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2025

Bach, K., Koch, M., & Spinath, F.M. (2025). Relationship satisfaction and the Big Five – utilizing longitudinal data covering 9 years. Personality and Individual Differences, 233, 112887. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112887
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Reis, A., & Spinath, F.M. (2025). Genetik der Intelligenz. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 122, 38-42. doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0236
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Reis, A., & Spinath, F.M. (2025). The genetics of intelligence. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 122, 38-42. doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0236

2024 

Campbell, A.C., Ferreira, L.C., Hahn, E., Spinath, F.M., Hopper, J.L.,  & Young, J.T. (2024). Familial confounding of internalising symptoms and obesity in adolescents and young adults. International Journal of Obesity, 48, 876–883.  doi.10.1038/s41366-024-01491-w
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Dings, A. & Spinath, F.M. (2024). Sports club participation impacts life satisfaction in adolescence: a twin study. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 73, 102639. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102639
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Ferreira, L.C., Armstrong, G., Hahn, E., Newton-Howes, G., Foulds, J., Hopper, J.L., Spinath, F.M., Kurdyak, P., & Young, J.T. (2024). Mental disorders and discrimination: a prospective cohort study of young twin pairs in Germany. SSM - Population Health, 25, 101622. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101622
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Hegelund, E.R., Mortensen, E.L., Flensborg-Madsen, T., Dammeyer, J., Christensen, K., McGue, M., Klatzka, C.H., Spinath, F.M., & Johnson, W. (2024). The moderating influence of school achievement on intelligence: a cross-national comparison. Behavior Genetics. doi.org/10.1007/s10519-024-10203-z
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Klatzka, C.H., Hahn, E., & Spinath, F.M. (2024). Differences in experiences of discrimination: an investigation of personality and person based characteristics in a twin difference design. Current Psychology, 43, 17105–17117.  doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05597-8
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Klatzka, C.H., Raufeisen, O., Hahn, E., & Spinath, F.M. (2024). Personality as consequence and antecedent of bullying victimization in adolescence: a cross-lagged panel and genetically informed investigation. Personality and Individual Differences, 232, 112842. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112842
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Wolfram, T., Ruks, M., & Spinath, F.M. (2024). Disentangling genetic and social pathways of the intergenerational transmission of cognitive ability – a nuclear twin family study. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 94, 100980. doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100980
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2023

Levacher, J., Koch, M., Stegt, S. J., Hissbach, J., Spinath, F.M., Escher, M., & Becker, N. (2023). The construct validity of the main student selection tests for medical studies in Germany. Frontiers in Education, 8,1120129. doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1120129 
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Levacher, J., Spinath, F.M., Becker, N., & Hahn, E. (2023). How did the beginnings of the global COVID-19 pandemic affect mental well-being? PLOS ONE, 18. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279753 
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Rohm, T., Andreas, A., Deppe, M., Eichhorn, H., Instinske, J., Klatzka, C.H., Kottwitz, A., Krell, K., Mönkediek, B., Paulus, L., Piesch, S., Ruks, M., Starr, A., Weigel, L., Diewald, M., Kandler, C., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F.M. (2023). Data from the German TwinLife Study: genetic and social origins of educational predictors, processes, and outcomes. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 11(1), 4. doi.org/10.5334/jopd.78
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Weber, D., Krieger, F., Spinath, F.M., Greiff, S., Hissbach, J., & Becker, N. (2023). A log file analysis on the validity of partial solutions in figural matrices tests. Journal of Intelligence, 11, 11020037. doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11020037 
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2022

Hilger, K., Spinath, F.M., Troche, S., & Schubert, A.L. (2022). The biological basis of intelligence: benchmark findings. Intelligence, 93, 101665. doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2022.101665
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Koch, M., Spinath, F.M., Greiff, S., & Becker, N. (2022). Development and validation of the Open Matrices Item Bank. Journal of Intelligence, 10, 10030041. doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10030041
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Levacher, J., Koch, M., Bungart, M., Spinath, F.M., & Becker, N. (2022). Alea iacta est—development and evaluation of a manipulation approach of the item difficulty in the distractor-based format of the cube construction test. Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 64, 112–126.
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Mueller, I.M., Spinath, F.M., Friese, M., & Hahn, E. (2022). Genetics, parenting, and family functioning–what drives the development of self‐control from adolescence to adulthood?. Journal of Personality. 91(2), 332-353. doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12723
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2021

Baum, M.A., Spinath, F.M., & Hahn, E. (2021). Reexamining the relationship between shift work and health behavior: do cognitive ability and personality moderate the relation? Collabra: Psychology, 7(1): 21160. doi.org/10.1525/collabra.21160
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Biermann, A., Karbach, J., Spinath, F.M., & Brünken, R. (2021). Eingangsmerkmale und Studienerfolg von Lehramtsstudierenden. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 3/21, 155-169. doi.org/10.2378/peu2021.art11d
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Dings, A., & Spinath, F.M. (2021). Motivational and personality variables distinguish academic underachievers from high achievers, low achievers, and overachievers. Social Psychology of Education, 24, 1461–1485. doi.org/10.1007/s11218-021-09659-2
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Koch, M., Becker, N., Spinath, F.M., & Greiff, S. (2021). Assessing intelligence without intelligence tests. Future perspectives. Intelligence, 89, 101596. doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2021.101596
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Koch, M., Möller, C., & Spinath, F.M. (2021). Are you swiping, or just marking? Exploring the feasibility of psychological testing on mobile devices. Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 63 (4), 507–524. 
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Krautter, K., Lehmann, J., Kleinort, E., Koch, M., Spinath, F.M., & Becker, N. (2021). Test preparation in figural matrices tests: focus on the difficult rules. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 619440. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.619440
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Levacher, J., Koch, M., Hissbach, J., Spinath, F.M., & Becker, N. (2021). You can play the game without rules - but you‘re better of knowing them: the influence of rule knowledge on figural matrices tests. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 38(1). doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000637
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Paulus, L., Spinath, F.M., & Hahn, E. (2021). How do educational inequalities develop? The role of socioeconomic status, cognitive ability, home environment, and self-efficacy along the educational path. Intelligence, 86, 101528. doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2021.101528
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2020

Gottschling, J., Dörendahl, J., Prell, T., Karbach, J., Bunz, M., Kindermann, I., Moussaoui, J., Spinath, F.M., Wedegärtner, S., Witte, O.W., Greiff, S., & Segal, D.L. (2020). Measuring anxiety in older adults: development, diagnostic accuracy, and preliminary validation of a short-form of the German Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS-G-SF). Journal of Personality Assessment, 102, 196-204. doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2019.1677679
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Lang, V., Weigel, L., Mönkediek, B., Baum, M.A., Eichhorn, H., Eifler, E.F., Hahn, E., Hufer, A., Klatzka, C.H., Kottwitz, A., Krell, K., Nikstat, A., Diewald, M., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F.M. (2020). An introduction to the German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife). Journal of Economics and Statistics, 240(6), 837-847. doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2019-0066
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Schneider, B., Becker, N., Krieger, F., Spinath, F.M., & Sparfeldt, J.R. (2020). Teaching the underlying rules of figural matrices in a short video increases test scores. Intelligence, 82, 101473. doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2020.101473
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Thissen, A., Spinath, F.M., & Becker, N. (2020). No distractors, more validity: distractor-free testing improves the convergent validity of a cube rotation task. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36, 554-562. doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000534
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Zhang, Y., Klopp, E., Dietrich, H., Brünken, R., Krause, U.-M., Spinath, B., Stark, R., & Spinath, F.M. (2020). Reexamining the factorial calidity of the 16-item scale measuring need for cognition. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36, 212-215. doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000484
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2019

