Publications | Anne-Kathrin Kleine

Peer-reviewed journal articles

2026

Schaffernak, I., Cecil, J., Kokje, E., Kleine, A.-K., Saad, A., Zemo, F., & Lermer, E. (2026). Effects of type and timing of clinician-facing AI support on patient trust in medical consultations: 2 vignette experiments. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 28, e93172. DOI Summary
Kleine, A.-K., Schaffernak, I., & Lermer, E. (2026). When do researchers trust AI? Trust as a mediator and experience as a boundary condition in researchers’ intentions to use generative AI. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 8, 100310. DOI Summary
Cecil, J., Kokje, E., Kleine, A.-K., Schaffernak, I., Vogel, L., Angerer, S., Lermer, E., & Gaube, S. (2026). The effect of AI-enabled virtual patient simulation on training outcomes and insecurities in psychotherapy education. BMC Medical Education, 26, 1156. DOI Summary
Cecil, J., Schaffernak, I., Evangelou, D., Lermer, E., Gaube, S., & Kleine, A.-K. (2026). Navigating the complexity of AI adoption in psychotherapy by identifying key facilitators and barriers. npj Mental Health Research, 5, 17. DOI Summary
Schmitt, A., Ohly, S., Kleine, A.-K., & Schnafel, A. K. (2026). Relationships between human energy and work-related constructs: A meta-analysis. Applied Psychology, 75(1), e70073. DOI Summary
Kokje, E., Lermer, E., Kleine, A.-K., & Gaube, S. (2026). AI-augmented decision-making in face matching: Comparing concurrent and non-concurrent advice presentation. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 11, 11. DOI Summary

2025

Kleine, A.-K., Schaffernak, I., & Lermer, E. (2025). Exploring predictors of AI chatbot usage intensity among students: Within- and between-person relationships based on the technology acceptance model. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 3, 100113. DOI Summary
Kleine, A.-K., Kokje, E., Hummelsberger, P., Schaffernak, I., Lermer, E., & Gaube, S. (2025). AI-enabled clinical decision support tools for mental healthcare: A product review. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 160, 103052. DOI Summary
Cecil, J., Kleine, A.-K., Lermer, E., & Gaube, S. (2025). Mental health practitioners’ perceptions and adoption intentions of AI-enabled technologies: An international mixed-methods study. BMC Health Services Research, 25, 556. DOI Summary
Schaffernak, I., Cecil, J., Kleine, A.-K., & Lermer, E. (2025). Sociotechnical influences on the adoption and use of AI-enabled clinical decision support systems in ophthalmology: A theory-based interview study. BMC Health Services Research, 25, 1398. DOI Summary

2024

Pargent, F., Koch, T. K., Kleine, A.-K., Lermer, E., & Gaube, S. (2024). A tutorial on tailored simulation-based sample-size planning for experimental designs with generalized linear mixed models. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 7(4). DOI Summary
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Wisse, B. M. (2024). Challenge and threat appraisal of entrepreneurial errors: A latent profile analysis and examination of coping responses. Current Psychology, 43(2), 1206–1220. DOI Summary Code
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Wisse, B. M. (2024). Financial stress and quit intention: The mediating role of entrepreneurs’ affective commitment. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 1–24. DOI Summary
Dingel, J.*, Kleine, A.-K.*, Cecil, J., Sigl, A. L., Lermer, E., & Gaube, S. (2024). Predictors of health care practitioners’ intention to use AI-enabled clinical decision support systems: Meta-analysis based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e57224. DOI Summary
Gaube, S., Biebl, I., Engelmann, M. K. M., Kleine, A.-K., & Lermer, E. (2024). Comparing preferences for skin cancer screening: AI-enabled app vs dermatologist. Social Science & Medicine, 349, 116871. DOI Summary

