Thomas Gfrörer

University of Tuebingen | EKU Tübingen · Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are crucial for advancing research; yet, they are time-consuming and resource-demanding. Although machine learning and natural language processing algorithms may reduce this time and these resources, their performance has not been tested in the field of education and educational psychology, and there is a lack o...

Background: Research on child sexual abuse increasingly focuses on sexually offending females; however, there is a lack of research that focuses on the individuals being affected. Studies have suggested that the consequences for those affected by sexually offending males and females are comparable. Objective: The aim is to compare mental health...

Many models have been proposed to examine the reciprocal cross-lagged causal effects from panel data. The purpose of the current article is to clarify how these various models control for unmeasured time-invariant confounders, helping researchers understand the differences of the models from causal inference perspective. We showed that cross-lagged...

Zusammenfassung. Theoretischer Hintergrund: Trainingsprogramme zur Emotionsregulation für Jugendliche sind notwendig, da eine Dysregulation der Emotionen die Entwicklung von psychischen Störungen begünstigen kann. Fragestellung: Ziel dieser systematischen Literaturübersicht ist es, einen Überblick über aktuelle Publikationen zu Trainingsprogrammen...

Vocational interests predict major life outcomes such as job performance, college major choice, and life goals. It is therefore important to gain a better understanding of their development during the crucial years of late childhood and early adolescence, when trait-like interests are starting to develop. The present study investigated the developm...

The supply of STEM graduates is an issue in many countries—raising the question of why more students do not choose STEM careers. We aimed to address this question by drawing on two of the most prominent theories on career choices: Eccles et al. (1983) expectancy-value theory (EVT) and Holland (1997) theory of vocational interests. In a large longit...