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Dr. Christina Matschke

Dr. Christina Matschke

Portrait of Christina Matschke

Christina Matschke is postdoc at the IWM. Since 2021 she works in the area of science transfer, where she supports the director in giving advice to the educational policy-makers in the context of the Standing Scientific Commission of the Conference of the Ministers of Education of the states in the Federal Republic of Germany. Her research deals with topics related to social identities, education, and media. She received the dissertation award of the University of Tuebingen, the section award of the Leibniz Community and was accepted as a Fellow of the Wrangell-Program.

Main research topics:

  • Antecedents and consequences of social identities
  • Disidentification
  • Incompatibility und Integration of social identities
  • Biases in Knowledge construction and computer-mediated knowledge exchange
  • Digital Media in Learning, Teamwork and Cooperatio

Dr. Christina Matschke

Schleichstr. 6

72072 Tübingen

Room 6.422

+49 7071 979-201c.matschke@iwm-tuebingen.de

Directorate

Project

Projects with a current term and projects that have taken place in the last 5 years are shown.

Publications

Articles (peer-reviewed)

  • Matschke, C.*, Roth, J.*, Deutsch, R., Heineck, P.-M., & de Vreeze, J. (2025). Indirect measures of social identities: implicit association tests assess self-categorization, match–mismatch paradigms distinguish identification from disidentification. Self and Identity. Advance online publication. *shared first authorship. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2025.2499138

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  • Matschke, C., de Vreeze, J., & Cress, U. (2023). Social identities and the achievement gap: Incompatibility between social class background and student identity increases student disidentification, which decreases performance and leads to higher dropout rates. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(1), 161-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12563

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  • Orellana Corrales, G., Matschke, C., Schäfer, S., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2022). Does an experimentally induced self-association elicit affective self-prioritisation? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 76(6), 1379-1390. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221124928

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  • Matschke, C. (2022). The impact of social support on social identity development and well-being in international exchange students. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 53(10), 1307-1334. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221118387

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  • Orellana Corrales, G., Matschke, C., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2021). The impact of newly self-associated pictorial and letter-based stimuli in attention holding. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 83(7), 2729-2743. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02367-1

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  • Oeberst, A., Von der Beck, I., Matschke, C., Ihme, T. A., & Cress, U. (2020). Collectively biased representations of the past: Ingroup Bias in Wikipedia articles about intergroup conflicts. British Journal of Social Psychology, 59(4), 791-818. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12356

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  • Orellana Corrales, G., Matschke, C., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2020). Does self-associating a geometric shape immediately cause attentional prioritization? Comparing familiar versus recently self-associated stimuli in the dot-probe task. Experimental Psychology, 67(6), 335-348. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000502

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  • Oeberst, A., & Matschke, C. (2019). Black sheep are not black in Wikipedia. Comparing descriptions of perpetrators in the language version of the perpetrator in-group to other (out-group) language versions. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null-Hypothesis, 15, 107-120.
  • de Vreeze, J., & Matschke, C. (2019). Don’t put me in this group: Assignment to non-preferred groups increases disidentification and a preference for negative ingroup information. Social Psychology, 50(2), 80-93. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000363

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  • Moskaliuk, J., & Matschke, C. (2018). Impact of information incongruity and authors group membership on assimilation and accommodation. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 34, 204-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12235

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  • de Vreeze, J., Matschke, C., & Cress, U. (2018). Neither fish nor fowl: A perceived mismatch in norms and values between oneself, other students, and people back home undermines adaptation to university. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57, 684-702. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12253

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  • Matschke, C., & Fehr, J. (2017). Does identity incompatibility lead to disidentification? Internal motivation to be a group member acts as buffer for sojourners from independent cultures, whereas external motivation acts as buffer for sojourners from interdependent cultures. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 335. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00335

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  • de Vreeze, J., & Matschke, C. (2017). Keeping up appearances: Strategic information exchange by disidentified group members. PLOS ONE, 12(4): e0175155. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175155

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  • Oeberst, A., & Matschke, C. (2017). Word order and world order: Titles of intergroup conflicts may increase ethnocentrism by mentioning the in-group first. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146, 672-690. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000300

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  • Schümmer, T., Schobert, W., Matschke, C., & Haake, J. M. (2015). Abstrahierendes Lernen durch aktive Modellbildung: Evaluation eines Prozesses und einer Lernumgebung. eleed, 11.
  • Matschke, C., & Fehr, J. (2015). Internal motivation buffers the negative effect of identity conflict on newcomers’ social identification and well-being. Social Psychology, 46, 335-344. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000250

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  • Matschke, C., Moskaliuk, J., Bokhorst, F., Schümmer, T., & Cress, U. (2014). Motivational factors of information exchange in social information spaces. Computers in Human Behavior, 36, 549-558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.044

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  • Matschke, C., Moskaliuk, J., & Kimmerle, J. (2013). The impact of group membership on collaborative learning with Wikis. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 16, 127-131. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0254

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  • Ray, D. G., & Matschke, C. (2012). Cross-group recognition bias generalizes to diverse non-face representations of digital identity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(1), 387-390.
  • Schümmer, T., Schobert, W., Matschke, C., & Haake, J. M. (2012). Ein Prozess und eine Lernumgebung zum abstrahierenden Lernen durch aktive Modellbildung. DeLFI 2012: Die 10. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik, GI-Edition Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 159-170). Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) e.V.
  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2012). I want to be like you: Self-regulation in the development of the social self. Social Psychology, 43(3), 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000090

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  • Matschke, C., Moskaliuk, J., & Cress, U. (2012). Knowledge exchange using Web 2.0 technologies in NGOs. Journal of Knowledge Management, 16, 159-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673271211199007

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  • Matschke, C., Fehr, J., & Sassenberg, K. (2012). When does goal discrepancy induce compensational effort? An application of self-completion theory to social issues. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 536-550. https://doi.org/10.1111/spco.2012.6.issue-7

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  • Sassenberg, K., Matschke, C., & Scholl, A. (2011). The impact of discrepancies from ingroup norms on group members’ well-being and motivation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 886-897. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.833

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  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2010). Does rejection lead to disidentification? The role of internal motivation and avoidance strategies. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 891-900. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.v40:6

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  • Matschke, C., Moskaliuk, J., Arnold, F., & Cress, U. (2010). Pattern-Based Knowledge Building in Learning Organizations. In S. L. Wong et al. (Ed.). Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computers in Education (pp. 176-180). Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education.
  • Sassenberg, K., & Matschke, C. (2010). The impact of exchange programs on the integration of the host-group into the self-concept. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 148-159.
  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2010). The supporting and impeding effects of group-related approach and avoidance strategies on newcomers’ psychological adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 34, 465-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.04.008

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  • Sassenberg, K., Fehr, J., Hansen, N., Matschke, C., & Woltin, K.-A. (2007). Eine sozialpsychologische Analyse zur Reduzierung von sozialer Diskriminierung von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 38, 239-249.

