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Department of Psychology

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AE 03: Entwicklungspsychologie und Entwicklungspsychopathologie

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Developmental Psychology studies developmental changes in mental health and mental disorders across the lifespan. The department is led by Prof. Dr. Sakari Lemola (Chair) and Prof. Dr. Arnold Lohaus (Senior Professor).

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Bielefeld University

Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science

Department of Psychology - AE03

P. O. Box 10 01 31

33501 Bielefeld

Germany

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News

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new research project entitled YourSleep for Sakari Lemola and Arnold Lohaus. The project has started on 01.03.24 and Dr. Anika Werner and Dr. Jana-Elisa Rüth are employed as research associates in YourSleep. The project is currently in the preparation and planning phase. Data collection is expected to start in October 2024. Further information on the project will soon be available in the "Research" section.

 

2023

Articles

  • Alenius, S., Kajantie, E., Sund, R., Nurhonen, M., Haaramo, P., Näsänen-Gilmore, P., Lemola, S., Räikkönen, K., Schnitzlein, D.D., Wolke, D., Gissler, M., & Hovi, P. (2023). School grades and educational attainments of adolescents and young adults born preterm. Scientific Reports 13, 231. https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2968017
  • Hachenberger, J., Li, Y.-M., Siniatchkin, M., Hermenau, K., Ludyga, S., & Lemola, S. (2023). Heart rate variability’s association with positive and negative affect in daily life: An experience sampling study with continuous daytime electrocardiography over seven days. Sensors, 23, 966. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020966

  • Rueth, J.-E., Kerkhoff, D. & Lohaus, A. (2023). Latent growth curve analyses of emotional awareness and emotion regulation in early and middle adolescence. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254231168695  

  • Wiemann, A.K., Werner, A., Konrad, K., Niestroj, S., Steden, S. & Lohaus, A. (2023). Lifetime poly-victimization and current bullying victimization: Associations with internalizing problems and out-of home care. Child Abuse & Neglect (zur Veröffentlichung angenommen). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105970

Testpublication

  • Rüth, J.-E. & Lohaus, A. (2023). Fragebogen zur prozessorientierten Emotionsregulationsmessung im Kindes- und Jugendalter (POEM-KJ). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

2022

Articles

  • Alenius, S., Kajantie, E., Sund, R., Nurhonen, M., Haaramo, P., Näsänen-Gilmore, P., Vääräsmäki, M., Lemola, S., Räikkönen, K., Schnitzlein, D.D., Wolke, D., Gissler, M., & Hovi, P. (2022/in press). Risk-taking behavior of adolescents and young adults born preterm. The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Bilgin, A., Wolke, D., Trower, H., Baumann, N., Räikkönen, K., Heinonen, K., ... & Lemola, S. (2022). Emotional problems and peer victimization in adolescents born very preterm and full-term: Role of self-control skills in childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 1-10. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/development-and-psychopathology/article/emotional-problems-and-peer-victimization-in-adolescents-born-very-preterm-and-fullterm-role-of-selfcontrol-skills-in-childhood/2743AEE251CBC6AE2E5940097E5FB046
  • Ehrenberg, D., Lohaus, A., Konrad, K., Lüning, L. & Heinrichs, N. (2022). How anxious are German preschool children? Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 53, 992-1003. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10578-021-01185-8

  • EL-Awad, U. (2022). Acculturation patterns and mental health of young refugees and immigrant-origin peers from the Middle East in Germany (Dissertation, Universität Bielefeld). https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2965390
    EL-Awad, U., Fathi, A., Lohaus, A., Petermann, F., & Reinelt, T. (2022). Different relations of religion and mental health: Comparing Middle Eastern Muslim refugee and immigrant adolescents. European Journal of Health Psychology, 29(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000100
    EL-Awad, U., Reinelt, T., Braig, J., Nilles, H., Kerkhoff, D., Schmees, P., ... & Lohaus, A. (2021). Polytraumatization in young male refugees from the Middle East and its association with internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 15(1), 1-15. https://capmh.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13034-021-00428-9

  • Girchenko, P., Robinson, R., Rantalainen, V. J., Lahti-Pulkkinen, M., Heinonen-Tuomaala, K., Lemola, S., ... & Räikkönen, K. (2022). Maternal postpartum depressive symptoms partially mediate the association between preterm birth and mental and behavioral disorders in children. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-10. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-04990-w

  • Hachenberger, J., Li, Y.-M., & Lemola, S. (2022). Physical activity, sleep and affective wellbeing on the following day: An experience sampling study. Journal of Sleep Research, n/a(n/a), e13723. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13723

  • Hartmann, S., Lohaus, A., Rüth, J.-E. & Eschenbeck, H. (2022). Stresserleben und Stresssymptomatik bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 54, 15–26. https://doi.org/10.1026/0049-8637/a000247

  • Job, A.-K., Ehrenberg, D., Hilpert, P., Reindl, V., Lohaus, A., Konrad, K. & Heinrichs, N. (2022). Triple P for foster parents with young foster children: Results of a 1-year randomized clinical trial. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37, 322-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520909196

  • Kater, M. J., Werner, A., Schlarb, A. A., & Lohaus, A. (2022). Stress reactivity in salivary cortisol and electrocardiogram in adolescents: Investigating sleep disturbances and insomnia. Journal of Sleep Research, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.13591

  • Li, Y.-M., Konstabel, K., Mõttus, R., & Lemola, S. (2022). Temporal associations between objectively measured physical activity and depressive symptoms: An experience sampling study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.920580

  • Li, Y.-M., Hachenberger, J. & Lemola, S. (2022). The role of the context of physical activity for its association with affective well-being: An experience sampling study in young adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17), 10468. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36078182/

