In addition to the focus on clinical psychology, the neurosciences and the foundations of human experience and behaviour form two further pillars of the research profile at the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Health at Witten/Herdecke University. They are complemented by work in the field of epistemology and philosophical foundations.
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BDD-VITAC
The project investigates body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), i.e., a distorted perception of one's own body. It primarily examines visual and tactile body representations in BDD.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Systemic Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorders in Adults
How effective are systemic therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder in adults?
Computational Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Network (ccpp.network)
The aim of the network is to expand the boundaries of research in clinical psychology and psychotherapy, among other things by using agent-based modelling.
Digital sign app as an assessment tool
In this project, statistical methods were developed to extract elements for the early detection of diseases from the entire drawing process in art-based assessment instruments.
Effectiveness of Body, Breath & Mind
Testing the effectiveness of Body, Breath & Mind (BBM). BBM is an online self-help program that combines Qi Gong exercises with behavioral activation.
Effectiveness of fascia training for depression
The study investigates whether targeted fascia training can reduce symptoms in depressed people.
Efficacy and Experience of System Constellation Seminars in Virtual Reality
The project investigates how effective system constellations are in virtual reality.
Efficacy of Family Constellation Seminars
The study examines how effective family constellations are as an individual intervention in a group setting for chronic psychosocial conflicts.
Emotions study
Project on loneliness, emotion regulation and personality in childhood and adolescence
Evidence-based interventions against loneliness
Project on risk and protective factors of loneliness in different phases of life and the evaluation of loneliness interventions
Formal modelling and empirically-informed simulation of motive dynamics
The project uses computer simulations to show how a person's inner drives interact, how conflicts arise and influence behaviour.
Formal modelling of interpersonal processes
The project investigates the underlying mechanisms of the development and maintenance of interpersonal relationships with the help of evolutionary game theory.
In search of self-knowledge
This research project is the first to comprehensively and systematically analyse inter-individual differences in the self-insight motive.
Interaction-focused music therapy with cancer affected children and their significant others
The study investigates how music therapy affects the interaction between parents and children with cancer as well as various psychotherapeutic aspects.
Interactive psychological paradigms
The pilot project developed a non-verbal interaction paradigm that explores interpersonal behaviour and dynamic interactions with virtual counterparts.
Interpersonal expectations in depression
The project investigates the connection between interpersonal expectations, motives, problems and mental disorders such as depression.
Language in Psychotherapy
The study analyses implicitly recorded language in psychotherapeutic processes.
MeKidS.best - Medical child protection in the Ruhr region
The project looks at how child endangerment can be better recognised, diagnosed, documented and dealt with.
Mental Health in Entrepreneurial Family
The project examines the state of mental health in family businesses and which processes can maintain or restore their mental health.
Meta-analyses and systematic literature reviews
The project at the Professorship of Developmental and Educational Psychology is concerned with meta-analyses and systematic literature reviews.
Multi-method measurement of socio-emotional phenomena
Project of the Professorship of Developmental and Educational Psychology on the convergence of subjective and objective measures of psychological phenomena
Multi-person setting in psychotherapy
The joint project analyses the multi-person setting in health insurance-funded systemic therapy and examines its effects on the course of therapy, indications and effectiveness.
Multi-person Settings in Psychotherapy
Weighing up the reasons for and against the implementation of the multi-person setting as a standard setting for systemic therapy in health insurance-funded practice
PACIfIC
The study investigated how the positive affect of patients develops during cognitive behavioural therapy and how it affects the course of therapy.
Parents' stress management and children's well-being
Professorship of Health Psychology project on dyadic coping, a concept from couple research
Perception of resources in the course of psychotherapy
The project investigates how patients' self-perceived resources develop over the course of psychotherapy.
Psychotherapeutic changes in a multi-person setting (CHAMPS)
The project investigates how psychotherapy works when it involves all significant members of a social system (e.g. family, couple) in a needs-orientated way.
Queer Mental Health
The study records the psychological stress and well-being of queer people in German-speaking countries.
Ressources and Disorders in Social Networks
How do structural and functional aspects of social networks affect health? The focus is on the adaptation of the hierarchical network mapping technique for psychological diagnostics.
Side effects of mindfulness
The project compares Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy and the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy in depressed patients.
Socio-emotional development across the lifespan and in daily life
Project at the Professorship of Developmental and Educational Psychology to record socio-emotional development processes.
SocNet-TNB
The SocNet-TNB study aims to analyse the supportive and stressful relationships of trans* and non-binary people in a more differentiated way than before.
Spirituality and interoceptive awareness
The project examines the inner, subjective side of bodily experience, the so-called interoceptive awareness.
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of systemic therapy
This project provides an overview of the randomised controlled studies on systemic therapy to date, with a focus on developing a search strategy for studies on this topic.
The everyday lives of couples in a digitalised world
Professorship of Health Psychology project on "Digitalisation, Burnout & Family Time: (eMotion)"
Wie Psychotherapeut:innen ausgebildet werden
The study looks at the training and development of psychotherapists.