Stereotype Threat

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Die Forschungsgruppe „Stereotype Threat“ ist Teil des Forschungszentrums CATALPA.

Die Forschungsgruppe „Stereotype Threat“ beschäftigt sich damit, wie z.B. Geschlecht, Alter und Migrationshintergrund und „Anderssein“ sowie die damit einhergehenden Stereotypen den Studienerfolg und auch die soziale Eingebundenheit beeinflussen. Die Wissenschaftler*innen schauen hier insbesondere auf die digitale Hochschullehre.

Ziele und Forschungsfragen

Das digitale Fernstudium birgt Chancen für nicht-traditionelle Studierende (z.B. Studierende mit Migrationshintergrund, ältere oder berufstätige Studierende). Jedoch können digitale Lehr-Lern-Settings auch zusätzliche Herausforderungen für nicht-traditionelle Studierende darstellen, da soziale Gruppenzugehörigkeiten (z.B. Geschlecht, Alter, Migrationshintergrund) besonders im Vordergrund stehen. Das Projekt untersucht den Einfluss von Stereotypen (generalisierte Eigenschaftszuschreibungen) über verschiedene Gruppen nicht-traditioneller Studierender auf ihren Studienerfolg, ihr Zugehörigkeitsgefühl und ihre soziale Eingebundenheit.

Sozialpsychologische Forschung hat gezeigt, dass negative leistungsbezogene Stereotype die Testleistungen, den Studienerfolg, das Lernen und die soziale Eingebundenheit von negativ stereotypisierten Studierendengruppen beeinflussen können. Die Stereotype verhindern also, dass die betroffenen Studierenden ihr intellektuelles Potential ausschöpfen. Dieser Effekt wird Stereotype Threat (Bedrohung durch Stereotype) genannt. Das Projekt untersucht erstmals den Einfluss von Stereotype Threat für nicht-traditionelle Studierende in der digitalen Fernlehre. In einem zweiten Schritt werden zwei Interventionen getestet, die nicht-traditionelle Studierende dabei unterstützen sollen, sich an der Universität zugehörig zu fühlen. Das Projekt soll dazu beitragen, dass die Interventionen in Zukunft adaptiv eingesetzt werden können, um Stereotype Threat als Hürde für nicht-traditionelle Studierende in der digitalen Hochschullehre zu reduzieren.


Weiteres Projekt der Forschungsgruppe

"MULTIDIVERSE-CSCL – Effekte multiattributionaler Diversität in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning erklären und gestalten" ( Das Projekt wird gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Mehr Informationen: Projektdatenbank der DFG )

Aktuelle Meldung zu dem Projekt: Was machen negative Stereotype mit Lernenden und wen betreffen sie?

Bickdiss 800x533Foto: CATALPA

Nathalie Bick untersuchte in ihrer Dissertation Lernende aus psychologischer Perspektive. Als Sozialpsychologin stehen bei ihr Studierendengruppen im Fokus. Der Grundgedanke: Dass es Gruppen von Menschen gibt, die im Bildungssystem benachteiligt sind, ist eine weit verbreitete Erkenntnis.

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  • PD Dr. Laura Froehlich

  • wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen:

    studentische/wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte:

    • Svenja Baumann
    • Ines Niebuhr
    • Anna Sobolewski
    • Mel Finn Wötzel

  • 2026

    Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen

    • Bick, N., Froehlich, L., Grundmann, M., Kizilcec, R., Schützler, L., & Christ, O. (07/2026). An Online Belonging Intervention to Reduce Social Identity Threat. EASP General Meeting 2026, Strasbourg, France.
    • Bick, N., Grundmann, M., Hochstein, J., & Walpurger, V. (2026, February 23). Erkenntnisse zu Stereotypen, Identitätsbedrohung und Zugehörigkeit in der Studieneingangsphase. TiDE-Fachtagung, Köln.
    • Hochstein, J. (06/2026-07/2026). Effects of Stereotypes for Perceivers and Targets in Multi-Attributionally diverse Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Groups. EASP General Meeting 2026, Strasbourg, France.
    • Hochstein, J., Froehlich, L., Seidel, N., Schulze, M., Haake, J. M., Bick, N., Voltmer, J.‑B., Martiny, S. E., Nikitin, J., Walpurger, V., Michallek, S., & Stürmer, S. (2026, March 5). Effekte von Stereotypen auf die Zusammenarbeit in virtuellen Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Gruppen. Vortrag auf der LERN Jahrestagung 2026, Hannover.
    • Hochstein, J., Grundmann, M., Bick, N., & Walpurger, V. (2026, February 23). Erkenntnisse zu Stereotypen, Identitätsbedrohung und Zugehörigkeit in der Studieneingangsphase. IU Internationale Hochschule. Workshop auf der TiDE-Arbeitstagung 2026, Köln.
    • Raimann, J., Bick, N., Martiny, S. E., Nater, C., Friehs, M.‑T., & Froehlich, L. (03/2026). Die Wahrnehmung von Geschlechterstereotypen in MINT- und HEE-Studienfächern. Konferenz der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), München, Deutschland.