Books and book chapters

To overview
  • Otten, S., & Matschke, C. (2020). Dekategorisierung, Rekategorisierung und das Modell wechselseitiger Differenzierung. In L.-E. Petersen & B. Six (Eds.). Stereotype, Vorurteile, und soziale Diskriminierung: Theorien, Befunde und Interventionen (2. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, pp. 339-348). Beltz.
  • Matschke, C. (2018). Dekategorisierung in der Inklusionspädagogik aus sozialpsychologischer Sicht. In O. Musenberg, J. Riegert, & T. Sansour (Eds.). Pädagogische Differenzen: Band 1. Dekategorisierung in der Pädagogik - notwendig und riskant? (pp. 132-141). Klinkhardt.
  • Matschke, C. (2014). Anerkennung – die Bremse für Engagement? In U. Cress, F. W. Hesse, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.). Wissenskollektion. 100 Impulse für Lernen und Wissensmanagement in Organisationen (pp. 89-91). Springer Gabler.
  • Matschke, C. (2014). Der „Feind“ in den eigenen Reihen: Disidentifikation mit der Organisation. In U. Cress, F. W. Hesse, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.). Wissenskollektion. 100 Impulse für Lernen und Wissensmanagement in Organisationen (pp. 117-119). Springer Gabler.
  • Matschke, C. (2014). Diversity gezielt einsetzen und gestalten. In U. Cress, F. W. Hesse, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.). Wissenskollektion. 100 Impulse für Lernen und Wissensmanagement in Organisationen (pp. 103-105). Springer Gabler.
  • Schümmer, T., & Matschke, C. (2014). Lernen in Web 2.0-basierten Praxisgemeinschaften am Beispiel der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland: Von der Vision zur Realität. In U. Hoppe & N. C. Krämer (Eds.). Lernen im Web 2.0 – Erfahrungen aus Berufsbildung und Studium (pp. 141-160). Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung.
  • Matschke, C., Kimmerle, J., Moskaliuk, J., Schümmer, T., & Cress, U. (2014). Motivation bei der Nutzung von Web 2.0 in der Bildung. In N. C. Krämer, N. Sträfling, N. Malzahn, T. Ganster, & U. Hoppe (Eds.). Lernen im Web 2.0 – Erfahrungen aus Berufsbildung und Studium (pp. 227-243). Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung.
  • Matschke, C. (2014). Neue Besen kehren gut? Potentiale von Neulingen im Team ausschöpfen. In U. Cress, F. W. Hesse, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.). Wissenskollektion. 100 Impulse für Lernen und Wissensmanagement in Organisationen (pp. 100-102). Springer Gabler.
  • Matschke, C. (2014). Strategien für ein gutes Teamklima. In U. Cress, F. W. Hesse, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.). Wissenskollektion. 100 Impulse für Lernen und Wissensmanagement in Organisationen (pp. 67-69). Springer Gabler.
  • Matschke, C. (2014). Web 2.0 im Wissensmanagement von Non-Profit-Organisationen nutzen. In U. Cress, F. W. Hesse, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.). Wissenskollektion. 100 Impulse für Lernen und Wissensmanagement in Organisationen (pp. 150-152). Springer Gabler.
  • Matschke, C. (2014). „Jetzt erst recht!“ Wenn Rückschläge motivierend wirken. In U. Cress, F. W. Hesse, & K. Sassenberg (Eds.). Wissenskollektion. 100 Impulse für Lernen und Wissensmanagement in Organisationen (pp. 87-89). Springer Gabler.
  • Schümmer, T., Matschke, C., Schobert, W., & Mühlpfordt, M. (2012). PATONGO: Web-2.0-basierter Kompetenzerwerb in großen Non-Profit-Organisationen. In J. Haake, G. Schwabe, & M. Wessner (Eds.). CSCL-Kompendium 2.0. Lehr- und Handbuch zum computerunterstützten kooperativen Lernen (pp. 417-424). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag.
  • Matschke, C., Moskaliuk, J., & Cress, U. (2011). Wissensaustausch mit Web 2.0 in NGOs. In A. Trost & T. Jenewein (Eds.). Personalentwicklung 2.0. Lernen, Wissensaustausch und Talentförderung der nächsten Generation (pp. 213-225). Luchterhand.
  • Otten, S., & Matschke, C. (2008). Dekategorisierung, Rekategorisierung und das Modell wechselseitiger Differenzierung. In L.-E. Petersen, & B. Six (Eds.). Stereotype, Vorurteile und soziale Diskriminierung: Theorien, Befunde und Interventionen (pp. 292-300). Weinheim: Beltz.

