Mariela Jaffé

I am a Senior Adjunct Researcher at the University of Basel and a researcher at the Universitary Psychiatric Clinics in Basel, Switzerland. My main research interests are in Clinical and Social Psychology. I study the health care system for patients with psychosis and decision making with a focus on diversity as well as truth judgments and misinformation.

Mariela Jaffé


Peer-reviewed publications

Jaffé, M. E., Loew, S. B., Meyer, A. H., Lieb, R., Dechent, F., Lang, U. E., Huber, C. G., & Moeller, J. (2024). Just not enough: Utilization of outpatient psychotherapy provided by clinical psychologists for patients with psychosis and bipolar disorder in Switzerland. Health Services Insights, 17. doi.org/10.1177/11786329241229950

Singh, J., Jawhari, K., Jaffé, M., Imfeld, L., Rabenschlag, F., Moeller, J., Nienaber, A., Lang, U. E., & Huber, C. G. (2024). Implementation of a Budo group therapy for psychiatric in- and outpatients: a feasibility study. Frontiers Psychiatry, 15, 1338484. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1338484

Jaffé, M. E. & Greifeneder, R. (2024). A psychological perspective on misinformation: Why do individuals trust fake news? In P. Seitz, M. Eisenegger, & M. M. Bergman (Eds.), Fighting Fake Facts. MDPI Books. doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-1347-8-2

Jaffé, M. E., Douneva, M., Bartolme, R., & Greifeneder, R. (2023). A million reasons or just one? How coin flips impact the number of relevant reasons for decisions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 53(5), 872-889. doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2941

Jaffé, M. E., Douneva, M., & Albath, E. A. (2023). Secretive and close? How sharing secrets may impact perceptions of distance. PLoS ONE, 18(4), e0282643doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282643

Halbeisen, G., & Jaffé, M. E. (2022). Construal level mindsets modulate gender categorizations in preschool children. Acta Psychologica, 229, 103708. doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103708

Jaffé, M. E., Douneva, M., Reutner, L., & Greifeneder, R. (2022). This feels like the right choice: How decision aids may facilitate affect-based valuation. Cognition & Emotion, 36(6), 1218-1237. doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2022.2084041

Jaffé, M. E., Douneva, M., & Greifeneder, R. (2022). When choosing implies losing: Does flipping a coin increase forfeiture thoughts? Collabra Psychology, 8(1), 33941. doi.org/10.1525/collabra.33941

Jaffé, M. E., & Greifeneder, R. (2022). Deciding advantageously after flipping a coin. Acta Psychologica, 223, 103511. doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103511

Jaffé, M. E., Jeitziner, L., Keller, M., & Walker, M. (2022). Differences in faces do make a difference: Diversity perceptions and preferences in faces. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 100, 104277. doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104277

Jaffé, M. E., & Greifeneder, R. (2021). Negative or negated, thus true? An investigation of concept valence and semantic negation as drivers of framing effects in judgments of truth. Social Cognition, 39, 687-716. doi.org/10.1521/soco.2021.39.6.687

Jaffé, M. E., & Greifeneder, R. (2021). This outcome feels right! Subjective evaluations of coin flip outcomes reflect previously stated preferences. PLoS ONE, 16(7), e0253751. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253751

Jaffé, M. E., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). Negative is true here and now, but not so much there and then: On the impact of psychological distance on the negativity bias. Experimental Psychology, 67, 314-326. doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000493

Greifeneder, R., Jaffé, M. E., Newman, E. J., & Schwarz, N. (Eds.). (2020). The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation. London, UK: Routledge. doi.org/10.4324/9780429295379

Jaffé, M. E., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). Can that be true or is it just fake news? New perspectives on the negativity bias in judgments of truth. In R. Greifeneder, M. E. Jaffé, E. J. Newman, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation (pp. 115-130). London, UK: Routledge. doi.org/10.4324/9780429295379

