Mathias Allemand is a faculty member at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is a personality and life-span developmental psychologist who conducts research concerning (1) personality development, (2) personality dynamics, (3) personality assessment, and (4) personality intervention.
Early Life and Educational Background
Allemand was born on April 5, 1974, in Moutier, Switzerland. He earned his Licentiatus Philosophiae (master’s degree) in psychology (major, clinical psychology; minor, social psychology and psychopathology) from the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 2002. He earned his Doctor Philosophiae (PhD) in life-span developmental psychology from the University of Zurich in 2007 under the direction of Mike Martin and Daniel Zimprich.
Professional Career
Allemand was a senior research and teaching associate at the University of Zurich from 2008 to 2015. Since 2016, Allemand directs a laboratory of differential healthy aging research at the University Research Priority...
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Allemand, M., & Hill, P. L. (2016). Gratitude from early adulthood to old age. Journal of Personality, 84, 21–35.
Allemand, M., Zimprich, D., & Hendriks, A. A. J. (2008a). Age differences in five personality domains across the lifespan. Developmental Psychology, 44, 758–770.
Allemand, M., Zimprich, D., & Martin, M. (2008b). Long-term correlated changes in personality traits in old age. Psychology and Aging, 23, 545–557.
Allemand, M., Steiner, M., & Hill, P. L. (2013). Effects of a forgiveness intervention for older adults. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60, 279–286.
Allemand, M., Schaffhuser, K., & Martin, M. (2015a). Long-term correlated change between personality traits and perceived social support in middle adulthood. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41, 420–432.
Allemand, M., Steiger, A. E., & Fend, H. A. (2015b). Empathy development in adolescence predicts social outcomes in adulthood. Journal of Personality, 83, 229–241.
Steiger, A. E., Allemand, M., Robins, R. W., & Fend, H. A. (2014). Low and decreasing self-esteem during adolescence predict adult depression two decades later. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 325–338.
Steiner, M., Allemand, M., & McCullough, M. E. (2012). Do agreeableness and neuroticism explain age differences in the tendency to forgive others? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 441–453.
Zimprich, D., Allemand, M., & Lachman, M. E. (2012). Factorial structure and age-related psychometrics of the MIDUS personality adjective items across the lifespan. Psychological Assessment, 24, 173–186.
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Allemand, M. (2020). Allemand, Mathias. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_1439
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