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Papers by Rainer Silbereisen

Migration Studies, 2019

This research note addresses the current and potential future role of psychologists in the study ... more This research note addresses the current and potential future role of psychologists in the study of international migration. We review ways in which psychologists have contributed to the study of migration, as well as ways in which psychological scholarship could be integrated with work from other social science fields. Broadly, we discuss four major contributions that psychology brings to the study of international migration—studying migrants’ internal psychological experiences, incorporating a developmental perspective, conducting experimental studies, and integrating across levels of analysis. Given the position of psychology as a ‘hub science’ connecting more traditional social sciences with health and medical sciences, we argue for a more prominent role for psychologists within the study of international migration. Such a role is intended to complement the roles of other social scientists and to create a more interdisciplinary way forward for the field of migration studies. The...

Journal of Psychology in Africa, 2013

Goal Directed Behavior, 2021

Historical Social Research, 2016

International Journal of Developmental Science, 2012

Due to worldwide social, political, and economic change (Silbereisen & Chen, 2010), entrepreneurs... more Due to worldwide social, political, and economic change (Silbereisen & Chen, 2010), entrepreneurship has become a key topic of our time (Hisrich, Langan-Fox, & Grant, 2007). We understand entrepreneurship as starting and growing one's own business (or, more broadly, as the identification, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities, Shane, 2012). Globalization, post-industrial society, rapid technological progress, the deregulation of the labor market in many countries, political shifts towards liberal economies (e.g., in the former Eastern Bloc), and the increasing individualization of the life course have together contributed to an era of entrepreneurship. At the individual level, entrepreneurship has become a central competence to succeed in a working life where, in view of the economic challenges and changing landscapes of work, proactive, self-responsible, creative, and competitive behaviors have become crucial assets and where starting one's own business, and creating something new by entrepreneurial means and innovation, is a promising, albeit risky, job alternative for many people. At the societal level, entrepreneurship (and innovative growthoriented startups in particular) is considered a driver of economic and technological development, innovation, and job creation. In view of this growing relevance at

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2018

Industrial history, personality, and well-being 2 Author Note: This work is partly based on data ... more Industrial history, personality, and well-being 2 Author Note: This work is partly based on data provided through www.visionofbritain.org.uk and uses statistical material which is copyright of the Great Britain Historical GIS Project, Humphrey Southall, and the University of Portsmouth; these data are freely usable under Creative Common Licensing. We thank Thomas Talhelm and Michael Wyrwich for helpful comments, and Maximilian Sobetzko and Eric Krüger for research assistance.

Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2016

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2016

Despite beneficial effects of minority members’ contact with majority members, studies have repea... more Despite beneficial effects of minority members’ contact with majority members, studies have repeatedly shown minorities’ tendency of having predominantly intraethnic social contacts, a phenomenon called ethnic homophily. This study aimed at examining ethnic homophily among mothers belonging to minority groups in Germany and Israel. Mothers from four minority groups participated. Groups were defined by level of societal segregation (higher vs. lower residential and cultural segregation of minority groups within a given society) and cultural distance to the majority society (close vs. distant in terms of religion and value similarity with majority population). We expected group differences, with ethnic homophily being highest among minority mothers living in more segregated societies with a large cultural distance to the majority population and vice versa. We also expected within-group variation, with higher levels of homophily being reported by women who use the majority language les...

Journal of youth and adolescence, Jan 13, 2016

It is widely believed that warm and supportive parenting fosters all kinds of prosocial behaviors... more It is widely believed that warm and supportive parenting fosters all kinds of prosocial behaviors in the offspring, including civic engagement. However, accumulating international evidence suggests that the effects of family support on civic engagement may sometimes be negative. To address this apparent controversy, we identified several scenarios for the negative effects of supportive parenting on youth civic engagement and tested them using four waves of data from the Finnish Educational Transitions Studies. They followed 1549 students (55 % female) from late adolescence into young adulthood, included both maternal (n = 231) and offspring reports of parental support, and assessed civic engagement in young adulthood. Control variables included socioeconomic status, other sociodemographic indicators, church belonging, personality traits, and earlier civic engagement. Higher maternal warmth and support and a stronger identification with the parental family in adolescence predicted of...

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2016

A study was conducted to show that economic and societal differences between the former Eastern a... more A study was conducted to show that economic and societal differences between the former Eastern and Western parts of Germany had produced differences in the timing of young people's school-to-work transitions. Data were collected from samples of approximately 350

Zusammenfassung: Prävention begnügt sich oft mit dem Ziel, Risiken zur Entwicklung von Problemver... more Zusammenfassung: Prävention begnügt sich oft mit dem Ziel, Risiken zur Entwicklung von Problemverhalten zu vermeiden, von denen aber viele nicht zu unterbinden sind. Deshalb wird häufig gefordert, stattdessen Schutzfaktoren zu fördern, die dem Individuum mehr Möglich- keiten geben, sich angesichts von Risiken positiv zu entwickeln. Ergänzend wird eine neue Ausrichtung dargestellt, die davon ausgeht, dass selbst eine Entwicklung ohne psychosoziale

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2014

Recent research suggests that cultural groups comprise subgroups differing in the combination of ... more Recent research suggests that cultural groups comprise subgroups differing in the combination of their self-identifications with their heritage and host cultures and following distinct trajectories of acculturation. This study aimed at identifying such subgroups, predicting group membership by pre-migration factors, and testing for acculturation-related experiences with the host culture over time. The sample comprised 366 adolescent diaspora migrants (59% female, 16 years old) from the former Soviet Union to Germany. A person-oriented and longitudinal approach using growth mixture modeling revealed three subtypes of cultural identification change. The first subgroup (Idealists) comprised adolescents with high and stable identification with their host culture and low but increasing identification with their heritage culture. The second group (Skeptics) showed low and stable identification with their host culture and high but decreasing identification with their heritage culture. The ...

Journal of youth and adolescence, Jan 3, 2015

Increasingly, adolescents are growing up in multiethnic multicultural societies. While intergroup... more Increasingly, adolescents are growing up in multiethnic multicultural societies. While intergroup prejudice can threaten the multicultural societal cohesion, intergroup friendships are strong predictors of reduced prejudice. Thus, more research is needed to fully understand the development of intergroup friendships and their relations to less prejudicial attitudes. This study addressed two major developmental research questions: first, whether longitudinal patterns of intergroup friendships of native adolescents (i.e., whether or not a native German adolescent has a friendship with an immigrant at different points in time) relate to changes in rates of prejudice about immigrants. Second, whether these friendship patterns that unfold over time can be predicted by contact opportunities, attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control assessed at the beginning of the study. The sample included 372 native German adolescents (14.7 years of age at first assessment, 62.3 % gi...

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 2014

We investigated how general social support from family, friends and acquaintances, and community ... more We investigated how general social support from family, friends and acquaintances, and community predicted intentions for civic (e.g., volunteering) and political (e.g., petitioning) participation via the constructs specified in the theory of planned behavior (TPB). Participants were young adults living in the former East Germany, a post-communist region, who were surveyed by telephone in 2010 (N civic = 695, N political = 694). Civic participation was perceived more favorably than political participation. Supportive family predicted intentions for civic participation; supportive community services predicted both types of intentions; and supportive friends and acquaintances had no significant effects. The mediating variables were subjective norms and perceived behavioral control, but not attitudes. All effects were controlled for sociodemographic variables, richness of the social network, and past experience of civic and political participation. Findings underscore the role of supportive community in fostering both civic and political participation.