Prof. Dr. Beate Schwarz

Projects

• Diversity in intergenerational relationships / Project leader / completed
• BEGIN Vocational and social integration of immigrants with the aid of a multigenerational mentoring programme / Co-project leader / completed
• The impact of family stress on children in transition into puberty: The interplay of social and emotional processes / Project leader / completed

Publications

• Schwarz, Beate; Pfammatter, Pirmin,

  2024.

  The association of acculturation and well-being : second-generation immigrants in Switzerland.

  Journal of Happiness Studies.

  25(77).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00794-z

• Krys, Kuba; Chun Yeung, June; Haas, Brian W.; van Osch, Yvette; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Kocimska-Zych, Agata; Torres, Claudio; Selim, Heyla A.; Zelenski, John M.; Bond, Michael Harris; Park, Joonha; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Poláčková Šolcová, Iva; Sirlopú, David; Xing, Cai; Vignoles, Vivian L.; van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.; Teyssier, Julien; Sun, Chien-Ru; Serdarevich, Ursula; Schwarz, Beate; Sargautyte, Ruta; Røysamb, Espen; Romashov, Vladyslav; Rizwan, Muhammad; Pavlović, Zoran; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Nadi, Azar; Nader, Martin; Mustaffa, Nur Fariza; Murdock, Elke; Mosca, Oriana; Mohorić, Tamara; Barrientos Marroquin, Pablo Eduardo; Malyonova, Arina; Liu, Xinhui; Lee, J. Hannah; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Kronberger, Nicole; Klůzová Kráčmarová, Lucie; Kascakova, Natalia; Işık, İdil; Igou, Eric R.; Igbokwe, David O.; Hanke-Boer, Diana; Gavreliuc, Alin; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B.; Fülöp, Márta; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra; Denoux, Patrick; Charkviani, Salome; Baltin, Arno; Arevalo, Douglas; Appoh, Lily; Akotia, Charity; Adamovic, Mladen; Uchida, Yukiko,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221134711

• Krys, Kuba; Haas, Brian W.; Igou, Eric Raymond; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Kocimska-Bortnowska, Agata; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Park, Joonha; Šolcová, Iva Poláčková; Sirlopú, David; Uchida, Yukiko; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Vignoles, Vivian L.; Zelenski, John M.; Adamovic, Mladen; Akotia, Charity S.; Albert, Isabelle; Appoh, Lily; Mira, D. M. Arévalo; Baltin, Arno; Denoux, Patrick; Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Fülöp, Márta; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B.; Gavreliuc, Alin; Boer, Diana; Igbokwe, David O.; Işık, İdil; Kascakova, Natalia; Klůzová Kráčmarová, Lucie; Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza; Kostoula, Olga; Kronberger, Nicole; Lee, J. Hannah; Liu, Xinhui; Łużniak-Piecha, Magdalena; Malyonova, Arina; Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo; Mohorić, Tamara; Mosca, Oriana; Murdock, Elke; Mustaffa, Nur Fariza; Nader, Martin; Nadi, Azar; Okvitawanli, Ayu; van Osch, Yvette; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Pavlović, Zoran; Rizwan, Muhammad; Romashov, Vladyslav; Røysamb, Espen; Sargautyte, Ruta; Schwarz, Beate; Selim, Heyla A.; Serdarevich, Ursula; Stogianni, Maria; Sun, Chien-Ru; Teyssier, Julien; van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.; Torres, Claudio; Xing, Cai; Bond, Michael Harris,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00588-1

• Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel; Vignoles, Vivian L.; Bond, Michael Harris; Adamovic, Mladen; Akotia, Charity S.; Albert, Isabelle; Appoh, Lily; Baltin, Arno; Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo; Denoux, Patrick; Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Fülöp, Márta; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B.; Gavreliuc, Alin; Hanke-Boer, Diana; Haas, Brian W.; Igbokwe, David O.; Işık, İ̇dil; Kascakova, Natalia; Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie; Kocimska-Zych, Agata; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Kostoula, Olga; Kronberger, Nicole; Krys, Kuba; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Lee, J. Hannah; Liu, Xinhui; Łużniak-Piecha, Magdalena; Malyonova, Arina; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Mira, Arévalo; Mohorić, Tamara; Mosca, Oriana; Murdock, Elke; Mustaffa, Nur Fariza; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Nader, Martin; Nadi, Azar; Okvitawanli, Ayu; van Osch, Yvette; Park, Joonha; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Pavlović, Zoran; Poláčková Šolcová, Iva; Igou, Eric Raymond; Rizwan, Muhammad; Romashov, Vladyslav; Røysamb, Espen; Sargautyte, Ruta; Schwarz, Beate; Selim, Heyla A.; Serdarevich, Ursula; Sirlopú, David; Stogianni, Maria; Stoyanova, Stanislava; Sun, Chien-Ru; Teyssier, Julien; van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.; Torres, Claudio; Uchida, Yukiko; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Xing, Cai; Zelenski, John M.,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2023.2202413

• Pfammatter, Pirmin; Schwarz, Beate,

  2022.

  Measuring sense of indebtedness in second-generation immigrants in Switzerland.

  Psychological Test Adaptation and Development.

  3(1), pp. 106-115.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1027/2698-1866/a000026

• Krys, Kuba; Park, Joonha; Kocimska-Zych, Agata; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Selim, Heyla A.; Wojtczuk-Turek, Agnieszka; Haas, Brian W.; Uchida, Yukiko; Torres, Claudio; Capaldi, Colin A.; Bond, Michael Harris; Zelenski, John M.; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Poláčková Šolcová, Iva; Sirlopú, David; Xing, Cai; Vignoles, Vivian L.; van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.; Teyssier, Julien; Sun, Chien-Ru; Stoyanova, Stanislava; Serdarevich, Ursula; Schwarz, Beate; Sargautyte, Ruta; Røysamb, Espen; Romashov, Vladyslav; Rizwan, Muhammad; Pavlović, Zoran; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; van Osch, Yvette; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Nadi, Azar; Nader, Martin; Nur Fariza, Mustaffa; Mosca, Oriana; Mohorić, Tamara; Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo; Malyonova, Arina; Liu, Xinhui; Lee, J. Hannah; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Kronberger, Nicole; Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie; Kascakova, Natalia; Işık, İdil; Igou, Eric R.; Igbokwe, David O.; Hanke-Boer, Diana; Gavreliuc, Alin; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B.; Fülöp, Márta; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra; Denoux, Patrick; Charkviani, Salome; Baltin, Arno; Mira, Arévalo D. M.; Appoh, Lily; Albert, Isabelle; Akotia, Charity S.; Adamovic, Mladen,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00311-y

• Krys, Kuba; Yeung, June Chun; Capaldi, Colin A.; Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi; Torres, Claudio; van Tilburg, Wijnand A. P.; Bond, Michael Harris; Zelenski, John M.; Haas, Brian W.; Park, Joonha; Maricchiolo, Fridanna; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Kosiarczyk, Aleksandra; Kocimska-Zych, Agata; Kwiatkowska, Anna; Adamovic, Mladen; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Fülöp, Márta; Sirlopu, David; Okvitawanli, Ayu; Boer, Diana; Teyssier, Julien; Malyonova, Arina; Gavreliuc, Alin; Uchida, Yukiko; Serdarevich, Ursula; Akotia, Charity; Appoh, Lily; Mira, D.M., Arévalo; Baltin, Arno; Denoux, Patrick; Dominguez-Espinosa, Alejandra; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Gamsakhurdia, Vladimer; Garðarsdóttir, Ragna B.; Igbokwe, David O.; Igou, Eric R.; Işık, İdil; Kascakova, Natalia; Klůzová Kračmárová, Lucie; Kronberger, Nicole; Lee, J. Hannah; Liu, Xinhui; Barrientos, Pablo Eduardo; Mohorić, Tamara; Mustaffa, Nur Fariza; Mosca, Oriana; Nader, Martin; Nadi, Azar; van Osch, Yvette; Pavlović, Zoran; Poláčková Šolcová, Iva; Rizwan, Muhammad; Romashov, Vladyslav; Røysamb, Espen; Sargautyte, Ruta; Schwarz, Beate; Selecká, Lenka; Selim, Heyla A.; Stogianni, Maria; Sun, Chien-Ru; Xing, Cai; Vignoles, Vivian L.,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1858332