Position papers and statements

To overview
  • Köller, O., Thiel, F., van Ackeren-Mindl, I., Anders, Y., Becker-Mrotzek, M., Cress, U., Diehl, C., Kleickmann, T., Lütje-Klose, B., Prediger, S., Seeber, S., Ziegler, B., Lewalter, D., Maaz, K., Reintjes, C., Stanat, P., Drachsler, H., Frederking, V., Fütterer, T., ... Zesch, T. (2024). Large Language Models und ihre Potenziale im Bildungssystem. Ständige Wissenschaftliche Kommission (SWK) der Kultusministerkonferenz, Bonn. https://www.swk-bildung.org/veroeffentlichungen/115-2/

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Research data

To overview
  • Matschke, C.*, Roth, J.*, Deutsch, R., Heineck, P.-M., & de Vreeze, J. (2025). Dataset for: Indirect measures of social identities: Implicit association tests assess self-categorization, match-mismatch-paradigms distinguish identification from disidentification [Data set]. *shared first authorship. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WXMKC

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Other publications

To overview

Presentations und Conferences

Talks

  • Orellana Corrales, G., Matschke, C., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2020, March). Temporal dynamics of self-associated stimuli: A comparison of highly familiar vs. recently established self-representations. 62nd Conference of Experimental Psychologists / Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP). Jena, Germany. (Conference cancelled). https://teap2020.dryfta.com/program-schedule [Talk]

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  • Orellana Corrales, G., Matschke, C., & Wesslein, A.-K. (2020, May). What you touch is what you are: Does touch technology enhance learning and social identification through perceived ownership? Virtuelles Symposium „What’s Cognitive About Cognitive Interfaces?” zum Abschluss des Leibniz-WissenschaftsCampus Tübingen. Tübingen. [Talk]
  • Riese, M., Bientzle, M., Kimmerle, J., Cress, U., & Matschke, C. (2019, September). Der Einfluss des physiotherapeutischen Ausbildungsweges auf die Identifikation mit dem Berufsstand und die gewünschte zukünftige Tätigkeit. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung. Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland. [Talk]
  • de Vreeze, J., Matschke, C., & Cress, U. (2017, September). Straddling two cultures: A mismatch in cultural norms and values between other students and people back home undermines adaptation to university. 16. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP). Ulm. [Talk]
  • de Vreeze, J., Matschke, C., & Cress, U. (2016, December). Falling between two stools: Differences in value endorsement as an underlying cause for identity incompatibility. Associatie van Sociaal-Psychologische Onderzoekers (ASPO). Leiden, The Netherlands. [Talk]
  • de Vreeze, J., & Matschke, C. (2016, September). Identifying students at risk: A longitudinal study of the effects of incompatibility between social background and university identity on disidentification, information preference, academic performance, and university drop-out. 50. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Leipzig. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Fehr, J. (2015, September). Does incompatibility inflict disidentification with the receiving society? The role of internal and external motivation. 15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Potsdam. [Talk]
  • Oeberst, A., & Matschke, C. (2015, September). “Wir” kommen zuerst und “sie” danach. Ethnozentrismus in und durch Kriegsnamen. 15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie. Potsdam. [Talk]
  • de Vreeze, J., & Matschke, C. (2015, September). ”I don’t belong here!“ The effects of incompatibility between social background and university identity on disidentification, academic performance, and information seeking behaviour. 15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie (FGSP 2015). Potsdam. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & de Vreeze, J. (2015, März). „Ich gehöre nicht hierher!“ Der Einfluss von Inkompatibilität zwischen sozialem Hintergrund und der Universität auf Disidentifikation, Diskriminierung und den akademischen Werdegang. 3. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung. Bochum. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., Roth, J., & Deutsch, R. (2014, July). Can disidentification be differentiated from social identification and non-identification? Two indirect measures at the test. 17. General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Roth, J. (2014, Februar). Disidentifikation, Soziale Identifikation, und Nicht-Identifikation: Zwei indirekte Messverfahren auf dem Prüfstand. Forschungskolloquium der Sozialpsychologie. TU Dresden. [Talk]
  • de Vreeze, J., & Matschke, C. (2014, July). The effects of illegitimate group assignment on negative emotions, disidentification, and information preference. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Fehr, J. (2012, July). Newcomers' internal motivation as a resource against conflict between cultural identities. IACCP 21st International Congress. Stellenbosch, Südafrika. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C. (2011, July). The impact of internal motivation to join a group on social identity complexity in newcomers. 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Stockholm, Schweden. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2010, September). Annäherungs- und Vemeidensstrategien als Prädiktoren für die Inklusion einer neuen Gruppe ins Selbstkonzept. 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs). Bremen. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., Moskaliuk, J., & Cress, U. (2010, November). Pattern-Based Knowledge Building in Learning Organizations. 18th International Conference on Computers in Education. Putrajaya, Malaysia. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2009, September). Führt Ablehnung zu Disidentifikation? Die gegensätzlichen Effekte von Vermeidensstrategien und intrinsischer Motivation. 12. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs. Walferdange, Luxemburg. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Fehr, J. (2009, September). Negatives Verhalten innerhalb und zwischen Gruppen. 12. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs. Walferdange, Luxemburg. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2008, June). Motivation and goal strategies as facilitators of the integration of a new group into the self-concept. EAESP 15th General Meeting. Opatija, Croatia. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2007, September). Auslandsaufenthalte verändern: Die Inklusion der gastgebenden Gruppe in das Selbst. 11. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs. Freiburg. [Talk]
  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2007, August). Goals and motivation as moderators on the integration of a new group membership into the self-concept. EAESP Small Group Meeting on Group Processes and Self-Regulation. Oud Poelgeest Castle. Leiden, The Netherlands. [Talk]

