Stephanie Kurzenhäuser-Carstens

Professor for Health Psychology and Methods, FOM University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg

Vita

Stephanie Kurzenhäuser-Carstens is a Professor for Health Psychology and Methods at the FOM University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. She was a fellow of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin (Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition) from 1999 to 2004. In her dissertation, she examined how the formats of statistical information can foster or limit the understanding of risk information in medical domains. 

Her current research interests include health risk behaviors and health risk perceptions, e.g. with regard to self-endangering work behavior, recovery strategies and time perspectives. 

Research Interests

  • Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Risk Behaviour
  • Risk Communications
  • Statistics

Selected publications

Boßow-Thies, S., Zimmer, M., & Kurzenhäuser-Carstens, S. (2019). Mobil-flexibles Arbeiten und Stress–eine quantitative Analyse mit PLS. Arbeitswelten der Zukunft: Wie Die Digitalisierung Unsere Arbeitsplätze und Arbeitsweisen Verändert, 361-389.

Wegwarth, O., Kurzenhäuser-Carstens, S., & Gigerenzer, G. (2014). Overcoming the knowledge–behavior gap: the effect of evidence-based HPV vaccination leaflets on understanding, intention, and actual vaccination decision. Vaccine, 32(12), 1388-1393.

Visschers, V. H., Wiedemann, P. M., Gutscher, H., Kurzenhäuser, S., Seidl, R., Jardine, C. G., & Timmermans, D. R. (2012). Affect-inducing risk communication: current knowledge and future directions. Journal of Risk Research, 15(3), 257-271.

Kurzenhäuser, S., & Epp, A. (2009). Wahrnehmung von gesundheitlichen Risiken. Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz, 12(52), 1141-1146.