René Proyer

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ORCID ID: https://www.orcid.org/0000-0001-7426-4939
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Postanschrift:
Department of Psychology
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
06099 Halle, Germany
Prof. Dr. René Proyer
Sprechzeit: nach Vereinbarung (Email)
Forschungsinteressen (Research Interests)
Positive Psychologie (Wohlbefinden/Lebenszufriedenheit, Interventionen) [Positive psychology: Well-being, life satisfaction, and interventions]
Verspieltheit im Jugend- und Erwachsenenalter (Modellentwicklung, Entwicklung von Messinstrumenten für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene) [Playfulness in youth and adulthood: Development of a structural model, development of measures to assess playfulness in children, youth, and adults]
Dispositionen zum Lachen und Ausgelachtwerden [Dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at]
Berufsinteressen bei Jugendlichen; Fragen der Karriere- und Laufbahnberatung [Vocational interests during youth; career assessment and guidance]
Short Vita
2002 Diplom in Psychologie (Universität Wien; Mag. rer. nat.)
2005 Lizenz für berufsbezogene Eignungsbeurteilungen nach DIN33430
2006 Promotion (Universität Zürich; Dr. phil.)
2014 Habilitation (Universität Zürich)
2015 Vertretung der Professur für Differentielle Psychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik
2018 Ernennung zum Professor für Psychologische Diagnostik und Differentielle Psychologie
Funktionen (Services)
Intern
Vorsitzender des Prüfungsausschusses des Psychologischen Instituts (2018-2020)
Prodekan der Philosophischen Fakultät I (ab Oktober 2020)
Extern
Mitglied des Executive Committees der European Association of Psychological Assessment (EAPA )
President der European Association of Psychological Assessment (EAPA )
MItglied des External Advisory Boards des interdisziplinären EU Horizon 2020 Projekts "Mental Health promotion of cobot Workers in Industry 4.0“ (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/847926/de )
Zeitschriften / Journals
Associate Editor European Journal of Psychological Assessment (2015 - )
Associate Editor Psychological Test Adaptation and Development (2019 - 2024)
Associate Editor Journal of Well-Being Assessment (2017 - )
Editor-in-Chief Psychological Test Adaptation and Development (2024 - )
Editorial Board Current Psychology (2014 - )
Editorial Board International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology (2015 - )
Editorial Board HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research (2019 - )
Editorial Board Journal of Happiness Studies (2020 - )
Editorial Board Scientific Reports (2022 - )
Consulting Editor Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo (RISU) (2017 - )
International Advisory Board The European Journal of Humor Research (2012- )
Guest Editor für ein Special Issue in Scientific Reports mit dem Titel "Play and playfulness across species and environments " (2023-2024)
Guest Editor für ein Special Issue im Journal of Intelligence mit dem Titel "Personality and Individual Differences " (2022-2024)
Guest Editor für ein Special Issue im International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology mit dem Titel: "Well-Being in Romantic Relationships " (2021-2022)
Guest Editor für ein Special Issue im International Journal of Play mit dem Arbeitstitel: A multidisciplinary perspective on play and playfulness in adults (2017)
Guest Editor für ein Special Issue bei Frontiers in Psychology: Personality and Social Psychology mit dem Titel Humor and Laughter, Playfulness and Cheerfulness: Upsides and Downsides to a Life of Lightness (gem. mit Willibald Ruch, Universität Zürich; Tracey Platt, University of Wolverhampton und Hsueh-Chih Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
Editor in Chief HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research (2014 - 2015)
Guest Editor für ein Special Issue (2010-1, 2010-2) von Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling
Associate Editor Frontiers in Psychology: Quantitative Psychology and Measurement (2015-2016)
Associate Editor BMC Psychology: Personality and individual differences (2015- 2017)
Aktuelle Publikationen (Recent Publications)
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (in press). Assessing jealousy: Factor analyses, measurement invariance, nomological validity, and longitudinal APIM analyses of the Multidimensional Jealousy Scale. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911241283927
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (in press). Interpersonal perception of adult playfulness at zero-acquaintance: A conceptual replication study of self-other agreement and consensus, and an extension to two accuracy criteria. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12978
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (in press). Personality/individual differences: Relationship satisfaction. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_188-1
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (in press). Short term mating (STM): Humor. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_189-1
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (in press). Understanding the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale through the lens of a bifactor model. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000786
Lau, C., Brauer, K., Quilty, L. C., Chiesi, F., Saklofske, D.H., & Proyer, R. T. (in press). Revisiting the English Short Measure for Adult Playfulness (SMAP): An investigation of reliability, validity, and cross-cultural comparisons. Journal of Personality Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2024.2390004
Proyer, R. T., & Scherrer, T. (in press). Theories of play. In T. K. Shackelford, & J. Vonk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_2108-1
Sendatzki, R., Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (in press). Humor: Relationship satisfaction. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_187-1
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2025). Was sich neckt das liebt sich? Zur Partner*innen-Ähnlichkeit im Umgang mit Lachen und Humor. Report Psychologie, 50(1), 9-12.
Rubinstein, D., Lahad, M., Aharonson-Daniel, L., Mizrahi, D., Weinstock, G., Tandler, N., & Proyer, R. T. (2025). Fantastic reality and playfulness as a means for adaptive emotion regulation. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 10, 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-024-00206-w
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2024). Introduction to the special issue "Personality and Individual Differences." Journal of Intelligence, 12(8), 78. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12080078
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., & Proyer, R. T. (2024). Exploring the acquaintanceship effect for the accuracy of judgments of traits and profiles of adult playfulness. Journal of Personality, 92, 495-514. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12839
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., & Proyer, R. T. (2024). Extending the study of playfulness in romantic life: Analyzing associations with attachment and jealousy in same-gender and opposite-gender couples. Scientific Reports, 14, 20190. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70979-2
Brauer, K., Stumpf, H. S. C., & Proyer, R. T. (2024). Playfulness in middle- and older age: Testing associations with life satisfaction, character strengths, and flourishing. Aging and Mental Health, 28, 1540-1549. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2372471
Raecke, J., & Proyer, R. T. (2024). Medical assistants’ comic styles and their potential for positive functioning at work: A cross-sectional study including a subgroup analysis. BMC Primary Care, 25, 156. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02363-y
Tandler, N., & Proyer, R. T. (2024). Playfulness in adolescence: An initial analysis of social behavior and popularity in school. Rivista Italiana di Studi sull’Umorismo/Italian Journal of Humor Studies, 7, 65-80.
Tandler, N., Schilling-Friedemann, S., Frazier, L. D., Sendatzki, R., & Proyer, R. T. (2024). New insights into the contributions of playfulness to dealing with stress at work: Correlates of self- and peer-rated playfulness and coping strategies. New Ideas in Psychology, 75, 101109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2024.101109
Barabadi, E., Brauer, K., Proyer, R. T., & Tabar, M. R. (2023). Examining the role of gelotophobia for willingness to communicate and second language achievement using self- and teacher ratings. Current Psychology, 42, 5095-5109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01846-w
Brauer, K., Friedemann, S. F., Chick, G., & Proyer, R. T. (2023). “Play with me, darling!” Testing the associations between adult playfulness and indicators of sexuality. The Journal of Sex Research, 60(4), 522-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2077289
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2023). Introduction to the special issue "Well-being in Romantic Relationships". International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 8, 97-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-023-00105-6
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2023). The fear of being laughed at (gelotophobia) in adults and children: Testing trait-congruent false memories in the Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 36, 281-301. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2021-0035
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2023). The ridiculed Impostor: Testing the associations between dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at and the Impostor Phenomenon. Current Psychology, 42, 16166-16175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00262-5
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., Scherrer, T., Chick, G., & Proyer, R. T. (2023). Revisiting adult playfulness and relationship satisfaction: APIM analyses of middle-aged and older couples. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 8, 227-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-021-00058-8
Heintz, S., Hofmann, J., Platt, T., & Proyer, R. T. (2023). Introduction to the “Festschrift for Willibald Ruch”. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 36, 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2023-0024
Lau, C., Swindall, T., Chiesi, F., Quilty, L.C., Chen, H.-C., Chan, Y.-C., Ruch, W., Proyer, R.T., Bruno, F., Saklofske, D.H., & Torres-Marín, J. (2023). Cultural differences in how people deal with ridicule and laughter: Differential Item Functioning between the Taiwanese Chinese and Canadian English versions of the PhoPhiKat-45. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 13, 238-258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13020019
Proyer, R. T., & Brauer, K. (2023). Assessing playfulness: Current challenges and overview. In W. Ruch, A. B. Bakker, L. Tay & F. Gander (Eds.), Handbook of Positive Psychology Assessment (pp. 145-161). Hogrefe.
