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.

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    Gender differences on general knowledge tests: Are they due to Differential Item Functioning?

    Steinmayr, R., Bergold, S., Margraf-Stiksrud, J. & Freund, P. A., 01.05.2015, In: Intelligence. 50, p. 164 - 174 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Geographisches Lernen im Anfangsunterricht

    Hemmer, I. & Neidhardt, E., 2007, Sachunterricht im Anfangsunterricht: Lernen im Anschluss an den Kindergarten. Gläser, E. (ed.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 159-176 18 p.

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

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    How smart do you think you are? A meta-analysis on the validity of self-estimates of cognitive ability

    Freund, P. A. & Kasten, N., 03.2012, In: Psychological Bulletin. 138, 2, p. 296-321 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    How to get really smart: Modeling retest and training effects in ability testing using computer-generated figural matrix items

    Freund, P. A. & Holling, H., 07.2011, In: Intelligence. 39, 4, p. 233-243 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    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

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    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

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    King of Hearts: [ab 12 Jahren]

    Eilertson, C. & Puchalla, D., 2006, Berlin: Langenscheidt ELT. 191 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation

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    Long-Lasting Stretching Induces Muscle Hypertrophy: A Meta-Analysis of Animal Studies

    Warneke, K., Freund, P. A. & Schiemann, S., 11.2023, In: Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise. 5, 4, p. 289-301 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    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