2023

Kleine, A.-K., Lermer, E., Cecil, J., Heinrich, A., & Gaube, S. (2023). Advancing mental health care with AI-enabled precision psychiatry tools: A patent review. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 12, 100322. DOI Summary
Kleine, A.-K., Kokje, E., Gaube, S., & Lermer, E. (2023). Attitudes toward the adoption of two AI-enabled mental health tools among prospective psychotherapists: A cross-sectional study. JMIR Human Factors. DOI Summary
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Keller, A. C. (2023). Career planning and self-efficacy as predictors of students’ career-related worry: Direct and mediated pathways. Journal of Career Development. DOI Summary Code
Gaube, S., Walton, K., Kleine, A.-K., Däumling, S., Rohrmeier, C., Müller, S., … & Schneider-Brachert, W. (2023). Examining outpatients’ hand hygiene behaviour and its relation to COVID-19 infection prevention measures. Journal of Hospital Infection, 141, 55–62. DOI

2022

Kleine, A.-K., Rudolph, C. W., Schmitt, A., & Zacher, H. (2022). Thriving at work: An investigation of the independent and joint effects of vitality and learning on employee health. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 1–12. DOI Summary Code
Relke, S., Fritsche, I., Masson, T., Kleine, A.-K., Thien, K., von Glahn, L., … & Richter, D. (2022). Personal condition but social cure: Agentic ingroups elevate well-being in chronically ill patients through perceptions of personal control. British Journal of Health Psychology, 27(3), 666–690. DOI

2021 and earlier

Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Wisse, B. M. (2021). Students’ career exploration: A meta-analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 131. DOI Summary Code
Kleine, A.-K., Hallensleben, N., Mehnert, A., Hönig, K., & Ernst, J. (2019). Psychological interventions for partners of cancer patients: A systematic review. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, 140, 52–66. DOI
Kleine, A.-K., Rudolph, C. W., & Zacher, H. (2019). Thriving at work: A meta-analysis. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 40, 973–999. DOI Summary Preregistration Most-cited article in the Journal of Organizational Behavior (2020).

Under review

Kleine, A.-K., Fladerer, M. P., & Lermer, E. (2026). Future work self salience: A meta-analysis. Manuscript under review.

Book chapters

Kleine, A.-K. (2024). Neue methodische Ansätze zur Erforschung von Trends in der KI-gestützten mentalen Gesundheitsversorgung. In Künstliche Intelligenz im Healthcare-Sektor (pp. 78–82). Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.
Cecil, J., Kokje, E., Gaube, S., Lermer, E., & Kleine, A.-K. (2024). Einflussfaktoren auf die Nutzung KI-gestützter Technologien in der psychischen Gesundheitsversorgung. In Künstliche Intelligenz im Healthcare-Sektor (pp. 83–87). Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.
Lermer, E., Gaube, S., Cecil, J., Kleine, A.-K., Kokje, E., Frey, D., & Hudecek, M. (2024). Patient:innen und KI: Eine Frage der Perspektive bei der Bewertung von KI bei medizinischen Online-Diensten. In Künstliche Intelligenz im Healthcare-Sektor (pp. 74–76). Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.
Kleine, A.-K., & Schmitt, A. (2021). Entrepreneurs’ psychological wellbeing. In T. Wall, C. L. Cooper, & P. Brough (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of organizational wellbeing (pp. 199–214). Sage. DOI

Position papers and science communication

Kraus, J., Liebherr, M., Schnücker, G., Onnasch, L., Hein, I., Gößwein, E., Lermer, E., Thomaschewski, L., Schlicker, N., Uth, R., Welsch, R., Herzog, S. M., Rieger, T., Chuang, L., Schaffernak, I., Cecil, J., & Kleine, A.-K. (2026). Ingenieurpsychologie im Zeitalter von KI: Theoretische Fundamente, methodische Zugänge und Perspektiven verantwortungsvoller Systemgestaltung. Psychologische Rundschau, 77(4), 239–244. DOI Position paper of the DGPs Engineering Psychology section on artificial intelligence.
Cecil, J., Angerer, S., Kokje, E., Gaube, S., Kleine, A.-K., & Lermer, E. (2026). Doctor, meet AI: How AI systems influence human decision-making in healthcare. In-Mind Magazine, Issue 08/2026. Article Summary
Invited guest, AMBOSS podcast Beyond the Textbook: The future of AI in healthcare (2023). Episode page
Kleine, A.-K. (2022). Some call it a lack of orientation. I call it an invitation to the playground. Mindwise, University of Groningen. Article
Kleine, A.-K. (2020). Coronavirus measures? Alright – but respect my autonomy! Mindwise, University of Groningen. Article

