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

    Personality traits moderate the relationships between psychological needs and enjoyment of physical activity

    Engels, E. S., Reimers, A. K., Pickel, M. & Freund, P. A., 01.07.2022, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 61, 102197.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Predicting the Individual Mood Level based on Diary Data

    Bremer, V., Becker, D., Funk, B. & Lehr, D., 06.2017, Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2017. AIS eLibrary, p. 1161-1177 17 p. (Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2017).

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

  3. Published

    Preference for violent electronic games and aggressive behavior among children: The beginning of the downward spiral?

    von Salisch, M., Vogelgesang, J., Kristen, A. & Oppl, C., 07.2011, In: Media Psychology . 14, 3, p. 233-258 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  5. Published

    Preventing Depression in Adults With Subthreshold Depression: Health-Economic Evaluation Alongside a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Intervention

    Buntrock, C., Berking, M., Smit, F., Lehr, D., Nobis, S., Riper, H., Cuijpers, P. & Ebert, D. D., 04.01.2017, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19, 1, 16 p., e5.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  6. Published

    PREVIC: An adaptive parent report measure of expressive vocabulary in children between 3 and 8 years of age

    Bohn, M., Prein, J., Engicht, J., Haun, D., Gagarina, N. & Koch, T., 03.2025, In: Behavior Research Methods. 57, 3, 12 p., 95.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  8. Published

    Professionalisierung inklusiver Schulentwicklungsprozesse: Eine Analyse von Schulentwicklungszielen im Kontext einer Fortbildungsreihe für Lehrkräfte

    Kuhl, P. & Müller, U. B., 01.05.2020, In: Journal für Psychologie. 27, 2, p. 192-211 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  10. Published

    Projekt zur Gesundheitsförderung: Lehrergesundheit als Baustein einer guten gesunden Schule

    Nieskens, B., Schumacher, L. & Thomas, H., 2006, In: Die Ersatzkasse. 86, 6, p. 236-238 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch