Philipp Yorck Herzberg

Helmut Schmidt University | HSU · Department of Psychology

Close Quarters Battle (CQB) is an operational approach in confined spaces gaining increasing significance in urban combat missions. Due to its high psychophysiological demands, the CQB ability is an essential selection criterion for special forces. Until now, there has been no research on predictors of CQB capability. This study examined the influe...

Cyber Sickness (CS) is considered a major challenge in the use of virtual reality (VR). This impacts the planned implementation of VR in the training of operational forces. The present work aimed to investigate the prevalence and onset of CS during virtually supported military training using head-mounted displays (HMDs) and explored related predict...

Close Quarters Battle (CQB) is a highly challenging and relevant ability, especially with the increasing frequency of urban operations. Evaluating the impact of CQB training on performance and stress response can inform effective training approaches for different training levels. This study assessed the effects of a compact CQB training program on...

The Presentation of Online Self Scale for Adults (POSSA), originally developed by Strimbu et al. is a well-regarded instrument for assessing online self-presentation. This study evaluated the factorial structure, reliability, and validity of the German adaptation of POSSA. A CFA analysis confirmed a satisfactory fit for the proposed three-factor mo...

Operational- and Cyberpsychology in the practical implementation

Introduction Sensory-processing sensitivity (SPS) refers to interindividual differences in sensitivity to positive and negative environmental stimuli and reflects the concept of differential susceptibility. The Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS) has been utilized to capture the multifaceted experiences of highly sensitive individuals. The scale’s...

Resiliens, en kompetens som kan tränas upp Det breda uppgiftsområde som åligger Bundeswehr kräver tillhandahållande, utbildning och främjande av kvalificerad, effektiv och responsiv personal inom alla organisationsområden inom Bundeswehr. Desto viktigare är det att förutom den fysiska kapaciteten även öka den psykiska prestationen hos de insatta s...

The study of implicit motives is characterized by a paradoxical phenomenon: while tests for implicit motives, such as the Operant Motive Test (OMT), have demonstrated their predictive power, they exhibit only weak reliability scores when utilizing classical indices, such as Cronbach’s α. The OMT is a picture-based procedure that requires respondent...

HardtHöhenKurier 3/2024; 66-67….Ein dauerhafter Fachaustausch in Form einer Kooperation zwischen Vertretern der Praxis und Wissenschaft sollen bidirektional institutionelle Weiterentwicklung, Optimierung und Erschließung neuer Betätigungsfelder vorantreiben und die Ergebnisqualität sichern. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es dem Kommando Feldjäger der B...

This study examined the relationship between the impostor phenomenon, self-esteem, online self-presentation, and social network site usage across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Tinder. The sample consisted of n = 541 individuals (46 % men; Mage = 27, SDage = 8.5). In addition to demographics, quantitative social network site use metrics...

Objectives Individuals vary in their levels of Desire for Aesthetics, ranging from superficial interest to profound immersion. However, there is currently a lack of measurement tools available to assess Desire for Aesthetics across various domains within German-speaking populations. Addressing this gap, the present study aimed to develop the Desire...

El amplio espectro de misiones de la Bundeswehr requiere la disponibilidad, formación y promoción de personal cualificado, eficaz y con capacidad de reacción en todas las áreas organizativas de la Bundeswehr. Tanto más importante resulta mejorar no solamente los niveles de rendimiento físico, sino también el rendimiento psicológico del personal mil...

Atsparumas – išugdoma kompetencija Kadangi Bundesvero užduočių spektras labai platus, visoms Bundesvero organizacijos sritims reikalingi kvalifikuoti, efektyvūs ir greitai reaguojantys darbuotojai, kuriuos būtina pritraukti, parengti ir skatinti. Todėl labai svarbu gerinti ir nuolat išlaikyti ne tik fizinį, bet ir psichinį karių efektyvumą. Atspar...

La resilienza, una competenza che può essere allenata.......ISBN 978-3-86676-842-0...... L'ampia gamma di compiti della Bundeswehr richiede l’impiego, l'addestramento e la formazione continua di personale qualificato, capace e reattivo in tutte le aree organizzative della Bundeswehr. Ciò rende ancora più importante incrementare le prestazioni non...

ISBN 978-3-86676-835-2.....Szeroki zakres zadań Bundeswehry wymaga wydzielania, szkolenia oraz promowania wykwalifikowanego, wydajnego personelu zdolnego do reakcji we wszystkich pionach organizacyjnych Bundeswehry. Tym ważniejsze jest zwiększanie - oprócz sprawności fizycznej - także odporności psychicznej żołnierzy i stałe utrzymywanie tego statu...

ISBN: 978-3-86676-833-8___The wide range of tasks in the Bundeswehr requires skilled, efficient, and responsive personnel to be provided, trained, and promoted within all Bundeswehr major military organizational elements. This makes it all the more important to not only enhance and permanently maintain the physical fitness of the military personnel...

ISBN: 978-3-86676-834-5____Le large éventail des missions de la Bundeswehr nécessite la mise à disposition, la formation et le développement de personnel qualifié, performant et réactif dans tous les éléments organisationnels supérieurs de la Bundeswehr. Il est d’autant plus important d’augmenter non seulement la performance physique, mais égalemen...

The preprint is no longer online. The accepted article is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104322.

This study examines the impostor phenomenon (IP) in the context of job applications. To this end, 70 candidates were surveyed. Furthermore, their job applications were assessed and analyzed, employing the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC; an often-used program for dictionary-based, automatic quantitative text analysis). With a higher IP expr...

This study examines whether a heightened impostor expression is associated with a judge’s assessment. The sample comprised n = 155 triads (target, mother, and a friend). Results indicated a slightly higher profile agreement between the target and mother (rraw = 0.47; rdistinct = 0.33) than a friend (rraw = 0.41; rdistinct = 0.23). The profile agree...

Das breite Aufgabenspektrum der Bundeswehr verlangt die Bereitstellung, Ausbildung und Förderung von qualifiziertem, leistungs- und reaktionsfähigem Personal in allen Organisationsbereichen der Bundeswehr. Umso bedeutsamer ist es, neben der physischen auch die psychische Leistungsfähigkeit der eingesetzten Soldatinnen und Soldaten zu erhöhen und di...

Preliminary results presented at the 17nd DPPD Congress

In this study, we investigated the effect of tactical breathing (breath-based stress management) on marksmanship performance in a randomized between-subjects design. The total of n = 100 participants (18% female) were all student soldiers and randomly assigned to the intervention group (tactical breathing) or the control group. In the German Armed...

The rise of social network sites (SNSs) provided users with new ways to initiate and maintain personal relationships. Numerous functions (e.g., messaging, sharing, and reacting on content) allow for social interaction customized to distinct relationship needs and behaviors. This study investigated the associations of attachment style with distinct...

Finkeldey, F., Steingräber, A-M., Brinkmann, N., Kostopoulos, P., Migutin, S., Herzberg, P.Y., Gorzka, R-J. (2023). Psychologisches Ausbildungsmodell für Waffenlose Selbstverteidigung (WSV) und Waffenlosen Kampf (WK) bei Kräften mit spezialisierten Fähigkeiten im Aufgabenbereich Feldjägerwesen der Bundeswehr. DIE POLIZEI, 2/2023. Spezialisierte- un...

Leadership personnel in the German military police are often responsible for units that are frequently exposed to highly stressful situations due to their tasks and skills. As German military leaders are expected to take care of and support their subordinates, they need to know how resilience can be increased and trained. This article presents a re...

Steingräber, A-M., Herzberg, Ph. Y., Gorzka, R-J. (2022). Zusammenhang zwischen Coping, Interkultureller Kompetenz, Ambiguitätstoleranz und Anpassungsleistung im Kontext eines Resilienzkonzepts im Feldjägerwesen der Bundeswehr. Polizei und Wissenschaft, 4/2022....... Soldaten und Soldatinnen begegnen im Laufe ihrer Dienstzeit vielfältigen Herausfo...

The present study investigated whether the core constructs of Malamuth's confluence model (i.e., hostility against individuals of the same sex and sexual orientation [HASSO], impersonal sexuality [IS], and high dominance/low nurturance [HDLN]) could predict sexual aggressive behavior (SA) of gay men against other gay men and of lesbian women agains...

NATO’s mission is the protection of its member states' territorial sovereignty, political security, and stability. Developments in geo- and military-strategic scopes are insufficient to achieve this aim ultimately. The future war increasingly takes place in cyber and information space to undermine the worldview and integrity of the general populati...

Putting off a task until the last second, whether in academia, school, or work is called procrastination and is widely researched. However, there are also many people who prefer to complete their tasks immediately instead of postponing them. There is hardly any research in this area and no instruments to measure this behaviour of so-called “precras...

The Impostor Phenomenon describes people characterized by a non-self-serving attributional bias towards success. In this experimental between-subjects design, we conducted a bogus intelligence test in which each subject was assigned to a positive or negative feedback condition. Our sample consisted of N=170 individuals (51% female). The results sho...

The Continuous Matching Task (CMT) is a novel paradigm designed to measure sustained attention and alertness. It is a special type of Continuous Performance Task (CPT) that utilizes truly continuous stimulus material. The tasks offers a range of innovative approaches that leverage computerized adaptive testing. A procedural algorithm is used to gen...

Behavioral activation (BA) interventions systematically encourage positive and value-based activities. Engaging in them is an effective way to counteract negative affect, but it is unknown whether there are subtypes of activities that may have differential effects on mood. This study investigated the factorial structure of 99 potentially rewarding...

Preliminary results presented at the 52nd DGPs Congress

Although, uncommitted dating via online apps is widespread, most people find value in long-term, trusting relationships. From a social and evolutionary point of view, it has been theorized that mating strategies, and, in particular, short-term strategies make some relationships more vulnerable than others. In our study, we examined short- and long-...

Based on previous research about gender differences we investigated whether varying language utilization across gender can be found in standardized text documents such as job applications. To this end, 581 cover letters, CVs and complete application documents were analyzed using linguistic inquiry and word count. Some language differences between m...

The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is a characteristic, which is composed of cognitions of inauthenticity, in conjunction with fear of failure, as well as fear of being exposed as a fraud. The IP was first described by Clance (1985), who also developed an accompanying questionnaire. However, this questionnaire left room for optimization (item content, py...

Combined with professional skills and abilities, resilience – the ability to withstand psychological adversity – plays a key role for successfully executing police tasks. The importance of resilience is largely amplified by demographic change, as well as by other influencing factors, such as the demand for highly specialised qualifications, and inc...

The learned helplessness model of the Impostor Phenomenon is an exploratory approach to explain the Impostor Phenomenon by linking the constructs of growth mindset, learned helplessness, grit, thought-action fusion, and defensive pessimism. In this study, we (a) confirmatorily tested the factor structure of the English IPP30, (b) examined the instr...

Pietzonka, M., Herchenröder, A. J. D., Herzberg, P. Y., Hanssen, N., Lorei, C., & Gorzka, R-J. (2022). Psychologie im sicherheitsrelevanten Arbeitsumfeld: Einsatzpsychologisches Symposium im Kommando Feldjäger der Bundeswehr zum Thema Resilienz in der Ausbildung spezialisierter und Spezialkräfte 2021. Die Polizei 4/2022.Der Fachbereich Truppen- und...

This cross-sectional study examines age related differences in the usage of (part 1) social media and (part 2) language behavior concerning job applications. To this end, 579 candidates were surveyed on their attitudes toward job-related social media and also their job applications were assessed. Firstly, the results show that older candidates cons...

Tübben, N., Steingräber, A-M., Herzberg, P. Y., Lorei, C., & Gorzka, R-J. (2022). Beiträge zur Einsatzpsychologie: Zielsuchtechniken und Umgang mit Fehlschüssen bei professionellem Schusswaffengebrauch. Polizei und Wissenschaft, 1/2022.Sowohl im beruflichen (z.B. Polizei, Militär, Wachdienste) als auch im Sportkontext sind Leistungen beim Schusswaf...

Leadership personnel in the German military police are often responsible for units that are frequently exposed to highly stressful situations due to their tasks and skills. As German military leaders are expected to take care of and support their subordinates, they need to know how resilience can be increased and trained. This article presents a re...

Feldjägerkräfte sind sowohl aufgrund der Breite und Aufgabenspezifizität im militärpolizeilichen Aufgabenspektrum als auch durch die erhöhte Einsatzhäufigkeit, im In- wie im Ausland, mehrfach belastet. Umso bedeutsamer erscheint es in diesem Kontext, neben der physischen, auch die psychische Leistungsfähigkeit der eingesetzten Soldatinnen und Solda...

In Verbindung mit den fachlichen Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten kommt der Resilienz im Sinne einer psychischen Widerstandsfähigkeit eine zentrale Rolle in der erfolgreichen Auftragsausführung zu. Diese besondere Bedeutung der Resilienz wird wesentlich durch den demographischen Wandel sowie durch weitere Einflussfaktoren, wie den Bedarf an hochspezial...

Zusammenfassung Problem Die deutsche Fassung der Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS-G) ist ein Verfahren zur Feststellung der Ausprägung des Merkmals Feinfühligkeit. Diese Skala wurde bisher in der deutschen Fassung validiert (Konrad & Herzberg, 2017), eine Normierung für die deutschsprachige Allgemeinbevölkerung steht allerdings noch aus. Methode...

The service of specialized and special forces of the Federal Armed Forces and police is characterized by complex situations. Such personnel often face numerous difficulties and extreme danger and experience periods of high stress when fulfilling their tasks. In the context of social and technological changes, it is necessary to explore the individu...

The Impostor-Profile (IPP) is a six-dimensional questionnaire measuring the Impostor Phenomenon facets. This study aims to test (a) the appropriateness of a total score, (b) measurement invariance (MI) between gender, (c) the reliability of the IPP, and (d) the convergent validity of the IPP subscales. The sample consisted of N = 482 individuals (6...

The Continuous Matching Task (CMT) is a novel paradigm designed to measure sustained attention and alertness. It is a special type of Continuous Performance Task (CPT) that utilizes truly continuous stimulus material. Stimuli are generated in real-time by a procedural algorithm which also enables adaptive testing. The task is highly flexible and ca...

Assessing occupational demands of attention plays a vital role in job analysis which is mandatory to assess and optimize person-job fit. In this article, we aim to contribute to this field by presenting a novel questionnaire, Parameters of Attention at Work (PAW36). It is a German job analysis tool (a yet untested English translation is provided) t...

Ibrahim, F., Stave, D., Herchenröder, A. J. D., Heim, N., Lorei, C., Herzberg, P.Y., Hanssen, N., Gorzka, R-J. (2021). Beiträge zur Einsatzpsychologie: Extremgruppenforschung im militärischen und polizeilichen Kontext am Beispiel der Resilienz bei hochspezialisiertem IT-Personal. Polizei & Wissenschaft, 3/2021.Extremgruppen zeichnen sich durch eine...

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) results in a loss of humoral immunity and subsequent risk for severe infections. Thus, re-vaccination is required but may fail due to incomplete immune reconstitution. We retrospectively analyzed predictors of immune response to primary vaccination applied according to the EBMT (European...

Do individuals modify their bodies in order to be unique? The present study sought to investigate need for uniqueness (NfU) subcomponents as possible motives for modifying one’s body. To this end, the study obtained information from 312 participants about their NfU (using the German NfU-G global scale and three sub-scales) and their body modificati...

This study examined the structure, reliability, and validity of a German version of the State Adult Attachment Measure (SAAM) by Gillath and colleagues (Gillath et al., 2009). A satisfactory fit was found for the hypothesized three-factor model (comparative fit index = .840; RMSEA = .071 with 95% CI = .063, .079). The German SAAM subscales showed h...

A new algorithmic approach to personality prototyping based on Big Five traits was applied to a large representative and longitudinal German dataset (N = 22,820) including behavior, personality and health correlates. We applied three different clustering techniques, latent profile analysis, the k-means method and spectral clustering algorithms. The...

Comorbidity after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) impairs quality of life (QoL), physical functioning, and survival. We developed a new standardized measure to capture comorbidity after transplantation, the Post-transplant Multimorbidity Index (PTMI) in a cohort of 50 long term survivors. We subsequently evaluated the...

