Sergei Shchebetenko

Professor:Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Psychology

Sergei Shchebetenko has been at HSE University since 2018.

Education and Degrees

2018
Doctor of Sciences* in General psychology, personality psychology
Thesis Title: Personality traits in mind reflection and life outcomes
2005
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in General psychology, personality psychology
Thesis Title: Self-concept, empathy and closeness in relations between readers and folktale characters
1998
Degree in Psychology
Perm State Pedagogical University, Psychology

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

2020 - English language proficiency, Level C2 (EF Education First, Moscow, Russia; February 2020);

2019 - General English: Pre-Advanced 2 (Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia; October-December 2019);
2018 - Teach for HSE (Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia; December 2018);

2018 - English language proficiency, Level C1 (EF Education First, Moscow, Russia; September 2018);

2011 - R software and robust statistics for personality and individual differences (European Association for Personality Psychology, International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, University of Bologna Residential Centre; J. Asendorpf, M. Perugini, R. Wilcox, R. Sherman, F. Schönbrodt; Bertinoro, Italy, July 2011);

2010 - SPSS in psychology and social sciences (Saint Petersburg State University, psychology faculty; A. Nasledov; Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 2010);

2008 - Language internship and cultural exchange (St. Anthony's College, University of Oxford; K. Hewitt; Oxford, UK; November - December 2008).

Professional Interests

personality individual differences Big Five psychometrics personality traits social attitudes social cognition quantitative methods in social science psychology of reflection

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "New Lecturers" (2019)

Student Term / Thesis Papers

Bachelor
L. Stepanishcheva «Exploring Autonomy and Competence as Possible Factors in Variating Frustration in Gaming Activity». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2020
Master
E. Moskovchenko «Ego-States in Mentoring, Playing, and Expert Situations». Faculty of Social Sciences, 2020

Full list of of student term / thesis papers

Courses (2019/2020)

General problems in contemporary psychology (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "38.03.01. Экономика"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Psychometric Theories and Analysis of Test Items (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2018/2019)

General problems in contemporary psychology (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "38.03.01. Экономика"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
Psychology (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Humanities; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Psychometric Theories and Analysis of Test Items (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus

Dissertation for a degree of Doctor of Science

2017

S. Shchebetenko Черты личности в рефлексии и жизненных проявлениях человека

Publications

2020¹

Article Shchebetenko S., Kalugin A. Y., Mishkevich A. M., Soto C. J., John O. P. Measurement invariance and sex and age differences of the Big Five Inventory–2: Evidence from the Russian version // Assessment. 2020. Vol. 27. No. 3. P. 472-486. doi

2019²

Article Shchebetenko S. Do personality characteristics explain the associations between self-esteem and online social networking behaviour? // Computers in Human Behavior. 2019. Vol. 91. P. 17-23. doi
Preprint Shchebetenko S. Three-Dimensional Trait System: Binding together the main sources of diversity in personality traits / The Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science. Series психология "PsyArXiv". 2019. doi

2017²

Article Shchebetenko S. Reflexive characteristic adaptations explain sex differences in the Big Five: But not in neuroticism // Personality and Individual Differences. 2017. Vol. 111. P. 153-156. doi
Article Shchebetenko S. Thinking about personality: Comment on Hogan and Foster (2016) // International Journal of Personality Psychology. 2017. Vol. 3. No. 1. P. 9-12.

2016²

Article Shchebetenko S. Reflexive characteristic adaptations within the five-factor theory: Between basic tendencies and external outcomes // Personality and Individual Differences. 2016. Vol. 101. P. 35-41. doi
Article Shchebetenko S., Bergfeld A. Y. The relationship between extraversion and physical attractiveness of online network users assessed by personnel recruiters // Australian Journal of Psychology. 2016. Vol. 68. P. 301-311. doi

2014¹

Article Shchebetenko S. “The best man in the world”: Attitudes toward personality traits // Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics. 2014. Vol. 11. No. 3. P. 129-148.

