2025 & in press

Stecker, J., Bollwerk, M., Schlipphak, B., Hellmann, J. H., Echterhoff, G., & Back, M. D. (2025). Feeling threatened by middle eastern immigrants: The role of RWA, SDO, subjective societal status, and religiosity in Germany. Personality Science, 6, 27000710241309807. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710241309807

2024

Churbaji, D. & Morina, N. (2024). Cognitive factors underlying the impact of post-migration stressors on subjective well-being: Well-being comparisons and self-efficacy. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 31(1), e2928. 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

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