Mathias Allemand

  • Forgiveness in Younger, Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Age and Gender Matters

    Pearl Ghaemmaghami;Mathias Allemand;Mike Martin

  • Testing the Vulnerability and Scar Models of Self-Esteem and Depressive Symptoms from Adolescence to Middle Adulthood and across Generations.

    Andrea E. Steiger;Helmut A. Fend;Mathias Allemand

  • Changing personality traits: Some considerations from psychotherapy process-outcome research for intervention efforts on intentional personality change

    Mathias Allemand;Christoph Flückiger

  • Mechanisms and Implications

    Mathias Allemand;E. Steiger;Patrick L. Hill

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick L. Hill
Patrick L. Hill Washington University in St. Louis
Mike Martin
Mike Martin University of Zurich
Avron Spiro
Avron Spiro Boston University
Daniel Zimprich
Daniel Zimprich University of Ulm
Brent W. Roberts
Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Denis Gerstorf
Denis Gerstorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Daniel K. Mroczek
Daniel K. Mroczek Northwestern University
Johannes Zimmermann
Johannes Zimmermann University of Kassel
Andrea M. Piccinin
Andrea M. Piccinin University of Victoria
Scott M. Hofer
Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria

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