Pascal Schlechter

Biographic Data

ID936426
NAMEPascal Schlechter
GIVEN NAMESPascal
FAMILY NAMESchlechter
SIGNATURESCHLECHTER P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cambridge
ORCID0000-0002-5916-3694
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Development and Initial Validation of the Social Impression Comparison Scale (Sics)

    Open AccessPascal Schlechter, Thomas Meyer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality Assessment2026

    Perceived social impressions – namely, how individuals believe they come across in social situations – are often evaluated by engaging in social comparison. Such evaluations may shape cognition, affect, and behavior. However, a validated measure to assess social impression comparisons is lacking. Therefore, we developed and validated the Social Impression Comparison Scale (SICS) that assesses the frequency of upward and downward social comparison…

  • Social aides’ perceptions of discrepancies in attitudes and behaviour towards different refugee groups in Germany

    Jens H Hellmann, Pascal Schlechter et al.ARTICLEPatterns of Prejudice2025

  • Comparative thinking among university students

    Open AccessPascal Schlechter, Thomas Meyer et al.ARTICLESocial Psychology of Education2025References: 2

    Studying for exams can be a stressful time. Uncertainty and stress often reach their peak during exam preparation, as students frequently grapple with feelings of inadequacy and anxiety regarding their academic performance. To assess their exam readiness, students can use social, temporal, criteria-based, and counterfactual comparisons. Engaging in upward comparative thinking during exam preparation may increase students’ stress levels. However, …

  • Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials examining social comparison as a behaviour change technique across the behavioural sciences

    Open AccessThole H Hoppen, Rieke M Cuno et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2025Cited by: 2References: 127

    Research on social comparison as a behaviour change technique (SC-BCT) has increased substantially. We conducted a random-effects meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials investigating SC-BCTs across the behavioural sciences (PROSPERO: CRD42022343154). We searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Web of Science from inception to January 2024. Seventy-nine randomized controlled trials (N = 1,356,521) investigating effects on behaviours related to climat…

  • Evaluation of the Scales for Social Comparison of Appearance and Social Comparison of Well-Being

    Naser Morina, Nexhmedin Morina et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality Assessment2024

    People constantly compare their appearance and well-being to that of other individuals. However, a measure of social comparison of well-being is lacking and existing appearance-related social comparison assessment is limited to comparison tendency using predefined social situations. This limits our understanding of the role of social comparison in appearance and well-being. Therefore, we developed the Scale for Social Comparison of Appearance (SS…

  • Counterfactual comparisons and affective styles in the aftermath of traumatic events

    Open AccessPascal Schlechter, Thole H Hoppen et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2023

    Traumatic events often lead to counterfactual comparison (CFC), defined as comparing one’s current attributes to that of a hypothetical mentally simulated alternative that might have occurred but is counter to the facts. CFC can differ in its direction and in terms of the referent of action. The mentally simulated alternative may be evaluated as more favorable (upward CFC) or less favorable (downward CFC) and the counterfactual alteration (e.g., …

  • Improving Attitudes Toward Psychotherapy in Residents and Syrian Refugees in Germany

    Open AccessPascal Schlechter, Jens H Hellmann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cross-Cultural…2023

    Syrian refugees underutilize mental health services in Western receiving countries, which is partly attributable to negative attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help (APPH) and denial of the need for psychological help (DNPH). Interventions tailored to culture-specific characteristics of Syrian refugees are needed. We tested an intervention that disseminated information about the benefits of psychotherapy via ostensible interview …

  • Vicarious comparative victimhood

    Jens H Hellmann, Pascal Schlechter et al.ARTICLEPeace and Conflict Journal of…2023Cited by: 1

    Hellmann J, Schlechter P, Übergünne-Otte L, Rees J, Sandal-Önal E, Zick A. Vicarious comparative victimhood: Introducing a framework to illustrate vicariously experienced inequalities in behaviors toward members of victimized groups. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology . 2023

  • Psychotherapy motivation in refugees

    Pascal Schlechter, Ullrich Wagner et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2021

    We discuss implications for practice and future research with respect to reducing treatment barriers and providing culturally-sensitive treatments for refugees suffering from psychological distress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

  • Ugandan and British individuals' views of refugees in their countries

    Open AccessJens H Hellmann, Lena Übergünne‐Otte et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community & Applied…2021References: 6

    Using an exploratory mixed‐methods approach, we examined thoughts concerning refugees reported by participants from a non‐Western country, Uganda, and the United Kingdom (total N = 113). We explored whether, due to various sociocultural, political and geographic differences, critical features of refugee migration (e.g., migration forcedness and migration‐related perils) would be viewed differently by Ugandan and UK participants. An inductive qual…

  • Help-Seeking Attitudes and Distress Disclosure Among Syrian Refugees in Germany

    Open AccessPascal Schlechter, Svea Kamp et al.ARTICLEThe Counseling Psychologist2020Cited by: 4References: 74

    Many refugees experience a wide range of mental health problems, but typically use mental health services less often than settled residents. Practical constraints like limited access to mental health care and language barriers largely account for this discrepancy. However, little is known about the psychological aspects explaining this difference in mental health service usage, like attitudes toward psychological help-seeking and the disclosure o…