Dr. Svenja Frenzel

c/o Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie
Max-Planck-Straße 22
D-54296 Trier
Room W0502.08

Phone: +49 651 201-2861
E-Mai: sfleibniz-psychologyorg

Consultation hours by appointment

Phone: +49 651 201-2861
E-Mai: sfleibniz-psychologyorg

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  • Since 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID)
  • 2023 – 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Social Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt
  • 2023 Guest Researcher at the University of Oslo, Norway
  • 2023 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) Goethe University Frankfurt
  • 2019 – 2023 PhD Candidate at the Department of Social Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt
  • 2022 Guest Researcher at the University of Queensland, Australia
  • 2018 M.Sc. in Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz 
  • 2015 B.Sc. in Psychology, Heidelberg University

Research Interests

Conspiracy Beliefs

Social Identity and Social Cure

  • Frenzel, S. B., Junker, N. M., Häusser, J. A., Erkens, V. A. & van Dick, R. (2023). How team identification relates to lower burnout – Emotional and instrumental support as two different social cure mechanisms. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62 (2), 673-691. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12588
  • Frenzel, S. B., Junker, N. M., Avanzi, L., Bolatov, A., Haslam, S. A., Häusser, J. A., Kark, R., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S., Samekin, A., Schury, V. A., Steffens, N. K., Sultanova, L., Van Dijk, D., Van Zyl, L. E. & Van Dick, R. (2022). A trouble shared is a trouble halved: The role of family identification and identification with humankind in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61 (1), 55-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12470
  • *Frenzel, S. B., Junker, N. M., Avanzi, L., Erkens, V. A., Haslam, S. A., Haslam, C., Häusser, J. A., Knorr, D., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S. D., Schuh, S. C., Steffens, N. K., van Zyl, L. E. & van Dick, R. (2022). Perceptions of the targets and sources of COVID-19 threat are structured by group memberships and Responses are influenced by identification with humankind. Psychologica Belgica, 62 (1), 75-88. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1043 *shared first authorship

Political Leadership

  • Frenzel, S. B., Haslam, S. A., Junker, N. M., Bolatov, A., Erkens, V. A., Häusser, J. A., Kark, R., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S., Samekin, A., Schuh, S., Steffens, N. K., Sultanova, L., Van Dijk, D., Van Zyl, L. E. & van Dick, R. (2022). How national leaders keep us safe: A longitudinal, four-nation study exploring the role of identity leadership as a predictor of adherence to COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions. BMJ Open, 12:e054980. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054980

Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Diseases

  • Frenzel, S. B., Kaluza, A. J., Junker, N. M. & van Dick, R. (2022). Sweet as sugar – how shared social identities help patients in coping with diabetes mellitus. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (17), 10508. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710508
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Publications

2024

  • Doré, A., Grammes, J., Egri, E., Priesterroth, L., Frenzel, S. B., Spörkel, O. & Kubiak, T. (2024). Identification with characters of a national narrative health communication campaign targeting type 2 diabetes. Health Communication, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2378256

 

2023

  • Frenzel, S. B., Junker, N. M., Häusser, J. A., Erkens, V. A. & van Dick, R. (2023). How team identification relates to lower burnout – Emotional and instrumental support as two different social cure mechanisms. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62 (2), 673-691. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12588

 

2022

  • Frenzel, S. B., Junker, N. M., Avanzi, L., Bolatov, A., Haslam, S. A., Häusser, J. A., Kark, R., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S., Samekin, A., Schury, V. A., Steffens, N. K., Sultanova, L., Van Dijk, D., Van Zyl, L. E. & Van Dick, R. (2022). A trouble shared is a trouble halved: The role of family identification and identification with humankind in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.British Journal of Social Psychology, 61 (1), 55-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12470
  • Frenzel, S. B., Haslam, S. A., Junker, N. M., Bolatov, A., Erkens, V. A., Häusser, J. A., Kark, R., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S., Samekin, A., Schuh, S., Steffens, N. K., Sultanova, L., Van Dijk, D., Van Zyl, L. E. & van Dick, R. (2022). How national leaders keep us safe: A longitudinal, four-nation study exploring the role of identity leadership as a predictor of adherence to COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions. BMJ Open, 12:e054980. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054980
  • *Frenzel, S. B., Junker, N. M., Avanzi, L., Erkens, V. A., Haslam, S. A., Haslam, C., Häusser, J. A., Knorr, D., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S. D., Schuh, S. C., Steffens, N. K., van Zyl, L. E. & van Dick, R. (2022). Perceptions of the targets and sources of COVID-19 threat are structured by group memberships and Responses are influenced by identification with humankind. Psychologica Belgica, 62 (1), 75-88. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1043 *shared first authorship
  • Frenzel, S. B., Kaluza, A. J., Junker, N. M. & van Dick, R. (2022). Sweet as sugar – how shared social identities help patients in coping with diabetes mellitus. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (17), 10508. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710508
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