Publications:

Keller, J. (in press). Differential gender and ethnic differences in math performance: A self-regulatory perspective. Journal of Psychology

Keller, J. & Landhäußer, A. (in press). The flow model revisited. In S. Engeser (Ed.), Advances in flow research. Berlin: Springer.

Landhäußer, A. & Keller, J. (in press). Components and consequences of flow experiences. In S. Engeser (Ed.), Advances in flow research. Berlin: Springer.

Greifeneder, R. & Keller, J. (in press). Habitual self-regulatory orientation and ease-of-retrieval:Regulatory focus qualifies the impact of subjective experiences in judgment. Motivation and Emotion.

van Pachterbeke, M., Keller, J., & Saroglou, V. (2012). Flexibility in existential beliefs and worldviews: Introducing and measuring existential quest. Journal of Individual Differences, 33, 2-16.

Keller, J. & Landhäußer, A. (2012). Im Flow sein: Experimentelle Analysen des Zustands optimaler Beanspruchung. Psychologische Rundschau, 62, 213-220.

Keller, J. & Pfattheicher, S. (2011). Vigilant self-regulation, cues of being watched and cooperativeness. European Journal of Personality, 25, 363-372.

Keller, J., Ringelhan, S. & Blomann, F. (2011). Does skills-demands-compatibility result in intrinsic motivation? Experimental test of a basic notion proposed in the theory of flow-experiences. Journal of Positive Psychology, 6, 408-417.

Rangel, U. & Keller, J. (2011). Essentialism goes social: Belief in social determinism as a component of psychological essentialism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 1056-1078.

Keller, J., Bless, H., Blomann, F. & Kleinböhl, D. (2011). Physiological aspects of flow experiences: Skills-demand-compatibility effects on heart rate variability and salivary cortisol. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 849-852.

Gaillard, M., Desmette, D., & Keller, J. (2011). Regulatory focus moderates the influence of age-related stereotypic expectancies on older adults’ test performance and threat-based concerns. European Review of Applied Psychology, 61, 23-29.

Bless, H., Keller, J. & Igou, E. (2009). Metacognition. In F. Strack & J. Förster (Eds.), Social Cognition – the Basis of Human Interaction (pp. 157-177). Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2009). Predicting future affective states: How ease of retrieval and faith in intuition moderate the impact of activated content. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 467-476.

Keller, J. & Blomann, F. (2008). Locus of control and the flow experience: An experimental analysis. European Journal of Personality, 22, 589-607.

Keller, J., Hurst, M., & Uskul, A. (2008). Prevention-focused self-regulation and aggressiveness. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 800-820.

Keller, J. & Sekaquaptewa, D. (2008). Solo status and women's spatial test performance: The role of individuation tendencies. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 1044-1053.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2008). Flow and regulatory compatibility: An experimental approach to the flow model of intrinsic motivation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 196-209.

Keller, J. (2008). On the development of regulatory focus: The role of parenting styles. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 354-364.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2008). When positive and negative expectancies disrupt performance: Regulatory focus as a catalyst. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 187-212.

Keller, J. & Molix, L. (2008). When women can't do math: The interplay of self-construal, group identification, and stereotypic performance standards. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 437-444.

Keller, J. (2008). Stereotype als Bedrohung. In L.-E. Petersen & B. Six (Hrsg.), Stereotype, Vorurteile und soziale Diskriminierung (S. 88-96). Weinheim: Beltz.

Uskul, A. K., Keller, J., & Oyserman, D. (2008). Regulatory fit and health behavior. Psychology and Health, 23, 327-346.

Keller, J. (2007). When negative stereotypic expectancies turn into challenge or threat: The moderating role of regulatory focus. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 66, 163-168.

Keller, J. (2007). Stereotype threat in classroom settings: The interactive effects of domain identification, task difficulty, and stereotype threat on female student's maths performance. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 77, 323-338.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2007). Communicating positive and negative stereotypic expectancies: The interplay of stereotype threat and regulatory focus. In Y. Kashima, K. Fiedler, & P. Freytag (Eds.), Stereotype dynamics: Language-based apporaches to stereotype formation, maintenance, and transformation (pp. 373-395). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. 

Bless, H. & Keller, J. (2006). Urteilsheuristiken. In H.-W. Bierhoff  & D. Frey (Eds.), Handbuch der Psychologie: Sozialpsychologie und Kommunikationspsychologie (S. 294-300). Göttingen Hogrefe. 

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2006). Regulatory fit and cognitive performance: The interactive effect of chronic and situationally induced self-regulatory mechanisms on test performance. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 393-405.

Keller, J. (2005). In genes we trust: The biological component of psychological essentialism and its relationship to mechanisms of motivated social cognition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88. 686-702.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2005). When negative expectancies turn into negative performance: The role of ease of retrieval. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 535-541.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2004). Evolutionary thought and psychological essentialism: The belief in genetic predispositions and its relationship to basic processes of social cognition. Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology, 2, 123-141.

Keller, J. (2004). Expectancy effects in performance situations. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Keller, J. & Dauenheimer, D. (2003). Stereotype threat in the classroom: Dejection mediates the disrupting threat effect on women's math performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 371-381.

