Professorship for Individual Differences and Psychological Assessment

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

We are mainly interested in the operationalization of psychological constructs and in interindividual differences in abilities and personality.

Main research areas

Die Professur für Differentielle Psychologie und Psycholgische Diagnostik setzt ihre inhaltlichen Schwerpunkte im Bereich individueller Leistungsunterschiede bei der Bearbeitung kognitiver Aufgaben. Aktuelle Arbeitsprojekte beschäftigen sich mit der Entwicklung und Validierung rational konstruierbarer Aufgabentypen, der Selbsteinschätzung kognitiver Fähigkeiten und allgemein der Selbstkonzeptforschung.

  1. 2012
  2. Published

    A meta-analytic reliability generalization of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ)

    Schipke, D. & Freund, P. A., 11.2012, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 13, 6, p. 789-797 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. 2013
  4. 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

  5. Published

    Does it take two to Tango? Longitudinal effects of unilateral and bilateral integrative negotiation training

    Zerres, A., Hüffmeier, J., Freund, P. A., Backhaus, K. & Hertel, G., 05.2013, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 98, 3, p. 478-491 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Emotion understanding and cognitive abilities in young children

    von Salisch, M., Hänel, M. & Freund, P. A., 08.2013, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 26, p. 15-19 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Using rating scales for the assessment of physical self-concept: Why the number of response categories matters

    Freund, P. A., Tietjens, M. & Strauss, B., 01.10.2013, In: Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. 17, 4, p. 249-263 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. 2014
  9. Published

    Being Tough or Being Nice? A Meta-Analysis on the Impact of Hard- and Softline Strategies in Distributive Negotiations

    Hüffmeier, J., Freund, P. A., Zerres, A., Backhaus, K. & Hertel, G., 03.2014, In: Journal of Management. 40, 3, p. 866-892 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Career engagement: Investigating intraindividual predictors of weekly fluctuations in proactive career behaviors

    Hirschi, A. & Freund, P. A., 05.03.2014, In: The Career Development Quarterly. 62, 1, p. 5-20 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published
  12. 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

  13. 2015
  14. Published

    The measurement of work ability: Evaluating the German version of the Work Ability Survey-R (WAS-R)

    Voltmer, J.-B., Freund, P. A. & Deller, J., 2015, Menschen - Medien - Möglichkeiten: 9. Fachgruppentagung Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie der DGPs in Mainz. Rigotti, T., Haun, V. C. & Dormann, C. (eds.). Pabst Science Publishers, p. 171 1 p.

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