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Prof. Dr. Simone Dohle

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Prof. Dr. Simone Dohle

Dipl. Psychologin

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Leiterin des Labors für Gesundheit- und Risikokommunikation

Venusberg-Campus 1 | Institut für Hausarztmedizin | Gebäude 05 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn

D-53127 Bonn

Zur Person

Prof. Dr. Simone Dohle ist seit April 2022 Professorin für Gesundheits- und Risikokommunikation in der hausärztlichen Versorgung am Institut für Hausarztmedizin1. Sie studierte Psychologie an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg und promovierte 2010 an der Universität Zürich. Nach ihrer Promotion forschte sie als Postdoktorandin und Oberassistentin am Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST) an der ETH Zürich. Im Anschluss wechselte sie als Akademische Rätin an das Department Psychologie der Universität zu Köln, wo sie sich im Jahr 2018 habilitierte. Bevor sie dem Ruf an die Universität Bonn folgte, war sie Vertretungsprofessorin für Medizinische Psychologie an der Universität Bielefeld. Ihre inhaltlichen Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Gesundheits- und Risikokommunikation, Selbstregulation und Motivation, gesundheitsbezogene Verhaltensänderungen, Medizinische Entscheidungsfindung sowie Digital Health.

Forschungsinteressen

  • Gesundheits- und Risikokommunikation
  • Verhaltensänderungen („Behavior Change“)
  • Selbstregulation und Motivation
  • Medizinische Entscheidungsfindung
  • Digital Health

Publikationen

In press

Cologna, V., Mede, N. G., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., … Dohle, S., …. Zwaan, R. A. (in press). Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02090-55.

Raz, N., Seffen, A. E., Dohle, S., & Katzir, M. (in press). Small Steps, Big Impact: Increasing Perceived Effectiveness of Sustainable Behavior by Demonstrating its Cumulative Impact Over Time. Environment and Behavior.

2025

Mede, N. G.*, Cologna, V.*, Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., …, Dohle, S., … & Zwaan, R. A. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries: The TISP dataset. Scientific Data, 12(1), 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-76 

* shared first authorship

Pförtner, T.-K., Gube, M., Koch, T., Michels, J., Dohle, S., & Demirer, I. (2025). Parental education and neighbourhood socioeconomic status in the prediction of childhood overweight: A multilevel analysis. Pediatric Obesity, 20(2), Article e13181. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.131817

Rramani Dervishi, Q., & Dohle, S. (2025). Evaluating the multi-faceted effect of concurrent front-of-pack nutrition and ecolabels on food evaluation. Food Quality and Preference, 127, Article 105465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.1054658

Weingarten, N.*, Seffen, A. E.*, Bach, L., Meis-Harris, J., Aeikens, A., Barbieri, S., & Dohle, S. (2025). Investigating the effect of animal visualisations on meat choice: An experimental lab study with a fake food buffet. Food Quality and Preference, 129, Article 105508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.1054659

*shared first authorship

2024

Blase, R., Meis-Harris, J., Weltermann, B., & Dohle, S. (2024). Icon Arrays for Medical Risk Communication: Do Icon Type and Color Influence Cardiovascular Risk Perception and Recall? Medical Decision Making, 44(6), 661-673. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X24126304010

Graczyk, T.*, Wingen, T.*, Wingen, S., & Dohle, S. (2024). Do mindsets shape intentions to help those in need? Unraveling the paradoxical effects of mindsets of poverty on helping intentions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 54, 629-642. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.303911

*shared first authorship

Meis-Harris, J., Rramani-Dervishi, Q., Seffen, A. E., & Dohle, S. (2024). Food for future: The impact of menu design on vegetarian food choice and menu satisfaction in a hypothetical hospital setting. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 97, Article 102348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.10234812

