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Overview

Steffen Nestler is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in the field of psychology, with particular emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and applied psychology. Their work also encompasses statistics and probability as well as sociology and political science.

Their research covers a range of topics including mental health research, behavioral health and interventions, social and intergroup psychology, statistical methods and Bayesian inference, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, and cultural differences and values.

Steffen Nestler has published several papers in notable journals. Some recent works include:

  • Changes in Size and Interpretation of Parameter Estimates in Within-Person Models in the Presence of Time-Invariant and Time-Varying Covariates (2021) in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Cubic response surface analysis: Investigating asymmetric and level-dependent congruence effects with third-order polynomial models. (2020) in Psychological Methods
  • Gradient Tree Boosting for Hierarchical Data (2023) in Multivariate Behavioral Research
  • Temporal dynamics of insight in body dysmorphic disorder: An ecological momentary assessment study. (2021) in Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • Maximum likelihood estimation of a social relations structural equation model (2020) in Psychometrika

Steffen Nestler frequently collaborates with a group of researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Mitja D. Back
  • Sarah Humberg
  • Maria Blöchl
  • Ute Kunzmann
  • Marie Salditt

Their publications often appear in specific prominent journals such as:

  • Psychological Methods
  • Psychometrika
  • Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal
  • Statistics in Medicine
  • Behavior Research Methods

The body of work by Steffen Nestler includes a significant number of studies addressing both theoretical advancements and applied methodologies, particularly focusing on psychological measurement, model estimation, and statistical techniques within multi-level and hierarchical data structures.

Best Publications

  • Behavioral processes underlying the decline of narcissists’ popularity over time.

    Marius Leckelt;Albrecht C. P. Küfner;Steffen Nestler;Mitja D. Back

  • Response Surface Analysis in Personality and Social Psychology: Checklist and Clarifications for the Case of Congruence Hypotheses:

    Sarah Humberg;Steffen Nestler;Mitja D. Back

  • Beyond the Cross-Lagged Panel Model: Next-generation statistical tools for analyzing interdependencies across the life course

    Marcus Mund;Steffen Nestler

  • Puffed-up but shaky selves: State self-esteem level and variability in narcissists.

    Katharina Geukes;Steffen Nestler;Roos Hutteman;Michael Dufner

  • Wherever I may roam: Processes of self-esteem development from adolescence to emerging adulthood in the context of international student exchange.

    Roos Hutteman;Steffen Nestler;Jenny Wagner;Boris Egloff

  • The effects of prefrontal cortex transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on food craving and temporal discounting in women with frequent food cravings.

    Maria Kekic;Jessica McClelland;Iain Campbell;Steffen Nestler

  • Trait personality and state variability: Predicting individual differences in within- and cross-context fluctuations in affect, self-evaluations, and behavior in everyday life

    Katharina Geukes;Steffen Nestler;Steffen Nestler;Roos Hutteman;Albrecht C.P. Küfner

  • The two pathways to being an (un-)popular narcissist.

    Albrecht C. P. Küfner;Steffen Nestler;Mitja D. Back

  • Testing Similarity Effects with Dyadic Response Surface Analysis

    Felix D. Schönbrodt;Sarah Humberg;Steffen Nestler

  • Applications and Extensions of the Lens Model to Understand Interpersonal Judgments at Zero Acquaintance

    Steffen Nestler;Mitja D. Back

  • How many hindsight biases are there

    Hartmut Blank;Steffen Nestler;Gernot von Collani;Volkhard Fischer

  • The Social consequences and mechanisms of personality: How to analyse longitudinal data from individual, dyadic, round-robin and network designs

    Steffen Nestler;Kevin J. Grimm;Felix D. Schönbrodt

  • The dual lens model: A comprehensive framework for understanding self-other agreement of personality judgments at zero acquaintance.

    Sarah Hirschmüller;Boris Egloff;Steffen Nestler;Mitja D. Back

  • Changing explicit and implicit attitudes: The case of self-esteem

    Mandy Grumm;Steffen Nestler;Gernot von Collani

  • COGNITIVE PROCESS MODELS OF HINDSIGHT BIAS

    Hartmut Blank;Steffen Nestler

  • Does depression after stroke negatively influence physical disability? A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies

    Maria Blöchl;Maria Blöchl;Sophie Meissner;Steffen Nestler

  • A Randomised Controlled Trial of Neuronavigated Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in Anorexia Nervosa

    Jessica Kate McClelland;Maria Kekic;Natali Bozhilova;Steffen Nestler

  • Accuracy of judging personality

    Mitja D. Back;Steffen Nestler

  • An integrative lens model approach to bias and accuracy in human inferences: hindsight effects and knowledge updating in personality judgments.

    Steffen Nestler;Boris Egloff;Albrecht C. P. Küfner;Mitja D. Back

  • Accurate Judgments of Neuroticism at Zero Acquaintance: A Question of Relevance

    Sarah Hirschmüller;Boris Egloff;Stefan C. Schmukle;Steffen Nestler

  • Tell me a story and I will tell you who you are! Lens model analyses of personality and creative writing

    Albrecht C.P. Küfner;Mitja D. Back;Steffen Nestler;Boris Egloff

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitja D. Back
Mitja D. Back University of Münster
Boris Egloff
Boris Egloff Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ulrike Cress
Ulrike Cress Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Stefan C. Schmukle
Stefan C. Schmukle Leipzig University
Jaap J. A. Denissen
Jaap J. A. Denissen Utrecht University
Oliver Lüdtke
Oliver Lüdtke Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
Jochen E. Gebauer
Jochen E. Gebauer University of Mannheim
Cornelia Exner
Cornelia Exner Leipzig University
Jeremy C. Biesanz
Jeremy C. Biesanz University of British Columbia
Alexander L. Gerlach
Alexander L. Gerlach University of Cologne

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