Prof. Dr. Beate Schwarz

Prof. Dr. Beate Schwarz

ZHAW Angewandte Psychologie
Institut für Mental Health
Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8037 Zürich

+41 58 934 84 45
beate.schwarz@zhaw.ch

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Forschungsschwerpunkte: Migrationsforschung; Familienpsychologie; Jugendentwicklung, Kulturvergleich; Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen im Erwachsenenalter
Dozentin im CAS Migration und Bildung der Universität Bern

Berufserfahrung

Oberassistentin
Abteilung Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeitspsychologie an der Universität Basel
2005 - 2012
Wissenschaftliche Angestellte
Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungspsychologie und Kulturvergleich and der Universität Konstanz
2000 - 2005
wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in verschiedenen Forschungsprojekten zu Jugendentwicklung und Drogen, Familiäre Belastungen und Entwicklungstempo in neuen und alten Bundesländern und Familienentwicklung nach Trennung
an den Universitäten Giessen, Jena und München
1990 - 2000

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

Habilitation / Psychologie
Universität Konstanz
2000 - 2005
Dr. phil. / Psychologie
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
1990 - 1996
Diplom / Psychologie
TU Berlin
1983 - 1989

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Yeung, J. C. et al. (2026) 'Is societal progress muting the expressivity of negative emotions? Evidence from two cross-national studies', Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. doi: 10.1177/00220221261471052.
Kryś, K. et al. (2026) 'Happiness meanders : a cross-cultural dataset on happiness, emotions, and models of selfhood from 48 countries', Scientific Data, 13(1), p. 1092. doi: 10.1038/s41597-026-07175-6.
Okvitawanli, A. et al. (2025) 'Love beyond east and west : how cultural models of selfhood predict frequency of being in love', International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108(102233). doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102233.
Li, L. M. W. et al. (2024) 'The role of cultural heterogeneity in strengthening the link between family relationships and life satisfaction in 50 societies', Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(76). doi: 10.1007/s10902-024-00768-1.
Schwarz, B. and Pfammatter, P. (2024) 'The association of acculturation and well-being : second-generation immigrants in Switzerland', Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(77). doi: 10.1007/s10902-024-00794-z.
Krys, K. et al. (2024) 'Happiness maximization is a WEIRD way of living', Perspectives on Psychological Science, 20(5), pp. 874–902. doi: 10.1177/17456916231208367.
Sánchez-Rodríguez, Á. et al. (2023) 'Self-construals predict personal life satisfaction with different strengths across societal contexts differing in national wealth and religious heritage', Self and Identity, 22(5), pp. 689–712. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2023.2202413.
Krys, K. et al. (2023) 'Introduction to a culturally sensitive measure of well-being : combining life satisfaction and interdependent happiness across 49 different cultures', Journal of Happiness Studies, 24(2), pp. 607–627. doi: 10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1.
Krys, K. et al. (2023) 'Family first : evidence of consistency and variation in the value of family versus personal happiness across 49 different cultures', Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(3), pp. 323–339. doi: 10.1177/00220221221134711.
Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Á. et al. (2023) 'Unpackaging the link between economic inequality and self-construal', Self and Identity, 22(5), pp. 713–739. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2023.2200032.
Pfammatter, P. and Schwarz, B. (2022) 'Measuring sense of indebtedness in second-generation immigrants in Switzerland', Psychological Test Adaptation and Development, 3(1), pp. 106–115. doi: 10.1027/2698-1866/a000026.
Krys, K. et al. (2021) 'Societal emotional environments and cross-cultural differences in life satisfaction : a forty-nine country study', The Journal of Positive Psychology, 17(1), pp. 117–130. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332.
Krys, K. et al. (2021) 'Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption : evidence from fifty countries', Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(5), pp. 2197–2214. doi: 10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y.
Filus, A. et al. (2019) 'Parenting and late adolescents' well-being in Greece, Norway, Poland and Switzerland : associations with individuation from parents', Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(2), pp. 560–576. doi: 10.1007/s10826-018-1283-1.
Schaffhuser, K., Allemand, M. and Schwarz, B. (2017) 'Development of self-esteem and self-concepts during early adolescence : the role of gender, puberty, and school transition', The Journal of Early Adolescence, 37(6), pp. 774–804. doi: 10.1177/0272431615624841.
Krys, K. et al. (2016) 'Be careful where you smile : culture shapes judgments of intelligence and honesty of smiling individuals', Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 40(2), pp. 101–116. doi: 10.1007/s10919-015-0226-4.
Stutz, M. and Schwarz, B. (2014) 'Effects of different facets of paternal and maternal control behaviour on the early adolescents' perceived academic competence', European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 11(2), pp. 227–242. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2013.867846.
Lemola, S., Schwarz, B. and Siffert, A. (2012) 'Interparental conflict and early adolescents" aggression : is irregular sleep a vulnerability factor?', Journal of Adolescence, 35(1), pp. 97–105. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.001.
Schwarz, B. et al. (2012) 'Does the importance of parent and peer relationships for adolescents' life satisfaction vary across cultures?', The Journal of Early Adolescence, 32(1), pp. 55–80. doi: 10.1177/0272431611419508.
Schwarz, B., Stutz, M. and Ledermann, T. (2012) 'Perceived interparental conflict and early adolescents" friendships : the role of attachment security and emotion regulation', Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41(9), pp. 1240–1252. doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9769-4.
Siffert, A., Schwarz, B. and Stutz, M. (2011) 'Marital conflict and early adolescents' self-evaluation : the role of parenting quality and early adolescents' appraisals', Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41(6), pp. 749–763. doi: 10.1007/s10964-011-9703-1.
Siffert, A. and Schwarz, B. (2011) 'Parental conflict resolution styles and early adolescent adjustment : children's appraisals and emotion regulation as mediators', The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 172(1), pp. 21–39. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2010.503723.
Siffert, A. and Schwarz, B. (2011) 'Spouses" demand and withdrawal during marital conflict and their well-being', Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 28(2), pp. 262–277. doi: 10.1177/0265407510382061.
Schwarz, B. and Siffert, A. (2010) 'Die Bedrohlichkeit elterlicher Konflikte aus Sicht der Kinder : eine deutsche Fassung der Skala Threat aus der Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale', Diagnostica, 56(4), pp. 222–229. doi: 10.1026/0012-1924/a000027.
Schwarz, B. et al. (2010) 'Reciprocity in intergenerational support : a comparison of Chinese and German adult daughters', Journal of Family Issues, 31(2), pp. 234–256. doi: 10.1177/0192513X09347991.
Schwarz, B. et al. (2010) 'Intergenerational relations and life-satisfaction in mother-daughter dyads from Indonesia, China, and Germany', Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41(5-6), pp. 706–722. doi: 10.1177/0022022110372197.
Schwarz, B. (2009) 'Elterliche Konflikte und Depressivität Jugendlicher in Trennungsfamilien : zur Rolle der Triangulation', Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 56(2), pp. 95–104.
Schwarz, B. and Walper, S. (2009) 'Adolescents" individuation, romantic involvement and mothers" well-being : a comparison of three family structures', European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 6(4), pp. 499–520. doi: 10.1080/17405620701576712.

Buchbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Schwarz, B. (2018) 'Übergang ins Jugendalter', in Strohmer, J. (ed.) Psychologische Grundlagen für Fachkräfte in Kindergarten, Krippe und Hort. Bern: Hogrefe, pp. 209–214.
Schwarz, B. (2013) 'Intergenerational conflict : the case of adult children and their parents', in Albert, I. and Ferring, D. (eds) Intergenerational relations : European perspectives on family and society. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 131–145.
Schwarz, B. (2010) 'Generationenbeziehungen im Kulturvergleich', in Kornadt, H.-J. and Mayer, B. (eds) Psychologie-Kultur-Gesellschaft. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 141–159. doi: 10.1007/978-3-531-92212-6_6.
Schwarz, B. (2009) 'Kinder nach Trennung und Scheidung', in Schneider, S. and Margraf, J. (eds) Lehrbuch für Verhaltenstherapie : Band 3: Störungen des Kindes- und Jugendalters. Berlin: Springer, pp. 855–864. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-79545-2_47.
Kracke, B. and Schwarz, B. (2008) 'Entwicklungsfolgen des elterlichen Erziehungsverhaltens', in Hasselhorn, M. and Silbereisen, R. K. (eds) Enzyklopädie Psychologie: Serie V, Band 4 : Entwicklungspsychologie: Psychologie des Säuglings- und Kindesalters. Göttingen: Hogrefe, pp. 617–646.
Schwarz, B. (2007) 'Reorganisation der Familie nach Trennung und Scheidung', in Hasselhorn, M. and Schneider, W. (eds) Handbuch der Entwicklungspsychologie. Göttingen: Hogrefe, pp. 522–533.
Schwarz, B. (2007) 'Jugend im Kulturvergleich', in Trommsdorff, G. and Kornadt, H.-J. (eds) Enzyklopädie der Psychologie: Serie VII, Band 2 : Kulturvergleichende Psychologie: Erleben und Handeln im kulturellen Kontext. Göttingen: Hogrefe, pp. 599–641. Available at: https://elibrary.hogrefe.com/content/chapter/99.110005/9783840915031/14.pdf.

