Dominik Rüegger

836 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 441 citations indexed

About

Dominik Rüegger is a scholar working on Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Dominik Rüegger has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 441 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Applied Psychology, 5 papers in Clinical Psychology and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Dominik Rüegger's work include Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (5 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (5 papers). Dominik Rüegger is often cited by papers focused on Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (5 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (5 papers). Dominik Rüegger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Dominik Rüegger's co-authors include Tobias Kowatsch, Mirjam Stieger, Mathias Allemand, Christoph Flückiger, Brent W. Roberts, Marcia Nißen, Florian von Wangenheim, Dagmar l’Allemand, Florian Künzler and Katrin Heldt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Medical Internet Research and Journal of Research in Personality.

In The Last Decade

Dominik Rüegger

15 papers receiving 428 citations

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Changing personality traits with the help of a digital personality change intervention

2021 155 citations Mirjam Stieger, Christoph Flückiger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Dominik Rüegger

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Mirjam Stieger Switzerland

Ran Zilca United States

Nicole Harake United States

Miriam Brinberg United States

Ilja Cornelisz Netherlands

Eliane M. Boucher United States

Luke Balcombe Australia

Patty Kuo United States

Russell Fulmer United States

Bruno Dauvier France

Mirjam Stieger Switzerland

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15 of 15 papers shown

Rüegger, Dominik, et al.. (2025). Effect of a digital blood pressure coach on hypertension management in primary care practices—a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. Frontiers in Digital Health. 7. 1516600–1516600. 3 indexed citations

Rüegger, Dominik, et al.. (2023). Blood pressure dynamics during home blood pressure monitoring with a digital blood pressure coach—a prospective analysis of individual user data. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10. 1115987–1115987. 4 indexed citations

Stieger, Mirjam, Dominik Rüegger, Tobias Kowatsch, et al.. (2023). How Is Variety in Daily Life Related to the Expression of Personality States? An Ambulatory Assessment Study. European Journal of Personality. 38(2). 172–188. 6 indexed citations

Olaru, Gabriel, Mirjam Stieger, Dominik Rüegger, et al.. (2022). Personality change through a digital-coaching intervention: Using measurement invariance testing to distinguish between trait domain, facet, and nuance change. European Journal of Personality. 38(2). 141–157. 11 indexed citations

Nißen, Marcia, Dominik Rüegger, Mirjam Stieger, et al.. (2022). The Effects of Health Care Chatbot Personas With Different Social Roles on the Client-Chatbot Bond and Usage Intentions: Development of a Design Codebook and Web-Based Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24(4). e32630–e32630. 36 indexed citations

Stieger, Mirjam, Christoph Flückiger, Dominik Rüegger, et al.. (2021). Changing personality traits with the help of a digital personality change intervention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(8). 155 indexed citations breakdown →

Stieger, Mirjam, et al.. (2020). Becoming More Conscientious or More Open to Experience? Effects of a Two–Week Smartphone–Based Intervention for Personality Change. European Journal of Personality. 34(3). 345–366. 59 indexed citations

Rüegger, Dominik, Mirjam Stieger, Marcia Nißen, et al.. (2020). How Are Personality States Associated with Smartphone Data?. European Journal of Personality. 34(5). 687–713. 19 indexed citations

Stieger, Mirjam, et al.. (2020). Who wants to become more conscientious, more extraverted, or less neurotic with the help of a digital intervention?. Journal of Research in Personality. 87. 103983–103983. 15 indexed citations

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Heldt, Katrin, Dominik Rüegger, Andreas Filler, et al.. (2018). Telemedicine Therapy for Overweight Adolescents: First Results of a Novel Smartphone App Intervention Using a Behavioural Health Platform. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 90. 298–298. 4 indexed citations

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Kowatsch, Tobias, et al.. (2018). The impact of interpersonal closeness cues in text-based healthcare chatbots on attachment bond and the desire to continue interacting: an experimental design. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 16 indexed citations

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Stieger, Mirjam, Marcia Nißen, Dominik Rüegger, et al.. (2018). PEACH, a smartphone- and conversational agent-based coaching intervention for intentional personality change: study protocol of a randomized, wait-list controlled trial. BMC Psychology. 6(1). 43–43. 54 indexed citations

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Kowatsch, Tobias, Marcia Nißen, Dominik Rüegger, et al.. (2017). Text-based Healthcare Chatbots Supporting Patient and Health Professional Teams: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial on Childhood Obesity. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 55 indexed citations

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Rüegger, Dominik, Florian Künzler, Filipe Barata, et al.. (2017). Therapy Adherence of Obese Children in a 6-Month High-Frequency Intervention. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 1 indexed citations

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Rüegger, Dominik, Mirjam Stieger, Christoph Flückiger, Mathias Allemand, & Tobias Kowatsch. (2017). Leveraging the Potential of Personality Traits for Digital Health Interventions: A Literature Review on Digital Markers for Conscientiousness and Neuroticism. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 8. 3 indexed citations

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