@article{SkowronskiBuschingKrahe2022,
  author    = {Skowronski, Marika and Busching, Robert and Krah{\´e}, Barbara},
  title     = {Women's exposure to sexualized TV, self-objectification, and consideration of cosmetic surgery},
  series = {Psychology of popular media},
  volume    = {11},
  journal   = {Psychology of popular media},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {American Psychological Association},
  address   = {Washington},
  issn      = {2160-4143},
  doi       = {10.1037/ppm0000348},
  pages     = {117 -- 124},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Public Policy Relevance Statement TV is full of content presenting women in a sexualized way, with a focus on their sexual appearance and appeal to others. We found that across an age spectrum from 15 to 72 years, the more women watched sexualized TV, the more concerned they were about their body; a link between watching sexualized TV and considering cosmetic surgery was found only for women above the age of 31. Adding to the evidence documenting negative consequences of sexualized media use on young women's body image, this study is a first indicator that these might also apply to women across a broader age spectrum. <br /> Extensive research has documented links between sexualized media use and body image concerns. Previous findings are based largely on female adolescents or young adults, although objectification theory predicts changes of body image concerns with age. Therefore, the current study investigated the link of sexualized TV exposure (STE) with self-objectification and consideration of cosmetic surgery within the framework of objectification theory in a sample of 519 female participants between the age of 15 and 72 (M = 39.43 years). Participants completed measures of STE, appearance-ideal internalization, valuing appearance over competence, body surveillance, and consideration of cosmetic surgery. Structural equation modeling revealed that STE was indirectly linked with consideration of cosmetic surgery via valuing appearance over competence and body surveillance. Age was negatively related to internalization, valuing appearance over competence, and body surveillance, but did not moderate the links between STE and body image. Older women scored lower on the body-related variables, but the associations between STE and self-objectification were the same across the age spectrum. STE predicted consideration of cosmetic surgery only for women over 31 years of age. Implications concerning the role of age in linking sexualized media to self-objectification are discussed.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BuschingKrahe2020,
  author    = {Busching, Robert and Krah{\´e}, Barbara},
  title     = {With a little help from their peers},
  series = {Journal of youth and adolescence : a multidisciplinary research publication},
  volume    = {49},
  journal   = {Journal of youth and adolescence : a multidisciplinary research publication},
  number    = {9},
  publisher = {Springer Science},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {0047-2891},
  doi       = {10.1007/s10964-020-01260-8},
  pages     = {1849 -- 1863},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Peer groups are critical socialization agents for the development of social behavior in adolescence, but studies examining peer-group effects on individuals' prosocial behavior are scarce. Using a two-wave, multilevel data set (N = 16,893, 8481 male; 8412 female; mean age at Time 1: 14.0 years) from 1308 classes in 252 secondary schools in Germany, main effects of the classroom level of prosocial behavior, cross-level interactions between the classroom and the individual levels of prosocial behavior at Time 1, and the moderating role of gender were examined. The results showed that adolescents in classrooms with high collective levels of prosocial behavior at Time 1 reported more prosocial behavior at Time 2, about two years later, reflecting a class-level main effect. A significant cross-level interaction indicated that a high classroom level of prosocial behavior particularly affected individuals with lower levels of prosocial behavior at Time 1. The influence of same-gender peers was larger compared with opposite-gender peers. The findings are discussed with respect to social learning mechanisms in the development of prosocial behavior and their implications for interventions to promote prosocial behavior.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KirschBuschingRohlfetal.2019,
  author    = {Kirsch, Fabian and Busching, Robert and Rohlf, Helena and Krah{\´e}, Barbara},
  title     = {Using behavioral observation for the longitudinal study of anger regulation in middle childhood},
  series = {Applied Developmental Science},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Applied Developmental Science},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {1088-8691},
  doi       = {10.1080/10888691.2017.1325325},
  pages     = {105 -- 118},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Assessing anger regulation via self-reports is fraught with problems, especially among children. Behavioral observation provides an ecologically valid alternative for measuring anger regulation. The present study uses data from two waves of a longitudinal study to present a behavioral observation approach for measuring anger regulation in middle childhood. At T1, 599 children from Germany (6-10 years old) were observed during an anger eliciting task, and the use of anger regulation strategies was coded. At T2, 3 years later, the observation was repeated with an age-appropriate version of the same task. Partial metric measurement invariance over time demonstrated the structural equivalence of the two versions. Maladaptive anger regulation between the two time points showed moderate stability. Validity was established by showing correlations with aggressive behavior, peer problems, and conduct problems (concurrent and predictive criterion validity). The study presents an ecologically valid and economic approach to assessing anger regulation strategies in situ.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{KirschBuschingRohlfetal.2017,
