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Physical attractiveness is an important factor of social interaction and cognition, such as in ma... more Physical attractiveness is an important factor of social interaction and cognition, such as in mate choice or in the impressions people form of themselves and of others. In the context of social and health sciences, physical attractiveness has also been shown to complement the prediction of various target variables. Among other relationships, physical attractiveness is associated with criteria of professional success, various health variables and overall life satisfaction. However, the measurement of physical attractiveness via absolute ratings has several shortcomings. For example, attractiveness judgments are influenced by characteristics of the rater. As pointed out in literature, especially the interaction between age and gender of rater and target person has a significant impact on rating scores. The aim of this study was to construct a scale for the economical, reliable and valid assessment of physical attractiveness, controlling for methodological problems reported in prior r...

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 2017

Living according to one's personal values is expected to promote mental health and satisfaction w... more Living according to one's personal values is expected to promote mental health and satisfaction with life. However, there is scarce empirical research on the effects of the relative importance of values and their realization in daily life. We Benevolence-caring Devotion to the welfare of ingroup members Universalism-concern Commitment to equality, justice, and protection for all people Universalism-nature Preservation of the natural environment Universalism-tolerance Acceptance and understanding of those who are different from oneself Note. Schwartz et al., 2012

People differ systematically in how easily they perceive injustice and in how strongly they respo... more People differ systematically in how easily they perceive injustice and in how strongly they respond to it. The construct of justice sensitivity mirrors these stable personality differences. Empirical studies have demonstrated that justice sensitivity is correlated with variables from the field of work, health, politics, and social relations. Schmitt, Baumert, Gollwitzer, and Maes (2010) developed a first instrument measuring the four facets of justice sensitivity. Based on this instrument, Baumert, Beierlein, Schmitt, Kemper, Kovaleva, Liebig, and Rammstedt (in press) constructed four short scales with two items each which are particularly suitablefor survey research. In the present paper, we explain how the short scales were constructed. Empirical results on the validity of the scales will be reported on the basis of a quota sample and a population representative sample. The findings corroborate the satisfactory reliability and validity of the short scales. The factorial structure ...

Gender Differences in Learning the SPSS-Software Regina Vollmeyer (R.Vollmeyer@paed.psych.uni-fra... more Gender Differences in Learning the SPSS-Software Regina Vollmeyer (R.Vollmeyer@paed.psych.uni-frankfurt.de) Margarete Imhof (M.Imhof@paed.psych.uni-frankfurt.de) Constanze Beierlein (C.Beierlein@paed.psych.uni-frankfurt.de) Institute for Psychology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, PO Box 111932 60054 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Abstract In the literature it is often assumed that females are at a disadvantage when working with the computer. Whereas differences could be found in attitudes towards computers (Whitley, 1997) there are only few studies examining performance. As gender per se can not explain performance differences, we used the cognitive-motivational process model (Vollmeyer & Rheinberg, 1999, 2000) to find possible explaining variables. The model assumes that initial motivation affects strategies and motivation during learning which then influence performance. Therefore, we had male and female students solve four statistics tasks with the help of the SPSS-Software, which w...

Methods Sample. • Adult Online Sample (N = 1.200; Cohrs et al., 2005) • Random-Route Sample (N = ... more Methods Sample. • Adult Online Sample (N = 1.200; Cohrs et al., 2005) • Random-Route Sample (N = 1.966; Hinz et al., 2005) • Student Sample (N = 336; Schmidt et al., 2007) Measure. PVQ (German); 1 = very dissimilar, 6 = very similar. Item Selection. 1. Inspection of Descriptives 2. Factorial Structure: Principal Component Analysis (PCA, VARIMAX) Multi-Dimensional Scaling (MDS; PROXSCAL, Ordinal) 3. Content Validity (cf. Knoppen & Saris, 2009) Results Three separate PCAs (2 orthogonal factors, Tab. 1) yielded similar loadings for the majority of selected items. The MDS analysis (Stress1=.10, DAF=.99, TCC=1.00, Fig. 2) revealed the expected relationships among these items. Introduction • Survey researchers have become more and more interested in values during the last years. • Values allow to predict various kinds of socio-political attitudes and behaviors, e.g.: Security values Opposition to Immigration Universalism Voting for right-wing parties • Following Schwartz and Boehnke (2004...

