Rebecca Blase
Rebecca Blase M.Sc. Psychology
Venusberg-Campus 1 | Institut für Hausarztmedizin | Gebäude 05 | Universitätsklinikum Bonn
D-53127 Bonn
About Rebecca
Rebecca Blase is a doctoral student at the Health and Risk Communication Lab at the Institute of Family Medicine since June 2023. She received her B. Sc. and M. Sc. in Psychology from the University of Cologne, where she worked as a research assistant in social and health psychology. Her research interests include health risk communication and decision-making in a medical context.
Research Interests
- Health and Risk Communication
- Medical Decision-Making
Publications
Seffen, A. E., Blase, R., & Dohle, S. (2026). Easy at home, difficult at the restaurant: Perceived effectiveness and feasibility of self-control strategies for reducing meat consumption. Food Quality and Preference, 135, Article 105703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105703
Blase, R., Meis-Harris, J., Weltermann, B., & Dohle, S. (2024). Icon arrays for medical risk communication: Do icon type and color influence cardiovascular risk perception and recall? Medical Decision Making, 44(6), 661-673. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X241263040
Conference presentations
Blase, R., & Dohle, S. (2025, September 15-19). Korrektur von Gesundheitsmythen mit Hilfe des Faktensandwiches – Welchen Einfluss hat die Quelle?
[The Role of the Information Source in Debunking Health Myths Using the Truth Sandwich Format; Conference Talk]. Fachgruppenkongress Gesundheitspsychologie 2025 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Salzburg, Austria.
Blase, R., & Dohle, S. (2025, August 26-29). The Role of the Information Source in Debunking Health Myths Using the “Truth Sandwich” Format [Conference Talk]. European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2025, Groningen, Netherlands.
Blase, R., Meis-Harris, J., & Dohle, S. (2024, September 3-6). Can colonoscopy screening serve as a teachable moment for smoking cessation? A work in progress [Poster Presentation]. European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2024, Cascais, Portugal.
Blase, R., Meis-Harris, J., Weltermann, B., & Dohle, S. (2023, September 4-8). Icon arrays for communicating medical information: The role of color and icon type [Conference Talk]. European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) 2023, Bremen, Germany.