Publikationen

Zeitschriftenartikel

2024 

Campell, 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. doi:10.1038/s41366-024-01491-w
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Klatzka, C. H., Hahn, E., Spinath, F. M. (in press). Differences in experiences of discrimination: an investigation of personality and person based characteristics in a twin difference design. Current Psychology.

Ferreira, L. C., Armstrong, G., Hahn, E., Newton-Howes, G., Foulds, J., Hopper, J. L., Spinath, F. M., Kurdyak, P., Young, J. T. (in press). Mental disorders and discrimination: A prospective cohort study of young twin pairs in Germany. SSM - Population Health. 
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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. doi:10.3389/feduc.2023.1120129 

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:10.1371/journal.pone.0279753 

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. doi:10.3390/jintelligence11020037 

2022

Hilger, K., Spinath, F. M., Troche, S., & Schubert, A. L. (2022). The biological basis of intelligence: Benchmark findings. Intelligence93. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2022.101665

Koch, M., Spinath, F. M., Greiff, S., & Becker, N. (2022). Development and Validation of the Open Matrices Item Bank. Journal of Intelligence10. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence10030041

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. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12723

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. doi: 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.
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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: 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. doi: 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, 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. doi: 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. doi: 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. doi: 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: 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, 837-847. doi: 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: 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:10.1027/1015-5759/a000534

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: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000484
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2019

Becker, N., Koch, M., Schult, J., & Spinath, F.M. (2019). 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: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000402
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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. Advance online publication, September 6, 2019. doi: 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: 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: 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: 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: e0196597. doi: 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, 1-15. doi: 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. doi: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000342
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2017

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. In Entwicklung von Professionalität pädagogischen Personals (pp. 75-92). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-07274-2_5
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Brix, J., Pupeter, M., Rysina, A., Steinacker, G., Schneekloth, U., Baier, T., ... & Kornadt, A. (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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 10.1017/thg.2016.76
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Hahn, E., Gottschling, J., König, C. J., & Spinath, F. M. (2016). 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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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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., 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. & 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. 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: 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: 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: 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, 496-503.

Reichl, C., Leiter, M. P., & Spinath, F. M. (2014). Work-nonwork conflict and burnout: A meta-analysis. Human Relations, 67, 979-1005. doi: 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: 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: 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.
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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, 757-767.
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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, 167-172.
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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.
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Rammstedt, B. & Spinath, F. M. (2013). Öffentliche Datensätze und ihr Mehrwert für die psychologische Forschung. Psychologische Rundschau, 64, 101-102.
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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, 832-835.
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Rammstedt, B., Spinath, F. M., Richter, D., & Schupp, J. (2013). Partnership longevity and personality congruence in couples. SOEPpapers, 585. DIW Berlin: Berlin.
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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, 241-245.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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.