Helen Landmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 2818841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Landmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Landmann |
| SIGNATURE | LANDMANN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | FernUniversität in Hagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9391-575X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Solidarity Under Threat Moves to Act: The Role of Positive Emotions and Perceived Success in Non‐Normative Collective Climate Action
People can be motivated to engage in collective action for climate protection because they are emotionally moved by the idea that they can achieve something together. To date, specific elicitors of this emotion in the context of non‐normative climate protests are unclear. One possible elicitor of feelings of being moved is the anticipated success of the protest, but it is not clear which criteria climate activists use to evaluate whether their ac…
Why we detach from other animals: Examining ingroup projection in human–animal relations
Understanding our relation to animals is essential to tackle global challenges that arise out of the prioritization of human over nonhuman animal interests, like in the case of meat consumption. Meat is linked to ethically questionable animal agriculture practices, climate change, biodiversity loss, and pandemics. To understand the prioritization and legitimization of the human–animal relation, we utilized the ingroup projection model for human–a…
Facets of Social Evaluation Differentially Predict Intergroup Bias Toward Occupational and Migrant Groups
Stereotype content research identifies groups at risk of being negatively stereotyped. The present research investigated the dimensionality of the facets of social evaluation (ability, assertiveness, friendliness, morality) as well as their sociostructural predictors (status and threat) and consequences (intergroup emotions and behavioral intentions) based on the SCM/BIAS map. We tested our predictions in two different societal domains: occupatio…
Social aides’ perceptions of discrepancies in attitudes and behaviour towards different refugee groups in Germany: Implications for vicarious comparative victimhood
How Does Intergroup Contact Affect Reconciliation in Post‐Conflict Colombia? Examining the Role of Conflict Appraisals and Emotions
To better understand what facilitates reconciliation after violent conflict, we examined the relevance of intergroup contact, conflict appraisals and emotions for reconciliation in post‐conflict Colombia. The first study with Colombian students ( N 1 = 260) was run shortly after the peace treaty with the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), one of the biggest rebel groups in Colombia, was signed. The second study with members of the Colom…
Inspired to act: Motivational Effects of Being Moved by Love and Willpower
161), we independently varied context (love vs. willpower) and circumstances (favourable vs. unfavourable) in short stories and assessed feelings of being moved as well as the motivation to show love and the motivation to show willpower after each story. In both contexts and consistent across the two studies, unfavourable circumstances elicited stronger motivations to show love as well as stronger motivations to show willpower. Multilevel mediati…
Can Feedback on CO 2 Emissions Motivate Pro-Environmental Behavior? An Online Intervention
Is There a Place for Positive Emotions in Peace Protests? Being Moved and Anger Predict Different Goals of Peace Activism Among Third Parties
Focusing on third parties who are witnessing the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, we argue that not only negative emotions but also positive emotions can motivate participation in protests. We hypothesized that people can be positively moved by the idea that they can contribute to a more peaceful situation together, and this predicts their collective action intentions. We tested this hypothesis in two different political contexts that vary in…
Transfer between Science and Practice: Findings from the Network of Social Psychology on Forced Migration and Integration
The purpose of this article is to present approaches that can help reducing the gaps between research and practice in the field of refugee integration. We provide examples of research-practice transfer activities that we hope will be taken up by researchers in different fields and implemented for refugee integration in various countries. We describe examples of bi-directional transfer between social psychological researchers and practitioners wor…
“If you know from the start ‘how long’, then you can always adjust to it better”: A qualitative study of adults’ experiences and coping with two years Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
This study aimed to identify positive and negative experiences of adults in Germany, coping strategies, contexts and wellbeing trajectories across two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews ( n = 14 adults) were conducted during spring 2022 and thematically analysed. Experiences and wellbeing trajectories corresponded to different phases of the pandemic, individuals’ contexts, and coping strategies. Many of the negative and po…
Simulating climate policies influences how laypersons evaluate the effectiveness of climate protection measures
Climate change simulations allow the experience of complex processes in rapid progression. Additionally, they hold the potential to enable citizens to quickly evaluate the impact of measures offered as political options to mitigate climate change. Taking En-roads as a test case, we investigated whether exposure to a web-based climate simulation influences laypersons’ views on effectiveness of such measures with an experiment in Germany ( N = 271)…
Direct and indirect empathy in refugee aid
People may sometimes bridge the emotional gap to dissimilar others by practicing indirect empathy: imagining how close others would feel in the situation of a person in need. The present study tests this claim in the context of refugee aid. Practitioners working with refugees ( N = 119) reported how often they experienced direct empathy (i.e., imagining how they would feel in the situation of the refugees they were working with) and indirect empa…
No matter how you mark the points on the fever curve – threatening shapes do not add to threat of climate change
Graphs have become an increasingly important means of representing data, for instance, when communicating data on climate change. However, graph characteristics might significantly affect graph comprehension. The goal of the present work was to test whether the marking forms usually depicted on line-graphs, can have an impact on graph evaluation. As past work suggests that triangular forms might be related to threat, we compared the effect of tri…
Winning is owning: The role of perceived group superiority on territory ownership attributions
Key Experiences of Volunteers in Refugee Aid
To investigate the specific events and processes that contribute to volunteering in refugee aid, we conducted a qualitative study with volunteers in Germany (N = 220). Participants described in their own words critical incidents that motivated them to volunteer. Content analysis revealed contact with refugees (spatial closeness or conversation), contact with non-refugees (volunteers or xenophobic persons), media experiences (reports about refugee…
When loneliness dimensions drift apart: Emotional, social and physical loneliness during the Covid ‐19 lockdown and its associations with age, personality, stress and well‐being
Previous research differentiated between emotional loneliness (perceived lack of emotional connection with others) and social loneliness (perceived lack of a broader social network). We argue that physical loneliness (perceived lack of physical contact) constitutes a third dimension of loneliness that is particularly relevant in times of physical distancing. We conducted a longitudinal experience sampling study ( N = 578) during the first 8 weeks…
Context Matters - Social Context Moderates the Association Between Indirect Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Toward Refugees
Based on an integration of socioecological systems and intergroup contact theory, we hypothesized that the context in which intergroup contact takes place moderates its association with attitudes toward refugees. To test this prediction, majority members in Germany reported in three studies ( Ntotal = 695) how often they have had positive and negative direct and indirect contact with refugees in different contexts and their attitudes toward refug…
The Bright and Dark Side of Eudaimonic Emotions: A Conceptual Framework
Based on a review of eudaimonic emotion concepts, definitional and empirical overlaps between the concepts are identified and a framework of eudaimonic emotions is developed. The framework proposes that feelings of elevation, awe, tenderness, and being moved can be differentiated based on their feeling components, thus constituting the feeling-specific types of eudaimonic emotions. A variety of other emotion concepts rely on reference to their el…
Group‐specific contact and sense of connectedness during the Covid ‐19 pandemic and its associations with psychological well‐being, perceived stress, and work‐life balance
Theories of social cure, sense of community, and social identity suggest that feelings of connectedness affect how we have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although people can feel connected to a variety of different groups, such as their family, friends, co-workers, neighbours, nation, or all humanity, previous research has focused on connectedness to only a subset of these groups. To examine the relative importance of connectedness to and cont…
What is threatening about refugees? Identifying different types of threat and their association with emotional responses and attitudes towards refugee migration
Threat is one of the most important predictors for attitudes towards refugees and migration. The current research addresses the role of different threat types and emotional reactions in the context of refugee migration with a multi‐method approach. Using qualitative (Study 1, N = 202) and quantitative (Studies 2–4, N = 873) methods, we identified six types of threat that majority group members in Germany experience in the face of refugee migratio…
What is threatening about refugees? Identifying different types of threat and their association with emotional responses and attitudes towards refugee migration
Threat is one of the most important predictors for attitudes towards refugees and migration. The current research addresses the role of different threat types and emotional reactions in the context of refugee migration with a multi‐method approach. Using qualitative (Study 1, N = 202) and quantitative (Studies 2–4, N = 873) methods, we identified six types of threat that majority group members in Germany experience in the face of refugee migratio…
Group‐specific contact and sense of connectedness during the Covid ‐19 pandemic and its associations with psychological well‐being, perceived stress, and work‐life balance
Theories of social cure, sense of community, and social identity suggest that feelings of connectedness affect how we have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although people can feel connected to a variety of different groups, such as their family, friends, co-workers, neighbours, nation, or all humanity, previous research has focused on connectedness to only a subset of these groups. To examine the relative importance of connectedness to and cont…
Key Experiences of Volunteers in Refugee Aid
To investigate the specific events and processes that contribute to volunteering in refugee aid, we conducted a qualitative study with volunteers in Germany (N = 220). Participants described in their own words critical incidents that motivated them to volunteer. Content analysis revealed contact with refugees (spatial closeness or conversation), contact with non-refugees (volunteers or xenophobic persons), media experiences (reports about refugee…
