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Melvin John
Year: 2019
Center: Social Sciences
Supervisor: Herbert Bless
Melvin John holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Mannheim, as well as a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Bremen. During his undergraduate studies he worked as a research assistant at the Social Science Methods Centre of the University of Bremen, and at the Collaborative Research Center 884 “Political Economy of Reforms” within the team of the German Internet Panel.
In his research he aims to combine theoretical and methodological approaches from political science and psychology to research reciprocal relationships that exist between the macro and micro level of societies. For example, he is interested in how social inequalities affect individual well-being, or how inter-individual differences in behaviors and cognitions affect institutional processes.
In his master thesis he extended research on selective exposure to information from the USA, in order to analyze whether and how a selectively informed electorate affects the functioning of a democracy.
Publications
2023
- Unkelbach, F., John, M. & Vogel, V. (2023). Jumping on the bandwagon: The role of voters' social class in poll effects in the context of the 2021 German federal election. Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS, 64(1), 51–78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-022-00417-3
2022
- Bucher, H., Stroppe, A.-K., Burger, A. M., Faas, T., Schoen, H., Debus, M., Roßteutscher, S., Cohen, D., Huber, R. A., Jankowski, M., John, M., Menzner, J., Schimpf, C. H., Schnaudt, C., Steiner, N. D., Traunmüller, R., Unkelbach, F., Vogel, V., Wegscheider, C., Welz, R. & Wuttke, A. (2022). Special issue conclusion : The GLES Open Science Challenge 2021 in hindsight: experiences gained and lessons learned. Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS, 64(1), 207–219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-022-00437-z
- Nordeck, C. D., Riehm, K. E., Smail, E. J., Holingue, C., Kane, J. C., Johnson, R. M., Veldhuis, C. B., Kalb, L. G., Stuart, E. A., Kreuter, F. & Thrul, J. (2022). Changes in drinking days among United States adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Addiction, 117(2), 331–340. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15622
2021
- Halicki, K. T., Ingendahl, M., Mayer, M., John, M., Schreiner, M. R. & Wänke, M. (2021). From which direction does the Empire strike (back)? Frontiers in Psychology, 12(Article 625554), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.625554
- Riehm, K. E., Holingue, C., Smail, E. J., Kapteyn, A., Bennett, D., Thrul, J., Kreuter, F., McGinty, E., Kalb, L. G., Veldhuis, C. B., Johnson, R. M., Fallin, M. D. & Stuart, E. A. (2021). Trajectories of mental distress among U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 55(2), 93–102. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa126
2020
- Holingue, C., Badillo-Goicoechea, E., Riehm, K. E., Veldhuis, C. B., Thrul, J., Johnson, R. M., Fallin, M. D., Kreuter, F., Stuart, E. A. & Kalb, L. G. (2020). Mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic among US adults without a pre-existing mental health condition: Findings from American trend panel survey. Preventive Medicine : PM, 139(Article 106231), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106231
- Holingue, C., Kalb, L. G., Riehm, K. E., Bennett, D., Kapteyn, A., Veldhuis, C. B., Johnson, R. M., Fallin, M. D., Kreuter, F., Stuart, E. A. & Thrul, J. (2020). Mental distress in the United States at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Public Health : AJPH, 110(11), 1628–1634. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305857
- Riehm, K. E., Holingue, C., Kalb, L. G., Bennett, D., Kapteyn, A., Jiang, Q., Veldhuis, C. B., Johnson, R. M., Fallin, M. D., Kreuter, F., Stuart, E. A. & Thrul, J. (2020). Associations between media exposure and mental distress among U.S. adults at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Preventive Medicine : AJPM, 59(5), 630–638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.06.008
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