Abstract: In public discourse the term patriotism is used with either positive or negative connotations. What does social-psychological research have to say about the consequences of patriotism? Patriotism can be defined analogous to the concept of social ...

Abstract: The current study tests the hypothesis that people are more likely to maintain an action in spite of permanent failure feedback the more positive affects they anticipate with a possible success, respectively, the more negative affects they ...

Abstract: We tested the assumptions of the elaboration-likelihood model regarding the influence of involvement on information processing in the field of credibility attribution in everyday life situations in two experiments. Experiment 1 showed that ...

Abstract: Close relationships of depressive persons differ from non-depressives on a variety of partner variables. This study examines, which variables may explain differences concerning the attitude toward intimate relationships. 139 subjects filled out ...