Katharina Eckstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 86152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina Eckstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina |
| FAMILY NAME | Eckstein |
| SIGNATURE | ECKSTEIN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2603-763X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Processes and Contents: An Intensive Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Approach for Capturing Everyday Identity Formation
Understanding identity requires capturing not only how strongly individuals endorse aspects of their identity but also what those mean and how they are expressed in everyday contexts. To address this methodological challenge, we introduce an intensive longitudinal mixed-methods design integrating daily quantitative with qualitative identity elements. We illustrate the design within research on civic identity. German adolescents and young adults (…
Teachers’ Job Commitment Matters! Longitudinal Evidence on the Role of Identity Facets in Facilitating Classroom Cultural Diversity Climate
Teachers in today’s schools work in classrooms characterized by growing ethnic and cultural diversity, a trend that poses important challenges for everyday teaching practice. Their job identity can represent a key resource for addressing these challenges. Thus, this study examines how personal (i.e., commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) and social (i.e., social identification with school and colleagues) facets of t…
European Identity in Youth: Longitudinal Dynamics and the Role of School Experiences
INTRODUCTION: For young people in Europe, European identity can serve as an important source of solidarity and belonging, especially in times of growing societal polarization. This study investigates European identity development during adolescence with two aims: (1) to identify European identity profiles, their associations with civic and solidarity-related attitudes, and profile changes over time; and (2) to examine the role of school-based exp…
Populist Attitudes in Adolescence are Measurable, Stable, and Linked to Political Trust: A Longitudinal Analysis of German High-School Students
Across the globe, populism has become a substantial challenge for democracies and educational settings alike. Populist attitudes include the belief that society can be sorted into two groups: The virtuous people and a corrupt elite. The study utilizes a sample of 1,206 German high-school students (52% female; MAge, T1=14.39; SDAge, T1=0.64) from two federal states (North Rhine-Westphalia & Thuringia). The stability of populist attitudes as well a…
Activating effects of elections: Changes in young voters’ political engagement over the course of an election year
Although the effects of elections and measures of direct democracy on policy outcomes have been well researched, their indirect “educative value” has received less attention, particularly in relation to political engagement of young people. This study examined the activating effect of the national elections in Germany (2009), Czech Republic (2010), and Sweden (2014) on young voters’ political engagement. Young voters (Germany: N = 388; Czech Repu…
Becoming European: Mid- and Short-Term Development of a European Identity Among Adolescents
European identity formation is a component of political identity and linked to the support of European institutions and values. To understand how it develops, we examined three processes of identity formation (commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) on a short- and mid-term time scale, and their interrelations. A total of 371 German adolescents (Mage = 14.24, SDage = 0.55, 60.37% females) participated in a longitudina…
Who is We: Capturing Social Identity Content by Integrating Qualitative Methods in Survey-Based Approaches
The concept of social identity presents a significant challenge when attempting to capture the multifaceted meanings associated with it. A pertinent example of this complexity can be observed in the investigation of the underlying significance of European identity. Past quantitative research on social identity has largely focused on the extent to which individuals identify with Europe, and only in a limited way on the meaning and content of that …
Meeting in school: Cultural diversity approaches of teachers and intergroup contact among ethnic minority and majority adolescents
This study investigated the associations between cultural diversity approaches endorsed by teachers and adolescents' positive and negative intergroup contact in schools. Participants were 984 adolescents (Mage = 14.66; 62.7% female; 24.8% ethnic minority) involved in a three-wave longitudinal study between 2019 and 2020. Results highlighted that perceived equal treatment by teachers was related to higher positive and lower negative contact over t…
Young and Prone to Populist Ideas? –Facets and Correlates of Populist Attitudes in Middle Adolescence
Although susceptibility to populist sentiments among adolescents is viewed with concern, research focusing on the nature of populism in youth is still rare. This two-wave study (approx. 10 month) among 9 th grade German adolescents (T1: N = 1,205; M age = 14.4, SD age = 0.6; 52.1% female) examined populist attitudes as a multi-dimensional construct covering the facets of popular sovereignty, anti-elitism, and homogeneity of people. Adopting an in…
Positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out‐of‐school contexts: A longitudinal approach to spillover effects
This study aims to tackle positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out-of-school contexts to test whether a spillover effect (i.e., the extent to which experiences that individuals have in one context spill over into another) applies to intergroup contact. Participants were 984 adolescents (M age = 14.66; 62.7% female; 24.8% ethnic minority). Results indicated that positive contact in school was related over time to higher positive …
Why Some Adolescents Are Open To Their Parents’ Political Communication
