Immo Fritsche Lehrstuhl für Sozialpsychologie Research Unit Discrimination and Tolerance in Intergroup Relations Akademischer Rat - Assistant Professor Immo.Fritsche@uni-jena.de Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Wildstr. 1; 07743 Jena + 49 3641 945076

• Group processes
• Intergroup conflict
• Social motivation and cognition
• Social norms and deviant behavior
• Environmental psychology and consumer behavior

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., & Kessler, T. (in press). Collective reactions to threat: Implications for intergroup conflict and solving societal crises. Social Issues and Policy Review.

Jonas, E., Kauffeld, S., Sullivan, D., & Fritsche, I. (in press). Dedicate your life to the company! A terror management perspective on organizational identity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Giannakakis, A., & Fritsche, I. (2011). Social identities, group norms, and threat: On the malleability of ingroup bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 82-93.

Fritsche, I. & Schubert, T. W. (2009). Go to hell! Determinants of motivated social exclusion. In S. Otten, T. Kessler, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.), Intergroup relations: The role of motivation and emotion (pp. 221-239). New York: Psychology Press.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., & Fankhänel, T. (2008). The role of control motivation in mortality salience effects on ingroup support and defense. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95., 524-541.

Jonas, E., & Fritsche, I. (2005). Terror Management Theorie und deutsche Symbole.  Differenzielle Reaktionen Ost- und Westdeutscher. [Terror management theory and German symbols. Differential reactions of East- and West-Germans]. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 36, 143-155.

Jonas, E., Fritsche, I., & Greenberg, J. (2005). Currencies as cultural symbols - an existential psychological perspective on reactions of Germans toward the Euro. Journal of Economic Psychology, 26, 129-146.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., & Klackl, J. (under revision). Group-based control restoration under conditions of unemployment threat. Manuscript under revision. 

Dieckmann, J., Fritsche, I., & Rakic, T. (under revision). Low distinctiveness from cultural reference groups can affirm ingroup identity: The case of German-speaking Belgians. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Fritsche, I. & Kessler T. (under revision). Threat effects on intergroup behavior: An integrated model of personal and collective threat (IMPaCT). Manuscript under revision.

Fritsche, I., Mummendey, A., & Kessler, T. (under revision). On the don’ts of tolerant groups. The interactive impact of type of group goal violation and representation of the superordinate social category on exclusion of deviant immigrant outgroups. Manuscript under revision.

Fritsche, I. & Jonas, E. (in press). Mortality salience and its subtle impact on peace and conflict. In D. Christie (Ed.), The encyclopaedia of peace psychology. Wiley-Blackwell.

Kessler, T., & Fritsche, I. (in press). Ethnocentrism. The encyclopaedia of peace psychology. In D. Christie (Ed.), The encyclopaedia of peace psychology. Wiley-Blackwell.

Fritsche, I., Beyer, C., Fleischmann, B., Koranyi, N., & Jonas, E. (2009). Enemies welcome: Personal threat and reactions to outgroup doves and hawks. International Review of Social Psychology, 22 (3/4), 157-179. 

Fritsche, I., & Fischer, P. (2009). Terroristische Bedrohung und soziale Intoleranz [Terrorist threat and social intolerance]. In A. Beelmann & K. J. Jonas (Eds.), Diskriminierung und Toleranz: Psychologische Grundlagen und Anwendungsperspektiven [Discrimination and tolerance: Psychological foundations and applied perspectives] (pp. 303-318). Weinheim: Beltz.

Fritsche, I, & Kessler, T. (2008). Die Theorie des realistischen Gruppenkonflikts. [The theory of realistic group conflict]. In L.-E. Petersen & B. Six (Eds.), Stereotype, Vorurteile und soziale Diskriminierung: Theorien, Befunde und Interventionen. [Stereotypes, prejudice and social discrimination: Theories, findings and interventions] (pp.214-222). Weinheim: Beltz. 

Niesta, D., Fritsche, I., & Jonas, E. (2008). Mortality salience and its effects on peace processes. A review. Social Psychology, 39, 48-58.

