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Overview

Joscha Kärtner is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and focuses on research within the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work includes contributions to developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, and sociology and political science.

The primary topics covered by their research include child and animal learning development, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, cultural differences and values, child development and digital technology, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, and migration, health, and trauma.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Joscha Kärtner include Moritz Köster, Marta Giner Torréns, Nils Schuhmacher, Shoji Itakura, and Solveig Jurkat.

Their publications appear regularly in various academic venues, with multiple contributions to Frontiers in Psychology, Infant Behavior and Development, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Social Development.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Joscha Kärtner include:

  • Culture and early social-cognitive development, 2020, Progress in brain research
  • The role of preacademic activities and adult-centeredness in mother-child play in educated urban middle-class families from three cultures, 2021, Infant Behavior and Development

Other recent relevant publications from their network include:

  • Psychological Antecedents of Refugee Integration (PARI), 2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Parental teaching behavior in diverse cultural contexts, 2022, Evolution and Human Behavior
  • A roadmap to doing culturally grounded developmental science, 2022, Review of Philosophy and Psychology

Best Publications

  • The persistent sampling bias in developmental psychology: A call to action

    Mark Nielsen;Mark Nielsen;Daniel Haun;Joscha Kärtner;Cristine H. Legare

  • Developmental consequences of early parenting experiences: self-recognition and self-regulation in three cultural communities.

    Heidi Keller;Relindis Yovsi;Joern Borke;Joscha Kärtner

  • Individualism-collectivism as Descriptive Norms Development of a Subjective Norm Approach to Culture Measurement

    Ronald Fischer;Maria Cristina Ferreira;Eveline Assmar;Paul Redford

  • Development: The cultural solution of universal developmental tasks.

    Heidi Keller;Joscha Kärtner

  • Mother-Infant Interaction During the First 3 Months: The Emergence of Culture-Specific Contingency Patterns

    Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller;Relindis D. Yovsi

  • Cognitive and social influences on early prosocial behavior in two sociocultural contexts.

    Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller;Nandita Chaudhary

  • Concern for Generativity and Its Relation to Implicit Pro‐Social Power Motivation, Generative Goals, and Satisfaction With Life: A Cross‐Cultural Investigation

    Jan Hofer;Holger Busch;Athanasios Chasiotis;Joscha Kärtner

  • Similarities and differences in contingency experiences of 3-month-olds across sociocultural contexts.

    Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller;Bettina Lamm;Monika Abels

  • A cross-cultural comparison of the development of the social smile: a longitudinal study of maternal and infant imitation in 6- and 12-week-old infants.

    Viktoriya Wörmann;Manfred Holodynski;Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller

  • Parenting styles and the development of the categorical self: A longitudinal study on mirror self-recognition in Cameroonian Nso and German families:

    Heidi Keller;Joscha Kärtner;Joern Borke;Relindis Yovsi

  • Self‐regulation and well‐being: The influence of identity and motives

    Jan Hofer;Holger Busch;Joscha Kärtner

  • The timing of verbal/vocal communications between mothers and their infants: a longitudinal cross-cultural comparison.

    Heidi Keller;Hiltrud Otto;Bettina Lamm;Relindis D. Yovsi

  • Cultural Influences on Toddlers’ Prosocial Behavior: How Maternal Task Assignment Relates to Helping Others

    Moritz Köster;Moritz Köster;Lilia Cavalcante;Rafael Vera Cruz de Carvalho;Briseida Dôgo de Resende

  • Early Reminiscing in Cultural Contexts: Cultural Models, Maternal Reminiscing Styles, and Children's Memories

    Lisa Schröder;Heidi Keller;Joscha Kärtner;Astrid Kleis

  • The Emergence of Social Smiling: The Interplay of Maternal and Infant Imitation During the First Three Months in Cross-Cultural Comparison

    Viktoriya Wörmann;Manfred Holodynski;Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller

  • Parental Ethnotheories, Social Practice and the Culture-Specific Development of Social Smiling in Infants

    Joscha Kärtner;Manfred Holodynski;Viktoriya Wörmann

  • Psychological Antecedents of Refugee Integration (PARI)

    Gerald Echterhoff;Jens H. Hellmann;Mitja D. Back;Joscha Kärtner

  • Infants Understand Others’ Needs:

    Moritz Köster;Moritz Köster;Xenia Ohmer;Thanh Dung Nguyen;Joscha Kärtner

  • Manifestations of Autonomy and Relatedness in Mothers' Accounts of Their Ethnotheories Regarding Child Care Across Five Cultural Communities

    Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller;Bettina Lamm;Monika Abels

  • The Development of Mirror Self-Recognition in Different Sociocultural Contexts

    Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller;Nandita Chaudhary;Relindis D Yovsi

  • Parenting Infants Socialization Goals and Behaviors of Italian Mothers and Immigrant Mothers From West Africa

    Cecilia Carra;Manuela Lavelli;Heidi Keller;Joscha Kärtner

Frequent Co-Authors

Heidi Keller
Heidi Keller Osnabrück University
Daniel B. M. Haun
Daniel B. M. Haun Max Planck Society
Hannes Rakoczy
Hannes Rakoczy University of Göttingen
Judith M. Burkart
Judith M. Burkart University of Zurich
Gisela Trommsdorff
Gisela Trommsdorff University of Konstanz
Shoji Itakura
Shoji Itakura Kyoto University
Mark Nielsen
Mark Nielsen University of Queensland
Guido Hertel
Guido Hertel University of Münster
Michael Bond
Michael Bond Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Markus Paulus
Markus Paulus Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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