Department of Paediatric Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Andrea Michel, PhD

Psychologist / visiting scientist

Research interests: acculturation of immigrants, adolescence, child development, stressful life events

Research project: AMIS

Curriculum Vitae:

1981	Birth in Munich
2001 - 2007	Studies of Psychology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Diploma thesis on second language use of adolescent ethnic German immigrants (Title: "Sprachgebrauch bei jugendlichen Aussiedlern")
2005	Graduate studies of Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA (granted by the DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service)
2008 - 2012	Research associate at the Department for Developmental Psychology & Center for Applied Developmental Science, University of Jena (Project: "Regulation of Developmental Transitions in Second Generation Immigrants in Germany and Israel")
2009 - 2012	Doctoral Fellowship at the Jena Graduate School "Human Behavior in Social and Economic Change", Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena Dissertation thesis titled "Psychological Adaptation and Perceptions of Discrimination among Adolescent Aussiedler Immigrants"
since 2012	Research associate at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig (Project: "Analyzing pathways from childhood maltreatment to internalizing symptoms & disorders in children and adolescents")

Teaching:

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Peerbeziehungen über die Lebensspanne [Peer relations across the life span] (B.Sc. Psychology, Spring 2013)
Entwicklungsprobleme von Migranten und psychologische Interventionsansätze [Developmental challenges of migrants & possible psychological interventions] (M.Sc. Psychology, Fall 2012 / 2013)
Entwicklungsberatung [Developmental counseling] (B.Sc. Psychology, Fall 2011 / 2012)
"Birds of a feather flock together? Social relations among adolescent immigrants." (English-German study project Diplom psychology , Fall 2008 / 09 & Spring 2009)

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