Personality and social relationship dynamics: Short- and medium-term processes in daily life

Short Description: In two large-scale studies, researchers are investigating short- and medium-term dynamics within and between social relationships. These are the first studies of their kind to take not only quantitative but also qualitative behavioral relationship characteristics into account. Using multivariate analysis methods, they examine the influence of personality characteristics (e.g., extraversion, affiliative motives) on relationship dynamics in connection with social context factors (e.g., social network, population density).

Methodological Details: Study 1 used mobile sensing (MS), experience sampling (ESM), and day reconstruction (DRM) methods to collect data on personality traits and the types and quality of social interactions. The results were used in developing the questionnaires for Study 2. Study 2 examined the behavior of respondents in the SOEP Innovation Sample. Over a period of 14 days, respondents were surveyed by mobile phone on the quantity and quality of their social interactions. Meanwhile, their phone usage behavior was passively recorded through the research app.

Contact	Syear	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method	Replication
Theresa Entringer (DIW Berlin), Michael D. Krämer (DIW Berlin), Cornelia Wrzus (Universität Heidelberg)	2022	tba	Coming with release in 2025		~4/2025	Psychology	MS, ESM, DRM