Recent Publications
in press
Henn, L. & Winter, K. (in press). Shifting focus: Fostering commitment to the goal of ,sustainable development. Manuscript accepted for publication in Umweltpsychologie/Open Journal of Environmental Psychology. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ujf2p
2024
Matthies, E., Reese, G., Mata, J., Fritsche, I., Hofmann, W., Geiger, S. M., Cohrs, C., Loy, L., & Henn, L. (2024). Wie kann die Psychologie zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise beitragen? Psychologische Rundschau, 75(2), 177-182. doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000673
Nielsen, K.S., Cologna, V., Bauer, J.M., Berger, S., Brick, C., Dietz, T., Hahnel, U.J.J., Henn, L., Lange, F., Stern, P.C., & Wolske, K.S. (2024). Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation, Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01951-1 (read here: https://rdcu.be/dBjsU)
Sassenberg, K. & Winter, K. (2024). Intraindividual conflicts reduce the polarization of attitudes. Current Directions in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214241242452
Weber, M.-C., Ströbele, L., Song, S., Offner, L., Huang, A., & Degner, J. (2024). The relation between contact experiences and dual identity among German residents with a Turkish or Kurdish identity. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 34(3), e2795. doi.org/10.1002/casp.2795
2023
Lange, F., Berger, S., Byrka, K., Brügger, A., Henn, L., Sparks, A. C., ... & Urban, J. (2023). Beyond self-reports: A call for more behavior in environmental psychology. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101965. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101965
Pummerer, L., Ditrich, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2023). Think about it! Deliberation reduces the negative relation between conspiracy belief and adherence to prosocial norms. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(8), 952-963. doi.org/10.1177/19485506221144150
Sassenberg, K., Pummerer, L., & Winter, K. (2023). Prävention und Intervention gegen den Glauben an Verschwörungstheorien [Prevention and intervention against the belief in conspiracy theories]. In R. Imhoff (Ed.): „Von dunklen Mächten sonderbar belogen…“ – Die Psychologie der Verschwörungstheorien. Hogrefe.
Winter, K., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2023). Change by (almost) all means: The role of conspiracy mentality in predicting support for social change among the political left and right. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(7), 1563-1575. doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2995
Winter, K., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2023). Flexible minds make more moderate views: Subtractive counterfactuals mitigate strong views about immigrants’ trustworthiness. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 26(6), 1310-1328. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F13684302221102876
Winter, K. & Epstude, K. (2023). Motivational consequences of counterfactual mindsets: Does counterfactual structure influence the use of conservative or risky tactics? Motivation and Emotion, 47, 100-114. doi.org/10.1007/s11031-022-09979-6
2022
Pummerer, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Addressing Covid-19 vaccination conspiracy theories and vaccination intentions. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2022.201
Pummerer, L., Böhm, R., Lilleholt, L., Winter, K., Zettler, I., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Societal effects of Covid-19 conspiracy theories. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, 49-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506211000217
Sassenberg, K.*, Winter, K.*, Becker, D., Ditrich, L., Scholl, A., & Moskowitz, G. B. (2022). Flexibility mindsets: Reducing biases that result from spontaneous processing. European Review of Social Psychology, 33(1), 171-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2021.1959124 *shared first-authorship
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://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01164-w
Winter, K., Pummerer, L., Hornsey, M. J., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Pro-vaccination subjective norms moderate the relationship between conspiracy mentality and vaccination intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 27, 390-405. doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12550
Winter, K. & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Soziale Kategorisierung, Stereotype, Vorurteile [Social categorization, stereotypes, prejudice]. In J. C. Cohrs, N. Knab & G. Sommer (Eds.): Handbuch der Friedenspsychologie. Philipps-Universität Marburg. https://dx.doi.org/10.17192/es2022.0052
2021
Knab, N.*, Winter, K.*, & Steffens, M. C. (2021). Flexing the extremes: Increasing cognitive flexibility with a paradoxical leading questions intervention. Social Cognition, 39(2), 225-242. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2021.39.2.225 *shared first-authorship
Otto, S., Beer, K., Henn, L., & Overbeck, A. (2021). Das Individuum in der nachhaltigen Wirtschaft: Konsum in digitalen, algorithmenbasierten Entscheidungsarchitekturen. In A. Matheis & C. Schwender (Hrsg.), Als gäbe es ein Morgen. Nachhaltigkeit wollen, sollen, können (S. 409-426). Metropolis.
