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Dr. Lena Kegel

Current affiliations

  • Professorship for Psychologiscal Diagnostics and Personality Psychology (Prof. Back)
  • Professorship for educational psychology

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Multidimensionality of academic success (academic achievement, satisfaction, student dropout)
  • Expectancy and task value of university students
  • Academic self-concept and academic self-efficacy
  • Intervention in higher education: Expectancy and task value, reduction of motivationl cost, stress interventions, improvement of well-being
  • Experience sampling method and person-centered analyses

Academic Education

since 10/2024Ph.D. at University, University of Münster, Germany
10/2016 - 09/2018M.Sc. Psychology, University of Münster, Germany
10/2013 - 09/2016B.Sc. Psychology, University of Münster, Germany

Work Experience

since 03/2019Research assistant in the Evaluation and Quality Assurance Department of the Institute of Psychology, University of Münster
since 11/2018Research assistant in the Educational Psychology Unit, University of Münster
08/2021 - 07/2024Research assistant in the third-party funded project ProkRASt_Praevention in the Educational Psychology Unit, University of Münster

Publications

von der Mülbe, S.; Stockinger, K.; Scheunemann, A.; Kegel, L. S.; Fleischer, J.; Leutner, D.; Wirth, J.; Grunschel, C.; Dresel, M. (2026)
In: Learning and Individual Differences126102850.
Research article (journal)
Kegel, L. S.; Bohndick, C.; Breetzke, J.; Janke, S.; Scheunemann, A.; Wenker, T. (2025)
Other scientific publication
Gadosey, C. K.; Turhan, D.; Wenker, T.; Kegel, L. S.; Bobe, J.; Thomas, L.; Buhlmann, U.; Fries, S.; Grunschel, C. (2024)
In: Current Psychology43.
Research article (journal)
Kegel, Lena S.; Scheunemann, Anne; Turhan, Derya; Grunschel, Carola (2024)
In: Breetzke, Jonas; Bohndick, Carla (eds.), Relevanz, Nutzen und Wert des Studiums - Neue Perspektiven aus Forschung und PraxisMünsterWaxmann.
Research article (book contribution)
Turhan, D., Schnettler, T., Scheunemann, A., Gadosey, C. K., Kegel, L. S., Bäulke, L., Thies, D. O., Dresel, M., Fries, S., Leutner, D., Wirth, J., & Grunschel, C. (2023)
In: Contemporary Educational Psychology73102185.
Research article (journal)
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Talks

Relationships between exam-related expectations of success and subjective task value with procrastination and exam performance
Wolch. L., Kegel, L. S., Grunschel, C. (30/09/2025)
20. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie, Jena
Type of talk: scientific talk
A scale for measuring student satisfaction
Bohndick, C., Kegel, L. S., Breetzke, J., Janke, S., Scheunemann, A., Wenker, T. (30/09/2025)
20. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie, Jena
Type of talk: scientific talk
Academic self-concept and sense of belonging: How their level and variability relate to academic success
Kegel, L. S., Kulp, M., Grunschel, C. (30/09/2025)
20. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie, Jena
Type of talk: scientific talk
Is motivation the key to academic success? A meta-analysis from the perspective of situational expectancy-value theory
Breetzke, J., Jansen, K., Kegel, L. S., & Bohndick, C (30/09/2025)
20. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie, Jena
Type of talk: scientific talk
Symposium: Temporal development and group differences in academic self-concept
Kegel, L. S. (29/09/2025)
20. Fachgruppentagung Pädagogische Psychologie, Jena
Type of talk: scientific talk
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Prizes

Dissertation Prize of the Faculty of Psychology/Sport and Exercise Sciences 2025
Awarded by: University of Münster
Award given to: Kegel, Lena
Announced at: 08/12/2025 | Date of awarding: 08/12/2025
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction