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About me

My research is at the interface of social and health psychology.

On the one hand, I focus on social identification and why social group memberships benefit our health (“social cure effect”). I am particularly interested in the mechanisms responsible for these health-promoting effects. I also research how people with chronic diseases can actively use their social network for optimal disease management.

On the other hand, I am interested in the role of political leadership in the emergence of symbolic group memberships and conspiracy theories.

Resume

Since 2019: Research assistant at the Social Psychology Department, ¿´Æ¬Èí¼þ Frankfurt

2019 – 2023: Ph.D. at the Social Psychology Department, ¿´Æ¬Èí¼þ Frankfurt

2022: Guest Researcher at the University of Queensland, Brisbane

2018-2019: Research assistant at the Department for Health Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz

2016-2018: Master in Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg-University, Heidelberg

2012-2015: Bachelor in Psychology at Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg

Research interests

• Social identification
• Political leadership, identity leadership
• Conspiracy theories
• Psychosocial aspects of chronic diseases

Teaching

Bachelor

• Practice-oriented work in health psychology
• Empirical-experimental research in social psychology
• What doesn't kill us makes us stronger: Social psychological phenomena and how they make us more resilient
• The social psychology of love and hate

Master

• Differential health psychology and emotion regulation
• Applied health psychology

(Selected) Publications

• Frenzel, S. B., Junker, N. M., Häusser, J. A., Erkens, V. A., & van Dick, R. (2022). Team identification relates to lower burnout—Emotional and instrumental support as two different social cure mechanisms. British Journal of Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12588
• Frenzel, S.B.; Kaluza, A.J.; Junker, N.M.; van Dick, R. Sweet as Sugar—How Shared Social Identities Help Patients in Coping with Diabetes Mellitus. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10508.
  
• Frenzel, S.B., Haslam, S.A., Junker, N.M., Bolatov, A., Erkens, V.A., Häusser, J.A., Kark, R., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S., Samekin, A., Schuh, S.C., Steffens, N.K., Sultanova, L., van Dijk, D., van Zyl, L.E., & van Dick, R. (2022). How national leaders keep ‘us’ safe: A longitudinal four-nation study exploring the role of identity leadership as a predictor of adherence to COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions. BMJ Open; 12:e054980. [IF 2.692; Category: Medicine 141/793; Q1]
• Frenzel, S. B., Junker, N. M., Avanzi, L., Erkens, V. A., Haslam, S. A., Haslam, C., Häusser, J. A., Knorr, D., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S. D., Schuh, S. C., Steffens, N. K., van Zyl, L. E., & van Dick, R. (2022). Perceptions of the Targets and Sources of COVID-19 Threat are Structured by Group Memberships and Responses are Influenced by Identification with Humankind. Psychologica Belgica, 62(1), pp. 75–88. DOI:
• Frenzel, S., Junker, N.M., Avanzi, L., Bolatov, A., Haslam, S.A., Häusser, J.A., Kark, R., Meyer, I., Mojzisch, A., Monzani, L., Reicher, S., Samekin, A., Schury, V.A., Steffens, N.K., Sultanova, L., Van Dijk, D., Van Zyl, L.E., & Van Dick, R. (2022). A trouble shared is a trouble halved: The role of family identification and identification with humankind in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. British Journal of Social Psychology, 61(1), 55-82.
• Frenzel, S., Grammes, J., Spörkel, O., & Kubiak, T. (2019). Evaluation der Initiative „Diabetes – Nicht nur eine Typ-Frage“: Ergebnisse der Fokusgruppen mit Menschen mit Typ-2-Diabetes. Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel, 14, Konferenzbeitrag: Diabetes Kongress 2019 – 54. Jahrestagung der DDG; DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1688313