Dipl.-Psych. Carina Wolf

Born 2 September 1977 in Frankenberg/Eder. Studied psychology in Marburg (1997–2003). Graduation thesis on »Contact and Prejudice: An Experimental Study of the Effects of Manipulation of Negative and Positive Contact Experience.«

Undergraduate activities: tutor for statistics (1999–2000); internship (July–October 2001) at the Christoph Dornier Foundation for Clinical Psychology in Siegen; student assistant (2000–02) and research placement (February – April 2002) in the social psychology research group at the Philipps University in Marburg under Prof. Dr. Ulrich Wagner.

Since April 2003 research assistant in the project »Group-Focused Enmity—Longitudinal Empirical Observation of Attitudes of Enmity in the Population« at the IKG at the University of Bielefeld (Manager: Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Heitmeyer); since January 2004 associate member of the affiliated postgraduate program at the Universities of Marburg and Bielefeld.

Main research interests

Intergroup relations, prejudice, intergroup contact

Current research

Group-Focused Enmity—Longitudinal Empirical Observation (2002–2011) of Attitudes of Enmity in the Population (GFE Survey)

Publications

Van Dick, Rolf/Wagner, Ulrich/Pettigrew, Thomas F./Christ, Oliver/Wolf, Carina/Petzel, Thomas/Smith Castro, Vanessa/Jackson, James S (2004): The Role of Perceived Importance in Intergroup Contact. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, in press.

Wolf, Carina/Stellmacher, Jost/Wagner, Ulrich/Christ, Oliver (2003): Druckvolle Ermunterungen: Das Meinungsklima fördert menschenfeindliche Gewaltbereitschaft [Clear Encouragement: Climate of Public Opinion Promotes Antisocial Violence]. In: Heitmeyer, Wilhelm (ed.): Deutsche Zustände [German Conditions] — Series 2. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, pp. 142–157.