Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Ageing and individual differences; cognitive ageing; personality development across the life-span; personality-environment/genes transactions; computational modelling; impact of intelligence and personality on health and other life outcomes; cross-cultural personality research; personality measurement across and within cultures.
Teaching
Teaching Experience:
- Intelligence and personality at the University of Tartu, Estonia (2005-2010)
- Intelligence and personality at the University of Edinburgh, UK (2013 onwards)
- Power analysis at the University of Edinburgh (2013 onwards)
Qualifications
2003 BSc (psychology), University of Tartu, Estonia
2005 MSc (psychology), University of Tartu, Estonia
2009 PhD (summa cum laude, psychology), University of Tartu, Estonia
Websites
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Tartu
Award Date: 1 Jan 2009
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Body mass predicts personality development across 18 years in middle to older adulthood
Arumäe, K., Mõttus, R. & Vainik, U., 8 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Personality. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social expectations as a possible mechanism for adult personality change: Limited empirical evidence for the Social Investment Principle
Hang, Y., Speyer, L. G., Murray, A. L., Luciano, M. & Mõttus, R., 17 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Personality.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What correlations mean for individual people: A tutorial for researchers, students and the public
Mottus, R., 16 Dec 2022, In: Personality Science. 3, p. 1-27 27 p., e7467.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Body mass is linked with a broad range of personality nuances, but especially those with behavioral content: A multi-sample exploration
Arumäe, K., Vainik, U. & Mottus, R., 26 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Personality Science. 3, e7583.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating general and specific psychopathology factors with nuance-level personality traits
Hang, Y., Speyer, L., Haring, L., Murray, A. L. & Mottus, R., 12 Aug 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Personality and Mental Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Correlation
Rene Mottus (Assessor)
10 May 2023Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Why care about truly predictive research, besides descriptive and explanatory (personality) research?
Rene Mottus (Invited speaker)
29 Apr 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Personomics: Putting the many dimensions of personality into good use
Rene Mottus (Speaker)
21 Nov 2021Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Personality
Rene Mottus (Speaker)
Mar 2020Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar
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European Journal of Personality (Journal)
Rene Mottus (Editor)
Oct 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Prizes
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Testing personality traits among 185,000 gene donors
11/10/21 → 31/03/22
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
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PPLS Pilot Scheme: With-in Individual variability in personality manifestations
1/04/15 → 31/07/15
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Datasets
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Openness Is Related to Proenvironmental Behavior Both Within and Across Families
Peuch, C. (Creator), Mottus, R. (Creator), Deery, C. (Creator), Dougal, J. (Creator) & Waddell, C. (Creator), O.S.F., 2 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/PG7N5, https://osf.io/pg7n5/
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Press/Media
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Psychology Today Blog: People Unexplained
16/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Como sua personalidade muda conforme você envelhece
27/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Here Are The Personality Traits Most Strongly Associated With Being Environmentally Conscious
Alistair Soutter & Rene Mottus
4/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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