Professor Joachim Stoeber

Joachim is a Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology.

With a background in personality and individual differences, Joachim has started a new line of research focusing on human-animal relations, the psychology of meat eating and the consumption of other animal products, and individual differences in the effectiveness of vegan and animal advocacy. 

Joachim would welcome contact from MSc students and potential PhD students interested in these or related topics.

Key publications

• Stoeber, J., & Otto, K. (2006). Positive conceptions of perfectionism: Approaches, evidence, challenges. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 295-319.
• Borkovec, T. D., Ray, W. J., & Stoeber, J. (1998). Worry: A cognitive phenomenon intimately linked to affective, physiological, and interpersonal behavioral processes. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 22, 561-576.
• Stoeber, J. (2001). The Social Desirability Scale-17 (SDS-17): Convergent validity, discriminant validity, and relationship with age. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 17, 222-232.
• Stoeber, J., & Rennert, D. (2008). Perfectionism in school teachers: Relations with stress appraisals, coping styles, and burnout. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 21, 37-53.
• Stoeber, J., & Joormann, J. (2001). Worry, procrastination, and perfectionism: Differentiating amount of worry, pathological worry, anxiety, and depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 49-60. 

Current research students

• Vaida Jakubauskaite: Perfectionism in parent-child interactions
  

Past research students

• Julian Childs: Perfectionism, social relations and well-being in the workplace
• Laura Harvey: Multidimensional sexual perfectionism and sexual dysfunction
• Daniel Madigan: Perfectionism and burnout in athletes
• Dominic Wong: Stress and coping at the workplace: The role of self-efficacy and social support

Grants and Awards