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Dr. Jennifer Eck

Dr. Jennifer Eck

Academic staff member
University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
Cross-Cultural Social and Personality Psychology
A 5, 6
Building A – Room A 437
68159 Mannheim
Phone: +49 621 181-2035
Fax: +49 621 181-2038
E-mail: jennifer.eckmail-uni-mannheim.de
  • Research Interests

    • Self-concept
    • Social norms
    • Social exclusion
  • Publications

    Eck, J., & Gebauer, J. E. (2022). A sociocultural norm perspective on Big Five prediction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 122(3), 554–575. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000387

    Entringer, T. M., Gebauer, J. E., Eck, J., Bleidorn, W., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2021). Big Five facets and religiosity: Three large-scale, cross-cultural, theory-driven, and process-attentive tests. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(6), 1662-1695. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000364

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., Reinhard, M.-A., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). When and why being ostracized affects veracity judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(3), 454–468. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219860135

    Gebauer, J. E., Eck, J., Entringer, T. M., Bleidorn, W., Rentfrow, P. J., Potter, J., & Gosling, S. D. (2020). The well-being benefits of person-culture match are contingent on basic personality traits. Psychological Science, 31(10), 1283-1293. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620951115

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., & Greifeneder, R. (2017). Belonging to a majority reduces the immediate need threat from ostracism in individuals with a high need to belong. European Journal of Social Psychology, 47(3), 273–288. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2233

    Eck, J., & Riva, P. (2016). Bridging the gap between different psychological approaches to understanding and reducing the impact of social exclusion. In P. Riva & J. Eck (Eds.), Social exclusion: Psychological approaches to understanding and reducing its impact (pp. 277–289). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33033-4_13

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., & Greifeneder, R. (2016). Coping with or buffering against the negative impact of social exclusion on basic needs: A review of strategies. In P. Riva & J. Eck (Eds.), Social exclusion: Psychological approaches to understanding and reducing its impact (pp. 227–249). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33033-4_11

    Riva, P., & Eck, J. (Eds.). (2016). Social exclusion: Psychological approaches to understanding and reducing its impact. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33033-4

    Riva, P., & Eck, J. (2016). The many faces of social exclusion. In P. Riva & J. Eck (Eds.), Social exclusion: Psychological approaches to understanding and reducing its impact (pp. ix-xv). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33033-4

    Schoel, C., Eck, J., & Greifeneder, R. (2014). A matter of vertical position: Consequences of ostracism differ for those above versus below its perpetrators. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5(2), 149–157. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550613488953

    Eck, J. (2013). Alles Lug und Trug? Sozialpsychologie Mannheim (Hrsg.), Ich, du, wir und die anderen – Spannendes aus der Sozialpsychologie (S. 123–134). Beltz Juventa.

    Schoel, C., Roessel, J., Eck, J., Janssen, J., Petrovic, B., Rothe, A., Rudert, S. C., & Stahlberg, D. (2013). Attitudes towards Languages (AtoL) scale: A global instrument. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 32(1), 21–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X12457922

    Schoel, C., Eck, J., Roessel, J., & Stahlberg, D. (2012). Spracheinstellungen aus sozialpsychologischer Perspektive I: Deutsch und Fremdsprachen. In L. Eichinger, A. Plewnia, C. Schoel & D. Stahlberg (Hrsg.), Sprache und Einstellungen. Spracheinstellungen aus sprachwissenschaftlicher und sozialpsychologischer Perspektive (S. 163–203). Narr.

  • Conference Presentations / Invited Talks

    Eck, J. (2022, Juli 27). Das Zusammenspiel von Persönlichkeit und soziokulturellen Normen in der Vorhersage von Denken und Verhalten [Invited talk]. University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany.

    Eck, J. (2021, November 17). Counteracting the negative impact of social exclusion [Invited talk]. University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

    Eck, J., & Gebauer, J. E. (2019, September 16–18): Novel insights into the relation between agency-communion and behavior [Conference presentation]. 17. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP), Cologne, Germany.

