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Overview

Peter Borkenau is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the field of psychology, with a focus on subfields such as experimental and cognitive psychology, applied psychology, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's recent work explores various aspects of personality, social behavior, and psychological assessment. Key topics covered in their research include behavioral health and interventions, social and intergroup psychology, mental health research topics, personality traits and psychology, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Borkenau include the following:

  • Spontaneous interpersonal complementarity in the lab: A multilevel approach to modeling the antecedents and consequences of people's interpersonal behaviors and their dynamic interplay, 2021, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Age differences in personality traits and social desirability: A multi-rater multi-sample study, 2022, Journal of Research in Personality
  • Assessment issues in behavior-genetic research on personality, 2020, Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society
  • Are Some People More Accurate than Others About the Unique Impressions They Make on Close Others?, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Are some people more accurate than others about the unique impressions they make on close others?, 2024, Journal of Research in Personality

Peter Borkenau frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable frequent co-authors include Norhan Elsaadawy, Erika N. Carlson, Elena Kurzius, Daniel Leising, and Liisi Ausmees. Collaborations with these researchers highlight ongoing engagement with topics related to personality and social psychology.

Best Publications

  • NEO-Fünf-Faktoren-Inventar (NEO-FFI) nach Costa und McCrae : Handanweisung

    Peter Borkenau;Fritz Ostendorf

  • Trait inferences: Sources of validity at zero acquaintance.

    Peter Borkenau;Anette Liebler

  • Carving personality description at its joints: Confirmation of three replicable personality prototypes for both children and adults

    Jens B. Asendorpf;Peter Borkenau;Fritz Ostendorf;Marcel A.G. Van Aken

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

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

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

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

  • Convergence of stranger ratings of personality and intelligence with self-ratings, partner ratings, and measured intelligence.

    Peter Borkenau;Anette Liebler

  • Comparing exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis: A study on the 5-factor model of personality

    Peter Borkenau;Fritz Ostendorf

  • The Big Five as States: How Useful Is the Five-Factor Model to Describe Intraindividual Variations over Time?

    Peter Borkenau;Fritz Ostendorf

  • NEO-FFI : NEO-Fünf-Faktoren-Inventar nach Costa und McCrae, Manual

    Peter Borkenau;Fritz Ostendorf

  • Effects of information content and evaluative extremity on positivity and negativity biases

    Bogdan Wojciszke;Hanna Brycz;Peter Borkenau

  • Extraversion is accurately perceived after a 50-ms exposure to a face.

    Peter Borkenau;Steffi Brecke;Christine Möttig;Marko Paelecke

  • Genetic and environmental influences on observed personality: evidence from the German Observational Study of Adult Twins.

    Peter Borkenau;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner;Frank M. Spinath

  • Observable Attributesas Manifestations and Cues ofPersonality and Intelligence

    Peter Borkenau;Anette Liebler

  • The Nature of Creativity: The Roles of Genetic Factors, Personality Traits, Cognitive Abilities, and Environmental Sources

    Christian Kandler;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner;Frank M. Spinath

  • Ein Fragebogen zur Erfassung fünf robuster Persönlichkeitsfaktoren.

    Peter Borkenau;Fritz Ostendorf

  • Resilients, overcontrollers, and undercontrollers: The replicability of the three personality prototypes across informants.

    Beatrice Rammstedt;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner;Peter Borkenau

  • Social desirability scales as moderator and suppressor variables

    Peter Borkenau;Fritz Ostendorf

  • Why mate choices are not as reciprocal as we assume: The role of personality, flirting and physical attractiveness

    Mitja D. Back;Lars Penke;Stefan C. Schmukle;Karoline Sachse

  • Implicit personality theory and the five-factor model.

    Peter Borkenau

  • Descriptive consistency and social desirability in self‐and peer reports

    Peter Borkenau;Fritz Ostendorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Alois Angleitner
Alois Angleitner Bielefeld University
Fritz Ostendorf
Fritz Ostendorf Bielefeld University
Rainer Riemann
Rainer Riemann Bielefeld University
Frank M. Spinath
Frank M. Spinath Saarland University
Jüri Allik
Jüri Allik University of Tartu
Peter Kuppens
Peter Kuppens KU Leuven
Brent W. Roberts
Brent W. Roberts University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anu Realo
Anu Realo University of Warwick
Manfred Schmitt
Manfred Schmitt University of Koblenz and Landau
Wendy Johnson
Wendy Johnson University of Edinburgh

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