Fabian Gander

2.8k total citations
48 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Fabian Gander is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabian Gander has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Social Psychology, 28 papers in Clinical Psychology and 19 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Fabian Gander's work include Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (32 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (17 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (10 papers). Fabian Gander is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (32 papers), Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (17 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (10 papers). Fabian Gander collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Fabian Gander's co-authors include Willibald Ruch, René T. Proyer, Sara Wellenzohn, Tobias Wyss, Lisa Wagner, Jennifer Hofmann, Kay Brauer, Michael Höfler, Thomas Wyss and Bedirhan Üstün and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Fabian Gander

45 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fabian Gander Switzerland	22	1.2k	959	476	234	234	48	1.9k
Tayyab Rashid Canada	16	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	536 1.1×	261 1.1×	295 1.3×	40	1.8k
Anastassios Stalikas Greece	24	939 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	233 0.5×	284 1.2×	295 1.3×	122	1.8k
Carmel Proctor United Kingdom	10	1.2k 1.0×	786 0.8×	424 0.9×	191 0.8×	295 1.3×	15	1.7k
Ryan M. Niemiec United States	21	854 0.7×	937 1.0×	371 0.8×	153 0.7×	101 0.4×	67	1.6k
Kristin Layous United States	20	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	776 1.6×	239 1.0×	526 2.2×	31	2.6k
Fallon R. Goodman United States	22	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	402 0.8×	165 0.7×	757 3.2×	57	2.1k
Itai Ivtzan United Kingdom	21	924 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	410 0.9×	371 1.6×	392 1.7×	39	2.3k
Tianqiang Hu China	13	664 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	199 0.4×	208 0.9×	309 1.3×	21	1.7k
Liesbet Boone Belgium	17	1.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	470 1.0×	151 0.6×	433 1.9×	22	2.4k
Sally E. Rooke Australia	16	801 0.7×	898 0.9×	587 1.2×	350 1.5×	394 1.7×	38	2.3k

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Gander, Fabian, et al.. (2025). Examining change in attachment in romantic couples: The role of relationship characteristics and codevelopment between partners.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 129(3). 602–617.

Gander, Fabian, Lisa Wagner, & Ryan M. Niemiec. (2024). Do Character Strengths-Based Interventions Change Character Strengths? Two Randomized Controlled Intervention Studies. Collabra Psychology. 10(1). 6 indexed citations

Gander, Fabian, et al.. (2024). The role of relationship beliefs in predicting levels and changes of relationship satisfaction. European Journal of Personality. 39(1). 105–121.

Wagner, Lisa & Fabian Gander. (2024). Character strength traits, states, and emotional well‐being: A daily diary study. Journal of Personality. 93(2). 341–360. 6 indexed citations

Gander, Fabian, et al.. (2023). Paragons of character—Character strengths and well‐being of moral, creative, and religious exemplars. Journal of Personality. 92(6). 1514–1527. 3 indexed citations

Gander, Fabian & Lisa Wagner. (2023). Which positive personality traits do people want to change?. European Journal of Personality. 38(4). 657–676. 4 indexed citations

Kretzschmar, André, Lisa Wagner, Fabian Gander, et al.. (2022). Character strengths and fluid intelligence. Journal of Personality. 90(6). 1057–1069. 9 indexed citations

Gander, Fabian & Lisa Wagner. (2021). Character Growth Following Collective Life Events: A Study on Perceived and Measured Changes in Character Strengths During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. European Journal of Personality. 36(4). 466–482. 16 indexed citations

Gander, Fabian, Jennifer Hofmann, & Willibald Ruch. (2020). Character Strengths: Person–Environment Fit and Relationships With Job and Life Satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1582–1582. 35 indexed citations

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Gander, Fabian, et al.. (2020). The Relationships of Team Role- and Character Strengths-Balance With Individual and Team-Level Satisfaction and Performance. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 566222–566222. 15 indexed citations

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Höfer, Stefan, Fabian Gander, Thomas Höge, & Willibald Ruch. (2019). Special Issue: Character Strengths, Well-Being, and Health in Educational and Vocational Settings. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 15(2). 301–306. 17 indexed citations

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Ruch, Willibald, et al.. (2019). The structure of character: On the relationships between character strengths and virtues. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 16(1). 116–128. 28 indexed citations

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Proyer, René T., Fabian Gander, Emma J. Bertenshaw, & Kay Brauer. (2018). The Positive Relationships of Playfulness With Indicators of Health, Activity, and Physical Fitness. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 1440–1440. 51 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Jennifer, Willibald Ruch, René T. Proyer, Tracey Platt, & Fabian Gander. (2017). Assessing Dispositions Toward Ridicule and Laughter in the Workplace: Adapting and Validating the PhoPhiKat-9 Questionnaire. Frontiers in Psychology. 8. 714–714. 19 indexed citations

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Gander, Fabian, René T. Proyer, & Willibald Ruch. (2017). A Placebo-Controlled Online Study on Potential Mediators of a Pleasure-Based Positive Psychology Intervention: The Role of Emotional and Cognitive Components. Journal of Happiness Studies. 19(7). 2035–2048. 16 indexed citations

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Gander, Fabian, René T. Proyer, & Willibald Ruch. (2016). Positive Psychology Interventions Addressing Pleasure, Engagement, Meaning, Positive Relationships, and Accomplishment Increase Well-Being and Ameliorate Depressive Symptoms: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Online Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 686–686. 113 indexed citations

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Proyer, René T., Fabian Gander, Sara Wellenzohn, & Willibald Ruch. (2015). Strengths-based positive psychology interventions: a randomized placebo-controlled online trial on long-term effects for a signature strengths- vs. a lesser strengths-intervention. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 456–456. 142 indexed citations

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Proyer, René T., Fabian Gander, Sara Wellenzohn, & Willibald Ruch. (2014). Positive psychology interventions in people aged 50–79 years: long-term effects of placebo-controlled online interventions on well-being and depression. Aging & Mental Health. 18(8). 997–1005. 139 indexed citations

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Proyer, René T., Fabian Gander, Sara Wellenzohn, & Willibald Ruch. (2013). What good are character strengths beyond subjective well-being? The contribution of the good character on self-reported health-oriented behavior, physical fitness, and the subjective health status. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 8(3). 222–232. 77 indexed citations

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Gander, Fabian, René T. Proyer, Willibald Ruch, & Thomas Wyss. (2012). The good character at work: an initial study on the contribution of character strengths in identifying healthy and unhealthy work-related behavior and experience patterns. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 85(8). 895–904. 58 indexed citations

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