Teaching and Research Area “Occupational Health Psychology”

Aim

Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) is an interdisciplinary field of research that deals with the prevention of work-related stress and work-related illnesses. With its primarily applied research, OHP aims to improve the quality of working life and to protect and promote the safety, health and well-being of employees.

The focus of occupational health psychology is on the primary prevention of organisational risk factors, which are held responsible for the development of work-related stress, as well as illnesses or accidents at the workplace. Intervention measures for the health protection of the employees start in the working environment (structural prevention), in order to minimize the risk exposure. Interventions to promote the health of employees focus on the individual (behavioural prevention), in order to strengthen personal resources and to be able to cope with potential risks better.

Research Topics

  • Research on the relationship between and impact from (mental) demands and strain
  • Development and application of instruments for psychosocial risk assessment
  • Development and evaluation of health promotion and preventive measures

Team

Lead

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. soc. Jessica Lang

Staff

  • Lisa Auweiler, M.Sc., PhD candidate
  • Karen Elsner, MD candidate
  • Fionula Herbst, MD candidate
  • Silvia Hirthammer, secretary
  • Annika Honings, B.Sc., Project Assistant
  • Ayca Kaptan, PhD candidate
  • Sven Lünzer, PhD candidate
  • Julia Neschen, B.Sc., student assistant
  • Lara Widua Oebel, M.Sc., PhD candidate
  • Dr. rer. medic. Roman Pauli, Post-Doc
  • Dipl.-Psych. Sven Schuchhardt, PhD candidate
  • Fabio Schwantner, B.A. B.Sc., student assistant
  • Naseeha Siddiqui, student assistant
  • Dipl.-Psych. Lutz Volmer, PhD candidate
  • Lynn Zünkler, student assistant

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