Rubinstein, D., Lahad, M., Weinstock, G., Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2023). An analysis of the Hebrew translation of the OLIW-S to assess adult playfulness: Psychometric properties, factorial validity, and measurement invariance with the German version. Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 4, 330-338. https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000058
Torres-Marín, J., Proyer, R. T., López-Benítez, R., & Carretero-Dios, H. (2023). Assessing individual differences in the way people deal with ridicule and being laughed at: The Spanish form of the PhoPhiKat-45. Current Psychology, 42, 16287-16303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00503-7
Yik, M., Mues, C., Sze, I. N. L., Kuppens, P., Tuerlinckx, F., De Roover, K., Kwok, F. H. C., Schwartz, S. H., … Proyer, R. T., …, Russell, J. A. (2023). On the relationship between valence and arousal in samples across the globe. Emotion, 23, 332-344. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001095
Barabadi, E., Elahi Shirvan M., Shahnama M., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Perceived functions of playfulness in adult EFL learners: An exploratory study. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 823123. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.823123
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Technical comment on Rolón, V., Geher, G., Link, J., and Mackiel, C. (2021). Personality correlates of COVID-19 infection proclivity: Extraversion kills. Personality and Individual Differences, 180, 110994. Personality and Individual Differences, 185, 111292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111292
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). The Impostor Phenomenon and causal attributions of positive feedback on intelligence tests. Personality and Individual Differences, 194, 111663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111663
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., Gander, F., Ruch, W., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Profile similarities among romantic partners’ character strengths and their associations with relationship- and life satisfaction. Journal of Research in Personality, 99, 104248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104248
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., Kaufman, J. C., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Counting the muses in German speakers: Evaluation of the German-language translation of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scales (K-DOCS). Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 3, 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000024
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). A primer on studying effects of relationship duration in dyadic research: Contrasting cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 2117-2133. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221074677
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Localizing gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in domains and facets of maladaptive personality traits: A multi-study report using self- and informant ratings. Journal of Research in Personality, 98, 104224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104224
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Testing associations between language use in descriptions of playfulness and age, gender, and self-reported playfulness in German-speaking adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 935009. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.935009
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Verspieltheit im Erwachsenenalter: Eine Übersicht. Report Psychologie, 47(2), 2-4.
Kindt, T., Rabkow, N., Pukas, L., Keuch, L., Sapalidis, A., Piloty-Leskien, A., Röhler, J., Proyer, R. T., & Watzke, S. (2022). A comparison of depressive symptoms in medical and psychology students in Germany - Associations with potential risk and resilience factors. Journal of Medical Psychology, 24, 9-21. https://doi.org/10.3233/JMP-200023
Kretzschmar, A., Wagner, L., Gander, F., Hofmann, J., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2022). Character strengths and fluid intelligence. Journal of Personality, 90, 1057-1069. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12715
Raecke, J., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Humor as a multifaceted resource in healthcare: An initial qualitative analysis of perceived functions and conditions of medical assistants’ use of humor in their everyday work and education. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 7, 397-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-022-00074-2
Ruch, W. & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Stärkenorientierte Ansätze. In R. Frank & C. Flückiger (Hrsg.), Therapieziel Wohlbefinden (S. 193-204, 4. Aufl.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63821-7_13
Tandler, N., & Proyer, R. T. (2022). Deriving information on play and playfulness of 3-to-5-year-olds from short written descriptions: Analyzing the frequency of usage of indicators of playfulness and their associations with maternal playfulness. Behavioral Sciences, 12, 385. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs12100385
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2021). Analyzing a German-language Expanded form of the PhoPhiKat-45: Psychometric properties, factorial structure, measurement invariance with the Likert-version, and self-peer convergence. Journal of Personality Assessment, 103, 267-277. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2020.1720699
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2021). Dyadic processes. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (pp. 2167-2174). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1720-1
Brauer, K., & Proyer, T. (2021). Using lens model analyses for the study of accurate judgments on dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 36, 21-23. (Link )
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2021). Sex differences in attractiveness of humor. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (pp. 7091-7094). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3245-1
Brauer, K., Proyer, R. T., & Chick, G. (2021). Adult playfulness: An update on an understudied individual differences variable and its role in romantic life. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 15, e12589. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12589
