M.Sc. Julian Scharbert

Julian Scharbert

 
Doctoral Research Associate
Room: P 2b (Pavilion 1)
Consultation-hour: By arrangement via E-Mail
Phone: +49 (2 51) 83 - 3 43 28
E-Mail: julian.scharbert [at] uni-muenster.de
 

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  • Curriculum Vitae

    Professional Positions

    Since 07 / 2021
    Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychological Assessment and Personality Psychology, University of Münster

    01 / 2024 - 03 / 2024
    Visiting Research Associate with Prof. Jon Jachimowicz at Harvard Business School, Organizational Behavior Unit (Boston, USA)

    07 / 2023 - 09 / 2023
    Visiting Research Associate with Prof. Colin DeYoung at the University of Minnesota, Department of Psychology (Minneapolis, USA)

    03 / 2016 - 02 / 2019
    Research Assistant at the University of Münster, Department of Psychological Assessment and Personality Psychology

    10 / 2017 – 02 / 2019
    Teaching Assistant at the University of Münster, Department of Psychological Assessment and Personality Psychology

    Education

    Since 07 / 2021
    PhD student, University of Münster

    10 / 2018 – 05 / 2021
    M.Sc. Psychology, University of Münster
    Master Thesis: The Autotelic Personality Through a Cybernetic Lens – A Replication and Extension of Tse et al. (2020)

    10 / 2014 – 10 / 2017
    B.Sc. Psychology, University of Münster
    Bachelor Thesis: Puffed-up but shaky: I a Good Mood but Moody? A Replication and Extension of Geukes et al. (2017)

    09 / 2016 – 07 / 2017
    Year abroad at the Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy)

  • Research interests

    I am a personality researcher who is particularly fascinated by the study of well-being. In my research, I consider various potential influences on well-being such as major societal events (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war, the U.S. election), person-level attributes (e.g., personality traits, sociodemographic characteristics, political attitudes) and situational influences (e.g., social interaction processes, situational contexts). In addition, I grapple with the theoretical conceptualization and assessment of well-being in general (e.g., value fulfillment, the flow experience, and the remembering vs. experiencing self).

    To approach these research questions, I primarily use ambulatory assessment methods that allow to capture well-being as a state in the moment. With the “Coping with Corona” (CoCo) project, I have conducted a global experience-sampling study in more than 20 countries as well as several national studies in Germany combining experience-sampling surveys with informant reports, mobile sensing, and social network assessments. I analyze these large and complex datasets using state-of-the-art statistical techniques such as multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, psychometrics, and machine learning. In my research, I emphasize preregistering my hypotheses and analysis procedures and strongly value openness and transparency to enhance the reproducibility and replicability of science.

    I am convinced that advances in psychological research can be applied to foster personal, organizational, and societal well-being. Therefore, I strive to make scientific contributions available to individuals, organizations, and policymakers by publishing in open-access journals, engaging in science communication, and giving public talks and workshops.

  • Publications

    in press
    2024
    2023

    in press

    Scharbert, J., Dein, L. M., Kroencke, L., Nestler, S., Back, M. D., & Utesch, K. (in press). Narcissists’ affective well-being: Associations of grandiose narcissism with state affect level and variability. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. pdf

    Scharbert, J., Utesch, K., Reiter, T. F., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Back, M. D., & Rau, R. (in press). If you were happy and you know it, clap your hands! Testing the peak-end rule for retrospective judgments of well-being in everyday life. European Journal of Personality.pdf

    2024

    Reiter, T., Sakel, S., Scharbert, J., ter Horst, J., Back, M., Van Zalk, M., Buehner, M., & Schoedel, R. (2024). Investigating Phubbing in Everyday Life: Challenges & Lessons for Future Research. Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’24), 207, 1-8 https://doi.org/10.1145/3613905.3651009 pdf

    Scharbert, J., Humberg, S., Kroencke, L., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., Horst, J. ter, Utesch, K., Gosling, S. D., Harari, G., Matz, S. C., Schoedel, R., Stachl, C., Aguilar, N. M. A., Amante, D., Aquino, S. D., Bastias, F., Bornamanesh, A., Bracegirdle, C., Campos, L. A. M., . . . Back, M. D. (2024). Psychological well-being in Europe after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44693-6 pdf

    2023

    Scharbert, J., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., ter Horst, J., Geukes, K., Gosling, S. D., Harari, G. M., Kroencke, L., Matz, S., Schoedel, R., Shani, M., Stachl, C., Talaifar, S., Aguilar, N. M. A., Amante, D., Aquino, S. D., Bastias, F., Biesanz, J. C., Bornamanesh, A., . . . Back, M. D. (2023). A global experience-sampling method study of well-being during times of crisis: The CoCo project. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(10). https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12813 preprint supplemental materials pdf

    Ryvkina, E., Kroencke, L., Geukes, K., Scharbert, J., & Back, M. D. (2023). Understanding psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic through ESM data: The EMOTIONS project. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.5334/jopd.83 https://osf.io/6kzx3/ pdf

  • Presentations

    Chaired Symposia

    Scharbert, J. (2024, September 19). Modern Approaches in Well-Being Research. [Chaired symposium]. 53rd Congress of the German Society for Psychology (Vienna, Austria).

