Bachelor's and master's theses
You are welcome to write your bachelor's or master's thesis with us. We look forward to supervising interested and motivated students in their projects.
Theses in our department
At our department, students of psychology (bachelor's and master's) can write their thesis.
Topic of your thesis
As a rule, we supervise theses whose topics relate to our department's research focus.
Below you will find a selection of our main areas:
- Prevention and early intervention for mental health disorders in childhood and adolescence
- Resilience, protective factors and vulnerability in psychological development
- Attachment and the development of relationships
- Consequences of victimisation and adverse childhood experiences (including children and adolescents in out-of-home care)
- Eating disorders in childhood and adolescence (including anorexia nervosa)
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
- Digital and technology-based interventions in prevention and psychotherapy
- Efficacy and mechanisms of change in psychotherapeutic and preventive approaches
Currently available topics
- Adaptation/translation for an adolescent target group and validation of the Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT) Scale
- Disgust in people with traumatic (sexual) experiences
- Adaptation/translation and validation of the Child Loneliness and Social Dissatisfaction Questionnaire (Asher et al.)
- Adaptation of the Mainz Resilience Assessment for children
You are also welcome to propose your own topics.