Pförtner, T. K., Schippel, L., Gube, M., Koch, T., Michels, J., Rathmann, K., & Dohle, S. (2024). Der familiäre Bildungsstatus und eine empfohlene sonderpädagogische Bedarfsprüfung: Eine Trendanalyse mit den jährlichen Daten der Schuleingangsuntersuchung der Städteregion Aachen der Jahre 2015 bis 2019. ZSE Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation, 44(1), 54-69. https://doi.org/10.3262/ZSE240105413

Wingen, S., Graczyk, T., Wingen, T., & Dohle, S. (2024). Mindsets at work: Understanding the positive impact of growth mindsets on workplace coaching. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 46(5), 381–397. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2024.238271814

2023

Håkonsen, H., Dohle, S., Rhedin, H. & Hedenrud, T. (2023). Preferences for medicines with different environmental impact – a Swedish population-based study. Environmental Advances, 12, Article 100358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2023.10035815

Hinssen, M., & Dohle, S. (2023). Personal protective behaviors in response to COVID-19: A longitudinal application of Protection Motivation Theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1195607. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.119560716

Schreiber, M., & Dohle, S. (2023). A smartphone-based implicit theories intervention for health behavior change: Randomized trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 11, Article  e36578. https://doi.org/10.2196/3657817

Seffen, A. E., & Dohle, S. (2023). What motivates German consumers to reduce their meat consumption? Identifying relevant beliefs. Appetite, 187, Article 106593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.10659318

2022

Kwasnicka, D., Keller, J., Perski, O., Potthoff, S., ten Hoor, G. A., Ainsworth, B., Crutzen, R., Dohle, S., van Dongen, A., Heino, M.,Henrich, J. F., Knox, L., König, L. M., Maltinsky, W., McCallum, C.,Nalukwago, J., Neter, E., Nurmi, J., Spitschan, M., Van Beurden, S. B., Van der Laan, L. N., Wunsch, K., Levink, J. J. J., Sanderman, R. (2022). White Paper: Open Digital Health – accelerating transparent and scalable health promotion and treatment. Health Psychology Review, , 16(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2022.204648219

Pförtner, T. K., Dohle, S., & Hower, K. I. (2022). Trends in educational disparities in preventive behaviours, risk perception, perceived effectiveness and trust in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. BMC Public Health, 22, Article 903. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13341-320

Wingen, T., Berkessel, J. B., & Dohle, S. (2022). Caution, preprint! Brief explanations allow nonscientists to differentiate between preprints and peer-reviewed journal articles. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(1).  https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245921107055921

Wingen, T., Lecuona, O., & Dohle, S., (2022). Attitudes towards science during the COVID-19 pandemic: A psychological network approach. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(1), 98-118. https://doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2022.10522

 2021

Dohle, S., Duncan, M. J., & Bucher, T. (2021). Development and validation of the diet-related beliefs of exercisers scale (DBES). Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 43(2), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2020-002723

Dohle, S., Schreiber, M., Wingen, T., & Baumann, M. (2021). Blaming others for their illness: The influence of health-related implicit theories on blame and social support. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52(4), 210-219.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.1284424

Wingen, T., & Dohle, S. (2021). Exploring negative beliefs about power: The role of autonomy and influence. Social Psychology, 52(4).  https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a00045325

 2020

Bucher, T., Frey, E., Wilczynska, M., Deroover, K., & Dohle, S. (2020). Consumer perception and behaviour related to low-alcohol wine: Do people overcompensate? Public Health Nutrition, 23(11), 1939-1947. https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898001900523826

Dohle*, S., Wingen*, T., & Schreiber, M. (2020). Acceptance and adoption of protective measures during the Covid-19 pandemic: The role of trust in politics and trust in science. Social Psychological Bulletin, 15(4), Article e4315, https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.431527

*shared first authorship

Hofmann, W., Dohle, S., & Diel, K. (2020). Changing Behavior Using Integrative Self-Control Theory. In M. Hagger, L. Cameron, K. Hamilton, N. Hankonen, & T. Lintunen (Eds.), The Handbook of Behavior Change (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology, pp. 150-163). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/97811086773180.01128

