Dr. Marta Giner Torréns

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
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Fliednerstr. 21
48149 Münster
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  • Lebenslauf

    Beruflicher Werdegang

    Seit 04/2013
    Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
    AE Entwicklungspsychologie, Universität Münster

    Seit 10/2012
    Psych. Kindertherapeutin
    Praxis Dr. med. Rudolf Höffken für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Duisburg

    2011 - 2012
    Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (FARO Stipendium)
    AE Prof. Dr. Holodynski, Universität Münster

    2010 – 2011
    Student Assistant and Trainee
    Praxis Dr. med. Brigitte Zimmermann für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Essen
    Neuropsychologie, Medical Clinic MediClin, Fachklinik Rhein-Ruhr, Essen

    2008 – 2009
    Traineeship in Event Management (ARGO Stipendium)
    IVAM GmbH, Dortmund

    Ausbildung

    2012 - 2013
    Personenzentrierte Spieltherapie nach Carl Rogers
    Sozialpädagogisches Bildungswerk, Münster
    Creative education nach Arno Stern
    Diraya Expresión, Bilbao

    2006 - 2012
    Studium der Psychologie, Schwerpunkte: Pädagogische und Klinische Psychologie
    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid

    2003 - 2008
    Studium der Betriebswirtschaft
    Universidad Complutense, Madrid
    University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä (Finnland)

  • Generelle Forschungsinteressen

    • Prosoziales Verhalten
    • Kindliche Entwicklung im Kulturvergleich
    • Elterliche Sozialisaton und Ethnotheorien
  • Publikationen

    Beiträge in internationalen Fachzeitschriften (Peer-review Verfahren)

    Giner Torréns, M., Coppens, A. D., Mantilla Salgado, J., & Kärtner, J. (2023). It’s mealtime! How parents and children collaborate during mealtime preparation in two cultural contexts: Cotacachi (Ecuador) and Münster (Germany). [Manuscript submitted for publication].

    Giner Torréns, M., Wefers, H., & Kärtner, J. (2023). Der Einfluss von Kultur auf die Entwicklung in den ersten drei Lebensjahren. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 55(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1026/0049-8637/a000271

    Stengelin, R., Bohn, M., Sanchez-Amaro, A., Haun, D. B., Thiele, M., Daum, M. M., Felsche, E., Fong, F. T., Giner Torréns, M., Grueneisen, S., & others. (2023). Responsible Research is also concerned with generalizability: Recognizing efforts to reflect upon and increase generalizability in hiring and promotion decisions in psychology. [Manuscript submitted for publication].

    Bohn, M., Vieira, W. F. da S., Giner Torréns, M., Kärtner, J., Itakura, S., Cavalcante, L., Haun, D., Köster, M., & Kanngiesser, P. (2022). Mealtime conversations between parents and their 2-year-old children in five cultural contexts. [Manuscript submitted for publication].

    Köster, M., Giner Torréns, M., Kärtner, J., Itakura, S. & Kanngiesser, P. (2022). Parental teaching behavior in diverse cultural contexts. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(5), 432–441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.07.002

    Giner Torréns, M., Dreizler, K., & Kärtner, J. (2021). Insight into toddlers’ motivation to help: From social participants to prosocial contributors. Infant Behavior and Development, 64, 101603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101603

    Kärtner, J., Giner Torréns, M. & Schuhmacher, N. (2021). Parental structuring during shared chores and the development of helping across the second year. Social Development, 30(2), 374–395. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12490

    Kärtner, J., Schuhmacher, N. & Giner Torréns, M. (2020). Social-cognitive development across cultures. Progress in Brain Research, 254, 225–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2020.06.011

    Giner Torréns M. & Kärtner J. (2019). Affiliation motivates children’s prosocial behaviors: Relating helping and comforting to imitation. Social Development, 28(3), 501–513. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12357

    Giner Torréns, M. (2018). Why do children help? Prosocial behavior in toddlerhood: Definition, motivation, and socialization. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Münster].

    Giner Torréns, M., & Kärtner, J. (2017). Psychometric properties of the early prosocial behaviour questionnaire. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14(5), 618-627. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2016.1259107

    Giner Torréns, M., & Kärtner, J. (2017). The influence of socialization on early helping from a cross-cultural perspective. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48(3), 353-368. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022117690451

  • Wissenschaftliche Vorträge

    Giner Torréns, M. & Kärtner, J. (2017, April). The early prosocial behavior questionnaire – assessing toddlers’ helping, sharing and comforting. In J. Beier & K. Dunfield (Chair), Varieties of prosocial behavior from a diversity of perspectives: what we’ve learned and where we’re going. Symposium conducted at the Biennal Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Austin, TX, US.

    Giner Torréns, M. & Kärtner, J. (2017, April). The influence of socialization and temperament on helping, cooperating and comforting: A longitudinal study. In J. S. Dubas (Chair) & F. Warneken (Discussant), The early development of prosocial behavior: Motivations and contextual influences. Symposium conducted at the Biennal Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Austin, TX, US.

    Giner Torréns, M., Chaudhary, N., & Kärtner, J. (2016, October). Der Einfluss von Sozialisationspraktiken auf das frühe prosoziale Verhalten in Münster und Delhi. In Köster, M. (Chair) & Giner Torréns, M. (Co-Chair), Der Einfluss von Kultur auf die Entwicklung in der frühen und mittleren Kindheit. Leipzig, Germany. Symposium conducted at the 50th Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Lepizig, Germany

    Giner Torréns, M., Chaudhary, N., & Kärtner, J. (2016, July). The influence of culture – Toddlers help more in Delhi than in Münster. In J. Kärtner (Chair), Situational, social, and cultural influences on the emergence of prosocial behavior. Symposium conducted at the 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD). Vilnius, Lithuania.

    Giner Torréns, M., Schuhmacher, N., & Kärtner, J. (2015, September). Early helping and cooperation in Delhi and Münster, a cross-cultural study. Poster presented at the 22. Tagung der Fachgruppe Entwicklungspsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Frankfurt, Germany.

    Giner Torréns, M., Schuhmacher, N., & Kärtner, J. (2015, March). Situational constraints for early helping in a cross-cultural study. In N. Schuhmacher (Chair), Emerging Social and Situational Constraints of Children’s Altruistic and Mutualistic Behavior. Symposium conducted at the Biennal Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Philadelphia, PA, US.

    Giner Torréns, M., Schuhmacher, N., & Kärtner, J. (2014, September). The influence of motivational constraints on early helping. Poster presented at the 49th Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Bochum, Germany.

    Giner Torréns, M., Schuhmacher, N., & Kärtner, J. (2014, July). Situational constraints for early helping. Poster presented at the 19th Biennal International Conference on Infant Studies (ICIS), Berlin, Germany.

    Invited Talks

    Giner Torréns, M. (2016, September). Why do children help? A cross-cultural study: Adapting methods for cross-cultural research. Department of Education, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Invited by Prof. Andrew Coppens (University of New Hamsphire).

    Giner Torréns, M. (2016, November). Der Einfluss von Kultur auf die Entwicklung prosozialen Verhaltens. Fachtagung Kind und Moral, Chemnitz, Germany. Invited by Prof. Minkyung Kim (University of Chemnitz).

  • Lehre

    Auf Englisch:

    • Culture, Morality and Development of Prosocial Behavior

    Auf Deutsch:

    • Kultur, Moral und Entwicklung prosozialen Verhaltens
    • Die Entwicklung prosozialen Verhaltens (mit Prof. Joscha Kärtner)