Dr. Julia Quehenberger

Projects

• A Pilot Study of the Implementation of the ABC Program / Project leader / ongoing
• The problem of noise in child protection / Team member / ongoing
• Social Virtual Reality: Training toolkit for the assessment of emotional maltreatment of children / Team member / ongoing
• The role of schools in detecting and responding to child maltreatment / Team member / completed
• Promotion and Protection of Children's Rights: Analysis of the Current Situation and Need for Action / Team member / completed
• Social work in Virtual Reality / Team member / completed
• Zurich Adoption Study: Researching factors influencing child and family from a longitudinal perspective (3rd wave) / Team member / completed
• Digital transformation and everyday life in families during the corona pandemic: Impact on well-being of ZHAW employees and their children / Project leader / completed
• EuSARF 2021: International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents / Team member / completed
• The impact of standardized tools on child protection assessment / Team member / completed
• Efficacy of socio-educational family interventions in child protection cases / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Portmann, R., Kaiser, S., Quehenberger, J., Lätsch, D., & Jud, A. (2025). Documentation of child neglect : do assessment tools make a difference? Child Abuse & Neglect, 167(107592). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107592
• Jud, A., Portmann, R., Lätsch, D., Quehenberger, J., & Voll, P. (2025). Veränderungen durch strukturierte Abklärung im Kinderschutz : Herausforderungen für die Wirkungsforschung. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 72(4), 279–292. https://doi.org/10.2378/peu2025.art19d
• Stoll, D., Jud, A., Wehrli, S., Lätsch, D., Steinmann, S., Wallimann, M. S., & Quehenberger, J. (2025). Case reports unlocked : leveraging retrieval-augmented generation with large language models to advance research on psychological child maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 169(107653). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107653
• Lätsch, D., Quehenberger, J., Portmann, R., & Jud, A. (2023). Children’s participation in the child protection system : are young people from poor families less likely to be heard? Children and Youth Services Review, 145(106762). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106762

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Stoll, D., Jud, A., Wehrli, S., Steinmann, S., Wallimann, M. S., & Quehenberger, J. (2025, September 10). Case reports unlocked : leveraging retrieval-augmented generation with large language models to advance research on child psychological maltreatment. 18th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zagreb, Croatia, 8-12 September 2025.
• Du, H., Jia, S., Gautschi, J., Quehenberger, J., Lätsch, D., & Pan, X. (2023). Towards more child safety-oriented decisions through VR [Conference poster]. In H. Du (Ed.), 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 687–688). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00186

Other publications

• Wallimann, M. S., Jud, A., Quehenberger, J., Gabriel, T., & Lätsch, D. (2025). Häufigkeiten von Gewalterfahrungen Jugendlicher im sozialen Nahraum. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34664.2
• Keller, S., Quehenberger, J., Gabriel, T., Fritz, L., Seitz, A., Graf-Mötteli, M., & Spühler, M. (2025). Zürcher Adoptionsstudie Kurzbericht : die wichtigsten Ergebnisse aus der dritten Erhebungswelle - quantitativ (2020) und qualitativ (2021/2022). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34720
• Ruggiero, R., Lätsch, D., Krüger, P., Nehme, S., Mitrovic, T., & Quehenberger, J. (2023). Independent children’s rights institution in Switzerland : the state of play and actions to be taken. Federal Social Insurance Office FSIO. https://www.bsv.admin.ch/bsv/en/home/publications-and-services/forschung/forschungspublikationen/_jcr_content/par/externalcontent.bitexternalcontent.exturl.pdf/aHR0cHM6Ly9mb3JzY2h1bmcuc296aWFsZS1zaWNoZXJoZWl0LW/Noc3MuY2gvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMvMTIvMDIt/MjNFLWVCZXJpY2h0LnBkZg==.pdf
• Ruggiero, R., Lätsch, D., Krüger, P., Nehme, S., Mitrovic, T., & Quehenberger, J. (2023). Unabhängige Kinderrechtsinstitution in der Schweiz : aktueller Stand und Handlungsbedarf. Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen BSV. https://www.bsv.admin.ch/bsv/de/home/publikationen-und-service/forschung/forschungspublikationen/_jcr_content/par/externalcontent_130482312.bitexternalcontent.exturl.pdf/aHR0cHM6Ly9mb3JzY2h1bmcuc296aWFsZS1zaWNoZXJoZWl0LW/Noc3MuY2gvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMvMTEvMDct/MjNELWVCZXJpY2h0LnBkZg==.pdf
• Quehenberger, J., Lätsch, D. C., Tausendfreund, T., Gavez, S., & Gabriel, T. (2021). Arbeit und Familienleben an einem Ort : eine Studie zur digitalen Transformation in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23312

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Quehenberger, J., Gautschi, J., Fölsterl, N., Sahli, O., Szwec, A., & Späth, J. (2025, October 8). Virtual reality-based training for structured parent interviews to assess psychological child abuse : a prototype featuring onboarding, immersive VR training, and AI-driven feedback. ISPCAN Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-9 October 2025.
• Wallimann, M. S., Dinh, H. T., Quehenberger, J., Nguyen Thanh, H., Nguyen, T., Minh Le, T., Lätsch, D. C., & Gabriel, T. (2025, October 7). Disclosure of child physical abuse : a comparative study on prevalence and disclosure patterns in Switzerland and Vietnam. ISPCAN Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-9 October 2025.
• Stoll, D., Jud, A., Wehrli, S., Wallimann, M. S., Steinmann, S., & Quehenberger, J. (2025, October 6). Case reports unlocked : applying RAG-prompting methods and large language models to advance research on child maltreatment. ISPCAN Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-9 October 2025.
• Quehenberger, J., Wallimann, M. S., Affolter, K., Brink, I., & Gabriel, T. (2025, September 12). Understanding adolescents’ responses to psychologically abusive parenting : a mixed-methods study with implications for prevention and practice. 18th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zagreb, Croatia, 8-12 September 2025.
• Steinmann, S., Gautschi, J., & Quehenberger, J. (2025, September 11). Intensive parenting and child welfare attitudes in residential care : predicting professionals’ reunification. 18th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zagreb, Croatia, 8-12 September 2025.
• Wallimann, M. S., Quehenberger, J., & Lätsch, D. (2024, January 11). Disclosing maltreatment : the role of early childhood. Swiss Society of Early Childhood Research (SSECR) Annual Meeting, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 10–11 January 2024.
• Quehenberger, J., & Lätsch, D. (2023, September). Why don’t male caregivers participate in intensive family support interventions? A study on caseworkers’ explanations. 17th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Brighton, United Kingdom, 12-15 September 2023.
• Gautschi, J., Quehenberger, J., Lätsch, D., Du, H., Jia, S., & Pan, X. (2023, September 13). Is professionals’ empathy associated with safety-oriented decisions in child protection? : findings from an experimental virtual reality study. 17th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Brighton, United Kingdom, 12-15 September 2023.
• Lätsch, D. C., & Quehenberger, J. (2021, September 3). The voice of the child in assessments of risk : do children from families on social assistance get less attention? 16th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zurich (Online), 1-3 September 2021.
• Lätsch, D. C., Hasani, H., & Quehenberger, J. (2021, September 1). Elements of professional care in intensive family support : the perceptions of children. 16th International Conference of the European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EuSARF), Zurich (Online), 1-3 September 2021.

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