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Research Focus: Psychological Diagnostics, Intervention and Evaluation in Areas of Application – General Characterization
This research focus combines research activities from six areas of work. You can visit the research sites of the individual work units by clicking on the corresponding links.
| Psychological Diagnostics, Intervention and Evaluation in Business Psychology (Prof. Dr. Kathleen Otto) | Examination of cognitive, motivational and emotional processes of persons in organizations under a diagnostic, behavior and relationship-modifying perspective |
| Diagnostics and Intervention for Problem Solving in Childhood and Adolescence (Prof. Dr. Martin Pinquart) | Requirements in various developmental phases and measures for problem solving |
| Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Methods in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Prof. Dr. Winfried Rief) | Diagnostics and intervention for various mental disorders and functional physical complaints |
| Diagnostics, Consulting and Evaluation in Pediatric and Adolescent Psychology (Prof. Dr. Malte Schwinger, Prof. Dr. Detlef H. Rost) | Broad range of problems in pedagogical psychology and applied developmental psychology |
| Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Procedures (Prof. Dr. Sarah Teige-Mocigemba) | Development and examination of methods for recording “automatic” processes in attitudes, stereotypes, self-esteem and self-concept |
| Conflict Research (Prof. Dr. Christopher Cohrs, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Wagner) | Causes and phases of interpersonal and intergroup conflicts, options for systematic intervention for the purposes of conflict reduction and avoidance |
With respect to different fields of application, the common objective is to record the behaviors and experiences of humans as well as the scientific development and evaluation of methods of intervention. There are seven areas of work involved in this research focus. This research is being funded by several individual projects of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) and the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesministerium für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, BAuA).