Jana Straßheim, MSc

"I like people, I observe people and sometimes I give them something to eat." Jana's research focuses on the behavior of groups, especially when eating together.

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5393-7182

Professional activity

• since 01/2020 Academic staff member, doctoral candidate
  Member of the CASCB Cluster of Excellence, University of Konstanz
• since 05/2019 Academic staff member, doctoral candidate
  Working Group Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology, University of Konstanz
• 04/2018 - 04/2019 Student assistant
  Working Group Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology, University of Konstanz
• 05/2015 - 08/2016 Student assistant
  Working Group Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology, University of Konstanz
• 12/2013 - 08/2014 Student assistant
  Working Group Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology, University of Konstanz

Qualification

• 03/2019 Master of Science in Psychology
  Working Group Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology, University of Konstanz
  The supermarkets next door - A cross-sectional analysis of retail density and BMI in children and adolescents in Germany
• 09/2016 Bachelor of Science in Psychology
  Working Group Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology, University of Konstanz
  The colour of food – An Ecological Momentary Assessment study examining colour variety in daily eating behaviour

Research projects

Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour - Project Individual and Collective Appetite

(funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the EXC Collective Behavior)

Konstanz Life-Study: Prospective cohort study in which citizens of Constance are repeatedly examined in order to observe changes in nutrition, fitness and health over a longer period of time.
Sub-project of the SMARTACT project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Memberships in professional organisations

European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)

Courses

Seminars on applied health psychology, behavioral observation and recording health-related behaviors (methods and diagnostics in occupational and health psychology):

• Socially healthy - The social influence on health behaviour
• Behavioral Observation of health related behaviour
• Behaviour observation in use
• Why good intentions are not enough?! Models of Health Behaviour

Supervised theses (together with Prof. Dr. Britta Renner)

• Clio Scholzen (2023). Cake or No Cake: Exploring the Relation Between Perceived Synchrony and Rapport in Small Groups (unpublished bachelor thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Magdalena Huber (2022). Perceiver and Target Effects of Social Curiosity on Liking in Digital Small Groups (unpublished master thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Elisabeth Wernet (2022). Meeting online: Observed affective and cognitive synchronization in small groups (unpublished master thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Johanna Köchling (2022). Talking and Eating Online: Synchronization measured by Dyadic Shared Motion Energy (unpublished master thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Nora Christlein (2022). Digital Lunch Break: Observed Social Mimicry in Small Groups (unpublished bachelor thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Eva Gotzhein (2022). Testing the Climate Halo Effect - An Environmental Sphere Experience (unpublished bachelor thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Johanna Köchling (2021). Perceiving Synchrony – An experimental study on group perception in triads (unpublished bachelor thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Lina Kleditzsch (2021). Sustainable dietary behaviour and life satisfaction: A cross sectional analysis (unpublished bachelor thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Sophie Rein (2021). Being on the same wavelenght? A lab based behavioral observation study on affective synchronization and wellbeing in small groups (unpublished master thesis). University of Konstanz.
• Leonie Schuhmacher (2021). One group, one opinion? A lab based behavioral observation study on dominant behavior and synchronization in small groups (unpublished master thesis). University of Konstanz.