Publications

Knausenberger, J., Hellmann, J. H., Stanke, F. A., Bechler, I., Haarmann, L. S. C., Jehn, M., & Echterhoff, G. (in press). Majority residents’ perceptions of “economic” and “political” refugees: Psychological processes underlying the flight-reason bias. European Journal of Social Psychology.

Stanke, F. A., Kuper, N., Fetz, K., & Echterhoff, G. (2024). Discriminatory, yet socially accepted? Targets’ perceptions of subtle and blatant expressions of ethno-racial prejudice. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 2, Article 1343514. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsps.2024.1343514

Wagenmakers, E. J., Sarafoglou, A., Aarts, S., Albers, C., Algermissen, J., Bahník, Š., [and 7 others, including Stanke, F.A.] & Aczel, B. (2021). Seven steps toward more transparency in statistical practice. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(11), 1473-1480. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01211-8

Zickfeld, J. H., van de Ven, N., Pich, O., Schubert, T. W., Berkessel, J. B., Pizarro, J. J., Bhushan, B., Mateo, N. J., Barbosa, S., Sharman, L., Kökönyei, G., Schrover, E., Kardum, I., Aruta, J. J. B., Lazarevic, L. B., Escobar, M. J., Stadel, M., Arriaga, P., Dodaj, A., ... Vingerhoets, A. (2021). Tears evoke the intention to offer social support: A systematic investigation of the interpersonal effects of emotional crying across 41 countries. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, [104137]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104137

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Knausenberger, J., Hellmann, J. H., & Echterhoff, G. (2023). Residents’ attitudes toward refugee integration: The role of shared identity and refugees’ perceived openness to novel experiences. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, 100160. doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100160

Schlechter, P., Hellmann, J. H., Kamp, S., Echterhoff, G., Wanninger, K., Wagner, U., & Knausenberger, J. (2023). Improving Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy in Residents and Syrian Refugees in Germany: An Interview Vignette Intervention Study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(4), 490-509. doi.org/10.1177/00220221231171060

Schlechter, P., Hellmann, J. H., Kamp, S., Echterhoff, G., Wanninger,K., Wagner, U., & Knausenberger, J. (in press). Improving attitudes toward psychotherapy in residents and Syrian refugees in Germany: An interview vignette intervention study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Knausenberger, J.*, Giesen-Leuchter, A.*, & Echterhoff, G. (2022). Feeling Ostracized by others' smartphone use: The effect of phubbing on fundamental needs, mood, and trust. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 883901. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883901  *shared first authorship 

Knausenberger, J., Arian, M., Hellmann, J. H., & Echterhoff, G. (2022). Refugees’ and non-refugee migrants' regret about migration and confidence in integration: The role of forcedness and perils before and during migration. International Journal of Psychology, 57(4), 535-545. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12835

Echterhoff, G., Becker, J. C., Knausenberger, J., & Hellmann, J. H. (2022). Helping in the context of refugee immigration. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 106-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.035

Schlechter, P., Kamp, S., Wanninger, K., Knausenberger, J., Wagner, U., Wilkinson, P., Nohr, L., & Hellmann, J. H. (2021).Help-seeking attitudes and distress disclosure among Syrian refugees in Germany and German residents. The Counseling Psychologist, 49(3), 330-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000020974934

Schlechter, P., Rodriguez, I. M., Morina, N. Knausenberger, J., Wilkinson, P., & Hellmann, J. H. (2021). Psychological distress in refugees: The role of traumatic events, resilience, social support, and support by religious faith. Psychiatry Research, 304, 114-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114121

Schlechter, P., Wilkinson, P. O., Knausenberger, J., Wanninger, K., Kamp, S., Morina, N., & Hellmann, J. H. (2021). Depressive and anxiety symptoms in refugees: Insights from classical test theory, item response theory, and network analysis. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28(1), 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2499

Hellmann, J. H.*, Schlechter, P.*, Knausenberger, J., Bollwerk, M., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D.(2021). Measuring perceived realistic physical threat by migrants: Scale development and validation. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000668

Hellmann, J. H., Übergünne-Otte, L., Heimlich, S., Kalyegira, J., Echterhoff, G., Memon, A., Knausenberger, J., & Schlechter, P. (2022). Ugandan and British individuals' views of refugees in their countries: An exploratory mixed-methods comparison. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 32(1), 42–56.  http://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2556

Schlechter, P., Kamp,S., Wanninger,K., Knausenberger,J., Wagner,U., Wilkinson,P. Nohr,L.& Hellmann, J.H. (2020). Help-Seeking Attitudes and Distress Disclosure Among Syrian Refugees in Germany. The Counseling Psychologist, 49(3), 330-352  https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000020974934

