René Proyer

Prof. of Psychology at @UniHalle; Research in #personality; #play and #playfulness; #positivepsychology; #assessment past president of @EAPA_Science

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

Ich habe mit dem Tagesspiegel über das Thema „Wie gelingt der spielerische Umgang mit dem Leben?“ und unsere Arbeiten dazu an der Uni Halle gesprochen. Schön, dass das Thema Aufmerksamkeit findet: https://t.co/6ca7vF5dnN

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

How to trigger Austrians

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

The Australo-Hungarian Empire at its territorial peak

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Lego have changed the age limit for their toys up from '4-99' in a 100th birthday post to Sir David Attenborough

“Updated for you, Sir David”

[Pequod @The_Pequod_]

Amazing section of Jane Goodall’s Wikipedia page

[European Journal of Psychological Assessment @EJPAjournal]

Don’t miss this #OpenAccess study on the validation of the SACA—measuring students’ causal attributions for academic success and failure across ten dimensions.
https://t.co/gVdGaIC2dS

[European Journal of Psychological Assessment @EJPAjournal]

Check out this systematic review examining the psychometric properties of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire (PAQ) using both IRT and Classical Test Theory at https://t.co/t7no3uFh4I

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

Great news for everyone working on psychological assessment in climate change-rated issues: The deadline for submissions to @PTAD_journal special issue "Human–Climate–Sustainability:Assessment in the Context of Climate Change" has been extended;May 31st! https://t.co/tR9f7WBG74

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

New paper out: "A quick way of counting the muses in German speakers: Evaluation of a 20-item short version of the German-language translation of the Kaufman Domains of #Creativity Scales (K-DOCS)" https://t.co/6AL3wMFyre

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Nature's 2025 PhD survey asked 3,700 doctoral candidates: What is the best thing your supervisor has done for you?

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

New paper out: "Studying the associations between adult #playfulness and self-esteem: An exploratory study using two samples and a mini meta-analysis" https://t.co/xwcwNGVZwv

[European Journal of Psychological Assessment @EJPAjournal]

Check out this #OpenAccess study on the development of the optimized Skin Shame Scale (SSS-OF)—an 8-item, reliable and time-efficient tool for assessing skin-related shame in clinical populations.
https://t.co/aGhX76KKJJ

[European Journal of Psychological Assessment @EJPAjournal]

Check out this study validating the Employee Resilience Scale (ERS) across Chinese and UK samples at https://t.co/dcZ8BoNggy

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

"Gut auf Krisen vorbereitet: Mit Serious Games Resilienz bei Lieferausfällen trainieren" Eine Pressemitteilung zu unserem aktuell laufenden Verbundprojekt zu Serious Games: https://t.co/nSD7lYixnZ

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

New paper out: "Localizing adult #playfulness in dimensions of romantic #attachment and #jealousy in singles": https://t.co/qC7ab8fMWA

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Check for more to come soon @PTAD_journal: https://t.co/QvFDU3ne9C

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

First paper out of our special article collection series @PTAD_journal on debunking myths in #assessment and #measurement: "Repeated Advice for Not
Performing Principal Component Analysis as
a Substitute for Factor Analysis." https://t.co/tR9f7WBG74

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g to Durham! Join researchers from around the world in one of the UK's most historic university cities. Riverside walks, castle views & rich exchanges of ideas await. Please like & share this announcement! #ISSID2027 #IndividualDifferences

[René Proyer @ReneProyer]

Very interesting read; I am wondering whether the "exploring behavior in young animals" could also be interpreted as play behavior?

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Aging may feel gradual… but what if it’s not?
In our paper out today, we tracked fish continuously from puberty until death.
This gave us a unique view of how aging unfolds across the adult lifespan.
🧵

[Anne Berthold @tich_ar]

Would've, could've, should've – The role of cognitive and affective ap... https://t.co/HNQuNzbx8c
.....please read if you are interested