Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess

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Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess erforscht, wie Menschen Emotionen wahrnehmen und nonverbal kommunizieren – insbesondere über Gesichtsausdrücke und emotionale Mimikry. Sie untersucht, wie soziale Faktoren wie Vertrauenswürdigkeit, Alter oder Gruppenzugehörigkeit diese Wahrnehmung beeinflussen, und entwickelt Messinstrumente für emotionale Reaktionen. Diese Expertise ist praktisch relevant für Anwendungen in Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion, Personalauswahl, Kommunikationstraining und für das Verständnis sozialer Dynamiken in Gruppen.

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Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess

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Prof. Dr.

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Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät

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Institut für Psychologie

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Sozial- und Organisationspsychologie

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• AvH Tabea Scheel

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  Förderer: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Zeitraum: 10/2014 - 09/2015 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess

• "Die Falten in der Zeit: Die Wahrnehmung der Mimik im Alter"

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  Zeitraum: 04/2011 - 03/2015 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess

• Ein Spaziergang im Park: Eine Studie zur emotionalen Mimikry in einem ökologisch validen Kontext

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  Förderer: DFG Sachbeihilfe Zeitraum: 01/2020 - 12/2022 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess

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• A latent profile analysis of Germans’ threat perceptions, intergroup emotions and attitudes toward refugees

  2026

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  Abstract Background Members of receiving societies respond differently to arriving refugees. Person-centered factors can affect the level of perceived threat by refugees, the intensity of intergroup emotions, and attitudes toward refugees. However, it is largely unknown whether members of receiving societies display distinct profiles reflecting the co-occurrence of cognitive-affective-attitudinal responses and person-centered antecedents toward refugees. Methods The current study used latent profile analysis to examine distinct response profiles of Germans without migration background (N = 910). Participants completed a cross-sectional online survey, covering threat perceptions, intergroup emotions (anxiety, hope, anger, happiness), attitudes toward refugees, and person-centered antecedents (identity as German, intercultural contact, cognitive empathy). Results Four latent profiles with distinct cognitive-affective-attitudinal response patterns and antecedents were identified. The Threatened Angry (13.1%) displayed highly intense response patterns and low intercultural contact experiences. The Hopeful Approachable (28.6%) combined low threat perceptions with more intense positive emotions and attitudes. The Ambivalent (41.4%) displayed moderate, yet ambivalent response patterns. The Ambivalent and Anxious (16.9%) largely resembled the Ambivalent profile, but reported higher intergroup anxiety and more intercultural contact experiences. Conclusion Knowledge about different response patterns may inform the development of intervention programs and information campaigns with group-specific approaches, aiming to potentially lower threat perceptions, raise positive emotions, and address attitudes within this population. In addition, encouraging positive contact experiences between the German majority population and refugees could foster a more differentiated assessment of refugees.

• A latent profile analysis of Germans’ threat perceptions, intergroup emotions and attitudes toward refugees

  2026

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  Abstract Background Members of receiving societies respond differently to arriving refugees. Person-centered factors can affect the level of perceived threat by refugees, the intensity of intergroup emotions, and attitudes toward refugees. However, it is largely unknown whether members of receiving societies display distinct profiles reflecting the co-occurrence of cognitive-affective-attitudinal responses and person-centered antecedents toward refugees. Methods The current study used latent profile analysis to examine distinct response profiles of Germans without migration background (N = 910). Participants completed a cross-sectional online survey, covering threat perceptions, intergroup emotions (anxiety, hope, anger, happiness), attitudes toward refugees, and person-centered antecedents (identity as German, intercultural contact, cognitive empathy). Results Four latent profiles with distinct cognitive-affective-attitudinal response patterns and antecedents were identified. The Threatened Angry (13.1%) displayed highly intense response patterns and low intercultural contact experiences. The Hopeful Approachable (28.6%) combined low threat perceptions with more intense positive emotions and attitudes. The Ambivalent (41.4%) displayed moderate, yet ambivalent response patterns. The Ambivalent and Anxious (16.9%) largely resembled the Ambivalent profile, but reported higher intergroup anxiety and more intercultural contact experiences. Conclusion Knowledge about different response patterns may inform the development of intervention programs and information campaigns with group-specific approaches, aiming to potentially lower threat perceptions, raise positive emotions, and address attitudes within this population. In addition, encouraging positive contact experiences between the German majority population and refugees could foster a more differentiated assessment of refugees.

• The Nonverbal Emotion Assessment Tool (NEAT): An intercultural validation.

  2026

  Emotion · DOI

  = 132). Cross-country intraclass correlations revealed cultural differences in emotion perception, yet the construct validity was high. Comparisons of the two European samples with the Southeast Asian sample yielded a lower level of agreement across countries than the comparison of the two European samples, suggesting more similarities between the German and Bulgarian samples and stronger differences between the European and the Malaysian sample. Together, these findings provide evidence that the NEAT is a useful and valid tool for the assessment of emotions in child and adult samples from different areas of the world. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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