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. et al. (2025) ‘Documentation of child neglect : do assessment tools make a difference?’, Child Abuse & Neglect, 167(107592). doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107592.
• Jud, A. et al. (2025) ‘Veränderungen durch strukturierte Abklärung im Kinderschutz : Herausforderungen für die Wirkungsforschung’, Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 72(4), pp. 279–292. doi: 10.2378/peu2025.art19d.
• Stoll, D. et al. (2025) ‘Case reports unlocked : leveraging retrieval-augmented generation with large language models to advance research on psychological child maltreatment’, Child Abuse & Neglect, 169(107653). doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107653.
• Lätsch, D. et al. (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). doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106762.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Stoll, D. et al. (2025) ‘Case reports unlocked : leveraging retrieval-augmented generation with large language models to advance research on child psychological maltreatment’, in 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. et al. (2023) ‘Towards more child safety-oriented decisions through VR’, in Du, H. (ed.) 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). IEEE, pp. 687–688. doi: 10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00186.

Other publications

• Wallimann, M. S. et al. (2025) Häufigkeiten von Gewalterfahrungen Jugendlicher im sozialen Nahraum. Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34664.2.
• Keller, S. et al. (2025) Zürcher Adoptionsstudie Kurzbericht : die wichtigsten Ergebnisse aus der dritten Erhebungswelle - quantitativ (2020) und qualitativ (2021/2022). Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34720.
• Ruggiero, R. et al. (2023) Independent children’s rights institution in Switzerland : the state of play and actions to be taken. Bern: Federal Social Insurance Office FSIO. Available at: 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. et al. (2023) Unabhängige Kinderrechtsinstitution in der Schweiz : aktueller Stand und Handlungsbedarf. Bern: Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen BSV. Available at: 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. et al. (2021) Arbeit und Familienleben an einem Ort : eine Studie zur digitalen Transformation in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie. Zürich: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-23312.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Quehenberger, J. et al. (2025) ‘Virtual reality-based training for structured parent interviews to assess psychological child abuse : a prototype featuring onboarding, immersive VR training, and AI-driven feedback’, in ISPCAN Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-9 October 2025.
• Wallimann, M. S. et al. (2025) ‘Disclosure of child physical abuse : a comparative study on prevalence and disclosure patterns in Switzerland and Vietnam’, in ISPCAN Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-9 October 2025.
• Stoll, D. et al. (2025) ‘Case reports unlocked : applying RAG-prompting methods and large language models to advance research on child maltreatment’, in ISPCAN Congress, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-9 October 2025.
• Quehenberger, J. et al. (2025) ‘Understanding adolescents’ responses to psychologically abusive parenting : a mixed-methods study with implications for prevention and practice’, in 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. and Quehenberger, J. (2025) ‘Intensive parenting and child welfare attitudes in residential care : predicting professionals’ reunification’, in 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. and Lätsch, D. (2024) ‘Disclosing maltreatment : the role of early childhood’, in Swiss Society of Early Childhood Research (SSECR) Annual Meeting, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 10–11 January 2024.
• Quehenberger, J. and Lätsch, D. (2023) ‘Why don’t male caregivers participate in intensive family support interventions? A study on caseworkers’ explanations’, in 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. et al. (2023) ‘Is professionals’ empathy associated with safety-oriented decisions in child protection? : findings from an experimental virtual reality study’, in 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. and Quehenberger, J. (2021) ‘The voice of the child in assessments of risk : do children from families on social assistance get less attention?’, in 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. and Quehenberger, J. (2021) ‘Elements of professional care in intensive family support : the perceptions of children’, in 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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