Landy, J. F., Jia, M., Ding, I. L., Viganola, D., Tierney, W., … Dohle, S., … Uhlmann, E. L. (2020). Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: Making transparent how design choices shape research results. Psychological Bulletin, 146(5), 451–479. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul000022029

Mötteli, S., & Dohle, S. (2020). Egocentric social network correlates of physical activity. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 9(4), 339-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2017.01.00230

Schreiber, M., Bucher, T., Collins, C., & Dohle, S. (2020). The Multiple Food Test: Development and validation of a new tool to measure food choices and applied nutrition knowledge. Appetite, 150, Article 104647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.10464731

Schreiber, M., Job, V., & Dohle, S. (2020). Is your health malleable or fixed? The influence of implicit theories on health-related attitudes and behaviour. Psychology & Health, 35(12), 1421-1439. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2020.176197532

2019

Dohle, S., & Hofmann, W. (2019). Consistency and balancing in everyday health behavior: An Ecological Momentary Assessment approach. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 11(1), 148–169.  https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.1214833

Prinsen, S., Dohle, S., Evers, C., de Ridder, D. T. D., & Hofmann, W. (2019). Introducing functional and dysfunctional self-licensing: Associations with indices of (un)successful dietary regulation. Journal of Personality, 87(5), 934–947. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.1244534

2018

Dohle, S., Diel, K., & Hofmann, W. (2018). Executive functions and the self-regulation of eating behavior: A review. Appetite, 124, 4–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.04135

Dohle, S., & Hofmann, W. (2018). Assessing self-control: the use and usefulness of the Experience Sampling Method. In D. de Ridder, M. Adriaanse, & K. Fujita (Eds.), Handbook of self-control in health and well-being (pp. 100–111). New York, NY: Routledge.

2017

Dohle, S., & Bucher, T. (2017). Whether people believe that overweight is unhealthy depends on their BMI. European Journal of Public Health, 27(4), 781–783. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckx04236

Dohle, S., & Dawson, I. G. J. (2017). Putting knowledge into practice: Does information on adverse drug interactions influence people’s dosing behaviour? British Journal of Health Psychology, 22(2), 330–344. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.1223137

Dohle, S., & Hofmann, W. (2017). Toward a mechanistic understanding of the impact of food insecurity on obesity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, Article e116, 23–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1600141238

Dohle, S., & Montoya, A. K. (2017). The dark side of fluency: Fluent names increase drug dosing. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23(3), 231–239. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap000013139

2016

Dawson, I. G. J., & Dohle, S. (2016). Towards an understanding of adult judgments of synergistic health benefits. British Journal of Health Psychology, 21(1), 204-223. lhttps://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.1215840

Dohle, S., Rall, S., & Siegrist, M. (2016). Does self-prepared food taste better? Effects of food preparation on liking. Health Psychology, 35(5), 500–508. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea000031541

Vogel, S. E., Keller, C., Koschutnig, K., Reishofer, G., Ebner, F., Dohle, S., Siegrist, M., & Grabner, R. H. (2016). The neural correlates of health risk perception in individuals with low and high numeracy. ZDM, 48, 337–350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-016-0761-442

2015

Dohle, S., Wansink, B., & Zehnder, L. (2015). Exercise and food compensation: Exploring diet-related beliefs and behaviors of regular exercisers. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 12(3), 322-327. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2013-038343

Gmuer, A., Siegrist, M., & Dohle, S. (2015). Does wine label processing fluency influence wine hedonics? Food Quality and Preference, 44, 12–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.03.00744

Hartmann, C., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2015). A self-determination theory approach to adults’ healthy body weight motivation: A longitudinal study focussing on food choices and recreational physical activity. Psychology & Health, 30(8), 924–948. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2015.100622345

2014

Bevelander, K. E., Kaipainen, K., Swain, R., Dohle, S., Bongard, J. C., Hines, P. D. H., & Wansink, B. (2014). Crowdsourcing novel childhood predictors of adult obesity. PLoS ONE, 9, Article e87756. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.008775646

