Leon Wendt

Postdoc (Universität Kassel, Differentielle und Persönlichkeitspsychologie)

Promotion (Universität Kassel, Differentielle und Persönlichkeitspsychologie)

2018 - 2024

Doktorand (Universität Kassel, Differentielle und Persönlichkeitspsychologie)

2017 - 2018

Wiss. Mitarbeiter (Psychologische Hochschule Berlin, Methodenlehre und Psychologische Diagnostik)

2018 - 2025

Computergestützte Datenanalyse II

2019 - 2021

Angewandte Forschungsmethoden in R - Latente Variablenmodelle 

2018 - 2021

Angewandte Forschungsmethoden in R - Einführung und multivariate Verfahren

2018

Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Psychologischen Methodenlehre

2015 - 2018

Multivariate Statistik und Datenanalyse

Wendt, L. P. (in press). Points of contention in measure evaluation can arise from the use of divergent validity frameworks: A reply to Conway et al. (2024). Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2bcjp

Wendt, L. P., Kerber, A., Müller, S., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Maladaptive personality trait change during the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the German general population. PsyArxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/n8yek

Wendt, L. P., Klein, E. M, Benecke, C., Singer, S., Dotzauer, L., Engesser, D., van Haaren, Y., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Clinical utility of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale: A survey of German mental health professionals. PsyArxiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u9ycr

Zimmermann, J., Wendt, L. P., Edelhoff, H., Wierzba, E., Fleck, L., Cicero, D. C., & Reininghaus, U. (2024). Development and initial evaluation of the German version of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Self-Report (HiTOP-SR). PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dc8u6

Leistner, M., Hommel, B. E., Wendt, L. P., & Leising, D. (2024). Properties of Person Descriptors in the Natural German Language: A Preregistered Replication and Extension. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/s8h7u 

Kerber, A., Ehrenthal, J., Zimmermann, J., Remmers, C., Nolte, T., Wendt, L. P., Heim, P., Müller, S., Beintner, I., & Knaevelsrud, C. (2024). Examining the role of personality functioning in a hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology using two years of ambulatory assessed data. Translational Psychiatry, 14, 340. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-03046-z 

Wendt, L. P. (2024). Exploring and validating construct interpretations of psychological measurements [Doctoral dissertation, University of Kassel]. KOBRA [Kasseler Online Bibliothek, Repository und Archiv]. https://doi.org/10.17170/kobra-2024070110450 

Wendt, L. P., Zimmermann, J., Spitzer, C., Müller, S. (2024). Mindreading measures misread? A multimethod investigation into the validity of self-report and task-based approaches. Psychological Assessment, 36(5), 365–378. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001310 [Postprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/maq5p]

Krasniqi, C., Müller, S., Wendt, L. P., Fischer, F., Spitzer, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Measuring maladaptive personality traits with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Screening Questionnaire using a common metrics approach. Personality and Mental Health, 18(3), 191–203. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1607

Müller, S., Wendt, L. P., Schicktanz, P., Hopwood, C. J., & Zimmermann, J. (2024). Development and validation of a German Interpersonal Sensitivities Circumplex (ISC-G): A self-report measure of perceived aversive behaviors of others. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 40(2), 146–157 . https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000737

Wendt, L. P., Jankowsky, K., Schroeders, London Personality and Mood Disorder Research Consortium, U., Nolte, T., Fonagy, P., Montague, P. R., Zimmermann, J., & Olaru, G. (2023). Mapping established psychopathology scales onto HiTOP. Personality and Mental Health, 17, 117–134. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1566

Zimmermann, J., Falk, C. F., Wendt, L. P., Spitzer, C., Fischer, F., Bach, B., Sellbom, M., & Müller, S. (2023). Validating the German version of the Personality Disorder Severity-ICD-11 Scale using nominal response models. Psychological Assessment, 35(3), 257–268. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001199

Müller, S.*, Wendt, L. P.*, & Zimmermann, J. (2023). Development and validation of the Certainty About Mental States Questionnaire (CAMSQ): A self-report measure of mentalizing oneself and others. Assessment, 30(3), 651–674. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211061280[*shared first authorship]

Müller, S.*, Wendt, L. P.*, Spitzer, C., Masuhr, O., Back, S. N., & Zimmermann, J. (2022). A critical evaluation of the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ). Journal of Personality Assessment, 103(5), 613–627. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2021.1981346 [*shared first authorship]

Kadur, J., Huber, D., Klug, G., Müller, S., Wendt, L. P., & Andreas, S. (2022). Passing patients’ tests—But how? An analysis of therapists’ helping skills in response to patient testing. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 69(6), 845–852. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000631

Wendt, L. P., Wright, A. G. C., Pilkonis, P. A., Nolte, T., Fonagy, P., Montague, P. R.  Benecke, C., Krieger, T., & Zimmermann, J. (2019). The latent structure of interpersonal problems: Validity of dimensional, categorical, and hybrid models. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128, 823–839. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/abn0000460

Wendt, L. P. (2023, July 31) How valid are self-reports and tasks in measuring mindreading ability? [Invited presentation]. RJM Lab Meeting, Evanston, Illinois. [Online]

Wendt, L. P., Müller, S., Kolle, C., Scharf, F. & Zimmermann, J. (2024, August 6–9). A Method for Adjudicating Among Competing Factor Interpretations Using Substantive Validity Ratings by Laypersons and Artificial Intelligence [Paper presentation]. 21st European Conference on Personality (ECP21), Berlin, Germany. 

Wendt, L. P., Müller, S., Kolle, C., Scharf, F. & Zimmermann, J. (2023, September 24–27). A method for adjudicating among competing factor interpretations using substantive validity ratings [Paper presentation]. 17th Conference on Personality and Psychological Assessment (DPPD), Salzburg, Austria. 

Wendt, L. P., Klein, E. M., Benecke, C., Singer, S., Maier, L., Engesser, D., van Haaren, Y., & Zimmermann, J. (2023, Mai 9–13). How useful is a dimensional perspective on differences in personality functioning for clinical practice? Results from a survey of psychotherapists [Paper presentation]. In E. Jauk & C. Remmers (Chair), Dimensional models of personality and psychopathology: Current developments and empirical findings from basic research and psychotherapy research. 3. Deutscher Psychotherapie Kongress, Berlin, Deutschland.

Müller, S., Wendt., L. P., Kerber, A., & Zimmermann, J. (2022, September 10-15). Maladaptive personality trait change during the COVID-19 pandemic in the German general population [poster presentation]. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Hildesheim, Germany.

Wendt, L. P.*, & Müller, S.* (2022, July 12–15). Jingle fallacies in the conceptualization and assessment of mentalizing. In E. Altgassen (Chair), Jingle-jangle fallacies in clinical hot topic constructs and how to overcome them [Symposium]. 20th European Conference on Personality (ECP), Madrid, Spain. [Online]

Wendt, L. P., Jankowsky, K., Schroeders, U., London Personality and Mood Disorder Research Consortium, Nolte, T., Fonagy, P., Zimmermann, J., & Olaru, G. (2022, May 4–5). Mapping established psychopathology scales onto HiTOP [Paper presentation]. 2022 HiTOP (Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology Consortium) Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. [Online]

Wendt, L. P.*, & Müller, S.* (2021, September 12–15). Individual and group differences in political attitudes and polarization: A cross-cultural comparison between the US and Germany [Paper presentation]. 16th Conference on Personality and Psychological Assessment (DPPD), Ulm, Germany.

Müller, S.*, Wendt, L. P.*, & Zimmermann, J. (2021, June 18–19). Being sure about oneself – but not too sure about others – is a feature of healthy personality functioning [Paper presentation]. Society for Interpersonal Research and Theory (SITAR) 24th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, United States. [Online]

Wendt, L. P.,Wright, A. G. C., Pilkonis, P. A., Woods, W. W., Denissen, J., Kühnel, A., & Zimmermann, J. (2019, June 27–29). The structure of emotional daily dynamics [Paper presentation]. Association for Research in Personality Conference 2019, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.

Wendt, L. P., Wright, A. G. C., Pilkonis, P. A., Woods, W. W., Denissen, J., Kühnel, A., & Zimmermann, J. (2019, September 16–18). The structure of emotional daily dynamics [Paper presentation]. 15th Conference on Personality and Psychological Assessment (DPPD), Dresden, Germany.