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Mental health trajectories and protective factors in individuals affected by natural disasters: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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This project uses the ResiMETA database to investigate mental health trajectories and protective factors in individuals affected by natural disasters.

Authors: Lea Schaubruch (formerly Thomas) , Svenja Mrugalla , Sophie Streit , Elisabeth Limberg , Sarah Schäfer , Prof. Dr. Klaus Lieb

Date Published: 2026

Publication Type: Study Registration

Trajectories of Resilience and Resilience Factors in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Evidence from the ResiMETA Database

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This project uses the ResiMETA database to investigate trajectories of resilience and mental distress in cancer survivors and to examine resilience factors as predictors of these trajectories.

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

Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health Among Higher Education Students: Evidence Syntheses on the Current State of Research

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This project uses the ResiMETA database to investigate risk and protective factors for mental health among higher education students.

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

Positive mental states and their relation to psychosocial resources: protocol of a systematic review focusing on cultural moderators

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Introduction Fostering well-being and positive mental states are major aims of many strategies for the promotion of public mental health. Such strategies become increasingly important since many people …e worldwide suffer from psychological distress and mental disorders, resulting in substantial individual and societal costs. Within the last years, there is a shift from strategies solely focusing on the reduction of mental distress to those also aiming at the promotion of positive mental states. Correlates, that is, psychosocial resources, of positive mental states may represent a starting point for those interventions. To date, a comprehensive systematic review on those correlates is still missing as well as knowledge on culture-related differences. Methods and analysis A systematic review and meta-analysis on the longitudinal link between psychosocial resources (eg, income, optimism, social support and community coherence) and hedonic and eudaimonic positive mental states (eg, life satisfaction, happiness and forward-looking attitude) will be conducted. Using Hofstede’s dimensions of culture and global metrics of Education, Industrialisation, Richness and Democratic values (EIRDness), we will examine culture-related moderators of these associations. The systematic review will be conducted following standards of the Cochrane Collaboration and will be reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyse guidelines. Literature searches for primary studies will be carried out across four databases (APA PsycNet, Embase, Scopus and the Web of Science Core Collection), including all publications up to 27 January 2025. Screening at the level of titles and abstracts will be performed with the help of artificial intelligence software (ASReview). Study quality will be assessed using an adapted version of the Newcastle Ottawa Scale. We will employ multilevel meta-analyses of correlation coefficients, with cultural variables being examined as moderators. Ethics and dissemination This systematic review does not require ethics approval, as it solely uses previously published data. Materials and data used for this review will be shared via open repositories (https://osf.io/2xkhs/). Results will be published in an international, peer-reviewed journal and presented at conferences including plain language summaries. OSF registration DOI https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/K7X52

Authors: Max Supke, Sarah K Schäfer, Jana Meier, Hiro Taiyo Hamada, Makiko Yamada, Michele Wessa, Klaus Lieb

Date Published: 1st Aug 2025

Publication Type: Journal Article

Self-compassion in the moment: Dynamic changes of compassionate and uncompassionate self-responding in daily life.

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Authors: Nan Zhao, David L. Vogel, Thomas Kubiak, Lara Kristin Mey, Karolina Morello, Oliver Tüscher

Date Published: 1st Jul 2025

Publication Type: Journal Article

Neuroticism is Associated With Greater Affective Variability at High Levels of Momentary Affective Well‐Being, but With Lower Affective Variability at Low Levels of Momentary Affective Well‐Being

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ABSTRACT Objective Research challenged the notion that neuroticism correlates with affective variability, suggesting that it may result from statistical artifacts due to the non‐normal distribution of …cts due to the non‐normal distribution of negative affect. We aim to advance this line of research by (a) introducing affect balance as a normally distributed measure of affective well‐being and (b) examining current affect balance as a moderator of the relationship between neuroticism and affect balance variability. Method We meta‐analyzed the results of 14 ambulatory assessment datasets ( N  = 2389 participants, N  = 174,423 observations). Result s We found that while the associations between the mean and affective variability were large for negative affect, they were much smaller for affect balance. Moreover, the association between neuroticism and variability in negative affect was very small, yet medium‐sized for affect balance. Importantly, the latter association depended on current affect levels: Participants high relative to low in neuroticism showed stronger subsequent fluctuations in affect balance when currently feeling better than usual, but weaker subsequent fluctuations in (and thus more persistent) affect balance when currently feeling worse than usual. Conclusion Increased variability should not be seen as a bad sign but may be a sign that an affective system is changing, which may be adaptive or maladaptive for an individual, depending on the initial state of the system.

Authors: Mario Wenzel, Whitney R. Ringwald, Aleksandra Kaurin, Oliver Tüscher, Thomas Kubiak, Aidan G. C. Wright

Date Published: 1st Jun 2025

Publication Type: Journal Article

The role of self-care and self-compassion in networks of resilience and stress among healthcare professionals

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Abstract Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are essential for maintaining our healthcare system but are at risk for developing mental health issues due to chronic occupational stress. This can lead to a …an lead to a vicious cycle with extended sick leave, increased workloads for colleagues, and strain on the healthcare system. Therefore, preventive interventions aiming at enhancing resilience - the maintenance of mental health despite stress - are essential. Yet, identifying the most impactful resilience factors has been challenging. To explore the relationships between resilience factors, stress, mental health, and work-related outcomes, we conducted regularized partial correlation network analyses focusing on self-care and self-compassion. Cross-sectional data from HCPs in Germany were collected from June-July 2023. Analyses of 212 HCPs (age 41.63 [21–68] years; 81.60% women) revealed self-compassion as the most important factor across all networks, while the importance of self-care showed through individual connections to crucial factors like mental health problems and work-life balance. Work engagement, contrary to burnout, was closely interrelated with resilience factors. In conclusion, despite accounting for established evidence-based resilience factors, self-compassion and self-care seem crucial in the context of stress and mental health in HCPs. More research is needed to validate the causal importance of self-care and self-compassion.

Authors: Carolina Pank, Lisa von Boros, Klaus Lieb, Nina Dalkner, Sebastian Egger-Lampl, Dirk Lehr, Sarah K. Schäfer, Oliver Tüscher, Michèle Wessa

Date Published: 27th May 2025

Publication Type: Journal Article

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