Research synthesis techniques such as systematic reviews and metaanalyses have become standard methods for aggregating the results from thematically related research in psychology. In this Hotspots issue, leading researchers describe state of the art systematic reviews and meta-analyses on topics currently being debated in psychology, meta-analytic replications and extensions of previously published synthesis, and methodological advances in research synthesis methods. Using the latest research synthesis techniques, leading researchers describe the state of the art in various research fields, test and compare theories, and derive conclusions about the effectiveness of interventions.
Research synthesis techniques such as systematic reviews and metaanalyses have become standard methods for aggregating the results from thematically related research in psychology.
EditorialHotspots in Psychology: A New Format for Special Issues of the
Zeitschrift fur Psychologieby Edgar Erdfelder and Michael BosnjakReview
ArticlesComparative Evaluation of Narrative Reviews and Meta-Analyses: A Case
Studyby Anton Kuhberger, Thomas Scherndl, Bastian Ludwig & Dominique M.
SimonAvoiding Methodological Biases in Meta-Analysis: Use of Online Versus
Offline Individual ParticipantData (IPD) in Educational Psychologyby Esther
Kaufmann, Ulf-Dietrich Reips, Katharina Maag MerkiProsocial Consequences of
Interpersonal Synchrony: A Meta-Analysisby Miriam Rennung and Anja S.
GoritzHindsight Bias and Lawby Megan E. Giroux, Patricia I. Coburn, Erin M.
Harley, Deborah A. Connolly, Daniel M. Bernstein,Disintegration as an
Additional Trait in the Psychobiological Model of Personality:
AssessingDiscriminant Validity via Meta-Analysisby Ljiljana B. Lazarevic,
Michael Bosnjak, Goran Knezevic, Boban Petrovic, Danka Puric,
PredragTeovanovic, Goran Opacic, Bojana BodrozaHow Effective Are Behavior
Change Interventions Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior?A Three-Level
Meta-Analysisby Holger Steinmetz, Michael Knappstein, Icek Ajzen, Peter
Schmidt, Rudiger Kabst
Edgar Erfelder; PhD, Prof.; University of Mannheim, Germany.Michael Bosnjak; PhD, Prof.; Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy,and GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim,Germany.