    • Raimann, J., Bick, N., Martiny, S. E., Nater, C., Friehs, M.‑T., & Froehlich, L. (2026, January 7). Perception of Communion and Agency Facets in STEM and HEE Study Majors. General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), Strasbourg, France.

    • 2025

    • Zeitschriftenaufsatz

    • Bick, N., Froehlich, L., Friehs, M.‑T., Kotzur, P. F., & Landmann, H. (2025). Facets of Social Evaluation Differentially Predict Intergroup Bias Toward Occupational and Migrant Groups. Social Psychological and Personality Science, Article 19485506251399234. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251399234

    • Dissertationen und Habilitationen

    • Bick, N. (2025). Stereotypes, their Measurement, and their Consequences in Higher Distance Education [MyCoRe Community]. https://doi.org/10.18445/20250402-104308-0

    • Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen

    • Bick, N., Froehlich, L., Grundmann, M., Kizilcec, R., Schützler, L., & Christ, O [Oliver] (08/2025). A belonging intervention to reduce social identity threat in higher distance education. EARLI 2025 Conference, Graz, Austria.

    • Bick, N., Froehlich, L., Grundmann, M., Kizilcec, R., Schützler, L., & Christ, O [Oliver] (09/2025). A belonging intervention to reduce social identity threat in higher distance education. 19th Meeting of the Social Psychology Section of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Bochum, Germany.

    • Raimann, J., Reich-Stiebert, N., Voltmer, J.‑B., & Stürmer, S. (09/2025). Male students in female-dominated study programs: Perceived diversity climate in gender-mixed Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). 19th Meeting of the Social Psychology Section of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Bochum, Germany.

    • Froehlich, L., Grundmann, M., Schützler, L., & Christ, O [O.] (August 2025). Student diversity, communal self-views, and benefits of choice: Supporting autonomy and relatedness. General Meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Graz, Austria.

      Froehlich, L., Grundmann, M., Schützler, L., & Christ, O [O.] (September 2025). Social identity threat relates to satisfaction and frustration of students’ need for competence. 19th Meeting of the Social Psychology Section of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Bochum, Germany.

    • Hochstein, J., Froehlich, L., Seidel, N., Schulze, M., Haake, J. M., Bick, N., Voltmer, J.‑B., Martiny, S. E., Nikitin, J., Walpurger, V., Michallek, S., & Stürmer, S. (2025, September 1). Effekte von Stereotypen auf die Zusammenarbeit in heterogenen virtuellen Lerngruppen. Poster presentation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
    • Hochstein, J., Froehlich, L., Voltmer, J.‑B., Seidel, N., Stürmer, S., Schulze, M., Walpurger, V [V.], Michallek, S., Martiny, S. E., Nikitin, J., Haake, J. M., & Bick, N. (04/2025). Effekte von Stereotypen auf die Zusammenarbeit in heterogenen virtuellen Lerngruppen. 3rd DiKuLe-Symposium, Bamberg, Germany.

    • Hochstein, J., Froehlich, L., Voltmer, J.‑B., Seidel, N., Stürmer, S., Schulze, M., Walpurger, V [Verena], Michallek, S., Martiny, S. E., Nikitin, J., Haake, J. M., & Bick, N. (2025, August 23-24). Effects of stereotypes for perceivers and targets in multi-attributionally diverse CSCL groups. Talk at the 29th JURE 2025 Pre-Conference of EARLI at Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria.

      Hochstein, J., Froehlich, L., Voltmer, J.‑B., Seidel, N., Stürmer, S., Schulze, M., Walpurger, V [Verena], Michallek, S., Martiny, S. E., Nikitin, J., Haake, J. M., & Bick, N. (2025, September 14-16). Effects of stereotypes for perceivers and targets in multi-attributionally diverse CSCL groups. Talk at the 19th conference of the Social Psychology section (FGSP) of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Bochum, Germany.

