Curriculum Vitae
2015
William-Stern-Preis für „hervorragende innovative Arbeiten auf dem Gebiet der Persönlichkeitspsychologie“ verliehen durch die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD)
seit 2013
Juniorprofessorin für Persönlichkeitspsychologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz
2009 – 2013
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in der Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppe“Affekt über die Lebensspanne” (PD Dr. Michaela Riediger), Max-Planck- Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
2008
Promotion zum Thema “Similarity in personal relationships: Associations with relationship regulation between and within individuals” an der Universität Potsdam (Betreuer: Prof. Franz J. Neyer und Prof. John B. Nezlek)
2007
Forschungsaufenthalt bei Prof. John B. Nezlek am College of William & Mary, Virginia, USA
2005 – 2008
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im DFG-Projekt „Beziehungsgestaltung und Persönlichkeit im Lebenslauf: Zur Psychologie der Nähe und Reziprozität in familialen Lebensformen“ (Prof. F. J. Neyer, Prof. F. R. Lang) an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universität Vechta, Universität Potsdam
1999 – 2005
Psychologiestudium an der Universität Potsdam,wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft der Abteilung „Lebensspannenpsychologie“ am Max-Planck- Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Publikationen
in press
Cohrdes, C., Wrzus, C., Frisch, S., & Riediger, M. (in press). Tune yourself in: Valence and arousal preferences in music-listening choices from adolescence to old age. Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.1037/dev0000362
Wrzus, C., & Egloff, B. (in press). Persönlichkeit und Persönlichkeitseigenschaften. In J. Strohmer (Ed.), Psychologie-Wissen für Fachkräfte in Kita, Krippe und Hort. Bern: Hogrefe.
Wrzus, C., & Mehl, M. (in press). Ecological sampling methods for studying everyday situations. In D. Funder, J. Rauthmann, & R. Sherman (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Psychological Situations. New York: Oxford University Press.
2017
Klipker, K., Wrzus, C., Rauers, A., Boker, S.M., & Riediger, M. (2017). Within-person changes in salivary testosterone and physical characteristics of puberty predict boys' daily affect. Hormones and Behavior, 95, 22-32. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.07.012
Klipker, K. Wrzus, C., Rauers, A., & Riediger, M. (2017). Hedonic orientation moderates the association between cognitive control and affect reactivity to daily hassles in adolescent boys. Emotion, 17, 497-508. doi: 10.1037/emo0000241
Quintus, M., Egloff, B. & Wrzus, C. (2017). Predictors of volitional personality change in younger and older adults: Response surface analyses signify the complementary perspectives of oneself and knowledgeable others. Journal of Research in Personality, 70, 214-228. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2017.08.001
Wrzus, C., Egloff, B. & Riediger, M. (2017). Using Implicit Association Tests in age-heterogeneous samples: The importance of cognitive abilities and quad model processes. Psychology and Aging, 32, 432-446. doi: 10.1037/pag0000176
Wrzus, C., & Roberts, B. W. (2017). Processes of personality development in adulthood: The TESSeRa framework. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 21, 253-277. doi: 10.1177/1088868316652279
2016
Harden, K. P., Wrzus, C., Luong, G., Grotzinger, A., Bajbouj, M., Rauers, A., Wagner, G.G., & Riediger, M. (2016). Diurnal coupling between testosterone and cortisol from adolescence to older adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 73, 79-90. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.07.216
Luong, G., Wrzus, C., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2016). When bad moods may not be so bad: Valuing negative affect is associated with weakened affect–health links. Emotion, 6, 387-401. doi: 10.1037/emo0000132
Wrzus, C., & Neyer, F. J. (2016). Co-development of personality and friendships across the lifespan: An empirical review on selection and socialization. European Psychologist, 21, 254-273. doi: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000277
Wrzus, C., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2016). Personality-situation transactions from adolescence to old age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110, 782-799. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000054
Wrzus, C., Zimmermann, J., Mund, M., & Neyer, F. J. (2016). Friendships in young and middle adulthood: Normative patterns and personality differences. In M. Hojjat & A. Moyer (Eds.), Psychology of friendship. New York: Oxford University Press.
2015
Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., Neyer, F. J., & Lang, F. R. (2015).Social network characteristics of early midlife voluntarily and involuntarily childless couples. Journal of Family Issues, 36, 87-110. doi: 10.1177/0192513X13490931
Wrzus, C. (2015). Situation cues, characteristics, and classes—Understanding their links to understand situations’ associations with personality and behavior. European Journal of Personality, 29, 416-418. doi: 10.1002/per.2005
Wrzus, C., Luong, G., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger. M. (2015). Can’t get it out of my head: Age differences in affective responsiveness vary with preoccupation and elapsed time after daily hassles. Emotion, 15, 257-269. doi: 10.1037/emo0000019
Wrzus, C., & Mehl, M. (2015). Lab and/or field? Measuring personality processes and their social consequences. European Journal of Personality, 29, 250-271. doi: 10.1002/per.1986
2014
Neyer, F. J., Mund, M., Zimmermann, J., & Wrzus, C. (2014). Personality-relationship transactions revisited. Journal of Personality, 82, 539–550. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12063
Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., Klipker, K., Müller, V., Schmiedek, F., & Wagner, G. G. (2014). Outside of the laboratory: Associations of working-memory performance with psychological and physiological arousal vary with age. Psychology and Aging, 29, 103-114. doi: 10.1037/a0035766
Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., & Wagner, G. G. (2014). Happiness is pleasant, or is it? Implicit representations of affect valence are associated with contrahedonic motivation and mixed affect in daily life. Emotion, 14, 950-961. doi: 10.1037/a0037711
Wrzus, C., Müller, V., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2014). Affect dynamics across the lifespan: With age, heart rate reacts less strongly, but recovers more slowly from emotional strain. Psychology and Aging, 29, 563-576. doi: 10.1037/a0037451
Wrzus, C., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2014). Feeling good when sleeping in? Day-to-day associations between sleep duration and affective well-being differ from youth to old age. Emotion, 14, 624-628. doi: 10.1037/a0035349
2013
Lang, F. R., Wagner, J., Wrzus, C., & Neyer, F. J. (2013). Personal effort in social relationships across adulthood. Psychology & Aging, 28, 529–539.
