Research projects in Psychology

The ARAP (Assisting Refugees to Access Psychological Support) project aims to specifically reduce gaps in care.

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.

How effective are systemic therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder in adults?

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.

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.

Testing the effectiveness of Body, Breath & Mind (BBM). BBM is an online self-help program that combines Qi Gong exercises with behavioral activation.

The study investigates whether targeted fascia training can reduce symptoms in depressed people.

The project investigates how effective system constellations are in virtual reality.

The study examines how effective family constellations are as an individual intervention in a group setting for chronic psychosocial conflicts.

Project on risk and protective factors of loneliness in different phases of life and the evaluation of loneliness interventions

The project uses computer simulations to show how a person's inner drives interact, how conflicts arise and influence behaviour.

The project investigates the underlying mechanisms of the development and maintenance of interpersonal relationships with the help of evolutionary game theory.

The study looks at the training and development of psychotherapists.

This research project is the first to comprehensively and systematically analyse inter-individual differences in the self-insight motive.

The study investigates how music therapy affects the interaction between parents and children with cancer as well as various psychotherapeutic aspects.

The pilot project developed a non-verbal interaction paradigm that explores interpersonal behaviour and dynamic interactions with virtual counterparts.

The project investigates the connection between interpersonal expectations, motives, problems and mental disorders such as depression.

The study analyses implicitly recorded language in psychotherapeutic processes.

The project looks at how child endangerment can be better recognised, diagnosed, documented and dealt with.

The project examines the state of mental health in family businesses and which processes can maintain or restore their mental health.

The project at the Professorship of Developmental and Educational Psychology is concerned with meta-analyses and systematic literature reviews.

Project of the Professorship of Developmental and Educational Psychology on the convergence of subjective and objective measures of psychological phenomena

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.

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

The study investigated how the positive affect of patients develops during cognitive behavioural therapy and how it affects the course of therapy.

Professorship of Health Psychology project on dyadic coping, a concept from couple research

The project investigates how patients' self-perceived resources develop over the course of psychotherapy.

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.

The study records the psychological stress and well-being of queer people in German-speaking countries.

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.

The project compares Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy and the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy in depressed patients.

Project at the Professorship of Developmental and Educational Psychology to record socio-emotional development processes.

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.

The project examines the inner, subjective side of bodily experience, the so-called interoceptive awareness.

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.

Professorship of Health Psychology project on "Digitalisation, Burnout & Family Time: (eMotion)"