Context Matters - Social Context Moderates the Association Between Indirect Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Toward Refugees
Based on an integration of socioecological systems and intergroup contact theory, we hypothesized that the context in which intergroup contact takes place moderates its association with attitudes toward refugees. To test this prediction, majority members in Germany reported in three studies ( Ntotal = 695) how often they have had positive and negative direct and indirect contact with refugees in different contexts and their attitudes toward refug…
Is There a Place for Positive Emotions in Peace Protests? Being Moved and Anger Predict Different Goals of Peace Activism Among Third Parties
Focusing on third parties who are witnessing the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, we argue that not only negative emotions but also positive emotions can motivate participation in protests. We hypothesized that people can be positively moved by the idea that they can contribute to a more peaceful situation together, and this predicts their collective action intentions. We tested this hypothesis in two different political contexts that vary in…
How Does Intergroup Contact Affect Reconciliation in Post‐Conflict Colombia? Examining the Role of Conflict Appraisals and Emotions
To better understand what facilitates reconciliation after violent conflict, we examined the relevance of intergroup contact, conflict appraisals and emotions for reconciliation in post‐conflict Colombia. The first study with Colombian students ( N 1 = 260) was run shortly after the peace treaty with the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), one of the biggest rebel groups in Colombia, was signed. The second study with members of the Colom…
What is threatening about refugees? Identifying different types of threat and their association with emotional responses and attitudes towards refugee migration
Threat is one of the most important predictors for attitudes towards refugees and migration. The current research addresses the role of different threat types and emotional reactions in the context of refugee migration with a multi‐method approach. Using qualitative (Study 1, N = 202) and quantitative (Studies 2–4, N = 873) methods, we identified six types of threat that majority group members in Germany experience in the face of refugee migratio…
The Bright and Dark Side of Eudaimonic Emotions: A Conceptual Framework
Based on a review of eudaimonic emotion concepts, definitional and empirical overlaps between the concepts are identified and a framework of eudaimonic emotions is developed. The framework proposes that feelings of elevation, awe, tenderness, and being moved can be differentiated based on their feeling components, thus constituting the feeling-specific types of eudaimonic emotions. A variety of other emotion concepts rely on reference to their el…
Group‐specific contact and sense of connectedness during the Covid ‐19 pandemic and its associations with psychological well‐being, perceived stress, and work‐life balance
Theories of social cure, sense of community, and social identity suggest that feelings of connectedness affect how we have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although people can feel connected to a variety of different groups, such as their family, friends, co-workers, neighbours, nation, or all humanity, previous research has focused on connectedness to only a subset of these groups. To examine the relative importance of connectedness to and cont…
When loneliness dimensions drift apart: Emotional, social and physical loneliness during the Covid ‐19 lockdown and its associations with age, personality, stress and well‐being
Previous research differentiated between emotional loneliness (perceived lack of emotional connection with others) and social loneliness (perceived lack of a broader social network). We argue that physical loneliness (perceived lack of physical contact) constitutes a third dimension of loneliness that is particularly relevant in times of physical distancing. We conducted a longitudinal experience sampling study ( N = 578) during the first 8 weeks…
Context Matters - Social Context Moderates the Association Between Indirect Intergroup Contact and Attitudes Toward Refugees
Based on an integration of socioecological systems and intergroup contact theory, we hypothesized that the context in which intergroup contact takes place moderates its association with attitudes toward refugees. To test this prediction, majority members in Germany reported in three studies ( Ntotal = 695) how often they have had positive and negative direct and indirect contact with refugees in different contexts and their attitudes toward refug…
No matter how you mark the points on the fever curve – threatening shapes do not add to threat of climate change
Graphs have become an increasingly important means of representing data, for instance, when communicating data on climate change. However, graph characteristics might significantly affect graph comprehension. The goal of the present work was to test whether the marking forms usually depicted on line-graphs, can have an impact on graph evaluation. As past work suggests that triangular forms might be related to threat, we compared the effect of tri…
Winning is owning: The role of perceived group superiority on territory ownership attributions
Key Experiences of Volunteers in Refugee Aid
To investigate the specific events and processes that contribute to volunteering in refugee aid, we conducted a qualitative study with volunteers in Germany (N = 220). Participants described in their own words critical incidents that motivated them to volunteer. Content analysis revealed contact with refugees (spatial closeness or conversation), contact with non-refugees (volunteers or xenophobic persons), media experiences (reports about refugee…
Transfer between Science and Practice: Findings from the Network of Social Psychology on Forced Migration and Integration
