2024 & in press
Churbaji, D. & Morina, N. (in press). Cognitive factors underlying the impact of post-migration stressors on subjective well-being: Well-being comparisons and self-efficacy. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2928
Knausenberger, J., Hellmann, J. H., Stanke, F. A., Bechler, I., Haarmann, L. S. C., Jehn, M., & Echterhoff, G. (2024). Majority residents’ perceptions of “economic” and “political” refugees: Psychological processes underlying the flight-reason bias. European Journal of Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.3088
Niemann, L. & Hertel, G. (2024). "How long are you gonna stay?" Implications of residents' perceptions of refugees' occupational future time perspective in receiving countries. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 1-21. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12134-024-01117-0
Stecker, J., Bollwerk, M., Schlipphak, B., Hellmann, J. H., Echterhoff, G., & Back, M. D. (in press). Feeling threatened by middle eastern immigrants: The role of RWA, SDO, subjective societal status, and religiosity in Germany. Personality Science.
2023
Assche, J. van, Swart, H., Schmid, K., Dhont, K., Al Ramiah, A., Christ, O., Kauff, M., Rothmann, S., Savelkoul, M., Tausch, N., Wölfer, R., Zahreddine, S., Saleem, M., & Hewstone, M. (2023). Intergroup contact is reliably associated with reduced prejudice, even in the face of group threat and discrimination. American Psychologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001144
Lechner-Meichsner, F., Weiß, J., Ehring, T., Morina, N., & Steil, R. (2023). Behandlung der Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung mit Imagery Rescripting bei geflüchteten Menschen. Verhaltenstherapie & Psychosoziale Praxis, 55, 37-47.
Knausenberger, J., Hellmann, J. H., & Echterhoff, G. (2023). Residents’ attitudes toward refugee integration: The role of shared identity and refugees’ perceived openness to novel experiences. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, 100160. doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100160
Nieder, C., Müller-Butzkamm, G. & Kärtner, J, (2023). Evaluation of Eltern Aktiv – A parenting program for refugee families in Germany. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2023.2235670
Niemann, L., & Hertel, G. (2023). Refugees’ occupational future time perspective: Implications for their integration in receiving countries. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 5, 100139. doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100139
Pötzschke, S., Weiß, B., Daikeler, J., Silber, H., & Beuthner, C. (2023). A guideline on how to recruit respondents for online surveys using Facebook and Instagram: Using hard-to-reach health workers as an example (GESIS Survey Guidelines). GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.15465/GESIS-SG_EN_045
Schlechter, P., Hellmann, J. H., Kamp, S., Echterhoff, G., Wanninger, K., Wagner, U., & Knausenberger, J. (2023). Improving attitudes toward psychotherapy in residents and Syrian refugees in Germany: An interview vignette intervention study. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(4), 490-509. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221231171060
Schlechter P., Hellmann, J. H., & Morina, N. (2023). Assessing somatic symptoms with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) in Syrian refugees. Assessment, 30 (4), 1211–1225. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911221086986.
Schlechter P., Hellmann, J. H., & Morina, N. (2023). Self-efficacy and locus of control as transdiagnostic factors in Middle Eastern refugees. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14:1, 2180707. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2180707.
Schlechter P., Wagner, U., Morina, N., & Hellmann, J. H. (2023). Psychotherapy motivation in refugees: The role of alexithymia, stigmatization, self-esteem, and psychotherapy expectations. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 15, 227-236. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001167
Thölmann, C., Gemein, R., Gross, J., Knausenberger, J., & Echterhoff, G. (2023). Geflüchtete erster und zweiter Klasse? Reaktionen auf syrische und ukrainische Geflüchtete in Deutschland. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bd5uc
Van Tubergen, F., Kogan, I., Kosyakova, Y., & Pötzschke, S. (2023). Self-Selection of Ukrainian Refugees and Displaced Persons in Europe. Journal of Refugee Studies, December, fead089. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fead089.
Wehrle, K., Kira, M., Klehe, U.-C., & Hertel, G. (2023). Scorched Earth: Employers’ Breached Trust in Refugees’ Labor Market Integration. Business & Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503231202022
2022
Back, M., Echterhoff, G., Müller, O., Pollack, D. & Schlipphak, B. (2022). Von Verteidigern und Entdeckern: Ein neuer Identitätskonflikt in Europa. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/9783658368074
Bollwerk, M., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2022). Development and validation of the Perceived Societal Marginalization Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment 38(2), 137. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000651
Echterhoff, G. (in press). A psychological perspective on refugee migration: The impact of forcedness and perils. In T. Faist al. (Eds.), Gesellschaft und Natur mit Migrationshintergrund. Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste.
Echterhoff, G., Becker, J. C., Knausenberger, J., & Hellmann, J. H. (2022). Helping in the context of refugee immigration. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 106-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.035
Faist, G., Echterhoff, G., Friedrichs, A., Kohse-Höinghaus, K., Krämer, W., Nußberger, A., von Scheliha, A., Schmidt, C. M., Stichweh, R., & Thurn, H.-P. (Eds.), Gesellschaft und Natur mit Migrationshintergrund [Migration background in society and nature]. Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste.
Farkhari, F, Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2022). Individual‐level predictors of conspiracy mentality in Germany and Poland. Politics and Governance, 10(4), 203–215. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i4.5865
Hellmann, J. H., Schlechter, P., Knausenberger, J., Wehrle, K., Schiefer, D., Arian, M., Klehe, U.-C., & Echterhoff, G. (2022). Social media use by refugees residing in Germany: Prevalence and a potential relationship with migration forcedness. Preprint available at https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wjhav
Hellmann, J. H., Übergünne-Otte, L., Heimlich, S., Kalyegira, J., Echterhoff, G., Memon, A., Knausenberger, J., & Schlechter, P. (2022). Ugandan and British individuals' views of refugees in their countries: An exploratory mixed-methods comparison. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 32(1), 42-56. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2556
Knausenberger, J., Arian, M., Hellmann, J. H., & Echterhoff, G. (2022). Refugees’ and non-refugee migrants' regret about migration and confidence in integration: The role of forcedness and perils before and during migration. International Journal of Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12835
Kotzur, P. F., Friehs, M. T., Schmidt, P., Wagner, U., Pötzschke, S., & Weiß, B. (2022). Attitudes towards refugees: Introducing a short three‐dimensional scale. British Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12538
Landmann, H., Rohmann, A., Gaschler, R., Weissinger, S., & Mazziotta, A. (2022). Context matters - Social context moderates the association between indirect intergroup contact and attitudes towards refugees. Social Psychology, 53(6), 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000505
Maehler, D. B. (2022). Determinants of ethnic identity development in adulthood: A longitudinal study. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 40(1), 46-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12384
Niemann, L., & Hertel, G. (2022). Perceived forcedness and perils of migration: Development and validation of a questionnaire for residents in receiving countries. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 89(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2022.05.002
Pötzschke, S. (2022). Using the innovative to improve the established: The employment of social networking sites as recruitment tools in migrant surveys. International Migration, 60(2), 261–265. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12987
Pötzschke, S., & Rinken, S. (Eds.). (2022). Migration research in a digitized world: Using innovative technology to tackle methodological challenges. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01319-5
Pötzschke, S., Weiß, B., Hebel, A., Piepenburg, J. G., & Popek, O. (2022). Preliminary findings from an online survey of Ukrainian refugees in Germany and Poland. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2022/05/12/preliminary-findings-from-an-online-survey-of-ukrainian-refugees-in-germany-and-poland/
Schäfer, S. J., Simsek, M., Jaspers, E., Kros, M., Hewstone, M., Schmid, K., Fell, B. F., Dorrough, A. R., Glöckner, A., & Christ, O. (2022). Dynamic contact effects: Individuals’ positive and negative contact history influences intergroup contact effects in a behavioral game./Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 123(1), 107–122. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000374
Schlechter, P.*, Hellmann, J. H.*, McNally, R. J., Morina, N. (2022). The longitudinal course of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in war survivors: Insights from cross-lagged panel network analyses. Journal of Traumatic Stress. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22795 *shared first authorship
Schlechter, P., Hellmann, J. H., & Morina, N. (2022). Assessing somatic symptoms with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) in Syrian refugees. Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F10731911221086986
Schlipphak, B. & Back, M. D. (2022). Konflikte um Identität in Europa – eine empirische Bestandsaufnahme. In: Kneip, S. & Rasemann, C. (Hrsg.). Repräsentation – Identität – Beteiligung. Zum Zustand und Wandel der Demokratie. Schriftenreihe der BpB Band 10871. Bonn: BpB, 241-255.
