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. Published

    Maximal strength measurement: A critical evaluation of common methods—a narrative review

    Warneke, K., Wagner, C. M., Keiner, M., Hillebrecht, M., Schiemann, S., Behm, D. G., Wallot, S. & Wirth, K., 17.02.2023, In: Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 5, 11 p., 1105201.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Mealtime Conversations Between Parents and Their 2-Year-Old Children in Five Cultural Contexts

    Bohn, M., da Silva Vieira, W. F., Torréns, M. G., Kärtner, J., Itakura, S., Cavalcante, L., Haun, D., Köster, M. & Kanngiesser, P., 07.2024, In: Developmental Psychology. 60, 7, p. 1255-1268 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Measurement invariance in a grid-based measure of academic self-concept

    Baudson, T. G., Jung, N. & Freund, P. A., 11.2017, In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 33, 6, p. 467-470 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Measuring current achievement motivation with the QCM: Short form development and investigation of measurement invariance

    Freund, P. A., Kuhn, J.-T. & Holling, H., 10.2011, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 51, 5, p. 629-634 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Measuring Variation in Gaze Following Across Communities, Ages, and Individuals: A Showcase of TANGO-CC (Task for Assessing iNdividual differences in Gaze understanding-Open-Cross-Cultural)

    Prein, J., Bednarski, F. M., Dzabatou, A., Frank, M. C., Henderson, A. M. E., Kalbitz, J., Kanngiesser, P., Kessafoglu, D., Koymen, B., Manrique-Hernandez, M. V., Magazi, S., Mujica-Manrique, L., Ohlendorf, J., Olaoba, D., Pieters, W. R., Pope-Caldwell, S., Sen, U., Slocombe, K., Sparks, R. Z., Stengelin, R., Sunderarajan, J., Sutherland, K., Tusiime, F., Vieira, W., Zhang, Z., Zong, Y., Haun, D. B. M. & Bohn, M., 01.2025, In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 8, 1, 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  7. Published

    Mentale Modelle für gesundheitsbezogenes Handeln

    Sieland, B., 2000, Wege zu einer gesünderen Schule: Handlungsebenen, Handlungsfelder, Bewertungen. Paulus, P. & Brückner, G. (eds.). Tübingen: dgvt-Verlag, p. 65-78 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Mental health – backbone of the soul

    Paulus, P., 19.06.2009, In: Health Education. 109, 4, p. 289-298 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Mentoring in Massive Open Online Courses - Eine Nutzenanalyse auf Basis des IS-Success-Modells

    Drawert, K., Mager, M., Funk, B., Trötschel, R. & Pfeifer, C., 03.2016, Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2016: Technische Universität Ilmenau 09. - 11. März 2016 . Nissen, V., Stelzer, D., Straßburger, S. & Fischer, D. (eds.). Universitätsverlag Ilmenau - ilmedia, Vol. 3. p. 1511-1522 12 p. (Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik, MKWI 2016; vol. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Merkmale änderungsförderlicher Gesprächs- und Reflexionsstile

    Reins, J. A., 2010, Verhalten ändern - im Team geht's besser: Die KESS-Methode - Handbuch für Lehrgangsleiter mit Arbeitsbuch für Kursteilnehmer. Sieland, B. & Heyse, H. (eds.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht GmbH and Co. KG, p. 78-86 9 p.

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