This study examines the conditions that make adolescents open to their parents’ attempts at political socialization. Based on a reformulation of the perceptual accuracy argument, that parents’ messages are filtered through correct perceptions of these messages by adolescents, the study suggests that adolescents who accurately recognize their parents’ high political sophistication are particularly likely to attend to and be open to their parents’ …
All together now: Cooperative classroom climate and the development of youth attitudes toward immigrants
Although classrooms have been described as an important socialization agent for the development of intergroup attitudes, the role of classroom climate has rarely been investigated. This 5-wave study of Swedish adolescents (N = 892, 51.1% girls, nested in 35 classrooms) examined the role of cooperative classroom climate for the development of youth attitudes toward immigrants. The results of multilevel analyses showed that adolescents who perceive…
School Matters: The Effects of School Experiences on Youth’s Attitudes toward Immigrants
Although schools have been described as an important socialization context for the development of intergroup attitudes, longitudinal multilevel studies are still rare within this field. This 3-wave study (with annual assessments) of German adolescents ( N = 1292; M age = 13.86; 51.8% female) examined the role of school experiences (perceived multicultural education, supportive peer relations in class, democratic classroom climate) in the developm…
Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries
Studies on youth participation tend to characterize youth as either active and trustful or as passive and alienated. This cross-national and longitudinal study examines patterns of citizenship orientations characterized by both manifest and latent involvement differentiated by one’s position toward institutional politics (trustful or distrustful) among 1,914 adolescents from five European countries (53.5% female; M age = 16.27). Demographic and p…
National and European Identity Formation: A Longitudinal Cross-National Comparison Study
This study examined social identity development on the national and European domain using the three-dimensional identity status model. We took a person-centered approach to identify identity statuses and to study stability and change of identity statuses across one year within two longitudinal samples of young people aged 15 to 26 (MT1 = 19.81, SDT1 = 3.22) from Germany (n = 1028) and Czech Republic (n = 1342). Latent profile analyses of question…
And What About Siblings? A Longitudinal Analysis of Sibling Effects on Youth’s Intergroup Attitudes
Cultural Diversity Climate and Psychological Adjustment at School—Equality and Inclusion Versus Cultural Pluralism
The present study is concerned with cultural diversity climate at school and how it relates to acculturation orientations and psychological school adjustment of early adolescent immigrants. Specifically, the distinct role of two types of diversity policy is investigated, namely (a) fostering equality and inclusion and (b) acknowledging cultural pluralism. Longitudinal multilevel analyses based on 386 early adolescent immigrant students (Mage = 10…
Offline and Online Civic Engagement Among Adolescents and Young Adults from Three Ethnic Groups
Attitudes toward political engagement and willingness to participate in politics: Trajectories throughout adolescence ⋆
Drawing on data from a longitudinal cohort‐sequential project, the present study examined developmental trajectories of adolescents’ attitudes toward political engagement and their willingness to participate in politics from grade 7 to 11 while accounting for the influence of school track and gender. Moreover, stabilities on the dependent variables were assessed. The results revealed differential trajectories regarding adolescents’ educational le…
Cultural Diversity Climate and Psychological Adjustment at School—Equality and Inclusion Versus Cultural Pluralism
The present study is concerned with cultural diversity climate at school and how it relates to acculturation orientations and psychological school adjustment of early adolescent immigrants. Specifically, the distinct role of two types of diversity policy is investigated, namely (a) fostering equality and inclusion and (b) acknowledging cultural pluralism. Longitudinal multilevel analyses based on 386 early adolescent immigrant students (Mage = 10…
Offline and Online Civic Engagement Among Adolescents and Young Adults from Three Ethnic Groups
National and European Identity Formation: A Longitudinal Cross-National Comparison Study
This study examined social identity development on the national and European domain using the three-dimensional identity status model. We took a person-centered approach to identify identity statuses and to study stability and change of identity statuses across one year within two longitudinal samples of young people aged 15 to 26 (MT1 = 19.81, SDT1 = 3.22) from Germany (n = 1028) and Czech Republic (n = 1342). Latent profile analyses of question…
School Matters: The Effects of School Experiences on Youth’s Attitudes toward Immigrants
Although schools have been described as an important socialization context for the development of intergroup attitudes, longitudinal multilevel studies are still rare within this field. This 3-wave study (with annual assessments) of German adolescents ( N = 1292; M age = 13.86; 51.8% female) examined the role of school experiences (perceived multicultural education, supportive peer relations in class, democratic classroom climate) in the developm…
And What About Siblings? A Longitudinal Analysis of Sibling Effects on Youth’s Intergroup Attitudes
Why Some Adolescents Are Open To Their Parents’ Political Communication
This study examines the conditions that make adolescents open to their parents’ attempts at political socialization. Based on a reformulation of the perceptual accuracy argument, that parents’ messages are filtered through correct perceptions of these messages by adolescents, the study suggests that adolescents who accurately recognize their parents’ high political sophistication are particularly likely to attend to and be open to their parents’ …
