Welcome to the Couple 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, about media outreach, 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

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Stellenausschreibungen

SHK-Stelle (ca. 15 Std/Woche)

Für unsere Experience Sampling Studie suchen wir ein Organisationstalent, das den Überblick behält! Dazu gehört das Organisieren/Protokollieren von Projektmeetings sowie die Koordination der Aufgabenverteilung mit den anderen Studierenden innerhalb der AE. Insbesondere geht es darum, den Status der begonnenen sowie der noch zu erledigenden Aufgaben durch regelmäßige Rücksprache mit dem Team im Blick zu behalten und die Zeitplanung ggf. anzupassen. Erfahrungen im Bereich der empirischen Forschung (z. B. Abschluss B.Sc. in Psychologie oder SHK-Tätigkeit) oder Projektmanagement (z. B. durch Praktika oder entsprechendes Studium) wären wünschenswert. Eine Masterstudentin bietet Unterstützung bei der Einarbeitung in das Projekt und die Zusammenarbeit mit den anderen Studierenden der AE an. Mehr Infos zum Projekt unter: www.familienpsychologie-forschung.de. Bei Interesse bitte eine Kurzbewerbung per E-Mail (Lebenslauf, Leistungsübersicht) und Angabe der Verfügbarkeit (möglicher Beginn der Stelle und max. wöchentlicher Stundenumfang) an: katharina.salo@wwu.de

SHK-Stelle (ca. 5 Std/Woche)

Wir suchen ab sofort eine Studentische Hilfskraft (5h/Woche), die uns bei der Datenauswertung im Rahmen einer smartphonebasierten Mobile-Sensing-Studie unterstützt. Fortgeschrittene Kenntnisse in der Bereinigung und Auswertung umfangreicher Längsschnittdaten in R sowie die Bereitschaft, sich mich state-of-the-art Smartphone-Sensing auseinanderzusetzen, sind von Vorteil. Die Ausschreibung richtet sich an Studierende der Psychologie, Informatik, Mathematik und an Studierende anderer Fächer sofern die notwendigen R-Kenntnisse vorliegen; psychologische Kenntnisse sind nicht zwingend erforderlich. Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen (Lebenslauf, Leistungsübersicht) bitte an: nicolas.hoberg@wwu.de

Forschungspraktikum

Interessenten an einem Forschungspraktikum in unserer AE können sich gern jederzeit bei uns melden! Bitte eine E-Mail an: katharina.salo@wwu.de

Abschlussarbeiten

Informationen zu aktuellen Themen für Abschlussarbeiten gibt es hier.

News about the research team

Please visit our project website for more detailed information on our main research project: www.familienpsychologie-forschung.de

