Publications

2024

Sik, Kata; Cummins, Jamie; Job, Veronika (2024). An implicit measure of growth mindset uniquely predicts post-failure learning behavior. Scientific Reports, 14(3761) Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41598-024-52916-5

Anvari, Farid; Arslan, Ruben C.; Efendić, Emir; Elson, Malte; Schneider, Iris K. (2024). No Initial Elevation on Personality Self-Reports in an Online Convenience Sample. Collabra: Psychology, 10(1) University of California Press 10.1525/collabra.117096

Walendy, René; Weber, Markus; Li, Jingjie; Becker, Steffen; Wiesen, Carina; Elson, Malte; Kim, Younghyun; Fawaz, Kassem; Rummel, Nikol; Paar, Christof (2024). I see an IC: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Study Human Problem-Solving Processes in Hardware Reverse Engineering. In: CHI '24: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-20). New York, NY, USA: ACM 10.1145/3613904.3642837

Borgert, Nele; Jansen, Luisa; Böse, Imke; Friedauer, Jennifer; Sasse, M. Angela; Elson, Malte (2024). Self-Efficacy and Security Behavior: Results from a Systematic Review of Research Methods. In: CHI '24: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-32). New York, NY, USA: ACM 10.1145/3613904.3642432

Elson, Malte (2024). Pay researchers to spot errors in published papers. Nature, 629(8013), p. 730. Springer Nature 10.1038/d41586-024-01465-y

2023

Hallinan, Dara; Boehm, Franziska; Kulpmann, Annika; Elson, Malte (2023). (Un)informed consent in Psychological Research: An empirical study on consent in psychological research and the GDPR. Journal of Open Access to Law, 11(2)

Hussey, Ian (2023). A systematic review of null hypothesis significance testing, sample sizes, and statistical power in research using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 29, pp. 86-97. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jcbs.2023.06.008

Hughes, Sean; Cummins, Jamie; Hussey, Ian (2023). Effects on the Affect Misattribution Procedure are strongly moderated by influence awareness. Behavior research methods, 55(4), pp. 1558-1586. Springer 10.3758/s13428-022-01879-4

Borgert, Nele; Reithmaier, Oliver D.; Jansen, Luisa; Hillemann, Larina; Hussey, Ian; Elson, Malte (26 April 2023). Home Is Where the Smart Is: Development and Validation of the Cybersecurity Self-Efficacy in Smart Homes (CySESH) Scale. In: CHI '23: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-15). New York, NY, USA: ACM 10.1145/3544548.3580860

Crüwell, Sophia; Apthorp, Deborah; Baker, Bradley J.; Colling, Lincoln; Elson, Malte; Geiger, Sandra J.; Lobentanzer, Sebastian; Monéger, Jean; Patterson, Alex; Schwarzkopf, D. Samuel; Zaneva, Mirela; Brown, Nicholas J. L. (2023). What’s in a Badge? A Computational Reproducibility Investigation of the Open Data Badge Policy in One Issue of Psychological Science. Psychological science, 34(4), pp. 512-522. Sage Publications 10.1177/09567976221140828

Hallinan, Dara; Boehm, Franziska; Külpmann, Annika; Elson, Malte (2023). Information Provision for Informed Consent Procedures in Psychological Research Under the General Data Protection Regulation: A Practical Guide. Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, 6(1), p. 251524592311519. Sage 10.1177/25152459231151944

Corneille, Olivier; Havemann, Jo; Henderson, Emma L; IJzerman, Hans; Hussey, Ian; Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques; Jussim, Lee; Holmes, Nicholas P; Pilacinski, Artur; Beffara, Brice; Carroll, Harriet; Outa, Nicholas Otieno; Lush, Peter; Lotter, Leon D (2023). Point of view: Beware ‘persuasive communication devices’ when writing and reading scientific articles. eLife, 12 eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.88654

Ivory, James D.; Elson, Malte (2023). A tale of three retractions: a call for standardized categorization and criteria in retraction statements. Current Psychology, 43(17), pp. 16023-16029. Springer 10.1007/s12144-023-05216-6

Elson, Malte; Hussey, Ian; Alsalti, Taym; Arslan, Ruben C. (2023). Psychological measures aren’t toothbrushes. Communications psychology, 1(1) Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s44271-023-00026-9

2022

Cummins, Jamie; Hussey, Ian; Spruyt, Adriaan (2022). The role of attitude features in the reliability of IAT scores. Journal of experimental social psychology, 101, p. 104330. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jesp.2022.104330