Otto, S., Hildebrandt, J., Will, M., Henn, L., & Beer, K. (2021). Tying Up Loose Ends. Integrating Consumers’ Psychology into a Broad Interdisciplinary Perspective on a Circular Sustainable Bioeconomy. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 34, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-021-09851-6
Reuter, M., Kühnhausen, J., Kleinhansl, M., Henn, L., & Gawrilow, C. (2021). Children's daily time in natural spaces during spring/summer time: Within-person restoration and the role of environmental attitude. Umweltpsychologie.
Taube, O., Ranney, M. A., Henn, L., & Kaiser, F. G. (2021). Increasing people’s acceptance of anthropogenic climate change with scientific facts: Is mechanistic information more effective for environmentalists? Journal of Environmental Psychology, 73, 101549. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2021.101549
Winter, K. & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Mitigating the default? The influence of ingroup diversity on outgroup trust. International Review of Social Psychology, 34(1), 19. https://dx.doi.org/10.5334/irsp.520
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://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000305
Winter, K., Zapf, B., Hütter, M., Tichy, N., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Selective exposure in action: Do visitors of product evaluation portals select reviews in a biased manner? Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 15(1), Article 4. dx.doi.org/10.5817/cp2021-1-4
2020
Henn, L., Otto, S., & Kaiser, F. G. (2020). Positive spillover: The result of attitude change. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 69, 101429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101429
Kaiser, F. G., Henn, L., & Marschke, B. (2020). Financial rewards for long-term environmental protection. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 68, 101411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101411
Warning, B. & Henn, L. (2020). Machen ist wie Wollen, nur krasser: Meinungs- und verhaltensbasierte Messung der Umwelteinstellung im Rahmen des Campbell-Paradigmas. Kurzbericht. Umweltpsychologie, 24(1). 173-182.
Henn, L. (2020). Handeln im Kontext mit ökologischen Folgen: Das Campbell-Paradigma als Beitrag zur Umweltpsychologie und zur Umweltschutzpsychologie [Dissertationsschrift, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg]. http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/35254
2019
Henn, L. & Kaiser, F. G. (2019). Sustainable societies: Committed people in supportive conditions. In: J. V. Hoff, Q. Gausset, & S. W. Lex (Hrsg.), The role of non-state actors in the green transition: Building a sustainable future (S. 17-33). Routledge.
Henn, L., Taube, O., & Kaiser, F. G. (2019). The role of environmental attitude in the efficacy of smart-meter-based feedback interventions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 63, 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.04.007
Kaplan Mintz, K., Henn, L., Park, J., & Kurman, J. (2019). What predicts household waste management behaviors? Culture and type of behavior as moderators. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 145, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.01.045
Landkammer, F., Winter, K., Thiel, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). Team sports off the field: Competing excludes cooperating for individual but not for team athletes. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:2470. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02470
Verfuerth*, C., Henn*, L., & Becker, S. (2019). Is it up to them? Individual leverages for sufficiency. GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 28, 374-380. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.28.4.9 (*shared first authorship)
Yakovenko, V., Henn, L., Bettendorf, M., Zelinska, N., Soloviova, G., Hoffmann, G. F., & Grulich-Henn, J. (2019). Risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity in Ukraine and Germany. Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology, 11(3), 247-252. https://doi.org/10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2019.2018.0157
2018
Ogunbode, C. A., Henn, L., & Tausch, N. (2018). Context-appropriate environmental attitude measurement in Nigeria using the Campbell paradigm. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0281-1
Otto, S., Kibbe, A., Henn, L., Hentschke, L., & Kaiser, F. G. (2018). The economy of e-waste collection at the individual level: A practice oriented approach of categorizing determinants of e-waste collection into behavioral costs and motivation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 204, 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.293