Tobias Altmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 766374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tobias Altmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Altmann |
| SIGNATURE | ALTMANN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Duisburg-Essen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7294-7808 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Power in friendships
Power, defined as an individual's perceived capability to influence others, is typically studied in work or romantic relationships, leaving it unclear whether findings can be generalized to other types of relationships, such as friendship. In this study, we applied a dyadic perspective to examine how power shapes relationship functioning between friends. We used an actor-partner interdependence framework with 248 friendship dyads to analyze four …
The narcissist’s sense of humor
Previous research has shown that narcissism is linked to both adaptive and maladaptive forms of interpersonally relevant behaviors, such as charm and aggression, respectively. One line of research that uses styles of humor as the outcome variable found that especially grandiose narcissism is positively related to both adaptive affiliative humor (strengthening interpersonal relationships) and maladaptive aggressive humor (making derogatory fun of …
The interplay of acceptance and effectiveness in intervention studies
OBJECTIVE: Although almost every study evaluating psychological interventions includes the two components of acceptability and effectivity, their relationship is rarely examined. The current study closes this gap by performing secondary analyses of the intervention program 'empCARE'. The goal was to analyze the relationship between these two evaluation components. DESIGN: = 137). Data were collected before the training and longitudinally three ti…
Analyzing the Factor Structure of the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire
(TEQ; Spreng et al., Journal of Personality Assessment, 91(1), 62-71 (2009)) was developed as a brief unidimensional tool by statistically forming a consensus from existing measures of the construct. The present study aimed to (1) validate a German version of the TEQ, and (2) contribute empirical evidence to the ongoing debate regarding a singular versus multidimensional factor structure of the TEQ. One cross-sectional and two longitudinal studie…
Development and validation of three brief versions of the humor styles questionnaire
The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) is a frequently applied measure of individual differences in humor usage. However, previous research found several of its items to be unreliable and to provide insufficient information. Its 32-item length may also hinder its application in contexts in which short measures are required to maintain participant motivation, for instance large-scale assessments. In the present paper, we present three brief versions…
Relationships between self-esteem-related dream content and explicit and implicit measures of self-esteem
While there is evidence of continuity between waking life and dream content, findings with regard to personality are questionable due to methodological issues. In addition, previous studies have used explicit measures, although one could assume that dream content, which is formed implicitly, should have a closer relationship with implicit measures of personality. We investigated how explicit and implicit measures of self-esteem are related to two…
The relationship between migration and the Big Five personality traits
This paper addresses personality psychological determinants of migration behaviour. Using pooled data of two related probability samples (GERPS and SOEP), we examined the association between the Big Five personality traits and the propensity to become internationally mobile. Relying on advanced pre‐processing methods that control for key socio‐demographic and economic determinants, our results show that migration propensity was significantly rela…
Avoiding cross-sex friendships
Prior studies on individual differences in the preference for cross-sex friendships found that this preference was not normally distributed but was instead bimodal. In one group of people, the preferences for higher or lower proportions of cross-sex friendships appear to be normally distributed, whereas in a second and unexpectedly large group of people, the preference for cross-sex friends is exactly zero. If the people in the second group with …
Cognitive dependencies and psychological health correlates of coherence in autobiographical reasoning
Autobiographical reasoning is a process by which an individual creates a coherent life account. The degree of coherence in autobiographical reasoning has been related to psychological health correlates such as depression and self-esteem in previous studies, but with inconsistent findings. Similarly, the basic psychological processes required to achieve coherence have been previously studied with regard to intelligence, but infrequently, and also …
Personality is related to satisfaction in friendship dyads, but similarity is not
The role of individual personality in conceptualizing and measuring group characteristics