Ferguson, Christopher J.; Kaye, Linda K.; Branley-Bell, Dawn; Markey, Patrick; Ivory, James D.; Klisanin, Dana; Elson, Malte; Smyth, Mark; Hogg, Jerri Lynn; McDonnell, Dean; Nichols, Deborah; Siddiqui, Shahbaz; Gregerson, Mary; Wilson, June (2022). Like this meta-analysis: Screen media and mental health. Professional psychology: research and practice, 53(2), pp. 205-214. American Psychological Association 10.1037/pro0000426

Rohrer, Julia M.; Hünermund, Paul; Arslan, Ruben C.; Elson, Malte (2022). That’s a Lot to Process! Pitfalls of Popular Path Models. Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, 5(2), p. 251524592210958. Sage 10.1177/25152459221095827

Greenwald, Anthony G.; Brendl, Miguel; Cai, Huajian; Cvencek, Dario; Dovidio, John F.; Friese, Malte; Hahn, Adam; Hehman, Eric; Hofmann, Wilhelm; Hughes, Sean; Hussey, Ian; Jordan, Christian; Kirby, Teri A.; Lai, Calvin K.; Lang, Jonas W. B.; Lindgren, Kristen P.; Maison, Dominika; Ostafin, Brian D.; Rae, James R.; Ratliff, Kate A.; ... (2022). Best research practices for using the Implicit Association Test. Behavior research methods, 54(3), pp. 1161-1180. Springer 10.3758/s13428-021-01624-3

Kurdi, Benedek; Hussey, Ian; Stahl, Christoph; Hughes, Sean; Unkelbach, Christian; Ferguson, Melissa J.; Corneille, Olivier (2022). Unaware Attitude Formation in the Surveillance Task? Revisiting the Findings of Moran et al. (2021). International Review of Social Psychology, 35(1) Ubiquity Press 10.5334/irsp.546

2021

Hussey, Ian (2021). A method to streamline p-hacking. Meta-psychology, 5 Linnaeus University 10.15626/MP.2020.2529

Moran, Tal; Hughes, Sean; Hussey, Ian; Vadillo, Miguel A.; Olson, Michael A.; Aust, Frederik; Bading, Karoline; Balas, Robert; Benedict, Taylor; Corneille, Olivier; Douglas, Samantha B.; Ferguson, Melissa J.; Fritzlen, Katherine A.; Gast, Anne; Gawronski, Bertram; Giménez-Fernández, Tamara; Hanusz, Krzysztof; Heycke, Tobias; Högden, Fabia; Hütter, Mandy; ... (2021). Incidental Attitude Formation via the Surveillance Task: A Preregistered Replication of the Olson and Fazio (2001) Study. Psychological science, 32(1), pp. 120-131. Sage Publications 10.1177/0956797620968526

Kirtley, Olivia J.; Hussey, Ian; Marzano, Lisa (2021). Exposure to and experience of self-harm and self-harm related content: An exploratory network analysis. Psychiatry research, 295, p. 113572. Elsevier 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113572

Bordewieck, Martin; Elson, Malte (2021). The impact of inducing troubleshooting strategies via visual aids on performance in a computerized digital network task. Applied cognitive psychology, 35(3), pp. 833-847. Wiley 10.1002/acp.3809

Hamadache, Salsabil; Elson, Malte (2021). Development of a Novice-Friendly Representation of Camouflaged Boolean Networks. In: Moallem, Abbas (ed.) International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Lecture Notes in Computer Science: Vol. 12788 (pp. 41-49). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-77392-2_3

Hamadache, Salsabil; Krause, Markus; Elson, Malte (2021). Strategies of Naive Software Reverse Engineering: A Qualitative Analysis. In: Zallio, Matteo; Ibañez, Carlos Raymundo; Hernandez, Jesus Hechavarria (eds.) International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems: Vol. 268 (pp. 232-237). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-79997-7_29

2020

Hughes, Sean; Mattavelli, Simone; Hussey, Ian; De Houwer, Jan (2020). The influence of extinction and counterconditioning procedures on operant evaluative conditioning and intersecting regularity effects. Royal Society Open Science, 7(10), p. 192085. The Royal Society Publishing 10.1098/rsos.192085

Cracco, Emiel; González-García, Carlos; Hussey, Ian; Braem, Senne; Wisniewski, David (2020). Cultural pressure and biased responding in free will attitudes. Royal Society Open Science, 7(8), p. 191824. The Royal Society Publishing 10.1098/rsos.191824

