Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Bühler, J. L., & Orth, U. (2025). Terminal decline of satisfaction in romantic relationships: Evidence from four longitudinal studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000551
  2. Scheling, L., Wrzus, C., Weidmann, R., Burriss, R. P., Wünsche, J., Grob, A., & Bühler, J. L. (2025). Within-person variability and couple synchrony in state relationship satisfaction: Testing predictors and implications. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129 (2), 407–437. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000559
  3. Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Shaman, N., Shagen, J., Lee, D., Members of International Situations Project, & Funder, D. C. (2024). Personality and religiosity in context: Exploring variations across countries and religious affiliations. Journal of Research in Personality.
  4. Bühler, J. L. & Orth, U. (2024). How relationship satisfaction changes within and across romantic relationships: Evidence from a large longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 126(5), 930–945. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000492
  5. Francis, Z., Weidmann, R., Bühler, J. L., Burriss, R., Wünsche, J., Grob, A., & Job, V. (2024). My willpower belief and yours: Investigating actor, partner, and similarity effects of willpower theory on social support and relationship satisfaction. European Journal of Personality, 38(5), 778–792. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231220416
  6. Gander, F., Uhlich, M., Traut, A. C., Saameli, M. A., Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., & Grob, A. (2024). The role of relationship beliefs in predicting levels and changes of relationship satisfaction. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241240029
  7. Gonzalez Avilés, T., Bühler, J. L., Brandt, N., & Neyer, F. (2024). Today’s adolescents are more satisfied with being single: Findings from a cohort-sequential study. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241257139
  8. Orth, U., Meier, L. L., Bühler, J. L., Dapp, L. C., Krauss, S., Messerli, D., & Robins, R. W. (2024). Effect size guidelines for cross-lagged effects. Psychological Methods, 29(2), 42–433. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000499
  9. Weidmann, R., Bühler, J. L., & Grob, A. (2024). Does narrating the life story predict changes in personality traits and characteristics? Journal of Research in Personality, 110, 104489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104489
  10. Bücker, S. M., Luhmann, M., Haehner, P., Bühler, J. L., Dapp, L., Luciano, E., & Orth, U. (2023). The development of subjective well-being across the lifespan: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies. Psychological Bulletin, 149(7-8), 418–446. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000401
  11. Bühler, J. L., Orth, U., Bleidorn, W., Weber, E., Kretzschmar, A., Scheling, L., & Hopwood, C. J. (2023). Life events and personality change: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Personality, 38(3), 544–568. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231190219
  12. Bühler, J. L., Hopwood, C. J., Nissen, A. T., & Bleidorn, W. (2022). Collective stressors affect the psychosocial development of young adults. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(6), 708–726. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221119018
  13. Bühler, J. L., Mund. M., Neyer, F. J., & Wrzus, C. (2022). A developmental perspective on personality–relationship transactions in three nationally representative samples. Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12757
  14. Bühler, J. L. & Orth, U. (2022). Rank-order stability of relationship satisfaction: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(5), 1138–1165. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000430
  15. Mund, M., Weidmann, R., Wrzus, C., Johnson, M. D., Bühler, J. L., Burriss, R. P., Wünsche, J., & Grob, A. (2022). Loneliness and short-term dynamics in partner relationships. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46(1),28–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025420951246
  16. Reitz, A. K., Weidmann, R., Wünsche, J., Bühler, J. L., Burriss, R. P., & Grob, A. (2022). In good times and in bad: A longitudinal analysis of the impact of bereavement on self-esteem and life satisfaction in couples. European Journal of Personality, 36(4), 616–639. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211054896
  17. Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Lee, D., Members of ISP, & Funder, D. (2021). Who in the world is trying to change their personality traits? Volitional personality change among college students in 56 countries.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 121(5), 1140–1156. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000389
  18. Barbaro, N., Weidmann, R., Burriss, R., Wünsche, J., Bühler, J. L., Shackelford, T., & Grob, A. (2021). The (bidirectional) associations between romantic attachment orientations and mate retention behavior in male-female romantic couples. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(6), 497–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.04.005
  19. Bühler, J. L., Krauss, S., & Orth, U. (2021). Development of relationship satisfaction across the life span: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 147(10), 1012–1053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/bul0000342
  20. Bühler, J. L., Wrzus, C., Weidmann, R., Wünsche, J., Burriss, R. P., & Grob, A. (2021). Hard-working in general but lazy at home? Generalized Big Five Traits and relationship-specific traits in romantic couples over time. Journal of Research in Personality, 92, 104087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104087
