Klaus Michael Reininger
Biographic Data
| ID | 4897236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Klaus Michael Reininger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Klaus Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Reininger |
| SIGNATURE | REININGER K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Hamburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6671-0465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How We Mentalize Shapes Our Sexual Life
The role of mentalizing – the ability to understand one’s own and other’s mental states – for sexuality is insufficiently understood. Thus, this study examined the longitudinal associations between sexual mentalizing and sexual function, activity, satisfaction, as well as general mentalizing in a cross-lagged panel design. German-speaking adults (N = 2650 [n = 1191 women] at T1; N = 1769 [n = 799 women] at T2) completed online measures on general…
Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance in Dysregulated Sexuality and the Role of Mentalizing Ability
Mentalizing ability – the capacity to understand behavior as motivated by intentional mental states – develops within attachment relationships and has recently been suggested to influence sexual health. This study examined whether mentalizing ability and attachment insecurity (anxiety, avoidance) are associated with dysregulated sexuality (hypersexual behavior, low sexual desire), and whether mentalizing ability mediates these associations. Parti…
Bridging the divide
The study aimed at reducing the propensity for violence among supporters of left‐wing parties toward the right‐wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) as well as supporters of the AfD toward the German left‐wing Green Party (Die Grünen) using metacognitive training (MCT). A total of 1025 German participants were recruited online. Participants' political orientation and attitude toward the Green Party and the AfD were assessed using questionnaires. The…
Metacognitive training in U.S. Republican leaners reduces polarization and fosters democratic behavior–intentions with liberals
A Pilot Study of Metacognitive Training in U.S. Republican Leaners
Negative attitudes and stigmatization toward sexual minorities is a cause of minority stress of non-heterosexual persons on an individual level and has a negative impact on democratic coexistence in postmodern, plural society on a societal level. Derived from clinical research, we developed a short metacognitive training (MCT) intended to induce doubt toward inaccurate beliefs about LGBTIQ+ persons. We expected this MCT to reduce homonegativity, …
Does Respect Foster Tolerance? (Re)analyzing and Synthesizing Data From a Large Research Project Using Meta-Analytic Techniques
Our own prior research has demonstrated that respect for disapproved others predicts and might foster tolerance toward them. This means that without giving up their disapproval of others’ way of life, people can tolerate others when they respect them as equals (outgroup respect–tolerance hypothesis). Still, there was considerable variation in the study features. Moreover, the studies are part of a larger research project that affords many additio…
The politicization of religious communities
The article reports two studies in which we examined how the politicization of religious communities influences both affective and cognitive intergroup differentiation. In Study 1, we used a longitudinal research design and observed that politicization among members of Protestant communities in Germany negatively affected their feelings towards and perceptions of commonalities with homosexuals and Muslims. In Study 2, we used a cross-sectional de…
Dynamics of respect
In (post-)modern, plural societies, consisting of numerous subgroups, mutual respect between groups plays a central role for a constructive social and political life. In this article, we examine whether group members’ perception of being respected by outgroups fosters respect for these outgroups. In Study 1, we employed a panel sample of supporters of the Tea Party movement in the United States (N = 422). In Study 2, we employed a panel sample of…
Targeting our blind spot
Political polarization between conservatives and liberals threatens democratic societies. Ameliorating liberal research participants’ negative feelings, evaluations, and stereotypes towards conservatives might be one step into the direction of a political depolarization. In a sample of U.S.-American liberal research participants recruited via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (N = 271), we randomly assigned participants in a pre-post-design either to a cl…
How Education and Metacognitive Training May Ameliorate Religious Prejudices
Religious tensions in Western countries are growing and pose a challenge to societal peace. For the present study, we examined the attitudes of Christians, Muslims, and people with no religious affiliation toward the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the framework of a randomized controlled trial, we explored the extent to which five conditions (three metacognitive, one educational, and one control) changed …
Politicization in the name of the majority
The article reports two experiments that examined politicization in the name of the majority population and intergroup polarization as a function of perceived grievances of the majority population. To manipulate perceived majority grievances, we used three different injustice frames (cultural, economic, political), each of which targeted an important arena of societal participation and thus a typical breeding ground for societal injustices and ps…
Fostering Mutual Understanding Among Muslims and Non-Muslims Through Counterstereotypical Information
Fostering interfaith tolerance may help to reduce religious tensions. The authors examined the attitudes of Christians, Muslims, and people with no religious affiliation toward different religions and explored whether their negative attitudes toward other faiths could be ameliorated. Participants (N = 298) were asked about their attitudes toward Judaism, Christianity, and Islam before they were randomly assigned to either a metacognitive interven…
Politicization in the name of the majority
The article reports two experiments that examined politicization in the name of the majority population and intergroup polarization as a function of perceived grievances of the majority population. To manipulate perceived majority grievances, we used three different injustice frames (cultural, economic, political), each of which targeted an important arena of societal participation and thus a typical breeding ground for societal injustices and ps…
Fostering Mutual Understanding Among Muslims and Non-Muslims Through Counterstereotypical Information
Fostering interfaith tolerance may help to reduce religious tensions. The authors examined the attitudes of Christians, Muslims, and people with no religious affiliation toward different religions and explored whether their negative attitudes toward other faiths could be ameliorated. Participants (N = 298) were asked about their attitudes toward Judaism, Christianity, and Islam before they were randomly assigned to either a metacognitive interven…
Targeting our blind spot