Brauer, K., Proyer, R. T., Greiff, S., Brown, A., Gander, F., Münscher, J.-C., Realo, A., Rivera, D., Rossier, J., & Wagner, L. (2021). Planning a career in psychological assessment: Lessons learned from the EAPA Winter School 2021. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 37, 261-265. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000666
Brauer, K., Scherrer, T., & Proyer, R. T. (2021). Testing the associations between adult playfulness and sensation seeking: A SEM analysis of librarians and police officers. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.667165
Brauer, K., Sendatzki, R., & Proyer, R. T. (2021). Testing the associations between dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at and romantic jealousy in couples: An APIM analysis. Journal of Personality, 89, 883-898. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12621
Iliescu, D., Greiff, S., Proyer, R.T., Ziegler, M., Allen, M., Claes, L., Fokkema, M., Hasking, P., Hiemstra, A., Maes, M., Mund, M., Nye, C., Scherer, R., Wetzel, E., & Zeinoun, P. (2021). Supporting academic freedom and living societal responsibility: The role of authors, reviewers, and editors in the publication process at EJPA. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 37, 81-85. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000652
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Brauer, K., & Chick, G. (2021). Can playfulness be stimulated? A randomised placebo-controlled online playfulness intervention study on effects on trait playfulness, well-being, and depression. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 13, 129-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12220
Ruch, W., Heintz, S. Gander, F., Hofmann, J., Platt, T., & Proyer, R. T. (2021). The long and winding road: A comprehensive analysis of 50 years of Eysenck instruments for the assessment of personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 169, 110070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110070
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2020). Dyadic effects. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 1222-1226). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_656-1
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R.T. (2020). Gelotophobia in romantic life: Replicating associations with attachment styles and their mediating role for relationship status. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37, 2890-2897. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520941607
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2020). Is it me or the circumstances? Examining the relationships between individual differences in causal attributions and dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at. Personality and Individual Differences, 165, 110135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110135
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2020). Judging dispositions toward ridicule and being laughed at from short self-descriptions at zero-acquaintance: Testing self-other agreement, consensus, and an accuracy criterion. Journal of Research in Personality, 89, 104016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104016
Brauer, K., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2020). Extending the study of gelotophobia, gelotophilia, and katagelasticism in romantic life towards romantic attachment. Journal of Individual Differences, 41, 86-100. https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000307
Chick, G., Proyer, R. T., Purrington, A., & Yarnal, C. (2020). Do birds of a playful feather flock together? Playfulness and assortative mating. American Journal of Play, 12, 178-215. (Open Access Link )
Dursun, P., Dalgar, I., Brauer, K., Yerlikaya, E., & Proyer, R. T. (2020). Assessing dispositions towards ridicule and being laughed at: Development and initial validation of the Turkish PhoPhiKat-45. Current Psychology, 39, 101-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-017-9725-2
Gander, F., Hofmann, J., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2020). Character strengths – Stability, change, and relationships with well-being changes. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15, 349-367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-018-9690-4
Gander, F., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2022). Do beliefs in the malleability of well-being affect the efficacy of positive psychology interventions? Results of a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 14i, 1353-1368. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12338
Gander, F., Proyer, R. T., Hentz, E., & Ruch, W. (2020). Working mechanisms in positive interventions: A study using daily assessment of positive emotions. Journal of Positive Psychology, 15, 633-638. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1789698
Heintz, S., Ruch, W., Aykan, S., Brdar, I., Brzozowska, D., Carretero-Dios, H., Chen, H.-C., Chłopicki, W., Choi, I., Dionigi, A., Ďurka, R., Ford, T. E., Güsewell, A., Isler, R. B., Ivanova, A., Laineste, L., Lajčiaková, P., Lau, C., Lee, M., Măda, S., Martin-Krumm, C., Mendiburo-Seguel, A., Migiwa, I., Mustafi, N., Oshio, A., Platt, T., Proyer, R. T., Quiroga-Garza, A., Ramis, T., Săftoiu, R., Saklofske, D. H., Shcherbakova, O. V., Slezackova, A., Stalikas, A., Stokenberga, I., Torres-Marín, J., & Wong, P. S. O. (2020). Benevolent and corrective humor, life satisfaction, and broad humor dimensions: Extending the nomological network of the BenCor across 25 countries. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21, 2473-2492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-019-00185-9
Ortner, T. M., & Proyer, R. T. (2020). Behavioral and performance measures of personality. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 401-406). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1281-1
Platt, T., Hofmann, J., Ruch, W., & Proyer, R. T. (2020). Duchenne display responses towards sixteen enjoyable emotions: Individual differences between no and high fear of being laughed at. In P. Ekman, & E. L. Rosenberg (Eds.), What the face reveals: Basic and applied studies of spontaneous expression using the Facial Action Coding System (pp. 490-505). Oxford University Press. (Reprint MOEM)
Proyer, R. T. (2020). Playfulness. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp.3948-3951). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1885-1
Proyer, R. T. (2020). Positive psychology. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (pp. 3969-3980). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1496-1
Proyer, R. T., & Brauer, K. (2020). CRE-W: Instrument zur Erfassung kreativer Denkstile im beruflichen Kontext . Hogrefe.
