Prof. Dr. Britta Renner

Professor

Psychological Assessment and Health Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Konstanz P.O. Box 47
D-78457 Konstanz
 

Office: G524
Office hours: upon arrangement
Tel.: +49 (0) 7531 88 4679
Fax: +49 (0) 7531 88 5226
Email: britta.renner [at] uni-konstanz.de

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Research interests

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Professional experience

2007 - present Professor of Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology (W3)
Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz
2004 - 2007 Professor of Psychology
Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning & Institutional Development, Jacobs University Bremen
2000 - 2004 Assistant Professor (C1), Personality Psychology & Psychological Assessment
Department of Psychology, University of Greifswald
1999 - 2000 Research Scientist & Lecturer, Personality Psychology & Psychological Assessment
Department of Psychology, University of Greifswald
1997 - 1999 Research Scientist & Lecturer, Department of Educational Psychology & Health Psychology
Department of Psychology, Free University of Berlin
1993 - 1996 Doctoral Student, Department of Educational Psychology & Health Psychology
Department of Psychology, Free University of Berlin

Education

2004 Habilitation in Psychology
University of Greifswald
2000 Ph.D. in psychology (Dr. phil.)
Free University of Berlin
1993 Diploma in psychology (Dipl.-Psych.)
Free University of Berlin

Editorial and Peer-Reviewing Activities

Member of the editorial board of Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie (executive editor 2012-2014)

Member of the editorial board of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: an Open Access Journal

Member of the editorial board of Health Psychology Review; Journal of Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Ad hoc reviewer for Anxiety, Stress, and Coping; Basic and Applied Social Psychology; British Journal of Health Psychology; British Journal of Nutrition; Cognition & Emotion; Diagnostica; Enviroment & Behavior; European Journal of Personality; European Journal of Psychological Assessment; European Journal of Social Psychology; Experimental Psychology; Familial Cancer; Health Education Research; Health Psychology; Health Psychology Review; Health, Risk & Society; International Journal of Behavioural Medicine; Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Applied Social Psychology; Journal of Individual Differences; Journal of Positive Psychology; Journal of Public Health; Memory; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Positive Psychology; Public Health Nutrition; Psychologische Rundschau; Psychology & Health; Psychology, Health & Medicine; Risk Analysis; Social Cognition; Social & Preventive Medicine; Social Science & Medicine; Vaccine; Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie; Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie; Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie; Zeitschrift für Psychologie

Grant reviewer for DAAD, DFG, Humboldt Foundation, EU, Economic and Social Research Council (UK), The Leverhulme Trust (UK), Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Württemberg, Netherlands Organisation of Health, Research and Development (ZonMw), Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Schweizer Nationalfonds (Switzerland)

Membership in Professional Organizations

Current Teaching Activities

WS 20/21  
Vorlesung Grundlagen psychologischer Diagnostik
Seminar Nachhaltigere Ernährung
Seminar Risikowahrnehmung und Risikokommunikation
Seminar Überblick über psychologische Anwendungsfächer

Past Teaching Activities

SS 2020  
Vorlesung Einführung in die Gesundheitspsychologie
Seminar Risikowahrnehmung und Risikokommunikation
Seminar Mobile Interventionen
   
WS 19/20  
Vorlesung Grundlagen psychologischer Diagnostik
Seminar Risikowahrnehmung und Risikokommunikation
Seminar Fragebogenkonstruktion
Seminar Überblick über psychologische Anwendungsfächer
   
SS 2019  
Vorlesung Einführung in die Gesundheitspsychologie
Seminar Risikowahrnehmung und Risikokommunikation
Seminar Mobile Interventionen

Publications

2015
Paper

Giese, H., König, L. M., Tăut, D., Ollila, H., Baban, A., Absetz, P., Schupp, H. & Renner, B. (2015). Exploring the association between television advertising of healthy and unhealthy foods, self-control, and food intake in three European Countries. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being, 7(1), 41-62. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12036

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2015
Paper

Giese, H., Tăut, D., Ollila, H., Baban, A.S., Absetz, P., Schupp, H.T. & Renner, B. (2015). Children's and adolescents' snacking: interplay between the individual and the school class. Frontiers in Psychology, 6:1308. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01308