Political polarization between conservatives and liberals threatens democratic societies. Ameliorating liberal research participants’ negative feelings, evaluations, and stereotypes towards conservatives might be one step into the direction of a political depolarization. In a sample of U.S.-American liberal research participants recruited via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (N = 271), we randomly assigned participants in a pre-post-design either to a cl…
Metacognitive training in U.S. Republican leaners reduces polarization and fosters democratic behavior–intentions with liberals
Dynamics of respect
In (post-)modern, plural societies, consisting of numerous subgroups, mutual respect between groups plays a central role for a constructive social and political life. In this article, we examine whether group members’ perception of being respected by outgroups fosters respect for these outgroups. In Study 1, we employed a panel sample of supporters of the Tea Party movement in the United States (N = 422). In Study 2, we employed a panel sample of…
How Education and Metacognitive Training May Ameliorate Religious Prejudices
Religious tensions in Western countries are growing and pose a challenge to societal peace. For the present study, we examined the attitudes of Christians, Muslims, and people with no religious affiliation toward the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the framework of a randomized controlled trial, we explored the extent to which five conditions (three metacognitive, one educational, and one control) changed …
Politicization in the name of the majority
The article reports two experiments that examined politicization in the name of the majority population and intergroup polarization as a function of perceived grievances of the majority population. To manipulate perceived majority grievances, we used three different injustice frames (cultural, economic, political), each of which targeted an important arena of societal participation and thus a typical breeding ground for societal injustices and ps…
Fostering Mutual Understanding Among Muslims and Non-Muslims Through Counterstereotypical Information
Fostering interfaith tolerance may help to reduce religious tensions. The authors examined the attitudes of Christians, Muslims, and people with no religious affiliation toward different religions and explored whether their negative attitudes toward other faiths could be ameliorated. Participants (N = 298) were asked about their attitudes toward Judaism, Christianity, and Islam before they were randomly assigned to either a metacognitive interven…
The politicization of religious communities
The article reports two studies in which we examined how the politicization of religious communities influences both affective and cognitive intergroup differentiation. In Study 1, we used a longitudinal research design and observed that politicization among members of Protestant communities in Germany negatively affected their feelings towards and perceptions of commonalities with homosexuals and Muslims. In Study 2, we used a cross-sectional de…
Dynamics of respect
In (post-)modern, plural societies, consisting of numerous subgroups, mutual respect between groups plays a central role for a constructive social and political life. In this article, we examine whether group members’ perception of being respected by outgroups fosters respect for these outgroups. In Study 1, we employed a panel sample of supporters of the Tea Party movement in the United States (N = 422). In Study 2, we employed a panel sample of…
Targeting our blind spot
Political polarization between conservatives and liberals threatens democratic societies. Ameliorating liberal research participants’ negative feelings, evaluations, and stereotypes towards conservatives might be one step into the direction of a political depolarization. In a sample of U.S.-American liberal research participants recruited via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (N = 271), we randomly assigned participants in a pre-post-design either to a cl…
How Education and Metacognitive Training May Ameliorate Religious Prejudices
Religious tensions in Western countries are growing and pose a challenge to societal peace. For the present study, we examined the attitudes of Christians, Muslims, and people with no religious affiliation toward the three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the framework of a randomized controlled trial, we explored the extent to which five conditions (three metacognitive, one educational, and one control) changed …
Does Respect Foster Tolerance? (Re)analyzing and Synthesizing Data From a Large Research Project Using Meta-Analytic Techniques
Our own prior research has demonstrated that respect for disapproved others predicts and might foster tolerance toward them. This means that without giving up their disapproval of others’ way of life, people can tolerate others when they respect them as equals (outgroup respect–tolerance hypothesis). Still, there was considerable variation in the study features. Moreover, the studies are part of a larger research project that affords many additio…
A Pilot Study of Metacognitive Training in U.S. Republican Leaners
Negative attitudes and stigmatization toward sexual minorities is a cause of minority stress of non-heterosexual persons on an individual level and has a negative impact on democratic coexistence in postmodern, plural society on a societal level. Derived from clinical research, we developed a short metacognitive training (MCT) intended to induce doubt toward inaccurate beliefs about LGBTIQ+ persons. We expected this MCT to reduce homonegativity, …
Metacognitive training in U.S. Republican leaners reduces polarization and fosters democratic behavior–intentions with liberals
How We Mentalize Shapes Our Sexual Life
The role of mentalizing – the ability to understand one’s own and other’s mental states – for sexuality is insufficiently understood. Thus, this study examined the longitudinal associations between sexual mentalizing and sexual function, activity, satisfaction, as well as general mentalizing in a cross-lagged panel design. German-speaking adults (N = 2650 [n = 1191 women] at T1; N = 1769 [n = 799 women] at T2) completed online measures on general…
Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance in Dysregulated Sexuality and the Role of Mentalizing Ability
Mentalizing ability – the capacity to understand behavior as motivated by intentional mental states – develops within attachment relationships and has recently been suggested to influence sexual health. This study examined whether mentalizing ability and attachment insecurity (anxiety, avoidance) are associated with dysregulated sexuality (hypersexual behavior, low sexual desire), and whether mentalizing ability mediates these associations. Parti…
Bridging the divide
The study aimed at reducing the propensity for violence among supporters of left‐wing parties toward the right‐wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) as well as supporters of the AfD toward the German left‐wing Green Party (Die Grünen) using metacognitive training (MCT). A total of 1025 German participants were recruited online. Participants' political orientation and attitude toward the Green Party and the AfD were assessed using questionnaires. The…
Psychology (9 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Politics (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Cognition (5 works) · Metacognition (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works)