@article{GrosseStreubelGunzenhauseretal., author = {Große, Gerlind and Streubel, Berit and Gunzenhauser, Catherine and Saalbach, Henrik}, title = {Let's Talk About Emotions}, series = {Affective Science}, volume = {2}, journal = {Affective Science}, number = {2}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham}, issn = {2662-205X}, doi = {10.1007/s42761-021-00040-2}, pages = {150 -- 162}, abstract = {Learning to use language in an adult-like way is a long-lasting process. This may particularly apply to complex conceptual domains such as emotions. The present study examined children's and adults' patterns of emotion word usage regarding their convergence and underlying semantic dimensions, and the factors influencing the ease of emotion word learning. We assessed the production of emotion words by 4- to 11-year-old children (N = 123) and 27 adults (M = 37 years) using a vignette test. We found that the older the children, the more emotion words they produced. Moreover, with increasing age, children's pattern of emotion word usage converged with adult usage. The analysis for semantic dimensions revealed one clear criterion—the differentiation of positive versus negative emotions—for all children and adults. We further found that broad covering emotion words are produced earlier and in a more adult-like way.}, subject = {Kleinkind}, language = {en} } @article{GlauerHildebrandt, author = {Glauer, Ramiro and Hildebrandt, Frauke}, title = {No facts without perspectives}, series = {Synthese}, volume = {199}, journal = {Synthese}, number = {1/2}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1573-0964}, doi = {10.1007/s11229-020-02958-9}, pages = {3825 -- 3851}, abstract = {Perner and Roessler (in: Aguilar J, Buckareff A (eds) Causing human action: new perspectives on the causal theory of action, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp 199-228, 2010) hold that children who do not yet have an understanding of subjective perspectives, i.e., mental states, explain actions by appealing to objective facts. In this paper, we criticize this view. We argue that in order to understand objective facts, subjects need to understand perspectives. By analysing basic fact-expressing assertions, we show that subjects cannot refer to facts if they do not understand two types of perspectivity, namely, spatial and doxastic perspectivity. To avoid conceptual confusion regarding different ways of referring to facts, we distinguish between reference to facts de re and de dicto.}, subject = {Theory of mind}, language = {en} } @article{HildebrandtGlauerKachel, author = {Hildebrandt, Frauke and Glauer, Ramiro and Kachel, Gregor}, title = {Coming from a world without objects}, series = {Mind \& Language}, volume = {37}, journal = {Mind \& Language}, number = {2}, publisher = {Wiley Blackwell Publishing Ltd}, address = {Oxford, UK}, doi = {10.1111/mila.12313}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:525-25000}, pages = {159 -- 176}, abstract = {While research on object individuation assumes that even very young children are able to perceive objects as particulars, we argue that the results of relevant studies can be explained in terms of feature discrimination. We propose that children start out navigating the world with a feature-based ontology and only later become able to individuate objects spatiotemporally. Furthermore, object individuation is a cognitively demanding achievement resting on a uniquely human form of enculturation, namely the acquisition of deictic demonstratives. We conclude by outlining empirical expectations for operationalizations of our proposal.}, language = {en} } @article{FlechtnerDewitzMaueetal., author = {Flechtner, Rahel and Dewitz, Leyla and Mau{\´e}, Rahel and Tost, Jordi and Schuster, Paula L. and Ackermann, Judith and Heidmann, Frank}, title = {Facing fears, facing opportunities: Lessons learned from a participatory design format with people affected by social anxiety}, address = {Potsdam}, doi = {10.34678/opus4-3116}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:525-31168}, pages = {1 -- 19}, abstract = {Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed anxiety disorders and a health concern that has a significant impact on the affected individuals' quality of life. Although there is a need to develop methods and tools to support those affected by SAD, it is especially challenging to conduct participatory design with this psychologically vulnerable group of people. This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a participatory format built on a toolkit, a cultural probe and an online prototyping workshop to gain insights into the challenges and needs experienced in the everyday lives of those affected by severe social anxiety. We provide the theoretical framework for designing a participatory format for this vulnerable group, introduce and discuss our methodological approach, and present the lessons learned from implementing and evaluating the format in two workshop sessions with a total of 15 participants.