Dr. Tobias Debatin

Post-Doctoral Research Project: Self-concept and educational choices in STEM: A research program on developmental aspects, interventions, and gender differences

• self-concept development
• educational and career choices in STEM
• gender differences
• learning environments
• cognitive ability
• E-Mentoring in STEM
• A Gifted Identification Kit for the United Arab Emirates: Identifying and Developing High Potentials

Debatin, T., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2025). Are competence beliefs or value beliefs more important for STEM career aspirations?—Longitudinal mediation analyses based on recent modeling approaches show different results.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02162-3 (external link, opens in a new window)

Debatin, T., Stoeger H., & Ziegler, A. (2023). Modeling social, dimensional, and temporal comparisons in self-concept development with the random intercept cross-lagged panel model: A methodological-substantive integration. Developmental Psychology, 59(9), 1595-1607. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001568 (external link, opens in a new window)

Stoeger, H., Debatin, T., Heilemann, M., Schirner, S., & Ziegler, A. (2023). Online mentoring for girls in secondary education to increase participation rates of women in STEM: A longterm follow-up study on later university major and career choices. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1523(1), 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14989 (external link, opens in a new window)

Awad, S., Debatin, T., & Ziegler, A. (2021). Embodiment: I sat, I felt, I performed – Posture   effects on mood and cognitive performance. Acta Psychologica, 218, 103353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103353 (external link, opens in a new window)

Debatin, T., Hopp, M. D. S., Vialle, W., & Ziegler, A. (2021). The meta-analyses of deliberate practice underestimate the effect size because they neglect the core characteristic of individualization—an analysis and empirical evidence. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02326-x (external link, opens in a new window)

Stoeger, H., Heilemann, M., Debatin, T., Hopp, M. D. S., Schirner, S., & Ziegler, A. (2021). Nine years of online mentoring for secondary school girls in STEM: an empirical comparison of three mentoring formats. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1483, 153-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14476 (external link, opens in a new window)

Debatin, T. (2020). Neuroenergetics and “general intelligence”: A systems biology perspective. Journal of Intelligence, 8(3), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence8030031 (external link, opens in a new window)

Debatin, T. (2020). Was messen IQ-Werte? – Eine aktualisierte Interpretation unter Berücksichtigung moderner Methoden und Perspektiven [What do IQ scores measure? - An updated interpretation in the light of modern methods and perspectives] [Univ., Diss., online]. Erlangen-Nürnberg: OPUS FAU.

Stoeger, H., Debatin, T., Heilemann, M., & Ziegler, A. (2019). Online mentoring for talented girls in STEM: The role of relationship quality and changes in learning environments in explaining mentoring success. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 168, 75–99. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20320 (external link, opens in a new window)

Debatin, T. (2019). A revised mental energy hypothesis of the g factor in light of recent neuroscience. Review of General Psychology. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268019832846 (external link, opens in a new window)

Debatin, T., Harder, B., & Ziegler, A. (2019). Does fluid intelligence facilitate the learning of English as a foreign language? — A longitudinal latent growth curve analysis. Learning and Individual Differences, 71, 121–129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2019.01.009 (external link, opens in a new window)

Ziegler, A., Debatin, T., & Stoeger, H. (2019). Learning resources and talent development from a systemic point of view. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1445, 39-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14018 (external link, opens in a new window)

Debatin, T., Aljughaiman, A., AlGhawi, M., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2018). Reliability and interpretation of total scores from multidimensional cognitive measures—evaluating the GIK 4–6 using bifactor analysis. Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 60(4), 393–401.

Harder, B., O’Reilly, C., & Debatin, T. (2018). Intelligence, educational and learning capital, and domain impact level of activities as predictors of school achievement. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 41(4), 327–347. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162353218799440 (external link, opens in a new window)

Stöger, H., Debatin, T. & Ziegler, A. (2017). Erste Schritte zu einer systemischen Begabungsdiagnostik: Ein Paradigmenwechsel von der Potenzialfeststellung zur Exzellenzvorhersage [First steps towards systemic giftedness diagnostics: A paradigm shift from as-certaining potential to predicting excellence]. In U. Trautwein & M. Hasselhorn (Eds.), Begabungen und Talente (Tests und Trends – Jahrbuch der pädagogisch-psychologischen Diagnostik) (pp. 31-48). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.

Debatin, T., Hopp, M., Vialle, W., & Ziegler, A. (2015). Why experts can do what they do: The effects of exogenous resources on the domain impact level of activities (DILA). Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 57(1), 94–110.

Debatin, T. (2025). Die unterschätzte Rolle der Anstrengung bei der Entstehung des Fähigkeitsselbstkonzepts: Evidenz für einen weiteren wichtigen Vergleichsprozess. Präsentation auf der 20. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie, Jena, Deutschland.

Debatin, T. (2024). Reexamining effects of competence-related beliefs and value beliefs on STEM career aspirations with new longitudinal mediation models. Präsentation auf dem 53. DGPs-Kongress/15. ÖGP-Konferenz in Wien, Österreich.

Debatin, T. (2023). A Methodological-Substantive Integration of the Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model in the Context of the Three Major Comparison Processes in Self-Concept Development. Präsentation auf der 19. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie, Kiel, Deutschland.

Debatin, T. (2022). Reciprocal relations, stability and gender differences in the development of career aspirations in STEM. Präsentation auf der 17th International Conference on Motivation (ICM 2022), Dresden, Deutschland.

Matthes, B., Almulhim, N., Debatin, T., AlGhawi, M., Aljughaiman, A., Ziegler, A., & Stoeger, H. (2019). Thinking dispositions—a worthwhile criterion for identifying giftedness? Präsentation auf der 2019 Biennial Conference of the International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE), Taipei, Taiwan.

Debatin, T., M., Aljughaiman, AlGhawi, A., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2018). Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Gifted Identification Kit (GIK) 4–6 Using a Factor-Analytic Approach. Präsentation auf der 16th International ECHA Conference, Dublin, Irland.

Debatin, T., & Wimmer, B. (2017). Quantifying the Influence of Writing Direction on Solving a Matrices-Based Nonverbal Ability Test. Präsentation auf der 2017 Biennial Conference of the International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE), Dubai, UAE.

Debatin, T. (2017) Eine Aktualisierung Spearmans Interpretation des g-Faktors als „mentale Energie“ angesichts moderner neurowissenschaftlicher Befunde. Präsentation auf der 14. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), München, Deutschland.