Prof. Dr. Gerd Bohner

Professor of Social Psychology and Experimental Research on Gender, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Bielefeld University

Network Professorship

social psychology

Vita

For a full CV, see weblink below.

Focus of Work

Social cognition and motivation (especially persuasion, social influence, stereotyping, effects of moods, emotions and other subjective experiences, applications to advertising); attitudes and social cognitions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment; social and emotional aspects of human-machine interaction; gender differences from evolutionary and socio-cultural perspectives; methods of social psychology, especially indirect attitude measures

Research and Practice projects (selection)

Publications (selection)

Bohner, G., Ahlborn, K., & Steiner, R. (2010). How sexy are sexist men? Women's perception of male response profiles in the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory. Sex Roles, 62(7-8), 568-582. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-009-9665-x

Bohner, G., Weiss, A., Schirch, C., Zöllner, L., Lipińska, A., Sempere, M.-J., & Megías, J. L. (2022). AMMSA-21: A revised version of the Acceptance of Modern Myths About Sexual Aggression Scale in English, German, Polish, and Spanish. International Journal of Social Psychology, 37(3), 460-491. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2022.2083291 

Diehl, C., Glaser, T., & Bohner, G. (2014). Face the consequences: Learning about victims' suffering reduces sexual harassment myth acceptance and men's likelihood to sexually harass. Aggressive Behavior, 40(6), 489-503. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21553

Glaser, T., Dickel, N., Liersch, B., Rees, J., Süssenbach, P., & Bohner, G. (2015). Lateral attitude change. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19(4), 257-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868314546489

Glaser, T., Hellmann, J., Pilz, N., & Bohner G. (2023). Left and right in space and politics. Social Cognition, 41(1), 41-66. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2023.41.1.41

Helmke, S., Kobusch, P.-R., Rees, J. H., Meyer, T., & Bohner, G. (2014). Beliefs about the Strauss-Kahn case in France and Germany: Political orientation and sexual aggression myths as local versus global predictors. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 8(1), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.4119/UNIBI/ijcv.375

Milesi, P., Süssenbach, P., Bohner, G., & Megías, J. L. (2020). The interplay of modern myths about sexual aggression and moral foundations in the blaming of rape victims. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(1), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2622

Montañés, P., de Lemus, S., Bohner, G., Megías, J. L., Moya, M., & García-Retamero, R. (2012). Intergenerational transmission of benevolent sexism from mothers to daughters and its relation to daughters' academic performance and goals. Sex Roles, 66(7-8), 468-478.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-0116-0

Saldarriaga, L., Olivera-La Rosa, A., & Bohner, G. (2023). Moral foundations and perceptions of rape in Colombia. International Journal of Social Psychology, 38(2), 243-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2023.2171560 

Süssenbach, P., Eyssel, F., Rees, J., & Bohner, G. (2017). Looking for blame: Rape myth acceptance and attention to victim and perpetrator. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(15), 2323-2344. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515591975

Websitelink to my Publications

Keywords

attitudes, sexism, sexual harassment, sexual violence, social influence, social cognition

Casegroup

Social Sciences