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

    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.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Social network changes and life events across the life span: A meta-analysis

    Wrzus, C., Hänel, M., Wagner, J. & Neyer, F. J., 01.01.2013, In: Psychological Bulletin. 139, 1, p. 53-80 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Which children can find a way through a strange town using a streetmap?-results of an empirical study on children's orientation competence

    Hemmer, I., Hemmer, M., Kruschel, K., Neidhardt, E., Obermaier, G. & Uphues, R., 01.02.2013, In: International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education. 22, 1, p. 23-40 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Freundschaft und Peer-Beziehungen

    von Salisch, M. & Schäfer, M., 2013, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 62, 3, p. 169-170 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  5. Published

    Prospective Relations Between Adolescents' Social-emotional Competencies and Their Friendships

    Von Salisch, M., Zeman, J. L., Lüpschen, N. & Kanevski, R., 11.2014, In: Social Development. 23, 4, p. 684–701 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published
  7. Published

    Psychophysiological Correlates of Flow-Experience

    Peifer, C., 21.03.2012, Advances in Flow-Research. Engeser, S. (ed.). New York: Springer Verlag, p. 139-164 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    “€14,875?!”: Precision boosts the anchoring potency of first offers

    Loschelder, D. D., Stuppi, J. & Trötschel, R., 05.2014, In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. 5, 4, p. 491-499 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Towards measuring user engagement in internet interventions for common mental disorders: Workshop on People, Computers, and Psychotherapy

    Kleine Stegemann, S., Ebenfeld, L., Thiart, H., Berking, M. & Funk, B., 2012, Proceedings of HCI2012 - People & Computers XXVI: The 26th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction. BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT, 4 p. (Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)).

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

  10. Published

    Development of a Mobile Application for People with Panic Disorder as augmentation for an Internet-based Intervention

    Kleine Stegemann, S., Ebenfeld, L., Lehr, D., Berking, M. & Funk, B., 2013, 2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2013: Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne, p. 1331-1337 7 p. 6644187. (2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2013).

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