  21. Gonzalez Avilés, T., Burriss, R. P., Weidmann, R., Bühler, J. L., Wünsche, J., & Grob, A. (2021). Committing to a romantic partner: Does attractiveness matter? A dyadic approach. Personality and Individual Differences, 176(1): 110776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110765
  22. Johnson, M. D., Lavner, J. A, Mund, M., Zemp M., Stanley, S. M., Neyer, F. J., Impett, E. A., Rhoades, G. K., Bodenmann, G., Weidmann, R., Bühler, J. L., Burriss, R. P., Wünsche, J., & Grob, A. Within-couple associations between communication and relationship satisfaction over time. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(4), 534–549. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211016920
  23. Baranski, E., Sweeny, K., Gardiner, G., Members of ISP, & Funder, D. C. (2020). International optimism: Correlates and consequences of dispositional optimism across 61 countries. Journal of Personality, 89(2), 288–304.https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12582
  24. Bühler, J. L., Finkenauer, C., & Grob, A. (2020). A dyadic personality perspective on the Michelangelo phenomenon: How personality traits relate to people’s ideal selves and their personal growth in romantic relationships. Journal of Research in Personality, 86, 103943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103943
  25. Bühler, J. L. & Nikitin, J. (2020). Sociohistorical context and adult social development: New directions for 21st century research. American Psychologist, 75(4), 457–469. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000611
  26. Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., & Grob, A. (2020). The actor, agent, and author across the life span: Interrelations between personality traits, life goals, and life narratives in an age-heterogeneous sample. European Journal of Personality, 35(2), 168–196. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2275
  27. Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., Wünsche, J., Burriss, R. P., & Grob, A. (2020). Daily responsiveness, expectations, and self-disclosure: How the average levels and within-person variability of three relationship components mediate personality–relationship transactions in romantic couples. European Journal of Personality, 34(3), 367–293.https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2255
  28. Dunlop, W. L., Bühler, J. L., Maghsoodi, A., Harake, N., Wilkinson, D., & McAdams, D. P. (2020). The stories couples live by. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(2), 690–710. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520969900
  29. Gardiner, G., Lee, D., Baranski, E., Members of ISP, & Funder, D. C. (2020). Happiness around the world: A combined etic-emic approach across 63 countries. PLOS ONE, 15(12), e0242718. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242718
  30. Lee, D. I., Gardiner, G., Baranski, E., Members of ISP, & Funder, D. C. (2020). Situational experience around the world: A replication and extension in 62 countries. Journal of Personality, 88(6), 1091–1110. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12558
  31. Nikitin, J., Wünsche, J., Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., Burriss, R. P., & Grob, A. (2020). Interdependence of approach and avoidance goals in romantic couples over the course of days and months. Journal of Gerontology: Series B, 76(7), 1251–1263. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa149
  32. Bühler, J. L. & Dunlop, W. L. (2019). The narrative identity approach and romantic relationships. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 13(4), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12447
  33. Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., Kumashiro, M., & Grob, A. (2019). Does Michelangelo care about age? An adult life-span perspective on the Michelangelo phenomenon. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(4), 1392–1412.https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518766698
  34. Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., Nikitin, J., & Grob, A. (2019). A closer look at life goals across adulthood: Applying a developmental perspective to content, dynamics, and outcomes of goal importance and goal attainability. European Journal of Personality, 33(3), 359–384. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2194

Book Chapters

  1. Bühler, J. L. & Scheling, L. (2025). Relationship satisfaction. In A. Vangelisti, D. Perlman, & S. Sprecher (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of personal relationships (3rd). Cambridge University Press.
  2. Bühler, J. L. & Scheling, L. (2025). Personality in couple relationships. In N. C. Overall, J. A. Simpson, & J. A. Lavner (Eds.), Research handbook on couples and family relationships. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
  3. Gardiner, G., Baranski, E., & Bühler, J. L. (2020). Cross-cultural assessment of situational experience. In D. C. Funder, J. F. Rauthmann, & R. Sherman (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of psychological situations (pp. 219–229). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190263348.013.11
  4. Dunlop, W. L., & Bühler, J. L. (2017). A life course approach to personality. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_701-1

Manuals

Bühler, J. L., Maghsoodi, H., & McAdams, D. P. (2017). The Relationship Narrative Interview (RNI): A manual to assess romantic partners’ relationship stories [Unpublished manuscript]. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Accessible through https://osf.io/tf2d5/