Institute of Psychology in Education

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute of Psychology in Education is part of the School of Education and currently consists of three departments, which are concerned with Psychological Assessment and Individual Differences, Developmental Psychology, and Educational Psychology.

Main research areas

At the Institute of Psychology in Education we are enthusiastic about research that answers fundamental psychological questions while keeping in mind their usefulness for sustainable social transformation processes in the educational domain.

Research Activities

Psychological Assessment and Individual Differences

Educational Psychology

Developmental Psychology

  1. Published

    Effect of a Web-Based Guided Self-help Intervention for Prevention of Major Depression in Adults With Subthreshold Depression A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Buntrock, C., Ebert, D. D., Lehr, D., Smit, F., Riper, H., Berking, M. & Cuijpers, P., 03.05.2016, In: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 315, 17, p. 1854-1863 10 p.

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  2. Published

    Effects of cooperative games on enjoyment in physical education - How to increase positive experiences in students?

    Engels, E. S. & Freund, P. A., 07.12.2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 12, 14 p., e0243608.

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  3. Published

    Effekte der (mittleren) Klassenleistung auf die individuelle Leistungsentwicklung: Konzeptionelle Einordnung, aktuelle Debatten und offene Fragen vor dem Hintergrund des deutschen Schulsystems

    Becker, M., Kocaj, A., Jansen, M., Dumont, H., Lüdtke, O. & Kuhl, P., 23.06.2023, Jahrbuch der Schulentwicklung. Band 23: 50 Jahre Schulentwicklung – Leitthemen der empirischen Bildungsforschung. McElvany, N., Grecu, A. L., Lorenz, R., Becker, M., Dignath, C., Gaspard, H. & Lauermann, F. (eds.). Weinheim: Beltz Juventa Verlag, p. 150-179 30 p.

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  4. Published

    Efficacy and Moderators of Internet-Based Interventions in Adults with Subthreshold Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Reins, J. A., Buntrock, C., Zimmermann, J., Grund, S., Harrer, M., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., Weisel, K., Domhardt, M., Imamura, K., Kawakami, N., Spek, V., Nobis, S., Snoek, F., Cuijpers, P., Klein, J. P., Moritz, S. & Ebert, D. D., 02.2021, In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 90, 2, p. 94-106 13 p.

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  5. Published

    Efficacy and moderators of psychological interventions in treating subclinical symptoms of depression and preventing major depressive disorder onsets: Protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Ebert, D. D., Buntrock, C., Reins, J. A., Zimmermann, J. & Cuijpers, P., 01.03.2018, In: BMJ Open. 8, 3, 9 p., e018582.

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  7. Published

    Efficacy of an internet-based self-help intervention to reduce co-occurring alcohol misuse and depression symptoms in adults: Study protocol of a three-arm randomised controlled trial

    Schaub, M. P., Blankers, M., Lehr, D., Boss, L., Riper, H., Dekker, J., Goudriaan, A. E., Maier, L. J., Haug, S., Amann, M., Dey, M., Wenger, A. & Ebert, D. D., 01.05.2016, In: BMJ Open. 6, 5, 13 p., e011457.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Efficacy of a Self-Help Web-Based Recovery Training in Improving Sleep in Workers: Randomized Controlled Trial in the General Working Population

    Behrendt, D., Ebert, D. D., Spiegelhalder, K. & Lehr, D., 07.01.2020, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22, 1, 18 p., e13346.

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  9. Published

    Efficacy of a smartphone-based intervention - "holidaily" - promoting recovery behaviour in workers after a vacation: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    Smyth, A., De Bloom, J., Syrek, C., Domin, M., Janneck, M., Reins, J. A. & Lehr, D., 26.08.2020, In: BMC Public Health. 20, 1, 17 p., 1286.

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  10. Published

    Efficacy of a web-based intervention with and without guidance for employees with risky drinking: Results of a three-arm randomized controlled trial

    Boß, L., Lehr, D., Schaub, M. P., Paz Castro, R., Riper, H., Berking, M. & Ebert, D. D., 04.2018, In: Addiction: The British journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs. 113, 4, p. 635-646 12 p.

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