Schriftliche Konferenzbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Pfammatter, P., Staedler, I. and Schwarz, B. (2024) 'The relevance of social relations over course of adulthood among LGBTs', in 27th Conference of the International Society for Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Lisbon, Portugal, 16-20 June 2024. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31105.
Pfammatter, P., Soder, S. Y. and Schwarz, B. (2023) 'Do friends matter more than parents for LGBTs well-being? : the relevance of parents and friendships of cis-hetero and LGBT+ adult's well-being', in European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Turku, Finland, 28 August - 1 September 2023.
Pfammatter, P., Schmid, G. and Schwarz, B. (2022) 'Belonging to the LGBT+ community and intergenerational relations : the role of filial obligations', in 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Rhodos, Greece, 19-23 June 2022. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-25317.
Schwarz, B. and Pfammatter, P. (2019) 'Dealing with the challenges of ageing migrants in Switzerland : present and future of culture-sensitive care', in International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23 - 25 May 2019.

Weitere Publikationen

von Arx, C. and Schwarz, B. (2021) 'Welchen Stellenwert hat das Messen von Daten in der Schulpsychologie?', Pädagogische Führung, 32(4), pp. 146–148.
Pfammatter, P. and Schwarz, B. (2019) 'Sense of indebtedness : construct measurement quality among second generation immigrants', in 16th SPS SGP SSP Conference, Berne, 9-11 September 2019.
Schwarz, B., Bennett, J. and Métrailler, M. (2019) 'BEGIN: enhancing immigrants" social and professional integration through intergenerational mentoring', in 16th SPS SGP SSP Conference, Berne, 9-11 September 2019.
Schwarz, B. (2015) 'Being a student with child(ren) : stress and enrichment', in 17th European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Braga, Portugal, 8-12 September 2015.
Suter, L. et al. (2015) MIKE - Medien, Interaktion, Kinder, Eltern : Ergebnisbericht 2015. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2007.
Schwarz, B., Kramer, A. C. and Moser, A. (2014) Eine deutsche Version der Coparenting Relationship Scale. Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Mündliche Konferenzbeiträge und Abstracts

Schwarz, B. and Pfammatter, P. (2023) 'Junges Erwachsenenalter – Emerging Adulthood und Identitätsentwicklung von Minderheiten', in Konferenz der Kinder- und Erwachsenenschutzbehörde des Kantons Zürich, Schweiz, 6. Juli 2023.
Pfammatter, P., Schmid, G. and Schwarz, B. (2022) 'Belonging to the LGBT+ community and intergenerational relations : the role of filial obligations', in 17th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Zurich, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2022.
Schwarz, B. and Pfammatter, P. (2021) 'Acculturation and intergenerational relationships : second-generation immigrants in Switzerland', in 25th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP 2020+), online, 27-31 July 2021.
Schwarz, B. and Moser, A. (2017) 'Identity of immigrant adolescents in Switzerland : the role of peers and family', in 9th European Conference of the IACCP, Warsaw, Poland, 16-19 July 2017.
Gassmann Allgäuer, S. and Schwarz, B. (2017) 'Financial socialization of adolescents from Switzerland', in 9th European Conference of the IACCP, Warsaw, Poland, 16-19 July 2017.
Schwarz, B. (2017) 'Students with child(ren) : the relevance of family support', in 15th European Congress of Psychology, Amsterdam, 11-14 July 2017.
Mayer, B., Schwarz, B. and Trommsdorff, G. (2015) 'Adolescents' willingness for intergenerational support : relations to maternal parenting and life satisfaction in 14 cultures', in 17th European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Braga, Portugal, 8-12 September 2015.