      Hochstein, J., Froehlich, L., Voltmer, J.‑B., Seidel, N., Stürmer, S., Schulze, M., Walpurger, V [Verena], Michallek, S., Martiny, S. E., Nikitin, J., Haake, J. M., & Bick, N. (2025, October 8-10). Effects of stereotypes for perceivers and targets in multi-attributionally diverse CSCL groups. Talk at the Innovating Higher Education Conference 2025 of the EADTU, Hagen, Germany.

    • 2024

    • Zeitschriftenartikel

    • Bick, N., Froehlich, L., Voltmer, J.‑B., Raimann, J., Reich-Stiebert, N., Seidel, N., Burchart, M., Martiny, S. E., Nikitin, J., Stürmer, S., & Martin, A. (2024). Virtually isolated: social identity threat predicts social approach motivation via sense of belonging in computer-supported collaborative learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 15(1346503). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1346503

      Froehlich, L., & Weydner-Volkmann, S. (2024). Adaptive Interventions Reducing Social Identity Threat to Increase Equity in Higher Distance Education: A Use Case and Ethical Considerations on Algorithmic Fairness. Journal of Learning Analytics, 11(2), 112–122. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2024.8301

    • Buchbeiträge

    • Voltmer, J.‑B., Froehlich, L., Reich-Stiebert, N., Raimann, J., & Stürmer, S. (2024). Group cohesion and performance in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL): Using assessment analytics to understand the effects of multi-attributional diversity. In M. Sahin & D. Ifenthaler (Eds.), Assessment Analytics in Education: Designs, Methods and Solutions. Springer International Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56365-2_6

    • Dissertationen und Habilitationen

    • Froehlich, L. (2024). Stereotypes about Ethnicity and Gender and their Consequences in the Educational and Occupational Domain within and across Countries. FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen. https://doi.org/10.18445/20240123-140848-0

    • Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen

    • Bick, N., Froehlich, L., Friehs, M.‑T., Kotzur, P. F., & Landmann, H. (2024, May 15-17). Researcher Degrees of Freedom in Model Specification ‐ The Case of Stereotype Facets. Paper Presentation. EASP Small Group Meeting on the Facets of Social Evaluation. Catholic University of Louvain.

      Bick, N., Froehlich, L., Friehs, M.‑T., Kotzur, P. F., & Landmann, H. (09/2024). Generalizability of stereotype facets and their predictions about migrant and occupational groups in Germany. Talk at the 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.

      Froehlich, L. (2024). Stereotypenbedrohung, Zugehörigkeitsgefühl und soziale Integration von Studierenden in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. Presentation. 11. Meeting of the German Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF), Potsdam.

      Froehlich, L., Orifici, M., Gödderz, A., Stelter, M., Essien, I., Dorrough, A. R., & Martiny, S. E. (2024). Regional gender stereotypes predict traditional gender ideologies and collective action intentions to support gender equality across 57 countries. Presentation. G*Versity Conference, Bern, Switzerland.

      Grundmann, M. (2024). Student diversity and benefits of choice: Supporting autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Talk at the 2024 Doctoral Researchers Workshop (SoDoc) of the Social Psychology Section (FGSP) of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Hagen, Germany, Hagen.

      Grundmann, M. (Dezember 2024). Student groups and basic need satisfaction. Workshop on Multiple Categorization (Blitz Talk), Hamburg.

      Grundmann, M., Froehlich, L., Christ, O., & Schützler, L. (2024). Student diversity and satisfaction of basic psychological needs in higher distance education. Talk at the 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Association (DGPs), Vienna, Austria.

      Grundmann, M., Froehlich, L., Christ, O., & Schützler, L. (November 2024). Student diversity and benefits of choice: Supporting autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Symposium on Diversity and Inclusion at the Workplace, Hagen.

      Hochstein, J. (09/2024). Effects of stereotypes for percievers and targets in multi-attributionally diverse Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) groups. Talk at the 2024 Doctoral Researchers Workshop (SoDoc) of the Social Psychology Section (FGSP) of the German Psychological Society (DGPs).

      Schulze, M., Voltmer, J.‑B., Froehlich, L., & Stürmer, S. (2024). Group cohesion and performance in computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). Talk at the 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Association (DGPs).

