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Former member of staff [2013-11-01 - 2016-12-31]

Dr. Claudia Sassenrath

Former Projects

Motivational antecedents of perspective taking

Self-regulation and Leadership

The influence of emotions on knowledge transfer regarding deep brain stimulation

Articles in refereed Journals

Sassenrath, C., Wagner, M., Keller, J., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). It’s a challenge! Empathizing with sad but not with angry individuals results in cardiovascular reactivity consistent with a challenge motivational state. Emotion, 19(6), 982-991. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000515 request document
 

Sassenrath, C., Diefenbacher, S., Siegel, A., & Keller, J. (2016). A person-oriented approach to hand hygiene behaviour: Emotional empathy fosters hand hygiene practice. Psychology & Health, 31(2), 205-227. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2015.1088945 request document
 

Sassenrath, C., Hodges, S. D., & Pfattheicher, S. (2016). It's all about the self: When perspective taking backfires. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 25, 405-410. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963721416659253 request document
 

Sassenrath, C., Sassenberg, K., & Scheepers, D. (2016). The impact of regulatory focus on challenge and threat. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 75, 91-95. https://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000175 request document
 

Pfattheicher, S., Sassenrath, C., & Schindler, S. (2015). Feelings for the suffering of others and the environment: Compassion fosters proenvironmental tendencies. Environment and Behavior, 48, 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916515574549
 

Sassenberg, K., Sassenrath, C., & Fetterman, A. (2015). Threat ≠ prevention, challenge ≠ promotion: The impact of threat, challenge, and regulatory focus on attention to negative stimuli. Cognition and Emotion, 29, 188-195. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2014.898612 request document
 

Scholl, A., Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2015). Attracted to power: Challenge / threat and promotion / prevention focus differentially predict the attractiveness of group power. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 397. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00397 Open Access
 

Olderbak, S., Sassenrath, C., Keller, J., & Wilhem, O. (2014). An emotion-differentiated perspective on empathy wth the emotion specific empathy questionnaire. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 653. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00653 Open Access
 

Pfattheicher, S., & Sassenrath, C. (2014). A regulatory focus perspective on eating behavior: How prevention and promotion focus relates to emotional, external, and restrained eating. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 1314. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01314 Open Access
 

Sassenrath, C., Sassenberg, K., Ray, D., Scheiter, K., & Jarodzka, H. (2014). A motivational determinant of facial emotion recognition: Regulatory focus affects recognition of emotions in faces. PLOS ONE, 9(11): e112383. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112383 Open Access
 

Sassenrath, C., Sassenberg, K., & Scholl, A. (2014). From a distance …: The impact of approach and avoidance motivational orientation on perspective taking. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, 18-26. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550613486672 request document
 

Sassenrath, C., Sassenberg, K., & Semin, G. (2013). Cool, but understanding.... Experiencing cooler temperatures promotes perspective-taking performance. Acta Psychologica, 143, 245-251. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.03.011 request document
 

Diefenbacher, S., Sassenrath, C., Siegel, A., Grünewald, M., & Keller, J. (2012). Implizite Einstellung zur Händehygiene als relevanter Prädiktor von Händehygieneverhalten. Hygiene & Medizin, 37, 448-455.
 

Chapters in Edited Books

Kimmerle, J., Bientzle, M., Cress, U., Flemming, D., Greving, H., Grapendorf, J., Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2017). Motivated processing of health-related information in online environments. In J. Buder & F. W. Hesse (Eds.), Informational environments: Effects of use, effective designs (pp. 75-96). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64274-1_4
 

Conference Contributions

Sassenrath, C., Greving, H., & Sassenberg, K. (2017, July). Are you concerned? Patient testimonials in medical communication affect recipients’ emotions and memory. European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) Preconference: The self-regulation of health. Granada, Spain. [Talk]
 

Sassenberg, K., Sassenrath, C., & Scholl, A. (2016, September). The relation between regulatory focus and threat vs. challenge: Outcomes of and transitions between states. 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Leipzig. [Talk]
 

Sassenrath, C., Greving, H., & Sassenberg, K. (2016, September). "Hast Du's denn selbst erlebt?" Emotionen beeinflussen den Wissenserwerb bezüglich kontroverser Behandlungsmethoden nur, wenn aus persönlicher Sichtweise berichtet wird. 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Leipzig. [Vortrag]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2016, Juli). "Hast Du’s denn selbst erlebt?" Emotionen beeinflussen den Wissenserwerb bezüglich kontroverser Behandlungsmethoden nur, wenn aus persönlicher Sichtweise berichtet wird. Abschlusstagung des BMBF Verbundprojekts ELSA Wissenstransfer: Die tiefe Hirnstimulation – Rekonstruktion des Wissenstransfers von der scientific community in die Öffentlichkeit. Tübingen. [Vortrag]
 

Diefenbacher, S., Sassenrath, C., & Keller, J. (2015, Oktober). Empathie und Händehygiene. Freiburger Infektiologie- und Hygienekongress. Freiburg. [Vortrag]
 

Greving, H., Sassenberg, K., & Sassenrath, C. (2015, September). "Bei vollem Bewusstsein wurde mir der Kopf aufgebohrt": Der Einfluss von persönlichen Berichten in journalistischen Texten auf Emotionen der Leser. 15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Potsdam. [Vortrag]
 

Sassenberg, K., Sassenrath, C., Scholl, A., & Fetterman, A. (2015, February). The relation between regulatory focus and threat vs. challenge: Outcomes of and transitions between states. 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Long Beach, CA, USA. [Poster]
 

Diefenbacher, S., Sassenrath, C., & Keller, J. (2014, September). Der positive Einfluss von Empathie auf das Händehygieneverhalten in kritischen Kontexten. Joint Conference of the German Association of Medical Psychology (DGMP) and German Association of Medical Sociology (DGMS). Greifswald. [Vortrag]
 

Diefenbacher, S., Sassenrath, C., & Keller, J. (2014, August). Empathy as a predictor and trigger of hand hygiene behavior. 28th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS). Innsbruck, Austria. [Talk]
 

Diefenbacher, S., Sassenrath, C., & Keller, J. (2014, July). Evidence for the impact of empathy on hand hygiene in critical settings. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Talk]
 

Sassenrath, C., Diefenbacher, S., & Keller, J. (2014, September). Empathie als Konstrukt in der Anwendungsforschung: Ergebnisse zu Empathie als Prädiktor des Händehygieneverhaltens in Gesundheitsberufen und im Alltag. 49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Bochum. [Vortrag]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Keller, J. (2014, July). More than compassion: The moderating role of empathized emotion on different outcomes of affective empathy. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Poster]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Keller, J. (2014, March). More than compassion: The moderating role of empathized emotion on different outcomes of empathy. Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE) Conference. Berlin. [Talk]
 

Sassenrath, C. (2013, September). Was wissen wir eigentlich über den sozialen Kleister? Neuronale Grundlagen, neue Messmethoden und bemerkenswerte Befunde zu Empathie als interpersonaler Orientierung. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs. Hagen. [Symposium Organisation]
 

Sassenrath, C., Olderbak, S., Keller, J., & Wilhelm, O. (2013, September). Empathie ist mehr als Mitgefühl: Entwicklung eines Messinstruments zur Erfassung emotions-spezifischer Empathie. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs. Hagen. [Vortrag]
 

Sassenrath, C., Olderbak, S., Keller, J., & Wilhelm, O. (2013, July). Towards an emotion-specific measurement of empathy. 12th European Conference on Psychological Assessment (ECPA). Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain. [Talk]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2013, January). Better stay cool, if you want to understand them....Experiencing cold temperature facilitates perspective taking. 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA, USA. [Poster]
 

Diefenbacher, S., Keller, J., & Sassenrath, C. (2012, July). Empathy and implicit attitudes are relevant for health behavior: Defining lines of action to improve health care workers' hand hygiene behavior. 16th European Conference on Personality (ECP). Trieste, Italy. [Poster]
 

Keller, J., Diefenbacher, S., & Sassenrath, C. (2012, May). Empathy and implicit attitudes as relevant factors regarding a critical type of health behavior (hand hygiene). 24th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Chicago, USA. [Poster]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2012, January). When promotion focus and avoidance orientation result in the same effect: The case of perspective taking. 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). San Diego, CA, USA. [Poster]
 

Sassenrath, C., Sasssenberg, K., & Semin, G. (2012, September). Better stay cool if you want to understand them... Ambient temperature as an experiential component of perspective taking. Transfer of Knowledge Conference 2012. Erstoril, Portugal. [Talk]
 

Sassenrath, C., Sasssenberg, K., & Semin, G. (2012, September). Cool, but understanding... Experiencing cooler temperatures promotes perspective taking performance. 14th European Social Cognition Network Transfer of Knowledge Conference (ESCON). Estoril, Portugal.[ [Talk]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2011, September). Erfolgsorientiert und trotzdem verständnisvoll: Der Zusammenhang zwischen dem Promotion Focus und Perspektivenübernahme. 13. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs. Hamburg. [Vortrag]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2011, July). Focusing on personal accomplishment helps understanding other individuals’ perspectives. 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Stockholm, Sweden. [Poster]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2011, July). When promotion focus and avoidance result in the same effects: The case of perspective taking. European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) Small Group Meeting: The application of self-regulation approaches to social psychological phenomena. Stockholm, Sweden. [Talk]
 

Sassenberg, K., & Sassenrath, C. (2010, September). Annäherungs- und Vermeidungsverhalten gegenüber Gefahren und Chancen unter Bedrohung und im Prevention Fokus. 47. Kongress der deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Bremen. [Vortrag]
 

Sassenrath, C. (2010, September). Organisation: Widersprüchliche Befunde zum Einfluss von Selbstregulation auf prosoziale Tendenzen. Arbeitsgruppe auf dem 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Bremen. [Symposium Organisation]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2010, June). If I want to know what's on your mind, I better stay away from you ... SoDoc 2010. Jacobs Universität Bremen. [Talk]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2010, August). Going for it but still considering others: Self-regulatory determinants of perspective taking, pro- and antisocial tendencies. 12th European Social Cognition Network Transfer of Knowledge Conference. Gothenburg, Sweden. [Talk]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2010, September). Der Einfluss des Regulatorischen Fokus auf Perspektivenübernahme. 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Bremen. [Vortrag]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2009, September). Unterschiede zwischen den motivationalen Zuständen "threat" und "Prevention Fokus". 12. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs. Walferdange, Luxemburg. [Vortrag]
 

Sassenrath, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2009, June). Preventing threat or promoting challenge? Similarities and differences between Prevention Focus and threat and Promotion Focus and challenge. EASP Small Group Meeting: Self-Regulation Approaches to Group Processes. Hohenstein. [Talk]
 

Web Documents

Sassenrath, C. C. (2011). Difference matters! How Different Self-Regulatory Strategies and a Bodily Grounded Experience Enhance Perspective Taking Performance by Facilitating Self-Other Differentiation. http://tobias-lib.uni-tuebingen.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=6048
 

Dr. Claudia Sassenrath
Dr. Claudia Sassenrath