Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters

Prof. Dr. Sarah K. Schäfer

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Ostbahnstraße 12, 76829 Landau
Raum: 122
76829 Landau

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+49 6341

Sarah.schaefer(at)rptu.de

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„In unserer Arbeitsgruppe wollen wir verstehen, welche Faktoren und Mechanismen Kinder und Jugendliche in Gegenwart von Stress psychisch gesund halten. Damit verfolgen wir das Ziel, Kinder und Jugendliche beim Umgang mit Herausforderungen zu unterstützen.“

Prof. Dr. Sarah K. Schäfer

Forschungsinteressen

Resilienzfaktoren und -mechanismen über die Lebensspanne

Resilienzförderung und mentale Gesundheitsförderung

Nachhaltiges Wissen schaffen und dauerhaft verfügbar machen

Systematische Reviews und Evidenzsynthesen

Publikationen

  • Broll, J., Schäfer, S. K., Lüdecke, D., Nickel, S., Lieb, K., & Helmreich, I. (2025). Effects of micro- and macro-stressors and resilience factors on the mental health of parents caring for chronically ill and disabled children and adolescents. BMC Nursing, 24(1), 489. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03125-6
  • Broll, J., Schäfer, S. K., Lüdecke, D., Nickel, S., Lieb, K., & Helmreich, I. (2025). Resilience factors in parents of children in need of care. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-025-03012-3
  • Broll, J., Schäfer, S. K., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Hölzen, S., Helmreich, I., & Lieb, K. (2025). Case management for enhancing wellbeing, resilience, and quality of life in caregivers of children and adolescents with chronic illnesses and disabilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nursing & Health Sciences, 27(2), e70096. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.70096
  • Pank, C., von Boros, L., Lieb, K., Dalkner, N., Egger-Lampl, S., Lehr, D., Schäfer, S. K., Tüscher, O., & Wessa, M. (2025). The role of self-care and self-compassion in networks of resilience and stress among healthcare professionals. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 18545. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01111-1
  • Pester, C. W., Lieb, K., & Schäfer, S. K. (2025). Why mental health literacy can improve STEM. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 64(19), e202424871. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202424871
  • Schaubruch, L. M., Schäfer, C. G., Burmeister, C. F., Lieb, K., & Schäfer, S. K. (2025). The World Health Organization’s Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions: A systematic review on current evidence regarding effectiveness and implementation. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Accepted for publication.
  • Schäfer, S. K., Streit, S., Schäfer, C. G., Roembell, L. B., Corneli, M., Schaubruch, L. M., Wessa, M., Lieb, K., Equit, M., Fuhr, D., & STRESS-Care Consortium (2025). Barriers and facilitators for the implementation of preventative mental health interventions among secondary schools in high-income countries: a systematic review. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02796-5
  • Schäfer, S. K., Burmeister, C. F., Lottermoser, E., Schäfer, C. G., Cascant Ortolano, L., Stoffers-Winterling, J., Flasinski, T., Equit, M., Schneider, S., Lieb, K., de Haan, A. (2025). Long-term effects of psychotherapy in children and adolescents: Protocol of a database development and systematic review in the LaKiJu META project. BMJ Open. Accepted for publication.
  • Schöne-Hoffmann, R., Schäfer, S. K., David, C., Reis, D., Benick, M., & Perels, F. (2025). Protocol: Summarizing and critically evaluating the concepts of self-compassion: A systematic review of conceptualizations. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 21, e70054. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.70054
  • Sopp, M. R., Haim-Nachum, S., Braun, M. N., Lass-Hennemann, J., Schäfer, S. K., & Michael, T. (2025). How we see the world: Inflexible interpretation updating as a predictor and moderator of PTSD symptoms in high-risk occupations. Psychological trauma. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001819
  • Supke, M., Schaubruch, L. M., Cohrdes, C., Kausmann, C., Schäfer, S. K., & Lieb, K. (2025). Current evidence and future directions for social and societal resilience factors in response to societal challenges and crises: an umbrella review and expert rating. BMC Public Health. Accepted for publication.