• Filus, Ania; Schwarz, Beate; Mylonas, Kostas; Sam, David L.; Boski, Pawel,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1283-1

• Schaffhuser, Kathrin; Allemand, Mathias; Schwarz, Beate,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615624841

• Krys, Kuba; Vauclair, C.-Melanie; Capaldi, Colin A,; Schwarz, Beate,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10919-015-0226-4

• Stutz, Melanie; Schwarz, Beate,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2013.867846

• Schwarz, Beate; Mayer, Boris; Trommsdorff, Gisela; Ben-Arieh, Asher; Friedlmeier, Mihaela; Lubiewska, Katarzina; Mishra, Ramesh; Peltzer, Karl,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431611419508

• Lemola, Sakari; Schwarz, Beate; Siffert, Andrea,

  2012.

  Interparental conflict and early adolescents' aggression : is irregular sleep a vulnerability factor?.

  Journal of Adolescence.

  35(1), pp. 97-105.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.001

• Schwarz, Beate; Stutz, Melanie; Ledermann, Thomas,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9769-4

• Siffert, Andrea; Schwarz, Beate; Stutz, Melanie,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-011-9703-1

• Siffert, Andrea; Schwarz, Beate,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2010.503723

• Siffert, Andrea; Schwarz, Beate,

  2011.

  Spouses' demand and withdrawal during marital conflict and their well-being.

  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

  28(2), pp. 262-277.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407510382061

• Schwarz, Beate; Siffert, Andrea,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000027

• Schwarz, Beate; Albert, Isabelle; Trommsdorff, Gisela; Zheng, Gang; Shi, Shaohua; Nelwan, Peter R.,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022110372197

• Schwarz, Beate; Trommdorff, Gisela; Zheng, Gang; Shi, Shaohua,

  2010.

  Reciprocity in intergenerational support : a comparison of Chinese and German adult daughters.

  Journal of Family Issues.

  31(2), pp. 234-256.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X09347991

• Schwarz, Beate; Walper, Sabine,

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17405620701576712

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2009.

  Elterliche Konflikte und Depressivität Jugendlicher in Trennungsfamilien : zur Rolle der Triangulation.

  Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht.

  56(2), pp. 95-104.

  Available from: https://reinhardt-journals.de/index.php/peu/article/view/735

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2018.

  Übergang ins Jugendalter.

  In:

  Strohmer, Janina, ed.,

  Psychologische Grundlagen für Fachkräfte in Kindergarten, Krippe und Hort.

  Bern:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 209-214.

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2013.

  Intergenerational conflict : the case of adult children and their parents.

  In:

  Albert, Isabelle; Ferring, Dieter, eds.,

  Intergenerational relations : European perspectives on family and society.

  Bristol:

  Policy Press.

  pp. 131-145.

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2010.

  Generationenbeziehungen im Kulturvergleich.

  In:

  Kornadt, H.-J.; Mayer, Boris, eds.,

  Psychologie-Kultur-Gesellschaft.

  Wiesbaden:

  VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

  pp. 141-159.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-92212-6_6

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2009.

  Kinder nach Trennung und Scheidung.

  In:

  Schneider, Silvia; Margraf, Jürgen, eds.,

  Lehrbuch für Verhaltenstherapie : Band 3: Störungen des Kindes- und Jugendalters.

  Berlin:

  Springer.

  pp. 855-864.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79545-2_47

• Kracke, Bärbel; Schwarz, Beate,

  2008.

  Entwicklungsfolgen des elterlichen Erziehungsverhaltens.

  In:

  Hasselhorn, M.; Silbereisen, R. K., eds.,

  Enzyklopädie Psychologie: Serie V, Band 4 : Entwicklungspsychologie: Psychologie des Säuglings- und Kindesalters.

  Göttingen:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 617-646.

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2007.