The purpose of this article is to present approaches that can help reducing the gaps between research and practice in the field of refugee integration. We provide examples of research-practice transfer activities that we hope will be taken up by researchers in different fields and implemented for refugee integration in various countries. We describe examples of bi-directional transfer between social psychological researchers and practitioners wor…
“If you know from the start ‘how long’, then you can always adjust to it better”: A qualitative study of adults’ experiences and coping with two years Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
This study aimed to identify positive and negative experiences of adults in Germany, coping strategies, contexts and wellbeing trajectories across two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured interviews ( n = 14 adults) were conducted during spring 2022 and thematically analysed. Experiences and wellbeing trajectories corresponded to different phases of the pandemic, individuals’ contexts, and coping strategies. Many of the negative and po…
Simulating climate policies influences how laypersons evaluate the effectiveness of climate protection measures
Climate change simulations allow the experience of complex processes in rapid progression. Additionally, they hold the potential to enable citizens to quickly evaluate the impact of measures offered as political options to mitigate climate change. Taking En-roads as a test case, we investigated whether exposure to a web-based climate simulation influences laypersons’ views on effectiveness of such measures with an experiment in Germany ( N = 271)…
Direct and indirect empathy in refugee aid
People may sometimes bridge the emotional gap to dissimilar others by practicing indirect empathy: imagining how close others would feel in the situation of a person in need. The present study tests this claim in the context of refugee aid. Practitioners working with refugees ( N = 119) reported how often they experienced direct empathy (i.e., imagining how they would feel in the situation of the refugees they were working with) and indirect empa…
Facets of Social Evaluation Differentially Predict Intergroup Bias Toward Occupational and Migrant Groups
Stereotype content research identifies groups at risk of being negatively stereotyped. The present research investigated the dimensionality of the facets of social evaluation (ability, assertiveness, friendliness, morality) as well as their sociostructural predictors (status and threat) and consequences (intergroup emotions and behavioral intentions) based on the SCM/BIAS map. We tested our predictions in two different societal domains: occupatio…
Social aides’ perceptions of discrepancies in attitudes and behaviour towards different refugee groups in Germany: Implications for vicarious comparative victimhood
How Does Intergroup Contact Affect Reconciliation in Post‐Conflict Colombia? Examining the Role of Conflict Appraisals and Emotions
To better understand what facilitates reconciliation after violent conflict, we examined the relevance of intergroup contact, conflict appraisals and emotions for reconciliation in post‐conflict Colombia. The first study with Colombian students ( N 1 = 260) was run shortly after the peace treaty with the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), one of the biggest rebel groups in Colombia, was signed. The second study with members of the Colom…
Inspired to act: Motivational Effects of Being Moved by Love and Willpower
161), we independently varied context (love vs. willpower) and circumstances (favourable vs. unfavourable) in short stories and assessed feelings of being moved as well as the motivation to show love and the motivation to show willpower after each story. In both contexts and consistent across the two studies, unfavourable circumstances elicited stronger motivations to show love as well as stronger motivations to show willpower. Multilevel mediati…
Can Feedback on CO 2 Emissions Motivate Pro-Environmental Behavior? An Online Intervention
Is There a Place for Positive Emotions in Peace Protests? Being Moved and Anger Predict Different Goals of Peace Activism Among Third Parties
Focusing on third parties who are witnessing the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, we argue that not only negative emotions but also positive emotions can motivate participation in protests. We hypothesized that people can be positively moved by the idea that they can contribute to a more peaceful situation together, and this predicts their collective action intentions. We tested this hypothesis in two different political contexts that vary in…
Solidarity Under Threat Moves to Act: The Role of Positive Emotions and Perceived Success in Non‐Normative Collective Climate Action
People can be motivated to engage in collective action for climate protection because they are emotionally moved by the idea that they can achieve something together. To date, specific elicitors of this emotion in the context of non‐normative climate protests are unclear. One possible elicitor of feelings of being moved is the anticipated success of the protest, but it is not clear which criteria climate activists use to evaluate whether their ac…
Why we detach from other animals: Examining ingroup projection in human–animal relations
Understanding our relation to animals is essential to tackle global challenges that arise out of the prioritization of human over nonhuman animal interests, like in the case of meat consumption. Meat is linked to ethically questionable animal agriculture practices, climate change, biodiversity loss, and pandemics. To understand the prioritization and legitimization of the human–animal relation, we utilized the ingroup projection model for human–a…
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Political science (6 works) · Refugee (6 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (4 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)