  • Supke, M., Schäfer, S. K., Meier, J., Hamada, H. T., Yamada, M., Wessa, M., & Lieb, K. (2025). Positive mental states and their relation to psychosocial resources: protocol of a systematic review focusing on cultural moderators. BMJ Open, 15(8), e103821. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103821
  • von Boros, L., Möhring, A., Göritz, A. S., Lieb, K., Wessa, M., Tüscher, O., & Schäfer, S. K. (2025). Validation of the State Self-Compassion Scale in a German sample and its relations to psychological well-being and mental health. Mindfulness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02669-7
  • Stoffers-Winterling, J. M., Wiegand, H. F., Broll, J., Schäfer, S. K. ..., Lieb, K. (2025). COVID-19-Pandemie und die psychische Gesundheit in Deutschland: Verlauf, resiliente und vulnerable Gruppen. Der Nervenarzt, 96, 266–271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-025-01824-8
  • Ahrens, K. F., Schenk, C., Kollmann, B., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Neumann, R. J., Schäfer, S. K., Reis, D., Basten, U., Weichert, D., Fiebach, C. J., Lutz, B., Wessa, M., Repple, J., Lieb, K., Tüscher, O., Reif, A., Kalisch, R., & Plichta, M. M. (2024). Resilience to major life events: Advancing trajectory modeling and resilience factor identification by controlling for background stressor exposure. The American Psychologist, 79(8), 1076–1091. doi.org/10.1037/amp0001315
  • Broll, J., Schäfer, S. K., Chmitorz, A., Meule, A., Voderholzer, U., Helmreich, I., & Lieb, K. (2024). Psychometric properties of the German version of the brief resilience scale in persons with mental disorders. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 631. doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06062-x
  • Chasiotis, A., Benz, G., Jonas, M., Kerwer, M., Nuwaltzew, P., Stoll, M., ..., Schäfer S. K., ... & Wahner, U. (2024). KLARpsy-Richtlinie zum Verfassen allgemeinverständlicher Zusammenfassungen psychologischer Metaanalysen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Psychologische Rundschau. doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000681
  • Koehler, F., Schäfer, S. K., Lieb, K., & Wessa, M. (2024). The interplay between music engagement and affect: A random-intercept cross-lagged panel analysis. Emotion, 24(3), 562–573. doi.org/10.1037/emo0001279
  • Lass-Hennemann, J., Sopp, M. R., Ruf, N., Equit, M., Schäfer, S. K., Wirth, B. E., & Michael, T. (2024). Generation climate crisis, COVID-19, and Russia-Ukraine-War: global crises and mental health in adolescents. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 33(7), 2203–2216. doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02300-x
  • Schäfer, S. K., Supke, M., Kausmann, C., Schaubruch, L. M., Lieb, K., & Cohrdes, C. (2024). A systematic review of individual, social, and societal resilience factors in response to societal challenges and crises. Communications Psychology, 2(1), 92. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00138-w
  • Schäfer, S. K., von Boros, L., Schaubruch, L. M., Kunzler, A. M., Lindner, S., Koehler, F., Werner, T., Zappalà, F., Helmreich, I., Wessa, M., Lieb, K., & Tüscher, O. (2024). Digital interventions to promote psychological resilience: a systematic review and meta-analysis. NPJ Digital Medicine, 7(1), 30. doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01017-8
  • Sippel, L. M., Liebman, R. E., Schäfer, S. K., Ennis, N., Mattern, A. C., Rozek, D. C., & Monson, C. M. (2024). Sources of social support and trauma recovery: evidence for bidirectional associations from a recently trauma-exposed community sample. Behavioral Sciences, 14(4), 284. doi.org/10.3390/bs14040284
  • Sopp, M. R., Schäfer, S. K., Michael, T., Equit, M., Ferreira de Sá, D. S., & Lass-Hennemann, J. (2024). Endogenous cortisol levels, sleep or vigilance: Which factors contribute to better exposure therapy outcomes in the morning? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1-16. doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10463-9
  • Issler, T. C., Ferreira de Sá, D., Michael, T., & Schäfer, S. K. (2023). The relationship between childhood gender nonconformity, aversive childhood experiences, and mental health in heterosexual and non-heterosexual cisgender men: The buffering effect of sense of coherence. Stress and Health, 39(4), 782–797. doi.org/10.1002/smi.3227
