Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Robert Böhm

Universitaetsstrasse 7 (NIG)

1010 Vienna

Room: D0603B

T: +43-1-4277-47332

robert.boehm@univie.ac.at

CV

For a CV and further details, see https://robertboehm.info/ 

 

Current advisory positions:

  • Member of the Technical Advisory Group on Behavioral and Cultural Insights (TAG BCI), World Health Organization/Regional Office for Europe

Key publications

Henkel, L., Sprengholz, P., Betsch, C., & Böhm, R. (in press). The association between vaccination status identification and societal polarization. Nature Human Behaviour.

Böhm, R., Betsch, C., Litovsky, Y., Sprengholz, P., Brewer, N. T., Chapman, G., Leask, J., Loewenstein, G., Scherzer, M., Sunstein, C. R., & Kirchler, M. (2022). Crowdsourcing interventions to promote uptake of COVID-19 booster vaccines. eClinicalMedicine, 53, 101632.

Böhm, R., Halevy, N., & Kugler, T. (2022). The power of defaults in intergroup conflict. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 168, 104105.

Gross, J., & Böhm, R. (2020). Voluntary restrictions on self-reliance increase cooperation and mitigate wealth inequality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 17, 29202-29211.

Pfattheicher, S., Nockur, L., Böhm, R., Sassenrath, C., & Petersen, M. B. (2020). The emotional path to action: Empathy promotes physical distancing and wearing of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Science, 31, 1363-1373.

Betsch, C., Korn, L., Sprengholz, P., Felgendreff, L., Eitze, S., Schmid, P., & Böhm, R. (2020). Social and behavioral consequences of mask policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 21851-21853.

Korn, L., Böhm, R., Meier, N., & Betsch, C. (2020). Vaccination as a social contract. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 17, 14891-14899.

Böhm, R., Theelen, M. M. P., Rusch, H., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2018). Costs, needs, and integration efforts shape helping behavior toward refugees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, 7284-7289.

Pfattheicher, S., & Böhm, R. (2018). Honesty-Humility under threat: Self-uncertainty destroys trust among the nice guys. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114, 179-194.

Betsch., C., Böhm, R., Korn, L, & Holtmann, C. (2017). On the benefits of explaining herd immunity in vaccine advocacy. Nature Human Behaviour, 1, 0056.

Böhm, R., Rusch, H., & Gürerk, Ö. (2016). What makes people go to war? Defensive intentions motivate retaliatory and preemptive intergroup aggression. Evolution and Human Behavior, 37, 29-34.

Buttelmann, D., & Böhm, R. (2014). The ontogeny of the motivation that underlies in-group bias. Psychological Science, 25, 921-927.

Publications

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Sprengholz P, Korn L, Eitze S, Felgendreff L, Siegers R, Goldhahn L et al. Attitude toward a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy and its determinants: Evidence from serial cross-sectional surveys conducted throughout the pandemic in Germany. Vaccine. 2022 Dec 5;40(51):7370-7377. Epub 2022 Feb 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.01.065
Plechata A, Makransky G, Böhm R. Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? npj Digital Medicine. 2022 Sep 2;5:132. doi: 10.1038/s41746-022-00682-x
Jirsa VK, Petkoski S, Wang H, Woodman M, Fousek J, Betsch C et al. Integrating psychosocial variables and societal diversity in epidemic models for predicting COVID-19 transmission dynamics. PLOS Digital Health. 2022 Aug 31;1(8):e0000098. doi: 10.1101/2020.08.12.20173252, 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000098
Böhm R, Holtmann‐Klenner C, Korn L, Santana AP, Betsch C. Behavioral determinants of antibiotic resistance: The role of social information. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 2022 Aug;14(3):757-775. Epub 2022 Feb 1. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12345
Geiger M, Rees F, Lilleholt L, Santana AP, Zettler I, Wilhelm O et al. Measuring the 7Cs of Vaccination Readiness. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 2022 Jul;38(4):261-269. Epub 2021 Jun 16. doi: https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000663
Rees F, Geiger M, Lilleholt L, Zettler I, Betsch C, Böhm R et al. Measuring parents’ readiness to vaccinate themselves and their children against COVID-19. Vaccine. 2022 Jun 21;40(29):3825-3834. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.091
Kaufmann TH, Lilleholt L, Böhm R, Zettler I, Heck DW. Sensitive attitudes and adherence to recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparing direct and indirect questioning techniques. Personality and Individual Differences. 2022 May;190:111525. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111525
Sprengholz P, Felgendreff L, Böhm R, Betsch C. Vaccination policy reactance: Predictors, consequences, and countermeasures. Journal of Health Psychology. 2022 May;27(6):1394-1407. doi: 10.1177/13591053211044535
Santana AP, Korn L, Betsch C, Böhm R. Lessons learned about willingness to adopt various protective measures during the early COVID-19 pandemic in three countries. PLoS ONE. 2022 Mar 29;17(3):e0265892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265892
Vandeweerdt C, Luong T, Atchapero M, Mottelson A, Holz C, Makransky G et al. Virtual reality reduces COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the wild: a randomized trial. Scientific Reports. 2022 Mar 17;12(1):4593. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-08120-4
Doesum NJV, Murphy RO, Gallucci M, Aharonov-Majar E, Athenstaedt U, Au WT et al. Reply to Nielsen et al.: Social mindfulness is associated with countries’ environmental performance and individual environmental concern. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2022 Feb 25;119(9):e2122077119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2122077119
Sääksvuori L, Lauffenburger J, (ed.), Betsch C, Nohynek H, Salo H, Sivelä J et al. Information nudges for influenza vaccination: Evidence from a large-scale cluster-randomized controlled trial in Finland. PLOS Medicine. 2022 Feb 9;19(2):e1003919. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003919
Böhm R, Betsch C. Prosocial vaccination. Current Opinion in Psychology. 2022 Feb 1;43:307-311. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.010
Schiller B, Toensing D, Kleinert T, Boehm R, Heinrichs M. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Nationwide Lockdown on Mental Health, Environmental Concern, and Prejudice Against Other Social Groups. Environment and Behavior. 2022 Feb;54(2):516-537. doi: 10.1177/00139165211036991
Pfattheicher S, Petersen MB, Böhm R. Information about herd immunity through vaccination and empathy promote COVID-19 vaccination intentions. Health Psychology. 2022 Feb;41(2):85-93. doi: 10.1037/hea0001096
Doesum NJV, Murphy RO, Gallucci M, Aharonov-Majar E, Athenstaedt U, Au WT et al. Reply to Komatsu et al.: From local social mindfulness to global sustainability efforts? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2022 Jan 25;119(4):e2119303118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2119303118
Valdez AC, Iftekhar EN, Oliu-Barton M, Bohm R, Cuschieri S, Czypionka T et al. Europe must come together to confront omicron. BMJ. 2022 Jan 13;376:o90. o90. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o90
Hilbig BE, Thielmann I, Boehm R. Bending Our Ethics Code Avoidable Deception and Its Justification in Psychological Research. European Psychologist. 2022 Jan;27(1):62-70. doi: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000431
Pummerer L, Böhm R, Lilleholt L, Winter K, Zettler I, Sassenberg K. Conspiracy Theories and Their Societal Effects During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 2022 Jan;13(1):49-59. Epub 2021 Mar 19. doi: 10.1177/19485506211000217
Böhm R, Halevy N, Kugler T. The power of defaults in intergroup conflict. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 2022 Jan;168:104105. doi: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2021.104105
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