    Scharbert, J. (2024, August 8). Bridging Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches in Well-Being Research. [Chaired symposium]. 21st European Conference on Personality (Berlin, Germany).

    Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L. (2024, April 5). Advancing Well-Being Research With Momentary Assessments. [Chaired symposium]. 4th World Conference on Personality (Willemstad, Curaçao).

    Scharbert, J., Horstmann, K. T. (2023, September 27). Im Moment und im Allgemeinen: Zum Zusammenhang von Traits und States. [Chaired symposium]. 17th meeting of the section Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment of the German Psychological Society (Salzburg, Austria).

    Scharbert, J., DeYoung, C. G. (2023, July 21). Beyond Hedonism and Eudaimonism: New Advances in Well-being Research. [Chaired symposium]. 8th biennial conference of the Association for Research in Personality (Evanston, USA).

    Presentations

    Scharbert, J., Chou, E., March, M., Tiberius, V., & DeYoung, C. G. (2024, September 19). Assessing Idiographic and Nomothetic Components of Well-Being: The Value Fulfillment Scale [Conference talk]. 53rd Congress of the German Society for Psychology (Vienna, Austria).

    Scharbert, J., Chou, E., March, M., Tiberius, V., & DeYoung, C. G. (2024, August 8). Assessing Idiographic and Nomothetic Components of Well-Being: The Value Fulfillment Scale [Conference talk]. 21st European Conference on Personality (Berlin, Germany).

    Scharbert, J., Geukes, K., Reiter, T., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Back, M.D., & Rau, R. (2024, April 5). If you were happy and you know it, clap your hands! Testing the peak-end rule for retrospective judgments of well-being in everyday life [Conference talk]. 4th World Conference on Personality (Willemstad, Curaçao).

    Scharbert, J., Geukes, K., Reiter, T., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Back, M.D., & Rau, R. (2023, September 27). If you were happy and you know it, clap your hands! Was verzerrt die retrospektive Beurteilung des momentanen Wohlbefindens? [Conference talk]. 17th meeting of the section Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment of the German Psychological Society (Salzburg, Austria).

    Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Bühner, M., & Back, M. D. (2023, September 27). Personality and well-being: The role of interpersonal perception processes. [Conference talk]. 17th meeting of the section Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment of the German Psychological Society (Salzburg, Austria).

    Hätscher, O., Klinz, J. L., Scharbert, J., Grunenberg, E., & Back, M. D. (2023, September 25). A Machine Learning Approach to the Prediction of Individual Differences in Psychological Reactivities. [Conference presentation]. 17th Conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section, Salzburg, Austria.

    Scharbert, J., Geukes, K., Back, M. D., DeYoung, C. G. (2023, July 21). Flow and the Autotelic Personality Through a Cybernetic Lens. [Conference talk]. 8th biennial conference of the Association for Research in Personality (Evanston, USA).

    Klinz, J. L., Scharbert, J., & Back, M. D. (2023, June 07). Predicting Individuals’ Affective Well-Being by Applying Natural Language Processing to Daily Diaries. [Conference talk]. Conference of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

    Scharbert, J., Humberg, S., Kroencke, L., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., ter Horst, J., Geukes, K., van Zalk, M., Bühner, M., & Back, M. D. (2023, June 05). How the Outbreak of War in Ukraine Impaired Psychological Well-Being Across Nations – Insights from the CoCo Project. [Conference talk]. Conference of the Society for Ambulatory Assessment (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

    Scharbert, J., Geukes, K., Back, M. D., DeYoung, C. G. (2022, November 26). Flow and the Autotelic Personality Through a Cybernetic Lens. [Conference talk]. 11th Meeting of the European Flow Researchers Network (Lille, France).

    Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Bühner, M., & Back, M. D. (2022, September 14). Personality and well-being: The role of interpersonal perception processes. [Conference talk]. 52nd Congress of the German Society for Psychology (Hildesheim, Germany).

    Scharbert, J., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Bühner, M., & Back, M. D. (2022, July 15). A Global ESM Study on Well-being During Times of Crises: the CoCo Project. [Conference talk]. European Conference of Personality 2022 (Madrid, Spain).

    Scharbert, J., Reiter, T., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Bühner, M., & Back, M. D. (2022, February 17). A Global ESM Study on Well-being in the COVID-19 Pandemic: the CoCo Project. [Data blitz talk]. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (San Francisco, CA).

    Scharbert, J., Reiter, T., Sakel, S., ter Horst, J., van Zalk, M., Bühner, M., & Back, M. D. (2021, November 15). Coping with Corona (CoCo): Understanding individual differences in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Conference presentation]. Research Conference Pandemics by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

    Scharbert, J., Geukes, K., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2018, September 15-20). Puffed-up but shaky: gut gelaunt aber launisch? Eine Replikation und Erweiterung von Geukes et al. (2017). [Conference presentation]. 51th Congress of the German Society for Psychology (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

  • Journal Reviewer

    • Social and Personality Psychology Compass
    • European Journal of Personality
    • Journal of Research in Personality

  • Memberships

    • German Psychological Association (DGPs; associated member), Section of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment (DPPD)
    • Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
    • European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP)
    • Society for Ambulatory Assessment (SAA)
    • European Flow Researchers Network (EFRN)
    • Association for Research in Personality (ARP)