  • Koehler, F., Schäfer, S. K., Lieb, K., & Wessa, M. (2023). Differential associations of leisure music engagement with resilience: A network analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 23(3), 100377. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2023.100377
  • Kunzler, A. M., Lindner, S., Röthke, N., Schäfer, S. K., Metzendorf, M. I., Sachkova, A., Müller-Eberstein, R., Klinger, C., Burns, J., Coenen, M., & Lieb, K. (2023). Mental health impact of early stages of the covid-19 pandemic on individuals with pre-existing mental disorders: A systematic review of longitudinal research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2), 948. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20020948
  • Mennig, E. F., Schäfer, S. K., Eschweiler, G. W., Rapp, M. A., Thomas, C., & Wurm, S. (2023). The relationship between pre-surgery self-rated health and changes in functional and mental health in older adults: insights from a prospective observational study. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), 203. doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03861-x
  • Morello, K., Schäfer, S. K., Kunzler, A. M., Priesterroth, L. S., Tüscher, O., & Kubiak, T. (2023). Cognitive reappraisal in mHealth interventions to foster mental health in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Digital Health, 5, 1253390. doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1253390
  • Schäfer, S. K., Fritz, J., Sopp, M. R., Kunzler, A. M., von Boros, L., Tüscher, O., Göritz, A. S., Lieb, K., & Michael, T. (2023). Interrelations of resilience factors and their incremental impact for mental health: insights from network modeling using a prospective study across seven timepoints. Translational Psychiatry, 13(1), 328. doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02603-2
  • Schäfer, S. K., Kunzler, A. M., Lindner, S., Broll, J., Stoll, M., Stoffers-Winterling, J., & Lieb, K. (2023). Transdiagnostic psychosocial interventions to promote mental health in forcibly displaced persons: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2), 2196762. doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2196762
  • Schäfer, S. K., Lindner, S., Kunzler, A. M., Meerpohl, J. J., & Lieb, K. (2023). The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Age and Ageing, 52(9), afad170. doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad170
  • Schäfer, S. K., Lüder, C. C., Porcheret, K., Hu, X., Margraf, J., Michael, T., Holmes, E. A., Werner, G. G., Wilhelm, I., Woud, M. L., Zeng, S., Friesen, E., Haim-Nachum, S., Lass-Hennemann, J., Lieb, K., Kunzler, A. M., Wirth, B. E., & Sopp, M. R. (2023). To sleep or not to sleep, that is the question: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effect of post-trauma sleep on intrusive memories of analog trauma. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 167, 104359. doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104359
  • Schäfer, S. K., Sopp, M. R., Fuchs, A., Kotzur, M., Maahs, L., & Michael, T. (2023). The relationship between sense of coherence and mental health problems from childhood to young adulthood: A meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 325, 804–816. doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.106
  • Schäfer, S. K., Thomas, L. M., Lindner, S., & Lieb, K. (2023). World Health Organization's low-intensity psychosocial interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of Problem Management Plus and Step-by-Step. World Psychiatry, 22(3), 449–462. doi.org/10.1002/wps.21129
  • Schäfer, S. K., von Boros, L., Göritz, A. S., Baumann, S., Wessa, M., Tüscher, O., ... & Möhring, A. (2023). The Perceived Stress Scale 2&2: a two-factorial German short version of the Perceived Stress Scale. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1195986. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1195986
  • Friesen, E., Michael, T., Schäfer, S. K., & Sopp, M. R. (2022). COVID-19-related distress is associated with analogue PTSD symptoms after exposure to an analogue stressor. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2), 2127185. doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2127185
  • Hemi, A., Sopp, M. R., Schäfer, S. K., Michael, T., & Levy-Gigi, E. (2022). Adaptive responding to prolonged stress exposure: A binational study on the impact of flexibility on latent profiles of cognitive, emotional and behavioural responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30(6), e6163. doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14053
