David J. Grüning

Survey Design and Methodology
Scale Development and Documentation

+49 (0621) 1246-274
David•Gruening[at]gesis•org
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Vita

David has received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Mannheim (2016-2020) in Psychology and his Master's degree from Heidelberg University (2020-2022) in Organizational Behavior and Adaptive Cognition. Since 2021 and 2022, respectively, David is also Chair of the Science Board at Prosocial Design Network (PDN) and Lead Scientist at one sec.
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Service

David, together with Isabelle Schmidt and Julian Urban, maintains and develops the openly accessible repository for measurement instruments of the Social Sciences at GESIS.

In this function, he develops and documents new measurement instruments, reviews and coordinates publication of instruments in the repository, and develops new features of the repository.

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Research

David's research at GESIS is two-fold. For one, he focuses on biases in in self-reports (e.g., acquiescence, inverted items, and social desirability) and more generally fundamental theory of personality assessment (i.e., "Can respondents even accurately represent their persoality?"). Further, David researches cognition-related personality constructs and social-emotional competencies (e.g., intellectual and epistemic curiosity, NfC, TIE, growth mindset, etc.).

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Publications

Publication

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Journal article

Bluemke, Matthias, Lukas Engel, David J. Grüning, and Clemens Lechner. 2023. "Measuring intellectual curiosity across cultures: Validity and comparability of a new scale in six languages." Journal of Personality Assessment online first. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2023.2199863.

Rammstedt, Beatrice, David J. Grüning, and Clemens Lechner. 2022. "Measuring Growth Mindset: Validation of a Three-Item and a Single-Item Scale in Adolescents and Adults." European Journal of Psychological Assessment online first. doi: https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000735.

Grüning, David J., and Clemens Lechner. 2022. "Measuring Six Facets of Curiosity in Germany and the UK: A German-Language Adaptation of the 5DCR and Its Comparability with the English-Language Source Version." Journal of Personality Assessment. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2022.2057318.

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Working and discussion paper

Grüning, David J., Beatrice Rammstedt, and Clemens Lechner. 2023. Fixed is not the Opposite of Growth: Item Keying Matters for Measuring Mindsets. PsyArxIv. doi: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ye8zp.

Blötner, Christian, and David J. Grüning. 2023. What do we know about low levels of darkness? An examination of the role of inverted Dark Tetrad items on structural properties and construct validity. PsyArxIv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/euh9f.

Grüning, David J., and Clemens Lechner. 2022. Five-dimensional curiosity-scale revised (5DCR). Zusammenstellung sozialwissenschaftlicher Items und Skalen (ZIS). doi: https://doi.org/10.6102/zis319_exz.

Grüning, David J., and Clemens Lechner. 2022. Fünfdimensionale revidierte Neugier-Skala (5DCR). Zusammenstellung sozialwissenschaftlicher Items und Skalen (ZIS). doi: https://doi.org/10.6102/zis320_exz.

Lecture

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Conference contribution

Grüning, David J., Gael Le Mens, Clemens Lechner, and Matthias Bluemke. 2023. "Asymmetric sampling on self-reports: On the example of personality traits." Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making (SPUDM) 2023, WU Institute for Cognition and Behavior, Vienna.

Bluemke, Matthias, Lukas Engel, David J. Grüning, and Clemens Lechner. 2023. "Can Intellectual Curiosity as a Human Universal Be Measured Comparably Across Cultures?" 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), Universität Salzburg, 2023-09-25.

Grüning, David J., and Christian Blötner. 2023. "Development and Investigation of the Dark Social Desirability Inventory (DSDI)." 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychology, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, 2023-09-25.

Grüning, David J., Matthias Bluemke, and Clemens Lechner. 2023. "Revisiting the theoretical structure of curiosity: A guided return to core concepts." 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), Universität Salzburg, 2023-09-26.

Blötner, Christian, and David J. Grüning. 2023. "What do we know about low levels of darkness?: Examining inverted items in a Dart Tetrad measure concerning structural properties and construct validity." 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychology, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), Universität Salzburg, 2023-09-25.