  Jugend im Kulturvergleich.

  In:

  Trommsdorff, Gisela; 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 from: https://elibrary.hogrefe.com/content/chapter/99.110005/9783840915031/14.pdf

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2007.

  Reorganisation der Familie nach Trennung und Scheidung.

  In:

  Hasselhorn, M.; Schneider, W., eds.,

  Handbuch der Entwicklungspsychologie.

  Göttingen:

  Hogrefe.

  pp. 522-533.

  Handbuch der Psychologie ; 7.

• Pfammatter, Pirmin; Staedler, Isabelle; Schwarz, Beate,

  2024.

  The relevance of social relations over course of adulthood among LGBTs[poster].

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31105

• Pfammatter, Pirmin; Soder, Sébastien Yannic; Schwarz, Beate,

  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[paper].

  In:

  European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Turku, Finland, 28 August - 1 September 2023.

• Pfammatter, Pirmin; Schmid, Giulia; Schwarz, Beate,

  2022.

  Belonging to the LGBT+ community and intergenerational relations : the role of filial obligations[poster].

  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.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25317

• Schwarz, Beate; Pfammatter, Pirmin,

  2019.

  Dealing with the challenges of ageing migrants in Switzerland : present and future of culture-sensitive care[paper].

  In:

  International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23 - 25 May 2019.

• von Arx, Christine; Schwarz, Beate,

  2021.

  Welchen Stellenwert hat das Messen von Daten in der Schulpsychologie?.

  Pädagogische Führung.

  32(4), pp. 146-148.

• Schwarz, Beate; Bennett, Jonathan; Métrailler, Michèle,

  2019.

  BEGIN: enhancing immigrants' social and professional integration through intergenerational mentoring[poster].

  In:

  16th SPS SGP SSP Conference, Berne, 9-11 September 2019.

• Pfammatter, Pirmin; Schwarz, Beate,

  2019.

  Sense of indebtedness : construct measurement quality among second generation immigrants[poster].

  In:

  16th SPS SGP SSP Conference, Berne, 9-11 September 2019.

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2015.

  Being a student with child(ren) : stress and enrichment[poster].

  In:

  17th European Conference of Developmental Psychology, Braga, Portugal, 8-12 September 2015.

• Suter, Lilian; Waller, Gregor; Genner, Sarah; Oppliger Kleiner, Sabine; Willemse, Isabel; Schwarz, Beate; Süss, Daniel,

  2015.

  MIKE - Medien, Interaktion, Kinder, Eltern : Ergebnisbericht 2015.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2007

• Schwarz, Beate; Kramer, Andrea C.; Moser, Andrea,

  2014.

  Eine deutsche Version der Coparenting Relationship Scale.

  Berichte aus der Entwicklungs- und Persönlichkeitspsychologie des Departements für Angewandte Psychologie

  ; 1.

  Zürich:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

• Schwarz, Beate; Pfammatter, Pirmin,

  2023.

  Junges Erwachsenenalter – Emerging Adulthood und Identitätsentwicklung von Minderheiten.

  In:

  Konferenz der Kinder- und Erwachsenenschutzbehörde des Kantons Zürich, Schweiz, 6. Juli 2023.

• Pfammatter, Pirmin; Schmid, Giu; Schwarz, Beate,

  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, Beate; Pfammatter, Pirmin,

  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.

• Gassmann Allgäuer, Sonja; Schwarz, Beate,

  2017.

  Financial socialization of adolescents from Switzerland.

  In:

  9th European Conference of the IACCP, Warsaw, Poland, 16-19 July 2017.

• Schwarz, Beate; Moser, Andrea,

  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.

• Schwarz, Beate,

  2017.

  Students with child(ren) : the relevance of family support.

  In:

  15th European Congress of Psychology, Amsterdam, 11-14 July 2017.

• Mayer, Boris; Schwarz, Beate; Trommsdorff, Gisela,

  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.

Research data

Schwarz, Beate, 2020. Familienstress im Übergang zum Jugendalter : Welle 1-3. SWISSUbase. Available from: https://doi.org/10.23662/FORS-DS-1086-1

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