Institute of Psychology in Education

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Psychology in Education is part of the School of Education and currently consists of three departments, which are concerned with Psychological Assessment and Individual Differences, Developmental Psychology, and Educational Psychology.

Main research areas

At the Institute of Psychology in Education we are enthusiastic about research that answers fundamental psychological questions while keeping in mind their usefulness for sustainable social transformation processes in the educational domain.

Research Activities

Psychological Assessment and Individual Differences

Educational Psychology

Developmental Psychology

  1. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Task Choice Immunizes Against Incidental Affective Influences in Volition

    Gendolla, G. H. E., Bouzidi, Y. S., Arvaniti, S., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., 09.2021, In: Motivation Science. 7, 3, p. 229-241 13 p.

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    Task choice shields against incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiovascular response

    Falk, J. R., Gollwitzer, P. M., Oettingen, G. & Gendolla, G. H. E., 01.07.2022, In: Psychophysiology. 59, 7, 12 p., e14022.

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    Teachers’ use of data from digital learning platforms for instructional design: a systematic review

    Hase, A. & Kuhl, P., 08.2024, In: Educational Technology Research and Development. 72, 4, p. 1925-1945 21 p.

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  5. Published

    Teaching the Teachers about Language Support Strategies: Effects on Young Children’s Language Development

    Voltmer, K., Hormann, O., Pietsch, M., Mähler, C. & Salisch, M., 04.05.2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 11 p., 660750.

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  6. Published

    The 6-month effectiveness of Internet-based guided self-help for depression in adults with Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus

    Ebert, D. D., Nobis, S., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., Riper, H., Auerbach, R. P., Snoek, F. J., Cuijpers, P. & Berking, M., 01.01.2017, In: Diabetic Medicine. 34, 1, p. 99–107 9 p.

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    The Career Engagement Scale: Development and validation of a measure of proactive career behaviors

    Hirschi, A., Freund, P. A. & Herrmann, A., 12.11.2014, In: Journal of Career Assessment. 22, 4, p. 575-594 20 p.

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    The dynamics of prior entry in serial visual processing

    Hilkenmeier, F., Scharlau, I., Weiß, K. & Olivers, C. N. L., 01.2012, In: Visual Cognition. 20, 1, p. 48-76 29 p.

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  9. Published

    The effects of pre-intervention mindset induction on a brief intervention to increase risk perception and reduce alcohol use among university students: A pilot randomized controlled trial

    Büchele, N., Keller, L., Zeller, A. C., Schrietter, F., Treiber, J., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Odenwald, M., 17.09.2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 9, 16 p., e0238833.

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  10. Published

    The feeling thinking talking intervention with teachers advances young children's emotion knowledge

    Voltmer, K. & von Salisch, M., 08.2022, In: Social Development. 31, 3, p. 846- 861 16 p.

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  11. Published

    The First-Mover Disadvantage: The Folly of Revealing Compatible Preferences

    Loschelder, D. D., Swaab, R., Trötschel, R. & Galinsky, A. D., 04.2014, In: Psychological Science. 25, 4, p. 954-962 9 p.

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  12. Published

    The German Version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10): Evaluation of Dimensionality, Validity, and Measurement Invariance With Exploratory and Confirmatory Bifactor Modeling

    Reis, D., Lehr, D., Heber, E. & Ebert, D. D., 01.10.2019, In: Assessment (ASM). 26, 7, p. 1246-1259 14 p.

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    The Gray Areas of Romance: A Measure of Presumptuous Romantic Intentions

    Valshtein, T. J., Gollwitzer, P. M. & Oettingen, G., 01.08.2022, In: Psychological Assessment. 34, 8, p. 763-776 14 p.

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  14. E-pub ahead of print

    The Impact of Sample Size on Reliability Metrics Stability in Isokinetic Strength Assessments: Does Size Matter?

    Warneke, K., Keiner, M., Wallot, S., Siegel, S. D., Günther, C., Wirth, K. & Puschkasch-Möck, S., 23.04.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. 12 p.

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  15. Published

    The Information-anchoring model of first-offers: When moving first helps versus hurts negotiators

    Loschelder, D. D., Trötschel, R., Swaab, R. I., Friese, M. & Galinsky, A. D., 01.07.2016, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 101, 7, p. 995-1012 18 p.

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  16. Published

    The more I got, the less I need? Efficacy of Internet-based guided self-help compared to online psychoeducation for major depressive disorder

    Reins, J. A., Boß, L., Lehr, D., Berking, M. & Ebert, D. D., 01.03.2019, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 246, p. 695-705 11 p.

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    "The (real) world is not enough:" Motivational drivers and user behavior in virtual worlds

    Eisenbeiss, M., Blechschmidt, B., Backhaus, K. & Freund, P. A., 02.2012, In: Journal of Interactive Marketing. 26, 1, p. 4-20 17 p.

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  19. Published

    The relation of flow-experience and physiological arousal under stress - can u shape it?

    Peifer, C., Schulz, A., Schächinger, H., Baumann, N. & Antoni, C. H., 07.2014, In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 53, p. 62-69 8 p.

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  20. E-pub ahead of print

    The role of empathy and empathic leadership practices in schools – a scoping review

    Manke, S. N., Pietsch, M. & Freund, P. A., 19.06.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Review. 31 p.

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  21. Published

    The self-regulation of face touching - a preregistered experiment testing if-then plans as a means to promote COVID-19 prevention

    Keller, L., Kabengele, M. C. & Gollwitzer, P. M., 08.2023, In: Psychology and Health. 38, 8, p. 1089-1107 19 p.

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