    • 2023

    • Zeitschriftenartikel

    • Froehlich, L., Bick, N., Nikitin, J., & Martiny, S. E. (2023). Social identity threat is related to ethnic minority adolescents’ social approach motivation towards classmates via reduced sense of belonging. Social Psychology of Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-023-09800-3

      Froehlich, L., Brokjøb, L. G., Nikitin, J., & Martiny, S. E. (2023). Integration or isolation: Social identity threat relates to immigrant students’ sense of belonging and social approach motivation in the academic context. Journal of Social Issues, 79(1), 264–290. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12548

      Froehlich, L., Sassenberg, K., Jonkmann, K., Scheiter, K., & Stürmer, S. (2023). Student diversity and e-exam acceptance in higher education. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12794

    • Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen

    • Bick, N. (2023). Social Identity Threat Impairs Social Integration in Higher Distance Education. Presentation. 18th Conference of the Social Psychology Section (FGSP) of the German Psychological Society (DGP), Graz.

      Bick, N. (2023). Social Identity Threat Predicts Contact (Intentions) in Higher Distance Education. Presentation. General Meeting of the European Associations of Social Psychology (EASP), Krakow.

      Froehlich, L. (2023). Social Identity Threat is Related to Ethnic Minority Adolescents’ Social Approach Motivation. Presentation. Conference of the European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Thessaloniki.

      Froehlich, L. (2023). Social Identity Threat is Related to Ethnic Minority Adolescents’ Social Approach Motivation via Reduced Sense of Belonging. Presentation. 18th Conference of the Social Psychology Section (FGSP) of the German Psychological Society (DGP), Graz.

      Froehlich, L. (2023). Social identity threat is related to ethnic minority students’ social approach motivation via reduced sense of belonging. Presentation. Norwegian Conference on Social Psychology and Community Psychology, Trondheim, Norwegen.

    • 2022

    • Zeitschriftenartikel

    • 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 Review of Social Psychology, 35(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.686

      Froehlich, L., Mok, S. Y., Martiny, S. E., & Deaux, K. (2022). Stereotype threat-effects for Turkish-origin migrants in Germany: Taking stock of cumulative research evidence. European Educational Research Journal, 3(1), 147490411880753. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904118807539

      Froehlich, L., Tsukamoto, S., Morinaga, Y., Sakata, K., Uchida, Y., Keller, M. M., Stürmer, S., Martiny, S. E., & Trommsdorff, G. (2022). Gender Stereotypes and Expected Backlash for Female STEM Students in Germany and Japan. Frontiers in Education, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.793486

    • Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen

    • Froehlich, L. (2022). Social evaluation at a distance ‐ Facets of stereotype content of student groups in higher distance education. Presentation. 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychology, DGPs), Hildesheim.

      Froehlich, L. (2022). Stereotype threat predicts lower social approach motivation of immigrant students in Norway via reduced sense of belonging. Presentation. 9th Virtual GEBF Conference, Online.

      Froehlich, L., Tsukamoto, S., Morinaga, Y., Sakata, K., Uchida, Y., Trommsdorff, G., Martiny, S. E., Keller, M. M., & Stürmer, S. (March 2022). Gender stereotypes and expected backlash for women in STEM in Germany and Japan. 16th virtual meeting of the German-Japanese Society for the Social Sciences (GJSSS).

    • 2021

    • Zeitschriftenartikel

    • Granderath, J. S., Martin, A., & Froehlich, L. (2021). The Effect of Participation in Adult Education on Life Satisfaction of Immigrants and Natives: A Longitudinal Analysis. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(7), 3043–3067. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00340-7

      Granderath, J. S., Martin, A., Froehlich, L., & Stürmer, S. (2021). Identification through education: Exploring the effects of adult education on national and ethnic identification of people with migration background in Germany. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 31(2), 198–212. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2482

      Mok, S. Y., Bakaç, C., & Froehlich, L. (2021). ‘My family’s goals are also my goals’: the relationship between collectivism, distal utility value, and learning and career goals of international university students in Germany. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 21(2), 355–378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-020-09447-y

    • Vorträge und Posterpräsentationen

    • Froehlich, L. (2021). Stereotype threat predicts lower social approach motivation of students with migration background in Norway via reduced sense of belonging. Presentation. 3rd Cultural Diversity, Migration, and Education Conference, Potsdam.

    • 2020

    • Zeitschriftenartikel

    • Froehlich, L., Martiny, S. E., & Deaux, K. (2020). A longitudinal investigation of the ethnic and national identities of children with migration background in Germany. Social Psychology, 51(2), 91–105. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000403

      Martiny, S. E., Froehlich, L., Soltanpanah, J., & Haugen, M. S. (2020). Young immigrants in Norway: The role of national and ethnic identity in immigrants’ integration. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 61(2), 312–324. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12594

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