Gottschling, J., Hahn, E., Beam, C., Spinath, F.M., Carroll, S., & Turkheimer, E. (2019). Socioeconomic status amplifies genetic effects in middle childhood in a large German twin sample. Intelligence, 72, 20-27. doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2018.11.006
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Johnson, W., Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., Lenau, F., Spinath, F.M., & McGue, M. (2019). SES-of-Origin and BMI in youth: comparing Germany and Minnesota. Behavior Genetics, 49, 24-48. doi.org/10.1007/s10519-018-9938-7
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Krieger, F., Becker, N., Greiff, S., & Spinath, F.M. (2019). Big-Five personality and political orientation: results from four panel studies with representative German samples. Journal of Research in Personality, 80, 78-83. doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.04.012
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Krieger, F., Zimmer, H.D., Greiff, S., Spinath, F.M., & Becker, N. (2019). Why are difficult figural matrices hard to solve? The role of selective encoding and working memory capacity. Intelligence, 72, 35–48. doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2018.11.007
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Mönkediek, B., Lang, V., Weigel, L., Baum, M.A., Eifler, E.F., Hahn, E., Hufer, A., Klatzka, C.H., Kottwitz, A., Krell, K., Nikstat, A., Diewald, M., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F.M.  (2019). The German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 22, 540-547. doi.org/10.1017/thg.2019.63
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Thissen, A., Spinath, F.M., & Becker, N. (2019). Manipulate me: The cube construction task allows for a better manipulation of item difficulties than current cube rotation tasks. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 36(4), 554-562. doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000534
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2018

Biermann, A., Karbach, J., Spinath, F.M., & Brünken, R. (2018). Gut im Studium - gut in der Schule? Zur Vorhersage der Unterrichtsqualität im Schulpraktikum durch Noten im bildungswissenschaftlichen Studium. Unterrichtswissenschaft, 1-17. doi.org/10.1007/s42010-017-0001-9
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Melchers, M., Plieger, T., Montag, C., Reuter, M., Spinath, F.M., & Hahn, E. (2018). The heritability of response styles and its impact on heritability estimates of personality: a twin study. Personality and Individual Differences, 134, 16-24. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.05.023
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Reis, A., & Spinath, F.M. (2018). Genetik der allgemeinen kognitiven Fähigkeit. Medizinische Genetik, 1-11. doi.org/10.1007/s11825-018-0201-7
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Spengler, M., Gottschling, J., Hahn, E., Tucker-Drob, E.M., Harzer, C., & Spinath, F.M. (2018). Does the heritability of cognitive abilities vary as a function of parental education? Evidence from a German twin sample. PLoS ONE, 13(5), e0196597. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196597
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Stadler, M., Becker, N., Schult, J., Niepel, C., Spinath, F.M., Sparfeldt, J.R., & Greiff, S. (2018). The logic of success: the relation between complex problem-solving skills and university achievement. Higher Education, 76, 1-15. doi.org/10.1007/s10734-017-0189-y
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Thissen, A., Koch, M., Spinath, F.M., & Becker, N. (2018). Construct your own response: the cube construction task as a novel format for the assessment of spatial ability. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 34(5), 304-3011. doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000342
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2017

Becker, N., Koch, M., Schult, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2017). Setting doesn’t matter much: a meta-analytic comparison of the results of intelligence tests obtained in group and individual settings. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 35, 309-316. doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000402
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Biermann, A., Kaub, K., Friedrich, A., Wach, F.S., Ruffing, S., Reichl, C., Hochscheid-Mauel, D., Bedersdorfer, H.W., Spinath, F.M., Karbach, J., & Brünken, R. (2017). SioS-L–Studie zu individuellen und organisationalen Einflüssen auf den Studienerfolg in der Lehrerbildung. Entwicklung von Professionalität pädagogischen Personals, 75-92.  doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-07274-2_5
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Brix, J., Pupeter, M., Rysina, A., Steinacker, G., Schneekloth, U., Baier, T., Gottschling, J., Hahn, E., Hufer, A., Kaempfert, M., Konradt, A., Krell, K., Lang, V., Lenau, F., Mattheus, S., Nikstadt, A., Peters, A.-L., Schulz, W., Schunck, R., Starr, A., Witt, M., Diewald, M., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F.M. (2017). A longitudinal twin family study of the life course and individual development (TWINLIFE): Data collection and instruments of wave 1 face-to-face interviews.
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Domnick, F., Zimmer, H.D., Becker, N., & Spinath, F.M. (2017). Is the correlation between storage capacity and matrix reasoning driven by the storage of partial solutions? A pilot study of an experimental approach. Journal of Intelligence, 5, 21. doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence5020021
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Hahn, E., Reuter, M., Spinath, F.M., & Montag, C. (2017). Internet addiction and its facets: The role of genetics and the relation to self-directedness. Addictive Behaviors, 65, 137-146. doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.10.018
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Lenau, F., Hahn, E., Peters, A.-L., Gottschling, J., Thiel, W., & Spinath, F.M. (2017). Zygosity determination in twin studies: a validation of Zygosity Questionnaires using DNA in the German TwinLife study. TwinLife working Paper Series, 01.
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Lipnevich, A.A., Crede, M., Hahn, E., Spinath, F.M., Roberts, R.D., & Preckel, F. (2017). How distinctive are morningness and eveningness from the Big Five factors of personality? A meta-analytic investigation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112, 491-509. doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000099
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Roth, B., Hahn, E., & Spinath, F.M. (2017). Income inequality, life satisfaction, and economic worries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 133-141. doi.org/10.1177/1948550616664955
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Spinath, F.M., & Bleidorn, W. (2017). The new look of behavioral genetics in social inequality: gene‐environment interplay and life chances. Journal of Personality, 85, 5-9. doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12268
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2016

Becker, N., Schmitz, F., Falk, A.M., Feldbrügge, J., Preckel, F., Wilhelm, O., & Spinath, F.M. (2016). Prevention of response elimination strategies improves the construct validity of figural matrices. Journal of Intelligence. 4, 2. doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence4010002
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Becker, N., Schmitz, F., Göritz, A.S., & Spinath, F.M. (2016). Sometimes more is better, and sometimes less is better: task complexity moderates the response time accuracy correlation. Journal of Intelligence, 4, 11. doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence4030011
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Gottschling, J., Hahn, E., Maas, H., & Spinath, F.M. (2016). Explaining the relationship between personality and coping with professional demands: where and why do optimism, self-regulation, and self-efficacy matter? Personality and Individual Differences, 100, 49-55. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.085
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Gottschling, J., Segal, D.L., Häusele, C., Spinath, F.M., & Stoll, G. (2016). Assessment of anxiety in older adults: translation and psychometric evaluation of the german version of the Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS). Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38, 136-148. doi.org/10.1007/s10862-015-9504-z
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Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Spengler, M., Kornadt, A.E., Schulz, W., Schnuck, R., Baier, T., Krell, K., Lang, V., Lenau, F., Peters, A.-L., Diewald, M., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F.M. (2016). What drives the development of social inequality over the life course? The German TwinLife Study. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19(6), 659-672. doi.org/10.1017/thg.2016.76
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Kandler, C., Gottschling, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2016). Genetic and environmental parent–child transmission of value orientations: an extended twin family study. Child Development, 87, 270-284. doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12452
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Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., Spinath, F.M., Borkenau, P., & Penke, L. (2016). The nature of creativity: the roles of genetic factors, personality traits, cognitive abilities, and environmental sources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 230-249. doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000087
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Kaub, K., Karbach, J., Spinath, F.M., & Brünken, R. (2016). Person-job fit in the field of teacher education–an analysis of vocational interests and requirements among novice and professional science and language teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 55, 217-227. doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.01.010
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Melchers, M., Montag, C., Reuter, M., Spinath, F.M., & Hahn, E. (2016). How heritable is empathy? Differential effects of measurement and subcomponents. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 720-730. doi.org/10.1007/s11031-016-9573-7
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Montag, C., Hahn, E., Reuter, M., Spinath, F.M., Davis, K., & Panksepp, J. (2016). The role of nature and nurture for individual differences in primary emotional systems: evidence from a twin study. PloS one, 11, e0151405. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151405
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Stadler, M.J., Becker, N., Greiff, S., & Spinath, F.M. (2016). The complex route to success: complex problem-solving skills in the prediction of university success. Higher Education Research & Development, 35, 365-379. doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2015.1087387
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Wach, F.S., Karbach, J., Ruffing, S., Brünken, R., & Spinath, F.M. (2016). University students' satisfaction with their academic studies: personality and motivation matter. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00055
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2015

Becker, N., Preckel, F., Karbach, J., Raffel, N., & Spinath, F.M. (2015). Die Matrizenkonstruktionsaufgabe. Validierung eines distraktorfreien Antwortformats zur Vorgabe figuraler Matrizen. Diagnostica, 61, 22-33. doi: 10.1026/0012-1924/a000111
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Biermann, A., Karbach, J., Spinath, F.M., & Brünken, R. (2015). Investigating effects of the quality of field experiences and personality on perceived teaching skills in German pre-service teachers for secondary schools. Teaching and Teacher Education, 51, 77-87. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.06.005
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Coolidge, F.L., Segal, D.L., Estey, A.J., Spinath, F.M., Hahn, E., & Gottschling, J. (2015). Heritability estimates of Karen Horney’s core neurotic trends in a young adult twin sample. Psychology, 6, 2013-2024. doi: 10.4236/psych.2015.615199
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Dietrich, H., Zhang, Y., Klopp, E., Brünken, R., Krause, U.-M., Spinath, F.M., Stark, R., & Spinath, B. (2015). Scientific competencies in the Social Sciences. Psychology, Learning & Teaching, 14, 115-130. doi: 10.1177/1475725715592287
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Dietrich, H., Zhang, Y., Klopp, E., Brünken, R., Krause, U.-M., Spinath, F.M., Stark, R., & Spinath, B. (2015). Es gibt nichts Praktischeres als solide wissenschaftliche Kompetenzen – Erwerb und Gebrauch wissenschaftlicher Kompetenzen in der Soziologie. Zeitschrift für Sozialmanagement, 13, 49-62.
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Gottschling, J., Segal, D.L., Häusele, C., Spinath, F.M., & Stoll, G. (2015). Assessment of anxiety in older adults: translation and psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS). Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. doi: 10.1007/s10862-015-9504-z
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Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., König, C.J., & Spinath, F.M. (2015). The heritability of job satisfaction reconsidered: only unique environmental influences beyond personality. Journal of Business and Psychology, 31, 217-231. doi: 10.1007/s10869-015-9413-x
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Hahn, E., Specht, J., Gottschling, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2015). Coping with unemployment: the impact of unemployment duration and personality on trajectories of subjective well-being? European Journal of Personality, 29, 635-646. doi: 10.1002/per.2034
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Herrmann, M., Nilius, D., Pieroth, D., Gründler, J., Hennefeld, V., Spinath, F.M., & Rech, J. (2015). Lehren – lernen - schulen – Anforderungen und Erfahrungen aus einem MRE-Netzwerk zur Wissensvermittlung in der Infektionsprävention. Umwelt – Hygiene – Arbeitsmedizin, 20, 1-7.
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Kovas, Y., Garon-Carrier, G., Boivin, M., Petrill, S.A., Plomin, R., Malykh, S.B., Spinath, F.M., Murayama, K., Ando, J., Bogdanova, O.Y., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Forget-Dubois, N., Gottschling, J., Guay, F., Lemelin, J.-P., Logan, J.A. R, Yamagata, S., Shikishima, C., Spinath, B., Thompson, L.A., Tikhomirova, T.N., Tosto, M.G., Tremblay, R., & Vitaro, F. (2015). Why do children differ in motivation to learn: insights from over 13,000 twins from 6 countries. Personality and Individual Differences, 80, 51-63. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.006
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Roth, B., Becker, N., Romeyke, S., Schäfer, S., Domnick, F., & Spinath, F.M. (2015). Intelligence and school grades: a meta-analysis. Intelligence, 53, 118-137. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2015.09.002
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Ruffing, S., Hahn, E., Spinath, F.M., Brünken, R., & Karbach, J. (2015). Predicting students’ learning behavior: the contribution of chronotype over personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 85, 199-204. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.048
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Ruffing, S., Wach, F.S., Spinath, F.M., Brünken, R., & Karbach, J. (2015). Learning strategies and general cognitive ability as predictors of gender-specific academic achievement. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1238. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01238
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Spinath, F.M. (2015). Anlage durch Umwelt: Verhaltensgenetische Ergebnisse richtig verstehen. In-Mind Magazin, 6/15, ISSN: 1877-5349.
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Stadler, M. J., Becker, N., Greiff, S., & Spinath, F.M. (2015). The complex route to success: complex problem solving skills predict university success. Higher Education Research & Development. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2015.1087387
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Su, Y., Dörr, H., Johnson, W., Shi, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2015). The role of parental control in predicting school achievement independent of intelligence. Learning and Individual Differences, 37, 203-209. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.11.023
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Wach, F.-S., Spengler, M., Gottschling, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2015). Sex differences in secondary school achievement -the contribution of self-perceived abilities and fear of failure. Learning and Instruction, 36, 104-112. doi: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2015.01.005
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2014

