| Social network changes and life events across the life span: a meta-analysis. C Wrzus, M Hänel, J Wagner, FJ Neyer Psychological bulletin 139 (1), 53, 2013 | 1550 | 2013 |
| PERSOC: A unified framework for understanding the dynamic interplay of personality and social relationships MD Back, A Baumert, JJA Denissen, FM Hartung, L Penke, SC Schmukle, ... European Journal of Personality 25 (2), 90-107, 2011 | 327 | 2011 |
| The policy relevance of personality traits. W Bleidorn, PL Hill, MD Back, JJA Denissen, M Hennecke, CJ Hopwood, ... American Psychologist 74 (9), 1056, 2019 | 261 | 2019 |
| Agency‐communion and self‐esteem relations are moderated by culture, religiosity, age, and sex: Evidence for the “self‐centrality breeds self‐enhancement” principle JE Gebauer, J Wagner, C Sedikides, W Neberich Journal of Personality 81 (3), 261-275, 2013 | 232 | 2013 |
| Cherish yourself: longitudinal patterns and conditions of self-esteem change in the transition to young adulthood. J Wagner, O Lüdtke, K Jonkmann, U Trautwein Journal of personality and social psychology 104 (1), 148, 2013 | 218 | 2013 |
| Wherever I may roam: Processes of self-esteem development from adolescence to emerging adulthood in the context of international student exchange. R Hutteman, S Nestler, J Wagner, B Egloff, MD Back Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 108 (5), 767, 2015 | 212 | 2015 |
| Personality trait stability and change W Bleidorn, CJ Hopwood, MD Back, JJA Denissen, M Hennecke, PL Hill, ... Personality Science 2 (1), e6009, 2021 | 176 | 2021 |
| Self-esteem across the second half of life: The role of socioeconomic status, physical health, social relationships, and personality factors. T von Soest, J Wagner, T Hansen, D Gerstorf Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 114 (6), 945, 2018 | 151 | 2018 |
| Personality trait development at the end of life: Antecedents and correlates of mean-level trajectories. J Wagner, N Ram, J Smith, D Gerstorf Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 111 (3), 411, 2016 | 145 | 2016 |
| Longitudinal experience–wide association studies—A framework for studying personality change W Bleidorn, CJ Hopwood, MD Back, JJA Denissen, M Hennecke, ... European Journal of Personality 34 (3), 285-300, 2020 | 142 | 2020 |
| The first partnership experience and personality development: A propensity score matching study in young adulthood J Wagner, M Becker, O Lüdtke, U Trautwein Social Psychological and Personality Science 6 (4), 455-463, 2015 | 127 | 2015 |
| The nature and correlates of self-esteem trajectories in late life. J Wagner, D Gerstorf, C Hoppmann, MA Luszcz Journal of personality and social psychology 105 (1), 139, 2013 | 124 | 2013 |
| Who belongs to me? Social relationship and personality characteristics in the transition to young adulthood J Wagner, O Lüdtke, BW Roberts, U Trautwein European Journal of Personality 28 (6), 586-603, 2014 | 123 | 2014 |
| Parental involvement with college students in Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, and the United States KL Fingerman, YP Cheng, K Kim, HH Fung, G Han, FR Lang, W Lee, ... Journal of Family Issues 37 (10), 1384-1411, 2016 | 120 | 2016 |
| Principles of relationship differentiation FJ Neyer, C Wrzus, J Wagner, FR Lang European Psychologist, 2011 | 119 | 2011 |
| Cultural norm fulfillment, interpersonal belonging, or getting ahead? A large-scale cross-cultural test of three perspectives on the function of self-esteem. JE Gebauer, C Sedikides, J Wagner, W Bleidorn, PJ Rentfrow, J Potter, ... Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 109 (3), 526, 2015 | 117 | 2015 |
| Does personality become more stable with age? Disentangling state and trait effects for the big five across the life span using local structural equation modeling. J Wagner, O Lüdtke, A Robitzsch Journal of personality and social psychology 116 (4), 666, 2019 | 104 | 2019 |
| The interdependence of horizontal family relationships and friendships relates to higher well‐being C Wrzus, J Wagner, FJ Neyer Personal Relationships 19 (3), 465-482, 2012 | 95 | 2012 |
| Toward an integrative model of sources of personality stability and change J Wagner, U Orth, W Bleidorn, CJ Hopwood, C Kandler Current Directions in Psychological Science 29 (5), 438-444, 2020 | 94 | 2020 |
| Self-esteem across adulthood: The role of resources J Wagner, FR Lang, FJ Neyer, GG Wagner European journal of ageing 11, 109-119, 2014 | 93 | 2014 |