}, subject = {Angstst{\"o}rung}, language = {en} } @article{OomsFukkinkDevlieghereetal., author = {Ooms, Marian and Fukkink, Ruben and Devlieghere, Jochen and Dreier, Annette and Fischbach, Robert and Langner, Jana and M{\ae}land Str{\o}ms{\o}e, Kari and Van Lombergen, Lobke}, title = {Interprofessional collaboration in ECEC}, series = {European Early Childhood Education Research Journal}, journal = {European Early Childhood Education Research Journal}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis}, address = {London}, issn = {1350-293X}, doi = {10.1080/1350293X.2025.2484266}, pages = {16}, abstract = {In various European countries, there is significant variation in the level of early childhood education and care (ECEC) system integration. In these countries, in which the level of system integration varies from split to integrated systems, there is a growing interest in interprofessional collaboration (IPC) between ECEC, school, and family support (family services, welfare, and child protection services) to offer integrated services for children and their families. In a realist review of six countries with varying levels of ECEC system integration (in descending order of integration: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands), we analyzed the literature related to IPC between professionals from ECEC, school, and family support. The review showed various IPC mechanisms, including barriers and facilitators, for professionals working in ECEC who face similar challenges in achieving pedagogical continuity and offering integrated services in different countries.}, subject = {Internationale Kooperation}, language = {en} } @article{DewitzAckermann, author = {Dewitz, Leyla and Ackermann, Judith}, title = {Anxiety-Related Content on Instagram and Twitter: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Mental Health Communication and Information Sharing}, address = {Potsdam}, doi = {10.34678/opus4-3220}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:525-32201}, pages = {1 -- 28}, abstract = {Approximately four percent of the world's population suffers from anxiety disorders. This makes anxiety disorders one of the most common mental illnesses and a significant global health concern. As social media is a primary source of health information and communication, this study aims at investigating how the hashtag \#anxiety is used on Twitter and Instagram. The hashtag \#anxiety was chosen because it is commonly used by the social media community to post or tweet about anxiety disorders, such as social anxiety, thus providing broad access to the data. We followed a quantitative approach and gathered open data from December 24th, 2019 to January 1st, 2020. Furthermore, we used a qualitative content analysis to detect topics and patterns within the data. Coding focused on identifying goals, motivations, and feelings concerning anxiety (disorders) and information sharing. Findings show that content and appearance of posts are strongly shaped by characteristics of the platforms. Additionally, the results unveil that both platforms serve as mediua for sharing information regarding mental health matters, such as personal experiences, challenges, and coping strategies, thereby cultivating a sense of community and support among users dealing with comparable issues. Twitter predominantly functions for real-time updates, in-situ interactions, and emergency communication, while Instagram's visual nature appears to offer a venue for creative expression through images and captions, illuminating the emotional and personal narratives of mental health journeys.}, subject = {Psychische Gesundheit}, language = {en} } @techreport{HoeyNagappanRogersetal., author = {Hoey, Jesse and Nagappan, Meiyappan and Rogers, Kimberly B. and Schr{\"o}der, Tobias and Dametto, Diego and De Zoysa, Nalin and Iyer, Rahul and Morgan, Jonathan H. and Rishi, Deepak and Sirianni, Antonio D. and Yun, Seonghu and Zhao, Jun and Z{\"o}ller, Nikolas}, title = {Theoretical and Empirical Modeling of Identity and Sentiments in Collaborative Groups}, doi = {10.31235/osf.io/4hukx}, pages = {1 -- 36}, abstract = {Theoretical and Empirical Modeling of Identity and Sentiments in Collaborative Groups (THEMIS.COG) was an interdisciplinary research collaboration of computer scientists and social scientists from the University of Waterloo (Canada), Potsdam University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and Dartmouth College (USA). This white paper summarizes the results of our research at the end of the grant term. Funded by the Trans-Atlantic Platform's Digging Into Data initiative, the project aimed at theoretical and empirical modeling of identity and sentiments in collaborative groups. Understanding the social forces behind self-organized collaboration is important because technological and social innovations are increasingly generated through informal, distributed processes of collaboration, rather than in formal organizational hierarchies or through market forces. Our work used a data-driven approach to explore the social psychological mechanisms that motivate such collaborations and determine their success or failure. We focused on the example of GitHub, the world's current largest digital platform for open, collaborative software development. In contrast to most, purely inductive contemporary approaches leveraging computational techniques for social science, THEMIS.COG followed a deductive, theory-driven approach. We capitalized on affect control theory, a mathematically formalized theory of symbolic interaction originated by sociologist David R. Heise and further advanced in previous work by some of the THEMIS.COG collaborators, among others. Affect control theory states that people control their social behaviours by intuitively attempting to verify culturally shared feelings about identities, social roles, and behaviour settings. From this principle, implemented in computational simulation models, precise predictions about group dynamics can be derived. It was the goal of THEMIS.COG to adapt and apply this approach to study the GitHub collaboration ecosystem through a symbolic interactionist lens. The project contributed substantially to the novel endeavor of theory development in social science based on large amounts of naturally occurring digital data.}, subject = {Computational social science}, language = {en} } @article{SteinkellerGrosse, author = {Steinkeller, Annika von and Große, Gerlind}, title = {Children are more social when playing analog games together than digital games}, series = {Computers in Human Behavior Reports}, volume = {6}, journal = {Computers in Human Behavior Reports}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {2451-9588}, doi = {10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100195}, pages = {10}, abstract = {Digital media are being used more and more frequently by children and for a wide variety of functions. However, there are no studies to date that examine the effect of such use on peer interactions and the occurrence of prosocial behavior in peers. For parents, it has been found that when using digital media only few parents respond responsively to their children's attempts at interaction and also very rarely, they communicate with them verbally and nonverbally. In the present study, we investigated how playing a game in a digital versus analog form influences interactions (especially prosocial behavior) of peers. We used an experimental situation, where 24 dyads of 4-10-year-old children were examined. Each of the dyads was randomly assigned to a condition where they played either a digital or analog game together. Various interaction parameters and prosocial behavior during and after the game were analyzed. Results show that children in the analog condition communicated verbally with each other more often, responded more often to interaction attempts of their partners and showed less often negative forms of interaction and more often positive forms of interaction than children in the digital condition. However, the type of medium had no influence on prosocial behavior after the game situation. These results suggest that the format of a game (digital vs. analog) has a decisive influence on peer interactions concerning their communication during but not their prosocial behavior after the game situation.}, language = {en} } @article{BoschmannStaatsWiegandGrefe, author = {Boschmann, Annika and Staats, Hermann and Wiegand-Grefe, Silke}, title = {Older patients' perspectives on the therapeutic relationship with young psychotherapists}, series = {PLOS ONE}, volume = {19}, journal = {PLOS ONE}, number = {5}, address = {San Francisco}, organization = {Public Library of Science}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0295834}, abstract = {The current demographic change means that young psychotherapists and older patients will increasingly come into contact. Unique for this constellation is the intergenerational therapeutic relationship, which forms the basis of psychotherapy, but has not yet been the focus of empirical research. This qualitative study provides preliminary insights into how older patients (aged over 65) experience and perceive the therapeutic relationship with young psychotherapists (aged in their mid-20s to mid-30s). We conducted semi-structured interviews with twelve older patients (8 women, 4 men) and analysed their data using the grounded theory approach. We found a connection between the type of transference a participant demonstrated and their biographical as well as social experiences, desires, and fantasies. Overall, a tendency to seek harmony was observed among the participants, which was reflected in their behaviour towards young psychotherapists: (a) conflict avoidance, (b) (fantasised) therapy discontinuation, (c) adaption/subordination, and (d) solidarity, support, and protection. Our findings demonstrated that various intergenerational transference phenomena, including the roles in which young therapists are perceived, are associated with certain particularities and challenges, such as the topic of sexuality. It can be valuable for young psychotherapists to become aware of a potential role reversal that may result in older patients trying to support them.}, subject = {Klient}, language = {en} } @article{LevensonLorenzSinaiKessletal., author = {Levenson, Lance and Lorenz-Sinai, Friederike and Kessl, Fabian and Resnik, Julia}, title = {German teachers' pilgrimage to an Israeli Holocaust Memorial}, series = {Anthropology and Education Quarterly}, volume = {55}, journal = {Anthropology and Education Quarterly}, number = {4}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0161-7761}, doi = {10.1111/aeq.12508}, pages = {400 -- 418}, abstract = {Drawing on anthropological conceptions of pilgrimage, our ethnography of professional development at an Israeli Holocaust Memorial follows German teachers on journeys to Israel. Seeking transformative and transferable experiences to combat anti-Semitism in schools, teachers experienced the voyage as a secular pilgrimage rooted in Christian traditions of guilt, confession, and absolution. As teachers' emotional encounters in Israel simultaneously forged communitas and challenged official historical-pedagogical visions, their practices abroad elucidate prevalent Holocaust education discourses in contemporary Germany.}, subject = {Gef{\"u}hl}, language = {en} }