Schlipphak, B., Isani, M., & Back, M. D. (2022). Conspiracy theory beliefs and political trust: The moderating role of political communication. Politics and Governance, 10(4), 157–167. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i4.5755
Stelter, M., Simon, D., Calanchini, J., Christ, O., & Degner, J. (2022). Real-life outgroup exposure, self-reported outgroup contact and the other-race effect. British Journal of Psychology, 00, 1– 22. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12600
2021
Frischlich, L., Hellmann, J. H., Brinkschulte, F., Becker, M., & Back, M. D. (2021). Right-wing authoritarianism, conspiracy mentality, and susceptibility to distorted alternative news. Social Influence, 16(1), 24-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2021.1966499
Hellmann, J. H.*, Schlechter, P.*, Knausenberger, J., Bollwerk, M., Geukes, K., & Back, M. D. (2021). Measuring perceived realistic physical threat by migrants: Scale development and validation. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000668 *shared first authorship
Hoppen, T. H., Priebe, S., Vetter, I., & Morina, N. (2021). Global burden of post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression in countries affected by war between 1989 and 2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Global Health, 6:e006303. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006303
Kauff, M., Beneda, M., Paolini, S., Bilewicz, M., Kotzur, P., O'Donnell, A. W., Stevenson, C., Wagner, U., & *Christ, O.* (2021). How do we get people into contact? Predictors of intergroup contact and drivers of contact seeking. Journal of Social Issues, 77(1), 38–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12398
Maehler, D. B., Pötzschke, S., Ramos, H., & Pritchard, P. (2021). Geflüchtete Kinder und Jugendliche: Ein Literaturreview zu Design und Umsetzung empirischer Forschung. German Journal of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (Z’Flucht), 5(2), 179–209. https://doi.org/10.5771/2509-9485-2021-2-179
Morina, N., Hoppen, T. H., & Kip, A. (2021). Study quality and efficacy of psychological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychological Medicine, 51, 1260–1270. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721001641
Purgato, M., Richards, J. Prina, E., Kip, A., Piccolo, L. D., Michencigh, G., Rimondini, M., Rudi, R., Vitali, F., Carta, M. G., Morina, N., Schena, F., & Barbui, C. (2021). Physical activity interventions on psychological outcomes in refugee, asylum seeker and migrant populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 54, 101901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.101901
Schäfer, S., Kauff, M., Kros, M., Prati, F., Lang, T., & *Christ, O.* (2021).**Does negative contact undermine attempts to improve intergroup relations? Deepening the understanding of negative contact and its consequences for intergroup contact research and interventions. Journal of Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12422
Schlechter, P.*, Hellmann, J. H.*, & Morina, N. (2021). Unraveling specifics of mental health symptoms in war survivors who fled versus stayed in the area of conflict using network analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 290, 93-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.072 *shared first authorship
Schlechter, P.,* Hellmann, J. H.,* Wingbermühle, P., & Morina, N. (2021). Which psychological characteristics influence therapists’ readiness to work with refugees? Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28(2), 334-344. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2508 * shared first authorship
Schlechter, P., Kamp, S., Wanninger, K., Knausenberger, J., Wagner, U., Wilkinson, P., Nohr, L., & Hellmann, J. H. (2021). Help-seeking attitudes and distress disclosure among Syrian refugees in Germany and German residents. The Counseling Psychologist, 49(3), 330-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000020974934
Schlechter, P., Rodriguez, I. M., Morina, N. Knausenberger, J., Wilkinson, P., & Hellmann, J. H. (2021). Psychological distress in refugees: The role of traumatic events, resilience, social support, and support by religious faith. Psychiatry Research, 304, 114-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114121
Schlechter, P., Wagner, U., Morina, N., & Hellmann, J. H. (2021). Psychotherapy motivation in refugees: The role of alexithymia, stigmatization, self-esteem, and psychotherapy expectations. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001167
Schlechter, P., Wilkinson, P. O., Knausenberger, J., Wanninger, K., Kamp, S., Morina, N., & Hellmann, J. H. (2021). Depressive and anxiety symptoms in refugees: Insights from classical test theory, item response theory, and network analysis. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28(1), 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2499
Schlipphak, B., Bollwerk, M., & Back, M. D. (2021). Beliefs in conspiracy theories (CT): The role of country context. Political Research Exchange, 3, 1949358. https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2021.1949358
Stecker, J., Bürkner, P. C., Hellmann, J. H., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2021). First impressions of faces of refugees are more strongly influenced by target cues and perceiver attitudes than by sheer group affiliation. Collabra: Psychology, 7(1): 22160. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.22160
Steil, R., Lechner-Meichsner, F., Johow, J., Krüger-Gottschalk, A., Nater-Mewes, R., Reese, J.-P., Schumm, H., Weise, C., Morina, N.*, & Ehring, T.* (2021). Brief imagery rescripting vs. usual care and treatment advice in refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder: Study protocol for a multi-center randomized-controlled trial. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12:1, 1872967. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1872967 *shared senior authorship
Turrini, G., Tedeschi, F., Cuijpers, P., Del Giovane, C., Kip, A., Morina, N., Nosè, M., Ostuzzi, G., Purgato, M., Ricciardi, C., Sijbrandij, M., Tol, W., & Barbui, C. (2021). A network meta-analysis of psychosocial interventions for refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD. BMJ Global Health, 6:e005029. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005029
Weise, C., Grupp, F., Reese, J.-P., Schade-Brittinger, C., Ehring, T., Morina, N., Stangier, U., Steil, R., & Mewes, R. (2021). Efficacy of a low-threshold, culturally-sensitive group psychoeducation programme for asylum seekers (LoPe): Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 11(10), e047385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047385
2020
Echterhoff, G., Hellmann, J. H., Back, M. D., Kärtner, J., Morina, N., & Hertel, G. (2020). Psychological antecedents of refugee integration (PARI). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(4), 856–879. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619898838
Hellmann, J. H., Forthmann, B., Knausenberger, J., Hellmann, D. F., Rees, J. H., Gansel, E., Back, M. D., & Echterhoff, G. (2020). Support for refugee integration in West and East Germany: Results from two lost letter studies. Social Psychology, 51(2), 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000397
Hellmann, J. H. (2020). „Jetzt lernen wir uns erstmal schön kennen und dann wird das schon.“ Positive und negative Kontakterfahrungen mit Fremden und Vorurteile. Das In-Mind Magazin.
