Prof. Dr. Mario Gollwitzer

E-Mail: mario.gollwitzer[AT]staff.uni-marburg.de
Phone: ++49(0)6421-28-23669
Office: 01.058

Department of Psychology
Psychological Methods
Gutenbergstrasse 18
D-35032 Marburg

Academic Education and Positions

2000: Diploma in Psychology (University of Trier, Germany)
2000-2005: Postgraduate research assistant, University of Trier, Department of Psychology (Social Psychology)
2004: Ph.D. in Psychology (University of Trier, Germany)
2005-2010: Associate Professor of Methodology and Evaluation, University of Koblenz-Landau; Department of Psychology, Co-Director of the "Center for Methods, Diagnostics, and Evaluation" at the University of Koblenz-Landau
2009: Visiting Professor, Humboldt-University Berlin, Department of Psychology (Methodology and Statistics)
since April 2010: Full Professor of Psychological Methodology, Philipps University Marburg
2012: Visiting Professor, Princeton University, Department of Psychology
since December 2012: Full Professor of Methodology and Social Psychology, Philipps University Marburg

Editorial Services

Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JESP)
Associate Editor, Social Justice Research (SJR)
Editorial Board Member, Social Psychology and Personality Science (SPPS)

Memberships in Scientific Societies

Teaching

Psychological Methods
Statistics
Evaluation Research

Awards

Teaching Excellence Award 2005 of the Federate State of Rhineland-Palatine
Teaching Excellence Award 2008 of the Federate State of Rhineland-Palatine

Research Interests

Social psychological research on retributive justice (including revenge and punishment)
Individual differences in 'justice sensitivity' and their relation to moral reasoning and moral behavior
Effects of violent video games on cognition, emotion, and behavior
Effects and efficiencies of aggression prevention and social skills trainings among children and adolescents
Science communication

Current Research Projects

2011-2013: "Motivated Biases in the Reception of Scientific Knowledge" (funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG, as part of the Special Priority Program 1409 (Science and the Public); together with Dr. Tobias Rothmund (University of Koblenz-Landau)
2009-2012: "VISCOM: Improving the Media Relations of Social Science Research: The Case of the Violent Video Games Debate" (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation); together with Prof. Dr. Christoph Klimmt (HMTM Hannover), Dr. Tobias Rothmund (University of Koblenz-Landau), Prof. Dr. Brad Bushman (Ohio State University, USA)

Former Research Projects

2006-2009: "Motivated Biases in the Reception of Scientific Knowledge" (funded by the German Research Foundation)
2009: "Security risks of using shared computers" (funded by the German Federal Criminal Police Office)
2004: "Anti-Aggression Trainings at Schools (Ministry of the Interior, Rhineland-Palatine; Criminal Prevention Council, Trier)
2003: "The Implicit Association Test as a Tool for Measuring the Effectiveness of a School-Based Violence Prevention Training" (University of Trier Research Fund)
2002: "A Computer-Based Scenario for Investigating Retributive Reactions" (University of Trier Research Fund)

Publications

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Books:

Eid, M., Gollwitzer, M. & Schmitt, M. (2011). Statistik und Forschungsmethoden [Statistics and Research Methods] (2nd ed.). Weinheim: Beltz.
Gollwitzer, M. & Jäger, R. S. (2009). Evaluation kompakt [Evaluation compact]. Weinheim: Beltz.
Gollwitzer, M. & Schmitt, M. (2009). Sozialpsychologie kompakt [Social Psychology compact]. Weinheim: Beltz.
Gollwitzer, M., Pfetsch, J., Schneider, V., Schulz, A., Steffke, T. & Ulrich, C. (Hrsg.) (2007). Gewaltprävention bei Kindern und Jugendlichen [Violence Prevention for Children and Adolescents]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Steffgen, G. & Gollwitzer, M. (Eds.) (2007). Emotions and aggressive behavior. Göttingen: Hogrefe & Huber.
Gollwitzer, M. (2005). Ist „gerächt“ gleich „gerecht“? Eine Analyse von Racheaktionen und rachebezogenen Reaktionen unter gerechtigkeitspsychologischen Aspekten. Berlin: wvb.