Proyer, R. T., Brauer, K., & Wolf, A. (2020). Assessing other-directed, lighthearted, intellectual, and whimsical playfulness in adults: Development and initial validation of a short form of the OLIW using self- and peer-ratings. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36, 624-634. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000531
Proyer, R. T., & Rodden, F. A. (2020). Virtuous humor in health care. AMA Journal of Ethics, 22(7). e615-e618. https://doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2020.615
Proyer, R. T., & Tandler, N. (2020). An update on the study of playfulness in adolescents: Its relationship with academic performance, well-being, anxiety, and roles in bullying-type-situations. Social Psychology of Education, 23, 73-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-019-09526-1
Tandler, N., Krauss, A., & Proyer, R. T. (2020). Authentic happiness at work: Self- and peer-rated orientations to happiness, work satisfaction and stress coping. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01931
Tandler, N., & Proyer, R.T. (2020). Positive Psychologie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Verspieltheit als bedeutsame Ressource? Praxis Schulpsychologie, 27, 8-10.
Wagner, L., Gander, F., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2020). Character strengths and PERMA: Investigating the relationships of character strengths with a multidimensional framework of well-being. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15, 307-328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-018-9695-z
Proyer, R. T., Brauer, K., Wolf, A., & Chick, G. (2019). Adult playfulness and relationship satisfaction: An APIM analysis of romantic couples. Journal of Research in Personality, 79, 40-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.02.001
Proyer, R. T., Tandler, N., & Brauer, K. (2019). Playfulness and creativity: A selective review. In S. R. Luria, J. Baer, & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Creativity and humor (pp. 43-56). Academic Press. https.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813802-1.00002-8
Ruch, W., Platt, T., Proyer, R. T., & Chen, H.-C. (2019). Humor and laughter, playfulness and cheerfulness: Upsides and downsides to a life of lightness (Editorial). Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00730
Ruch, W., Niemiec, R. M., McGrath, R. E., Gander, F., & Proyer, R. T. (2020). Character strengths-based interventions: Open questions and ideas for future research. Journal of Positive Psychology, 15, 680-684. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1789700
Torres-Marín, J., Proyer, R. T., López-Benítez, R., Brauer, K., & Carretero-Dios, H. (2019). Beyond the Big Five as predictors of dispositions towards ridicule and being laughed at: The HEXACO model and the Dark Triad. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 60, 473-483. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12563
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2018). A lens model analysis of textual information for testing the validity and utilization of linguistic cues for adult playfulness. The Brunswik Society Newsletter, 33, 5-6.
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2018). To love and laugh: Testing actor-, partner-, and similarity effects of dispositions towards ridicule and being laughed at on relationship satisfaction. Journal of Research in Personality, 76, 165-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.08.008
Gander, F., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2018). A placebo-controlled onlinestudy on potential mediators of a pleasure-based positive psychology intervention: The role of emotional and cognitive components. Journal of Happiness Studies, 19, 2035-2048. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9909-3
Pang, D. & Proyer, R. T. (2018). An initial cross-cultural comparison of adult playfulness in mainland China and German-speaking countries. Frontiers in Psychology, 9: 421. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00421
Proyer, R. T. (2018). Humor: Eine psychologische Perspektive. In Maschek & C. Wurmdobler (Hrsg.), Satire darf al/ (S. 78-82). Czernin.
Proyer, R. T. (2018). Playfulness and humor in psychology: An overview and update. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 31, 259-271. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2016-0080
Proyer, R. T., & Brauer, K. (2018). Exploring adult playfulness: Examining the accuracy of personality judgments at zero-acquaintance and an LIWC analysis of textual information. Journal of Research in Personality, 73, 12-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.10.002
Proyer, R. T., Brauer, K., Wolf, A., & Chick, G. (2018). Beyond the ludic lover: Individual differences in playfulness and love styles in heterosexual relationships . American Journal of Play, 10, 265-289.
