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Brickau, D., Schaefer, B., & Luhmann, M. (2026). Who stays lonely and who does not? Identifying distinct loneliness trajectories after social loss events. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 43(8), 2340-2368. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075261431896

Weingarten, J., Mertens, F., Brickau, D., Kramm, R. J., Margraf, J., Precht, L. M., ... & Brailovskaia, J. (2026). Taking the first step towards better mental health: Reduced daily smartphone use leads to less problematic smartphone use, fear of missing out, depression and dysfunctional emotion regulation. Acta Psychologica, 265, 106735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106735

Haehner, P., Sotgiu, I., Schaefer, B., Brickau, D., Kaiser, T., & Luhmann, M. (2024). The perception of major life events across the life course. PLoS ONE, 19(12), Article e0314011. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314011

Precht, L. M., Mertens, F., Brickau, D. S., Kramm, R. J., Margraf, J., Stirnberg, J., & Brailovskaia, J. (2023). Engaging in physical activity instead of (over) using the smartphone: An experimental investigation of lifestyle interventions to prevent problematic smartphone use and to promote mental health. Journal of Public Health, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-01832-5

Summer 2026: 
Seminar "Statistics and applied data analysis II" (Bachelor-Level)

Winter 2025/2026:
Seminar "Statistics and applied data analysis III" (Bachelor-Level)
Seminar "Project Seminar" (Bachelor-Level)

Winter 2024/2025:
Seminar "Statistics and applied data analysis I" (Bachelor-Level)
Seminar "Statistics and applied data analysis III" (Bachelor-Level)
Seminar "Project Seminar" (Bachelor-Level)

Summer 2024:
Seminar "Research oriented internship" (Bachelor-Level)

Winter 2023/2024:
Seminar "Statistics and applied data analysis I" (Bachelor-Level)
Seminar "Research oriented internship" (Bachelor-Level)

Summer 2023:
Seminar "Statistics and applied data analysis II" (Bachelor-Level)

Winter 2022/2023:
Seminar "Statistics and applied data analysis I" (Bachelor-Level)

Summer 2022:
Tutorium "Statistics and applied data analysis II" (Bachelor-Level)

Winter 2021/2022:
Tutorium "Statistics and applied data analysis I" (Bachelor-Level)

Summer 2021:
Tutorium "Statistics and applied data analysis II" (Bachelor-Level)

Winter 2020/2021:
Tutorium "Statistics and applied data analysis I" (Bachelor-Level)

Sommer 2020:
Tutorium "Statistics and applied data analysis II" (Bachelor-Level)

Winter 2019/2020:
Tutorium "Statistics and applied data analysis I" (Bachelor-Level)

Sommer 2019:
Tutorium "Statistics and applied data analysis II" (Bachelor-Level)

Winter 2018/2019:
Tutorium "Statistics and applied data analysis I" (Bachelor-Level)

Since 04/2023
Research associate (Department of Psychological Methods)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

10/2022 – 03/2023
Lecturer for seminar "Statistics and applied data analysis I" (Department of Psychological Methods)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

04/2019 – 03/2023
Research assistant (Department of Psychological Methods)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

10/2018 – 09/2022
Teaching assistant for statistics
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Since 04/2023
PhD Student
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

10/2020 – 02/2023
Master of Science Psychology, specializing in Clinical Psychology
Ruhr-Universität Bochum

10/2017 – 07/2020
Bachelor of Science Psychology
Ruhr-Universität Bochum