Selected peer-reviewed articles:

Braun, J., & Gollwitzer, M. (2012). Leniency for out-group offenders. European Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 883-892.
Gollwitzer, M., & Melzer, A. (2012). Macbeth and the joystick: Evidence for moral cleansing after playing a violent video game. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 1356-1360.
Gollwitzer, M., & Bushman, B. J. (2012). Do victims of injustice punish to improve their mood? Social Psychology and Personality Science, 3, 572-580.
Gollwitzer, M., Rothmund, T., Alt, B., & Jekel, M. (2012). Victim sensitivity and the accuracy of social judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 975-984.
Gollwitzer, M., & Rothmund, T. (2011). What exactly are victim-sensitive persons sensitive to? Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 448-455.
Gollwitzer, M., Meder, M., & Schmitt, M. (2011). What gives victims satisfaction when they seek revenge? European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 364-374.
Rothmund, T., Gollwitzer, M., & Klimmt, C. (2011). Of virtual victims and victimized virtues: Differential effects of experienced aggression in video games on social cooperation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 107-119.
Gollwitzer, M., & Keller, L. (2010). What you did only matters if you are one of us: Offenders' group membership moderates the effect of criminal history on punishment severity. Social Psychology, 41, 20-26.
Keller, L., Oswald, M., Stucki, I., & Gollwitzer, M. (2010). A closer look at an eye for an eye: Laypersons’ punishment decisions are primarily driven by retributive motives. Social Justice Research, 23, 99-116.
Gollwitzer, M., Rothmund, T., Pfeiffer, A., & Ensenbach, C. (2009). Why and when Justice Sensitivity leads to pro- and antisocial behavior. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 999-1005.
Gollwitzer, M., & Denzler, M. (2009). What makes revenge so sweet: Seeing the offender suffer or delivering a message? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 840-844.
Eid, M., Nussbeck, F. W., Geiser, C., Cole, D. A., Gollwitzer, M., & Lischetzke, T. (2008). Structural equation modeling of multitrait-multimethod data: Different models for different types of methods. Psychological Methods, 13, 230-253.
Gollwitzer, M., & Bücklein, K. (2007). Are "we" more punitive than "me"? Self-construal styles, justice-related attitudes, and punitive judgments. Social Justice Research, 20, 457-478.
Gollwitzer, M., Banse, R., Eisenbach, K., & Naumann, A. (2007). Effectiveness of the Vienna Social Competence Training on explicit and implicit aggression: Evidence from an Aggressiveness-IAT. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 23, 150-156.
Gollwitzer, M., Eid, M., & Jürgensen, R. (2005). Response styles in the assessment of anger expression. Psychological Assessment, 17, 59-69.
Gollwitzer, M., Schmitt, M., Schalke, R., Maes, J., & Baer, A. (2005). Asymmetrical effects of Justice Sensitivity perspectives on prosocial and antisocial behavior. Social Justice Research, 18, 183-201.

Selected book chapters:

Gollwitzer, M., Keller, L., & Braun, J. (2012). Retributive punishment in a social context. In E. Kals & J. Maes (Eds.), Justice and conflicts: Theoretical and empirical contributions (pp. 169-196). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.
Gollwitzer, M. (2009). Justice and revenge. In M. E. Oswald, S. Bieneck, & J. Hupfeld-Heinemann (Eds.), Social psychology of punishment of crime (pp. 137-156). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Gollwitzer, M., & Rothmund, T. (2009). When the need to trust results in unethical behavior: The Sensitivity to Mean Intentions (SeMI) model. In D. De Cremer (Ed.), Psychological perspectives on ethical behavior and decision making (pp. 135-152). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
Rothmund, T., Gollwitzer, M., Baumert, A., & Schmitt, M. (2013). The psychological functions of justice in mass media. In R. Tamborini (Ed.), Media and the moral mind (pp. 170-197). New York: Routledge.