Substitute Professor at the Chair “Differential Psychology and Diagnostics”, Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam

Lecturer (1/3 position) at the Chair “Differential Psychology and Diagnostics”, Department of Psychology, University of Potsdam

Research Associate (1/3 position) in Project “Production and Perception of Emotion: An Affective Sciences Approach” (PROPEREMO; headed by Prof. Dr. Klaus R. Scherer, Prof. Dr. Winfried Menninghaus, and Prof. Dr. Michael Eid; founded by European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant awarded to Klaus R. Scherer), Department of Education and Psychology, Methods and Evaluation Division, Freie Universität Berlin

Research Associate (1/3 position) in Project “Being Moved” (headed by Prof. Dr. Winfried Menninghaus and Prof. Dr. Thomas Jacobsen), Department of Language and Literature, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main

01/2014 - 03/2014

Research Associate (2/3 position) in Project „Production and Perception of Emotion: An Affective Sciences Approach“ (PROPEREMO; ERC Advanced Grant; headed by Prof. Dr. Klaus R. Scherer, Prof. Dr. Michael Eid, Prof. Dr. Winfried Menninghaus), Free University Berlin

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Research Associate (1/3 position) in Project „Being Moved“ (headed by Prof. Dr. Winfried Menninghaus, Prof. Dr. Thomas Jacobsen), Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main

02/2009 – 12/2013

Research Associate in Interdisciplinary Research Group „Adoration and Admiration“ (headed by Dr. Johannes Windrich), Cluster of Excellence “Languages of Emotion”, Free University Berlin

12/2007 – 11/2008

Postdoc with Prof. Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen, Center for Applied Developmental Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

12/2005 – 11/2007

Postdoc with Prof. Dr. Cynthia A. Berg, Department of Psychology, University of Utah

01 – 04/2002

Visiting Ph.D. Research Fellow with Prof. Dr. John R. Nesselroade, Quantitative Psychology Department, University of Virginia

09/2000 – 09/2005

Predoctoral Fellow with Prof. Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger, Dresden University of Technology

2005

Dr. rer. nat., Dresden University of Technology

2000

Diploma in Psychology., Humboldt University Berlin

Journal
Articles

• Paech, J., Schindler, I., & Fagundes, C. P. (in press). Mastery matters most: How mastery and positive relations link attachment avoidance and anxiety to negative emotions. Cognition and Emotion.
• Schindler, I., Paech, J., & Löwenbrück, F. (2015). Linking admiration and adoration to self-expansion: Different ways to enhance one’s potential. Cognition and Emotion, 29, 292-310.
• Schindler, I. (2014). Relations of admiration and adoration with other emotions and well-being. Psychology of Well-Being: Theory, Research and Practice, 4:14.
• Schindler, I., Dietrich, J., & Berg, C. A. (2014). Why collaborate with close others when choosing a college major? Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 4.

• Schindler, I., Zink, V., Windrich, J., & Menninghaus, W. (2013). Admiration and adoration: Their different ways of showing and shaping who we are. Cognition and Emotion, 27, 85-118.

• Fagundes, C. P., & Schindler, I. (2012). Making of romantic attachment bonds: Longitudinal trajectories and implications for relationship stability. Personal Relationships, 19, 723-742.

• Berg, C. A., Schindler, I., Smith, T. W., Skinner, M., & Beveridge, R. M. (2011). Perceptions of the cognitive compensation and interpersonal enjoyment functions of collaboration among middle-aged and older married couples. Psychology and Aging, 26, 167-173.

• Schindler, I., Berg, C. A., Butler, J. M., Fortenberry, K. T., & Wiebe, D. J. (2010). Late-midlife and older couples’ shared possible selves and psychological well-being during times of illness: The role of collaborative problem solving. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 65B, 416-424.

• Schindler, I., Fagundes, C. P., & Murdock, K. W. (2010). Predictors of romantic relationship formation: Attachment style, prior relationships, and dating goals. Personal Relationships, 17, 97-105.

• Schindler, I., & Tomasik, M. J. (2010). Life choices well made: How selective control strategies relate to career and partner decision processes. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 168-183.

• Pinquart, M., & Schindler, I. (2009).Change of leisure satisfaction in the transition to retirement: A latent-class analysis. Leisure Sciences, 31, 311-329.

• Berg, C. A., Schindler, I., & Maharajh, S. (2008). Adolescents’ and mothers’ perceptions of the cognitive and relational functions of collaboration and adjustment in dealing with type 1 diabetes. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 865-874.

• Schindler, I., & Staudinger, U. M. (2008). Obligatory and optional personal life investments in old and very old age: Validation and functional relations. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 23-36.

• Pinquart, M., & Schindler, I. (2007). Changes of life satisfaction in the transition to retirement: A latent-class approach. Psychology and Aging, 22, 442-455.

• Schindler, I., Staudinger, U. M., & Nesselroade, J. R. (2006). Development and structural dynamics of personal life investment in old age. Psychology and Aging, 21, 737-753.

Book
Chapters

• Schindler, I., & Berg, C. A. (2014). Collaborative problem solving, crises, and well-being. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research. Springer.

• Schindler, I. (2008). Persönlichkeitsentwicklung im Alter: Quelle positiver Veränderungen im Verkehrsverhalten? In B. Schlag (Hg.), Leistungsfähigkeit und Mobilität im Alter (S. 201-222). Köln: TÜV Media GmbH.

• Staudinger, U. M., & Schindler, I. (2008). Produktives Leben im Alter: Aufgaben, Funktionen und Kompetenzen. In R. Oerter & L. Montada (Hrsg.), Entwicklungspsychologie (6. Aufl., S. 927-955). Weinheim: Beltz PVU.

• Schindler, I., & Staudinger, U. M. (2005). Lifespan perspectives on self and personality: The dynamics between the mechanics and pragmatics of life. In W. Greve, K. Rothermund, & D. Wentura (Eds.), The adaptive self: Personal continuity and intentional self-development (pp. 3-30). Ashland, OH: Hogrefe & Huber.

• Staudinger, U. M., & Schindler, I. (2002). Produktives Leben im Alter I: Aufgaben, Funktionen und Kompetenzen. In R. Oerter & L. Montada (Hrsg.), Entwicklungspsychologie (5. Aufl., S. 955-982). Weinheim: Beltz PVU.

• Staudinger, U. M., & Schindler, I. (2002). Produktivität und gesellschaftliche Partizipation im Alter. In B. Schlag & K. Megel (Hrsg.), Mobilität und gesellschaftliche Partizipation im Alter (S. 64-86). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.

Qualification Works

• Schindler, I. (2015). Wie Entwicklungspfade entstehen und wohin sie führen: Die Rolle von Persönlichkeit, Beziehungen und Emotionen. Zusammenfassung der schriftlichen Habilitationsleistungen zur Habilitation am Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie der Freien Universität Berlin.

• Schindler, I. (2005). Late-life development of personal life investment: The “musts” and “cans” of aging. Dresden: TUDpress.
• Schindler, I. (2000). Die Optimierung der Zielauswahl und ihre Auswirkung auf die Zielbindung (Commitment). Diplomarbeit, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.

Further Publications

• Schindler, I. (2008). Studying the formation of romantic relationships: A case for prospective online studies. Newsletter of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, 53, 21-24.