Beierlein C, Kemper CJ, Kovaleva A, Rammstedt B. Alle guten Dinge sind 3 – Entwicklung einer surv... more Beierlein C, Kemper CJ, Kovaleva A, Rammstedt B. Alle guten Dinge sind 3 – Entwicklung einer surveyfähigen Kurzskala zur Erfassung allgemeiner Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen. Methoden, Daten, Analysen. Methoden, Daten, Analysen : mda ; Zeitschrift für empirische Sozialforschung. 2013;7(2):251-278

Erhebungsinstrumente zur Erfassung von psychologischen Merkmalen wie beispielsweise Personlichkei... more Erhebungsinstrumente zur Erfassung von psychologischen Merkmalen wie beispielsweise Personlichkeit, Risikobereitschaft, Werte, Lebenszufriedenheit, Attraktivitat, Optimismus oder Intelligenz, werden immer haufiger in der Forschung eingesetzt. Neben der psychologischen Forschung, in der psychologische Merkmale traditionell im Zentrum des Interesses stehen, werden psychologische Merkmale ver-mehrt auch in anderen Forschungsbereichen erhoben, zum Beispiel in den Sozialwissenschaften, den Wirtschaftwissenschaften, den Ingenieurswissenschaften und den Gesundheitswissenschaften. Die Forscherinnen und Forscher der verschiedenen Disziplinen erwarten von der Erfassung dieser Merkmale in Umfragen, Studien und Experimenten sowie deren Implementierung in ihre Modelle eine bessere Deskription und Pradiktion wissenschaftlich und gesellschaftlich relevanter Prozesse und Phanomene.

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GESIS Working Papers 2012|1

General self-efficacy expectations refer to appraisals of one’s own competencies to plan and exec... more General self-efficacy expectations refer to appraisals of one’s own competencies to plan and execute actions in a successful way in order to achieve desired goals. Self-efficacy expectations have an impact on numerous aspects of day-to-day activities. Empirical studies show that they are linked to a number of key social scientific variables in the field of work, health, and social relations. This fact makes self-efficacy expectations particularly interesting for interdisciplinary survey research because they may explain variance in outcome variables. However, a short scale for assessing general self-efficacy expectations which is compatible for social surveys is still missing. In the scope of three empirical studies we developed and validated the “General Self-Efficacy Short Scale” (in German: ASKU) which contains only three items. The results indicate that despite of its brevity the ASKU measures the construct in a reliable and valid way. Furthermore, the findings suggest that the ...

Politikwissenschaftliche Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung, 2019

In course of the further establishment of the Five-Factor Model as the predominant model for desc... more In course of the further establishment of the Five-Factor Model as the predominant model for describing personality there is an increasing demand for assessing the Big Five dimensions of personality in contexts outside the core field of psychology. As in such contexts assessment time is severely limited, established Big Five instruments are generally too lengthy. Especially for such contexts we developed the ultra-short BFI-10 assessing the five dimensions with a total of ten items, respectively an average duration of approximately one minute. The present study validated the BFI-10 based on a large and population representative sample. Results indicate sufficient psychometric properties for the BFI-10 scales and items. In addition, the findings corroborate the construct and criterion validity of the instrument.

Social Science Research, 2016

Findings from previous studies corroborate the hypothesis that universalism and conservation valu... more Findings from previous studies corroborate the hypothesis that universalism and conservation values are associated with negative attitudes toward immigration. In the current study we examine whether universalism and conservation values also play a critical role in the explanation of attitudes toward other minority groups. Drawing on previous research on group-focused enmity, we explore its relations with universalism and conservation values in a German sample. Employing structural equation modeling, we find that individuals who prioritize universalism values approve of various minorities more whereas those who prioritize conservation values exhibit more disapproval.

European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2015

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