Department of Psychology

Prof. Dr. Eunike Wetzel

Address

Fortstraße 7
Gebäude H , Raum 113 , 1st floor
76829 Landau

Contact

Tel.: +49 6341 280-31495
Tel.: +49 6341 280-31131 (Phone Administration Office)
Fax: +49 6341 280-31428 (Fax)
E-Mail: eunike.wetzel@rptu.de

Consultation hours

Monday 16 - 17h (starting 17/4/23) or by appointment


About the person

Research interests:

  • Test construction (esp. response formats)
  • Item response theory
  • Measurement invariance
  • Narcissism
  • Personality development

Projects:

2021 - 2024: The role of measurement in the replicability of empirical findings 
funded by the German Research Foundation within the priority program "META-REP"

2020 - 2023: Forced-choice vs. Ratingskalen in der Persönlichkeitsdiagnostik: Ein Vergleich zweier Antwortformate (Fortsetzungsprojekt) 
funded by the German Research Foundation

2016 - 2019: Dark triad traits in young adulthood: Structure, development, and consequences 
funded by the Baden-Württemberg Foundation within the framework of the elite program for postdocs

2015 - 2018: Forced-choice vs. Ratingskalen in der Persönlichkeitsdiagnostik: Ein Vergleich zweier Antwortformate 
funded by the German Research Foundation

All publications

Selected publications:

Wetzel, E., Frick, S., & Brown, A. (2020). Does multidimensional forced-choice prevent faking? Comparing the susceptibility of the multidimensional forced-choice format and the rating scale format to faking. Psychological Assessment, 33(2), 156-170. doi:10.1037/pas0000971

Sass, R., Frick, S., Reips, U. D., & Wetzel, E. (2020). Taking the test taker's perspective: Response process and test motivation in multidimensional forced-choice versus rating scale instruments. Assessment, 27(3), 572-584. doi:10.1177/1073191118762049

Wetzel, E., & Frick, S. (2020). Comparing the validity of trait estimates from the multidimensional forced-choice format and the rating scale format. Psychological Assessment, 32(3), 239-253. doi:10.1037/pas0000781

Wetzel, E., Grijalva, E., Robins, R. W., & Roberts, B. W. (2020). You're still so vain: Changes in narcissism from young adulthood to middle age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119(2), 479-496. doi:10.1037/pspp0000266

Wetzel, E., Brown, A., Hill, P. L., Chung, J. M., Robins, R. W., & Roberts, B. W. (2017). The narcissism epidemic is dead; long live the narcissism epidemic. Psychological Science, 28(12), 1833-1847. doi:10.1177/0956797617724208

Wetzel, E., & Carstensen, C. H. (2017). Multidimensional modeling of traits and response styles. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 33(5), 352-364. doi:10.1027/1015-5759/a000291

Wetzel, E., Böhnke, J. R., & Rose, N. (2016). A simulation study on methods of correcting for the effects of extreme response style. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 76(2), 304-324. doi:10.1177/0013164415591848

Wetzel, E., Leckelt, M., Gerlach, T. M., & Back, M. D. (2016). Distinguishing subgroups of narcissists with latent class analysis. European Journal of Personality, 30(4), 374-389. doi:10.1002/per.2062

Wetzel, E., Lüdtke, O., Zettler, I., & Böhnke, J. R. (2016). The stability of extreme response style and acquiescence over 8 years. Assessment. 23(3), 279-291. doi:10.1177/1073191115583714

Wetzel, E., Carstensen, C. H. & Böhnke, J. R. (2013). Consistency of extreme response style and non-extreme response style across traits, Journal of Research in Personality, 47(2), 178-189. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2012.10.010

 

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