Rothmund, Tobias; Elson, Malte; Appel, Markus; Kneer, Julia; Pfetsch, Jan; Schneider, Frank; Zahn, Carmen (2020). Does Exposure to Violence in Entertainment Media Make People Aggressive? In: Sörensen, Estrid (ed.) Cultures of Computer Game Concerns. VerKörperungen/MatteRealities - Perspektiven empirischer Wissenschaftsforschung: Vol. 23 (pp. 267-282). Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839439340-015

Sørensen, Estrid; Rothmund, Tobias; Elson, Malte (2020). Psychology's Multiple Concerns About Research on the Effects of Media Violence. In: Sörensen, Estrid (ed.) Cultures of Computer Game Concerns. VerKörperungen/MatteRealities - Perspektiven empirischer Wissenschaftsforschung: Vol. 23 (pp. 283-294). Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839439340-016

Elson, Malte; Huff, Markus; Utz, Sonja (2020). Metascience on Peer Review: Testing the Effects of a Study’s Originality and Statistical Significance in a Field Experiment. Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, 3(1), pp. 53-65. Sage 10.1177/2515245919895419

Hamadache, Salsabil; Elson, Malte (2020). Creative Manual Code Obfuscation as a Countermeasure Against Software Reverse Engineering. In: Corradini, Isabella; Nardelli, Enrico; Ahram, Tareq (eds.) International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing: Vol. 1219 (pp. 3-8). Cham: Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-52581-1_1

Hussey, Ian; Hughes, Sean (2020). Hidden Invalidity Among 15 Commonly Used Measures in Social and Personality Psychology. Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, 3(2), pp. 166-184. Sage 10.1177/2515245919882903

2019

Lanier, Madison; Waddell, T. Franklin; Elson, Malte; Tamul, Daniel J.; Ivory, James D.; Przybylski, Andrew (2019). Virtual reality check: Statistical power, reported results, and the validity of research on the psychology of virtual reality and immersive environments. Computers in human behavior, 100, pp. 70-78. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chb.2019.06.015

Elson, Malte (2019). Examining Psychological Science Through Systematic Meta-Method Analysis: A Call for Research. Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, 2(4), pp. 350-363. Sage 10.1177/2515245919863296

2018

Elson, Malte; Schmitt, Josephine B.; Schrader, Claudia; Neubaum, German (2018). Fachgruppe Medienpsychologie: Methodenlehre mit Theorie füllen. Psychologische Rundschau, 69(4), pp. 342-343. Hogrefe

LeBel, Etienne P.; McCarthy, Randy J.; Earp, Brian D.; Elson, Malte; Vanpaemel, Wolf (2018). A Unified Framework to Quantify the Credibility of Scientific Findings. Advances in methods and practices in psychological science, 1(3), pp. 389-402. Sage 10.1177/2515245918787489

van Rooij, Antonius J.; Ferguson, Christopher J.; Colder Carras, Michelle; Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel; Shi, Jing; Aarseth, Espen; Bean, Anthony M.; Bergmark, Karin Helmersson; Brus, Anne; Coulson, Mark; Deleuze, Jory; Dullur, Pravin; Dunkels, Elza; Edman, Johan; Elson, Malte; Etchells, Peter J.; Fiskaali, Anne; Granic, Isabela; Jansz, Jeroen; Karlsen, Faltin; ... (2018). A weak scientific basis for gaming disorder: Let us err on the side of caution. Journal of behavioral addictions, 7(1), pp. 1-9. Akadémiai Kiadó 10.1556/2006.7.2018.19

McCarthy, Randy J.; Elson, Malte (2018). A Conceptual Review of Lab-Based Aggression Paradigms. Collabra: Psychology, 4(1) University of California Press 10.1525/collabra.104

de Schryver, Maarten; Hussey, Ian; de Neve, Jan; Cartwright, Aoife; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot (2018). The PIIRAP: An alternative scoring algorithm for the IRAP using a probabilistic semiparametric effect size measure. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 7, pp. 97-103. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.01.001

Wiesen, Carina; Becker, Steffen; Fyrbiak, Marc; Albartus, Nils; Elson, Malte; Rummel, Nikol; Paar, Christof (2018). Teaching Hardware Reverse Engineering: Educational Guidelines and Practical Insights. In: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) (pp. 438-445). IEEE 10.1109/tale.2018.8615270

Van Dessel, Pieter; De Houwer, Jan; Hughes, Sean; Hussey, Ian (2018). An Analysis of the Scientific Status and Limitations of the Attitudinal Entropy Framework and an Initial Test of Some of Its Empirical Predictions. Psychological inquiry, 29(4), pp. 213-217. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 10.1080/1047840X.2018.1537339

