We are complementing two projects (A1 and A2) of this consortium with an e-diary assessment to get insight into psychosocial processes and to test the impact of the interventions in real life.

Participating institutions

• Prof. Michael Huss
• Dipl.-Psych. Florian Hammerle (Universitätsmedizin Mainz)
• Prof. Svenja Taubner, Dr. Julia Holl (Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg)

START A1: A randomized, waitlist controlled, multicentric study to evaluate the START - Intervention for adolescent refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Posttraumatic stress disorder is highly prevalent in refugees, but to date, only a few have access to therapeutic support in Germany. The project evaluates a group training to stabilize traumatized adolescent refugees. We are complementing the evaluation using a one-week smartphone assessment before and three times after the intervention to assess the effects and possible consistency of the impact of the training in everyday life of the patients. Furthermore, we are interested in getting insight into the psychosocial processes, notably the reciprocal effects of stress, trauma symptoms, social conflicts, social support, discrimination, and emotions besides others.

START A2: A mentalization-based preventive intervention for childcare workers working with traumatized refugee toddlers.

The study evaluates a mentalization-based prevention program for childcare workers, focusing on the process of transition of toddlers to childcare. We are again complementing the evaluation of the program with an a-diary assessment, which will be implemented one working week before the intervention and one working week after. We are especially interested in potential differences in the mentalization of childcare workers regarding the cultural background of their interaction partner. Furthermore, we want to analyze the impact of the mentalization program regarding emotions, self-efficiency, and perceived stress of the childcare workers during interactions with parents or children, to prove the effectiveness of the training.