Dr. Maria-Therese Friehs
Academic Career
Since 2021: Research Associate at the Chair of Psychological Methods and Evaluation, FernUniversität in Hagen
2020 - 2021: Research Associate in the project „ImProBis“, Faculty for Psychology, University Koblenz-Landau, Germany
2018 – 2020: Research Associate in the work group Developmental Psychology, Institute for Psychology, Osnabrück University, Germany
2017 – 2018: Referee for Evaluation in the Project „ProPraxis“, Centre for Teacher Education, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
2016 – 2018: M. Sc. Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
2012 – 2016: B. Sc. Psychology, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Research interests
- Intergroup Contact
- Stereotypes and Prejudice
- Scale Development
- Longitudinal Data Analysis
Publikationen
Publications in peer review
Mehr Informationen
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
Jovanivíc, V., Rudnev, M., Abdelrahman, M., Abdul-Kadir, N. B., Adebayo, D. F., Akaliyski, P., Alaseek, R., Alkamali, Y. A., Alonso Palacio, L. M., Amin, A., Andres, A., Ansari Moghaddan, A., Aruta, J. J. B., Avanesyan, H. M., Ayub, N., Bacikova-Slekova, M., Baikanova, R., Bakkar, B., Bartoluci, S., Benitez, D., Bodnar, I., … Friehs, M.-T., … Yu, Y. Y. (2023). The coronavirus anxiety scale: Cross-national measurement invariance and convergent validity evidence. Psychological Assessment, advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001270
Karakulak, A., Stogianni, M., Alonso-Arbiol, I., Shukla, S., Bender, M., Yeung, V. W. L., Jovanovíc, V., Musso, P., Scardigno, R., Scott, R. A., Stuart, J., Friehs, M.-T., Toh, Z., Albayrak-Aydemir, N., Arvanitis, A., Buzea, C., Mastrotheodoros, S., Tsang, J.-A., Madeira, F., Miconi, D., Russell Pascual, N., … Gkomez, A. (2023). The perceived vulnerability to disease scale: Cross-cultural measurement invariance and associations with fear of COVID-19 across 16 countries. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, early view.https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12878
Karakulak, A., Tepe, B., Dimitrova, R., Abdelrahman, M., Akaliyski, P., Alaseel, R., Alkamali, Y. A., Amin, A., Aguinaga, D. A. L., Andres, A., Aruta, J. J. B.,Assiotis, M., Avanesyan, H. M., Ayub, N., Bacikova-Slekova, M., Baikanova, R., Bakkar, B., Bartoluci, S., Benitez, D., Bodnar, I., Bolatov, A. K., … Friehs, M.-T., …Zanoni da Silva, M. (2023). Empathy, fear of disease and support for COVID-19 containment behaviors: Evidence from 34 countries on the moderating role of governmental trust. Communications Psychology, 1, 43. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-023-00046-5
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 percpetions of culturally emic protagonists using the Stereotype Content Model – A scale development and adaptation process across four languages and eight countries. Manuscript accepted for publication at Psychological Test Adaptation and Development.
Friehs, M.-T.*, Bracegirdle, C.*, Reimer, N. K., Wölfer, R., Schmidt, P., Wagner, U., & Hewstone, M. (2023). The between-person and within-person effects of intergroup contact on outgroup attitudes: A multi-context examination. Social Psychological and Personality Science, early view. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231153017
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.irg/10.5334/irsp.686
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
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. (in press). Evidence from 35 countries that the social perception of key protagonists is associated with containment measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Reports. 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.*, 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
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
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(1), 171-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12424
Travaglino, G., Friehs, M.-T., Kotzur, P. F., & Abrams, D. (2022). Investigating the social embeddedness of criminal groups: Longitudinal associations between masculine honour and legitimizing attitudes towards the Camorra. European Journal of Social Psychology, early view. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2926
Wagner, U., Kotzur, P., & Friehs, M.-T. (2021). Anti-immigrant prejudice and discrimination in Europe. In C. Tileaga, M. Augoustinos, & K. Durrheim (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Discrimination, Prejudice and Stereotyping, 74-88. Oxford: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429274558-6
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
Publications without Peer-Review, Book Chapters and Monographs
Friehs, M.-T. (2021). On the structural validity, measurement and advanced statistical modelling of the stereotype content model. [Doctoral dissertation, Universität Koblenz-Landau].
Schmidt, P., Friehs, M.-T., Gloris, D., & Grote, H. (2020). Panel Conditioning or Socratic Effect revisited: 99 citations, but is there theoretical progress? In A. Mays, A. Dingelstedt, V. Hambauer, S. Schlosser, F., Berens, J. Leibold & J.-K. Höhne (Eds.), Grundlagen – Methoden – Anwendungen in den Sozialwissenschaften, 25-65. Wiesbaden: Springer VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15629-9_2
Stellmacher, J., & Friehs, M.-T. (2020). Die Marburger Praxismodule: Eine evaluationsgestützte Reflexion der ersten Projektphase von ProPraxis. In S. Uhl (Ed.), Das Lehramtsstudium und seine Praxisphasen: Konzepte, Strukturen, Erfahrungen, 107-128. Bielefeld: wbv Media GmbH.
Wagner, U., Friehs, M.-T., & Kotzur, P. F. (2020). Das Bild der Polizei bei jungen Studierenden. Polizei und Wissenschaft, 3, 16-23.
Wagner, U., Suppmann, A., Siebert, R., Friehs, M.-T., & Kotzur, P. F. (2019). Das Image der deutschen Polizei bei jungen Geflüchteten. Polizei und Wissenschaft, 1, 10-13.
Stellmacher, J., & Friehs, M.-T. (2019). Ergebnisbericht im Rahmen des BMBF geförderten Vorhabens „ProPraxis – Gymnasiale Lehrerbildung in Marburg: professionell, praktisch, gut“. https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/zfl/downloads/evaluation/2019-08-28-zweiter-evaluationsbericht-propraxis-final-v2-2.pdf
Presentations
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| 07/2022 | Schäfer, S., Friehs, M.-T., Bracegirdle, C., & Christ, O. (2022). A reanalysis of longitudinal intergroup contact effects – Disentangling between-person differences and within-person processes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Athens, Greece. |
| 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., Masselmann, J., Trautner, M., Kotzur, P. F., & Schmidt, P. (2021). Unobserved heterogeneity in Group-Focused Enmity. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference (online). |
| 08/2021 | Friehs, M.-T., Masselmann, J., Trautner, M., Kotzur, P. F., & Schmidt, P. (2021). Unobserved heterogeneity in group-focused enmity. Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Conference. |
| 06/2021 | Friehs, M.-T. (2021). The structural validity of Stereotype Content measures. Invited Presentation at the Social Change Laboratory of the University of Durham, UK. |
| 09/2019 | Friehs, M.-T., Müller, L., & van Zalk, M. (2019). Subjective Intergroup Contact Experiences - A German Replication. Poster presented at the 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Cologne, Germany. https://osf.io/hmyqa/ |
| 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. 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. |
| 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. Paper presented at the GESIS-IEDI-Tagung zu Migration und interethnischen Beziehungen, Köln, Germany. 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. https://osf.io/d4pve/ |
| 09/2018 | Stellmacher, J., & Friehs, M.-T. (2018). Evaluation der Marburger Praxismodule – Ergebnisse einer Längsschnittstudie zur Kompetenzentwicklung von Studierenden im Lehramt. Poster presented at the 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Frankfurt, Germany. https://osf.io/ubers/ |
| 06/2018 | Wagner, U., Tachtsoglou, S., Kotzur, P. F., Wiemer, M. T., & Kemmesies, U. (2018). Kriminalität gegen Zuwanderer: Fremdenfeindliche Straftaten sind dort häufiger, wo der Ausländeranteil niedrig ist. Paper presented at the Forum KI, Bundeskriminalamt, Wiesbaden, Germany. |
| 07/2017 | Wiemer, M. T., Kotzur, P. F., Wagner, U., & Asbrock, F. (2017). The stereotype content model: Testing cross-group and regional comparability of warmth and competence assessments. Paper presented at the 9th regional conference of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Warsaw, Poland. |
