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Barbara Krahé is a researcher affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their work spans predominantly across social sciences and psychology, with a focus on various subfields including sociology and political science, gender studies, clinical psychology, health, and social psychology.

The main topics covered in Krahé's research include sexual assault and victimization studies, intimate partner and family violence, sex work and related issues, sexuality, behavior, and technology, gender, feminism, and media, child abuse and trauma, as well as bullying, victimization, and aggression.

Krahé has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with frequent publications appearing in notable venues such as:

  • Psychology of Violence
  • Aggressive Behavior
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • Sex Roles

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Barbara Krahé include:

  • Prevalence of Sexual Aggression Victimization and Perpetration in a German University Student Sample, 2021, Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The global prevalence of sexual assault: A systematic review of international research since 2010, 2021, Psychology of Violence
  • With a Little Help from Their Peers: The Impact of Classmates on Adolescents' Development of Prosocial Behavior, 2020, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Addressing the inappropriate use of force by police in the United States and beyond: A behavioral and social science perspective, 2021, Aggressive Behavior
  • Cross-cultural similarities and differences in the theoretical predictors of cyberbullying perpetration: Results from a seven-country study, 2020, Aggressive Behavior

The collaborative nature of their work is reflected in frequent co-authors that include:

  • Isabell Schuster
  • Paulina Tomaszewska
  • Robert Busching
  • Marika Skowronski
  • Anja Berger

Best Publications

  • Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap: A Question of Attitude

    Jennifer Temkin;Barbara Krahé

  • Exposure to violent video games and aggression in German adolescents: a longitudinal analysis

    Ingrid Möller;Barbara Krahé

  • Long-Term Relations Among Prosocial-Media Use, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior

    Sara Prot;Douglas A. Gentile;Craig A. Anderson;Kanae Suzuki

  • Predicting aggressive driving behavior : the role of macho personality, age and power of car

    Barbara Krahé;Ilka Fenske

  • The social psychology of aggression

    Barbara Krahé

  • Desensitization to media violence: links with habitual media violence exposure, aggressive cognitions, and aggressive behavior.

    Barbara Krahé;Ingrid Möller;L. Rowell Huesmann;Lucyna Kirwil

  • Changing negative attitudes towards persons with physical disabilities: an experimental intervention

    Barbara Krahé;Colette Altwasser

  • Prevalence and correlates of young people's sexual aggression perpetration and victimisation in 10 European countries: a multi-level analysis

    Barbara Krahé;Anja Berger;Ine Vanwesenbeeck;Gabriel Bianchi

  • Playing violent electronic games, hostile attributional style, and aggression-related norms in German adolescents

    Barbara Krahé;Ingrid Möller

  • Longitudinal effects of media violence on aggression and empathy among German adolescents

    Barbara Krahé;Ingrid Möller

  • Blaming the victim and exonerating the perpetrator in cases of rape and robbery: is there a double standard?

    Steffen Bieneck;Barbara Krahé

  • Victim and Observer Characteristics as Determinants of Responsibility Attributions to Victims of Rape1

    Barbara Krahé

  • Screen Violence and Youth Behavior

    Craig A. Anderson;Brad J. Bushman;Brad J. Bushman;Bruce D. Bartholow;Joanne Cantor

  • Understanding Gender and Intimate Partner Violence from an International Perspective

    Barbara Krahé;Steffen Bieneck;Ingrid Möller

  • Childhood sexual abuse and revictimization in adolescence.

    Barbara Krahé;Renate Scheinberger-Olwig;E. Waizenhöfer;S. Kolpin

  • Men and women as perpetrators and victims of sexual aggression in heterosexual and same-sex encounters: A study of first-year college students in Germany

    Barbara Krahé;Anja Berger

  • Adult Attachment Styles, Destructive Conflict Resolution, and the Experience of Intimate Partner Violence

    Helena Bonache;Rosaura Gonzalez-Mendez;Barbara Krahé

  • Women's Sexual Aggression Against Men: Prevalence and Predictors

    Barbara Krahé;Eva Waizenhöfer;Ingrid Möller

  • Media Violence and Other Aggression Risk Factors in Seven Nations

    Craig A. Anderson;Kanae Suzuki;Edward L. Swing;Christopher L. Groves

  • Prevalence of sexual aggression among young people in Europe: a review of the evidence from 27 EU countries

    Barbara Krahé;Paulina Tomaszewska;Lisette Kuyper;Ine Vanwesenbeeck;Ine Vanwesenbeeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Gün R. Semin
Gün R. Semin ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Ine Vanwesenbeeck
Ine Vanwesenbeeck Utrecht University
Douglas A. Gentile
Douglas A. Gentile Iowa State University
Craig A. Anderson
Craig A. Anderson Iowa State University
Charles Abraham
Charles Abraham University of Exeter
Günter Esser
Günter Esser University of Potsdam
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Manfred Schmitt
Manfred Schmitt University of Koblenz and Landau
Oliver T. Wolf
Oliver T. Wolf Ruhr University Bochum
Antonio B. Fuertes
Antonio B. Fuertes Spanish National Research Council

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