Dr. Niclas Kuper

Eva Karch
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Room: P 6 (Pavilion 1)
Consultation-hour: By arrangement via E-Mail
Phone: +49 (2 51) 83 - 3 42 03
E-Mail: niclas.kuper [at] uni-muenster.de
 

  • Curriculum Vitae

    Professional Positions

    Since 06 / 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Interdisciplinary collaborative project: Individualisation in Changing Environments (InChangE), Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster. Associated with the Department of Psychological Assessment and Personality Psychology, University of Münster

    02 / 2023 – 05 / 2023 Research Associate, Department of Psychological Assessment and Personality Psychology, University of Münster

    04 / 2020 – 01 / 2023 Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology, and Psychological Assessment, Bielefeld University

    11 / 2019 – 01 / 2020 Research Assistant, Department of Psychological Assessment and Differential Psychology, University of Lübeck

    04 / 2019 – 07 / 2019 Student Research Assistant, Department of Social Psychology, University of Hamburg

    11 / 2016 – 02 / 2019 Student Research Assistant, Department of Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment, University of Hamburg

    10 / 2015 – 10 / 2016 Student Research Assistant, Department of Psychological Methods and Statistics, University of Hamburg

    10 / 2015 – 3 / 2016 Student Research Assistant, Statistics Consultation, Institute for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

    Education

    04 / 2020 – 05/2023 PhD student funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation at the Department of Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology, and Psychological Assessment, University of Bielefeld. Dissertation: “Personality Dynamics and Interactionism: The Interplay of Persons, Situations, and States”

    10 / 2017 – 07 / 2019 M.Sc. Psychology, University of Hamburg. Master Thesis: “Resting Frontal EEG Asymmetry and Personality Traits: A Meta-Analysis”

    10 / 2014 – 09 / 2016 B.Sc. Psychology, University of Hamburg. Bachelor Thesis: “The Effect of Left Frontal Anodal tDCS on Effort Expenditure for Reward and its Interaction with Trait Approach Motivation”

  • Publications

    in press
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018

    in press

    Humberg, S., Kuper, N., Rentzsch, K., Gerlach, T. M., Back, M. D., & Nestler, S. (in press). Investigating the effects of congruence between within-person associations: A comparison of two extensions of response surface analysis. Psychological Methods. supplemental materials pdf

    Kuper, N., Andresen, P. K., Beck, E. D., Costantini, G., Hamaker, E. L., Wright, A. G. C., & Zimmermann, J. (in press). From persons to general principles: Methodological decisions for idiographic and nomothetic research. European Journal of Personality. pdf

    Kuper, N., Ernesti, L., Modersitzki, N., Phan, L. V., & Rauthmann, J. F. (in press). Distinctions without differences? Effects of instruction sets for situation characteristic ratings. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. pdf

    Rauthmann, J. F., & Kuper, N. (in press). The landscape of personality psychology in the new millennium: A systematic keyword analysis of journal articles from 2000 to 2021. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. pdf preprint

    2024

    Kuper, N., von Garrel, A. S., Wiernik, B. M., Phan, L. V., Modersitzki, N., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2024). Distinguishing four types of Person × Situation Interactions: An integrative Framework and empirical examination. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 126(2), 282-311. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000473 preprint supplemental materials pdf

    Stanke, F. A., Kuper, N., Fetz, K., & Echterhoff, G. (2024). Discriminatory, yet socially accepted? Targets’ perceptions of subtle and blatant expressions of ethno-racial prejudice. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 2, Article 1343514. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsps.2024.1343514 pdf

    2023

    Kroencke, L., Kuper, N., Mota, S., Geukes, K., Zeigler-Hill, V., & Back, M. D. (2023). Narcissistic status pursuit in everyday social life: A within-person process approach to the behavioral and emotional dynamics of narcissism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(6),1519–1541. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000467 preprint supplemental materials pdf

    Kuper, N., Kroencke, L., Harari, G. M., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2023). Who benefits from which activity? On the relations between personality traits, leisure activities, and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(1), 141–172. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000438 preprint supplemental materials pdf

    2022

    Bott, A., Brockmann, L., Denneberg, I., Henken, E., *Kuper, N., Kruse, F., & Degner, J. (2022). Spontaneous trait inferences from behavior: A systematic meta-analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221100336 supplemental materials pdf

    Kuper, N., Breil, S. M., Horstmann, K. T., Roemer, L., Lischetzke, T., Sherman, R. A., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2022). Individual differences in contingencies between situation characteristics and personality states. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(5), 1166–1198. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000435 preprint supplemental materials pdf

    Ohmann, H. A., Kuper, N., & Wacker, J. (2022). Examining the reliability and validity of two versions of the Effort-Expenditure for Rewards Task (EEfRT). PLoS ONE, 17(1), e0262902. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262902 supplemental materials pdf

