Forschung

Aktuelle Schwerpunkte

Reaktanz in der Gesundheitskommunikation; Gesundheit und Klimawandel; Pr?ferenzen bei der Verteilung von Gesundheitsressourcen; Impfung und gesellschaftliche Polarisierung

Publikationen

Betsch, C., Eitze, S., Korn, L., Felgendreff, L., T?nzer, A.-S., & Sprengholz, P. (2025). Dataset of 69 German COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO) surveys on pandemic attitudes, feelings and behaviours. Scientific Data, 12(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05275-3

Sprengholz, P., Bruckmann, R., & Wolstein, J. (2025). Effects of naming heatwaves on risk perception and protective behaviour. Weather, 80(5), 152–154. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.7679

Sprengholz, P., & van den Bergh, J. (2025). Influenza vaccination as work stress prevention: Effects of a simple communication intervention on vaccination intentions among geriatric nurses. Geriatric Nursing, 65(103505), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2025.103505

Sprengholz, P., Feifel, A. T., Reich, B., & Sahler, A. (2025). Navigating the Nutri‐Score: Inequidistant Perceptions of Front‐of‐Package Health Information. Food Frontiers, 6(5), 2485–2491. https://doi.org/10.1002/fft2.70081

Sprengholz, P. (2025). Public preferences regarding slow codes in critical care. Bioethics, 39(4), 337–342. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13359

Sprengholz, P., & Bührig, D. (2025). Reactance as a Persuasive Strategy: How Health Communication Can Harness Anger to Leverage Behavior Change. Health Communication, Online-First, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2446369

Sprengholz, P., Hammer, L., & Scheelje, L. (2025). The taste of change?: Free vegan meal boxes do not change meat consumption, self-efficacy, or attitudes toward a plant-based diet among meat eaters. Food Quality and Preference, 128(105471), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105471

Sprengholz, P., Betsch, C., & B?hm, R. (2024). Experimental testing of three categorization‐based interventions to reduce prejudice and discrimination against the unvaccinated in the aftermath of COVID‐19. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 24(2), 552–566. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12386

Sprengholz, P., & Meier, V. T. (2024). Radical Climate Movements: Associations Between Government Response and Public Support. Environment and Behavior, 56(1–2), 3–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165241272468

Lehrer, L., Geiger, M., Sprengholz, P., Jenny, M., Temme, H. L., Shamsrizi, P., Eitze, S., & Betsch, C. (2024). Study protocol of the planetary health action survey PACE: a serial cross-sectional survey to assess the readiness to act against climate change. BMJ Open, 14(11, e091093), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091093

Scholz, D. D., Bader, M., Betsch, C., B?hm, R., Lilleholt, L., Sprengholz, P., & Zettler, I. (2024). The moderating role of trust in pandemic-relevant institutions on the relation between pandemic fatigue and vaccination intentions. Journal of Health Psychology, 29(4), 358–364. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231201038

Schmid, P., B?hm, R., Das, E., Holford, D., Korn, L., Leask, J., Lewandowsky, S., Shapiro, G. K., Sprengholz, P., & Betsch, C. (2024). Vaccination mandates and their alternatives and complements. Nature Reviews. Psychology, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00381-2

Eitze, S., Sprengholz, P., Korn, L., Shamsrizi, P., Felgendreff, L., & Betsch, C. (2024). Vicarious experiences of long COVID: A protection motivation theory analysis for vaccination intentions. Vaccine, 16(January 2024, 100417), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100417

Sprengholz, P., Tannert, S., & Betsch, C. (2023). Explaining Boomerang Effects in Persuasive Health Communication: How Psychological Reactance to Healthy Eating Messages Elevates Attention to Unhealthy Food. Journal of Health Communication, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2023.2217098

Gilan, D., Birkenbach, M., Wossidlo, M., Sprengholz, P., Betsch, C., Hahad, O., & Lieb, K. (2023).