Member of the Social Processes Lab
Lara Ditrich has been a researcher at the IWM since June 2013. In this context, she focuses specifically on sympathy and supportiveness towards members of the opposing conflict party. Since December 2021, she is a fellow in the Margarete von Wrangell-Programme funded by the federal ministry of science, Baden-Württemberg. In this project, she investigates the role of emotions in the context of collective action. In doing so, she focuses specifically on the causes and consequences of anger and anxiety. In different contexts, she investigates how these emotions contribute to collective action. In addition, she researches emotion regulation, the consequences of expectation violations by members and leaders of groups and the effects of historical propaganda images on emotions.
From February 2020 to November 2021, she was spokesperson of the IWM Postdoc Network Cognitive Conflicts During Media Use.
Lara Ditrich studied psychology at the Philipps-Universität Marburg (Diploma 2013) and completed her dissertation at the IWM in January 2017. As part of her dissertation, she examined how the violation of expectations within a group affects its composition. She focused specifically on the exclusion of the person who violates the expectations and group leaving by group members whose expectations were violated.
Anger and Anxiety: Which emotions foster and inhibit collective action?
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). Threat and reactions to violated expectations in groups: Adding control to the equation. European Review of Social Psychology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2023.2211463
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Hampel, N., Sassenberg, K., Scholl, A., & Ditrich, L. (in press). Enactive mastery experience improves attitudes towards digital technology via self-efficacy – a pre-registered quasi-experiment. Behaviour & Information Technology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2022.2162436
Open Access
Pummerer, L., Ditrich, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (in press). Think about it! Deliberation reduces the negative relation between conspiracy belief and adherence to prosocial norms. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506221144150 [Data]
Open Access
Ditrich, L., Lüders, A., Jonas, E., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). You gotta fight! – Why norm-violations and outgroup criticism lead to confrontational reactions. Cognition and Emotion, 36(2), 254-272. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.2002823 [Data]
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Sassenberg, K.*, Winter, K.*, Becker, D., Ditrich, L., Scholl, A., & Moskowitz, G. B. (2022). Flexibility mindsets: Reducing biases that result from spontaneous processing. European Review of Social Psychology, 33(1), 171-213. *shared first-authorship. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10463283.2021.1959124
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Wroblewski, D., Scholl, A., Ditrich, L., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Let’s stay in touch: Frequency (but not mode) of interaction between leaders and followers predicts better leadership outcomes. PLOS ONE, 17(12), Article e0279176. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279176 [Data]
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Ditrich, L., Gedeon, E. Z., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Favouring a disunited Kingdom? How negative perceptions of the EU-referendum relate to individual mobility and collective action considerations. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 37-51. https://dx.doi.org/10.5964/jspp.5547 [Data]
Open Access
Ditrich, L., Landkammer, F., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). What if my colleague was wrong and I was right? The impact of counterfactual mindsets and interpersonal focus on written communication and decision making in a hidden profile task. Acta Psychologica, 192, 118-125. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.11.003 [Data]
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Ditrich, L., Lüders, A., Jonas, E., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). Leader's group-norm violations elicit intentions to leave the group – If the group-norm is not affirmed. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 84, 103798. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.03.009 [Data]
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Sassenberg, K., & Ditrich, L. (2019). Research in Social Psychology Changed Between 2011 and 2016: Larger Sample Sizes, More Self-Report Measures, and More Online Studies. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2, 107-114. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2515245919838781 [Data]
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Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2017). Kicking out the trolls – Antecedents of social exclusion intentions in Facebook groups. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 32-41. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.049
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Ditrich, L., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2017). Time to go! Leaving the group in response to norm-deviations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 73, 259-267. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2017.07.005 [Data]
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Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2016). Einer ohne alle oder alle ohne Einen? Eine sozialpsychologische Perspektive auf Ausschluss und Austritt aus Gruppen. Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften, 10, 23-36. https://dx.doi.org/10.14361/zfk-2016-0203
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Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2016). It’s either you or me! Impact of deviations on social exclusion and leaving. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 19, 630-652. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430216638533
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Klimmt, C., Sowka, A., Sjöström, A., Ditrich, L., Gollwitzer, M., & Rothmund, T. (2016). Wie Journalisten mit sozialwissenschaftlicher Evidenz umgehen: Erkenntnisse aus einem Workshop. In G. Ruhrmann, S. H. Kessler, & L. Guenther (Eds.), Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Risiko und (Un-)Sicherheit (pp. 75-90). Köln: Halem.