Conference contributions (selection)

Kleine, A.-K., Fladerer, M. P., Lermer, E., & Strauss, K. (2026). AI-based Future Work Self Salience (AI-FWSS): Skalenentwicklung zur Messung beruflicher Zukunftsbilder in der Mensch–KI-Kollaboration. Talk, 54th Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxembourg. Talk page
Kleine, A.-K., Cecil, J., Schaffernak, I., Lermer, E., & Kokje, E. (2026). From patents to practice: Triangulating innovation and translation in AI-enabled clinical decision support for mental healthcare. Talk, 54th Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Luxembourg. Talk page
Kleine, A.-K., Kokje, E., Cecil, J., Lermer, E., Hummelsberger, P., Heinrich, A., & Gaube, S. (2024). Exploring the landscape of AI-based clinical decision support systems in mental healthcare: An analysis of patents and commercial products. Talk, 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Vienna, Austria. Talk page
Kleine, A.-K., et al. (2024). The relationship between performance, trust, and the intention to use generative AI in academia. Talk, 53rd Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Vienna, Austria. Talk page
Kleine, A.-K., Dingel, J., Cecil, J., Sigl, A. L., Lermer, E., & Gaube, S. (2023). The intention to use AI-enabled healthcare tools from the perspective of healthcare practitioners: A meta-analysis based on the UTAUT. Talk, Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Katowice, Poland. Slides
Kleine, A.-K., Gaube, S., & Kokje, E. (2023). Mental healthcare with AI-enabled precision psychiatry tools: A patent review. Talk, International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Brussels, Belgium. Slides
Kleine, A.-K., Cecil, J., Sigl, A. L., Lermer, E., Kokje, E., & Gaube, S. (2022). AI in healthcare: Multiple methods approaches. Talk, Women in AI Days by hessian.AI, Königstein, Germany.
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Wisse, B. (2022). Challenge and threat appraisal of entrepreneurial action errors. Talk, Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), online.
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Wisse, B. (2021). Challenge and threat appraisal in entrepreneurial contexts. Talk, Congress for Work, Organizational, Economic Psychology and Human Factors, online.
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Keller, A. (2020). The university-to-work transition: A latent change score model on students’ career planning, worry, and job search progress. Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs; cancelled due to COVID-19).
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., Keller, A., & Wisse, B. (2019). Inclusive careers across the lifespan. Talk, Careers in Context research group meeting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Wisse, B. (2019). Entrepreneurs’ reactions to action errors. Talk, Work and Organizational Psychology Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Kleine, A.-K., Schmitt, A., & Wisse, B. (2019). What went wrong – effects of business errors on entrepreneurial behavior: The role of cognitive appraisal. Talk, Entrepreneurship Small Group Meeting, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Kleine, A.-K., Rudolph, C., & Zacher, H. (2019). Thriving at work: A meta-analysis. Poster, German Congress for Work and Organizational Psychology, Berlin, Germany.
Kleine, A.-K., Bodschwinna, D., Hallensleben, N., Lorenz, I., Hönig, K., Mehnert, A., & Ernst, J. (2018). Psychoonkologische Intervention für Partner von hämato-onkologischen Patienten. Poster, Congress of the DGMP and DGMS, Leipzig, Germany.
Kleine, A.-K., Bodschwinna, D., Hallensleben, N., Lorenz, I., Hönig, K., Mehnert, A., & Ernst, J. (2018). Psycho-oncological intervention for partners of hemato-oncologic patients: A pilot study. Posters, German Cancer Congress, Berlin, and 14th Annual Leipzig Research Festival for Life Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
Kleine, A.-K., Haag, A., Weissenberger, R., & Blank, S. (2018). Scapegoating and the restoration of personal control in the context of climate change. Poster, Social Psychology Graduate Research Festival, Leipzig, Germany.