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Overview

Stefan Stieger is affiliated with the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences in Austria. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a strong focus on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work covers a variety of main topics including Behavioral Health and Interventions, Mental Health Research Topics, Media Influence and Health, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, and the Impact of Technology on Adolescents.

Stefan Stieger has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include Body Image, PLoS ONE, Behavior Research Methods, Scientific Reports, and Nature Human Behaviour.

Their recent papers of note include:

  • "To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply?", 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Emotional Well-Being Under Conditions of Lockdown: An Experience Sampling Study in Austria During the COVID-19 Pandemic", 2021, Journal of Happiness Studies
  • "The Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST): A psychometrically validated measure of news veracity discernment", 2023, Behavior Research Methods
  • "Taking it apart and putting it back together again: Using Item Pool Visualisation to summarise complex data patterns in (positive) body image research", 2020, Body Image
  • "Physical topography is associated with human personality", 2020, Nature Human Behaviour

Stefan Stieger collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Viren Swami
  • David Lewetz
  • Friedrich M. Götz
  • Ulrich S. Tran
  • Martin Voracek

Their research contributions reflect an interdisciplinary approach, encompassing clinical, social, and applied psychology perspectives. Their studies often intersect with societal and health-related issues, particularly focusing on mental health and well-being, media influence, and behavioral interventions.

Best Publications

  • Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

    Alexander A. Aarts;Joanna E. Anderson;Christopher J. Anderson;Peter R. Attridge;Peter R. Attridge

  • Analytic thinking reduces belief in conspiracy theories

    Viren Swami;Martin Voracek;Stefan Stieger;Ulrich S. Tran

  • Conspiracist ideation in Britain and Austria: Evidence of a monological belief system and associations between individual psychological differences and real-world and fictitious conspiracy theories

    Viren Swami;Viren Swami;Rebecca Coles;Stefan Stieger;Jakob Pietschnig

  • The Psychological Science Accelerator: Advancing Psychology through a Distributed Collaborative Network

    Hannah Moshontz;Lorne Campbell;Charles R. Ebersole;Hans Ijzerman

  • Internet users' perceptions of 'privacy concerns' and 'privacy actions'

    Carina Paine;Ulf-Dietrich Reips;Stefan Stieger;Adam Joinson

  • Who Commits Virtual Identity Suicide? Differences in Privacy Concerns, Internet Addiction, and Personality Between Facebook Users and Quitters

    Stefan Stieger;Christoph Burger;Manuel Bohn;Martin Voracek

  • To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply?

    Benedict C. Jones;Lisa M. DeBruine;Jessica K. Flake;Marco Tullio Liuzza

  • An examination of the factorial and convergent validity of four measures of conspiracist ideation, with recommendations for researchers

    Viren Swami;Viren Swami;David Barron;Laura Weis;Martin Voracek

  • Looking good: factors affecting the likelihood of having cosmetic surgery

    Viren Swami;Adriane Arteche;Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic;Adrian Furnham

  • Detecting affiliation in colaughter across 24 societies

    Gregory A. Bryant;Daniel M. T. Fessler;Riccardo Fusaroli;Edward Clint

  • Humor styles and their relationship to explicit and implicit self-esteem

    Stefan Stieger;Anton K. Formann;Christoph Burger

  • Lunar Lies: The Impact of Informational Framing and Individual Differences in Shaping Conspiracist Beliefs About the Moon Landings

    Viren Swami;Viren Swami;Jakob Pietschnig;Ulrich S. Tran;Ingo W. Nader

  • German translation and psychometric evaluation of the Body Appreciation Scale.

    Viren Swami;Stefan Stieger;Tanja Haubner;Martin Voracek

  • Associations Between Women’s Body Image and Happiness: Results of the YouBeauty.com Body Image Survey (YBIS)

    Viren Swami;Viren Swami;Ulrich S. Tran;Stefan Stieger;Martin Voracek

  • A cross-cultural investigation of suicidal behavior and attitudes in Austrian and Turkish medical students

    Mehmet Eskin;Martin Voracek;Stefan Stieger;Vesile Altinyazar

  • What are participants doing while filling in an online questionnaire: A paradata collection tool and an empirical study

    Stefan Stieger;Ulf-Dietrich Reips

  • A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Ke Wang;Amit Goldenberg;Charles A. Dorison;Jeremy K. Miller

  • Implicit and explicit self-esteem in the context of internet addiction.

    Stefan Stieger;Christoph Burger

  • Using instant messaging for Internet-based interviews.

    Stefan Stieger;Anja S. Göritz

  • Emotional Well-Being Under Conditions of Lockdown: An Experience Sampling Study in Austria During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Stefan Stieger;David Lewetz;Viren Swami

  • Psychometric evaluation of the Tagalog and German subjective happiness scales and a cross-cultural comparison

    Viren Swami;Stefan Stieger;Martin Voracek;Stefan G. Dressler

  • Response to comment on "Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science"

    Christopher J. Anderson;Štěpán Bahník;Michael Barnett-Cowan;Frank A. Bosco

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Voracek
Martin Voracek University of Vienna
Viren Swami
Viren Swami Anglia Ruskin University
Ulrich S. Tran
Ulrich S. Tran University of Vienna
Adrian Furnham
Adrian Furnham BI Norwegian Business School
Anja S. Göritz
Anja S. Göritz University of Freiburg
Claus Lamm
Claus Lamm University of Vienna
Daniel M. T. Fessler
Daniel M. T. Fessler University of California, Los Angeles
Tatsuya Kameda
Tatsuya Kameda Meiji Gakuin University
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science
Norman P. Li
Norman P. Li Singapore Management University

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