  • Kunzler, A. M., Chmitorz, A., Röthke, N., Staginnus, M., Schäfer, S. K., Stoffers-Winterling, J., & Lieb, K. (2022). Interventions to foster resilience in nursing staff: A systematic review and meta-analyses of pre-pandemic evidence. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 134, 104312. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2022.104312
  • Schäfer, S. K., Kunzler, A. M., Kalisch, R., Tüscher, O., & Lieb, K. (2022). Trajectories of resilience and mental distress to global major disruptions. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(12), 1171–1189. doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.09.017
  • Schäfer, S. K., Sopp, M. R., Koch, M., Göritz, A. S., & Michael, T. (2022). The long-term buffering effect of sense of coherence on psychopathological symptoms during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective observational study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 153, 236–244. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.004
  • Schanz, C. G., Equit, M., Schäfer, S. K., & Michael, T. (2022). Self-directed passive-aggressive behaviour as an essential component of depression: findings from two cross-sectional observational studies. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1), 1–10.
  • Wurm, S., & Schäfer, S. K. (2022). Gain- but not loss-related self-perceptions of aging predict mortality over a period of 23 years: A multidimensional approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(3), 636–653. doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000412
  • Blawert, A., Schäfer, S. K., & Wurm, S. (2021). Associations of agency and communion with domain-specific self-perceptions of aging: a cross-sectional study in old-old adults in poor health. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 00914150211050874. doi.org/10.1177/00914150211050874
  • Schäfer, S. K., Fleischmann, R., von Sarnowski, B., Bläsing, D., Flöel, A., & Wurm, S. (2021). Relationship between trajectories of post-stroke disability and self-rated health (NeuroAdapt): protocol for a prospective observational study. BMJ Open, 11(6), e049944. dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049944
  • Schanz, C. G., Equit, M., Schäfer, S. K., & Michael, T. (2021). Convergent and discriminant validity of the test of passive aggression in a psychotherapy outpatient sample. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 723413. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723413
  • Schanz, C. G., Equit, M., Schäfer, S. K., Käfer, M., Mattheus, H. K., & Michael, T. (2021). Development and psychometric properties of the Test of Passive Aggression. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 579183. doi.org/10.3389/ fpsyg.2021.579183
  • Sopp, M. R., Friesen, E., Schäfer, S. K., Brueckner, A. H., Wirth, B. E., Weber, J., ... & Michael, T. (2021). Wakefulness impairs selective consolidation of relevant trauma-associated memories resulting in more frequent intrusions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 136, 103776. doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2020.103776
  • Sopp, M. R., Streb, M., Brueckner, A. H., Schäfer, S. K., Lass-Hennemann, J., Mecklinger, A., & Michael, T. (2021). Prospective associations between intelligence, working memory capacity, and intrusive memories of a traumatic film: Potential mediating effects of rumination and memory disorganization. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 70, 101611. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2020.101611
  • Ihmig, F. R., Neurohr-Parakenings, F., Schäfer, S. K., Lass-Hennemann, J., & Michael, T. (2020). On-line anxiety level detection from biosignals: Machine learning based on a randomized controlled trial with spider-fearful individuals. Plos One, 15(6), e0231517. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231517
  • Lass-Hennemann, J., Schäfer, S. K., Sopp, M. R., & Michael, T. (2020). The relationship between dog ownership, psychopathological symptoms and health-benefitting factors in occupations at risk for traumatization. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2562. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072562