Hellmann, J. H., Forthmann, B., Knausenberger, J., Hellmann, D. F., Rees, J. H., Gansel, E., Back, M. D., & Echterhoff, G. (2020). Support for refugee integration in West and East Germany: Results from two lost letter studies. Social Psychology,51(2),106-115. http://doi.org/10.1027

Schlechter, P., Wilkinson, P.O., Knausenberger, J., Kamp, S., Morina N. & Hellmann, J.H. (2020). Depressive and anxiety symptoms in refugees: Insights from classical test theory, item response theory, and network analysis. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28(1), 169–181.  https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2499  

Knausenberger, J., Wagner, U., Higgins, E. T., & Echterhoff, G. (2019). Epistemic authority in communication effects on memory: Creating shared reality with experts on the topic. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 8(4), 439-449 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2019.07.002

Schlechter, P., Kamp, S., Wanninger, K., Knausenberger, J., Wagner, U., Wilkinson P., Nohr, L., & Hellmann, J.H. (2019). Help-seeking attitudes and distress disclosure among Syrian refugees in Germany and German residents. The Counseling Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0011000020974934

Knausenberger, J., Wagner, U., Higgins, E. T., & Echterhoff, G. (2019). Epistemic authority in communication effects on memory: Creating shared reality with experts on the topic. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 8(4), 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2019.07.002

Knausenberger, J. & Echterhoff, G. (2018). I belong but I’m still sad: Reminders of Facebook increase feelings of belonging but do not facilitate coping with sadness. PLoS One, 13(12), Article e0209889 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209889

Eschert, S., Knausenberger, J., & Diehl, M. (2018). Are all conservatives alike in Germany? Motivational bases for economic and cultural conservatism and consequences for the debate on the refugee crisis. Politische Psychologie, 1, 34-53. Politische Psychologie

Knausenberger, J., & Echterhoff, G. (2018). Recovering from social exclusion: The interplay of subtle Facebook reminders and collectivistic orientation. Computers in Human Behavior, 78, 298-305. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.10.012

Wagner, U., Giesen, A. , Knausenberger, J., & Echterhoff, G. (2017). The joint action effect on memory as a social phenomenon: The role of cued attention and psychological distance. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1697. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01697

Knausenberger, J., Hellmann, J. H., & Echterhoff, G. (2015). When virtual contact is all you need: Subtle reminders of Facebook preempt social-contact restoration after exclusion. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 279-284. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2035

Publications

• Bebermeier, S., Echterhoff, G., Bohner, G., & Hellmann, J.H. (2015). The generalization of shared reality: When communication about one target shapes evaluations of other targets. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 623-640. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2115

Publications

• Giesen, A., & Echterhoff, G. (2017). Do I really feel your pain? Comparing the effects of observed and personal ostracism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. doi: 10.1177/0146167217744524

• Wagner, U., Giesen, A. , Knausenberger, J., & Echterhoff, G. (2017). The joint action effect on memory as a social phenomenon: The role of cued attention and psychological distance. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1697. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01697.

Publications

https://www.uni-muenster.de/Psychologie/forschung/pari/koordination/index.html

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• Kopietz, R., & Echterhoff, G. (2014). Remembering the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany: Epistemic and social consequences of perceived memory sharedness. Memory Studies, 7, 298-313. doi: 10.1177/1750698014530620
• Lindner, I., Schain, C., Kopietz, R., & Echterhoff, G. (2012). When do we confuse self and other in action memory? Reduced false memories of self-performance after observing actions by an out-group versus in-group actor. Frontiers in Psychology.
• Hellmann, J. H., Echterhoff, G., Kopietz, R., Niemeier, S., & Memon, A. (2011). Talking about visually perceived events: Communication effects on eyewitness memory. European Journal of Social Psychology.
• Kopietz, R., Hellmann, J. H., Higgins, E. T., & Echterhoff, G. (2010). Shared-reality effects on memory: Communicating to fulfill epistemic needs. Social Cognition, 28, 353–378. 
• Kopietz, R., Echterhoff, G., Niemeier, S., Hellmann, J. H., & Memon, A. (2009). Audience-congruent biases in eyewitness memory and judgment: Influences of a co- witness’ liking for a suspect. Social Psychology, 40, 138-149.
• Echterhoff, G., Higgins, E. T., Kopietz, R. & Groll, S. (2008). How communication goals determine when audience tuning biases memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 3-21.
• Hellmann, J. H., Kopietz, R., & Echterhoff, G. (2007). Shared memories, shared beliefs: The formation and use of joint representations in social interaction. European Bulletin of Social Psychology, 19, 40-46.
• Higgins, E. T., Echterhoff, G., Crespillo, R., & Kopietz, R. (2007). Effects of communication on social knowledge: Sharing reality with individual vs. group audiences. Japanese Psychological Research, 49, 89-99.

