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Leonard Reinecke is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of technology, media, and mental health, with extensive contributions in social sciences and psychology.

The scientist's main fields of study include social sciences, psychology, and arts and humanities. Within these disciplines, their subfields of research cover sociology and political science, literature and literary theory, applied psychology, clinical psychology, and social psychology.

Reinecke's recent publications demonstrate a focus on media influence and behavioral health, especially relating to mental well-being and digital technology. Notable papers include:

  • Computer-Mediated Communication, Social Media, and Mental Health: A Conceptual and Empirical Meta-Review (2020), published in Communication Research
  • Media for Coping During COVID-19 Social Distancing: Stress, Anxiety, and Psychological Well-Being (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • The relationship between online vigilance and affective well-being in everyday life: Combining smartphone logging with experience sampling (2020), published in Media Psychology
  • Feeling Authentic on Social Media: Subjective Authenticity Across Instagram Stories and Posts (2022), published in Social Media + Society
  • Self-regulation as a key boundary condition in the relationship between social media use and well-being (2021), published in Current Opinion in Psychology

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Media Psychology
  • Mobile Media & Communication
  • Communication Research
  • Human Communication Research
  • Technology Mind and Behavior

Leonard Reinecke collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Adrian Meier
  • Benjamin K. Johnson
  • Allison Eden
  • Alicia Gilbert
  • Rebekka Kreling

The topics that characterize Reinecke's research encompass:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Media Influence and Health
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Best Publications

  • The German version of the Perceived Stress Scale – psychometric characteristics in a representative German community sample

    Eva M. Klein;Elmar Brähler;Michael Dreier;Leonard Reinecke

  • The social side of gaming: How playing online computer games creates online and offline social support

    Sabine Trepte;Leonard Reinecke;Keno Juechems

  • Authenticity and well-being on social network sites: A two-wave longitudinal study on the effects of online authenticity and the positivity bias in SNS communication

    Leonard Reinecke;Sabine Trepte

  • Computer-Mediated Communication, Social Media, and Mental Health: A Conceptual and Empirical Meta-Review:

    Adrian Meier;Leonard Reinecke

  • Games and recovery: The use of video and computer games to recuperate from stress and strain.

    Leonard Reinecke

  • Facebocrastination? Predictors of using Facebook for procrastination and its effects on students well-being

    Adrian Meier;Leonard Reinecke;Christine E. Meltzer

  • Digital Stress over the Life Span: The Effects of Communication Load and Internet Multitasking on Perceived Stress and Psychological Health Impairments in a German Probability Sample

    Leonard Reinecke;Stefan Aufenanger;Manfred E. Beutel;Michael Dreier

  • Avatar Creation and Video Game Enjoyment: Effects of Life-Satisfaction, Game Competitiveness, and Identification With the Avatar

    Sabine Trepte;Leonard Reinecke

  • Media Enjoyment as Need Satisfaction: The Contribution of Hedonic and Nonhedonic Needs

    Ronald Tamborini;Matthew Grizzard;Nicholas David Bowman;Leonard Reinecke

  • Procrastination, Distress and Life Satisfaction across the Age Range - A German Representative Community Study.

    Manfred E. Beutel;Eva M. Klein;Stefan Aufenanger;Elmar Brähler

  • The reciprocal effects of social network site use and the disposition for self-disclosure: A longitudinal study

    Sabine Trepte;Leonard Reinecke

  • The interplay of intrinsic need satisfaction and Facebook specific motives in explaining addictive behavior on Facebook

    Philipp K. Masur;Leonard Reinecke;Marc Ziegele;Oliver Quiring

  • Influence of Social Support Received in Online and Offline Contexts on Satisfaction With Social Support and Satisfaction With Life: A Longitudinal Study

    Sabine Trepte;Tobias Dienlin;Leonard Reinecke

  • Entertainment 2.0? The Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Need Satisfaction for the Enjoyment of Facebook Use

    Leonard Reinecke;Peter Vorderer;Katharina Knop

  • The routledge handbook of media use and well-being: International perspectives on theory and research on positive media effects

    Leonard Reinecke;Mary Beth Oliver

  • The Guilty Couch Potato: The Role of Ego Depletion in Reducing Recovery Through Media Use

    Leonard Reinecke;Tilo Hartmann;Allison Eden

  • Media Entertainment and Well-Being—Linking Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment Experience to Media-Induced Recovery and Vitality

    Diana Rieger;Leonard Reinecke;Lena Frischlich;Gary Bente

  • Characterizing Mood Management as Need Satisfaction: The Effects of Intrinsic Needs on Selective Exposure and Mood Repair

    Leonard Reinecke;Ron Tamborini;Matthew Grizzard;Robert Lewis

  • A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Privacy Calculus:

    Sabine Trepte;Leonard Reinecke;Nicole B. Ellison;Oliver Quiring

  • Privacy Online: Perspectives on Privacy and Self-Disclosure in the Social Web

    Sabine Trepte;Leonard Reinecke

  • Entertaining Media Use and the Satisfaction of Recovery Needs: Recovery Outcomes Associated With the Use of Interactive and Noninteractive Entertaining Media

    Leonard Reinecke;Jennifer Klatt;Nicole C. Krämer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Vorderer
Peter Vorderer University of Mannheim
Klaus Wölfling
Klaus Wölfling Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ron Tamborini
Ron Tamborini Michigan State University
Gary Bente
Gary Bente Michigan State University
Wilhelm Hofmann
Wilhelm Hofmann Ruhr University Bochum
Nicole C. Krämer
Nicole C. Krämer University of Duisburg-Essen
Manfred E. Beutel
Manfred E. Beutel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Elmar Brähler
Elmar Brähler Leipzig University
Moniek Buijzen
Moniek Buijzen Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mary Beth Oliver
Mary Beth Oliver Pennsylvania State University

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