Hussey, Ian; De Houwer, Jan (2018). The Implicit Association Test as an analogical learning task. Experimental psychology, 65(5), pp. 272-285. Hogrefe 10.1027/1618-3169/a000416

2017

Elson, Malte (2017). Question Wording and Item Formulation. In: The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods (pp. 1-8). Wiley 10.1002/9781118901731.iecrm0200

Breuer, Johannes; Elson, Malte (2017). Frustration-Aggression Theory. In: The Wiley Handbook of Violence and Aggression (pp. 1-12). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 10.1002/9781119057574.whbva040

Elson, Malte; Przybylski, Andrew K. (2017). The Science of Technology and Human Behavior. Journal of media psychology - theories, methods, and applications, 29(1), pp. 1-7. Hogrefe 10.1027/1864-1105/a000212

Fyrbiak, Marc; Strauss, Sebastian; Kison, Christian; Wallat, Sebastian; Elson, Malte; Rummel, Nikol; Paar, Christof (2017). Hardware reverse engineering: Overview and open challenges. In: 2017 IEEE 2nd International Verification and Security Workshop (IVSW) (pp. 88-94). IEEE 10.1109/ivsw.2017.8031550

Cartwright, Aoife; Hussey, Ian; Roche, Bryan; Dunne, Jenny; Muphy, Carol (2017). An Investigation into the Relationship between the Gender Binary and Occupational Discrimination Using the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure. The psychological record, 67(1), pp. 121-130. Springer 10.1007/s40732-016-0212-1

2016

Kavanagh, Deirdre; Hussey, Ian; McEnteggart, Ciara; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot (2016). Using the IRAP to explore natural language statements. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 5(4), pp. 247-251. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jcbs.2016.10.001

Wichmann, Astrid; Hecking, Tobias; Elson, Malte; Christmann, Nina; Herrmann, Thomas; Hoppe, H. Ulrich (August 2016). Group Formation for Small-Group Learning. In: OpenSym '16: The International Symposium on Open Collaboration (pp. 1-4). New York, NY, USA: ACM 10.1145/2957792.2965662

Hussey, I.; Barnes-Holmes, D.; Booth, R. (2016). Individuals with current suicidal ideation demonstrate implicit “fearlessness of death”. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 51, pp. 1-9. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.11.003

Barnes‐Holmes, Dermot; Hussey, Ian (2016). The functional‐cognitive meta‐theoretical framework: Reflections, possible clarifications and how to move forward. International journal of psychology, 51(1), pp. 50-57. Wiley 10.1002/ijop.12166

Kneer, Julia; Elson, Malte; Knapp, Florian (2016). Fight fire with rainbows: The effects of displayed violence, difficulty, and performance in digital games on affect, aggression, and physiological arousal. Computers in human behavior, 54, pp. 142-148. Elsevier 10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.034

Elson, Malte; Quandt, Thorsten (2016). Digital games in laboratory experiments: Controlling a complex stimulus through modding. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 5(1), pp. 52-65. American Psychological Association 10.1037/ppm0000033

Hughes, Sean; Hussey, Ian; Corrigan, Bethany; Jolie, Katie; Murphy, Carol; Barnes‐Holmes, Dermot (2016). Faking revisited: Exerting strategic control over performance on the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure. European journal of social psychology, 46(5), pp. 632-648. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1002/ejsp.2207

Finn, Martin; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Hussey, Ian; Graddy, Joseph (2016). Exploring the Behavioral Dynamics of the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure: The Impact of Three Types of Introductory Rules. The psychological record, 66(2), pp. 309-321. Springer 10.1007/s40732-016-0173-4

Hussey, Ian; Mhaoileoin, Dearbhaile Ní; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Ohtsuki, Tomu; Kishita, Naoko; Hughes, Sean; Murphy, Carol (2016). The IRAP Is Nonrelative but not Acontextual: Changes to the Contrast Category Influence Men’s Dehumanization of Women. The psychological record, 66(2), pp. 291-299. Springer 10.1007/s40732-016-0171-6

2015

Quandt, Thorsten; Van Looy, Jan; Vogelgesang, Jens; Elson, Malte; Ivory, James D.; Consalvo, Mia; Mäyrä, Frans (2015). Digital Games Research: A Survey Study on an Emerging Field and Its Prevalent Debates. Journal of communication, 65(6), pp. 975-996. Oxford University Press 10.1111/jcom.12182