Ditrich, L. (2023, März 27). Die Rolle von Emotionen für kollektives Handeln - Von Wutbürgern und Friedensbewegten. Eingeladener Vortrag, Margarete von Wrangell Frühjahrsseminar 2023. Universität Hohenheim. [Vortrag]
Wroblewski, D., Scholl, A., Ditrich, L., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2023, May 3-6). Let's stay in touch: Frequency (but not mode) of interaction between leaders and followers predicts better leadership outcomes. 6th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Leadership Symposium (IPLS 2023). Rhodes, Greece. [Talk]
Ditrich, L. (2022, June 10-11). Long-term or situational? How integrative emotion regulation relates to sympathy and supportiveness towards outgroups? Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE) 2022 conference. Granada, Spain. [Talk]
Ditrich, L. (2022, September 21). Reactions to violated expectations in groups - Of chucking out bad apples and packing your bags. Invited talk at Grandes Ideas en Psicología y Neurociencias. Webinars en directo por expertos y para todos. University Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Spain. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2022, September 10-15). Threat and reactions to violated expectations in groups: Adding control to the equation. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Hildesheim. [Talk]
Wroblewski, D., Scholl, A., Ditrich, L., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2022, September 10-15). Let’s stay in touch: Frequency (but not mode) of interaction between leaders and followers predicts better leadership outcomes. 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Hildesheim. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., Roth, G., & Sassenberg, K. (2021, September 13-15). Integrative emotion regulation is related to sympathy and support for outgroups - Chronic response pattern or in situ emotion regulation? European Social Cognition Network (ESCON), Transfer of Knowledge Conference 2021. Salzburg, Austria. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2021, August 25-27). Responding to deviance: Why group members choose confrontation or escape in response to norm – violations. Social Psychology Section Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society. Leicester, UK. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., Sassenberg, K., & Roth, G. (2021, June 30). I feel (for you) – I’ll help! The relation between integrative emotion regulation, sympathy, and support for out-groups. Social Emotions Meeting (SEM). [Talk]
Ditrich, L. (2020, February). Dealing with deviance - On the underpinnings of confrontation and escape responses to norm-violations. Invited talk at Group Processes and Intergroup Relations Preconference at the 2020 Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, LA, USA. [Talk]
Ditrich, L. (2020, June). You can’t do that! How questioning groups and their norms relates to threat experiences and confrontation. 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Krakow, Poland. (Conference cancelled). https://easp2020krakow.com/ [Poster]
Ditrich, L., Lüders, A., Jonas, E., & Sassenberg, K. (2020, February). Leader deviance changes the group – if the group-norm is not affirmed. 2020 Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). New Orleans, LA, USA. [Poster]
Ditrich, L., Sassenberg, K., & Roth, G. (2020, June). I feel (for you) – I’ll help! The relation between integrative emotion regulation, sympathy, and support for out-groups. Social Emotions as Regulators of Social Relations prefoncerence. Krakow, Poland. (Conference cancelled). https://easp2020krakow.com/ [Poster]
Ditrich, L. (2019, March). The Divided Kingdom - Psychological Perspectives on the Antecedents and Consequences of Brexit as a Geopolitical Event. 2019 International Convention of Psychological Science. Paris, France. [Symposium Organisation]
Ditrich, L., Gedeon, E., & Sassenberg, K. (2019, September). Favouring a Disunited Kingdom? How Negative Perceptions of the EU-Referendum Process Relate to Individual Mobility and Collective Action Intentions. 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Köln, Germany. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., Gedeon, E. Z., & Sassenberg, K. (2019, March). Favouring a Disunited Kingdom? How Negative Perceptions of the EU-Referendum Relate to Individual Mobility and Collective Action Intentions. 2019 International Convention of Psychological Science. Paris, France. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., Sassenberg, K., & Roth, G. (2019, October). I feel, therefore I help - Integrative emotion regulation, out-group directed sympathy, and out-group support. Emotions 2019 - 7th International conference on emotions, well-being, and health. Tilburg, The Netherlands. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., Gedeon, E., & Sassenberg, K. (2018, March). The Disunited Kingdom? How negative perceptions of the EU-referendum relate to individual mobility and collective action intentions. Symposium "Brexit & The Rise of Populism - Insights from Political and Psychological Sciences". University of Kent. Canterbury, UK. [Poster]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2018, September). Hit the road! How deviant behavior shapes confrontation and escape responses. 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Frankfurt am Main. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2018, April). Gehöre ich hier noch hin? Wie deviantes Verhalten Ausschluss und Austrittsintentionen beeinflusst. Eingeladener Vortrag an der Universität Salzburg. Salzburg, Österreich. [Vortrag]