    Eck, J., & Gebauer, J. E. (2019, March 4–6): Warum sagen Agency und Communion Denken und Verhalten vorher? [Conference presentation]. 2. Postdoc-Workshop der Fachgruppe für Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), Mannheim, Germany.

    Eck, J., & Gebauer, J. E. (2019, February 7–9). Why do the Big Five predict preferences, decisions, and behaviors? A sociocultural motives perspective [Conference presentation]. 20th Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), Portland, Oregon, USA.

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., Sawatzki, D., & Stahlberg, D. (2019, January 9). Kompetenz- und Wärmezuschreibung bei der Nutzung von Anglizismen [Invited talk]. University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

    Eck, J., & Gebauer, J. E. (2018, September 15–20). Warum das Selbstkonzept Denken und Verhalten vorhersagt [Conference presentation]. 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

    Eck, J., & Gebauer, J. E. (2017, September 4–6). Why self-concept content predicts behavior: The crucial role of sociocultural norms [Conference presentation]. 16. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP), Ulm, Germany.

    Schoel, C., Eck, J., & Greifeneder, R. (2017, September 4–6). Belonging to a majority buffers high need to belong individuals against ostracism [Conference presentation]. 16. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP), Ulm, Germany.

    Eck, J., & Gebauer, J. E. (2017, July 5–8). The role of sociocultural norms in agency and communion effects [Conference presentation]. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), Granada, Spain.

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., Reinhard, M.-A., & Greifeneder, R. (2016, March 21–23). When and why social exclusion affects the discrimination between lie and truth [Conference presentation]. 58. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Heidelberg, Germany.

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., Reinhard, M.-A., & Greifeneder, R. (2015, September 6–9). Wahrheit oder Lüge? Der Einfluss von sozialem Ausschluss auf die Erkennung von Lüge und Wahrheit [Conference presentation]. 15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP), Potsdam, Germany.

    Eck, J. (2015, July 1). Moderatoren der unmittelbaren negativen Folgen von sozialem Ausschluss [Invited talk]. University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., Reinhard, M.-A., & Greifeneder, R. (2015, March 12–13). Truth or lie? Wann und warum sozialer Ausschluss die Beurteilung von Lüge und Wahrheit verbessert [Conference presentation]. Small Group Meeting on Threat and Morality, Kassel, Germany.

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., & Greifeneder, R. (2014, July 9–12). Being spatially above the perpetrators reduces negative reactions to ostracism [Conference presentation]. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

    Eck, J., Greifeneder, R., & Schoel, C. (2013, September 1–4). Positive Stimmung als Nachteil? Der Einfluss von Stimmung auf die negativen Folgen von sozialem Ausschluss [Conference presentation]. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP), Hagen, Germany.

    Schoel, C., Eck, J., & Greifeneder, R. (2013, September 1–4). Alles eine Frage der Perspektive: Unterschiedliche Reaktionen auf sozialen Ausschluss in Abhängigkeit von der eigenen Position im Raum [Conference presentation]. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP), Hagen, Germany.

    Eck, J., Greifeneder, R., & Schoel, C. (2012, September 5–9). When feeling happy results in more distress: The effect of mood on the negative consequences of social exclusion [Conference presentation]. European Social Cognition Network 2 (ESCON) – 14th Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Estoril, Portugal.

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., & Greifeneder, R. (2012, May 21–25). Belonging to a majority buffers social exclusion [Conference presentation]. Lorentz Center Workshop on Ostracism, Exclusion, and Rejection, Leiden, The Netherlands.

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., & Greifeneder, R. (2012, April 1–4). Belonging to a majority buffers social exclusion [Conference presentation]. 54. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Mannheim, Germany.

    Eck, J., Schoel, C., & Greifeneder, R. (2012, January 26–28). Belonging to a majority buffers social exclusion [Conference presentation]. 13th Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Diego, California, USA.