Hussey, Ian; Thompson, Miles; McEnteggart, Ciara; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne (2015). Interpreting and inverting with less cursing: A guide to interpreting IRAP data. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 4(3), pp. 157-162. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jcbs.2015.05.001

McEnteggart, Ciara; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne; Hussey, Ian; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot (2015). The ties between a basic science of language and cognition and clinical applications. Current opinion in psychology, 2, pp. 56-59. Elsevier 10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.11.017

Hussey, Ian; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne (2015). From Relational Frame Theory to implicit attitudes and back again: clarifying the link between RFT and IRAP research. Current opinion in psychology, 2, pp. 11-15. Elsevier 10.1016/j.copsyc.2014.12.009

O׳Regan, L.M.; Farina, F.R.; Hussey, I.; Roche, R.A.P. (2015). Event-related brain potentials reveal correlates of the transformation of stimulus functions through derived relations in healthy humans. Brain research, 1599, pp. 168-177. Elsevier 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.12.044

Ivory, James D.; Markey, Patrick M.; Elson, Malte; Colwell, John; Ferguson, Christopher J.; Griffiths, Mark D.; Savage, Joanne; Williams, Kevin D. (2015). Manufacturing consensus in a diverse field of scholarly opinions: A comment on Bushman, Gollwitzer, and Cruz (2015). Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 4(3), pp. 222-229. American Psychological Association 10.1037/ppm0000056

Elson, Malte; Breuer, Johannes; Van Looy, Jan; Kneer, Julia; Quandt, Thorsten (2015). Comparing apples and oranges? Evidence for pace of action as a confound in research on digital games and aggression. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 4(2), pp. 112-125. American Psychological Association 10.1037/ppm0000010

Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne; Hussey, Ian; Luciano, Carmen (2015). Relational Frame Theory. Finding Its Historical and Intellectual Roots and Reflecting upon Its Future Development: An Introduction to Part II. In: Zettle, Robert D.; Hayes, Steven C.; Barnes‐Holmes, Dermot; Biglan, Anthony (eds.) The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science (pp. 115-128). Wiley 10.1002/9781118489857.ch8

Hussey, Ian; Daly, Tarah; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot (2015). Life is Good, But Death Ain’t Bad Either: Counter-Intuitive Implicit Biases to Death in a Normative Population. The psychological record, 65(4), pp. 731-742. Springer 10.1007/s40732-015-0142-3

Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne; Hussey, Ian; McEnteggart, Ciara; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot; Foody, Mairéad (2015). Scientific Ambition. The Relationship between Relational Frame Theory and Middle‐Level Terms in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. In: Zettle, Robert D.; Hayes, Steven C.; Barnes‐Holmes, Dermot; Biglan, Anthony (eds.) The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science (pp. 365-382). Wiley 10.1002/9781118489857.ch18

2014

Elson, Malte; Breuer, Johannes; Ivory, James D.; Quandt, Thorsten (2014). More Than Stories With Buttons: Narrative, Mechanics, and Context as Determinants of Player Experience in Digital Games. Journal of communication, 64(3), pp. 521-542. Oxford University Press 10.1111/jcom.12096

Elson, Malte; Breuer, Johannes; Quandt, Thorsten (2014). Know Thy Player: An Integrated Model of Player Experience for Digital Games Research. In: Handbook of Digital Games (pp. 362-387). Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10.1002/9781118796443.ch13

Elson, Malte; Ferguson, Christopher J. (2014). Does Doing Media Violence Research Make One Aggressive? European psychologist, 19(1), pp. 68-75. Hogrefe 10.1027/1016-9040/a000185

Elson, Malte; Ferguson, Christopher J. (2014). Twenty-Five Years of Research on Violence in Digital Games and Aggression. European psychologist, 19(1), pp. 33-46. Hogrefe 10.1027/1016-9040/a000147

Elson, Malte; Mohseni, M. Rohangis; Breuer, Johannes; Scharkow, Michael; Quandt, Thorsten (2014). Press CRTT to measure aggressive behavior: The unstandardized use of the competitive reaction time task in aggression research. Psychological assessment, 26(2), pp. 419-432. American Psychological Association 10.1037/a0035569

2013

Elson, Malte; Ferguson, Christopher J. (2013). Gun violence and media effects: challenges for science and public policy. The British journal of psychiatry, 203(5), pp. 322-324. Cambridge University Press 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.128652

2012

Hussey, Ian; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot (2012). The Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure as a Measure of Implicit Depression and the Role of Psychological Flexibility. Cognitive and behavioral practice, 19(4), pp. 573-582. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cbpra.2012.03.002