  • Schäfer S. K., Sopp, M. R., Schanz C. G., Staginnus M., Göritz A. S., & Michael, T. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on public mental health and the buffering effect of a sense of coherence. Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, 89, 386–392. doi.org/10.1159/000510752
  • Schäfer, S. K., Sopp, M. R., Staginnus, M., Lass-Hennemann, J., & Michael., T. (2020). Correlates of mental health in occupations at risk for traumatization: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry, 20, 335. doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02704-y
  • Schäfer, S. K.,Wirth, B. E., Staginnus, M., Becker, N., Michael, T., & Sopp, M. R. (2020). Sleep’s impact on emotional recognition memory: A meta-analysis of whole-night, nap, and REM sleep effects. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 101280. doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2020.101280
  • Schäfer, S. K., Schanz, C. G., Sopp, M. R., Lass‐Hennemann, J., Käfer, M., & Michael, T. (2020). Pre‐rehabilitation sense of coherence as a predictor of symptom change during rehabilitation. Stress and Health,36(4), 546–554. doi.org/10.1002/smi.2949
  • Schäfer, S. K., Becker, N., King, L., Horsch, A., & Michael, T. (2019). The relationship between sense of coherence and post-traumatic stress: a meta-analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1), 1562839. doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1562839
  • Schäfer, S. K., Weidner, K. J., Becker, N., Lass-Hennemann, J., Stokes, C., Lammert, F., & Köllner, V. (2019). Sensitivität und Spezifität des Reizdarm-Fragebogens. PPmP-Psychotherapie·Psychosomatik· Medizinische Psychologie, 69(10), 382–388. doi.org/10.1055/a-0834-6207
  • Sopp, M. R., Brueckner, A. H., Schäfer, S. K., Lass-Hennemann, J., & Michael, T. (2019). Differential effects of sleep on explicit and implicit memory for potential trauma reminders: findings from an analogue study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1), 1644128. doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1644128
  • Sopp, M. R., Brueckner, A. H., Schäfer, S. K., Lass-Hennemann, J., & Michael, T. (2019). REM theta activity predicts re-experiencing symptoms after exposure to a traumatic film. Sleep Medicine, 54, 142–152. doi.org/10.1002/smi.2949
  • Christie, H., Talmon, A., Schäfer, S. K., De Haan, A., Vang, M. L., Haag, K., ... & Brown, E. (2017). The transition to parenthood following a history of childhood maltreatment: A review of the literature on prospective and new parents’ experiences. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 8(sup7), 1492834. doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1492834
  • Lass-Hennemann, J., Schäfer, S. K., Römer, S., Holz, E., Streb, M., & Michael, T. (2018). Therapy dogs as a crisis intervention after traumatic events? – An experimental study. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1627. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01627
  • Kirsch, A., Spang, J., Schäfer, S. K., Pfaltz, M., Krause, R., Sachsse, U., & Michael, T. (2018). Mimikveränderungen während einer Traumatherapie: Explorative Studie zum Zusammenhang mimisch-affektiver Veränderungen mit therapeutischen Outcomes. Psychotherapeut, 63, 49–54. doi.org/10.1007/s00278-017-0228-2
  • Niemczyk, J., Schäfer, S. K., Becker, N., Equit, M., & von Gontard, A. (2018). Psychometric properties of the “Parental Questionnaire: Enuresis/Urinary incontinence”(PQ‐EnU). Neurourology and Urodynamics, 37(7), 2209–2219. doi.org/10.1002/nau.23564
  • Schäfer, S. K., Ihmig, F.R., Lara H., K.A., Neurohr, F., Kiefer, S., Staginnus, M., Lass-Hennemann, J., & Michael, T. (2018). Effects of heart rate variability biofeedback during exposure to fear-provoking stimuli within spider fearful individuals: Study protocol for a randomized-controlled trial. Trials, 19, 184. doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2554-2
  • Schäfer, S. K., Lass-Hennemann, J., Groesdonk, H., Volk, T., Bomberg, H., Staginnus, M., ... & Michael, T. (2018). Mental health in anesthesiology and ICU staff: Sense of coherence matters. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018. 00440
  • Schäfer, S. K., Niemczyk, J., von Gontard, A., Pospeschill, M., Becker, N., & Equit, M. (2017). Standard urotherapy as first-line intervention for daytime incontinence: a meta-analysis. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1–16. doi.org/10.1007/s00787-017-1051-6

