Univ.-Prof. Dipl. Psych. Sabine Pahl
All Publications
2026
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
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
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
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
Koller K, Pahl S. Role-Playing for Better Climate Discussions: Exploring Climate Change Engagement among Austrian Youth. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2025;104. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102616
Mura A, Chiozza V, Pahl S, F F. The impact of values and social norms on consumers’ intention to avoid cosmetics containing microplastics: The mediating role of risk perception and personal norm. Psicologia sociale – Social Psychology Theory & Research. 2025;20(2):155-181.
2024
Suffill E, White MP, Hale S, Pahl S. Regulating “forever chemicals”: social data are necessary for the successful implementation of the essential use concept. Environmental Sciences Europe. 2024 Dec;36(1):111. doi: 10.1186/s12302-024-00930-9
Swami V, White MP, Voracek M, Tran US, Aavik T, Ranjbar HA et al. Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2024 Nov;99:102432. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432