Publications

• Lindner, I., Schain, C., & Echterhoff, G. (2016). Other-self confusions in action memory: The role of motor processes. Cognition, 149, 67-76. doi: /10.1016/j.cognition.2016.01.003
• Lindner, I. & Echterhoff, G. (2015). Imagination inflation in the mirror: Can imagining others’ actions induce false memories of self-performance? Acta Psychologica, 158, 51-60. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2015.03.008
• Lindner, I., Schain, C., Kopietz, R., & Echterhoff, G. (2012). When do we confuse self and other in action memory? Reduced false memories of self-performance after observing actions by an out-group versus in-group actor. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 467. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00467
• Schain, C., Lindner, I., Beck, F., & Echterhoff, G. (2012). Looking at the actor's face: Identity cues and attentional focus in false memories of action performance from observation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 1201-1204. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.04.003
• Lindner, I., Echterhoff, G., Davidson, P. S. R., & Brand, M. (2010). Observation inflation: Your actions become mine. Psychological Science, 21, 1291-1299.

Publications

• Bell, R., Schain, C., & Echterhoff, G. (2014). How selfish is memory for cheaters? Evidence for moral and egoistic biases. Cognition, 132, 437-442. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.05.001
• Hoenen, M., Schain, C., & Pause B. M. (2013). Down-modulation of mu-activity through empathic top-down processes. Social Neuroscience, 8, 515–524. doi: 10.1080/17470919.2013.833550
• Spaniol, J., Schain, C., & Bowen, H. J. (2013). Reward-enhanced memory in younger and older adults. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbt044
• Lindner, I., Schain, C., Kopietz, R., & Echterhoff, G. (2012). When do we confuse self and other in action memory? Reduced false memories of self-performance after observing actions by an out-group versus in-group actor. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 467. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00467
• Schain, C., Lindner, I., Beck, F., & Echterhoff, G. (2012). Looking at the actor's face: Identity cues and attentional focus in false memories of action performance from observation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 1201-1204. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.04.003

 Publications

• Petrowski, K., Schmalbach, B., Niedling, M., & Stalder, T. (2019). The effects of post-awakening light exposure on the cortisol awakening response in healthy male individuals. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 108, 28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.05.016

• Ritzka, D., Petzold, C., Wäßnig, N., Schmalbach, B., & Petrowski, K. (2019). Investigation of the factorial structure and psychometrics of the German version of the Florida Shock Anxiety Scale. Psychology, Health & Medicine. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2019.1612077

• Schmalbach, B., Hennemuth, L., & Echterhoff, G. (2019). A tool for assessing the experience of shared reality: Validation of the German SR-T. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 832. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00832

• Petrowski, K., Schmalbach, B., Kliem, S., Hinz, A., & Brähler, E. (2019). Symptom-Checklist-K-9: Norm values and factorial structure in a representative German sample. PLOS One, 14(4):e0213490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213490

• Petrowski, K., Schmalbach, B., Jagla, M., Franke, G. H., Brähler, E. (2018). Norm values and psychometric properties of the brief symptom inventory-18 regarding individuals between the ages of 60 and 95. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 18, 164. doi: 10.1186/s12874-018-0631-6

• Euhus, A., Schmalbach, B., Morfeld, M., Berth, H., Brähler, E., Stöbel-Richter, Y., & Zenger, M. (2018). Psychometric examination of the German Version of the Health Regulatory Focus Scale. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 64, 394-410. doi: 10.13109/zptm.2018.64.4.394

• Echterhoff, G., & Schmalbach, B. (2018). How Shared Reality is Created in Interpersonal Communication. Current Opinion in Psychology, 23, 57-61.doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.122.005

• Schmalbach, B., Zenger, M., Spina, R., Steffens-Guerra, I., Kliem, S., Michaelides, M., & Hinz, A. (2017) Gain +1 or Avoid -1: Validation of the German Regulatory Focus Questionnaire (RFQ). BMC Psychology, 5(40).doi: 10.1186/s40359-017-0207-y

• Schmalbach, B., Spina, R., Steffens-Guerra, I., Franke, G. H., Kliem, S., Michaelides, M. P., Hinz, A., & Zenger, M. (2017). Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the Health Regulatory Focus Scale. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02005
• Schmalbach, B., Zenger, M., Strauß, B., Hinz, A., Steffens-Guerra, I., Decker, O., & Brähler, E. (2016). Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Resilience Scale-5 (RS-5):Results of a Representative Survey of the German General Population. Health Science Journal, 10(5):13. doi: 10.21767/1791-809X.1000464

Papers presented:

• Schmalbach, B., Kopietz, R., Guinote, A., & Echterhoff, G. (2017). No power to the people: How having no power makes people better communicators. Conference of the German Social Psychology Section 2017, Ulm, Germany.
• Schmalbach, B., Kopietz, R., Guinote, A., & Echterhoff, G. (2017). No power to the people: How having no power makes people better communicators. EASP General Meeting 2017, Granada, Spain.

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