    2021

    Kuper, N., Modersitzki, N., Phan, L. V., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2021). The dynamics, processes, mechanisms, and functioning of personality: An overview of the field. British Journal of Psychology, 112(1), 1-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12486 pdf

    Kuper, N., Modersitzki, N., Phan, L. V., & Rauthmann, J. (2021). The situation during the COVID-19 pandemic: A snapshot in Germany. PloS ONE, 16(2), e0245719. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245719 supplemental materials pdf

    Kroencke, L., Kuper, N., Bleidorn, W., & Denissen, J. (2021). How does substance use affect personality development? Disentangling between-and within-person effects. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(4), 517-527. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620921702 pdf

    Modersitzki, N., Phan, L. V., Kuper, N., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2021). Who is impacted? Personality predicts individual differences in psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(6), 1110-1130. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620952576 preprint supplemental materials pdf

    2020

    Kroencke, L., Geukes, K., Utesch, T., Kuper, N., & Back, M. D. (2020). Neuroticism and emotional risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Research in Personality, 89, 104038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104038 pdf

    Ohmann, H. A., Kuper, N., & Wacker, J. (2020). A low dosage of the dopamine D2-receptor antagonist sulpiride affects effort allocation for reward regardless of trait extraversion. Personality Neuroscience, 3, Article e7. https://doi.org/10.1017/pen.2020.7 pdf

    Phan, L. V., Modersitzki, N., Kuper, N., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2020). Comparing the nomological networks of the Big Five and HEXACO models. European Journal of Personality, 34(4), 544–545. pdf

    Van Halem, S., Van Roekel, E., Kroencke, L., Kuper, N., & Denissen, J. (2020). Moments that matter? On the complexity of using triggers based on skin conductance to sample arousing events within an experience sampling framework. European Journal of Personality, 34(5), 794–807. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2252 pdf

    2019

    Kuper, N., Käckenmester, W., & Wacker, J. (2019). Resting frontal EEG asymmetry and personality traits: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Personality, 33(2), 154-175. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2197 supplemental materials pdf

    Kuper, N., & Bott, A. (2019). Has the evidence for moral licensing been inflated by publication bias? Meta-Psychology, 3, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.15626/MP.2018.878 supplemental materials pdf

    2018

    Ohmann, H. A., Kuper, N., & Wacker, J. (2018). Left frontal anodal tDCS increases approach motivation depending on reward attributes. Neuropsychologia, 119, 417-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.09.002 pdf

  • Research interests

    In my research, I am primarily interested in the interplay between persons and their contexts. I explore this interplay across three broad areas: (1) momentary person-situation dynamics, (2) longer-term outcomes and development, and (3) the broader socio-cultural context in which people are embedded. Some of my specific research interests are:

    • Personality Dynamics: Momentary and Long-Term
    • Person × Situation Interactions
    • Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches to Personality
    • Personality and Culture
    • Personality, Activities, and Well-Being
    • Measurement of Psychological States and Situations
    • Statistical Modeling of Within-Person Associations
    • Research Methodology in Personality Science
    • Intersection of Personality and Social Psychology
    • Approaches to Personality
    • Discrimination and Prejudice from Target’s Perspectives

    I explore these questions while (1) incorporating different relevant perspectives (interdisciplinary: relevant disciplines working on individuals in environments; across psychological sub-disciplines: e.g., personality, social, health and well-being, developmental, cultural, biological, quantitative methods), (2) combining different study designs (e.g., experience sampling, longitudinal panel studies, laboratory studies, online studies, experimental designs), and (3) using various statistical analysis techniques (e.g., meta-analysis, multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, psychometrics, Monte- Carlo simulations).

  • Presentations

    Symposia and Meetings (co-)organized

    Berkessel, J. & Kuper, N. (2023). Symposium: Personality across cultures. 17th Conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section, Salzburg (September 24-27)

    Kuper, N. (2023). Symposium: Personality structure, processes, and outcomes across cultures. 8th Biennial ARP Conference, Evanston (July 20-22).

    Kuper, N. & Horstmann, K. T. (2022). Symposium: New developments in the examination of person-environment dynamics [translated]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Hildesheim (September 12-15).

    Kritzler, S., & Kuper, N. (2022). Symposium: Personality dynamics: Empirical and methodological developments in a burgeoning research field. 20th European Conference of Personality, Madrid (July 12-15).

    Kuper, N., Modersitzki, N., Phan, L. V., Quirin, M., & Rauthmann, J. (2022). Pre- conference: Idiographics and nomothetics in personality science. Pre-conference of the European Conference of Personality, Madrid (July 11).

    Quirin, M., Rauthman, J. F., Hernandez, G., Kuper, N., Modersitzki, N., Phan, L. V. (2021). Expert meeting: Dynamics of personality: Integrating nomothetic and idiographic approaches into a synthetic framework. European Association of Personality Psychology expert meeting, Raitenhaslach (December 3-4).

    Kuper, N. (2021). Symposium: Person-situation dynamics: Examining individual differences in within-person relations between psychological states and situational variables. 16th Conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section, Ulm (September 12-15).

    Conference Talks and Invited Presentations (selected)

    Kuper, N., Gardiner, G., Funder, D., Members of the International Situations Project, & Rauthmann, J. F. (2023). Examining the Personality Triad Across Cultures: On the Relations Between Personality Traits, Situation Characteristics, and Behavior in 62 Countries. 17th Conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section, Salzburg (September 24-27).

    Kuper, N., Gardiner, G., Funder, D., Members of the International Situations Project, & Rauthmann, J. F. (2023). Cultural Differences in the Personality Triad: The Interplay of Personality Traits, Situation Characteristics, and Behavior Across 62 Countries. 8th Biennial ARP Conference, Evanston (July 20-22).

    Kuper, N., von Garrel, A. S., Wiernik, B. M., Phan, L. V., Modersitzki, N., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2023). Four Types of Person × Situation Interactions: A Novel Framework and Systematic Empirical Examination. Emerging scholar symposium of the 8th Biennial ARP Conference, Evanston (July 20-22).

    Kuper, N. (2023). Personality: Individuals in Environments. Invited presentation at the Individualisation Symposium of the Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment (invited by Prof. Barbara Caspers & Prof. Jürgen Gadau), University of Münster and Bielefeld University.

    Kuper, N. (2023). Four Different Types of Person x Situation Interactions: A New Framework and Empirical Examination. Invited presentation at the early career researcher colloquium for quantitative methods (invited by Prof. Axel Mayer), Bielefeld University.

    Kuper, N. (2023). Persons in Contexts. Invited presentation at the Department of Psychology, (invited by Prof. Daniel Ozer), University of California, Riverside.

    Kuper, N. (2023). The Interplay of Persons and Their Contexts. Invited presentation at the Department of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment (invited by Prof. Christian Kandler), University of Bremen.

    Kuper, N., von Garrel, A. S., Wiernik, B. M., Phan, L. V., Modersitzki, N., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2022). Person × Situation Interactions: An Empirical Examination of Four Distinct Interaction Effects [translated]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society, Hildesheim (September 12-15).

    Kuper, N., von Garrel, A. S., Wiernik, B. M., Phan, L. V., Modersitzki, N., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2022). Examining Four Types of Person × Situation Interactions. 20th European Conference of Personality, Madrid (July 12-15).

    Kuper, N., Andresen, P., Beck, E. D., Costantini, G., Hamaker, E. L., Wright, A. G. C., & Zimmermann, J. (2022). Idiographics and Nomothetics in Personality Science: Research methodology. Pre-Conference on Idiographics and Nomothetics in Personality Science, European Conference of Personality, Madrid (July 11).

    Kuper, N., Kroencke, L., Harari, G. M., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2022). Who Benefits From Which Activity? Examining the Interplay of Leisure Activities, Personality Traits, and Well- Being. Dynamics in Personality Development pre-conference, Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Francisco (February 16-19).

    Kuper, N., Breil, S. M., Horstmann, K. T., Roemer, L., Lischetzke, T., Sherman, R. A., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2021). Individual Differences in Situation Characteristic – State Contingencies (Scscs). 16th Conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section, Ulm (September 12-15).

    Kuper, N., Breil, S. M., Horstmann, K. T., Roemer, L., Lischetzke, T., Sherman, R. A., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2021). Individual Differences in Contingencies Between Situation Characteristics and Personality States. 7th Biennial ARP Conference (July 16).

    Kuper, N., Kroencke, L., Bleidorn, W., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2019) Does Substance Use Lead to Personality Change? Results from a Large Longitudinal Study. 15th Conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section, Dresden (September 16-19).

    Kuper, N. (2019). Meta-Analysis, Replicability, and Publication Bias: An Introduction With Examples From Social and Biological Personality Psychology [translated]. Colloquium of the Psychology Department (invited by Prof. Marcel Zentner), University of Innsbruck.

    Kuper, N., Gärtner, W., & Wacker, J. (2018). Resting Frontal Asymmetry and Personality Traits: A Meta-Analysis. 44th Psychology and the Brain Conference, Gießen (May 31 - June 2).

  • Journal Reviewer

    Ad Hoc

    • BMC Psychiatry
    • Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
    • Current Psychology
    • European Journal of Personality
    • European Journal of Psychological Assessment
    • Infant and Child Development
    • Journal of Individual Differences
    • Journal of Personality
    • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
    • Journal of Research in Personality
    • Personality and Individual Differences
    • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
    • Personality and Social Psychology Review
    • Personality Science
    • Scientific Reports
    • Self and Identity
    • Social Psychological and Personality Science

    Emerging Editor Board Member

    • Personality and Social Psychology Review