Gröppel-Klein, A., Spilski, A., Leick, S., & Spinath, F.M. (2014). Werbeunterbrechungen im angsterregenden Medienkontext. Marketing ZFP – Journal of Research and Management, 4, 221-239. doi.org/10.15358/0344-1369_2014_4_221
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Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., Diewald, M., & Spinath, F.M. (2014). TwinLife: a new German twin study on genetic and social causes of social inequalities. Behavior Genetics, 44, 661-661. doi.org/10.1007/s10519-014-9678-2
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Kaub, K., Stoll, G., Biermann, A., Spinath, F.M., & Brünken, R. (2014). Interessenkongruenz, Belastungserleben und motivationale Orientierung bei Einsteigern im Lehramtsstudium. Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 58, 125-139. doi.org/10.1026/0932-4089/a000149
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Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina, acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften, Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften (2014). Frühkindliche Sozialisation – Biologische, psychologische, linguistische, soziologische und ökonomische Perspektiven. Halle (Saale).
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Nilius, D., Pieroth, D., Dawson, A., von Müller, L., Gärtner, B., Schlotthauer, U., Thieme-Ruffing, S., Meyer, C., Rech, J., Hennefeld, V., Spinath, F., Walther, P., Ullrich, C., Igel, C., Klein, R., Mischler, D., Heudorf, U., & Herrmann, M. (2014). Seit fünf Jahren auf dem Weg: das MRE-Netzwerk Hessen-Saarland. Hygiene & Medizin, 39-12, 496-503.
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Reichl, C., Leiter, M.P., & Spinath, F.M. (2014). Work-nonwork conflict and burnout: a meta-analysis. Human Relations, 67, 979-1005. doi.org/10.1177/0018726713509857
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Reichl, C., Wach, F.-S., Spinath, F.M., Brünken, R., & Karbach, J. (2014). Burnout risk among first-year teacher students: the roles of personality and motivation. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 85, 1, 85-92. doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.05.002
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Weber, M., Ruch, W., Riemann, R., Spinath, F.M., & Angleitner, A. (2014). A twin study on humor appreciation: the importance of separating structure and content. Journal of Individual Differences, 35, 130-136. doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000136
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2013

Friedrich, A., Biermann, A., Kaub, K., Wach, F.-S., Reichl, C., Ruffing, S., Hochscheid-Mauel, D., Bedersdorfer, H.-W., Spinath, F.M., Karbach, J., & Brünken, R. (2013). Lehramtsstudium an der Universität des Saarlandes auf dem Prüfstand. Magazin Forschung der Uni Saarland, 2, 22-28.
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Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2013). Current twin studies in Germany – report on SOEP, ChronoS and CoSMoS. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16, 173-178. doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.106
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Hahn, E., Johnson, W., & Spinath, F.M. (2013). Beyond the heritability of life satisfaction: the roles of personality and twin-specific influences. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(6), 757-767. doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.07.003
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Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Spinath, F.M., Bleidorn, W., Thiel, W., & Angleitner, A. (2013). The Bielefeld longitudinal study of adult twins (BiLSAT). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16(1), 167-172. doi.org//10.1017/thg.2012.67
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Karbach, J., Gottschling, J., Spengler, M., Hegewald, K., & Spinath, F.M. (2013). Parental involvement and general cognitive ability as predictors of domain-specific academic achievement in early adolescence. Learning and Instruction, 23, 43-51. doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruct.2012.09.004
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Rammstedt, B., & Spinath, F.M. (2013). Öffentliche Datensätze und ihr Mehrwert für die psychologische Forschung. Psychologische Rundschau, 64(2), 101-102. doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000156
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Rammstedt, B., Spinath, F.M., Richter, D., & Schupp, J. (2013). Partnership longevity and personality congruence in couples. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(7), 832-835. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.007
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Rammstedt, B., Spinath, F.M., Richter, D., & Schupp, J. (2013). Partnership longevity and personality congruence in couples. SOEPpapers, 585. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.007
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Reichl, C., Schneider, J.F., & Spinath, F.M. (2013). Relation of self-talk frequency to loneliness, need to belong, and health in German adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(2), 241-245. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.09.003
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Spinath, F.M., & Hahn, E. (2013). Wovon unsere Lebenszufriedenheit abhängt. Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Spezial Biologie, Medizin, Hirnforschung, 2, 72-79.
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Weber, H.S., Lu, L., Shi, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2013). The roles of cognitive and motivational predictors in explaining school achievement in elementary school. Learning and Individual Differences, 25, 85-92. doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2013.03.008
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2012

Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F.M. (2012). Genetic and environmental influences on personality profile stability: unravelling the normativeness problem. Journal of Personality, 80, 1029-1060. doi.org/10.111/j.1467-6494.2011.00758.x
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Dirksen, R., Igel, C., & Spinath, F.M. (2012). Das Self-Assessment innerhalb des Portals "Future: Consulting". Journal of Social Management, 10, 37-52.
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Gottschling, J., Spengler, M., Spinath, B., & Spinath, F.M. (2012). The prediction of school achievement from a behavior genetic perspective: results from the German twin study on cognitive ability, self-reported motivation, and school achievement (CoSMoS). Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 381-386. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.020
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Hahn, E., Spinath, F.M., Siedler, T., Wagner, G., Schupp, J., & Kandler, C. (2012). The complexity of personality: advantages of a genetically sensitive multi-group design. Behavior Genetics, 42, 221-233. doi.org/10.1007/s10519-011-9493-y
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Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2012). Short measurements of personality: validity and reliability of the GSOEP Big Five Inventory (BFI-S). Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 355-359. doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2012.03.008
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Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F.M. (2012). Life events as environmental states and genetic traits and the role of personality: a longitudinal twin study. Behavior Genetics, 42, 57-72. doi.org/10.1007/s10519-011-9491-0
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Kaub, K., Karbach, J., Biermann, A., Friedrich, A., Bedersdorfer, H.-W., Spinath, F.M., & Brünken, R. (2012). Berufliche Interessensorientierungen und kognitive Leistungsprofile von Lehramtsstudierenden mit unterschiedlichen Fachkombinationen. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 26, 233-249. doi.org/10.1024/1010-0652/a00074
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Maas, H. & Spinath, F.M. (2012). Personality and coping with professional demands: a behavioral genetic analysis. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 17, 376-385. doi.org/10.1037/a0027641
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Maas, H. & Spinath, F.M. (2012). Persönlichkeit und Gesundheit: Eine Zwillingsstudie zur Betrachtung möglicher Mediatoren. Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie, 20, 129-140. doi.org/10.1026/0943-8149/a000071
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Renner, W., Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., Spinath, F.M., & Menschik-Bendele, J. (2012). Human values: genetic and environmental effects on five lexically derived domains and their facets. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 89-93. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.09.003
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Spengler, M., Gottschling, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2012). Personality in childhood – a longitudinal behavior genetic approach. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 411-416. doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.01.019
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Spinath, F.M., Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., Maas, H., & Spengler, M. (2012). Zwillingsforschung an der Universität des Saarlandes: Wie Gene und Umwelt auf unser Verhalten wirken. Magazin Forschung, 1/12, 9-13.
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2011