Greifeneder, R., Jaffé, M. E., Newman, E., & Schwarz, N. (2020). What is new and true about fake news? In R. Greifeneder, M. E. Jaffé, E. J. Newman, & N. Schwarz (Eds.), The psychology of fake news: Accepting, sharing, and correcting misinformation (pp. 1-8). London, UK: Routledge. doi.org/10.4324/9780429295379

Jaffé, M. E., Douneva, M., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). Solve the dilemma by spinning a penny? On using randomdecision-making aids. Judgment and Decision Making, 15, 561-571. http://journal.sjdm.org/20/200214/jdm200214.pdf

Jaffé, M. E., & Douneva, M. (2020). Secretive and close? How sharing secrets may impact perceptions of distance [Registered Report Protocol]. PLoS ONE, 15, e0233953. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233953

Jaffé, M. E., Rudert, S. C., & Greifeneder, R. (2019). You should go for diversity, but I'd rather stay with similar others: Social distance modulates the preference for diversity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, 103881.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103881

Jaffé, M. E., & Greifeneder, R. (2019). Less than I expected and oh so true? On the interplay between expectations and framing effects in judgments of truth. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 38(5-6), 735-755. doi.org/10.1177/0261927X19869392

Jaffé, M. E., Reutner, L., & Greifeneder, R. (2019). Catalyzing decisions: How a coin flip strengthens affective reactions. PLoS ONE, 14(8), e0220736. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220736

Jaffé, M. E., Greifeneder, R., & Reinhard, M.-A. (2019). Manipulating the odds: The effects of Machiavellianism and construal level on cheating behavior. PLoS ONE, 14(11), e0224526. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224526

Douneva, M., Jaffé, M., & Greifeneder, R. (2019). Toss and turn or toss and stop? A coin flip reduces the need for information in decision-making. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 83, 132-141. doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.04.003

Jaffé, M. E., Reinhard, M.-A., Ask, K., & Greifeneder, R. (2018). Truth or tale? How construal level and judgment mode affect confidence and accuracy in deception detection. Open Psychology, 1,12 - 24. doi.org/10.1515/psych-2018-0002

 

Other publications

Thouvenin, F., Volz, S., Eisenegger, M., Vogler D., & Jaffé, M. (2024). Governance von Desinformation in digitalisierten Öffentlichkeiten. Jusletter, 5. link

Thouvenin, F., Eisenegger, M., Volz, S., Vogler, D., & Jaffé, M. (2023). Governance von Desinformation in digitalisierten Öffentlichkeiten. Report for the Bundesamt für Kommunikation (BAKOM).

Jaffé, M. (2023). Liken, teilen, kommentieren: Social Media als Spiegel unseres Umgangs mit (Mis)Informationen. Journal bso, 1, 17-19.

Thouvenin, F., Christen, M., Bernstein, A., Braun Binder, N., Burri, T., Donnay, K., Jäger, L., Jaffé, M., Krauthammer, M., Lohmann, M., Mätzener, A., Mützel, S., Obrecht, L., Ritter, N., Spielkamp, M., & Volz, S. (2021). A legal framework for Artificial Intelligence (Position Paper). For more information and to download the paper, click here.

Greifeneder, R., & Jaffé, M. (2020). Psychologische Erkenntnisse zu Fake News: Erkennen, Erinnern und Weiterverbreiten von Falschinformationen. In U. Breitenstein (Ed.), Wahrheit und Wissen (pp. 157-175). Basel, CH: Schwabe Verlag. doi:10.24894/978-3-7965-4213-8

Jaffé, M. E. (2018). Take a different look: How concrete and abstract mindsets affect individuals’ judgments and decisions (Doctoral dissertation). University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Current teaching 

Spring 2023Supervision of Bachelor Theses in Social and Consumer Psychology

Fall 2022

Bachelor Theses in Social and Consumer Psycholoy (seminar)

Link to the Vorlesungsverzeichnis