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Brickau, D., Schaefer, B., Luhmann, M., & Luhmann, M. (2026). Who stays lonely and who does not? Identifying distinct loneliness trajectories after social loss events. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Published. 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.

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

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