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. 2017
  2. Published

    International experience makes a difference: Effects of studying abroad on students’ self-efficacy

    Petersdotter, L., Niehoff, E. & Freund, P. A., 01.03.2017, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 107, p. 174-178 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    States and traits: Theories, models, and assessment

    Geiser, C., Götz, T., Preckel, F. & Freund, P. A., 07.2017, In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 33, 4, p. 219-223 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  4. Published

    International sojourn experience and personality development: Selection and socialization effects of studying abroad and the Big Five

    Niehoff, E., Petersdotter, L. & Freund, P. A., 01.07.2017, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 112, p. 55-61 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    A latent state-trait analysis of current achievement motivation across different tasks of cognitive ability

    Freund, P. A., Jaensch, V. & Preckel, F., 09.2017, In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 33, 5, p. 318-327 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. 2018
  8. Published

    Welche Faktoren beeinflussen das Erleben von Freude am Schulsport im Jugendalter?

    Engels, E. S. & Freund, P. A., 04.2018, In: Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie . 25, 2, p. 68-78 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. 2019
  10. Published

    Entwicklung und Validierung eines Fragebogens zur Erfassung von Freude am Schulsport im Jugendalter (FEFS-J)

    Engels, E. S. & Freund, P. A., 07.2019, In: Diagnostica. 65, 3, p. 166-178 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Strong or weak synergy? Revising the assumption of team-specific advantages in integrative negotiations

    Hüffmeier, J., Zerres, A., Freund, P. A., Backhaus, K., Trötschel, R. & Hertel, G., 01.09.2019, In: Journal of Management. 45, 7, p. 2721-2750 30 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Assessing students’ enjoyment in physical education: Measurement invariance across school tracks and relationships with grades

    Lohbeck, A., Engels, E. S. & Freund, P. A., 01.12.2019, In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 37, 8, p. 1023-1029 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. 2020
  14. Published

    „Sweet little lies“: An in-depth analysis of faking behavior on situational judgment tests compared to personality questionnaires

    Kasten, N., Freund, P. A. & Staufenbiel, T., 01.2020, In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 36, 1, p. 136-148 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review