Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Life Sciences - Department of Psychology

Anabel Büchner

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Name
Anabel Büchner
Status
Scholarship holder (without teaching duties)
Email
anabel.buechner (at) hu-berlin.de
Institution
Humboldt-Universität → Präsidium → Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät → Institut für Psychologie → Psychologische Diagnostik
Visiting address
Rudower Chaussee 18 , Room 4'101
Mailing address
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin

I’ve been an Open Science Ambassador at the Faculty of Life Sciences since 2024 and am happy to answer questions about implementing Open Science practices.

 

Research interests

  • Dynamic conceptualizations of personality
  • Measurement of traits and states 
  • Analysis of time series data 
  • Experience sampling studies 

 

Education

  • since 2023: PhD student funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • 2022: Humboldt Research Track for the preparation of the PhD project, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • 2022: Master of Science, Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • 2019: Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Potsdam

 

International exchanges

  • 2024: Research stay, University of California, Davis (Prof. Emorie Beck)
  • 2023 – 2024: Research stay, University of British Columbia (Prof. Friedrich Götz)
  • 2021: Semester abroad & research stay, University of British Columbia (Prof. Jeremy Biesanz)
  • 2019: Semester abroad, Vancouver Island University

 

Professional experience

  • seit 2024: Research Associate, Helmut Schmidt University (Prof. Martin Hecht)
  • 2022 – 2023: Research Associate, University of Siegen (Prof. Marie Hennecke)
  • 2022: Research Associate, Harvard Business School (Prof. Jon Jachimowicz)
  • 2021: Statistical Consultant & Data Analyst, Charité Berlin
  • 2020 – 2021: Student assistant, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Prof. Kai Horstmann)
  • 2020, 2018: Student assistant, University of Potsdam (Prof. Michela Schröder Abé)

 

Preprints

  • Büchner, A., Horstmann, K. T., & Hennecke, M. (2025). Linking trait items of self-control to broader conceptualizations in daily life using machine learning. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3jsy8_v1

 

Publications

  • Büchner, A., Ewert, C., Hoffmann, C. F. A., Schröder- Abé, M., & Horstmann, K. T. (2024). On the importance of being clear about the level of analysis of interest: An illustration using the case of self- compassion. Journal of Personality, 00, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12924
  • Ewert, C., Büchner, A., & Schröder-Abé, M. (2024). The Mediating Role of Stress Processing in the Relation of Self-Compassion and Affective Well-Being: Evidence from two Longitudinal Studies. Mindfulness. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02295-1
  • Krautter, K., Büchner, A., & Jachimowicz, J. M. (2023). Extraverts Reap Greater Social Rewards From Passion Because They Express Passion More Frequently and More Diversely. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672231211843 

 

Workshops

  • Büchner, A. & Siepe, B. S. (2025, January). When, how, and why (not) to preregister. Workshop for the Berlin University Alliance.

 

Conference contributions

2025:

  • Büchner, A. & Haslbeck, J. M. B. (2025, May). Measurement Practices in ESM/EMA Studies – Exploring Methodological Decisions. Chaired symposia at the Conference of the Society of Ambulatory Assessment (SAA). Leuven, Belgium.
  • Büchner, A., Götz, F. M., Beck, E. D., & Horstmann, K. T. (2025, May). Spoiled for Choice: Comparing the Frequency of Multiple Attractors Between Two Sampling Designs. Talk at the Conference of the Society of Ambulatory Assessment (SAA). Leuven, Belgium.

 

2024:

  • Büchner, A. (2024, September). Moving the Analysis of (Intensive) Longitudinal Data Forward: Accessibility, Causality, Nonlinearity. Chaired symposia at the Congress of the German Psychological Society (DPGs). Vienna, Austria.
  • Büchner, A., Hecht, M., & Horstmann, K. T. (2024, September). Detecting Multiple Attractors in Dynamic Systems: A Simulation Study. Talk at the Congress of the German Psychological Society (DPGs). Vienna, Austria.
  • Büchner, A., Hecht, M., & Horstmann, K. T. (2024, August). Does Everyone Have a Single Trait Level? Estimating Dynamic Conceptualizations of Personality Traits in Intensive Longitudinal Data. Talk at the 21st European Conference on Personality, Berlin, Germany.
  • Büchner, A. (2024, April). Navigating the Dynamics of Personality: Innovative Approaches in Measurement, Recruitment, and Methodology. Chaired symposia at the World Conference on Personality. Curaçao.
  • Büchner, A., Götz, F. M., Beck, E. D., Horstmann, K. T.  Capturing Dynamic Conceptualizations of Personality Traits in Cross-Sectional Assessments. (2024, April). Talk presented at the World Conference on Personality, Curaçao.
  • Yang, R. & Büchner, A. (2024, February). Navigating Conflicts in Goal Pursuit: A Multidimensional Perspective. Chaired symposia at the the Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). San Diego, USA.
  • Büchner, A., Horstmann, K., & Hennecke, M. Exploring Conceptualizations of Self-Control in Daily Life with Machine Learning. (2024, February). Talk presented at the Annual Convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). San Diego, USA.

 

2023:

  • Büchner, A., Biesanz, J., Hecht, M., & Horstmann, K. T. Modeling Personality Traits in a Dynamic Systems Framework: Pitfalls and Ways to Overcome Them (2023, July). Poster presented at the Meeting of the Association for Research in Personality (ARP). Evanston, USA.
  • Büchner, A. & Horstmann, K. T. Can Dynamic Conceptualizations of Personality be Measured in Cross-Sectional Assessments? (2023, June). Poster presented at the Meeting of the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS). Padua, Italy.

 

2022:

  • Büchner, A., Ewert, C., Hoffmann, C.F. A., Schröder-Abé, M., & Horstmann, K. T. Disentangling the Within-Person and Between-Person Structure of Self-Compassion. (2022, July). Talk at the European Conference on Personality (ECP). Madrid, Spain.
  • Büchner, A., Ewert, C., Hoffmann, C.F. A., Schröder-Abé, M., & Horstmann, K. T. Disentangling the Within-Person and Between-Person Structure of Self-Compassion. (2022, February). Talk at the Dynamics in Personality Development Preconference of the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). San Francisco, USA (online).

 

Before 2022:

  • Büchner, A., Ewert, C., Hoffmann, C.F. A., Schröder-Abé, M., & Horstmann, K. T. Disentangling the Within-Person and Between-Person Structure of Self-Compassion. (2021, September). Talk at the Conference of the German Psychological Society Personality Psychology & Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section. Ulm, Germany (online). 
  • Büchner, A., Ewert, C., & Schröder-Abé, M. (2019, August). How Does Self-Compassion Increase Well-Being? An Investigation of the Mechanisms Underlying. Poster presented at the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID). Florence, Italy.
  • Büchner, A., Ewert, C., & Schröder-Abé, M. (2018, July). Don’t Be so Hard on Yourself! The Influence of Mindfulness Self-Compassion on Stress Processing and Well-Being. Poster presented at the International Conference on Mindfulness. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

Invited talks

  • Research group Psychological Methods, University of Marburg (July 2023)
  • Psychological Methods meeting, University of Tübingen (June 2023, online)
  • Ethics & Well-being Hub,  University of Melbourne (November 2022, online)