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. Published

    Persistent career indecision over time: Links with personality, barriers, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction

    Jaensch, V. K., Hirschi, A. & Freund, P. A., 01.12.2015, In: Journal of Vocational Behavior. 91, p. 122-133 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Neural correlates of the enactment effect in the brain

    Neidhardt, E., Mack, W., Russ, M. & Lanfermann, H., 2007, Beiträge zur 49. Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen: 26. bis 28. März 2007 in Trier. Wender, K. F., Mecklenbräuker, S., Rey, G. D. & Wehr, T. (eds.). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers, p. 209 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Need for cognition, academic self-efficacy and parental education predict the intention to go to college – evidence from a multigroup study

    Kramer, L., Lüdtke, S. & Freund, P. A., 05.02.2025, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 16, 8 p., 1487038.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  5. Published

    More than only skin deep: Appearance self-concept predicts most of secondary school students’ self-esteem

    Baudson, T. G., Weber, K. E. & Freund, P. A., 18.10.2016, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 7, OCT, 14 p., 1568.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Modeling self-determination theory motivation data by using unfolding IRT

    Freund, P. A. & Lohbeck, A., 01.09.2021, In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 37, 5, p. 388-396 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Measuring current achievement motivation with the QCM: Short form development and investigation of measurement invariance

    Freund, P. A., Kuhn, J.-T. & Holling, H., 10.2011, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 51, 5, p. 629-634 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. 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

  9. Published

    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

  10. Published

    King of Hearts: [ab 12 Jahren]

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

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCompendium/lecture notesEducation