Franziska Eckerskorn, M.Sc.

Current Research Projects

• Dweck's (1986) helpless pattern revisited - the interactive effect of self-concept and mindset in relation to achievment emotions according to CVT (Pekrun, 2024)
• the academic self-concept, trait emotions, state emotions, and psychophysiological correlates
• state self-concept as potential mediator between trait self-concept and state achievement emotions

Research Interests

• emotion and motivation - associations and potential precursor variables
• students and (pre-service) teachers
• extension of trait self-report research by emotional and psychophysiological states
• gender in STEM (math anxiety, stereotype threat)
• statistical analyses - combination of variable-centered and person-centered approaches (latent SEM, LPA), inter-vs. intraindividual designs

Profile

Scholarships and Awards

• excellent teaching award for best research project within the M.Sc. Learning Sciences Program at LMU
• full scholarship for PhD studies provided by Hanns-Seidel-Foundation
• scholarship for university studies provided by Hanns-Seidel-Foundation
• ERASMUS-scholarship for study abroad year in London

Teaching

• academic writing lecturer; focus: ethical integration of AI in academic writing
• individual writing consultant for Master and PhD students at faculty of psychology, LMU

Publications

• Eckerskorn, F., & Frenzel, A.C.(accepted). Emotionen bei
  Lehrkräften und angehenden Lehrkräften. In A. Bach & G. Hagenauer (Hrsg.),
  Motivation und Emotionen von Lehrpersonen. Münster-New York:
  Waxmann.
• Eckerskorn, F. & Frenzel, A.C. (in preparation). Who took the "x" out of mindset theory? Self-concept and mindset interact in the prediction of achievement emotions.
• Eckerskorn, F., Wünsch, M., & Frenzel, A.C. (in preparation). Exposed! Predictive Links of Math Self-Concept in Future Elementary-School Teachers for Trait and State Emotions, and Psychophysiological Reactions during actual Math Exposure.

Guest presentations, organized symposia, engagement

Conference Contributions

• Wünsch*, M., Eckerskorn*, F., Min, JY, & Frenzel, A.C. (2025, August). What can physiological measures tell us about emotional and motivational states in an achievement situation? [Paper presentation as part of the invited symposium “Multimodal Data to Assess Motivation and Emotion” organized by Hanna Gaspard & Martin Daumiller]. EARLI conference, Graz, Austria (accepted). *shared first authors and presenters
• Eckerskorn, F., Wünsch, M. & Frenzel, A. C. (2025, August). Exposed! Linking Math Exposure with Self-Concept, State Emotions, Physiology, and Teaching Anxiety [Poster presentation]. EARLI conference, Graz, Austria (accepted).
• Wünsch, M., Malmberg, L.E., Frenzel, A.C., & Eckerskorn, F. (2025, August). Psychophysiological Responses to Control and Value Appraisals in an Achievement Situation [Paper presentation]. EARLI conference, Graz, Austria (accepted).
• Eckerskorn, F., Wünsch, M. & Frenzel, A. C. (2025, April). Under Pressure: Does
  Elementary-School-Teachers’ Self-Concept predict Affective Motivational and
  Psychophysiological Reactions to Math Tasks? [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting
  of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, US (accepted).
• Eckerskorn, F., Wünsch. M., & Frenzel, A.C.(2025, Januar). Mathematik als Stressor:
  Emotionale und Psychophysiologische Reaktionen angehender Grundschullehrkräfte
  in einer mathematischen Leistungssituation [Paper presentation]. Gesellschaft für
  Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Mannheim, Germany.
• Wünsch, M., Eckerskorn, F. & Frenzel, A. C. (2025, January). Was uns die Handfläche
  verrät: Neue Einsichten zum Zusammenhang zwischen Psychophysiologie und
  subjektiv erlebten Leistungsemotionen [What does the palm tell us? New insights into
  the association between psychophysiology and subjectively experienced
  achievement emotions][paper presentation], Gesellschaft für empirische
  Bildungsforschung, GEBF Mannheim, Germany.
• Wünsch, M*., Ji-Young Min*, Eckerskorn, F. & Frenzel, A. C. (2024, November). How are Psychophysiological Measures Related to the Subjective Experience of Achievement Emotions? – A Psychometric Network Approach [Paper presentation]. EARLI SIG 27,Trondheim, Norway. *shared first authors
• Eckerskorn, F., Wünsch, M. & Frenzel, A. C. (2024, September). Does the
  academic Self-Concept impact State Emotions and Psychophysiological Reactions in
  in-vivo Test Situations? A laboratory Study with future Elementary-School Teachers.
  Paper presented at the Biannual Meeting of the German Association of Psychology
  [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs], Vienna, Austria.
• Wünsch, M., Eckerskorn, F. & Frenzel, A. C. (2024, September). Es kommt auf die inneren Werte an: Inter- und intraindividuelle Zusammenhänge zwischen
  psychophysiologischen Maßen und selbstberichteten Leistungsemotionen [The inside
  matters: Between-and within-person associations between psychophysiological
  measures and self-reported achievement emotions]. [poster], Kongress der
  Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs, Vienna, Austria.
• Eckerskorn, F. & Frenzel, A. C. (2024, July). Female Future Elementary-School Teachers generalize their current Math Anxiety – fuelled by lack of Belief in Competence and Growth – onto their anticipated in-job Math Teaching Anxiety [Paper presentation]. Network Gender&STEM Conference, Heidelberg, Germany.
• Eckerskorn, F., Schwab. C. & Frenzel, A. C. (2024, April). On the Role of Mathematics Self-Concepts and Mindsets for Preservice Teachers’ Math Teaching Anxiety [Paper
  presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association
  (AERA), Philadelphia, US
• Eckerskorn, F. & Frenzel, A. (2023, September). The (Joint) Effects of Self-Concept,
  Mindset, and Gender on Math Anxiety: Insights from latent SEM and LPA [conference
  talk]. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie: Fachgruppe Pädagogische Psychologie, Kiel, Germany.
• Eckerskorn, F., Schwab, C. & Frenzel, A. C. (2023, April). The (Joint) Effects of Self-
  Concept, Mindset, and Gender on Math Anxiety: Insights of latent SEM and
  LPA[conference talk]. American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago,
  US.
• Eckerskorn, F. & Frenzel, A. (2022, July). “I just cannot do math now and forever!” – Self-concept and mindset interact in their prediction of anxiety [conference talk]. Network Gender&STEM educational and occupational pathways and participation,
  Neubiberg/Munich, Germany.