  author    = {Kirsch, Fabian and Busching, Robert and Rohlf, Helena L. and Krah{\´e}, Barbara},
  title     = {Using behavioral observation for the longitudinal study of anger regulation in middle childhood},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {461},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-412557},
  pages     = {15},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Assessing anger regulation via self-reports is fraught with problems, especially among children. Behavioral observation provides an ecologically valid alternative for measuring anger regulation. The present study uses data from two waves of a longitudinal study to present a behavioral observation approach for measuring anger regulation in middle childhood. At T1, 599 children from Germany (6-10 years old) were observed during an anger eliciting task, and the use of anger regulation strategies was coded. At T2, 3 years later, the observation was repeated with an age-appropriate version of the same task. Partial metric measurement invariance over time demonstrated the structural equivalence of the two versions. Maladaptive anger regulation between the two time points showed moderate stability. Validity was established by showing correlations with aggressive behavior, peer problems, and conduct problems (concurrent and predictive criterion validity). The study presents an ecologically valid and economic approach to assessing anger regulation strategies in situations.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RohlfKraheBusching2016,
  author    = {Rohlf, Helena, L. and Krah{\´e}, Barbara and Busching, Robert},
  title     = {The socializing effect of classroom aggression on the development of aggression and social rejection: A two-wave multilevel analysis},
  series = {Journal of school psychology},
  volume    = {58},
  journal   = {Journal of school psychology},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Oxford},
  issn      = {0022-4405},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jsp.2016.05.002},
  pages     = {57 -- 72},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BuschingLutz2016,
  author    = {Busching, Robert and Lutz, Johannes},
  title     = {The Impact of Visual Stereotypes on Judgments about Rape A Reverse-Correlation Approach},
  series = {Swiss Journal of Psychology = Schweizerische Zeitschrift f{\~A}¼r Psychologie = Revue Suisse de Psychologie},
  volume    = {75},
  journal   = {Swiss Journal of Psychology = Schweizerische Zeitschrift f{\~A}¼r Psychologie = Revue Suisse de Psychologie},
  publisher = {Hogrefe},
  address   = {Bern},
  issn      = {1421-0185},
  doi       = {10.1024/1422-4917/a000178},
  pages     = {133 -- 140},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Fragestellung: Es soll die Qualit{\"a}t der Berichterstattung {\"u}ber Suizide und Suizidversuche in deutschsprachigen Jugendmagazinen n{\"a}her untersucht werden und Ver{\"a}nderungen der Suizidzahlen unter Jugendlichen in {\"O}sterreich nach dem Erscheinen von Berichten erfasst werden. Methodik: Suizidberichte aus f{\"u}nf großen deutschsprachigen Jugendmagazinen wurden mithilfe qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse im Hinblick auf Geschlecht, dargestellte Motive, Suizid(versuchs)methoden, positive und negative Darstellungsweisen, Schuldzuweisungen und Abweichungen von Medienempfehlungen zur Berichterstattung {\"u}ber Suizid analysiert. Die Suizidzahlen 2 Wochen vor und nach dem Erscheinen von Suizidberichten wurden verglichen. Ergebnisse: 59 Berichte wurden identifiziert. Die h{\"a}ufigste Berichterstattung zum Thema Suizid fand sich in der Zeitschrift Bravo, wobei es zu einer leichten {\"U}berrepr{\"a}sentation weiblicher Suizide und insgesamt zu einer Unterrepr{\"a}sentation von Suizidversuchen kam. Entsprechend der Epidemiologie suizidalen Verhaltens wurde Sturz in die Tiefe am h{\"a}ufigsten bei M{\"a}dchen und Erh{\"a}ngen bei den Jungen beschrieben. Bei den dargestellten Motiven zeigte sich, dass wichtige Faktoren wie psychiatrische Erkrankungen kaum Erw{\"a}hnung fanden. W{\"a}hrend Suizidentinnen h{\"a}ufig positiv dargestellt wurden, wurden Suizidenten h{\"a}ufiger negativ dargestellt. Implizite Schuldzuweisungen wurden vorwiegend den Eltern zugeschrieben. Es zeigte sich kein Hinweis auf einen Werther-Effekt nach Berichterstattung. Schlussfolgerungen: Die weitgehende Divergenz zwischen der Epidemiologie von Suizidalit{\"a}t Jugendlicher und im deutschsprachigen Raum derzeit vorherrschenden Mediendarstellungen verdeutlicht wichtige Ansatzpunkte f{\"u}r Pr{\"a}ventions- und Aufkl{\"a}rungsarbeit in der Bev{\"o}lkerung.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BuschingKrahe2015,
  author    = {Busching, Robert and Krah{\´e}, Barbara},
  title     = {The Girls Set the Tone: Gendered Classroom Norms and the Development of Aggression in Adolescence},
  series = {Personality and social psychology bulletin},
  volume    = {41},
  journal   = {Personality and social psychology bulletin},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Sage Publ.},
  address   = {Thousand Oaks},
  issn      = {0146-1672},
  doi       = {10.1177/0146167215573212},
