A5016274019- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Religion, Theology, and Education
- German Literature and Culture Studies
- Islamic Studies and History
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Consumer behavior in food and health
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Education Methods and Technologies
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- European history and politics
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Islamic Studies and Radicalism
- Libraries and Information Services
- German legal, social, and political studies
- Media Influence and Health
- Social Representations and Identity
University of Vienna
2020-2025
Neu Ulm University of Applied Sciences
2023
John Wiley & Sons (Germany)
2023
University of Lausanne
2020-2021
University of Amsterdam
2020
Universität Hamburg
1977
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher educational institutions worldwide switched emergency distance learning in early 2020. The less structured environment of forced students regulate their and motivation more independently. According self-determination theory (SDT), satisfaction three basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence social relatedness affects intrinsic motivation, which turn relates active or passive behavior. As context plays a major role need satisfaction, may impair...
Abstract Healthcare staff have been at the centre of fight against COVID-19 pandemic, facing diverse work-related stressors. Building upon studies from various countries, we aimed to investigate (1) prevalence stressors among healthcare professionals in Germany specific (2) psychological effects these terms clinical symptoms, and (3) professionals' help-seeking behaviour. To this end, N = 300 completed an online survey including ICD-10 Symptom Rating checklist (ISR), event-sampling questions...
Healthcare staff have been facing particular mental health challenges during the COVID-19-pandemic. Building on a first study at beginning of pandemic in March 2020, we aimed to investigate among healthcare professionals Germany and Austria (1) how may changed over course ongoing pandemic, (2) whether there are differences between different professional groups regarding health, (3) which stress factors explain these outcomes (4) help-seeking behaviour is related caretaker self-image or team...
Objectives Mental health and well-being of healthcare staff were majorly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Little attention has been devoted to role employers could choose play in mitigating long-term negative consequences how effective organisational measures taken perceived individual workers. This study aims investigate (1) whether professionals’ mental changed from second third pandemic year, (2) differences between professional groups (physicians, nurses, paramedics) identified...
Sense of belonging (SoB) and identity content have been studied focusing on social relations, but, as we suggest, might also involve a spatial dimension. The present project set out to better understand the relationship between space, SoB in context relocation. research consisted qualitative semi-structured go-along interviews with 36 external migrants who live four different German cities: Berlin, Bremen, Leipzig or Stuttgart. Using Thematic Analysis themes were developed: Spaces stand fit...
Abstract Immigrants are increasingly participating in politics, publicizing their political concerns and contributions. How does such participation relate to national majorities’ immigration attitudes? Previous research suggested potential improvement of majority attitudes but also demonstrated the exacerbation perceived threat. We investigated whether greater immigrant is related more positive or negative among members. implemented a cross-national cross-cantonal multilevel study drawing on...
We develop a minority influence approach to multilevel intergroup research and examine whether country-level norms shape majority members’ perceptions of discrimination. Defining via actual discrimination political participation, we hypothesized that in national contexts with greater experiences should be higher. implemented two cross-national studies drawing on the European Social Survey Eurobarometer data 19,392 participants 22 countries Study 1, 17,651 19 2. Higher aggregate levels were...
Virtually all political surveys of citizens’ behavior suffer from unit nonresponse. Typically, researchers’ analyses implicitly assume that the nonrespondents do not differ systematically respondents on dimensions activity (King, Honaker, Joseph, & Scheve, 2001). For example, regressions fit with only model for applies equally to nonrespondents. When such similarity assumptions are valid, conclusions standard statistical can lead inaccurate inferences. The potential nonresponse bias is...
Positive attitudes and trust towards former adversaries facilitate reconciliation peace building. Both historical current intergroup experiences such as contact conflict predict trust, but no previous research has investigated the joint effects of these experiences. Therefore, we study interplay positive preceding conflict, negative following conflict. Drawing on social representations theory using a multilevel design, highlight importance both individual collective We examine among large...
Social media has become an integral part of society. However, with its increased usage, a dark side can emerge: social as stressor. In this study, we investigate the stress experienced by content creators on Instagram when providing posts and strategies they use to cope. Our qualitative analysis 19 German users reveals strong focus likes. When posting content, main objective is reach particular threshold likes, while receiving comments considered additional benefit. If likes not met,...
We analysed five narrative interviews with individuals who disengaged from Islamist extremist and Salafist ideologies in an early stage of radicalization (Study 1) seven semi-structured expert employees German deradicalization-programmes 2) to explore which root factors are common both radicaliza-tion deradicalization how they manifest. Employing a coding-reliability ap-proach Thematic Analyses, we constructed themes central deradicalization, respectively. Parallels between deradicaliza-tion...
The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus urged all members society to adopt COVID-responsible behavioral patterns and practice them in everyday life. Given variability its adoption, it is critical understand psychological factors associated with socially responsible behavior during pandemic. This might be even more important among adolescents, who are less endangered by but contribute spread. In this article, we focus on adolescent boys’ girls’ agency communion orientations explain level...
In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, digital platforms have become pivotal in facilitating protest movements against containment measures, with "Querdenken'' movement Germany and "Fairdenken" Austria epitomizing this trend. These leverage Telegram to evade mainstream media censorship, creating spaces rich dissent mobilization. Our study employs sentiment analysis scrutinize a comprehensive dataset messages, aiming dissect thematic emotional nuances discourse within these protests. This...
The process of radicalization is often discussed and investigated without a clear outcome definition, as the similar concept extremism; moreover, research usually conducted on adults, despite studies pointing to adolescence crucial time during which processes develop. Building upon previous literature, we propose three possible outcomes process: benevolent radicalism, malevolent extremism. To operationalize these outcomes, develop questionnaire measuring four constructs, namely political...
Abstract. Despite the conceptual proximity between basic needs and agency communion their similar function for psychological functioning, studies investigating interplay are scarce. This study aims to investigate joint role in hedonic eudaimonic well-being light of COVID-19 pandemic. Self-reports were collected from 13,313 adolescents (Sample 1) 1,707 young adults 2) Austria. The results show importance both fulfillment different well-being, with a universal interaction effect perceived...
Medical staff has been at the centre of fight against COVID-19 pandemic, facing diverse work-related stressors. Studies from various countries have shown that healthcare professionals an increased risk burnout and mental disorders during pandemic outbreaks. The present study aimed to investigate what kind stressors in Germany how they affected psychologically by pandemic. N=300 completed online survey including ISR symptom checklist measure psychological well-being questions on help-seeking...
People can be attracted to radical ideas for different reasons. In the present study, we propose four types of people such due motives: identity seeker, significance sensation and justice seeker. To investigate this model, conducted five narrative interviews with individuals who had disengaged during early stages radicalization (Study 1) seven semi-structured expert staff German deradicalization programmes 2). Data were analyzed using a coding reliability approach thematic analyses. The...