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Rainer Riemann

Rainer Riemann

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Psychology

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Citations
10012
World Ranking
6877
National Ranking
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Overview

Rainer Riemann is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany and conducts research primarily in the field of psychology. Their academic work spans several subfields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, education, and sociology and political science. The main focus within these areas includes cognitive abilities and testing, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and early childhood education and development.

The research topics that Riemann covers involve:

  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Cultural Differences and Values

Riemann has contributed to various scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • On the etiology of internalizing and externalizing problem behavior: A twin-family study, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Quantitative behavioral genetic and molecular genetic foundations of the approach and avoidance strategies, 2022, Current Psychology
  • Two sides of the same coin? On the common etiology of Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation, 2023, Personality and Individual Differences
  • On the link of self-esteem, life satisfaction, and Neuroticism, 2021, Journal of Personality
  • The aetiology of educational attainment: A nuclear twin family study into the genetic and environmental influences on school leaving certificates, 2021, British Journal of Educational Psychology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Riemann include:

  • Christian Kandler
  • Alexandra Starr
  • Amelie Nikstat
  • Selka Sadiković
  • Snežana Smederevac

Key publication venues where Riemann frequently publishes research are:

  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Intelligence
  • PLoS ONE
  • Current Psychology
  • Journal of Personality

Riemann's body of work reflects a consistent focus on understanding psychological traits and behaviors through both experimental and genetic perspectives, often examining developmental and educational outcomes as well as personality constructs within social contexts.

Best Publications

  • Heritability of Facet-Level Traits in a Cross-Cultural Twin Sample: Support for a Hierarchical Model of Personality

    KL Jang;RR McCrae;Alois Angleitner;Rainer Riemann

  • 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

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

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

  • Is the genetic structure of human personality universal? A cross-cultural twin study from North America, Europe, and Asia.

    Shinji Yamagata;Atsunobu Suzuki;Atsunobu Suzuki;Juko Ando;Yutaka Ono

  • Heritability of facet-level traits in a cross-cultural twin sample: support for a hierarchical model of personality.

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  • On the invalidity of validity scales: evidence from self-reports and observer ratings in volunteer samples.

    Ralph L. Piedmont;Robert R. McCrae;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner

  • Personality traits below facets: The consensual validity, longitudinal stability, heritability, and utility of personality nuances.

    René Mõttus;Christian Kandler;Wiebke Bleidorn;Rainer Riemann

  • Patterns and sources of adult personality development: growth curve analyses of the NEO PI-R scales in a longitudinal twin study.

    Wiebke Bleidorn;Christian Kandler;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner

  • Genetic and environmental influences on the covariance of facets defining the domains of the five-factor model of personality

    Kerry L. Jang;W.John Livesley;Alois Angleitner;Rainer Riemann

  • Left or right? Sources of political orientation: the roles of genetic factors, cultural transmission, assortative mating, and personality

    Christian Kandler;Wiebke Bleidorn;Rainer Riemann

  • Sources of Structure: Genetic, Environmental, and Artifactual Influences on the Covariation of Personality Traits

    Robert R. McCrae;Kerry L. Jang;W. John Livesley;Rainer Riemann

  • 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

  • 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

  • Personality and attitudes towards current political topics

    Rainer Riemann;Claudia Grubich;Susanne Hempel;Susanne Mergl

  • Sources of cumulative continuity in personality: a longitudinal multiple-rater twin study.

    Christian Kandler;Wiebke Bleidorn;Rainer Riemann;Frank M. Spinath

  • The serotonin transporter gene and peer-rated neuroticism.

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

  • Nature and nurture of the interplay between personality traits and major life goals.

    Wiebke Bleidorn;Christian Kandler;Ute R. Hülsheger;Rainer Riemann

  • Life events as environmental states and genetic traits and the role of personality : A longitudinal twin study

    Christian Kandler;Wiebke Bleidorn;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner

  • Substance and artifact in the higher-order factors of the Big Five.

    Robert R. McCrae;Shinji Yamagata;Kerry L. Jang;Rainer Riemann

  • Behavioral genetics of the higher-order factors of the Big Five

    Kerry L. Jang;W. John Livesley;Juko Ando;Shinji Yamagata

  • Association analysis of MAOA and COMT with neuroticism assessed by peers

    Thalia C. Eley;Eda Tahir;Alois Angleitner;Kaveri Harriss

  • Sources of structure: Genetic, environmental, and artifactual influences on the covariance of personality traits

    KL Jang;RR McCrae;WJ Livesley;Rainer Riemann

Frequent Co-Authors

Alois Angleitner
Alois Angleitner Bielefeld University
Frank M. Spinath
Frank M. Spinath Saarland University
Wiebke Bleidorn
Wiebke Bleidorn University of Zurich
Peter Borkenau
Peter Borkenau Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Robert R. McCrae
Robert R. McCrae Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Jan Strelau
Jan Strelau University of Warsaw
René Mõttus
René Mõttus University of Edinburgh
Fritz Ostendorf
Fritz Ostendorf Bielefeld University
W. John Livesley
W. John Livesley University of British Columbia
Kerry L. Jang
Kerry L. Jang University of British Columbia

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