Wrzus, C., Hänel, M., Wagner, J., & Neyer, F. J. (2013). Social network change and life events across the lifespan: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 139, 53-80. doi: 10.1037/a0028601
Wrzus, C., Müller, V., Wagner, G. G., Lindenberger, U., & Riediger, M. (2013). Affective and cardiovascular responding to unpleasant events from adolescence to old age: Complexity of events matters. Developmental Psychology, 49, 384-397. doi: 10.1037/a0028325
2012
Sonnenberg, B., Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., & Wagner, G. G. (2012). Measuring time use in surveys - How valid are time use questions in surveys? Concordance of survey and experience sampling measures. Social Science Research, 41, 1037-1052. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.013
Wrzus, C., Brandmaier, A. M., von Oertzen, T., Müller, V., Wagner, G. G., & Riediger, M. (2012). A new approach for assessing sleep duration and postures from ambulatory accelerometry. PLoS ONE, 7, e48089. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048089
Wrzus, C., Wagner, J., & Neyer, F. J. (2012). The interdependence of horizontal family relationships and friendships relates to higher well-being. Personal Relationships, 19, 465–482. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01373.x
2011
Back, M. D., Baumert, A., Denissen, J. J. A., Hartung, F.-M., Penke, L., … Wrzus, C. (2011). PERSOC: A unified framework for understanding the dynamic interplay of personality and social relationships. European Journal of Personality, 25, 90-107.
Neyer, F. J., Wrzus, C., Wagner, J., & Lang, F. R. (2011). Two Principles of Relationship Regulation. European Psychologist, 16, 267-277. doi: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000055
Riediger, M., Wrzus, C., Schmiedek, F., Wagner, G. G., & Lindenberger, U. (2011). Is seeking bad mood cognitively demanding? Contra-hedonic orientation and working-memory capacity in everyday life. Emotion, 11, 656-665. doi: 10.1037/a0022756
Wrzus, C., Wagner, J., Baumert, A., Neyer, F. J., & Lang, F. R. (2011) Adult parent-child relationships through the lens of social relations analyses: Prosocial personality and reciprocity of support. European Journal of Personality, 25, 133–145.
2010
Wrzus, C., & Lang, F. R. (2010). Entwicklung der Persönlichkeit. In F. R. Lang, M. Martin & M. Pinquart (Eds.), Entwicklungspsychologie - Erwachsenenalter (pp. 141-159). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
2009
Neyer, F. J. & Wrzus, C. (2009). Personality Traits, Effects on Relationships. In H. T. Reiss & S. K. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (Vol. 3, pp. 1189-1191), Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Wagner, J., Lang, F. R., Wrzus, C., & Neyer, F. J. (2009). Can You Picture Your Relationships? Internet-based Assessment of Ego-centered Social Networks and Relationship Perceptions of Closeness and Reciprocity: (IPG Research Notes 2009/02). Erlangen: Institute of Psychogerontology. (available at http://www.geronto.uni-erlangen.org/forschung/publikationen.shtml)
2008
Lehnart, J., Wrzus, C., & Neyer, F. J. (2008). Dynamische Transaktionen zwischen Persönlichkeit und Beziehungen. In F. J. Neyer & F. M. Spinath (Eds.), Anlage und Umwelt (pp. 149 – 171).
Wrzus, C. (2008). Birds of a Feather ... But why? The Function of Similarity in Personal Relationships. Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften.
Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte
Forschungsinteressen:
Persönlichkeit im Lebensverlauf
Mechanismen von Persönlichkeitsentwicklung im Erwachsenenalter
Neurotizismus und affektive Prozesse
Persönlichkeitsdiagnostik im Lebensverlauf
Persönlichkeit und Soziale Beziehungen
DFG-gefördertes Projekt:
"Kurz- und Langzeitprozesse der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung im Erwachsenenalter" (Laufzeit 36 Monate)
JGU-gefördertes Projekt:
"Persönlichkeitsentwicklung im jungen, mittleren und höheren Erwachsenenalter" (Laufzeit 12 Monate)
Gutachterliche Tätigkeiten
Associate Editor
European Journal of Personality
Gutachter für Fachzeitschriften
British Journal of Psychology
Developmental Psychology
European Journal of Developmental Psychology
European Journal of Personality
Journal of Research in Personality
PLOS ONE
Psychology and Aging
Psychological Reports
Psychological Science
The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften (Schmollers Jahrbuch)
Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie
Gutachter für Organisationen
National Science Foundation
Scientific committee of the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Czech Research Foundation
Lehrveranstaltungen
Vorlesungen
Persönlichkeitspsychologie I + II
Seminare
Persönlichkeit und Soziale Beziehungen
Intelligenzdiagnostik
Persönlichkeitsentwicklung (Workshop)
Beziehungsdiagnostik in ego-zentrierten Netzwerken
Entwicklung Sozialer Beziehungen im Jugend- und Erwachsenenalter
Übungen
Angewandte Testtheorie und Testkonstruktion