Our research projects in the field of psychology
Current projects

ORA 8
Open Research Area 8 - A multi-national and intersectional survey of weight-related stigmatisation across the lifespan of women
Weight stigma is defined as social misperceptions and negative stereotypes related to weight. Previous studies show that women who experience weight-related stigmatisation are more likely to suffer from social withdrawal, lower psychological well-being and have a...
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PSNV-U
Psychosocial emergency care in companies - a review of implementation in Germany
How are employees in companies provided with psychosocial support after deaths, accidents, assaults or other emergencies? Based on the literature and the current state of knowledge, this question is not...
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Nature, stability and type of integration using fast mapping of acquired associations
The aim of the project is to gain new insights into factors that control learning by means of the controversial fast mapping (FM) phenomenon. In order to gain new insights into the differences between the perirhinal
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Gender sensitivity of German-language job adverts
Since the paradigm shift in the binary gender system, there has been growing interest in a depathologised approach to diverse genders and identities. The Federal Trans* Association published in 2020
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Multilingualism in the school context: advantage, disadvantage or both? A differentiating study of Turkish-German bilinguals on the relationship between bilingualism, language change and executive functions
The project investigates the possible effect of multilingualism on language processing, attention and memory performance. Research into the effect of language change should provide information about...
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Spopsy24
Sports Psychology_2024
What drives people to exercise in their free time, to be active in a sports club or to achieve outstanding physical performance in competitive sport? The Sportpsychologie_2024 study asks...
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WLH_Challenge
Challenge Roth: Motivational and behavioural variables predicting athlete performance
The cooperation project with Team Challenge investigates the relationship between motivational and behavioural variables and their influence on the performance of athletes in the world's largest long-distance triathlon, the DATEV...
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