2011¹

Article Shchebetenko S. Need for cognition and attitudes toward immigrants among Russian students // Psiholoska Obzorja. 2011. Vol. 20. No. 1. P. 7-16.

2007²

Book Shchebetenko S., Dorfman L. Y. I Processi Creativi, Artistici e Leterrari. Milan : FrancoAngeli, 2007.
Chapter Shchebetenko S., Dorfman L. Y. Space referents of readers and folktale characters interactions: Between merging and detachment, in: I Processi Creativi, Artistici e Leterrari. Milan : FrancoAngeli, 2007. P. 29-38.

Conferences

2019
3rd World Conference on Personality (Ханой). Presentation: Self-argumentation in favor or against extraversion: Does it change the trait and the attitudes toward it?
2018
19th European Conference on Personality (Задар). Presentation: Changing attitudes toward personality traits: An experimental evidence
2017
The Biennial Association for Research in Personality Conference (Сакраменто). Presentation: Are attitudes toward traits and values the same?
2016
The Second World Conference on Personality (Бузиос). Presentation: The links between traits and evaluations of painting genres: Do attitudes toward traits matter?
The Second World Conference on Personality (Бузиос). Presentation: Reflexive characteristic adaptations produced incremental effects on sample attrition as compared to personality traits
The Second World Conference on Personality (Бузиос). Presentation: Reflexive characteristic adaptations
2013
The 1st World Conference on Personality. (Stellenbosch). Presentation: Attitudes toward big five traits: A correlational study
2012
European Conference on Personality (ECP) (Trieste). Presentation: How right-wing authoritarianism relates to attitudes toward Islam among Russian Orthodox undergraduates?
2008
IV Международная конференция РКА "Коммуникация в современной парадигме социального и гуманитарного знания" (Коммуникация-2008) (Москва). Presentation: Вклад когнитивной нагрузки в восприятие иммигрантов
2006
Всероссийская конференция "Психология индивидуальности" (Москва). Presentation: Пространственное Я и черты личности: гендерные сравнения
2005
International Congress on Aesthetics, Creativity and Psychology of the Arts (Пермь). Presentation: Merging vs. detachment attitudes of readers toward folktale characters

Grants

2019-20 “Psychometrics of the Russian version of the Big Five Inventory-2” (National Research University Higher School of Economics, individual grant 19-01-003)

2018 “Attitudes toward traits and change of behaviour: On the example of extraversion (Russian Foundation for Basic Research);

2012-13 “Implicit attitudes toward out-groups members among the Ural region inhabitants” (Russian Humanities Fund (RGNF) grant 120330102500);

2012-13 “Psychodiagnostics of personality traits: Implicit and explicit approaches” (Ministry
of Education and Science of the Russian Federation 120222103404);

2011 The European Association for Personality Psychology scholarship for a summer school participation (Bertinoro, University of Bologna)

2006-07 “The image of immigrants among Russians” (Russian Humanities Fund (RGNF) grant N 06-06-82602 a/U);

2000 Perm region governor scholarship for postgraduates.

Peer-reviews

Computers in Human Behavior: 2019-20 (6)

European Journal of Personality: 2020

PLOS ONE: 2018

Psychology, Health, & Medicine: 2020

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology: 2019

International Journal of Internet Science: 2017

International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology: 2016

Employment history

2018- National Research University Higher School of Economics, school of psychology (professor);

2012- Perm State University, developmental psychology department (senior researcher, associate professor, professor, 2012-);

2010-11 State University Higher School of Economics (Perm campus), school of management, associate professor;

2001-12 Perm State University, general and clinical psychology department (assistant, senior lecturer, associate professor);

1999-2007 Perm State Institute of Art and Culture, psychology department (instructor, lecturer, senior lecturer).

Timetable for today

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Apr

2015

Are Women More Emotional Than Men?

Jan

2019

Settings on personality traits: a parallel world of individual differences

Together with Sergey Shchebetenko we discussed what a person thinks and how he evaluates his personality traits, which we reveal in questionnaires.