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. 2014
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 2013
  5. 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

  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

    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

  8. 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

  9. 2012
  10. 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

  11. Published

    Using mixture distribution models to test the construct validity of the Physical Self-Description Questionnaire

    Tietjens, M., Freund, P. A., Büsch, D. & Strauss, B., 09.2012, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 13, 5, p. 598-605 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    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

  13. Published

    "The (real) world is not enough:" Motivational drivers and user behavior in virtual worlds

    Eisenbeiss, M., Blechschmidt, B., Backhaus, K. & Freund, P. A., 02.2012, In: Journal of Interactive Marketing. 26, 1, p. 4-20 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. 2011
  15. 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

  16. Published

    Retest effects in matrix test performance: Differential impact of predictors at different hierarchy levels in an educational setting

    Freund, P. A. & Holling, H., 10.2011, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 21, 5, p. 597-601 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    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

  18. Published

    Who wants to take an intelligence test? Personality and achievement motivation in the context of ability testing

    Freund, P. A. & Holling, H., 04.2011, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 50, 5, p. 723-728 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. 2010
  20. Published
  21. 2009
  22. Published

    Barrier effects in real-world compared to virtual reality macro-environments

    Neidhardt, E. & Popp, M., 01.09.2009, In: Cognitive Processing. 10, Suppl. 2, p. 158 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearch

  23. Published

    Soziale Kompetenz in der Hauptschule fördern

    Hoffmann, S. & Neidhardt, E., 2009, In: Pädagogik. 61, p. 58-59 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  24. 2007
  25. Published

    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

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Queen of hearts

    Puchalla, D. & Eilertson, C., 2007, Berlin: Langenscheidt ELT. 159 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch