Laura Bechtiger
@laurabech.bsky.social
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Postdoc @UMCG | developmental psychologist interested in the development of mental health problems across the lifespan, intergenerational transmission, population-based cohort studies, longitudinal data analysis
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Finally sharing some news: I was awarded a Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship from @snsf.ch last year - since 1 June 2025, I’ve been @umcgroningen.bsky.social, working on a project exploring how mental health problems are transmitted across generations in the general population.
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Our next #ResearchSeminar guest, Dr.
@nivette.bsky.social, will talk about "Change in legal attitudes during adolescence and into young adulthood".
🗓️ May 5th, 2:30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 3.46
This seminar is open to all participants - no registration required!
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Check out our new paper on childhood risk factors for violent ideations now in Criminal Behavior and Mental Health!
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A new #zproso paper led by Manuel Eisner examines trajectories and childhood predictors of violent ideations (VIs) up to age 24. Findings indicate a strong decline in VIs from late adolescence to early adulthood. They also suggest that childhood predictors of later VIs differ by sex.
Childhood Risk Factors for Violent Ideations in Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood
Background Violent ideations (VIs) refer to thoughts, daydreams or fantasies of killing, inflicting serious physical harm or humiliating another person. Violent ideations are of particular interest ...
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Join our first #ResearchSeminar of 2025, led by Dr. Guangyu Tong on "Moving toward best practice when using propensity score weighting in survey observational studies".
🗓️ March 3rd, 2:30 p.m, Andreasstrasse 15 in Zurich, AND 3.46
Everyone is welcome! No registration is needed.
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How do attitudes towards violence against women (VAW) differ among second-generation refugees, migrants, and native Swiss adolescents, and what factors are associated with higher support for VAW? A new paper led by Lana Ghuneim, using #zproso data, examines this issue.
👉 doi.org/10.1177/1477...
Attitudes towards violence against women among second-generation refugee, migrant and native Swiss adolescents in Zurich, Switzerland - Lana Ghuneim, Manuel Eisner, Denis Ribeaud, 2025
Research on violence against women (VAW) attitudes among adolescent migrant communities is limited. This study examines VAW attitudes in second-generation refug...
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A great first day of our Zurich Population Research Conference with excellent keynotes by @melindacmills.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social!
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Adolescents are going through a period of rapid change to their bodies and brains. While a certain amount of stress can help teens navigate the challenges they face, too much can be detrimental.

Insights from our article by David Bürgin and Mirjam Habegger.
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Join our #ResearchSeminar held by Dr. Drew Rothenberg on "Investigating the intergenerational transmission of maladaptive family environments: Identifying developmental pathways and prevention strategies".
🗓️ December 16th, 2.30 p.m., Andreasstrasse 15, Zurich, room AND 3.48.
👐 Everyone is welcome!
Research Seminar with Dr. Drew Rothenberg, Research Scientist, Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy
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High substance use prevalence among young adults in Switzerland's Zurich region causes public concern. The study "Words versus Strands: Reliability and Stability of Concordance Rates of Self-Reported and Hair-Analyzed Substance Use of Young Adults over Time"...

www.tagesanzeiger.ch/studie-zu-dr...
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there's also stattag which allows embedding statistical output into word directly - it's coordinated by people at northwestern