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Lebenslauf

seit 04/2026Professur Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
05/2025-10/2026Mutterschutz und Elternzeit
03/2023-03/2026

Juniorprofessorin für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters

(Tenure Track W1 nach W2) inklusive wissenschaftlicher Leitung der Hochschulambulanz für Kinder und Jugendliche sowie des Weiterbildungsstudiengangs in Kinder- und Jugendlichen-Psychotherapie inklusive der Institutsambulanz der Technischen Universität Braunschweig

seit 07/2021

Assoziierte Mitarbeiterin

In der Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb am Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung (LIR) in Mainz

10/2020-06/2021

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

In der Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb am Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung (LIR) in Mainz

09/2005-07/2010

Psychologie-Studium, Diplom

Institut für Psychologie, Universität Heidelberg

10/2020

Approbation als Psychologische Psychotherapeutin

Verhaltenstherapie und erweiterte Fachkunde Kinder- und Jugendlichen-Psychotherapie

09/2020-06/2021

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

In der Abteilung für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin am Institut für Community Medicine der Universitätsmedizin Greifswald

07/2020

Promotion zum Dr. rer. nat.

Dissertation: „Perspectives on self-reported resilience – Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and meta-analytical considerations” (summa cum laude) an der Universität des Saarlandes

08/2016-08/2020

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Am Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der Universität des Saarlandes

09/2014-07/2016

Master of Science in Psychologie

Universität des Saarlandes

09/2014-08/2016

Bachelor of Science in Psychologie

Universität des Saarlandes

Auszeichnungen und Preise

2024

Nominierung für den Lehrpreis der TU Braunschweig

Technische Universität Braunschweig

2022

Young Investigator Award

Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung

2022

Förderung im Rahmen des Peer-to-Peer-Mentoring-Programms

DGPs-Fachgruppe Gesundheitspsychologie (gemeinsam mit Dr. Anne Möhring, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald)

2021

Eduard-Martin-Preis 2021

Dissertationspreis der Universität des Saarlandes, Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft

2013-2016

Stipendiatin

Der Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes bis 2016

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie (DeGPT)

European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS)

German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA)

Interessensgruppe metaanalytische Psychotherapieforschung und Evidenzsynthese (MetaSyn)

Landespsychotherapeutenkammer Rheinland-Pfalz

Age & Ageing  

BMJ Open

BMC Geriatrics             

BMC Psychiatry

Child Abuse & Neglect             

Clinical Psychology Review

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Frontiers in Psychology           

MQ Mental HealthPost-Doctoral Scholarships

Nature Human Behaviour    

Nature Mental Health

Nature Reviews Psychology

npj Digital Medicine

Psychiatry Research

Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy

Stress & Health            

Swiss National Science Foundation

  • 01/2026 – 06/2028
    StaR_MHI – Students at Risk for Mental Health Issues Bundesministerium für Forschung (Federführend: Universitätsmedizin Halle, Rolle: Arbeitspaketleitung) Technologie und Raumfahrt (BMFTR)
  • 10/2025 – 03/2029
    STRESS-Care – Ein Stepped-Care-Programm zur Förderung von Resilienz und Reduktion psychischer Belastung bei jugendlichen Schüler*innen (PI: Monika Equit, Rolle: Co-PI) Innovationsfonds des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses
  • 04/2025 – 03/2028
    AI-RESIL – Developing AI-powered survey infrastructures to enhance resilience research (federführend: Claudia Wagner und Sebastian Stier von GESIS, Rolle: Co-PI gemeinsam mit Klaus Lieb) Teil des Leibniz-Wettbewerbs 2025
  • 01/2025 – 12/2026
    LaKiJu META – Multidimensional long-term effects of psychotherapy in children and adolescents – A systematic review and meta-analysis (LoPsyCA; Rolle: PI) Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
  • 10/2024 –09/2025
    Leibniz Labs Pandemic Preparedness – Milestone Funding für zwei Arbeitspakete (Rolle: PI gemeinsam mit Klaus Lieb)
  • 07/2024–06/2027
    Moonshot Program – The role of perceived controllability and its determinants for resilience and well-being (PI: Michèle Wessa, Rolle: Co-PI gemeinsam mit Klaus Lieb)
  • 11/2023–05/2024
    STRESS-Care – Ein Stepped-Care-Programm zur Förderung von Resilienz und Reduktion psychischer Belastung bei jugendlichen Schüler*innen (PI: Monika Equit, Rolle: Co-PI) Innovationsfonds des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses
  • 05/2023–10/2023
    Scoping review on psychological resilience factors in adults in the context of social challenges or crises (Rolle: PI gemeinsam mit Klaus Lieb) Robert Koch-Institut
  • 10/2022–09/2024
    Building predictive models to forecast mental health in face of major disruptions: Making use of advances in systems modeling Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung