ResiMETA is an open-access, continuously updated database for trajectory-based resilience research summarizing over 300 studies on mental health responses to stress and the predictive value of psychosocial resilience factors. It is conducted by the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research in Mainz, Germany.
Programme: Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung (LIR) gGmbH
SEEK ID: https://ldh.lir-mainz.imise.uni-leipzig.de/projects/4
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NFDI4Health PALs: No PALs for this Project
Project created: 4th Jun 2025
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- : ResiMETA is an open-access, continuously updated database for trajectory-based resilience research. It compiles and organizes data from a wide range of studies investigating patterns of adaptation and recovery following stressful life events using longitudinal trajectory-based modeling. Some studies also examine psychological variables (so-called resilience factors) as predictors of resilient responses. The database only comprises aggregated data at study level, and no individual participant data. It encompasses information on population characteristics including sociocultural and socioeconomic variables, study design, methods, mental health outcomes, modelled trajectories and resilience factors. ResiMETA aims to provide a platform for knowledge transfer and collaborations on evidence syntheses in the field of resilience research. It provides a comprehensive overview of existing findings in the field. Furthermore researchers are encouraged to use ResiMETA for their own research projects by adding additional data or analyzing subsets of the included studies (e.g., responses to specific types of stressors or in specific age groups). The database is documented according to FAIR principles (findability, accessibility, interoperability, reusability) and accessible via the Open Science Framework (OSF; https://osf.io/xcwtk/).
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- : resilience
- : trajectory
- : resilience factors
- : mental health
- : stress
- : database
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- : Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR)
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- : resimeta@lir-mainz.de
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- Organisation(s) associated with the contributor
- : Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR)
- : Wallstraße 7, 55122 Mainz, Germany
- : https://lir-mainz.de
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 00q5t0010
- : ROR
- : Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Landau, Germany
- : Fortstraße 7, 76829 Landau, Germany
- : https://rptu.de/
- Digital identifier(s)
- : https://ror.org/01qrts582
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- : Personal
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- Details about the contributing person(s)
- : Principal investigator
- : Klaus
- : Lieb
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 0000-0002-9609-4261
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- Organisation(s) associated with the contributor
- : Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR)
- : Wallstraße 7, 55122 Mainz, Germany
- : https://lir-mainz.de
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 00q5t0010
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- : Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center Mainz, Germany
- : Untere Zahlbacher Str. 8, 55131 Mainz, Germany
- : https://www.unimedizin-mainz.de/psychiatrie
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- : 00q1fsf04
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- Details about the contributing person(s)
- : Principal investigator
- : Sarah K.
- : Schäfer
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 0000-0001-9885-3252
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- Organisation(s) associated with the contributor
- : Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany
- : Wallstraße 7, 55122 Mainz, Germany
- : https://lir-mainz.de
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 00q5t0010
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- : Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychodiagnostics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
- : Universitätsplatz 2, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
- : https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/psychologie/klinische
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 010nsgg66
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- : Personal
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- Details about the contributing person(s)
- : Creator/Author
- : Svenja
- : Mrugalla
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 0009-0008-3499-3721
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- : svenja.mrugalla@lir-mainz.de
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- Organisation(s) associated with the contributor
- : Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR)
- : Wallstraße 7, 55122 Mainz, Germany
- : https://lir-mainz.de
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- : 00q5t0010
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- : Personal
- Details about the contributing organisation(s)/institution(s)/group(s)
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- Details about the contributing person(s)
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- : Lea M.
- : Schaubruch
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 0009-0006-8927-6610
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- : lea.schaubruch@lir-mainz.de
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- Organisation(s) associated with the contributor
- : Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR)
- : Wallstraße 7, 55122 Mainz, Germany
- : https://lir-mainz.de
- Digital identifier(s)
- : 00q5t0010
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- : Non-interventional
- Specification of the type of the Project
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- : Longitudinal
- Primary health condition(s) or disease(s) considered in the Project
- : mental health
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- Groups of diseases or conditions(*)
- : Mental and behavioural disorders (V), Other
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- Administrative information about the Project
- : Approval not required
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- Eligibility criteria for Project participants
- Eligibility criteria: Minimum age
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- Eligibility criteria: Maximum age
- : 100
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- : (1) individuals affected by macro stressors (i.e., major life events, potentially traumatic events) irrespective of their valence; (2) individuals of all ages, irrespective of their gender, geographic location, ethnicity, or nationality; (3) irrespective of recruitment context (e.g., from clinical contexts or the general population); (4) irrespective of individuals’ mental health status (e.g., values below or above cut-off in a screening instrument for mental disorder, diagnostic criteria for mental illness are fulfilled or not); (5) irrespective of individuals’ physical health status (e.g., diagnosed diseases, pharmacotherapy, current hospitalization)
- : (1) populations not exposed to stressors or only exposed to micro stressors or daily hassles – that is, irritating, frustrating, and distressing demands as part of everyday interactions with environment such as time pressure, inner concerns, or work hassles
- Population of the Project(*)
- : International
- : Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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- Interventions of the Project
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- Exposures of the Project
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- Outcome measures in the Project
- : diverse metal health measures
- : including a broad range of measures of mental distress and positive mental health used in the primary studies included in the review project
- : Primary
- : at least 3 timepoints, depending on primary study design
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- Data sharing strategy of the Project(*)
- : Yes, there is a plan to make data available
- : Data dictionary, Study protocol
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- Non-interventional aspects of the Project
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- Interventional aspects of the Project
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Institutions: Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research
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Germany
City: Mainz
Web page: https://lir-mainz.de/en/lir
Meta-Analyses based on the ResiMETA database.
Submitter: Charlotte Dörschner
Studies: Mental health trajectories and protective factors in individuals affecte..., Multilevel Resilience Factors in Working Populations, Resilient Responses to Macro Stressors in Sub-Saharan Africa Populations, Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health Among Higher Education Stu..., Trajectories of Resilience and Resilience Factors in Children, Adolescen..., Trajectories of resilience and resilience factors in cancer survivors
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This study systematically synthesizes evidence on mental health trajectories after natural disasters using the ResiMETA database to identify common patterns of mental distress and well-being, their prevalence, determinants, and the predictive role of psychosocial resilience factors.
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Building on the open-access database ResiMETA, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to address key research gaps in resilience trajectories and resilience factors among children, adolescents, and young adults. Specifically, we seek to identify the most common trajectories of mental distress and/or positive mental health following macro stressor exposure in this population and to estimate the prevalences of different trajectories across various mental health outcomes. Moreover, we examine ...
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The current project aims to conduct the first systematic review summarizing knowledge on resilient responses as well as on resilience factors that shape those responses to stress among populations in SSA. Given the global relevance of resilience research, there is a critical need to examine the applicability of key findings in African populations, and to study specific nuances in African contexts.
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It is our aim to close this gap with systematically synthesizing evidence on multilevel (i.e., individual, social, organizational, societal) resilience factors and resilience mechanisms in working populations with a special focus on the subgroup of HCWs.
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This project aims to address the outlined research gaps by synthesizing evidence from longitudinal studies on mental health trajectories and resilience factors in cancer survivors with focus on: (1) identifying common trajectories of mental distress and/or positive mental health, (2) estimating the prevalence of these trajectories and (3) examining the predictive value of resilience factors for trajectory probabilities. This review will be conducted in collaboration with the ResiMETA database (An ...
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Abstract
Authors: Lea Schaubruch (formerly Thomas) , Svenja Mrugalla , Sophie Streit , Elisabeth Limberg , Sarah Schäfer , Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb
Date Published: 2026
Publication Type: Study Registration
Citation: OSF Registries. https://osf.io/kdpv2/.
Abstract
Authors: Anna Fichtenkamm, Lea Schaubruch (formerly Thomas) , Svenja Mrugalla, Sophie Streit, Elisabeth Limberg, Rachel Eckford, Michele Wessa, Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb , Sarah Schäfer
Date Published: 2026
Publication Type: Study Registration
Citation: OSF Registries. https://osf.io/be6rq/.
Abstract
Authors: Natalie Schöllner , Jan Broll , Jutta Stoffers-Winterling , Lea Schaubruch (formerly Thomas) , Sophie Streit , Svenja Mrugalla , Stefan Watzke , Oliver Tüscher , Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb , Sarah Schäfer
Date Published: 2026
Publication Type: Study Registration
Citation: OSF Registries. https://osf.io/3hbst/.
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Authors: Lea Schaubruch (Formerly Thomas) , Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb , Sarah Schäfer, Sophie Streit, Svenja Mrugalla
Date Published: 2025
Publication Type: Study Registration
Citation: OSF Registries. https://osf.io/zfb5e/.
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Authors: Svenja Mrugalla, Sarah Schäfer, Temitayo Olurin, Lea Schaubruch (formerly Thomas) , Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb
Date Published: 2025
Publication Type: Study Registration
Citation: OSF Registries. https://osf.io/hp7a2/.
Creator: Charlotte Dörschner
Submitter: Charlotte Dörschner
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The ResiMETA data dictionary provides concise definitions and coding schemes for all variables in the database. It supports consistent data entry, analysis, and interpretation across resilience research studies.
Creators: Svenja Mrugalla, Lea Schaubruch
Submitter: Lea Schaubruch
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This document outlines the methodology, review protocol, eligibility criteria, and data extraction procedures of the ResiMETA project. It provides comprehensive guidance for understanding the database structure and for researchers intending to use ResiMETA for their own work.
Creators: Svenja Mrugalla, Lea Schaubruch
Submitter: Lea Schaubruch
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Studies: No Studies
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