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Bertenshaw, E., & Brauer, K. (2018). The positive relationships of playfulness with indicators of health, activity, and physical fitness. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01440
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Tschirpke, V., & Brauer, K. (2018). Prävention psychischer Störungen im Kontext der Positiven Psychologie. In Röhrle, B., Anding, J. & Christiansen, H. (Hrsg.), Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung (Bd. VI. Zur Verbesserung der Wirksamkeit)(S. 75-102). DGVT.
Ruch, W., Heintz, S., Platt, T., Wagner, L., & Proyer, R. T. (2018). Broadening humor: Comic styles differentially tap into temperament, character, and ability. Frontiers in Psychology, 9: 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00006
Wellenzohn, S., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2018). Who benefits from humor-based positive psychology interventions? The moderating effects of personality traits and sense of humor. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00821
Brauer, K., & Proyer, R. T. (2017). Are Impostors playful? Testing the association of adult playfulness with the Impostor Phenomenon. Personality and Individual Differences, 116, 57-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.04.029
Gander, F., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2017). The subjective assessment of accomplishment and positive relationships: Initial validation and correlative and experimental evidence for their association with well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies, 18, 743-764. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9751-z
Hofmann, J., Ruch, W., Proyer, R. T., Platt, T., & Gander, F. (2017). Assessing dispositions towards ridicule and laughter in the workplace: Adapting and validating the PhoPhiKat-9 Questionnaire. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:714. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00714
Proyer, R. T. (2017). A multidisciplinary perspective on adult play and playfulness (Editorial). International Journal of Play, 6, 241-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2017.1384307
Proyer, R. T. (2017). A new structural model for the study of adult playfulness: Assessment and exploration of an understudied individual differences variable. Personality and Individual Differences, 108, 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.12.011
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., & Tandler, N. (2017). Strength-based interventions: Their importance in application to the gifted. Gifted Education International, 33, 118-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261429416640334
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Wellenzohn, S., & Ruch, W. (2017). The Authentic Happiness Inventory revisited: Addressing its psychometric properties, validity, and role in intervention studies. Journal of Well-Being Assessment, 1, 77-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41543-018-0006-0
Proyer, R. T., & Laub, N. (2017). The German-language version of the Expressions of Spirituality Inventory-revised: Adaptation and initial validation. Current Psychology, 36, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-015-9379-x
Proyer, R. T., & Ortner, T. M. (2017). Praxis der Psychologischen Gutachtenerstellung: Schritte vom Deckblatt bis zum Anhang (2. Aufl.). Hogrefe.
Proyer, R. T., & Wolf, A. (2017). Humor and well-being. In J. Stein (Ed.), Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.05590-5
Gander, F., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2016). Positive psychology interventions addressing pleasure, engagement, meaning, positive relationships, and accomplishment increase well-being and ameliorate depressive symptoms: A randomized, placebo-controlled online study. Frontiers in Psychology, 7: 686. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00686
Ivanova, E. M., Makogon, I.K, Stefanenko, E.A., Enikolopov, S.N., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2016). Русскоязычная адаптация опросника гелотофобии, гелотофилии и катагеластицизма PhoPhiKat [The Russian-language adaptation of the questionnaire for gelotophobia, gelotophilia and katagelasticism PhoPhiKat]. Voprosy Psikhologii, 2, 162-171.
Platt, T., Proyer, R. T., Hofmann, J., & Ventis, L. V. (2016). Gelotophobia in practice and the implications of ignoring it. European Journal of Humour Research, 4, 46-56.