Becker, N., Höft, S., Holzenkamp, M., & Spinath, F.M. (2011). The predictive validity of assessment centers in German-speaking regions: a meta-analysis. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 10, 61-69. doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000031
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Hahn, E., Preckel, F., & Spinath, F.M. (2011). Das Eule-Lerche Prinzip: Der Zusammenhang von Chronotyp, Persönlichkeit, Intelligenz und akademischer Leistung. Report Psychologie, 10, 410-421.
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Henning, A., Spinath, F.M., & Aschersleben, G. (2011) The link between preschoolers’ executive function and theory of mind and the role of epistemic states. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108, 513-531.
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Johnson, W., Penke, L., & Spinath, F.M. (2011). Discussion on “Heritability in the era of molecular genetics: some thoughts for understanding genetic influences on behavioral traits”. European Journal of Personality, 25, 254-266.
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Johnson, W., Penke, L., & Spinath, F.M. (2011). Understanding heritability: what it is and what it is not: Response European Journal of Personality, 25, 287-294.
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Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F.M. (2011). The genetic links between the Big Five personality traits and general interest domains. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1633-1643.
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Knafo, A. & Spinath, F.M. (2011). Genetic and environmental influences on girls’ and boys’ gender-typed and gender-neutral values. Developmental Psychology 47, 726-731.
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Lu, L., Weber, H., Spinath, F.M., & Shi, J. (2011). Predicting school achievement from cognitive and non-cognitive variables in a Chinese sample of elementary school children. Intelligence, 39, 130-140.
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Preckel, F., Wermer, C., & Spinath, F.M. (2011). The interrelationship between speeded and unspeeded divergent thinking and reasoning, and the role of mental speed. Intelligence, 39, 378-388.
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Rohrmann, S. & Spinath, F.M. (2011). TBS-TK Rezension: FPI-R. Freiburger Persönlichkeitsinventar. Psychologische Rundschau, 62, 268-270.
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2010

Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Hülsheger, U. R., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. M. (2010). Nature and nurture of the interplay between personality traits and major life goals. Journal of Personaliy and Social Psychology, 99, 366-379.
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Coolidge, F. L., Segal, D. L., Coolidge, C. M., Spinath, F. M., & Gottschling, J. (2010). Do nightmares and generalized anxiety disorder in childhood and adolescence have a common genetic origin? Behavior Genetics, 40, 349-356.
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Holzenkamp, M., Spinath, F. M., & Höft, S. (2010). Wie valide sind Assessment Center im deutschsprachigen Raum? Eine Überblicksstudie mit Empfehlungen für die AC-Praxis. Wirtschaftspsychologie, 12, 17-25.
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Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., Thiel, W., & Angleitner, A. (2010). Sources of cumulative continuity in personality: a longitudinal multiple-rater twin study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 995-1008.
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Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Spinath, F., & Angleitner, A. (2010). Sources of variance in personality facets: A twin study of self-self, peer-peer, and self-peer (dis-)agreement. Journal of Personality, 78, 1565-1594.
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2009

Bleidorn, W., Kandler, C., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. M. (2009). Patterns and sources of adult personality development: growth curve analyses of the NEO-PI-R scales in a longitudinal twin study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 142-155.
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Schönbrodt, F., Unkelbach, S., & Spinath, F. M. (2009). Broad motives in short scales: A Questionnaire for the Zurich Model of Social Motivation. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 25, 141-149.
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Wolf, H., Spinath, F. M., Riemann, R., & Angleitner, A. (2009). Self-monitoring and personality: A behavioral-genetic study. Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 25-29.
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2008

Johnson, W., Spinath, F. M., Krueger, R. F., Angleitner, A., & Riemann, R. (2008). Personality in Germany and Minnesota: An IRT-based comparison of MPQ self-reports and underlying genetic and environmental influences. Journal of Personality, 76, 665-706.
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McCrae, R. R., Yamagata, S., Jang, K. L., Riemann, R., Ando, J., Ono, Y., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. M. (2008). Substance and artifact in the higher-order factors of the Big Five. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 95, 442-455.
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Spinath, F. M. (2008). Improvements and future challenges in the field of "genetically sensitive sample designs". SOEPpapers 142. DIW Berlin: Berlin.
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Spinath, F. M., Toussaint, A., Spengler, M., & Spinath, B. (2008). Motivation als Element schulbezogener Selbstregulation: Die Rolle genetischer Einflüsse. Unterrichtswissenschaft, 36, 3-16.
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Spinath, F. M., Spinath, B., & Plomin, R. (2008). The nature and nurture of intelligence and motivation in the origins of sex differences in elementary school achievement. European Journal of Personality, Vol. 22 Issue 3, 211-229.
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Stoll, G. & Spinath, F. M. (2008). Ein Studienberatungstest für die Universität des Saarlandes. Magazin Forschung. Universität des Saarlandes 2/2008, 36-41.
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2007

Spinath, F. M. (2007). International g: Mixed feelings and mixed messages. European Journal of Personality, 21, 751-753.
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2006

Borkenau, P., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., & Angleitner, A. (2006). Genetic and environmental influences on person x situation profiles. Journal of Personality, 74, 1451-1480.
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Deary, I. J., Spinath, F. M. & Bates, T. C. (2006). Genetics of Intelligence. European Journal of Human Genetics, 14, 690-700.
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Hülsheger, U., Specht, E., & Spinath, F. M. (2006). Validität des BIP und des NEO-PI-R: Wie geeignet sind ein berufsbezogener und ein nicht explizit berufsbezogener Persönlichkeitstest zur Erklärung von Berufserfolg? Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, 50, 135-147.
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Jang, K. L., Livesley, W. J., Ando, J., Yamagata, S., Suzuki, A., Angleitner, A., Ostendorf, F., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F. M. (2006). Behavioral genetics of the higher-order factors of the Big Five. Personality & Individual Differences, 41, 261-272.
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Spinath, B., Spinath, F. M., Harlaar, N. & Plomin, R. (2006). Predicting school achievement from general cognitive ability, self-perceived ability, and intrinsic value. Intelligence, 34, 363-374.
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Spinath, F. M. & Wolf, H. (2006). CoSMoS and TwinPaW: Initial report on two new German twin studies. Twin Research And Human Genetics, 9, 787-790.
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Yamagata, S., Suzuki, A., Ando, J., Ono, Y., Kijima, N., Yoshimura, K., Osterndorf, F., Angleitner, A., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., Livesley, W. J., & Jang, K.L. (2006). Is the genetic structure of human personality universal? A cross-cultural twins study from North America, Europe, and Asia. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 987-998.
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2005