Who is We: Capturing Social Identity Content by Integrating Qualitative Methods in Survey-Based Approaches
The concept of social identity presents a significant challenge when attempting to capture the multifaceted meanings associated with it. A pertinent example of this complexity can be observed in the investigation of the underlying significance of European identity. Past quantitative research on social identity has largely focused on the extent to which individuals identify with Europe, and only in a limited way on the meaning and content of that …
Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries
Studies on youth participation tend to characterize youth as either active and trustful or as passive and alienated. This cross-national and longitudinal study examines patterns of citizenship orientations characterized by both manifest and latent involvement differentiated by one’s position toward institutional politics (trustful or distrustful) among 1,914 adolescents from five European countries (53.5% female; M age = 16.27). Demographic and p…
Becoming European: Mid- and Short-Term Development of a European Identity Among Adolescents
European identity formation is a component of political identity and linked to the support of European institutions and values. To understand how it develops, we examined three processes of identity formation (commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) on a short- and mid-term time scale, and their interrelations. A total of 371 German adolescents (Mage = 14.24, SDage = 0.55, 60.37% females) participated in a longitudina…
Positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out‐of‐school contexts: A longitudinal approach to spillover effects
This study aims to tackle positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out-of-school contexts to test whether a spillover effect (i.e., the extent to which experiences that individuals have in one context spill over into another) applies to intergroup contact. Participants were 984 adolescents (M age = 14.66; 62.7% female; 24.8% ethnic minority). Results indicated that positive contact in school was related over time to higher positive …
Attitudes toward political engagement and willingness to participate in politics: Trajectories throughout adolescence ⋆
Drawing on data from a longitudinal cohort‐sequential project, the present study examined developmental trajectories of adolescents’ attitudes toward political engagement and their willingness to participate in politics from grade 7 to 11 while accounting for the influence of school track and gender. Moreover, stabilities on the dependent variables were assessed. The results revealed differential trajectories regarding adolescents’ educational le…
Offline and Online Civic Engagement Among Adolescents and Young Adults from Three Ethnic Groups
Cultural Diversity Climate and Psychological Adjustment at School—Equality and Inclusion Versus Cultural Pluralism
The present study is concerned with cultural diversity climate at school and how it relates to acculturation orientations and psychological school adjustment of early adolescent immigrants. Specifically, the distinct role of two types of diversity policy is investigated, namely (a) fostering equality and inclusion and (b) acknowledging cultural pluralism. Longitudinal multilevel analyses based on 386 early adolescent immigrant students (Mage = 10…
And What About Siblings? A Longitudinal Analysis of Sibling Effects on Youth’s Intergroup Attitudes
All together now: Cooperative classroom climate and the development of youth attitudes toward immigrants
Although classrooms have been described as an important socialization agent for the development of intergroup attitudes, the role of classroom climate has rarely been investigated. This 5-wave study of Swedish adolescents (N = 892, 51.1% girls, nested in 35 classrooms) examined the role of cooperative classroom climate for the development of youth attitudes toward immigrants. The results of multilevel analyses showed that adolescents who perceive…
School Matters: The Effects of School Experiences on Youth’s Attitudes toward Immigrants
Although schools have been described as an important socialization context for the development of intergroup attitudes, longitudinal multilevel studies are still rare within this field. This 3-wave study (with annual assessments) of German adolescents ( N = 1292; M age = 13.86; 51.8% female) examined the role of school experiences (perceived multicultural education, supportive peer relations in class, democratic classroom climate) in the developm…
Adolescents’ Patterns of Citizenship Orientations and Correlated Contextual Variables: Results From a Two-Wave Study in Five European Countries
Studies on youth participation tend to characterize youth as either active and trustful or as passive and alienated. This cross-national and longitudinal study examines patterns of citizenship orientations characterized by both manifest and latent involvement differentiated by one’s position toward institutional politics (trustful or distrustful) among 1,914 adolescents from five European countries (53.5% female; M age = 16.27). Demographic and p…
National and European Identity Formation: A Longitudinal Cross-National Comparison Study
This study examined social identity development on the national and European domain using the three-dimensional identity status model. We took a person-centered approach to identify identity statuses and to study stability and change of identity statuses across one year within two longitudinal samples of young people aged 15 to 26 (MT1 = 19.81, SDT1 = 3.22) from Germany (n = 1028) and Czech Republic (n = 1342). Latent profile analyses of question…
Why Some Adolescents Are Open To Their Parents’ Political Communication
