Univ.-Prof. Dipl. Psych. Sabine Pahl
All Publications
2026
White MP, Egger JAM, Amato G, Astell-Burt T, Bekke-Hansen S, Borja A et al. Testing nature-based biopsychosocial resilience theory: a research programme protocol. Archives of Public Health. 2026 Apr 24;84(1):90. doi: 10.1186/s13690-026-01903-5
Hampejs V, Wala A, Tran US, Pahl S, Egger JAM, Voracek M et al. Health and well-being in nature: Analysis of 18,054 visit reports and implications for nature-based biopsychosocial resilience theory (NBRT). Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2026 Mar;110:102918. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102918
Köhler JK, Fian L, White M, Nijssen S, Pahl S. Actively distancing from climate radicals improves public support for moderate climate activists. Communications Psychology. 2026 Feb 17;4(55). doi: 10.1038/s44271-026-00412-z
Fian L, Vaupotič N, Richter I, Koelmans AA, Pahl S. Communicating scientific uncertainties: Effects of message and audience characteristics in the context of microplastic health risks. Public Understanding of Science. 2026. doi: 10.1177/09636625251410494
Suffill E, Vaupotič N, Schlösser J, Hale S, White M, Pahl S. Persistent, Mobile, Toxic: The Effects of Chemical Warning Labels on Public Risk Perception. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 2026. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5c01231
2025
Bostrom A, van den Broek KL, Böhm G, Grünzner M, Felipe-Rodriguez M, Fian L et al. Scientists’ mental models of microplastics: insights into expert perceptions from an exploratory comparison of research methods. Microplastics and Nanoplastics. 2025 Dec;5:36. doi: 10.1186/s43591-025-00141-w
Todorova B, Zhang L, Lengersdorff L, Doell KC, Nitschke J, Forbes PAG et al. Effort and time costs influence motivational asymmetries in self-benefitting vs pro-environmental decisions. Communications Psychology. 2025 Nov 24;3(166). doi: 10.1038/s44271-025-00347-x
Harvey T, White M, Pahl S, Elliott LR. Happy days are nature days: visiting nature has positive spill-over effects for the entire day among people with and without common mental health disorders. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2025 Sept 9;1-14. Epub 2025 Sept 9. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2025.2549296
Martin L, White MP, Pahl S, May J, Newton JN, Elliott LR et al. Nature contact and health risk behaviours: Results from an 18 country study. Health and Place. 2025 Jul;94:103479. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103479
Grünzner M, Richter I, White MP, Pahl S. “Hold on, do I really need this?”: Countering impulse clothing purchases through short reflections. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption. 2025 Jun;17:100280. doi: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100280
Köhler JK, Geiger SJ, Gellrich A, Münsch M, White MP, Pahl S. Reasonable or radical? First-order, second-order, and meta-stereotypes of different climate activists among the German public and climate activists. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2025 Jun;104:102594. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102594
Koller K, Pahl S. Role-Playing for Better Climate Discussions: Exploring Climate Change Engagement among Austrian Youth. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2025 Jun;104:102616. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102616
Swami V, Tran US, Voracek M, Aavik T, Ranjbar HA, Adebayo SO et al. Self-Compassion Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Short Form of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups. Mindfulness. 2025 Jun;16(6):1569-1596. doi: 10.1007/s12671-025-02560-5
Fian L, Felt U, Hofmann T, White M, Pahl S. Microplastics in food and drink: Predictors of public risk perceptions and support for plastic-reducing policies based on a climate change framework. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2025 May;103:102583. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102583
Voronkova A, Wyles K, Syamsiyah N, Sudarso, Soedjono E, Henderson L et al. Predictors of waste management behaviours in coastal communities in Indonesia: The role of community attachment and environmental concern. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2025 May;214:117741. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117741
Groeneveld W, Krainz M, White MP, Heske A, Elliott LR, Bratman GN et al. The psychological benefits of open-water (wild) swimming: Exploring a self-determination approach using a 19-country sample. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2025 Mar;102:102558. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102558
Swami V, Stieger S, Voracek M, Aavik T, Ranjbar HA, Adebayo SO et al. Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. PLoS ONE. 2025 Jan;20(1):e0313107. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313107
Richter I, Gabe-Thomas E, Avillanosa AL, Creencia LA, Sumeldan J, Pahl S. Co‐created environmental messaging for climate action: Insights from coastal communities in the Global South. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 2025;28(4):e70049. doi: 10.1111/ajsp.70049
Suffill E, Hörberg S, Hale SE, Pahl S, White MP. Expert and non-expert perceptions of ‘forever chemicals’: identifying commonalties and differences to inform PFAS risk communication. Journal of Risk Research. 2025;28(6):589-610. doi: 10.1080/13669877.2025.2522658
Gangl K, Seifert M, Lange PAMV, Pahl S. Nature Posters Enhance Subjective but not Objective Cleanness in Public Housing: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2025;101:102496. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102496