Today, Social Network Sites (SNSs) offer a wide variety of functions for initiating and maintaining personal relationships (i.e. sharing private information, messaging, commenting, liking or viewing others profiles). According to the uses and gratifications approach, individuals chose how they use media in order to satisfy given needs. Regarding pe...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Screening von psychischen Belastungen während einer Krebserkrankung ist notwendig, um gezielt die Patienten herauszufiltern, die psychologische Unterstützung benötigen. Derzeit geschieht dies überwiegend über die Abfrage akuter Probleme. Stabile interne und externe Risikofaktoren und präventiv wirkende Merkmale bleiben...

Loneliness, an emotional distress caused by the lack of meaningful social connections it has increasingly been affecting university students who need to deal with everyday situations in a new setting, especially those who have come from abroad. Currently there is little work on digital solutions to reduce loneliness. Therefore, this article describ...

This study investigated whether word categories of LIWC (Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count) are able to predict application success. To this end, 581 cover letters, CVs and complete application documents were analysed. Based on previous research, successful candidates, who receive a job offer, were expected to have used a more categorical, complex,...

Trotz nur spärlicher Hinweise in Lehrbüchern lassen sich markante, qualitative Spuren in der Geschichte der Persönlichkeitspsychologie nachweisen. Anhand der von Stern (1911) vorgeschlagenen vier Disziplinen der Differentiellen Psychologie wird die Differenz zwischen nomothetischer (Variations- und Korrelationsforschung) und idiografischer (Psychog...

A new algorithmic approach to personality prototyping based on Big Five traits was applied to a large representative and longitudinal German dataset (N = 22,820) including behavior, personality and health correlates. We applied three different clustering techniques, latent profile analysis, the k-means method and spectral clustering algorithms. The...

Context: Fatigue is a frequent symptom in patients suffering from chronic diseases. The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory MFI-20 is often used to measure fatigue. The aim of this article is to test the scale structure of the questionnaire. Methods: The MFI-20 data were obtained from seven samples, including general population samples and sample...

Musical preferences are a fundamental individual difference predicting a multitude of listening behaviors. For decades, researchers have investigated how musical preferences are organized but have been hindered by genre-based and self-report methodologies. Recently, researchers have begun to investigate musical preferences at the feature-level usin...

Large behavioral datasets collect ecologically valid data on user behavior, but only seldom provide more data on the users. To gain further insights on the participants, small subsamples can be collected, assessing variables of interest, such as personality characteristics. However, such samples are often biased through self-selection of participat...

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the levels of anxiety and depression in cancer patients with those of the general population, to examine age and gender differences in anxiety and depression, to analyse the impact of several socio-demographic and clinical parameters on anxiety and depression, and to test the age and gender measureme...

Purpose The Sniffin’ Sticks Screening 12 test is a test of olfactory performance based on pen-like odor dispensing devices. The aims of this study were to analyze the performance of this test in a general population sample and to explore associations between olfactory dysfunction and quality of life. Methods A large community sample (n = 7267) com...

Pictures of CTSPC items

Child victims’ reports of psychological and physical abuse by caregivers are a fundamental source of information beyond official records and caregiver reports. However, few or no sensitive and age-appropriate child-report instruments exist that have undergone in-depth validity and reliability testing across a broad age-range. Our study addresses th...

Figures A-U. Pictures of CTSPC items. This article should be cited when using the images. A more detailed guide can be requested from the authors. (DOCX)

Arbeitslosigkeit stellt ein wichtiges gesellschaftliches Thema dar. Der Schritt in die Arbeitslosigkeit hat für einen Menschen generell kritische Bedeutung und wirkt sich negativ auf fast alle Aspekte des Lebens aus...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to test psychometric properties of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), to provide normative values, and to analyze associations between life satisfaction and sociodemographic and behavioral data. Methods: A German community sample (n = 9711) with an age range of 18-80 years was surveyed using the SWLS and...

This paper explores the measurement of individual music feature preference using human- and computer-rated music excerpts. In the first of two studies, we correlated human ratings of song excerpts with computer-extracted music features and found good accordance, as well as similar criterion validity with preference for musical styles (the MUSIC mod...

Research and theory suggest that meaningful variance in the onset, clinical course, symptomatic profile, and maintenance of eating disorders (EDs) can be explained by certain personality traits (e. g. Neuroticism). However, for various other personality traits there is no such coherent picture. In this article, we investigated associations of globa...