Welcome!

Welcome to the Couples and Family Psychology Lab at the University of Münster. Our research focuses on experiences and behaviors of individuals as part of a larger couple or family system. We are interested in how couples and families master the small and big challenges of everyday life and how we can support them in times of stress.

On the following pages you will find, among other things, information about our team, about the current research interests, and about teaching. In addition, we inform you about the latest lab news down below.
Current publications of our team can be found here: Publications

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Prof. Dr. Anne Milek

- research team Couple & Family Psychology

News about the research team

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2020-04-03: Radio interview with Anne Milek about the situation of couples during the Coronavirus crisis
2020-03-25: We are hiring student assistants for our project "Digitalization, Burnout & Family Time", applications to anne.milek@wwu.de
2020-03-25: The university of Zurich offers a free online training for couples, it aims at strengthening the relationship in the face of stress
2020-03-23: Interview with Anne Milek about the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis for couples and families
2020-03-16: Interview with Anne Milek about couple therapy
2020-03-01: Two new teaching assistents joined our lab: Alica and Maike. Welcome!
2020-02-15: new publication - The Impact of Interparental Conflict on Children’s Attention and Memory Performance was accepted for publication in Family Relations
2020-January/February: Lisanne Pauw talks about her research in the Dutch media links can be found in "media"
2020-01-19: Lisanne Pauw guest comment on "A rethinking in the minds of researchers is necessary"
2020-01-17: Lisanne Pauw successfully defends her PhD dissertation titled "A Problem Shared is a Problem Halved? On the Dyadic Nature of Emotion Regulation"
2020-02-14: new publication Fair enough? Decreased equity of dyadic coping across the transition to parenthood associated with depression of first-time parents. published in PLOS ONE
2020-01-12: new publication (Not) Lost in translation: Psychological adaptation occurs during speech translation. accepted for publication in Social Psychological and Personality Science
2019-12-01: A warm welcome for our new lab members Katharina Salo and Lisanne Pauw
2019-11-28: A Practical Guide to Coding and Processing EAR Data has been accepted for publication in Behavior Research Methods https://psyarxiv.com/mgzcy/
2019-10-16: Radio interview by Prof. Dr. Anne Milek on Deutschlandfunk on the question of what happens to children during conflicts about divorce
Link to the broadcast from 15.10.2019 - Always the same arguments: Why conflicts arise in families and how to solve them
2019-10-03: A new paper about relationship behaviors across the transition to parenthood has been published in the Journal of Family Issues
2019-10-01: Emma Tiegel, Sarah Thissen and Linnéa Iseke join our lab as student assistants. A warm welcome!
2019-09-30: A new paper about romantic attachment, dyadic coping, and parental adjustment across the transition to parenthood has been published in Personal Relationships