Michael Dufner

External LIFE Fellow from 2010 to 2012, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Dr. rer. nat.

Dissertation completed in October 2012

A Differentiated Analysis of the Social Consequences of Self-Enhancement

(Advisor: Jaap J. A. Denissen)

Selected Publications

Dufner, M., & Krause, S. (2023). On how to be liked in first encounters: The effects of agentic and communal behaviors on popularity and unique liking. Psychological Science, 34(4), 481–489. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221147258

Dufner, M., Gebauer, J. E., Sedikides, C., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2019). Self-enhancement and psychological adjustment: A meta-analytic review. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 23(1), 48–72. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868318756467

Dufner, M., Arslan, R. C., Hagemeyer, B., Schönbrodt, F. D., & Denissen J. J. A. (2015). Affective contingencies in the affiliative domain: Physiological assessment, associations with the affiliation motive, and prediction of behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 109(4), 662–676. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000025