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Dr. Sophie von der Mülbe

Dr. Sophie von der Mülbe (she/her)

Academic Staff Member
University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
A 5, 6 – Room B 307
68159 Mannheim
Consultation hour(s):
by appointment

Research Interests

  • Motivation, emotions and their regulation as well as procrastination in educational settings
  • Promoting motivational and emotional skills and well-being in educational settings
  • Designing learning environments that foster motivation and emotion
  • Multidimensional study success and study drop-out
  • Vita

    since 2025 Academic Staff Member (PostDoc), Chair of Educational Psychology, University of Mannheim
    2022 – 2025 Doctoral candidate, Chair of Psychology, University of Augsburg
    2022 – 2025 Research Associate in the BMBF-funded project ProkRASt_Praevention, Chair of Psychology, University of Augsburg
    2022 – 2023 Coordinator in the field “Individual consultation and support” in the project LeHet, Chair of Psychology, University of Augsburg
    2014– 2021 Teacher training at the University of Munich, LMU (academic track [Gymnasium]; School Psychology, Latin)
  • Publications and Conference Presentations

    Publications (peer-reviewed)

    • von der Mülbe, S., Stockinger, K., Scheunemann, A., Kegel, L. S., Fleischer, J., Leutner, D., Wirth, J., Grunschel, C. & Dresel, M. (2025). Motivated and feeling good? Reciprocal relations between motivational regulation and student well-being over one semester. Learning and Individual Differences, 126, 102850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102850
    • Grunschel, C., Wloch, L., Gadosey, C. K., von der Mülbe, S., Bäulke, L., Daumiller, M., & Dresel, M. (2024). Behavioral and Emotional Academic Procrastination Scale: Reliability, validity, and normative values. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 56(4), 175–185. https://doi.org/10.1026/0049-8637/a000298
    • von der Mülbe, S., Rinas, R., Dresel, M. & Stockinger, K. (2024). Applying a three-component approach to motivational regulation. Learning and Individual Differences, 116, 102561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102561
    • Ruf, C., von der Mülbe, S., Stütz, P. (2017). Assistenz beim Einsatz von Aufklärungssensorik für die Crew eines Transporthelikopters in bemannt-unbemannten Multi-UAV Missionen: Gestaltung eines Automationssystems zur gezielten Reduktion der Mental Workload. Kognitive Systeme, 2017 – 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/44613

