Dr. Maria-Therese Friehs

Maria-Therese Friehs Foto: Christian Schaeffer

E-Mail: maria-therese.friehs

Telefon: +49 2331 987-4560

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Academic career

Since 2021: Research Associate at the Chair of Psychological Methods and Evaluation, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

07/ 2021: Doctor Philosophieae (Grade summa cum laude)
Dissertation: “On the structural validity, measurement and advanced statistical modelling of the stereotype content model.”, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany

04/2022-10/2022: Parental Leave

04/2022-10/2022: Research Associate Implementationsprozesse in ormalin Bildungssettings (ImproBis), Work Unit Developmental and Educational Psychology, University Koblenz-Landau, Germany

04/2018 – 03/2020: Research Associate Working Unit Developmental Psychology,
Osnabrück University, Germany

09/2017 – 12/2018: Referee for Evaluation
Project ProPraxis of the Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung,
Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany

Research interests

  • Intergroup contact
  • Stereotypes and prejudice
  • Scale development
  • Longitudinal data analysis

Publications

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In Press/Published with Peer-Review (selection, sorted by recency)

  • Friehs, M.-T.*, Bracegirdle, C.*, Reimer, N. K., Wölfer, R., Schmidt, P., Wagner, U., & Hewstone, M. (2024). The between-person and within-person effects of intergroup contact on outgroup attitudes: A multi-context examination. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 15(2), 125,141. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231153017
  • Travaglino, G., Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., & Abrams, D. (2024). Honor values as identity content: Evidence from a three-wave longitudinal study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 55(3), 278-291. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241230959
  • Schemmerling, M., Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., Bastias, F., De keersmaecker, J., Macedo, F. G., Neto, F., Neto, J., Pietraszkiewicz, A., Schmid, K., Sczesny, S., Torres, C., & Boehnke, K. (2023). Comparing social perceptions of culturally emic protagonists using the Stereotype Content Model: A scale development and adaptation process across four languages and eight countries. Psychological Test Adaptation and Development ,4(1), 350-362. https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000067
  • Bick, N., Froehlich, L., Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., & Landmann, H. (2022). Social evaluation at a distance – Facets of stereotype content about Student groups in higher distance education. International Journal of Social Psychology, 35(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.686
  • Böttcher, J., & Friehs, M.-T. (2022). ‚When theories meet‘: Approaching intergroup contact from a self-determination theory perspective. International Journal of Social Psychology, 35(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.681
  • Friehs, M.-T., Aparicio Lukassowitz, F., & Wagner, U. (2022). Stereotype content of occupational groups in Germany. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52(6), 459-475. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12872
  • Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., Böttcher, J., Zöller, A.-K. C., Lüttmer, T., Wagner, U., Asbrock, F., & van Zalk, M. H. W. (2022). Examining the structural validity of stereotype content scales – A preregistered re-analysis of published data and discussion of possible future directions. International Review of Social Psychology, 35(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.613
  • Friehs, M.-T.*, Kotzur, P. F.*, Kraus, C., Schemmerling, M., Herzig, J. A., Stanciu, A., Dilly, S., Hellert, L., Hübner, D., Rückwardt, A., Ulizcay, V., Christ, O., Brambilla, M., De keersmaecker, J., Durante, F., Gale, J., Grigoryev, D., Igou, E. R., Javakhishvili, N., Kienmoser, D., Nicolas, G., … & Yzerbyt, V. (2022). Warmth and competence perceptions of key protagonists are associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from 35 countries. Scientific Reports, 12, 21277. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25228-9
  • Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., Ramos, A., & Wagner, U. (2022). Group-focused enmity – Conceptual, longitudinal, and cross-national perspectives based on pre-registered studies. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 16, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.11576/ijcv-5361
  • Friehs, M.-T., Masselmann, J., Trautner, M., Kotzur, P. F., & Schmidt, P. (2022). Unobserved heterogeneity between individuals in group-focused enmity. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 16, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.11576/ijcv-5266
  • Kotzur, P. F., Friehs, M.-T., Schmidt, P., Wagner, U., Pötzschke, S., & Weiss, B. (2022). Attitudes towards refugees: Introducing a short three-dimensional scale. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61(4), 1305-1331.https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12538
  • Travaglino, G., Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., & Abrams, D. (2023). Investigating the social embeddedness of criminal groups: Longitudinal associations between masculine honour and legitimizing attitudes towards the Camorra. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(4), 612-622. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2926
  • O’Donnell, A., Friehs, M.-T., Bracegirdle, C., Zuñiga, C., Watt. S. E., & Barlow, F. K. (2021). Technological and analytical advancements in intergroup contact research. Journal of Social Issues, 77, 171-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12424
  • Wagner, U., Tachtnoglou, S., Kotzur, P. F., Friehs, M.-T., & Kemmesies, U. (2020). Proportion of foreigners negatively predicts the prevalence of xenophobic hate crimes within German districts. Social Psychology Quarterly, 83(2), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/0190272519887719
  • Bohrer, B., Friehs, M.-T., Schmidt, P., & Weick, S. (2019). Contact between natives and migrants in Germany: Perceptions of the native population since 1980 and an examination of the contact hypotheses. Social Inclusion, 7(4), 320-331. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i4.2429
  • Kotzur, P. F.*, Friehs, M.-T.*, Asbrock, F., & van Zalk, M. H. W. (2019). Stereotype content of refugee subgroups in Germany. European Journal of Social Psychology. 49(7), 1344-1358. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2585