This study examines the conditions that make adolescents open to their parents’ attempts at political socialization. Based on a reformulation of the perceptual accuracy argument, that parents’ messages are filtered through correct perceptions of these messages by adolescents, the study suggests that adolescents who accurately recognize their parents’ high political sophistication are particularly likely to attend to and be open to their parents’ …
Meeting in school: Cultural diversity approaches of teachers and intergroup contact among ethnic minority and majority adolescents
This study investigated the associations between cultural diversity approaches endorsed by teachers and adolescents' positive and negative intergroup contact in schools. Participants were 984 adolescents (Mage = 14.66; 62.7% female; 24.8% ethnic minority) involved in a three-wave longitudinal study between 2019 and 2020. Results highlighted that perceived equal treatment by teachers was related to higher positive and lower negative contact over t…
Young and Prone to Populist Ideas? –Facets and Correlates of Populist Attitudes in Middle Adolescence
Although susceptibility to populist sentiments among adolescents is viewed with concern, research focusing on the nature of populism in youth is still rare. This two-wave study (approx. 10 month) among 9 th grade German adolescents (T1: N = 1,205; M age = 14.4, SD age = 0.6; 52.1% female) examined populist attitudes as a multi-dimensional construct covering the facets of popular sovereignty, anti-elitism, and homogeneity of people. Adopting an in…
Positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out‐of‐school contexts: A longitudinal approach to spillover effects
This study aims to tackle positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out-of-school contexts to test whether a spillover effect (i.e., the extent to which experiences that individuals have in one context spill over into another) applies to intergroup contact. Participants were 984 adolescents (M age = 14.66; 62.7% female; 24.8% ethnic minority). Results indicated that positive contact in school was related over time to higher positive …
Activating effects of elections: Changes in young voters’ political engagement over the course of an election year
Although the effects of elections and measures of direct democracy on policy outcomes have been well researched, their indirect “educative value” has received less attention, particularly in relation to political engagement of young people. This study examined the activating effect of the national elections in Germany (2009), Czech Republic (2010), and Sweden (2014) on young voters’ political engagement. Young voters (Germany: N = 388; Czech Repu…
Becoming European: Mid- and Short-Term Development of a European Identity Among Adolescents
European identity formation is a component of political identity and linked to the support of European institutions and values. To understand how it develops, we examined three processes of identity formation (commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) on a short- and mid-term time scale, and their interrelations. A total of 371 German adolescents (Mage = 14.24, SDage = 0.55, 60.37% females) participated in a longitudina…
Who is We: Capturing Social Identity Content by Integrating Qualitative Methods in Survey-Based Approaches
The concept of social identity presents a significant challenge when attempting to capture the multifaceted meanings associated with it. A pertinent example of this complexity can be observed in the investigation of the underlying significance of European identity. Past quantitative research on social identity has largely focused on the extent to which individuals identify with Europe, and only in a limited way on the meaning and content of that …
Processes and Contents: An Intensive Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Approach for Capturing Everyday Identity Formation
Understanding identity requires capturing not only how strongly individuals endorse aspects of their identity but also what those mean and how they are expressed in everyday contexts. To address this methodological challenge, we introduce an intensive longitudinal mixed-methods design integrating daily quantitative with qualitative identity elements. We illustrate the design within research on civic identity. German adolescents and young adults (…
Teachers’ Job Commitment Matters! Longitudinal Evidence on the Role of Identity Facets in Facilitating Classroom Cultural Diversity Climate
Teachers in today’s schools work in classrooms characterized by growing ethnic and cultural diversity, a trend that poses important challenges for everyday teaching practice. Their job identity can represent a key resource for addressing these challenges. Thus, this study examines how personal (i.e., commitment, in-depth exploration, and reconsideration of commitment) and social (i.e., social identification with school and colleagues) facets of t…
European Identity in Youth: Longitudinal Dynamics and the Role of School Experiences
INTRODUCTION: For young people in Europe, European identity can serve as an important source of solidarity and belonging, especially in times of growing societal polarization. This study investigates European identity development during adolescence with two aims: (1) to identify European identity profiles, their associations with civic and solidarity-related attitudes, and profile changes over time; and (2) to examine the role of school-based exp…
Populist Attitudes in Adolescence are Measurable, Stable, and Linked to Political Trust: A Longitudinal Analysis of German High-School Students
Across the globe, populism has become a substantial challenge for democracies and educational settings alike. Populist attitudes include the belief that society can be sorted into two groups: The virtuous people and a corrupt elite. The study utilizes a sample of 1,206 German high-school students (52% female; MAge, T1=14.39; SDAge, T1=0.64) from two federal states (North Rhine-Westphalia & Thuringia). The stability of populist attitudes as well a…
Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (7 works) · Longitudinal study (6 works) · Social Media and Politics (6 works)