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Anu Realo

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Personality and cross-cultural psychologist Professor at Warwick, Tallinn, and Tartu Balances life between 🇬🇧 and 🇪🇪, enjoying the best of both worlds—most of the time https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psych/people/arealo/area

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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · 13d

Just a gentle reminder that relationships play a bigger role in our well-being than we often think 😍

It’s great to see this study published in JoP, thanks to the work of good friends and colleagues from Bielefeld, Greifswald, and @warwickpsych.bsky.social

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Mapping Life Satisfaction Over the First Years of Cohabitation Among Former Singles Living Alone in UK and Germany

Objective As social norms and relationship dynamics evolve, it is important to examine how transitions from singlehood to partnership, cohabitation, and marriage relate to well-being. Method Using...

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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Aug 6

To all my fellow coffee lovers out there — yes, it makes you happier, especially in the morning!
Our new paper with Justin Hachenberger, Yu-Mei Li, & Sakari Lemola just out in Scientific Reports, www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Aug 4

Hot off the press! Our new open access paper with @serkandeveci.bsky.social validates brief tools for assessing employee well-being at work, particularly in multinational corporate settings 🌎
📄 Just out in Psychological Test Adaptation and Development (4 August 2025)
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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Uku Vainik @ukuvainik.bsky.social · May 20

Personality GWAS finally done well! Massive worldwide collaboration, including @estbiobank.bsky.social personality team: @renemottus.bsky.social @arealo.bsky.social @urmovosa.bsky.social.

Special guest star
@kerliilv.bsky.social who ran the causal models between personality and health!

Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · May 20

Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Apr 21

Cognitive slowness and disjointedness that often come with aging might be better seen as a symptom of a brain full of 'cluttered' wisdom rather than a sign of decline.

Thanks so much @thomhills.bsky.social at @warwickpsych.bsky.social for giving us all some hope that it's not all lost as we age! 😊

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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Mar 21

Not sure how I feel about this, or the Swedes

Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Mar 18

📣Please share the word!

We’re recruiting 4 fully funded PhD students and 3 postdocs—a unique opportunity to join our @sustainera.bsky.social interdisciplinary research team led by @arealo.bsky.social and Kai Pata!

Apply by 16th April and be part of shaping a more sustainable future 🌏

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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Mar 13

No neid võimalusi on palju, nt
*hoia ennast hõivatuna ja tegele asjadega, mis sulle meeldivad – mistahes hobid, aiatöö, sport;
*märka ja aita teisi inimesi enda ümber;
*investeeri sotsiaalsetesse suhetesse, suhtle vanade sõpradega ja ole ka uuteks tutvusteks avatud;
*võta endale koduloom 🙂

Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Mar 13

"Starost ne radost" niiehknii, aga üksildased vanainimesed on teistest veelgi õnnetumad ja haigemad. Niiet lapsed ja lapselapsed on tõesti üks viis – kuigi kindlasti mitte ainus – kuidas seda vältida.

Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Mar 12

When it comes to well-being, having kids clearly pays off later in life - @ess-survey.bsky.social

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Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Feb 23

Life sure is a risky business

Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Feb 19

Population projections for Scandinavia and the Baltics for 2100, with two scenarios: one with migration and one without. Among EU countries, only Latvia and Lithuania (as well as Romania) would see little impact from closed borders, as they have experienced a net outflow of people

Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Feb 9

Kas just jah igavuse, aga elukalliduse mõttes liigume jõudsalt Põhjamaade suunas

Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Feb 8

Estonia in 2025 vs 1937: Still interesting, but no longer inexpensive

Anu Realo @arealo.bsky.social · Feb 1

Jah, aga üldiselt võttes on regionaalsed erinevused suhteliselt väikesed, ehk et Eesti inimeste isiksuse seadumused on üsna sarnased hoolimata sellest kus nad elavad