Keller, J. (2002). Blatant stereotype threat and women's math performance: Self-handicapping as a strategic means to cope with obtrusive negative performance expectations. Sex Roles, 47, 193-198.

Keller, J., Bohner, G. & Erb, H.-P (2000). Intuitive und heuristische Urteilsbildung - verschiedene Prozesse? Präsentation einer deutschen Fassung des 'Rational-Experiential Inventory' sowie neuer Selbstberichtskalen zur Heuristiknutzung. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 31, 87-101.

Papers under review:

Keller, J. & Pfattheicher, S. The Compassion-Misanthropy-Paradox: Vigilant, prevention-focused self-regulation builds a basis for sympathetic compassion and misanthropic attitudes.

Florack, A., Keller, J., Ineichen, S., Leder, S., & Lockwood, P. Chronic regulatory focus and approach-avoidance at different levels of self-regulation: A validation fo the General Regulatory Focus Measure.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. Positive and negative performance expectancies as a trigger of stress: An endocrinological analysis examining the interplay of expectancy valence and self-regulatory orientation.

Keller, J. Regulatory focus and human values.

Keller, J.,  Mayo, R., & Greifeneder, R. Regulatory focus, generalized trust, and altruistic punishment.

Keller, J., & Sassenberg, K. Misleading tendencies in psychologists' reports on research findings: The trouble with pie chart diagrams and overall average effect size estimates.

Hurst, M., Keller, J., Mayo, R. & Oswald, M. Differential sensitivity to negative information in interpersonal settings: Vigilant self-regulation and the evaluation of trustworthiness and veracity.

Selected Research Presentations:

Keller, J. (2011). Decision making in social dilemmas: Self-regulatory orientation as critical impact factor. Invited talk, University of Jena, Germany.

Keller, J. (2010). Die motivationale Orientierung als kritische Randbedingung der Wirkung stereotyper Leistungserwartungen in Testsituationen. 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Bremen, Germany.

Keller, J. (2009). Self-regulatory orientations and individuals' behavior in social dilemma situations. Small Group Meeting on "Self-regulation approaches to group processes" sponsored by the European Association of Social Psychology. Tübingen, Germany.

Keller, J. (2008). Wie reagieren Individuen auf stereotype Leistungserwartungen? Die motivationale Orientierung als kritische Randbedingung. Gastvortrag am Psychologischen Institut. Universität Greifswald.

Keller, J. (2008). Essentialistische Laientheorien: "Inside stories" über das Wesen des Menschen. Gastvortrag am Psychologischen Institut. Universität Heidelberg.

Keller, J. (2007). Stereotypic expectancy effects on test performance: A self-regulatory focus perspective. Invited colloquium, Psychology Department, University of Tilburg, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

Keller, J. (2007). Understanding misanthropic attitudes and behavior: A self-regulatory focus perspective on hostility and distrust. Invited colloquium, Psychology Department, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2005). Regulatory focus as a moderator of stereotypic expectancy effects in performance situations. Paper presented at the 14th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, Würzburg, Germany.

Keller, J. (2005). Psychological essentialism as a distinct component of the ideological belief system. Paper presented at the 6th Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, USA.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2004). Der regulatorische Fokus als Moderator der Wirkung stereotyper Leistungserwartungen auf Testleistungen. 44. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Göttingen, Germany.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2004). Regulatory focus as a moderator of stereotypic expectancy effects in testing situations. Paper presented at the Small Group Meeting "Understanding the Academic Underachievement of Low Status Group Members." sponsored by the EAESP, Paris, France.

Keller, J. (2003). The biological component of psychological essentialism: Essentialist beliefs and how they relate to stereotyping and prejudice. Paper presented at the Fifth Meeting of the European Social Cognition Network, Padua, Italy.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2003). Stereotype threat and stereotype challenge: Regulatory focus as a moderator of negative stereotypic performance expectations. Paper presented at the Small Group Meeting "The Psychology of Minorities: Basic Mechanisms and Social Implications" sponsored by the EAESP, London, UK.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2003). Regulatory focus as a moderator of stereotype threat effects. Paper presented at the 4th Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, USA.

Keller, J. (2002). Stereotype threat effects on test performance: Moderating and mediating mechanisms. Paper presented at the Fourth Meeting of the European Social Cognition Network, Paris, France.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2002). The interplay of self-regulation mechanisms and stereotype threat in real life performance settings. Paper presented at the 13th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, San Sebastian, Spain.

Keller, J. & Bless, H. (2002). Regulatory focus and stereotype threat: The interplay of self-regulation mechanisms and negative stereotypic expectations in real life performance settings. Paper presented at the Seventy-fourth Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Keller, J. (2002). Stereotype Threat und Selbstregulationsprozesse. Paper presented at the 44. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Chemnitz, Germany.

Keller, J. & Dauenheimer, D. (2000). Stereotype threat als situationale Erklärung von Geschlechtsunterschieden bei mathematischen Leistungstests. Paper presented at the 42. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Jena, Germany.