Department of Psychology – Applied Psychology: Life-Management

 
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Kathrin Krause, Dipl.-Psych. (equiv. to M.A.)

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Kathrin Krause
Kathrin Krause
University of Zurich
Department of Psychology
Applied Psychology: Life-Management
Binzmuehlestrasse 14/11
8050 Zurich / Switzerland
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k.krause@psychologie.uzh.ch
BIN 3.A.13
on appointment


Central Research Interests

  • Procrastination
  • Goal focus
  • Motivation and self-regulation across the lifespan
  • E-Learning and life-long learning


Brief Research Statement

Procrastination is defined as the—often unpleasant—disability to initiate or complete a task or pursue a goal. Procrastination is a prevalent phenomenon in the academic context. Procrastination can be viewed as self-regulation failure resulting in problems to manage and time goal-relevant actions. In this research project, we investigate the influence of goal focus, i.e., a higher salience of the means (process focus) or the outcome (outcome focus) of goal pursuit, on procrastination. Task aversiveness and fear of failure are included in the working model as two possibly central moderators of the relationship between goal focus and procrastination. Another question concerns the interplay of external regulation and self-regulation, its effect on procrastination, and its development during the transition from adolescence into adulthood. These questions will be addressed in a series of longitudinal studies in the academic context.


Professional Positions

Since 2009Doctoral Student at the Department of Psychology, Applied Psychology: Life-Management (Prof. Dr. Alexandra M. Freund); University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Since 2008E-Learning assistant at the Department of Psychology, Applied Psychology: Life-Management (Prof. Dr. Alexandra M. Freund); University of Zurich, Switzerland.
2008–2009Assistant at the Institute of Ergonomics at the Darmstadt University of Technology, research and projects in the field of knowledge management, work design, work organization.
2008Diploma in Psychology, Diploma thesis «Job satisfaction and self-regulation – a process study with online-training».
2000–2008Studies of Psychology at the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany and at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina (Buenos Aires), Argentina.


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