Kip, A., Holling, H., Priebe, S. & Morina, N. (2020). Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in refugees. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 27(4), 489-503. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2446
Maehler, D. B., Pötzschke, S., Ramos, H., Pritchard, P., & Fleckenstein, J. (2020). Studies on young refugees: A scoping review in educational research. Adolescent Research Review, 6, 15-31. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40894-019-00129-7
Morina, N., Hoppen, T. H., & Priebe, S. (2020). Out of sight, out of mind: Refugees are just the tip of the iceberg. An illustration using the cases of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11: 179. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00179
2019
Becker, J. C., Ksenofontov, I., Siem, B., & Love, A. (2019). Antecedents and consequences of autonomy- and dependency-oriented help toward refugees. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 831-838. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2554
Echterhoff, G., Hellmann, J. H., Back, M. D., & Esses, V. M., & Wagner, U. (2019). The social psychology of forced migration and refugee integration. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(7), 1337-1343. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2613
Hahn, E., Richter, D., Schupp, J., & Back, M. D. (2019). Predictors of refugee adjustment: The importance of cognitive skills and personality. Collabra: Psychology, 5(1), 23. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.212
Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (2019). The prevalence of PTSD and major depression in the global population of adult war survivors: A meta-analytically informed estimate in absolute numbers. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10:1, 1578637. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1578637
Landmann, H., Gaschler, R., & Rohmann, A. (2019). What is threatening about refugees? Identifying different types of threat and their association with emotional responses and attitudes towards refugee migration. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49(7), 1401-1420. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2593
Morina, N., & Sterr, T. N. (2019). Lack of evidence for the efficacy of psychotherapies for PTSD and depression in child and adolescent refugees. World Psychiatry, 18(1), 107-108. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20596
Pritchard, P., Maehler, D. B., Ramos, H., & Pötzschke, S. (2019). Integrating refugee child and youth: A scoping review of English and German research literature. Journal of Refugee Studies, 32(1), i183–i193. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fez024
Rees, J. H., Rees, Y. P. M., Hellmann, J. H., & Zick, A. (2019). Climate of hate: Similar correlates of far right electoral support and right-wing hate crimes in Germany. Frontiers in Psychology, 10: 2328. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02328
Wölfer, R., *Christ, O.*, Schmid, K., Tausch, N., Buchallik, F., Vertovec, S. & Hewstone, M. (2019). Indirect contact predicts direct contact: Longitudinal evidence and the mediating role of intergroup anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116, 277-295. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000146
2018
Morina, N., Stam, K., Pollet, T. V., & Priebe, S. (2018). Prevalence of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in adult civilian survivors of war who stay in war-afflicted regions: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. Journal of Affective Disorders, 239, 328-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.07.027
Morina, N., & Nickerson, A. (Eds.) (2018). Mental health of refugee and conflict-affected populations: Theory, research and clinical practice. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN-13: 978-3319970455.
2017
Morina, N., Malek, M., Nickerson, A., & Bryant, R. A. (2017). Meta-analysis of interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in adult survivors of mass violence in low- and middle-income countries. Depression & Anxiety, 34, 679-691. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22618
Morina, N., Malek, M., Nickerson, A., & Bryant, R. A. (2017). Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in young survivors of mass violence in low- and middle-income countries: meta-analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry, 210, 247-254. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.115.180265
Schlechter, P., Kamp, S., Wanninger, K., Knausenberger, J., Wagner, U., Wilkinson, P., Nohr, L., & Hellmann, J. H. (2021). Help-seeking attitudes and distress disclosure among Syrian refugees in Germany and German residents. The Counseling Psychologist, 49(3), 330-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000020974934