Publications

Szaszi, B., Clelland, H., Kovacs, M., Schulz-Kümpel, H., Holzmeister, F., Nilsonne, G., … Nosek, B. (in press). Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences. Nature.

Yelbuz, B. E., & Thielmann, I. (2025). The dispositional basis of selective prosociality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. doi:10.1037/pspp0000583

Bendau, A., Thielmann, I., Wössner, G., Reich, N. J., Bandurski, L. C., & Asselmann, E. (in press). Personality change associated with confinement: A systematic review of observational and treatment-related evidence from prisons and forensic settings. European Journal of Personality.

Tan, N. P.-J., Hilbig, B., Moshagen, M., Zettler, I., Payer, S., & Thielmann, I. (2025). Strangers in the dark: An investigation of assumed similarity in judgements of unknown others on aversive personality. Judgment and Decision Making, (20), e38. doi:10.1017/jdm.2025.10013

Hilbig, B. E., Thielmann, I., & Heck, D. W. (2025). Filling in the missing pieces: Personality traits (un)related to dishonest behaviour. European Journal of Personality, 39(5), 732–746. doi:10.1177/08902070241293621

Pischel, M., Wüster, A. L., Metz, K., Wulf, H., Lahmann, C., & Pfeifer, E. (2025). They talk the talk and walk the walk: Psychotherapists' experiences of psychotherapy while walking in nature. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 25(3), e70035. doi:10.1002/capr.70035

Schubach, B., & Thielmann, I. (2025). Does a left-wing political orientation really go along with greater prosociality? A large-scale empirical investigation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16(7), 719–731. doi:10.1177/19485506241298341

Thielmann, I. (in press). Prosoziales Verhalten: Wer hilft und wem wird geholfen? Psychologische Rundschau.

Thielmann, I. (2025). Demokratie braucht Vertrauen: Wie Misstrauen Gesellschaften verändert – und was politische Bildung dem entgegensetzen kann. Außerschulische Bildung, (3), 4–10.

Casali, N., & Feraco, T. (2025). Bridges over troubled water: A meta-analysis of the associations of character strengths with well-being and common mental health disorders. European Journal of Personality. doi:10.1177/08902070251366765

Li, R., Balliet, D., Thielmann, I., & De Vries, R. E. (2025). Revisiting situational strength: Do strong situations restrict variance in behaviors? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129(3), 551–575. doi:10.1037/pspi0000475

Shalvi, S., Levine, E. E., Thielmann, I., Jayawickreme, E., Van Rooij, B., Teodorescu, K., … Ritov, I. (2025). The science of honesty: A review and research agenda. In B. Gawronski (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 72, pp. 241–327). doi:10.1016/bs.aesp.2025.04.004

Ryland, H., Burghart, M., Zhong, S., Fazel, S., & Yu, R. (2025). Risk assessment tools used at the policing stage for health and crime outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 383, 118457. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118457

Rauthmann, J., Armbruster, D., Asselmann, E., Berkessel, J. B., Bleidorn, W., Buecker, S., … Zimmermann, J. (in press). Die differentielle und Persönlichkeitspsychologie im Jahr 2025: Stand, Entwicklungen und Ausblick. Psychologische Rundschau.

Casali, N., Hilbig, B. E., & Thielmann, I. (2025). A critical evaluation of the factor structure and validity of the Moral Character Questionnaire. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1), 138646. doi:10.1525/collabra.138646

Burghart, M., Seidl, A., Casali, N., Khalaf, T., & Thielmann, I. (2025). (Don’t) tell me more about myself: Willful ignorance of self-related feedback. Current Opinion in Psychology, 65, 102071. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102071

Grosz, M. P., Thielmann, I., Krabbe, H., & Back, M. D. (2025). When and why do individuals high in narcissistic rivalry attain social status? European Journal of Personality, 39(3), 392–407. doi:10.1177/08902070241256142

Nielsen, Y. A., Pfattheicher, S., & Thielmann, I. (2025). How much can personality predict prosocial behavior? European Journal of Personality, 39(3), 305–322. doi:10.1177/08902070241251516

Popov, N., & Thielmann, I. (2025). The core tendencies underlying prosocial behavior: Testing a person-situation framework. Journal of Personality, 93(3), 633–652. doi:10.1111/jopy.12957

Thielmann, I., & Burghart, M. (2025). Self-knowledge: Limits, implications, and paths to change. Current Opinion in Psychology, 65, 102056. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102056