Borkenau, P., Egloff, B., Eid, M., Hennig, J., Kersting, M., Neubauer, A., & Spinath, F. M. (2005). Persönlichkeitspsychologie: Stand und Perspektiven. Psychologische Rundschau, 56, 271-290.
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Harlaar, N., Spinath, F. M., Dale, P. S., & Plomin, R. (2005). Genetic influences on early word recognition abilities and disabilities: a study of 7-year-old twins. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 46, 373-384.
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Spinath, B. & Spinath, F. M. (2005). Development of self-perceived ability in elementary school: The role of parents’ perceptions, teacher evaluations, and intelligence. Cognitive Development, 20, 190-204.
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Spinath, B. & Spinath, F. M. (2005). Longitudinal analysis of the link between learning motivation and competence beliefs among elementary school children. Learning and Instruction, 15, 87-102.
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Spinath, F. M., Wolf, H., Angleitner, A., Borkenau, P., & Riemann, R. (2005). Multimodale Untersuchung von Persönlichkeit und kognitiven Fähigkeiten: Ergebnisse der deutschen Zwillingsstudien BiLSAT und GOSAT. Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation, 25, 146-161.
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2004

Borkenau, P., Mauer, N., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., & Angleitner, A. (2004). Thin slices of behavior as cues of personality and intelligence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 599-614.
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Oliver, B., Harlaar, N., Hayiou Thomas, M. E., Kovas, Y., Walker, S. O., Petrill, S. A., Spinath, F. M., Dale, P. S., & Plomin, R. (2004). A twin study of teacher-reported mathematics performance and low performance in 7-year-olds. Journal of Educational Psychology, 96, 504-517.
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Hülsheger, U. R., Spinath, F. M., Küppers, A., & Etzel, S. (2004). Experimentelle Untersuchung zweier Methoden zur Reduzierung Sozialer Erwünschtheit in einem computergestützten eignungsdiagnostischen Testverfahren. Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie, 3, 24-33.
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Plomin, R. & Spinath, F. M. (2004). Intelligence: Genetics, genes, and genomics. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 112-129.
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Spinath, B. & Spinath, F. M. (2004). Verhaltensbeobachtungen in dyadischen Interaktionssituationen: Die Deutsche Form des Riverside Behavioral Q-Sort (RBQ-D). Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie, 25, 105-115.
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Spinath, F. M. (2004). Review of The Gene Illusion: Genetic Research in Psychiatry and Psychology Under the Microscope by Jay Joseph. Intelligence, 32, 425-427.
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Spinath, F. M., Harlaar, N., Ronald, A., & Plomin, R. (2004). Substantial genetic influence on mild mental impairment in early childhood. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 109, 34-43.
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Spinath, F. M., Price, T. S., Dale, P. S., & Plomin, R. (2004). The genetic and environmental origins of language disability and ability. Child Development, 75, 445-454.
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Viding, E., Spinath, F. M., Price, T. S., Bishop, D. V. M., Dale, P. S., & Plomin, R. (2004). Genetic and environmental influence on language impairment in 4-year-old same-sex and opposite-sex twins. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 45, 315-325.
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Walker, S. O., Petrill, S. G., Spinath, F. M., & Plomin, R. (2004). Nature, nurture, and academic achievement: A twin study of teacher assessments of 7-year-olds. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 74, 323-342.
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Wolf, H., Angleitner, A., Spinath, F. M., Riemann, R., & Strelau, J. (2004). Genetic and environmental influences on the EPQ-RS scales: A twin study using self- and peer reports. Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 579-590.
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2003

Eley, T. C., Tahir, E., Angleitner, A., Harriss, K., McClay, J., Plomin, R., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., & Craig, I. (2003). Association analysis of MAOA and COMT with Neuroticism assessed by peers. Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 120B, 90-96.
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Koeppen-Schomerus, G., Spinath, F. M., & Plomin, R. (2003). Twins and non-twin siblings: Different estimates of shared environmental influence in early childhood. Twin Research, 6, 97-105.
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Oniszczenko, W., Zawadzki, B., Strelau, J., Angleitner, A., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F. M. (2003). Genetic and environmental determinants of temperament: A comparative study based on Polish and German samples. European Journal of Personality, 17, 207-220.
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Spinath, B., Spinath, F. M., Riemann, R., & Angleitner, A. (2003). Implicit theories about personality and intelligence and their relationship to actual personality and intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 939-951.
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Spinath, F. M. & O’Connor, T. G. (2003). A behavioral genetic study of the overlap between personality and parenting. Journal of Personality, 71, 785-808.
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Spinath, F. M., Ronald, A., Harlaar, N., Price, T., & Plomin, R. (2003). Phenotypic g early in life: On the etiology of general cognitive ability in a large population sample of twin children aged 2 to 4 years. Intelligence, 31, 195-210.
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Strobel, A., Spinath, F. M., Angleitner, A., Riemann, R., & Lesch, K.-P. (2003). Lack of association between polymorphisms of the dopamine D4 receptor gene and personality. Neuropsychobiology, 47, 52-56.
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Viding, E., Price, T. S., Spinath, F. M., Bishop, D. V. M., Dale, P. S., & Plomin, R. (2003). Genetic and environmental mediation of the relationship between language and nonverbal impairment in 4-year-old twins. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 1271-1282.
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Wolf, H., Spinath, F. M., & Angleitner, A. (2003). Ähnlich und doch verschieden? Deutsche Beobachtungsstudie an erwachsenen Zwillingen. Forschung, 28, 8-10.  
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2002

Borkenau, P., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. M. (2002). Assessment issues in behavior-genetic research on personality. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 9, 212-225.
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Borkenau, P., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. M. (2002). Similarity of childhood experiences and personality resemblance in monozygotic and dizygotic twins: A test of the Equal Environments Assumption. Personality and Individual Differences, 33, 261-269.
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Plomin, R. & Spinath, F. M. (2002). Genetics and general cognitive ability (g). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 6, 169-176.
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Ronald, A., Spinath, F. M., & Plomin, R. (2002). A twin study of high cognitive ability in early childhood. Behavior Genetics, 32, 483-484. (Abstract)
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Ronald, A., Spinath, F. M., & Plomin, R. (2002). The aetiology of high cognitive ability in early childhood. High Ability Studies, 13, 103-114.
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Spinath, F. M. (2002). Verbal and nonverbal cognitive disabilities and abilities: A multivariate genetic analysis of a large twin sample assessed at 2, 3, and 4 years of age. Behavior Genetics, 32, 485. (Abstract)
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Spinath, F. M., Angleitner, A., Borkenau, P., Riemann, R., & Wolf, H. (2002). German Observational Study of Adult Twins: A multimodal investigation of personality, temperament and cognitive ability. Twin Research, 5, 372-375.
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Spinath, F. M., Wolf, H., Angleitner, A., Borkenau, P., & Riemann, R. (2002). Genetic and environmental influences on objectively assessed activity in adults. Personality and Individual Differences, 33, 633-645.
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Trouton, A., Spinath, F. M., & Plomin, R. (2002). Twins Early Development Study (TEDS): A multivariate, longitudinal genetic investigation of language, cognition and behavior problems in childhood. Twin Research, 5, 444-448.
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1997 - 2001

