The Study of Personality Architecture and Dynamics (SPeADy) is a German research project that aims to investigate the sources of interindividual differences in intraindividual personality development. The main focus lies in the dynamic interplay between more stable core characteristics and more environmentally malleable surface characteristics, as well as between personality and life experiences over time. SPeADy includes a twin family study encompassing data from 1962 individuals (age: 14–94) of 682 families, including 570 complete twin pairs (plus 1 triplet set), 327 parents, 236 spouses and 145 children of twins. Data collection started in 2016 and data from the first wave are currently obtainable as open source. Available data comprise a broad range of personality variables, such as personality trait constructs, motives, interests, values, moral foundations, religiosity and self-related concepts. For the currently ongoing second wave of data collection, we added retrospective reports on major life events. Special features of this genetically informative study are the extended twin family data and its longitudinal design. Three assessment waves in 2 years’ intervals are planned until 2022. In this article, we briefly describe the design and contents of the SPeADy twin family study as well as some recent findings, future plans and open science issues.

Syntheses, Structures, Electrochemistry and Optical Properties of Alkyne‐Functionalized 1,3,2‐Diazaboroles and 1,3,2‐Diazaborolidenes The reaction of 2‐bromo‐1,3‐ditert‐butyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐1,3,2‐diazaborole (3) with lithiated tert‐butyl‐acetylene and lithiated phenylacetylene affords the 2‐alkynyl‐functionalized 1,3,2‐diazaboroles 4 and 5 as a thermolabile colorless oil (4) or a solid (5). Similarly 2‐bromo‐1,3‐diethyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐1,3,2‐benzodiazaborole (6) was converted into the crystalline 2‐alkynyl‐benzo‐1,3,2‐diazaboroles 7 and 8 by treatment with LiC≡C–tBu or LiC≡CPh, respectively. 2‐Ethynyl‐1,3‐ditert‐butyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐1,3,2‐diazaborole (2) was metalated with tert‐butyl‐lithium and subsequently coupled with 2‐bromo‐1,3,‐ditert‐butyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐1,3,2‐diazaborole (3) to afford bis(1,3‐ditert‐butyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐1,3,2‐diazaborol‐2‐yl)acetylene (9) as thermolabile colorless crystals. Analogously coupling of the lithiated species with 6 or with 2‐bromo‐1,3‐ditert‐butyl‐1,3,2‐diazaborolidine (11) gave the unsymmetrically substituted acetylenes 10 or 12, respectively, as colorless solids. Compounds 4, 5, 7–10 and 12 are characterized by elemental analyses and spectroscopy (IR, 1H‐, 11B{1H}, 13C{1H}‐NMR, MS). The molecular structures of 5, 8 and 9 were elucidated by X‐ray diffraction analyses.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people felt lonely. Social robots may serve to alleviate such feelings of social disconnection. Prior research pointed out that lonely or socially excluded individuals were particularly willing to interact with social robots, because they tend to anthropomorphize robots. Such anthropomorphization may facilitate deeming robots suitable as social interaction partners. To extend existing research on the role of social robots for lonely people, we examined the effect of inclusionary status (i.e., inclusion vs. exclusion vs. control) on mind perception, perceived warmth, and participants’ willingness to self-disclose towards a social robot. We hypothesized that social exclusion would increase mind perception, perceived warmth, and participants’ willingness to self-disclose towards a social robot. Above and beyond, we assessed self-reported loneliness during and before the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas inclusionary status had no effect on the dependent variables, correlational analyses revealed that the more COVID-19-induced loneliness participants experienced, the more they were willing to self-disclose towards a robot. Likewise, these individuals attributed more mind agency to the robot and reported to look forward to a conversation with the robot. Summing up, people who experience situational loneliness may be particularly prone to accept social robots as social interaction partners.