Fritsche, I., & Jonas, E. (2005). Gender conflict and worldview defence. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 571-581.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., Traut-Mattausch, E., & Frey, D. (in press). Das Streben nach Kontrolle: Menschen zwischen Freiheit und Hilflosigkeit. In H.-W. Bierhoff & D. Frey (Eds.), Bachelorstudium Psychologie: Sozialpsychologie – Individuum und soziale Welt. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Jonas, E., Martens, A., Niesta Kayser, D., Fritsche, I., Sullivan, D., & Greenberg, J. (2008). Focus theory of normative conduct and terror management theory: The interactive impact of mortality salience and norm salience on social judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 1239-1251.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., Fischer, P., Koranyi, N., Berger, N., & Fleischmann, B. (2007). Mortality salience and the desire for offspring. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43,  753-762.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., & Frey, D. (2006). Kontrollwahrnehmungen und Kontrollmotivation. [Control perceptions and control motivation]. In H.-W. Bierhoff, & D. Frey (Eds.), Handbuch der Sozialpsychologie und Kommunikationspsychologie (pp. 85-95). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Fritsche, I., Langer, S., Markert, S., & Ohnesorge, S. (submitted). Cultural worldview defense in later stages of life: Is defensiveness really a matter of age? Manuscript submitted for publication.

Jonas, E., & Fritsche, I. (in press). Follow the norm! Terror management theory and the influence of descriptive norms. Social Psychology.

Fritsche, I., Kessler, T., Mummendey, A., & Neumann, J. (2009). Minimal and maximal goal orientation and reactions to norm violations. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 3-21

Fritsche, I. (2005). Predicting deviant behavior by neutralization: Myths and findings. Deviant Behavior, 26, 483-510. 

Fritsche, I. (2003). Entschuldigen, Rechtfertigen und die Verletzung sozialer Normen. Weinheim, Germany: Beltz PVU.

Fritsche, I. (2002). Prebehavioural account-giving and its impact on behaviour. Unpublished manuscript.

Fritsche, I. (2002). Account strategies for the violation of social norms. Integration and extension of sociological and social psychological typologies. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 32(4), 371-394.

Fritsche, I. & Mayrhofer, R. (2002). Account strategies and normcontradictive behaviour: A new taxonomy exemplified in the context of environmentally harmful behaviour. In A. P. Lempereur (Ed.), Towards a dialogue between conflict theories and practices across paradigms and cultures [CD-Rom]. Paris: ESSEC.

Fritsche, I. (2000). Die Verhaltenswirksamkeit von Rechenschaften: Werkstattbericht über ein Experiment. IPUblic - Psychologie im Umweltschutz, 1, 58-59. 

Fritsche, I. (1999). Die Erhebung von Rechtfertigungen umweltschädigenden Verhaltens. Experimentelle Studie zur Validität der Fragebogentechnik. Umweltpsychologie, 3, 68-80.

Jonas, E., & Fritsche, I. (under revision). Follow the norm! Terror management theory and the influence of descriptive norms. Manuscript under revision.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., Niesta Kayser, D., & Koranyi, N. (2010). Existential threat and compliance with pro-environmental norms. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30, 67-79.

Fritsche, I. (2008). Experimente in der Umweltpsychologie. [Laboratory and field research methods in environmental psychology] In E. D. Lantermann & V. Linneweber (Eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie. Band C/IX/1, Grundlagen, Paradigmen und Methoden der Umweltpsychologie. [Encyclopedia of Psychology. Volume C/IX/1, Foundations, paradigms, and methods of environmental psychology] (pp. 839-866). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Linneweber, V., Fritsche, I., & Hartmuth, G. (2008). Fallstudie Sylt – Küstenschutz versus Naturschutz aus Sicht Betroffener. Zur Kommunikation von Natur- und Umweltveränderungen. [Sylt case study - coastal protection versus protection of the environment from the perspectives of stake-holders. About communicating changes in nature and the environment] In K.-H. Erdmann, J. Löffler & S. Roschner (Hrsg.), Naturschutz im Kontext einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung: Ansätze, Konzepte, Strategien  [Conservation in the context of sustainable development: Approaches, concepts, strategies] (S. 101-132). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz.

Linneweber, V., Hartmuth, G. & Fritsche, I. (2003). Representations of the local environment as threatened by global climate change: Toward a contextualized analysis of environmental identity in a coastal area. In S. Clayton & S. Opotow (Eds.), Identity and the natural environment. The psychological significance of nature. Cambridge, MA: MIT-Press.

Hartmuth, G., Deising, S., Fritsche, I. & Linneweber, V. (2002). Globaler Wandel im lokalen Kontext: Sylter Perspektiven auf Klimaänderungen. In A. Daschkeit & P. Schottes (Eds), Klimafolgen für Mensch und Küste am Beispiel der Nordseeinsel Sylt. Berlin: Springer.