Borkenau, P., Riemann, R., Angleitner, A., & Spinath, F. M. (2001).Genetic and environmental influences on observed personality: Evidence from the German Observational Study of Adult Twins. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 655-668.
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Neubauer, A. C., Spinath, F. M., Riemann, R., Borkenau, P., & Angleitner, A. (2000). Genetic and environmental influences on two measures of speed of information processing and their relation to psychometric intelligence: Evidence from the German Observational Study of Adult Twins. Intelligence, 28, 267-289.
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Spinath, F. M. & Borkenau, P. (2000). Genetic and environmental influences on reaction times: evidence from behavior-genetic research. Psychologische Beiträge, 42, 201-212.
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Spinath, F. M. (2000). Temperamentsmerkmale bei Kindern: Psychometrische Güte und verhaltensgenetische Befunde zum deutschen Emotionalitäts-Aktivitäts-Soziabilitäts-Temperamentinventar (EAS) nach Buss & Plomin (1984). Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie, 21, 65-75.
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Eley, T. C., Ball, D., Hill, L., Jolley, E., Freeman, B., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., Angleitner, A., & Plomin, R. (1998). Association study of extreme high and low neuroticism with genetic markers for the dopaminergic system. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 81, 487. (Abstract)
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Spinath, F. M. & Angleitner, A. (1998). Contrast effects in Buss and Plomin’s EAS questionnaire: A behavioral-genetic study on early developing personality traits assessed through parental ratings. Personality and Individual Differences, 25, 947-963.
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Ball, D., Hill, L., Freeman, B., Eley, T. C., Strelau, J., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., Angleitner, A., & Plomin, R. (1997). The serotonin transporter gene and peer-rated neuroticism. Neuroreport, 8, 1301-1304.
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Buchbeiträge

2022

Becker, A., Brazel, C., & Spinath, F. M. (2022). Informationselemente in Online-Self-Assessments. In G. Stoll & S. Weis (Hrsg.), Online-Self-Assessments zur Studienfachwahl: Entwicklung – Konzepte – Qualitätsstandards (S. 131–151). Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63827-9_6

2018

Spinath, F. M. & Klauer, K. J. (2018). Anlage und Umwelt. In D. H. Rost, J. R. Sparfeldt & S. R. Buch (Hrsg.), Handwörterbuch Pädagogische Psychologie, 5. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage (S.1-7). Weinheim: PVU.
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2017

Hahn,  E. & Spinath, F. M. (2017). Quantitative Behavior Genetics of Internet Addition. In C. Montag & M. Reuter (Hrsg.), Internet Addiction -Neuroscientific Approaches and Therapeutical Interventions, 2nd edition, (pp. 125-140). Springer International Publishing.
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Spinath F. M. & Gottschling J. (2017). Twin Studies. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham.
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2016

Biermann, A., Kaub, K., Friedrich, A., Wach, F.-S., Ruffing, S., Reichl, C., Hochscheid-Mauel, D., Bedersdorfer, H.-W., Spinath, F.M., Karbach, J. & Brünken, R. (2016). SioS-L – Studie zu individuellen und organisationalen Einflüssen auf den Studien- und Ausbildungserfolg in der Lehrerbildung. In C. Gräsel & K. Trempler (Hrsg.), Entwicklung von Professionalität des pädagogischen Personals. Interdisziplinäre Betrachtungen, Befunde und Perspektiven. Heidelberg: Springer.

2012-2015

Spinath, F. M. (2015). Intelligent geboren oder schlau gemacht? Falsch gestellte Fragen und bessere Antworten. In D. H. Rost (Hrsg.), Intelligenz und Begabung, Lernen und Klassenführung (S.47-71). Münster: Waxmann.
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Spinath, F. M., Spinath, B., & Borkenau, P. (2015). Developmental behavioral genetics and education. In J. D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 6 (pp.320-325). Oxford: Elsevier.
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Spinath, F. M. & Gottschling, J. (2015). Intelligence, Genetics of: Cognitive Abilities. In J. D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 12 (pp.297-302). Oxford: Elsevier.
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Stoll, G. & Spinath, F. M. (2015). Unterstützen Self-Assessments die Studienfachwahl? Erfahrungen und Befunde aus dem Projekt Study-Finder. In A. Hanft, O. Zawacki-Richter & W. B. Gierke (Hrsg.), Herausforderung Heterogenität beim Übergang in die Hochschule (S.113-131). Münster: Waxmann.
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2011

Spinath, F. M. (2011). Psychologische Intelligenzforschung: Provokation und Potential. In Dresler, M. (Hrsg.), Kognitive Leistungen – Intelligenz und mentale Fähigkeiten im Spiegel der Neurowissenschaften (S.1-22). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
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Spinath, F. M. & Becker, N. (2011). Verhaltensbeobachtung. In Hornke, L. & Kersting, M. (Hrsg.), Methoden (Band 2, Serie II der Enzyklopädie der Psychologie) (S.325-369). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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Spinath, F. M. & Johnson, W. (2011). Behavior Genetics. In T. Chamorro-Premuzic, A. Furnham, & S. von Stumm (Eds.), Handbook of Individual Differences (pp.271-304). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
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Spinath, F. M. & Spengler, M. (2011). EAS: Emotionalitäts-Aktivitäts-Soziabilitäts- Temperamentinventar. In C. Barkmann, M. Schulte-Markwort & E. Brähler (Hrsg.), Ratingskalen zur Diagnostik klinisch-psychiatrischer Syndrome des Kindes- und Jugendalters in Forschung und Praxis (S.190-195). Göttingen: Hogrefe
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2010

Klauer, K. J. & Spinath, F. M. (2010). Anlage und Umwelt. In D. H. Rost (Hrsg.), Handwörterbuch der pädagogischen Psychologie (4. Auflage) (S. 9-16). Weinheim: Beltz/PVU.
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Krolak-Schwerdt, S. & Spinath, F. M. (2010). Exploratorische Faktorenanalyse. In Holling, H. & Schmitz, B. (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Psychologie (Band 13). Handbuch Statistik, Methoden und Evaluation (S. 591-599). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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Spinath, F. M. (2010). Intelligenzforschung: Fluch und Fortschritt 2.0. In Rost, D. H. (Hrsg.), Intelligenz, Hochbegabung, Vorschulerziehung, Bildungsbenachteiligung (S. 11-35). Münster: Waxmann.
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Spinath, F. M. (2010). Intelligenz, Begabung und Geschlecht aus Sicht der Verhaltensgenetik. In Deutscher Hochschulverband (Hrsg.), Intelligenz, Begabung und Geschlecht im Spiegel der Wissenschaft (S. 42-53). Symposium des Deutschen Hochschulverbandes am 20. Oktober 2008 in Bonn. DHV.

