Who is impacted? Personality predicts individual differences in psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

N Modersitzki, LV Phan, N Kuper… - Social Psychological …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in people's private and public lives that are
unprecedented in modern history. However, little is known about the differential …

Validation of the short and extra-short forms of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2) and their German adaptations

B Rammstedt, D Danner, CJ Soto… - European Journal of …, 2018 - econtent.hogrefe.com
The present study investigates the validity and utility of the German adaptations of the two
short forms of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2), the 30-item BFI-2-S, and the 15-item BFI-2 …

Orthorexia nervosa: A behavioral complex or a psychological condition?

J Strahler, A Hermann, B Walter… - Journal of behavioral …, 2018 - akjournals.com
Background and aims Numerous studies have provided evidence for orthorexia nervosa
(ON), an eating pattern characterized by an almost manic obsession for and fixation on …

Problematic gaming behavior and the personality traits of video gamers: A cross-sectional survey.

J Dieris-Hirche, M Pape, BT te Wildt… - Computers in Human …, 2020 - Elsevier
Current psychological models for the development of specific internet-use disorders
consider predisposing core characteristics (eg biopsychological constitution …

Psychological stress among students in health-related fields during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a cross-sectional study at selected Munich universities

K Schröpfer, N Schmidt, S Kus, C Koob… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenging period of upheaval for higher education
students. This study aims to assess the factors associated with psychological stress during …

Validity and reliability of the German versions of the CD-RISC-10 and CD-RISC-2

AI Wollny, I Jacobs - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) is an established instrument to
assess trait resilience. The present study investigates the psychometric properties of the …

Let the algorithm speak: How to use neural networks for automatic item generation in psychological scale development.

FM Götz, R Maertens, S Loomba… - Psychological …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Measurement is at the heart of scientific research. As many—perhaps most—psychological
constructs cannot be directly observed, there is a steady demand for reliable self-report …

Measuring adolescents' well-being in schools: The adaptation and translation of the EPOCH measure of adolescent well-being—A validation study

S Buerger, J Holzer, T Yanagida, B Schober… - School Mental …, 2023 - Springer
This paper addresses a validation study focusing on the process of adapting the EPOCH
measure of adolescent well-being (Kern et al. in Psychol Assess 28 (5): 586–597. https://doi …

University students' profiles of burnout symptoms amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany and their relation to concurrent study behavior and experiences

D Turhan, T Schnettler, A Scheunemann… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Burnout symptoms are prevalent among university students. This study examined students'
understudied profiles of burnout symptoms and their relation to procrastination, dropout …

Efficacy of a short-term webcam-based telemedicine treatment of internet use disorders (OMPRIS): a multicentre, prospective, single-blind, randomised, clinical trial

J Dieris-Hirche, L Bottel, J Basten, M Pape… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Evidence-based treatments for internet use disorders (IUDs) are limited, and
online therapy approaches are poorly studied. We investigated the efficacy of a manualised …