Dohle, S., Hartmann, C., & Keller, C. (2014). Physical activity as a moderator of the association between emotional eating and BMI: Evidence from the Swiss Food Panel. Psychology & Health, 29(9), 1062–1080. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2014.90904247

Dohle, S., Rall, S., & Siegrist, M. (2014). I cooked it myself: Preparing food increases liking and consumption. Food Quality and Preference , 33, 14–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2013.11.00148

Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2014). Fluency of pharmaceutical drug names predicts perceived hazardousness, assumed side effects and willingness to buy. Journal of Health Psychology, 19(10), 1241–1249. https://doi.org/10.1177/135910531348897449

Hartmann, C., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2014). Time for change? Food choices in the transition to cohabitation and parenthood. Public Health Nutrition, 17(12), 2730–2739. https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898001300329750

Hofmann, W., & Dohle, S. (2014). Capturing eating behavior where the action takes place: A comment on McKee et al. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 48(3), 289–290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9625-851

L'Orange Seigo, S., Arvai, J., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2014). Predictors of risk and benefit perception of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in regions with different stages of deployment. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 25, 23–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.03.00752

L'Orange Seigo, S., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2014). Public perception of carbon capture and storage (CCS): A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 38, 848–863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.01753

2013

Dohle, S., Campbell, V. E. A., & Arvai, J. L. (2013). Consumer-perceived risks and choices about pharmaceuticals in the environment: a cross-sectional study. Environmental Health, 12, Article 45. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-12-4554

Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2013). Cognitive and affective determinants of generic drug acceptance and use: Cross-sectional and experimental findings. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 1(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2013.80382855

Dohle, S., & Wansink, B. (2013). Fit in 50 years: Participation in high school sports best predicts one’s physical activity after Age 70. BMC Public Health, 13, Article 1100. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-110056

Hartmann, C., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2013). Importance of cooking skills for balanced food choices. Appetite, 65, 125–131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.01.01657

L'Orange Seigo, S., Dohle, S., Diamond, L., & Siegrist, M. (2013). The effect of figures in CCS communication. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 16, 83–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.03.00958

Visschers, V. H. M., Hartmann, C., Leins-Hess, R., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2013). A consumer segmentation of nutrition information use and its relation to food consumption behaviour. Food Policy, 42, 71–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.07.00359

2012

Dohle, S., Keller, C., & Siegrist, M. (2012). Fear and anger: Antecedents and consequences of emotional responses to mobile communication. Journal of Risk Research, 15(4), 435–446. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2011.63683560

Dohle, S., Keller, C., & Siegrist, M. (2012). Mobile communication in the public mind: Insights from free associations related to mobile phone base stations. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 18(3), 649–668. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2012.67290061

Wallquist, L., Visschers, V. H. M., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2012). The role of convictions and trust for public protest potential in the case of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 18(4), 919–932. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2012.68871962

2011

Cousin, M., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2011). The impact of specific information provision on base station siting preferences. Journal of Risk Research, 14(6), 703–715. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2011.55373263

L’Orange Seigo, S., Wallquist, L., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2011). Communication of CCS monitoring activities may not have a reassuring effect on the public. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5(6), 1674–1679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.05.04064

Wallquist, L., Visschers, V. H. M., Dohle, S., & Siegrist, M. (2011). Adapting communication to the public’s intuitive understanding of CCS. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 1(1), 83–91. https://doi.org/10.1002/ghg3.465

2010

Dohle, S. (2010). Zwischen Bedrohung und Chance: Über die Wahrnehmung und Kommunikation von Risiken. In-Mind Magazin, 1(3).

Dohle, S., Keller, C., & Siegrist, M. (2010). Conjoint measurement of base station siting preferences. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 16(4), 825–836. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2010.50125066

Dohle, S., Keller, C., & Siegrist, M. (2010). Examining the relationship between affect and implicit associations: Implications for risk perception. Risk Analysis, 30(7), 1116–1128. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01404.x67

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