A5026971797- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Mind wandering and attention
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Media Influence and Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Topic Modeling
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
University of Kassel
2015-2025
Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences
2024
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
2022-2023
Technische Universität Dresden
2005-2021
Daimler (Germany)
2017
University of Mannheim
2011-2014
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
1996
Barmherzige Schwestern Krankenhaus Wien
1996
Recent research has shown that compassionate feelings for the suffering environment promote conservation of nature. We extend this notion and relate compassion humans to proenvironmental tendencies. The proposed relation should hold true as elicits moral actions judgments across different domains which also be applicable environment. Therefore, we expect other positively Two studies were conducted test assumption. Study 1 included three independent samples (final N = 2,096) several measures...
Abstract Mindfulness is a state of paying conscious and nonjudgmental attention to present‐moment experiences. Previous research relates this more effective emotion regulation less reactivity. We therefore hypothesized an attenuating effect mindfulness exercise on moral reactions that usually results from bad conscience when having caused harm. Across five studies, we experimentally induced via short breathing then assessed harm‐based reactions. As hypothesized, participants in the (vs....
What gives rise to sadism? While sadistic behavior (i.e., harming others for pleasure) is well-documented, past empirical research nearly silent regarding the psychological factors behind it. We help close this gap by suggesting that boredom plays a crucial role in emergence of tendencies. Across 9 diverse studies, we provide correlational and experimental evidence link between sadism. demonstrate tendencies are more pronounced among people who report chronic proneness everyday life (Studies...
Terror Management Theory (TMT) proposes that when people are made aware of their own death, they more likely to endorse cultural values. TMT is a staple social psychology, being featured prominently in textbooks and the subject much research. The implications associated with significant, as its advocates claim it can partially explain conflicts, intergroup antagonisms, even war. However, considerable ambiguity regarding effect size exists, no preregistered replication death-thought...
Research on self–compassion, which is defined as being understanding and kind to oneself when confronted with negative experiences, has produced an impressive number of articles in recent years. This research shows that individual differences measured by the Self–Compassion Scale (SCS), are positively related life satisfaction, health social functioning. However, a critical systematic test self–compassion from personality perspective not yet conducted so far. In present study ( N = 576), we...
The present research investigates the associations between holding favorable views of potential Democratic or Republican candidates for US presidency 2016 and seeing profoundness in bullshit statements. In this contribution, is used as a technical term which defined communicative expression that lacks content, logic, truth from perspective natural science. We Bullshit Receptivity scale (BSR) to measure BSR contains statements have correct syntactic structure seem be sound meaningful on first...
According to the just-world theory, people need – or rather want believe that they live in a just world where will receive what earn and consequently receive. In present work, we examined influence of people's general personal beliefs (BJW) on their (dis)honest behavior. Given BJW was found be linked antisocial tendencies, expected stronger more dishonesty. correlated with trust justice striving, negative link dishonesty could assumed. one study (N = 501), applied common coin-toss paradigm...
Abstract Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross‐culturally, to test if both individual‐ and country‐level variables predict men's collective action intentions equality. We tested a model in which zero‐sum beliefs about reduced via an increase hostile sexism. Because may threaten status, also examined whether path from was stronger countries Multilevel modeling on...
In public goods situations, a specific destructive behaviour reliably emerges when individuals face the possibility of costly punishing others: antisocial punishment, that is, cooperative individuals. So far, however, little is known about individual differences and situational factors are associated with dark side punishment. This research deals this shortcoming. We argue punishment reflects basic characteristics sadism, namely, aggressive to dominate harm other further may reflect type...
Research on effects of message repetition suggested an inverted U-shaped relationship between the number repetitions and attitude toward content. Furthermore, it was indicated that when people are processing persuasive health messages, they use source credibility as a cue for judgments about message. Built that, antismoking advertisement should initially increase negative attitudes smoking. But rises to excessive level, decreases, what in turn decrease This study (N = 276) provided strong...
Terror Management Theory (TMT) proposes that when people are made aware of their own death, they more likely to endorse cultural values. TMT is a staple social psychology, being featured prominently in textbooks and the subject much research. The implications associated with significant, as its advocates claim it can partially explain conflicts, intergroup antagonisms, even war. However, considerable ambiguity regarding effect size exists, no preregistered replication death-thought...
Terror-management theory (TMT) proposes that when people are made aware of their own death, they more likely to endorse cultural values. TMT is a staple social psychology, featured prominently in textbooks and the subject much research. The implications associated with significant because its advocates claim it can partially explain conflicts, intergroup antagonisms, even war. However, considerable ambiguity regarding effect size exists, no preregistered replication...
The present work explores how accuracy and bias in person perception change with the level of liking that perceiver holds toward target person. Specifically, we studied whether dislike affects (a) social desirability judgments (positivity bias), (b) extent to which is described like an average (normative accuracy), (c) judgment reflects given target’s characteristics particular (distinctive accuracy). Eighty-four participants watched four persons on video, after receiving bogus feedback...
Preregistering confirmatory research aims at reducing researchers’ degrees of freedom and increasing transparency to ultimately increase replicability. Yet, the extent which preregistrations actually achieve these goals depends on quality a preregistration. To scrutinize current preregistrations, we coded all mentioned in journal articles published by psychologists from institutions German-speaking countries 2020 as whether they contain six procedural specifications: (1) hypothesized pattern...
Abstract Meta-analytical findings suggested a positive link between trait mindfulness and prosociality. However, most correlational studies on prosociality have relied self-report measures. The present work aimed to address this serious limitation by investigating actual prosocial behavior . We further focused as multi-dimensional personality disentangle effects of different aspects. In addition, we tested whether the relation emerges under theoretical meaningful experimental boundary...