  pages     = {659 -- 676},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {In a four-wave longitudinal study with N = 1,321 adolescents in Germany, we examined the impact of class-level normative beliefs about aggression on aggressive norms and behavior at the individual level over the course of 3 years. At each data wave, participants indicated their normative acceptance of aggressive behavior and provided self-reports of physical and relational aggression. Multilevel analyses revealed significant cross-level interactions between class-level and individual-level normative beliefs at T1 on individual differences in physical aggression at T2, and the indirect interactive effects were significant up to T4. Normative approval of aggression at the class level, especially girls' normative beliefs, defined the boundary conditions for the expression of individual differences in aggressive norms and their impact on physically and relationally aggressive behavior for both girls and boys. The findings demonstrate the moderating effect of social norms on the pathways from individual normative beliefs to aggressive behavior in adolescence.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{BuschingKrahe2015,
  author    = {Busching, Robert and Krah{\´e}, Barbara},
  title     = {The girls set the tone},
  series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  journal   = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe},
  number    = {401},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404831},
  pages     = {18},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {In a four-wave longitudinal study with N = 1,321 adolescents in Germany, we examined the impact of class-level normative beliefs about aggression on aggressive norms and behavior at the individual level over the course of 3 years. At each data wave, participants indicated their normative acceptance of aggressive behavior and provided self-reports of physical and relational aggression. Multilevel analyses revealed significant cross-level interactions between class-level and individual-level normative beliefs at T1 on individual differences in physical aggression at T2, and the indirect interactive effects were significant up to T4. Normative approval of aggression at the class level, especially girls' normative beliefs, defined the boundary conditions for the expression of individual differences in aggressive norms and their impact on physically and relationally aggressive behavior for both girls and boys. The findings demonstrate the moderating effect of social norms on the pathways from individual normative beliefs to aggressive behavior in adolescence.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SkowronskiBuschingKrahe2021,
  author    = {Skowronski, Marika and Busching, Robert and Krah{\´e}, Barbara},
  title     = {The effects of sexualized video game characters and character personalization on women's self-objectification and body satisfaction},
  series = {Journal of experimental social psychology},
  volume    = {92},
  journal   = {Journal of experimental social psychology},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {San Diego},
  issn      = {0022-1031},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104051},
  pages     = {10},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Female role models in video games are rare, and if they are present, they are often heavily sexualized. Objectification theory suggests that exposure to sexualized media characters increases self-objectification and decreases body satisfaction in female users. This study investigated the effect of playing a video game with a sexualized versus a nonsexualized character on women's experiences of self-objectification and body satisfaction. We further studied the effect of character personalization as a core feature of video games on the relation between sexualized avatars, self-objectification and body satisfaction. N = 262 female participants reported state self-objectification and body satisfaction after 30 min of playing the video game The Sims 4 with a sexualized or nonsexualized avatar that was either generic or personalized to look like the participant. We predicted that controlling for trait self-objectification, playing the game with a sexualized character would increase state self-objectification, especially in the personalized condition. Regarding the effect of character sexualization on body satisfaction, competing hypotheses based on priming vs. the Proteus effect were tested, considering character personalization and enjoyment of sexualization as moderators and controlling for trait body satisfaction. The current study did not find evidence for the proposed hypotheses. The findings are discussed in terms of the relevance of objectification theory in explaining effects of sexualized models in interactive media.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BuschingKrahe2017,
  author    = {Busching, Robert and Krah{\´e}, Barbara},
  title     = {The contagious effect of deviant behavior in adolescence},
  series = {Social psychological and personality science},
  volume    = {9},
  journal   = {Social psychological and personality science},
  number    = {7},
  publisher = {Sage Publ.},
  address   = {Thousand Oaks},
  issn      = {1948-5506},
  doi       = {10.1177/1948550617725151},
  pages     = {815 -- 824},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {This article investigated how the development of deviant behavior in adolescence is influenced by the variability of deviant behavior in the peer group. Based on the social information-processing (SIP) model, we predicted that peer groups with a low variability of deviant behavior (providing normative information that is easy to process) should have a main effect on the development of adolescents' deviant behavior over time, whereas peer groups in which deviant behavior is more variable (i.e., more difficult to process) should primarily impact the deviant behavior of initially nondeviant classroom members. These hypotheses were largely supported in a multilevel analysis using self-reports of deviant behavior in a sample of 16,891 adolescents in 1,308 classes assessed at two data waves about 1-year apart. The results demonstrate the advantages of studying cross-level interactions to clarify the impact of the peer environment on the development of deviant behavior in adolescence.},
  language  = {en}
}