Sassenberg, K., & Ditrich, L. (2018, September). Should I stay or should they go? The impact of norm violations on intentions to leave a group and to confront the deviants. Social Identity and Groups Network Workshop. Brisbane, Australien. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2017, September). Do I still belong here? How deviant behavior shapes exclusion and leaving intentions. 16. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Ulm. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2017, August). One of us does not belong here anymore! - The effects of norm-deviant behavior on confrontation and escape. Pre-Conference on Self and Identity of the International Society for Self and Identity (ISSI). Granada, Spain. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2017, August). When friends turn foes – How deviant behavior motivates exclusion and leaving. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Poster]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2016, August). That’s not what I expected! - Deviant behavior and how it motivates exclusion and leaving. ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference 2016. Lissabon, Portugal. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2016, September). That’s not what I expected! - How deviations from norms lead to changes in group membership. 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Leipzig. [Talk]
Ditrich, L., de Vreeze, J., & Sassenberg, K. (2016, September). Changes in group membership - intrapersonal and intragroup dynamics. 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Leipzig. [Symposium Organisation]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2015, September). Ohne mich oder ohne dich? Austritt und Ausschluss als Reaktionen auf nicht-normatives Verhalten anderer Gruppenmitglieder. 15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Potsdam. [Vortrag]
Ditrich, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2015, February). Should I stay or should they go?: Schismatic intentions in social groups. 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Long Beach, CA, USA. [Poster]
Ditrich, L., Landkammer, F., Sassenberg, K., & Jacoby, J. (2014, September). Einfluss des regulatorischen Fokus und inititaler Meinungen auf den Entscheidungsprozess. 49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Bochum. [Poster]
Ditrich, L., Landkammer, F., Sassenberg, K., & Jacoby, J. (2014, July). The impact of regualtory focus and initial opinions about decision making. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Amsterdam, The Neterlands. [Poster]
Bahnmueller, J., Ditrich, L., & Scharinger, C. (2019). Cognitive Conflicts in the Wild. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, 02.-03.04.2019.
Pummerer, L., Ditrich, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Dataset for: Think about it! Deliberation reduces the negative relation between conspiracy belief and adherence to prosocial norms. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12210 [Publication]
Wroblewski, D., Scholl, A., Ditrich, L., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Dataset for: Let’s stay in touch: Frequency (but not mode) of interaction between leaders and followers predicts better leadership outcomes. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12201 [Publication]
Ditrich, L., Lüders, A., Jonas, E., & Sassenberg, K. (2021). Dataset for: You gotta fight! – Why norm-violations and outgroup criticism lead to confrontational reactions. http://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.5196 [Publication]
Ditrich, L., Gedeon, E. Z., & Sassenberg, K. (2020). Dataset and codebook for: Favouring a disunited Kingdom? How negative perceptions of the EU-referendum relate to individual mobility and collective action considerations. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4276 [Publication]
Ditrich, L., Landkammer, F., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). What if my colleague was wrong and I was right? The impact of counterfactual mindsets and interpersonal focus on written communication and decision making in a hidden profile task. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.11.003 [Publication]
Ditrich, L., Lüders, A., Jonas, E., & Sassenberg, K. (2019). Leader's group-norm violations elicit intentions to leave the group – If the group-norm is not affirmed. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.03.009 [Publication]
Sassenberg, K., & Ditrich, L. (2019). Research in Social Psychology has changed between 2011 and 2016: Larger sample sizes, more self-report measures, and more online studies. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2367 [Publication]
Ditrich, L., Scholl, A., & Sassenberg, K. (2017). Time to go! Leaving the group in response to norm-deviations. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2017.07.005 [Publication]
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