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Curriculum Vitae

since 2008		Predoctoral Researcher at the University of Potsdam; Personality Psychology
2002-2007		Doctoral student at the Humboldt-University of Berlin
2002-2004		Scholarship awarded by the federal state of Berlin (NaFöG)
1994-2001		Study of Psychology at the Humboldt-University of Berlin

Research Interests
Interpersonal theory in the tradition of Timothy Leary
Circumplex models in various domains of personality
Relationship status in groups
Personality effects in personal relationships
Interpersonal problem dispositions (e.g., unmitigated communion)
Defense mechanisms and response bias

Doctoral Thesis
"Interpersonal circumplex: Validation of the Interpersonal Adjective List
and analysis of interpersonal complementarity in close personal relationships"

Publications
2007
Jacobs, I. & Scholl, W. (2007). Transaltion and validation of Helgeson
and Fritz’s unmitigated communion scale. Diagnostica, 53, 57-67.
2005
Jacobs, I. & Scholl, W. (2005). Interpersonal Adjective List (IAL): An empirical
realization of theoretical circumplex concepts for the assessment of interpersonal
style. Diagnostica, 51, 145-155.