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2015
Paper

Hartung, F.-M., Sproesser, G., & Renner, B. (2015). Being and feeling liked by others: How social inclusion impacts health. Psychology & Health, 30, 1103-1115. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2015.1031134

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2015
Paper

Jekauc, D., Völkle, M., Wagner, M. O., Mess, F., Reiner, M., & Renner, B. (2015). Prediction of attendance at fitness center: a comparison between the theory of planned behavior, the social cognitive theory, and the physical activity maintenance theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00121

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2015
Paper

Kinnunen, M., Hankonen, N., Haukkala, A., Renner, B., Jallinoja, P., Bingham, C., & Absetz, P. (2015) Healthy eaters beat unhealthy eaters in prototype evaluation among men, but abstinence may pose a risk for social standing. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 3, 323-336, doi: 10.1080/21642850.2015.1095097

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2015
Paper

Niermann, C., Kremers, S., Renner, B., Woll, A. (2015). Family health climate and adolescents’ physical activity and healthy eating: A cross-sectional study with mother-father-adolescent triads. PLoS ONE, 10(11), 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143599

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2015
Review

Renner, B. (2015). Ernährungsverhalten 2.0. Veränderungen durch explizite und implizite Interventionen. Ernährungsumschau. 01/15, 178-180.

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2015
Book chapter

Renner, B., Gamp, M., Schmälzle, R., & Schupp H.T. (2015). Health risk perception. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences (pp. 702-709). Oxford, England: Elsevier.

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2015
Book chapter

Renner, B., Klusmann, V., & Sproesser, G. (2015). Assessment of health behaviors. In: J. D. Wright (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences (2nd Ed., pp. 588-593). Oxford, England: Elsevier.

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2015
Paper

Sproesser, G., Klusmann, V., Schupp, H. & Renner, B. (2015). Comparative optimism about healthy eating. Appetite, 90, 212-218. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2015.03.008

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2015
Paper

Sproesser, G., Kohlbrenner, V., Schupp, H., & Renner, B. (2015). I eat healthier than you: Differences in healthy and unhealthy food choices for oneself and for others. Nutrients, 7, 4638-4660. doi:10.3390/nu7064638

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2015
Paper

Stok, F.M., De Vet, E., De Wit, J.B.F., Renner, B., & De Ridder, D.T.D. (2015). Communicating eating-related rules: Suggestions are more effective than restrictions. Appetite, 86, 45-53. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2014.09.010

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2015
Paper

Taut, D., Băban, A., Giese, H., Matos, M., Schupp, H., & Renner, B. (2015). Developmental trends in eating self-regulation and dietary intake in adolescents. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 7 (1), 4-21. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12035

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2014
Paper

Häcker, F., Schmälzle, R., Renner, B., & Schupp. H.T. (2014). Neural correlates of HIV risk feelings.  Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Advance, 10(4) ,612-617.doi: 10.1093/scan/nsu093 

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2014
Paper

Hartung, F.-M., & Renner, B. (2014). The need to belong and the relationship between loneliness and health. Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie, 22(4), 194-201. doi: 10.1026/0943-8149/a000129

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2014
Paper

Niermann, C., Krapf, F., Renner, B., Reiner, M., & Woll, A. (2014). Family health climate scale (FHC-scale): development and validation. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 11(1), 1-14. doi:10.1186/1479-5868-11-30

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2014
Book chapter

Renner, B. & Gamp, M. (2014). Psychologische Grundlagen der Gesundheitskommunikation [The psychology of health communication]. In K. Hurrelmann & E. Baumann (Eds.), Handbuch Gesundheitskommunikation [Handbook of Health Communication] (pp. 64-80). Bern: Huber.

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2014
Review

Renner, B. & Gamp, M. (2014). Krisen- und Risikokommunikation (Crisis and Risk Communication). Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung, 9(3), 230-238. doi:10.1007/s11553-014-0456-z

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2014
Paper

Sproesser, G., Schupp, H., & Renner, B. (2014). The bright side of stress induced eating: Eating more when stressed but less when pleased. Psychological Science. 25(1), 58-65. doi:10.1177/0956797613494849

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2013
Paper

Barth, A., Schmälzle, R., Renner, B., & Schupp, H. (2013). Neural correlates of risk perception: HIV vs. leukemia. Frontiers in Bahavioral Neuroscience. 7, 1-8. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00166

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