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Presentations

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Conferences Presentations (selection, sorted by date)

09/2024 Friehs, M.-T., & Christ, O. (2024). Contact experiences in the neighbourhood of a newly-opened refugee accommodation. Paper presented at the 53rd Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft for Psychologie (DGPs), Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/hrpxc
09/2024 Friehs, M.-T., Christ, O., & Schäfer, S. J. (2024). Does intergroup contact affect political attitudes and behaviours? – A longitudinal mediation analysis using the Estudio Longitudinal Social de Chile (ELSOC). Paper presented at the 53rd Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft for Psychologie (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.
07/2023 Friehs, M.-T., Schäfer, S., Bracegirdle, C., Barlow, F., Spiegler, O., & Christ, O. (2023). Reanalysing longitudinal intergroup contact data – An investigation of causal effects, between-person differences and within-person processes. Paper presented at the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) General Meeting, Krakow, Poland.
09/2021 Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., Böttcher, J., Lüttmer, T., Zöller, A.-K., Wagner, U., Asbrock, F., & van Zalk, M. H. W. (2021). Examining the structural validity of stereotype content measures – A preregistered re-analysis of published data and discussion of future findings. Paper presented at the European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Salzburg, Austria.
08/2021 Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., Böttcher, J., Lüttmer, T., Zöller, A.-K., Wagner, U., Asbrock, F., & van Zalk, M. H. W. (2021). Examining the structural validity of stereotype content measures – A preregistered re-analysis of published data and discussion of future findings. Paper presented at the European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Salzburg, Austria.
07/2019 Friehs, M.-T., Schmidt, P., & van Zalk, M. (2019). Longitudinal intergroup contact effects - Disentangling within- and between-person variation in intergroup contact and outgroup attitudes. Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), Zagreb, Croatia. See https://osf.io/9cfpj/
05/2019 Friehs, M.-T., & van Zalk, M. H. W. (2019). Longitudinal intergroup contact effects - Disentangling between-person differences and within-person processes over time. Paper presented at the SASP-SPSSI Group meeting on intergroup contact, Newcastle, Australia. See here
04/2019 Friehs, M.-T., & Kotzur, P. (2019). The stereotype content model - Benefits and challenges of examining group-related differences on basic dimensions of social perception in a latent modelling framework. Paper presented at the 48th annual conference of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP), Sydney, Australia
10/2018 Friehs, M.-T., Schmidt, P., Wagner, U., & Kotzur, P. F. (2018). Intergruppenkontakt und Vorurteile (Intergroup contact and prejudice). Paper presented at the GESIS-IEDI-Tagung zu Migration und interethnischen Beziehungen, Köln, Germany. See https://osf.io/un89f/
09/2018 Friehs, M.-T., & Kotzur, P. F. (2018). The stereotype content model - Testing for group differences on basic social perception dimensions in a latent modelling framework. Paper presented at the 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Frankfurt, Germany. See https://osf.io/d4pve/

Organized Conference Symposia
09/2024 Going beyond intergroup attitudes while assessing longitudinal intergroup contact effects in the field: Diverse evidence in the contexts of psychological well-being, political attitudes, citizenship behaviour, and law and contextual changes. Conference symposium presented at the 53rd Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft for Psychologie (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.
07/2023 Innovative approaches to investigate the temporal dynamics of intergroup contact and outgroup evaluations. Conference symposium presented at the European Association of Social Psychology General Meeting, Krakow, Poland. Co-organized with Jessica Boin.
08/2021 Conceptual and methodological developments in the study of intergroup contact and outgroup attitudes. Conference symposium presented at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference (online).

Invited Presentations
10/2024 Friehs, M.-T. (2024). Longitudinal research in (social) psychology – Critical findings, explanations and ideas for future research using the example of intergroup contact research. Invited presentation at the IESW Kolloquium, Medical School Hamburg, Germany.
10/2024 Friehs, M.-T. (2024). Longitudinal intergroup contact effects in naturalistic settings – What we know and where to go from here. Invited presentation at the International Contact Research Network, UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X04HtMZW-A0&themeRefresh=1 and https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/N46XY
03/2024 Friehs, M.-T. (2021). Longitudinal Intergroup Contact Data – A Re-Analysis of the Causal Effects, Between-Person Differences and Within-Person Processes. Invited presentation at the Department of Psychology, Durham University, UK.
06/2021 Friehs, M.-T. (2021). On the structural validity, measurement and advanced statistical modelling of the stereotype content model. Invited presentation at the Social Change Lab, Durham University, UK.
Psychologische Methodenlehre | 09.12.2024