Poster presentations

To overview
  • Matschke, C., Kehrer, M., Nieder-Steinheuer, K., & Thillosen, A. (2024, September 16-19). Wirken praxisnahe Darstellungen vom Einsatz digitaler Medien in der Hochschullehre motivierend auf Dozierende? Der Einfluss der Text-Abstraktion auf Interesse und Anwendungsmotivation. 53. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) / 15. Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP). Universität Wien, Austria. [Poster presentation]
  • de Vreeze, J., & Matschke, C. (2017, July). Keeping up appearances: Strategic information exchange by disidentified group members. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Poster Presentation]
  • Matschke, C. (2017, July). Social support in intercultural sojourns: the impact of different kinds of social support on social identification, identity integration, and well-being. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Granada, Spain. [Poster Presentation]
  • de Vreeze, J., & Matschke, C. (2015, February). Identity incompatibility as a risk factor for low social background students’ success at university. 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). Long Beach, California, USA. [Poster Presentation]
  • Ray, D. G., & Matschke, C. (2012, January). Cross-group recognition bias generalizes to diverse non-face digital representations of identity. 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). San Diego, CA, USA. [Poster Presentation]
  • Matschke, C., Moskaliuk, J., Arnold, F., & Cress, U. (2011, July). Patterns as facilitators for knowledge building in learning organizations. 9th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. Hong Kong. [Poster Presentation]
  • Wodzicki, K., Matschke, C., & Mayer, M. (2010, September). Der Einfluss sozialer Kategorisierung auf den Austausch von Informationen. 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Bremen. [Poster Presentation]
  • Matschke, C., & Sassenberg, K. (2009, February). Self-concept change as motivated process: The impact of approach and avoidance strategies. SPSP 10th Annual Meeting. Tampa, Florida, USA. [Poster Presentation]

Other conference contributions

To overview
  • Matschke, C. (2024, September 16-19). Consistency in the social self: Insights into how people organize multiple social identities. 53. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) / 15. Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP). Universität Wien, Austria. [Symposium Discussion]
  • Becker, J., & Matschke, C. (2014, July). Ingroup disidentification: Concept, measurement, antecedents, and consequences. 17th General Meeting der European Association of Social Psychology. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [Symposium Organisation]

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