Ted Schwaba

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ted Schwaba is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ted Schwaba has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Social Psychology, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ted Schwaba's work include Personality Traits and Psychology (7 papers), Aging and Gerontology Research (6 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 papers). Ted Schwaba is often cited by papers focused on Personality Traits and Psychology (7 papers), Aging and Gerontology Research (6 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 papers). Ted Schwaba collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Ted Schwaba's co-authors include Wiebke Bleidorn, Christopher J. Hopwood, Sophia Chen, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Anne Marie Piper, Alexis Hope, Daniel A. Briley, Anqing Zheng, Brent W. Roberts and Maike Luhmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Ted Schwaba

36 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Personality stability and change: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

2022 168 citations Wiebke Bleidorn, Ted Schwaba et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ted Schwaba United States	17	413	311	308	211	205	37	1.1k
Joseph P. Redden United States	22	237 0.6×	324 1.0×	231 0.8×	330 1.6×	283 1.4×	53	1.6k
Rimma Teper Canada	12	544 1.3×	381 1.2×	364 1.2×	192 0.9×	227 1.1×	12	1.1k
Susan Roxburgh United States	15	223 0.5×	417 1.3×	81 0.3×	63 0.3×	732 3.6×	21	1.4k
Kirsten E. Bevelander Netherlands	19	404 1.0×	157 0.5×	118 0.4×	377 1.8×	378 1.8×	56	1.4k
Catalina Köpetz United States	17	197 0.5×	352 1.1×	211 0.7×	385 1.8×	342 1.7×	32	1.1k
Lei Zheng China	16	236 0.6×	243 0.8×	163 0.5×	143 0.7×	121 0.6×	64	887
Katharina Bernecker Switzerland	17	183 0.4×	395 1.3×	342 1.1×	432 2.0×	176 0.9×	38	872
C. Daryl Cameron United States	21	288 0.7×	809 2.6×	224 0.7×	225 1.1×	660 3.2×	41	1.7k
Iris K. Schneider Netherlands	18	151 0.4×	486 1.6×	297 1.0×	189 0.9×	261 1.3×	48	974
Teri A. Kirby United States	15	268 0.6×	554 1.8×	228 0.7×	183 0.9×	283 1.4×	28	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ted Schwaba

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Schwaba, Ted, Travis T. Mallard, Adam X. Maihofer, et al.. (2025). Comparison of the multivariate genetic architecture of eight major psychiatric disorders across sex. Nature Genetics. 57(3). 583–590. 1 indexed citations

Schwaba, Ted, et al.. (2024). Beyond the factor indeterminacy problem using genome-wide association data. Nature Human Behaviour. 8(2). 205–218. 3 indexed citations

Schwaba, Ted, et al.. (2023). Transactional effects between personality and religiosity.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 125(2). 421–436. 4 indexed citations

Bleidorn, Wiebke, et al.. (2023). Psychological change before and after religious conversion and deconversion. Journal of Personality. 92(4). 1193–1210. 4 indexed citations

Raffington, Laurel, Ted Schwaba, David Richter, et al.. (2023). Associations of socioeconomic disparities with buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging. Clinical Epigenetics. 15(1). 70–70. 16 indexed citations

Schwaba, Ted, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Maike Luhmann, Christopher J. Hopwood, & Wiebke Bleidorn. (2023). Subjective experiences of life events match individual differences in personality development.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 125(5). 1136–1156. 13 indexed citations

Bleidorn, Wiebke, Ted Schwaba, Anqing Zheng, et al.. (2022). Personality stability and change: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.. Psychological Bulletin. 148(7-8). 588–619. 168 indexed citations breakdown →

Schwaba, Ted, Wiebke Bleidorn, Christopher J. Hopwood, Stephen B. Manuck, & Aidan G.C. Wright. (2022). Refining the maturity principle of personality development by examining facets, close others, and comaturation.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 122(5). 942–958. 25 indexed citations

Schwaba, Ted & Wiebke Bleidorn. (2021). Internet Use and Cognitive Engagement in Older Adulthood. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 13(5). 968–977. 1 indexed citations

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Schwaba, Ted, Wiebke Bleidorn, Christopher J. Hopwood, et al.. (2021). The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality: Evidence from the United States, Europe, and a large-scale natural experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(29). 33 indexed citations

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Atherton, Olivia E., Emily C Willroth, Ted Schwaba, et al.. (2021). Personality Predictors of Emergency Department Post-Discharge Outcomes. PubMed. 2(1). 4 indexed citations

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Hopwood, Christopher J., Ted Schwaba, Taciano L. Milfont, Chris G. Sibley, & Wiebke Bleidorn. (2021). Personality change and sustainability attitudes and behaviors. European Journal of Personality. 36(5). 750–770. 27 indexed citations

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Weston, Sara J., M. Teresa Cardador, Patrick L. Hill, et al.. (2020). The Relationship Between Career Success and Sense of Purpose: Examining Linkages and Changes. The Journals of Gerontology Series B. 76(1). 78–87. 11 indexed citations

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Schwaba, Ted. (2020). The impact of childhood lead exposure on adult personality. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Chopik, William J., Jeewon Oh, Eric S. Kim, et al.. (2020). Changes in optimism and pessimism in response to life events: Evidence from three large panel studies. Journal of Research in Personality. 88. 103985–103985. 43 indexed citations

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Hopwood, Christopher J., Wiebke Bleidorn, Ted Schwaba, & Sophia Chen. (2020). Health, environmental, and animal rights motives for vegetarian eating. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0230609–e0230609. 150 indexed citations

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Schwaba, Ted, Mijke Rhemtulla, Christopher J. Hopwood, & Wiebke Bleidorn. (2020). A facet atlas: Visualizing networks that describe the blends, cores, and peripheries of personality structure. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0236893–e0236893. 27 indexed citations

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Bleidorn, Wiebke, Ted Schwaba, & Christopher J. Hopwood. (2020). Health Adversity and Value Change. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 12(2). 248–257. 8 indexed citations

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Bleidorn, Wiebke & Ted Schwaba. (2018). Retirement is associated with change in self-esteem.. Psychology and Aging. 33(4). 586–594. 35 indexed citations

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Schwaba, Ted & Wiebke Bleidorn. (2018). Personality trait development across the transition to retirement.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 116(4). 651–665. 54 indexed citations

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