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Christina Bauer
@cabauer.bsky.social
Social & educational psych. Aiming to reduce barriers to stigmatized individuals’ goal pursuit and wellbeing. UVienna.
https://www.christina-anna-bauer.com/research
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🚨New pub @SPPS! tinyurl.com/y3vskm73
Low-SES students are often portrayed as lacking in skills. We test the effect of reframing this narrative in a pre-registered field trial (N=786). Highlighting the strengths low-SES students show boosted grades over one semester, closing an SES-performance gap.🧵
The Strengths of People in Low-SES Positions: An Identity-Reframing Intervention Improves Low-SES Students’ Achievement Over One Semester - Christina A. Bauer, Gregory Walton, Veronika Job, Nicole Ste...
Students from low-socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds such as first-generation or low-income students are often portrayed as deficient, lacking in skills and...
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In my way to the German social psych conference& getting to try the new night trains 👀 #futureofconferencing
September 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
news 🚨 In TICS, we review the way people see various forms of difficulties. Across types of difficulties studied in so far disconnected lines of research, we find: re-thinking difficulties as not only implying harm can support important life outcomes.
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How rethinking difficulties can shape important life outcomes
Difficulties are a common part of life, ranging from daily challenges to chronic adversity. While difficulties can undermine well-being, they can also…
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June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🚨Excited our review on the way brilliance-beliefs undermine educational equality just got accepted at Ed Psych Review 😍 In the paper, we introduce the Brilliance-Belonging Model (BBM), which helps us understand when and how brilliance-beliefs work... 🧵
tinyurl.com/5c4aez9w
May 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
news! 🚨👀Social inequality research can sometimes inadvertently stigmatise disadvantaged groups as weak, lacking in agency, motivation, or skills. In our new review, we highlight how we can come to a more accurate and non-stigmatizing study of inequality.
tinyurl.com/3rcjt9e7 🧵...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Reposted by Christina Bauer
Whew.

If you work in, or draw on the work of, the behavioral sciences, add this to your reading list.
the fallout from the Francesca Gino research misconduct scandal isn't over. @engber.bsky.social writes about how an effort by some of her colleagues to self-audit their work with her ended up raising even more questions — for them personally and their whole field www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger
The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Reposted by Christina Bauer
Not sure if I did this right or not, but here are scholars who study motivation in educational settings, mostly affiliated with @aera-motsig.bsky.social and @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/3PuVgdT
November 16, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Reposted by Christina Bauer
Immer auf dem aktuellsten Stand der Forschung sein? 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬Hier findest du alle Wissenschafter:innen der Universität Wien die auf Bluesky aktiv sind! 👀 ⤵
go.bsky.app/UyRt4h3
November 11, 2024 at 11:24 AM
🚨New pub @SPPS! tinyurl.com/y3vskm73
Low-SES students are often portrayed as lacking in skills. We test the effect of reframing this narrative in a pre-registered field trial (N=786). Highlighting the strengths low-SES students show boosted grades over one semester, closing an SES-performance gap.🧵
The Strengths of People in Low-SES Positions: An Identity-Reframing Intervention Improves Low-SES Students’ Achievement Over One Semester - Christina A. Bauer, Gregory Walton, Veronika Job, Nicole Ste...
Students from low-socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds such as first-generation or low-income students are often portrayed as deficient, lacking in skills and...
tinyurl.com
October 28, 2024 at 7:54 AM