| Stability and change of personality across the life course: the impact of age and major life events on mean-level and rank-order stability of the Big Five. J Specht, B Egloff, SC Schmukle Journal of personality and social psychology 101 (4), 862, 2011 | 1609 | 2011 |
| What drives adult personality development? A comparison of theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence J Specht, W Bleidorn, JJA Denissen, M Hennecke, R Hutteman, ... European Journal of Personality 28 (3), 216-230, 2014 | 367 | 2014 |
| Developmental tasks as a framework to study personality development in adulthood and old age R Hutteman, M Hennecke, U Orth, AK Reitz, J Specht European Journal of Personality 28 (3), 267-278, 2014 | 366 | 2014 |
| How peers make a difference: The role of peer groups and peer relationships in personality development AK Reitz, J Zimmermann, R Hutteman, J Specht, FJ Neyer European journal of personality 28 (3), 279-288, 2014 | 301 | 2014 |
| Studying changes in life circumstances and personality: It's about time M Luhmann, U Orth, J Specht, C Kandler, RE Lucas European Journal of Personality 28 (3), 256-266, 2014 | 257 | 2014 |
| Everything under control? The effects of age, gender, and education on trajectories of perceived control in a nationally representative German sample. J Specht, B Egloff, SC Schmukle Developmental psychology 49 (2), 353, 2013 | 200 | 2013 |
| On the consistency of personality types across adulthood: latent profile analyses in two large-scale panel studies. J Specht, M Luhmann, C Geiser Journal of personality and social psychology 107 (3), 540, 2014 | 181 | 2014 |
| Personality trait development during the transition to parenthood: A test of social investment theory MA van Scheppingen, JJ Jackson, J Specht, R Hutteman, JJA Denissen, ... Social Psychological and Personality Science 7 (5), 452-462, 2016 | 160 | 2016 |
| Examining mechanisms of personality maturation: The impact of life satisfaction on the development of the Big Five personality traits J Specht, B Egloff, SC Schmukle Social Psychological and Personality Science 4 (2), 181-189, 2013 | 141 | 2013 |
| Uncovering the power of personality to shape income JJA Denissen, W Bleidorn, M Hennecke, M Luhmann, U Orth, J Specht, ... Psychological science 29 (1), 3-13, 2018 | 125 | 2018 |
| The benefits of believing in chance or fate: External locus of control as a protective factor for coping with the death of a spouse J Specht, B Egloff, SC Schmukle Social Psychological and Personality Science 2 (2), 132-137, 2011 | 103 | 2011 |
| Personality development across the lifespan J Specht Academic Press, 2017 | 92 | 2017 |
| Personality development in old age relates to physical health and cognitive performance: Evidence from the Berlin Aging Study II S Mueller, J Wagner, J Drewelies, S Duezel, P Eibich, J Specht, I Demuth, ... Journal of Research in Personality 65, 94-108, 2016 | 75 | 2016 |
| Coping with unemployment: The impact of unemployment duration and personality on trajectories of life satisfaction E Hahn, J Specht, J Gottschling, FM Spinath European Journal of Personality 29 (6), 635-646, 2015 | 66 | 2015 |
| Taking the ups and downs at the rollercoaster of love: Associations between major life events in the domain of romantic relationships and the Big Five personality traits. E Asselmann, J Specht Developmental Psychology 56 (9), 1803, 2020 | 64 | 2020 |
| Personality maturation and personality relaxation: Differences of the Big Five personality traits in the years around the beginning and ending of working life E Asselmann, J Specht Journal of Personality 89 (6), 1126-1142, 2021 | 48 | 2021 |
| Testing the social investment principle around childbirth: Little evidence for personality maturation before and after becoming a parent E Asselmann, J Specht European Journal of Personality 35 (1), 85-102, 2021 | 44 | 2021 |
| Long‐term effects of an extensive cognitive training on personality development J Sander, F Schmiedek, A Brose, GG Wagner, J Specht Journal of Personality 85 (4), 454-463, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| Personality development in reaction to major life events J Specht Personality development across the lifespan, 341-356, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| Personality development in adulthood and old age J Specht Personality development across the lifespan, 53-67, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |