All projects from the School of Applied Psychology
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Needs Analysis for Intercultural Training of Higher Education Employees
The R&D unit Language Management and Globalisation has the lead in a collaboration consortium consisting of BFH, HES-SO, SUPSI & ZHAW in the context of two ongoing Movetia projects 1. High-Impact Measures for the Comprehensive Internationalization of Curricula (No. 2019-1-CH01-OF-0017) aimed at inter-university ...
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Sleep Coach
Quality of sleep has an impact on mental and physical health and thus on general well-being. several factors that influence sleep quality exert their effect in the hours before falling asleep. Activities that promote or hinder sleep quality during this time are commonly subsumed under the term "sleep hygiene". ...
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Short online personality screening
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Behavioural economic approaches in favour of road safety
Traditional measures that are based on rational thinking and action by individuals (e.g. controls, penalties or education campaigns) sometimes fail to achieve their full potential in road traffic and in reducing accidents. Moreover, it can be assumed that most road users already have a very good knowledge of the ...
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Questioning Sequences in Coaching (QueSCo)
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inklusiv plus: Mental health of unemployed young people
In Switzerland, nearly one out of six young persons (16%) has no occupational solution after completing compulsory education. Young people who have found no option after completing compulsory education more frequently have mental impairments and disorders than young people who begin an apprenticeship or go on to ...
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Distance leadership
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Empirical analysis of the willingness to participate in voluntary driver safety training courses
Driving safety training (DST) is an important post-licensing and voluntary measure after obtaining a driving licence, which is generally regarded by experts as accident-preventive. Although the focus is generally more on young drivers as the target group for DST, the increasing automation in vehicle traffic is ...
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Evaluation and revision of the safety campaigns on variable message signs on national roads
There are approximately 100 variable message signs (VMS) distributed throughout the Swiss national road network. These are information display panels on which various texts, signals and pictograms can be displayed depending on the traffic situation and requirements. During off-peak times, the time is displayed as ...
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Kids’ Digital lives in Corona times (KiDiCoTi)
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Smart Toddlers
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Post-acute withdrawal syndrome from antidepressants
There is a growing body of scientific evidence that antidepressants can cause severe and protracted withdrawal reactions after discontinuation of long-term use. Symptoms can be both mental (e.g. panic, depression, emotional lability) and physical (e.g. dizziness, convulsions, vertigo) and have been defined as ...
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Wearables & Apps for mental health
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Digital (Work)Society, Leadership and Social Sustainability
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Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system
The goal of this project is the systematic and evidence based development of digital health care services for expecting parents and parents of infants, who are disadvantaged in the health care context of maternity care, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and pediatric care, because of language or cultural ...
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Extending the lifespan of mobile devices
Extending the service life of smartphones and other Internet-enabled mobile devices could significantly reduce their ecological footprint. In pursuit of this, it will be necessary to develop innovative approaches that are both economically viable and appealing to consumers.
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Strengthening self-management skills for the world of work 4.0
Rapid technological and social change is currently transforming the world of work. This is accompanied by changes in the demands placed on many occupations. Among other things, employees are being called upon to lead themselves to a much higher degree. It is therefore advisable to take this competence into account ...
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MIKE-Study – Medien, Interaktion, Kinder und Eltern
The MIKE study is a representative study of the media use behaviour of primary school pupils in Switzerland. The study has now been conducted for the fourth time since 2015. MIKE stands for Media, Interaction, Children, Parents. For the study, more than 1,000 children between the ages of six and thirteen and their ...
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Social Psychiatry and Epidemiology
Evaluation and publication of research projects in social psychiatry and epidemiology
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Doing good with Virtual Reality?
Information dissemination, access, and comprehension are key components for citizen involvement in democratic processes. The broad dissemination and respective ease of comprehension of voting relevant information in election/voting booklet provided by, for example, the Federal Chancellery is a key prerequisite for ...
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Self Explaining and Forgiving Roads
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Translation of a novel questionnaire for borderline personality disorder
A novel situational judgement test to assess borderline personality disorder is translated from english to German and evaluated.
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Cinema culture in schools
In 2009 the project “Kinokultur in der Schule” was launched with the aim to sensitize secondary school students for the film medium and to stimulate their interest in present-day Swiss film culture. To achieve this objective, teachers are provided with classroom materials on current Swiss film productions, which can ...
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Professional development options for banking professionals
The study analyses how the framework conditions for the careers of professionals (+/- 45 years) will change. On the basis of the findings on the changed framework conditions, action models for employees (+/- 45 years) as well as line and HR managers in the finance industry and a guideline with concrete instructions ...
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Psychosomatic comorbidities: Use of Screening instruments in General and Pediatric Practice