In previous research, group characteristics have often been measured without taking the individual perspective of the group members into account. Therefore, the influence of individual personality (and other individual-level characteristics) on group characteristic ratings beyond the influence of the actual group remains largely unexplored. Additionally, some studies use group means of individual personality as group characteristics, however, evi…
The influence of emotional salience on gaze behavior in low and high trait empathy
Previous studies have shown that situational factors like emotional salience are associated with higher subjective levels of state empathy. The present eye-tracking study explored whether gaze behavior varies as a function of emotional salience between individuals with low and high self-reported trait empathy. In a between-subjects design, we presented three social scene images in the context of different emotion conditions (Scene 1: neutral vers…
The risk of empathy
OBJECTIVE: Prior research on the relation between empathy and burnout in social professions appears to be inconsistent. Whereas some studies have claimed that empathy functions as a buffer against burnout, others have argued that empathy contributes to the development of burnout. One explanation for this disparity may be methodological as most studies have relied on cross-sectional single-measure designs. To examine their cross-sectional and long…
A multi-informant study of the influence of targets’ and perceivers’ social desirability on self-other agreement in ratings of the Hexaco personality dimensions
Mit Empathie Arbeiten - Gewaltfrei Kommunizieren
Mit Empathie arbeiten - gewaltfrei kommunizieren
In der Krankenpflege, Sozialen Arbeit oder Erziehung werden Fachkräfte mit intensiven Emotionen anderer Menschen wie Angst, Hilflosigkeit oder Wut konfrontiert und erleben sie empathisch mit. In diesem Buch werden Belastungen durch unreflektierte Empathie beschrieben und Möglichkeiten dargestellt, wie Empathie reflektiert und ausgewogen empathisch gehandelt werden kann. Das Trainingsprogramm besteht aus Übungen für Seminare, Trainings oder Übungs…
A multi-informant study of the influence of targets’ and perceivers’ social desirability on self-other agreement in ratings of the Hexaco personality dimensions
The relationship between migration and the Big Five personality traits
This paper addresses personality psychological determinants of migration behaviour. Using pooled data of two related probability samples (GERPS and SOEP), we examined the association between the Big Five personality traits and the propensity to become internationally mobile. Relying on advanced pre‐processing methods that control for key socio‐demographic and economic determinants, our results show that migration propensity was significantly rela…
Power in friendships
Power, defined as an individual's perceived capability to influence others, is typically studied in work or romantic relationships, leaving it unclear whether findings can be generalized to other types of relationships, such as friendship. In this study, we applied a dyadic perspective to examine how power shapes relationship functioning between friends. We used an actor-partner interdependence framework with 248 friendship dyads to analyze four …
Mit Empathie Arbeiten - Gewaltfrei Kommunizieren
Mit Empathie arbeiten - gewaltfrei kommunizieren
In der Krankenpflege, Sozialen Arbeit oder Erziehung werden Fachkräfte mit intensiven Emotionen anderer Menschen wie Angst, Hilflosigkeit oder Wut konfrontiert und erleben sie empathisch mit. In diesem Buch werden Belastungen durch unreflektierte Empathie beschrieben und Möglichkeiten dargestellt, wie Empathie reflektiert und ausgewogen empathisch gehandelt werden kann. Das Trainingsprogramm besteht aus Übungen für Seminare, Trainings oder Übungs…
A multi-informant study of the influence of targets’ and perceivers’ social desirability on self-other agreement in ratings of the Hexaco personality dimensions
The risk of empathy
OBJECTIVE: Prior research on the relation between empathy and burnout in social professions appears to be inconsistent. Whereas some studies have claimed that empathy functions as a buffer against burnout, others have argued that empathy contributes to the development of burnout. One explanation for this disparity may be methodological as most studies have relied on cross-sectional single-measure designs. To examine their cross-sectional and long…
The role of individual personality in conceptualizing and measuring group characteristics
In previous research, group characteristics have often been measured without taking the individual perspective of the group members into account. Therefore, the influence of individual personality (and other individual-level characteristics) on group characteristic ratings beyond the influence of the actual group remains largely unexplored. Additionally, some studies use group means of individual personality as group characteristics, however, evi…
The influence of emotional salience on gaze behavior in low and high trait empathy