  • Lohaus, A., Eschenbeck, H. & Vögele, C. (2022). Editorial: Health and well-being of refugee children and adolescents. European Journal of Health Psychology, 29, 1-2. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.1027/2512-8442/a000095

  • Ludyga, S., Mücke, M., Leuenberger, R., Bruggisser, F., Pühse, U., Gerber, M., Lemola, S., Capone-Mori, A., Keutler, C., Brotzmann, M., & Weber, P. (2022). Martial Arts and Cognitive Control in Children with ADHD and Children Born Very Preterm: A Combined Analysis of two RCTs. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 10-1249. https://www.acsm.org/education-resources/journals/medicine-science-in-sports-exercise
  • Nilles, H., Kerkhoff, D., Demir, Z., Braig, J., Schmees, P., Rueth, J.-E., Eschenbeck, H. & Lohaus, A. (2022). Coping of Young Refugees in Germany. European Journal of Health Psychology, 29(1), 15–25. https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2022-30914-003.html
  • Reindl, V., Schippers, A., Tenbrock, K., Job, A.-K., Gerloff, C., Lohaus, A., Heinrichs, N. & Konrad, K. (2022). Caregiving quality modulates neuroendocrine and immunological markers in young children in foster care who have experienced early adversity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63 (5), 535-543. https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcpp.13488
  • Rueth, J.-E. & Lohaus, A. (2022). Process-oriented measurement of emotion regulation: General and specific associations with psychosocial adjustment and well-being in (pre-)adolescence. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13:904389. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.904389
  • Schmees, P., Braig, J., Nilles, H., Kerkhoff, D., Demir, Z., Rueth, J.-E., Lohaus, A. & Eschenbeck, H. (2022). Well-being and resources of minors with refugee background in comparison to minors with migration or native background. European Journal of Health Psychology, 29, 3–14. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000099 
  • Schütte, S., Lohaus, A., Symanzik, T., Heinrichs, N., Konrad, K. & Reindl, V. (2022). Longitudinal associations between parenting and child behaviour problems and the moderating effect of child callous unemotional traits in foster and biological families. Child Psychiatry & Human Development (zur Veröffentlichung angenommen).
  • Teuber, Z., Schreiber, S., Rueth, J.-E. & Lohaus, A. (2022). Emotion regulation among Chinese and German children and adolescents: a binational comparative study. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03578-x
  • Voit, F. A., Kajantie, E., Lemola, S., Räikkönen, K., Wolke, D., & Schnitzlein, D. D. (2022). Maternal mental health and adverse birth outcomes. Plos one, 17(8), e0272210
  • Werner, A., Mayer, A. & Lohaus, A. (2022). Sleep-related self-efficacy and parent-reported sleep in young children: A dyadic analysis of parental actor and partner effects. Sleep Health, 8 (1), 54-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2021.11.004
  • Werner, A., Kater, M. J., Kerkhoff, D., Schlarb, A. A., & Lohaus, A. (2022). Personal and social resources in the context of adolescent sleep. Psychology & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2121396
  • Werner, A., Kater, M. J., Kerkhoff, D., Schlarb, A. A., & Lohaus, A. (2022). Personal and social resources in the context of adolescent sleep. Psychology & Health, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2022.2121396

 

Editor works, book chapters and books

  • Lohaus, A., Domsch, H. & Rüth, J.-E. (2023, in Druck). Gesundheitsförderung im Unterricht. In M. Schweer (Hrsg.), Lehrer-Schüler-Interaktion (4. überarbeitete Auflage). Heidelberg: Springer.
  • Eschenbeck, H. & Lohaus, A. (2022). Bedeutung von Peerbeziehungen im Zusammenhang mit der Entwicklung von Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden von Jugendlichen. In H. Willems, R. Samuel & C. Vögele (Hrsg.), Luxemburger Jugendbericht 2020. Gesundheit, Wohlbefinden und gesundheitsrelevantes Verhalten im Jugendalter – interdisziplinäre Perspektiven, empirische Befunde, handlungsfeldbezogene Ansätze und internationale Perspektiven. Heidelberg: Springer.
  • Holodynski, M. & Rüth, J.-E. (2021). Emotionale Kompetenz. In A. Lohaus & H. Domsch (Hrsg.), Psychologische Förder- und Interventionsprogramme für das Kindes- und Jugendalter (Psychotherapie: Praxis, 2., vollständig überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage, S. 185–199). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61160-9_15
  • Klein-Heßling, J. & Lohaus, A. (2021). Stresspräventionstraining für Kinder im Grundschulalter (4. überarbeitete Auflage). Göttingen: Hogrefe
  • Kohlmann, C.-W., Eschenbeck, H., Jerusalem, M. & Lohaus, A. (2021). Diagnostik von Stress und Stressbewältigung. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
  • Lohaus, A. (2021). Kindliche Kompetenzen: Was Eltern in den ersten Lebensjahren an ihrem Kind beobachten können. Berlin: Springer.
  • Lohaus, A. (2021). Stressbewältigungskompetenzen. In A. Lohaus & H. Domsch (Hrsg.), Psychologische Förder- und Interventionsprogramme für das Kindes- und Jugendalter (Psychotherapie: Praxis, 2., vollständig überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage, S. 185–199). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61160-9_12
  • Lohaus, A. & Domsch, H. (Hrsg.). (2021). Psychologische Förder- und Interventionsprogramme für das Kindes- und Jugendalter (Psychotherapie: Praxis, 2., vollständig überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage). Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61160-9

Our Team

Developmental psychology studies developmental change in experience and behavior, and developmental psychopathology studies the development and change in mental health and mental disorders across the lifespan.
The department is headed by Prof. Dr. Sakari Lemola (chair) and Prof. Dr. Arnold Lohaus (senior professor).

 

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