Below I organize my past and ongoing research into the following:
Personality Processes: Person–situation interactions [Theoretical/Empirical]
Morality: dishonesty, moral emotions [Empirical]
Short-Term Mindsets [Theoretical]
Integrating Micro- and Macro-levels [Theoretical]
Bystander interventions [Theoretical/Empirical]
The Promises of Virtual Reality [Methodology]
Li, R., & Wilt, J. A. (2025). Situated selves: A cyclical model of personality expression in context. Current Opinion in Psychology, 102104.
doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102104
Li, R., Balliet, D., Thielmann, I., & De Vries, R. E. (2024). Revisiting situational strength: Do strong situations restrict variance in behaviors? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
doi:10.1037/pspi0000475
Li, R., Thielmann, I., Balliet, D., & De Vries, R. E. (2023). Development of the Generic Situational Strength (GSS) scale: Measuring situational strength across contexts. In L. R. Ford & T. A. Scandura (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Survey Development and Application.
doi:10.4135/9781529617757.n35
Li, R. (2022). Revisiting person–situation interactionism. Nature Reviews Psychology (journal club).
doi:10.1038/s44159-022-00139-8
Li, R., Thielmann, I., Balliet, D., & De Vries, R. (forthcoming). Trait activation in daily life: Comparing two perspectives on person–situation interactions.
Li, R., Van Gelder, J.-L., & De Vries, R. E. Who Goes Where and Why? A Meta-Analytic Review of Personality-Driven Situation Selection. Manuscript in prep.
Li, R., De Vries, R. E., Barnum, T., Herman, S., Tisdall, L., Van Gelder, J.-L. A Trait–State Model of Bystander Intervention. Manuscript in prep.
Much content is covered in my PhD dissertation, see here:
Li, R. (2025). Unlocking Personality: How Situational Strength and Situational Affordances Shape Behavioral Expression.
[PhD-Thesis – Research and graduation internal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam].
doi:10.5463/thesis.1256
Ye, Z., Long, F., Feng, R., Van Dijk, W., & Li, R. (under review). How Honesty–Humility shapes adjustments of communicated vs. experienced emotions in response to others’ (mis)fortunes?
Li, R., Thielmann, I., Balliet, D., & De Vries, R. (R&R). Incentivized dishonesty: Situational strength increases trait activation and variance in dishonest behavior.
Van Gelder, J.-L., Li, R., Wiechert, S., & Frankenhuis, W. E. (2025). Short-term mindsets: Beyond traits and self-regulation. Current Opinion in Psychology, 102112.
doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102112
Li, R., De Vries, R. E., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (submitted). Entangled pathways to delinquency: How short-term mindsets and affective states bridge personality, situations, and macro-structures.
Li, R., & Zettler, I. (2025). Entangled Minds: A roadmap for bridging cultural and personality psychology research. doi:10.1177/27000710251388772
Li, R., De Vries, R. E., & Van Gelder, J.-L. (submitted). Entangled pathways to delinquency: How short-term mindsets and affective states bridge personality, situations, and macro-structures.
Li, R., De Vries, R. E., Barnum, T., Herman, S., Tisdall, L., Van Gelder, J.-L. A Trait–State Model of Bystander Intervention. Manuscript in prep.
Li, R., Derakhshan, S., Knabe, M., Arui, A.-K., & Van Gelder, J.-L. Establishing Validity in Virtual Reality Criminology: From contextual realism to psychological validity. Manuscript in prep.
Li, R. (submitted). The Soul of Science: On integrity in an age of pragmatic academia.