2022-06-14: A warm welcome to Vica Tomberge!
2022-06-06: - New publication (in press) - Salo, K. I., Pauw, L. S., Echterhoff, G., & Milek, A. (in press). Daily stress, closeness, and coping in romantic relationships during COVID-19-related lockdown: An experience sampling study. Couple Family Psychol.
2021-10-05: Frontiers e-book Individual versus Dyadic Processes: Health and Relationship Outcomes is out, co-edited by Prof. Anne Milek
2021-10-03: - New publication - Manvelian, A., Fivecoat H., Milek A., & Lawrence E. (2021). Ending the silo effect: A test of the relational domain spillover model. Family Process, 00, 1– 19. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12728
2021-10-01: A warm welcome to Dr. Rui Sun!
2021-09-02: Dr. Lisanne Pauw will present @Real Feelings September 9th at 19:30 – join us!
2021-08-31: - New publication - Randall, A. K., Leon, G., Basili, E., … Milek, A.,...Hermesch, N., … & Chiarolanza, C. (2021). Coping with global uncertainty: Perceptions of COVID-19 psychological distress, relationship quality, and dyadic coping for romantic partners across 27 countries. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211034236
2021-08-16: - New publication - Meier, T., Milek, A., Mehl, M. R., Nussbeck, F. W., Neysari, M., Bodenmann, G., Martin, M., Zemp, M., & Horn, A. B. (2021). I blame you, I hear you: Couples’ pronoun use in conflict and dyadic coping. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211029721
2021-08-13: - New publication - große Deters, F., Meier ,T., Milek, A., Horn, A. B. (2021). Self-focused and other-focused health concerns as predictors of the uptake of corona contact tracing apps: Empirical study. J Med Internet. 23(8). doi: 10.2196/29268
2021-07-21: - New publication - Turliuc, M.N., Milek, A., & Trillingsgaard, T.L. (2021). Editorial: Individual versus Dyadic Processes: Health and Relationship Outcomes. Front. Psychol. 12:714548. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.714548
2021-07-19: Interview with Dr. Lisanne Pauw about sharing emotions online: De een brengt zichzelf huilend in beeld, de ander plaatst een foto. Hoe ga je online om met emoties?
2021-05-28: A warm welcome to Sonja Pacitto-Schleithoff!
2021-05-07: - New publication- Israelashvili, J., Pauw, L.S., Sauter, D.A., Fischer, A.H. (2021). Emotion Recognition from Realistic Dynamic Emotional Expressions Cohere with Established Emotion Recognition Tests: A Proof-of-Concept Validation of the Emotional Accuracy Test. J. Intell. 9(2):25. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence9020025
2021-03-04: - New publication - Pauw, L. S., Hoogeveen, S., Breitenstein, C. J., Meier, F., Rauch-Anderegg, V., Neysari, M., Martin, M., Bodenmann, G., & Milek, A. (2021). Spillover Effects When Taking Turns in Dyadic Coping: How Lingering Negative Affect and Perceived Partner Responsiveness Shape Subsequent Support Provision. Front. Psychol. 12:637534. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.637534
2021-03-01: A warm welcome to Leonie Schröder!
2021-01-25: Interview with Prof. Anne Milek in Apotheken Umschau: Gute Partnerschaft trotz Pandemie: Tipps
2020-12-22: Interview with Prof. Anne Milek at wdr.de: Weihnachten friedlich - wie geht das in Corona-Zeiten?
2020-12-10: Interview with Prof. Anne Milek at Radio Leverkusen about Christmas in times of corona
2020-12-01: Prof. Anne Milek in WWU-Cast: Wie beeinflusst Corona Paare und Familien?
2020-12-01: A warm welcome for our new lab member Nicolas Hoberg
2020-11-30: - New publication - Danvers, A. F., Milek, A., Tackman, A. M., Kaplan, D. M., Robbins, M. L., Poslinelli, A., Moseley, S., Raison, C. L., Sbarra, D., & Mehl, M. R. (2020). Is frequent sighing an indicator of dispositional negative emotionality? A multi-sample, multi-measure naturalistic-observation study. Journal of Research in Personality, 104046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.104046
2020-11-30: - New publication - Meier, T., Boyd, R.L., Milek, A., Pennebaker, J.W., Mehl, M. R., Martin, M., Wolf, M. & Horn, A.B. (in press). Stereotyping in the digital age: Male language is „ingenious“, female language is „beautiful" – and popular. PlosOne.
2020-11-26: Interview with Prof. Anne Milek in Zeit Online: How families can prepare for Christmas in times of corona
2020-11-20: Call for donations to the "Corona-Notfond" of the WWU which is desgnated to aid students who need financial support during the coronavirus crisis. If you want to donate or apply for financial support, please click here
2020-10-22: A new chapter by Prof. Anne Milek on emotion regulation in couples was published in Handbuch Emotionsregulation: Zwischen Psychischer Gesundheit und Psycholpathologie
2020-10-20: The university of Wuppertal offers a position as research associate, here you can find more information
2020-10-09: Prof. Anne Milek as guest of Deutschlandfunk talking about "Prescribed Distance - Love and Friendship in Times of Corona"
2020-10-01: A warm welcome to Andreea Ursu. She has successfully applied for a WWU WIRE Postdoc grant and will conduct a study on the subject of "Emotion regulation in partnerships" for 9 month in our work unit
2020-09-25: New publication - Family time as a protective factor for emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus has been published in the journal for psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy
2020-09-15: Recruitment ESM study: We investigate the impact of smartphones on the communication within romantic relationships. Please find more information here
2020-09-01: A warm welcome to our new student assistants: Paulen Brouer, Cansu Yildirim, Kathrin Böhlemann
2020-07-02: Prof. Anne Milek as guest of Dr. Yael Adler - podcast of the Techniker Krankenkasse about health and relationship; in an additional podcast Anne Milek answers to questions posed by the audience
2020-05-05: We are hiring three student assistants for different projects, please find further information here, applications to lpauw@wwu.de
2020-04-27: Spendenaufruf für den Corona-Notfonds der WWU Münster - Die Universitätsleitung hat gemeinsam mit der Stiftung WWU Münster, der Universitätsgesellschaft Münster und dem Allgemeinen Studierendenausschuss (AStA) den Corona-Notfonds für Studierende ins Leben gerufen
2020-04-10: a video by BR24 about dealing with conflicts during the Coronavirus crisis based on the expertise of Anne Milek
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
2020-03-16: Interview with Anne Milek about couple therapy
2020-03-13: Interview with Lisanne Pauw in Brandtpunt
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/
2019-10-03: 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