OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Personality is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Speed-dating and simulation data explain the discrepancy between stated and revealed mate preferences	127
Motive-Specific Affective Contingencies and Their Relevance for Personality and Motivated Behavior	41
Wanting More, Caring Less: Greed Promotes Objectification by Enhancing Self-Enhancement Values and Undermining Self-Transcendence Values	37
Probing the predictive validity of ideal partner preferences for future partner traits and relationship outcomes across 13 years	32
I am who I am with: The link between different types of social interaction partners and personality in adolescence	31
Historical Changes in Control Belief Trajectories	29
Personality Characteristics of Morally Courageous Individuals: Evidence From Group Comparisons	29
Dispositional Optimism and Daily Stressor Reactivity: Trait Positive Affect as a Mediator of Affective, Behavioural, and Cognitive Outcomes	28
Values across adolescence: a four-year longitudinal study. The predictive role of community violence and parental acceptance-rejection	27
Associations of common mental disorders with personality traits over a 17-year period	25
The quest for genuine self-knowledge: An investigation into individual differences in the self-insight motive	22
Stability and change in dispositional envy: Longitudinal evidence on envy as a stable trait	22
What is common may be as important as what is different: Examining the general factor shared by dispositional shame and guilt using bi-factor models	21
Lifespan trajectories of negative and positive affect: A coordinated analysis of 14 longitudinal studies	18
I feel smart today! A daily diary study on narcissism and self-assessed intelligence	17
Epigenetic aging and personality differences: Latent change analyses of twin data	16
Stability and change of basic personal values in mid-to-late adolescence: A 4-year longitudinal study	16
Life events and life satisfaction: Estimating effects of multiple life events in combined models	14
When do we put things off? A volitional-task attractiveness framework of personality and task-related factors in predicting procrastinatory behavior	14
Revisiting the IPIP-NEO personality hierarchy with taxonomic graph analysis	14
Reciprocal effects between self-esteem and work experiences: A reanalysis of two longitudinal studies	13
Trajectories of temperament from late childhood through adolescence and associations with anxiety and depression in young adulthood	12
Bad news first—Neuroticism, negative expectations, and preference for negative information	12
Exploring individual differences in volitional personality state and trait change: The role of motivation and engagement during a 12-week intervention	11
Short-term dynamics of pride and state self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition	11

The factor structure of Big Five personality trait measures at the between- and within-person levels	11
Filling in the missing pieces: Personality traits (un)related to dishonest behavior	11
Moving towards darkness: The personality-environment association between the Dark Triad and residential mobility	10
How was your child’s temperament today and last week? Considering within-person variability in the measurement of infant temperament	10
Gender and values in 20 years of the European Social Survey: Are gender-typical values linked to parenthood?	10
Item Features Affect How Well People Can Predict Self-Reported Personality Traces of Strangers	10
Long-Term Advantages of Adolescent Optimism: Nonlinear Associations With Adult Outcomes and its Protective Role in Buffering Socioeconomic Risk	10
Differentiating narcissism modes in everyday life: The role of situation perception	10
The development and correlated change of narcissism and self-esteem in adulthood	9
State investigative interest varies across daily life and predicts academic engagement: Replication and extension of the nomological network	9
Transactions between the Big Five personality traits and first sexual experiences in adolescence and emerging adulthood	9
Developmental trajectories of ethnic and national identities in adolescents from migrant families: The role of social identification with family and classmates	9
Does realizing strengths, insight, and behavioral practice through a psychological intervention promote personality change? An intensive longitudinal study	9
MIsgivings about measurement invariance	8
Codevelopment of the dark triad and depressiveness from emerging adulthood to midlife	8
Structural and Inter-individual Differentiation in Personality Traits Across the Adult Lifespan	8
Do you mind a closer look? A jingle-jangle fallacy perspective on mindfulness	8
Predicting Scientific and Artistic Creative Achievements in Adolescence: A Comprehensive Approach Integrating Personality, Motivation, and Cognitive Ability	8
Spurious prospective effects between work experiences and self-esteem: A reanalysis of a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies	8
Developing, evaluating, and interpreting personality state measures: A framework based on the revised latent state-trait theory	8
Life Events and Personality Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	8
Reciprocal associations between sense of purpose and subjective well-being in old age	8
Longitudinal associations between personality traits and cognitive complaints in midlife and older age across 20 years	8
A lexical examination of the facets of honesty-humility: The adjective checklist of honesty	8
Teachers With Personality: General Traits versus Social-Emotional Characteristics and Instructional Competencies in Brazilian Teachers	8
Personality development in adolescence: Examining big five trait trajectories in differential learning environments	8
The language of power: Interpersonal perceptions of sense of power, dominance, and prestige based on word usage	8
How much can personality predict prosocial behavior?	7
Revisiting regulatory fit and its effect on honesty: A replication attempt	7
Unveiling the Dynamics of Narcissistic Fluctuations and the Affective Cycles in Narcissism	7
The inertia of anger and sadness among adolescents and adults: The role of self-efficacy in regulating negative emotions	7
Not all flowers bloom in April: Self-esteem development surrounding the first romantic relationship during adolescence and emerging adulthood	7
The complexity of the pursuit of happiness is associated with the success of well-being related behaviors in everyday life	7
A multiwave study on changes in narcissism	7