Spinath, F. M. & Spengler, M. (2010). Genetics and general intelligence. In W. E. Craighead & C. B. Nemeroff (Eds.), The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science (4th Edition, Vol. 2) (pp.706-709). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.
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2006 - 2009

Spinath, F. M. & Deary, I. J. (2008). Verhaltensgenetik der Intelligenz. In Neyer, F. J. & F. M. Spinath (Hrsg.), Anlage und Umwelt. Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius.
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Spinath, F. M., Spinath, B.; & Borkenau, P. (2008). Soziale und genetische Determinanten der Lernfähigkeit. In Schneider, W. & Hasselhorn, M. (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Pädagogischen Psychologie
(S.105-115). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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Spinath, F. M. & Wolf, H. (2008). Verhaltensgenetik (Behavioral Genetics). In Gauggel, S. & Herrmann, M. (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Neuro- und Biopsychologie. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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Spinath, F. M. & Unz, D. C. (2007). Wie gut sind eignungsdiagnostische Methoden? In M. John & G. Maier (Hrsg.), Eignungsdiagnostik in der Personalarbeit: Grundlagen, Methoden, Erfahrungen (S.41-57). Düsseldorf: Symposion Publishing.
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2005

Angleitner, A. & Spinath, F. M. (2005). Temperament. In H. Weber & T. Rammsayer (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Differentiellen Psychologie, Reihe Handbuch der Psychologie (S.244-250). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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Riemann, R. & Spinath, F. M. (2005). Genetik der Persönlichkeit. In J. Hennig & P. Netter (Hrsg.), Biopsychologische Grundlagen der Persönlichkeit (S.539-628). Heidelberg: Spektrum-Verlag.
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Spinath, F. M. (2005). Twin designs. In B. S. Everitt & D. C. Howell (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science, 2071-2074.
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Spinath, F. M. (2005). Verhaltensgenetische Ansätze. In H. Weber & T. Rammsayer (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Differentiellen Psychologie, Reihe Handbuch der Psychologie (S.193-204). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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Wolf, H., Spinath, F. M., & Fuchs, C. (2005). Kontaktsuche im Internet: Erfolgsfaktoren und die Rolle der Persönlichkeit. In K.-H. Renner, A. Schütz & F. Machilek (Hrsg.), Internet und Persönlichkeit (S.205-219). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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1999 - 2004

Angleitner, A., Riemann, R., & Spinath, F. M. (2004). Investigating the ZKPQ-III-R: Psychometric properties, relations to the Five-Factor model, and genetic and environmental influences on its scales and facets. In R. Stelmack (Ed.), On the psychobiology of personality (S.89-105). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
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Borkenau, P. & Spinath, F. M. (2004). Stichworte "Adoptionsstudien", "Erblichkeit", "Verhaltensgenetik" und "Zwillingsstudien". In H. Haecker & K. H. Stapf (Hrsg.), Dorsch: Psychologisches Wörterbuch (14. Auflage) (S.10-11, S. 259-260, S.1003-1005, S.1055-1056). Bern: Huber.
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Brocke, B., Spinath, F. M., & Strobel, A. (2004). Verhaltensgenetische Ansätze und Theorien der Persönlichkeitsforschung. In Pawlik, K. (Hrsg.), Theorien der Differentiellen Psychologie (Band 5, Serie VIII der Enzyklopädie der Psychologie) (S.431-486). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
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Spinath, F. M. & Borkenau, P. (2004). Stichwort "Multivariate genetische Analysen". In H. Haecker & K. H. Stapf (Hrsg.), Dorsch: Psychologisches Wörterbuch (14. Auflage) (S.623-624). Bern: Huber.
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Spinath, F. M., Harlaar, N., Ronald, A., & Plomin, R. (2004). La significativa influenza genetica sul deficit cognitivo lieve nella prima infanzia. American Journal on Mental Retardation (Edizione Italiana), 2, 214-222.
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Angleitner, A. & Spinath, F. M. (2003). Badania porównawcze koncepcji temperamentu Cloningera I Strelaua. (An empirical comparison of the temperamental conceptions of Cloninger and Strelau.) In M. Marszal-Wisniewskiej, T. Klonowicz & M. Fajkowskiej-Stanik (Hrsg.), Psychologia róznic indywidualnych (Readings in individual differences psychology) (S.115-129). Sopot: Gdanskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne E. Zubrzycka s.j.
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Angleitner, A., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., & Borkenau, P. (2001). Genetic and environmental influences on Pavlovian oriented temperamental traits measured by laboratory methods, self-reports, and peer reports. In A. Eliasz & A. Angleitner (Hrsg.), Advances in research on temperament (S.60-82). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
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Spinath, F. M. (2001). Genetic and environmental influences on Achievement Motivation and its covariation with personality and intelligence. In R. Riemann, F. M. Spinath & F. Ostendorf (Hrsg.), Personality and temperament: Genetics, evolution, and structure (S.11-25). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
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Borkenau, P., Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., & Angleitner, A. (2000). Behavior Genetics of Personality: The Case of Observational Studies. In S. Hampson (Ed.), Advances in personality psychology, Volume 1 (S.107-137). Hove (UK): Psychology Press.
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Spinath, F. M., Riemann, R., Hempel, S., Schlangen, B., Weiß, R., Borkenau, P., & Angleitner, A. (1999). A day in the life: Description of the German Observational Study on Adult Twins (GOSAT) assessing twin similarity in controlled laboratory settings. In I. Mervielde, I. Deary, F. DeFruyt & F. Ostendorf (Eds.), Personality Psychology in Europe, Volume 7 (S.311-328). Tilburg, NL: Tilburg University Press.
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Herausgeberschaften

Neyer, F. J., & Spinath, F. M. (Eds.). (2016). Anlage und Umwelt: Neue Perspektiven der Verhaltensgenetik und Evolutionspsychologie (Vol. 22). Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg.

Neyer, F. J. & Spinath, F. M. (2008). Anlage und Umwelt. Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius.

Riemann, R., Spinath, F. M., & Ostendorf, F. (2001). Personality and temperament: Genetics, evolution, and structure. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Plomin, R., DeFries, J. C., McClearn, G. E., & Rutter, M. (1999). Gene, Umwelt und Verhalten. Einführung in die Verhaltensgenetik. Bern: Huber. (Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und in deutscher Sprache herausgegeben von P. Borkenau, R. Riemann & F. M. Spinath)

Monographien

Krieger, F., Becker, N., Greiff, S., Spinath, F. M. (2022). Desigma – Standard. Design a Matrix – Standard. Ein distraktorfreier Matrizen-Screening-Test zur Erfassung der allgemeinen Intelligenz [Computerprogramm und Manual]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Stemmler, G., Hagemann, D., Amelang, M., Spinath, F. M., Hasselhorn, M., Kunde, W., & Schneider, S. (2016). Differentielle Psychologie und Persönlichkeitsforschung. Verlag W. Kohlhammer.

Pospeschill, M. & Spinath, F. M. (2009). Lehrbuch der psychologischen Diagnostik. München: Ernst Reinhardt Verlag.

Spinath, F. M. (2000). Validität von Fremdbeurteilungen: Einflussfaktoren auf die Konvergenz von Selbst- und Fremdbeurteilungen in Persönlichkeitseinschätzungen. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.