    Conference Presentations

    • von der Mülbe, S., Stockinger, K., Scheunemann, A., Kegel, L. S., Fleischer, J., Leutner, D., Wirth, J., Grunschel, C., Dresel, M. (2024, September). Motivated and feeling good? Effects of motivational regulation on student well-being and motivation. Talk presented at the 53rd congress of the German Psychological Association (DGPs) in Vienna, Austria.
    • Wloch, L., von der Mülbe, S., Daumiller, M., Gadosey, C., Bäuke, L., Dresel, M., Grunschel, C., (2024, September). Validierung und Normierung eines ökonomischen Fragebogens zur Erfassung akademischer Prokrastination. Talk presented at the 53rd congress of the German Psychological Association (DGPs) in Vienna, Austria.
    • von der Mülbe, S., Stockinger, K., Scheunemann, A., Kegel, L. S., Fleischer, J., Leutner, D., Wirth, J., Grunschel, C., Dresel, M. (2024, August). Motivated and feeling good? Effects of motivational regulation on student well-being and motivation. Talk presented at the 18th International Conference on Motivation 2024 in Bern, Switzerland.
    • Wloch, L., von der Mülbe, S., Dresel, M., Grunschel, C., (2024, August). Behavioral and emotional academic procrastination scale: Validity and relations to academic outcomes. Talk presented at 18th International Conference on Motivation 2024 in Bern, Switzerland.
    • Kegel, L. S.*, Scheunemann, A.*, von der Mülbe, S., Fleischer, J., Dresel, M., Fries, S., Leutner, D., Wirth, J. & Grunschel, C. (2024, June). Promoting study motivation and time management: A digital prevention program for STEM-students. Talk presented at the 28th Annual JURE Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction (JURE) in Sevilla, Spain.
    • von der Mülbe, S., Rinas, R., Dresel, M., Stockinger, K. (2024, April). Effects of Frequency, Situation-Specific Fit and Application Quality of Motivational Regulation Strategies on Students' Well-Being. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting 2024 of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Philadelphia, USA.
    • Scheunemann, A., Kegel, L. S., von der Mülbe, S., Fleischer, J., Dresel, M., Fries, S., Leutner, D., Wirth, J. & Grunschel, C. (2024, March). Mit Motivation und guter Zeitplanung erfolgreich studieren – Unterstützung durch ein digitales Präventionsprogramm. Talk presented at the 11th Meeting of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (Kongress der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, GEBF) in Potsdam, Germany.
    • von der Mülbe, S., Rinas, R., Dresel, M. & Stockinger, K. (2024, March). Effekte von Nutzungshäufigkeit, situationsspezifischer Passung und Anwendungsqualität von Motivationsregulationsstrategien auf das Wohlbefinden von Studierenden. Talk presented at the 11th Meeting of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (Kongress der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, GEBF) in Potsdam, Germany.
    • Wloch, L., von der Mülbe, S., Daumiller, M., Gadosey, C., Chwastek, S., Dresel, M. & Grunschel, C. (2024, March). Prokrastination im Studium: Validierung und Normierung der „Behavioral and Emotional Procrastination Scale“. Talk presented at the 11th Meeting of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (Kongress der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, GEBF) in Potsdam, Germany.
    • Kegel, L. S., Scheunemann, A., von der Mülbe, S., Fleischer, J., Dresel, M., Fries, S., Leutner, D., Wirth, J. & Grunschel, C. (2024, March). ProkRASt_Praevention – Prokrastination als Risikofaktor für den Abbruch des Studiums: Prävention durch Motivations- und Handlungsregulation. Poster presented at the auf der Closing Conference of the BMBF funding programme „Study success and study drop-out II“ in Hannover, Germany.
    • Grunschel, C., Kegel, L. S., Scheunemann, A., von der Mülbe, S., Fleischer, J., Dresel, M., Fries, S., Leutner, D. & Wirth, J. (2023, September). Motivation und Zeitplanung im Hochschulstudium stärken – Evaluation eines digitalen Präventionsprogramms für Studierende. Poster presented at the 19th meeting of the Educational Psychology section of the German Psychological Association (Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie, PAEPS) in Kiel, Germany.
    • von der Mülbe, S., Rinas, R., Dresel, M. & Stockinger, K. (2023, September). Wie hängen Quantität, Qualität und Passung des Motivationsregulationsverhaltens mit Wohlbefinden im Studium zusammen?. Talk presented at the 19th meeting of the Educational Psychology section of the German Psychological Association (Tagung der Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie, PAEPS) in Kiel, Germany.
    • von der Mülbe, S. & Dresel, M. (2023, August). (Help me to) motivate me: Promoting motivation and motivational regulation in higher education. Paper presented at the 20th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) in Thessaloniki, Greece.
    • von der Mülbe, S. & Dresel, M. (2023, August). Fostering motivation and motivational regulation in a combined training in higher education. Paper presented at the 27th Annual JURE Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction (JURE) in Thessaloniki, Greece.
    • von der Mülbe, S. & Dresel, M. (2023, February). (Help me to) motivate me: Entwicklung und erste Bewährung eines Trainingsprogramms zur kombinierten Förderung von Motivation und Motivationsregulation im Studium. Talk presented at the 10th Meeting of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (Kongress der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, GEBF) in Essen, Germany.
    • Wloch, L., Schnettler, T., von der Mülbe, S., Bäulke, L., Dresel, M. & Grunschel, C. (2023, February). Studienmotivation – Validierung und Normierung eines Fragebogens aus Perspektive der Erwartungs-Wert Theorie. Talk presented at the 10th Meeting of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (Kongress der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, GEBF) in Essen, Germany.
    • von der Mülbe, S., Bäulke, L., Dresel, M. (2022, November). Erreichen Trainingsprogramme zur Förderung von Studienerfolg die „richtigen“ Studierenden? Ergebnisse einer Bedarfsanalyse. Poster presented at the 7th LeHet Symposium in Augsburg, Germany.
    • von der Mülbe, S., Bäulke, L., Dresel, M. (2022, September). Kommen eh nur die, die es nicht brauchen? Ergebnisse einer Bedarfsanalyse zu Trainingsprogrammen zur Förderung von Studienerfolg an Hochschulen. Poster presented at the 52nd congress of the German Psychological Association (DGPs) in Hildesheim, Germany.