Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jana Nikitin
T: +43-1-4277-47440
Winter term 2026
200012 VO EC Developmental Psychology I
200196 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
540002 SE Finalizing your PhD Retreat
Summer term 2026
200011 VO Developmental Psychology II
200130 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
540014 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students
Winter term 2025
200092 VU Developmental Psychology
200196 SE Master's Thesis Seminar (A)
540005 SE Finalizing your PhD Retreat
540014 SE Seminar for Doctoral Students
Bühler, J. L., & Nikitin, J. (2020). Sociohistorical context and adult social development: New directions for 21st century research. American Psychologist, 75(4), 457–469. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000611
Nikitin, J., Gong, X., Schoch, S., & Freund, A. M. (2019). Social motives, attributions and expectations as predictors of the decision to participate in a speed-dating event. Motivation and Emotion, 43(4), 610–624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09762-0
Bühler, J. L., Weidmann, R., Nikitin, J., & Grob, A. (2019). A Closer Look at Life Goals Across Adulthood: Applying a Developmental Perspective to Content, Dynamics, and Outcomes of Goal Importance and Goal Attainability. European Journal of Personality, 33(3), 359-384. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2194
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2019). Individual Differences in Habitual Social Goals and Daily Well-Being: The Role of Age and Relationship Closeness. European Journal of Personality, 33(3), 337-358. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2190
Martiny, S. E., & Nikitin, J. (2019). Social Identity Threat in Interpersonal Relationships: Activating Negative Stereotypes Decreases Social Approach Motivation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 25(1), 117–128. https://doi.org/10.1037/XAP0000198
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2019). Who Cares? Effects of Social Approach and Avoidance Motivation on Responsiveness to Others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(2), 182-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218781335
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2019). The Motivational Power of the Happy Face. Brain Sciences, 9(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9010006
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2019). The Adaptation Process of Aging. In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros, J. M. Robine, & A. Benetos (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Successful Aging (pp. 281-298). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316677018.018
Job, V., Sieber, V., Rothermund, K., & Nikitin, J. (2018). Age differences in implicit theories about willpower: Why older people endorse a nonlimited theory. Psychology and aging, 33(6), 940-952. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000285
Freund, A. M., & Nikitin, J. (2018). Entwicklung im jungen und mittleren Erwachsenenalter. In Entwicklungspsychologie (8 ed., pp. 265-290). Beltz.
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2018). Feeling Loved and Integrated or Lonely and Rejected in Everyday Life: The Role of Age and Social Motivation. Developmental Psychology, 54(6), 1186–1198. https://doi.org/10.1037/DEV0000502
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2017). Social Motives Predict Loneliness During a Developmental Transition. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 76(4), 145-153. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000201
Job, V., Nikitin, J., Zhang, S., Carr, P. B., & Walton, G. M. (2017). Social Traces of Generic Humans Increase the Value of Everyday Objects. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(6), 785-792. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217697694
Schoch, S., Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). Why do(n't) you like me? The role of social approach and avoidance motives in attributions following social acceptance and rejection. Motivation and Emotion, 39(5), 680–692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-015-9482-1
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). What you want to avoid is what you see: Social avoidance motivation affects the interpretation of emotional faces. Motivation and Emotion, 39(3), 384-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-014-9459-5
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). Adult age differences in frequency estimations of happy and angry faces. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 39(3), 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025414542838
Valero, D., Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). The effect of age and time perspective on implicit motives. Motivation and Emotion, 39(2), 175-181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-014-9453-y
Nikitin, J., & Hennecke, M. (Eds.) (2015). 100 psychologische Denkfallen: Warum wir hinterher meinen, es vorher besser gewusst zu haben. Beltz.
Nikitin, J., & Freund, A. M. (2015). The Indirect Nature of Social Motives: The Relation of Social Approach and Avoidance Motives with Likeability via Extraversion and Agreeableness. Journal of Personality, 83(1), 97-105. https://doi.org/10.1111/JOPY.12086
Freund, A. M., Weiss, D., & Nikitin, J. (2014). Modelle der Handlungsmotivation zur erfolgreichen Entwicklung. In Theorien in der Entwicklungspsychologie (pp. 282-309) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34805-1_11
Experiencing a Significant Life Event During COVID-19: The Role of Age and Perceived Control.
Radjenovic, S. (Speaker), Ristl, C. (Contributor) & Nikitin, J. (Contributor)
4 Feb 2022
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Exploring the potential of automated speech emotion recognition and evaluation in daily-life audio data
Ristl, C. (Speaker), Baired, A. (Contributor), Schuller, B. (Contributor) & Nikitin, J. (Contributor)
2 Jul 2021
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
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