Abraham, C., Krahé, B., Dominic, R., & Fritsche, I. (2002). Do health promotion messages target cognitive and behavioural correlates of condom use? A content analysis of safer sex promotion leaflets in two countries. British Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 227-246.

Linneweber, V., Hartmuth, G., Deising, S. & Fritsche, I. (2001). Akteure in der Umweltbewertung und –nutzung. Eine feldorientierte Typisierung. In G. de Haan, E.-D. Lantermann, V. Linneweber & F. Reusswig (Hrsg.), Typenbildung in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Umweltforschung (pp. 209-225). Opladen: Leske und Budrich.

Linneweber, V., Hartmuth, G., Deising, S. & Fritsche, I. (2001). Lokale Perspektiven globalen Wandels: Soziale Repräsentationen der Gefährdung Sylts angesichts möglicher Klimaänderungen. Magdeburger Arbeiten zur Psychologie, 3(3). Magdeburg: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Institut für Psychologie.

Fritsche, I. (2000). Pro-Environmental Norms Are Established - So What? The Transformation of A Societal Norm Into Individual Behaviour. A Social-Psychological View. In: Euroconference. Quality of life - sustainability - environmental changes. Proceedings. Event 2. Exchange processes: Societal, institutional, and political determinants guiding envieronmental behaviour and processing environmental knowledge within society (97-104). Seibersdorf, Austria: Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf.

Fritsche, I. (under revision). Klimawandelskeptizismus als motivierte Kognition. [Climate change scepticism as motivated cognition]. Manuscript under revision.

Fritsche, I., & Häfner, K. (2010). Biocentric and anthropocentric motivation to protect the environment: Distancing from nature under threat. Manuscript invited for publication in L. Kruse (Ed.), Natur, Naturwahrnehmung, Naturschutz. Sankt Augustin, Germany: Academia Verlag.

Fritsche, I., Cohrs, C., Kessler, T., & Bauer, J. (submitted). Global warming is breeding social conflict: The subtle impact of climate change threat on authoritarian tendencies. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Krahé, B., Schütze, S., Fritsche, I., & Waizenhöfer, E. (2000). The prevalence of sexual aggression and victimization among homosexual men. Journal of Sex Research, 37 (2), 142-150.

Krahé, B.; Reimer, T.; Scheinberger-Olwig, R. & Fritsche, I. (1999). Measuring sexual aggression: The reliability of the Sexual Experiences Survey in a German sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14 (1), 91-100.

Kessler, T., & Fritsche, I. (in preparation). Sozialpsychologie. VS-Verlag.

Fritsche, I., J. C. Cohrs, T. Kessler, & Bauer, J. (2011, September). Klima und Konflikte: Der subtile Einfluss bedrohlichen Klimawandels auf allgemeine autoritaristische Einstellungen. Talk at the 13. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Hamburg, Germany.

Fritsche, I., & Jonas, E. (2011, July). “We“ has the power: Evidence for group-based control restoration. Talk at the 16th EASP General Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., Deppe, J., & Koranyi, N. (2011, June). Influence on the uninfluential: Group-based control restoration and motivated norm compliance. Talk at the 14^th Jena Workshop on Intergroup Processes, Oppurg, Germany.

Fritsche, I., & Asbrock, F. (2011, June). Why does terrorism elicit authoritarian responses? The differential role of personal and collective threat appraisals. Talk at the 24^th Annual conference of the German Peace Psychology Association, Marburg, Germany. 

Fritsche, I. (2011, May). Ethnozentrische Reaktionen auf Bedrohung: Eine kontrolltheoretische Erklärung. Eingeladener Vortrag im Kolloquium Sozialpsychologie an der Universität Trier, Germany.

Fritsche, I. (2011, May). Explaining ethnocentric reactions to threat: A model of group-based control restoration. Invited talk at the colloquium of the Research Training Group “Group Focused Enmity”. Marburg, Germany.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., Bilewicz, M. (2011, May). Explaining ethnocentric reactions to threat: A model of group-based control restoration. Talk at the Krakow Seminar on Social Cognition and Intergroup Relations, Krakow, Poland.

Fritsche, I. (2011, April). Vom Wissen zum naturbewussten Handeln – Herausforderungen für Kommunikation und Bildung. Eingeladener Vortrag im Rahmen der Tagung „Naturbewusstsein in Deutschland“, Insel Vilm, Germany: Bundesamt für Naturschutz.

Fritsche, I. (2011, March). Einfluss auf die Einflusslosen: Die Effekte salienten Kontrollmangels auf Norm-Compliance. Talk at the 53. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Halle (Saale), Germany.