Previous studies have shown that situational factors like emotional salience are associated with higher subjective levels of state empathy. The present eye-tracking study explored whether gaze behavior varies as a function of emotional salience between individuals with low and high self-reported trait empathy. In a between-subjects design, we presented three social scene images in the context of different emotion conditions (Scene 1: neutral vers…
Avoiding cross-sex friendships
Prior studies on individual differences in the preference for cross-sex friendships found that this preference was not normally distributed but was instead bimodal. In one group of people, the preferences for higher or lower proportions of cross-sex friendships appear to be normally distributed, whereas in a second and unexpectedly large group of people, the preference for cross-sex friends is exactly zero. If the people in the second group with …
Cognitive dependencies and psychological health correlates of coherence in autobiographical reasoning
Autobiographical reasoning is a process by which an individual creates a coherent life account. The degree of coherence in autobiographical reasoning has been related to psychological health correlates such as depression and self-esteem in previous studies, but with inconsistent findings. Similarly, the basic psychological processes required to achieve coherence have been previously studied with regard to intelligence, but infrequently, and also …
Personality is related to satisfaction in friendship dyads, but similarity is not
The narcissist’s sense of humor
Previous research has shown that narcissism is linked to both adaptive and maladaptive forms of interpersonally relevant behaviors, such as charm and aggression, respectively. One line of research that uses styles of humor as the outcome variable found that especially grandiose narcissism is positively related to both adaptive affiliative humor (strengthening interpersonal relationships) and maladaptive aggressive humor (making derogatory fun of …
The interplay of acceptance and effectiveness in intervention studies
OBJECTIVE: Although almost every study evaluating psychological interventions includes the two components of acceptability and effectivity, their relationship is rarely examined. The current study closes this gap by performing secondary analyses of the intervention program 'empCARE'. The goal was to analyze the relationship between these two evaluation components. DESIGN: = 137). Data were collected before the training and longitudinally three ti…
Analyzing the Factor Structure of the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire
(TEQ; Spreng et al., Journal of Personality Assessment, 91(1), 62-71 (2009)) was developed as a brief unidimensional tool by statistically forming a consensus from existing measures of the construct. The present study aimed to (1) validate a German version of the TEQ, and (2) contribute empirical evidence to the ongoing debate regarding a singular versus multidimensional factor structure of the TEQ. One cross-sectional and two longitudinal studie…
Development and validation of three brief versions of the humor styles questionnaire
The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) is a frequently applied measure of individual differences in humor usage. However, previous research found several of its items to be unreliable and to provide insufficient information. Its 32-item length may also hinder its application in contexts in which short measures are required to maintain participant motivation, for instance large-scale assessments. In the present paper, we present three brief versions…
Relationships between self-esteem-related dream content and explicit and implicit measures of self-esteem
While there is evidence of continuity between waking life and dream content, findings with regard to personality are questionable due to methodological issues. In addition, previous studies have used explicit measures, although one could assume that dream content, which is formed implicitly, should have a closer relationship with implicit measures of personality. We investigated how explicit and implicit measures of self-esteem are related to two…
The relationship between migration and the Big Five personality traits
This paper addresses personality psychological determinants of migration behaviour. Using pooled data of two related probability samples (GERPS and SOEP), we examined the association between the Big Five personality traits and the propensity to become internationally mobile. Relying on advanced pre‐processing methods that control for key socio‐demographic and economic determinants, our results show that migration propensity was significantly rela…
Power in friendships
Power, defined as an individual's perceived capability to influence others, is typically studied in work or romantic relationships, leaving it unclear whether findings can be generalized to other types of relationships, such as friendship. In this study, we applied a dyadic perspective to examine how power shapes relationship functioning between friends. We used an actor-partner interdependence framework with 248 friendship dyads to analyze four …
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Personality (6 works) · Big Five personality traits (5 works) · Empathy (5 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (4 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works)