Prof. Dr. Kai Sassenberg
Direktor
+49 (0) 651 201-2963director(at)leibniz-psychology.org
- University of Groningen (NL) 2007; Universität Tübingen und Leibniz Institut für Wissensmedien 2008-2023
- Promotion in Psychologie (Dr. rer. nat.) 1999, Universität Göttingen, Habilitation 2004, Universität Jena
Forschungsinteressen
Sozialer Einfluss, Interventionen gegen Biases, Metascience
Ausgewählte Veröffentlichungen
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Sassenberg, K. & Winter, K. (2024). Intraindividual conflicts reduce the polarization of attitudes. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 33, 190-197. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214241242452
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Sassenberg, K., Bertin, P., Douglas, K.M., & Hornsey, M.J. (2023). Editorial: Engaging with conspiracy theories: Causes and consequences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 105. 104425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104425
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Sassenberg, K., Winter, K., Becker, D., Ditrich, L., Moskowitz, G.B., & Scholl, A. (2022). Flexibility mindsets: Reducing biases that result from spontaneous processing. European Review of Social Psychology, 33, 171-213. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2021.1959124 *shared first-authorship
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Scholl, A., Ellemers, N., Scheepers, D., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Construal of power as opportunity or responsibility. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 65, 57-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2021.11.001
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Winter, K., Hornsey, M. J., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Anticipating and defusing the role of conspiracy beliefs in shaping opposition to wind farms. Nature Energy, 7, 1200-1207. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01164-w
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Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). A matter of flexibility: Changing outgroup attitudes through messages with negations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(4), 956–976. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000305
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Sassenberg, K., & Ditrich, L. (2019). Research in Social Psychology has changed between 2011 and 2016: Larger sample sizes, more self-report measures, and more online studies. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2, 107-114. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245919838781
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Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2019). Linking regulatory focus and threat–challenge: Transitions between and outcomes of four motivational states. European Review of Social Psychology, 30, 174-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2019.1647507
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Sassenberg, K., & Hamstra, M.R.W. (2017). The intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics of self-regulation in the leadership process. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 55, 193-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2016.08.001
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Sassenberg, K., & Greving, H. (2016). Internet searching about disease elicits a positive perception of own health when severity of illness is high: A longitudinal questionnaire study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(3): e56. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5140
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Sassenberg, K., & Vliek, M. (Eds.). (2019). Social Psychology in action evidence-based interventions from theory to practice. New York: Springer. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13788-5