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Wellenzohn, S., & Ruch, W. (2016). Addressing the role of personality, ability, and positive and negative affect in positive psychology interventions: Findings from a randomized intervention based on the Authentic Happiness theory and extensions. Journal of Positive Psychology, 11, 609-621. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2015.1137622
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Wellenzohn, S., & Ruch, W. (2016). Nine beautiful things: A self-administered online positive psychology intervention on the beauty in nature, arts, and behaviors increases happiness and ameliorates depressive symptoms. Personality and Individual Differences, 94, 189-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.028 (s. dazu auch Pressemitteilung und Beitrag in der Mitteldeutschen Zeitung )
Ruch, W., & Proyer, R. T. (2017). Stärkenorientierte Ansätze. In R. Frank (Hrsg.), Therapiziel Wohlbefinden (S. 109-119; 2. Aufl.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53471-7_8
Wellenzohn, S., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2016). How do positive psychology interventions work? A short-term placebo-controlled humor-based study on the role of the time focus. Personality and Individual Differences, 96, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.02.056
Wellenzohn, S., Proyer, R. T., & Ruch, W. (2016). Humor-based online positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo-controlled long-term trial. Journal of Positive Psychology, 11, 584-594. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2015.1137624
Hofmann, J., Platt, T., Ruch, W., & Proyer, R. T. (2015). Individual differences in gelotophobia predict responses to joy and contempt. SAGE Open, 5, e1-e12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015581191
Ortner, T. M., & Proyer, R. T. (2015). Objective Personality Tests. In T. M. Ortner, & F. J. R. van de Vijver (Eds.). Behavior-based assessment in psycholog: Going beyond self-report in the personality, affective, motivation, and social domains (pp. 133-152). Hogrefe.
Proyer, R. T. (2015). Zur multimethodischen Diagnostik beruflicher Interessen : vom Fragebogen zum Objektiven Test. In C. Tarnai, &F. G. Hartmann (Hrsg.), Berufliche Interessen: Beiträge zur Theorie von J. L. Holland (S. 45-62). Waxmann.
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Wellenzohn, S., & Ruch, W. (2015). Strengths-based positive psychology interventions: A randomized placebo controlled online trial on long-term effects for a signature strengths- vs. a lesser strengths-intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 456. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00456
Proyer, R. T., Wagner, L. (2015). Playfulness in adults revisited: The signal theory in German speakers. American Journal of Play, 7, 201-227.
Proyer, R. T., Wellenzohn, S., Gander, F., & Ruch, W. (2015). Toward a better understanding of what makes positive interventions work: Predicting happiness and depression from the person × intervention-fit in a follow-up after 3.5 years. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 7, 108- 128. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12039
Ruch, W., & Proyer, R. T. (2015). Mapping strengths into virtues: The relation of the 24 VIA-strengths to six ubiquitous virtues. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 460. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00460
Führ, M., Platt, T., & Proyer, R. T. (2015). Testing the relations of gelotophobia with humor as a coping strategy and self-ascribed loneliness, reflectivity, attractiveness, self-acceptance, and life expectations. European Journal of Humour Research, 3, 84-97.
Proyer, R. T. (2014). Perceived functions of playfulness in adults: Does it mobilize you at work, rest, and when being with others? European Review of Applied Psychology, 64, 241-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2014.06.001
Proyer, R. T. (2014). To love and play: Testing the association of adult playfulness with the relationship personality and relationship satisfaction. Current Psychology, 33, 501-514. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-014-9225-6
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Wellenzohn, S., & Ruch, W. (2014). Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50-79 years: Long-term effects of placebo-controlled online-interventions on wellbeing and depression. Aging and Mental Health, 18, 997-1005. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.899978
Proyer, R. T, Wagner-Menghin, M. M., & Grafinger, G. (2014). Screening reading comprehension in adults: Development and initial evaluation of a reading comprehension measure. Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 56, 368-381.
Ruch, W., Martínez-Martí, M. L., Proyer, R. T. & Harzer, C. (2014). The Character Strengths Rating Form (CSRF): Development and initial assessment of a 24-Item rating scale to assess character strengths. Personality and Individual Differences, 68, 53-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.042
Ruch, W., Hofmann, J., Platt, T., & Proyer, R. T. (2014). The state-of-the art in gelotophobia research: A review and some theoretical extensions. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 27, 23-45. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2013-0046
Proyer, R. T., Gander, F., Wellenzohn, S., & Ruch, W. (2014). Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50-79 years: Long-term effects of placebo-controlled online-interventions on well-being and depression. Aging and Mental Health, 18, 997-1005. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2014.899978
Proyer, R. T. (2014). A psycho-linguistic approach for studying adult playfulness: A replication and extension toward relations with humor. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 148, 717-735. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2013.826165
Kamble, S. V., Proyer, R. T. & Ruch, W. (2014). Gelotophobia in India: The assessment of the fear of being laughed at with the Kannada version of the GELOPH<15>. Psychological Studies, 59, 337-344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-014-0254-x
Mitgliedschaft (Memberships)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs ), Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und psychologische Diagnostik
European Association of Psychological Assessment (EAPA )
International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA )
International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS )
Swiss Positive Psychology Association (SWIPPA )