Dr. Anke Hufer-Thamm

Since 12/2021

Research Associate
Chair of Educational and Differential Psychology (Prof. Dr. Ricarda Steinmayr)
Dortmund University of Technology

2016 - 2021

Research Associate Chair of Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (Prof. Dr. Rainer Riemann)'
Bielefeld University

DFG long-term project TwinLife

2020

Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) Title of dissertation: 'Influence of disposition and environment on characteristic adaptations of personality. Insights from extended twin designs."
Bielefeld University

2013 -2015

M.Sc. Psychology
University of Kassel

2010 - 2013

B.Sc. Psychology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Publications (peer-reviewed)

Hufer-Thamm, A. & Riemann, R. (2021). On the link of self-esteem, life satisfaction, and neuroticism. Journal of Personality 2021; 89(5), 998-1011. doi:10.1111/jopy.12632.

Hufer, A. , Kornadt, A. E., Kandler, C. & Riemann, R. (2020). Genetic and environmental variation in political orientation in adolescence and early adulthood: A Nuclear Twin Family analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118(4), 762-776 . DOI:10.1037/pspp0000258.

Mönkediek, B., Lang, V., Weigel, L., Baum, M., Eifler, E., Hahn, E., ..., Spinath, F. (2019). The German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife). Twin Research and Human Genetics, 1-8. DOI:10.1017/thg.2019.63.

Lang, V., Weigel, L., Mönkediek, B., et al. (2019). An Introduction to the German Twin Family Panel (TwinLife). Yearbooks of National Economics and Statistics, DOI: 10.1515/jbnst-2019-0066.

Klassen, L., Eifler, E. F., Hufer, A., & Riemann, R. (2018). Why do people differ in their achievement motivation? A Nuclear Twin Family Study. Primenjena psihologija, 11(4), 433-450.

Kornadt, A. E.*, Hufer, A.*, Kandler, C. & Riemann, R. (2018). On the genetic and environmental sources of social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood. PloS One, 13(8), e0202518. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202518 *shared first authorship.

Bleidorn, W., Hufer, A. , Kandler, C., Hopwood, C. J. & Riemann, R. (2018). A nuclear twin family study of self-esteem. European Journal of Personality, 32(3), 221-232. doi: 10.1002/per.2136.

Anke Hufer, Anna E. Kornadt, Christian Kandler, Rainer Riemann (2019). Which party do you like? On the genetic and environmental sources of political orientation. 15th Conference on Personality and Psychological Assessment (DPPD), Dresden.

Anke Hufer, Ahmad-Naweed Osman, Rainer Riemann (2019). Influences of racial and religious discrimination on well-being in migrants in Germany. 3rd World Conference on Personality (WAPP), Hanoi (Vietnam).

Anke Hufer, Lisa Mückler, Rainer Riemann (2018). The relationship between self-esteem and life satisfaction. 51st Congress of the German Society of Psychology (DGPs), Frankfurt.

Anke Hufer, Lisa Mückler, Rainer Riemann (2018). On the association between self-esteem and satisfaction with life. 19th European Conference on Personality (ECP), Zadar (Croatia).

Anke Hufer, Anna E. Kornadt, Christian Kandler, Amelie Nikstat, Rainer Riemann (2017). Genetic and environmental influences on political attitudes and party affiliation in adolescence and early adulthood. An analysis in the extended twin family design. 14th Conference on Personality and Psychological Assessment (DPPD), Munich.

Anke Hufer, Anna E. Kornadt, Christian Kandler, Amelie Nikstat, Rainer Riemann (2017). Genetic and environmental effects on social and political participation in adolescence and early adulthood: An Extended Twin Family Analysis, ISSID 2017, Warsaw.

Anke Hufer, Anna E. Kornadt, Christian Kandler, Amelie Nikstat, Rainer Riemann (2017). Genetic and environmental effects on political preferences and party identification in adolescence and early adulthood: An Extended Twin Family Analysis, 45th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association (BGA), Oslo.