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Department of Sociology and Social Psychology (DSS)

Shannon Taflinger

Research focuses

  • Parenting and childhood
  • Political polarization
  • Health behavior change

Curriculum vitae

  • 2023-present, Doctoral student, Social sciences, University of Cologne
  • 2023, Master of Science, Sociology and Social Research, University of Cologne
  • 2018, Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Selected publications

  • Taflinger, S. & Eisentraut, M. "Different Trajectories, Stable Links: Parental Worry and Child Internalizing Symptoms Over Time". Journal of Youth and Adolescence. (2025) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-025-02237-1
  • Taflinger, S. & Sattler, S. "A situational test of the health belief model: How perceived susceptibility mediates the effects of the environment on behavioral intentions". Social Science and Medicine. 346 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116715
  • Taflinger, S. & Sattler, S. "From contextual risk to preventive health behavior in a pandemic: A serial mediation analysis". Sociological Spectrum. (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.1080/02732173.2025.2611875
  • Moya, C., Sattler, S., Taflinger, S., and Sauer, C. "Examining double standards in layoff preferences and expectations for gender, age, and ethnicity when violating the social norm of vaccination." Sci Rep 14, 39 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48829-4
contact

Phone: +49 221 470-89164

E-Mail: shannon.taflinger(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de

Postal address:
University of Cologne
Department of
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Cologne

Visitor address

Universitätsstraße 24
50931 Cologne

Room 3.303

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