Fritsche, I., & Jonas, E. (2010, September). Soziale Eigengruppen und der Umgang mit Bedrohung: Gruppenbasierte Kontrollrestauration. Talk at the 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Bremen, Germany.

Asbrock, F., & Fritsche, I. (2010), September). Autoritäre Reaktionen auf Terrorismus: Differenzielle Effekte persönlicher und kollektiver Bedrohungswahrnehmungen. Poster presented at the 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Bremen, Germany.

Fritsche, I., Jonas, E., Bilewicz, M., Beyer, M., & Kuban, J. (2010, July). Ethnocentric tendencies as a consequence of threat: Evidence for group-based control restoration. Jena Conference on Discrimination and Tolerance in Intergroup Relations, Jena, Germany.

Fritsche, I., & Jonas, E. (2010, June). Control deprivation and ingroup bias: Evidence for group-based control restoration. Talk at the Conference on Motivation, Self-Regulation, and Gender: Perspectives and Applications, Gdansk, Poland.

Bilewicz, M., Fritsche, I., & Molitor,  F. (2010, June). Ingroup projection under cognitive control deprivation. A study of German-Polish relations within Europe. Talk at the Conference on Motivation, Self-Regulation, and Gender: Perspectives and Applications, Gdansk, Poland.

Fritsche, I. (2009, November). Social extremism and group-based control restoration. Paper presented at the Uncertainty and Extremism Conference, Claremont, CA, USA.

Fritsche, I., & Jonas, E. (2009, September). Die Verteidigung kultureller Weltsichten – Determinanten und Dimensionen eines unscharfen Phänomens. Symposium at the 12. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie, Jena, Germany

Fritsche, I., Cohrs, C., Kessler, T., & Bauer, J. (2009, September). Climate change threat and authoritarian tendencies: The subtle social impact of global warming. Paper presented at the 8^th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Zürich, Switzerland.

Häfner, K. & Fritsche, I. (2009, September). The effect of existential threat on ecocentric and anthropocentric motivations to protect the environment. Paper presented at the 8^th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Zürich, Switzerland.

Fritsche, I. (2009, September). Worldview oder Gruppe – wer schützt vor dem Sensenmann? Paper presented at the 12. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie, Luxembourg.

Fritsche, I., & Mummendey, A. (2009). Threat and intergroup relations. 12^th Jena workshop on intergroup processes. Oppurg, Germany.

Ablasser, C., Jonas, E., & Fritsche, I. (2009, July). We are the champions! – Group-based control restoration in the context of the UEFA 2008 championship of football. Paper presented at the 12^th Jena Workshop on Intergroup Processes, Oppurg, Germany.

Fritsche, I., Langer, S., Markert, S., & Ohnesorge, S. (2009, March). Alter schützt vor dem Strafen nicht: Soziale Defensivität in Reaktion auf existenzelle Bedrohung als altersübergreifendes Phänomen. Paper presented at the 50^th Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP), Trier, Germany.

Fritsche, I. (2008, July). Enough is enough in the face of threat: Minimal and maximal goal orientations mediate the effect of perceived individual threat on exclusion of norm-breakers. Paper presented at the 29^th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, 20. – 25. 7. 2008.

Fritsche, I. (2008, July). Existential threat changes motives for pro-environmental behaviour. Poster presented at the 29^th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, 20. – 25. 7. 2008.  

Jonas, E., & Fritsche, I. (2008, July). The value of "we" when"I" fail: Group based control restoration as reaction to the threat of unemployment. Paper presented at the 29th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, 20.-25.07.2008.

Fritsche, I., & Cohrs, C. (2008, June). Threat and its relation to ethnocentrism. Symposium held at the 15^th EAESP General Meeting, Opatija, Croatia.

Fritsche, I. (2008, June). Threats to individual control and ethnocentric tendencies. Paper presented at the 15^th EAESP General Meeting, Opatija, Croatia.

Cohrs, C., Fritsche, I., & Bauer, J. (2008, June). Threats of climate change and their effects on authoritarian tendencies. Paper presented at the 15^th EAESP General Meeting, Opatija, Croatia.

Fritsche, I. (2008, July). Enough is enough in the face of threat: Minimal and maximal goal orientations mediate the effect of perceived individual threat on exclusion of norm-breakers. Paper presented at the 29^th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany. 

Fritsche, I. (2008, July). Existential threat changes motives for pro-environmental behaviour. Poster presented at the 29^th International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany.