Dr. Julia Tetzner
Associated Researcher
Educational Trajectories
Projects
- BIJU – Learning Processes, Educational Careers, and Psychosocial Development in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Study
- Individual Developmental Trajectories and Institutional Contexts Across the Lifespan
Curriculum Vitae
2014 | Doctorate in Psychology (summa cum laude), University of Potsdam (Subject: Stability and Change in Academic, Social, and Emotional Development from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood: The Interplay with Negative Life Events and Protective Factors) |
2010 | Diploma in Psychology, University of Leipzig |
2004 | Abitur, Friedrichgymnasium Altenburg (higher education entry qualification) |
Professional activities
Since 2015 | Academic staff member (PostDoc) at DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in the research group "Individual educational trajectories and Institutional contexts across the lifespan” |
2014 – 2015 | Academic staff member (PostDoc) at the University of Potsdam in the Research Training Group 1668, "Intrapersonale Entwicklungsrisiken des Kindes- und Jugendalters in längsschnittlicher Sicht" [intrapersonal developmental risks in childhood and adolescence from a longitudinal perspective], excellence cluster for cognitive science (spokesperson: Professor Birgit Elsner) |
2013 | Academic staff member (doctoral student) at DIPF in the Department for Educational Structure and Governance |
2010 – 2013 | Academic staff member (doctoral student) at the University of Potsdam in the Faculty for Quantitative Methods in Educational Science, profile area “Empirical Educational Science” (Professor Kai Maaz) |
2009 – 2010 | Student assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development in Berlin, in the Department for Educational Science and Educational Systems (Professor Jürgen Baumert) |
2006 – 2009 | Student assistant at the University of Leipzig in the Faculty for Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (Professor Boris Egloff) |
Current work and research priorities
- Trajectories, patterns and influential factors in psychosocial and academic development in adolescence and early adulthood
- Interplay of risk factors and protective factors
- Resilience in developmental processes
Publications
- Publications (DIPF database of publications)
- List of Publications (pdf)
Selected Publications
- Tetzner, J., & Becker, M. (2018). Think Positive? Examining the Impact of Optimism on Academic Achievement in Early Adolescents. Journal of Personality, 86, 283-295. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12312
- Tetzner, J., Becker, M. & Maaz, K. (2017). Development in Multiple Areas of Life in Adolescence: Interrelations between Academic Achievement, Perceived Peer Acceptance, and Self-Esteem. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41, 704-713. doi: 10.1177/0165025416664432
- Tetzner, J., Becker, M., & Baumert, J. (2016). Still Doing Fine? The Interplay of Negative Life Events and Self-Esteem During Young Adulthood. European Journal of Personality, 30, 358-373. doi: 10.1002/per.2066
- Tetzner, J., & Schuth, M. (2016). Anxiety in Late Adulthood: Associations with Gender, Education, and Physical and Cognitive Functioning. Psychology and Aging, 31, 532-544. doi: 10.1037/pag0000108
- Tetzner, J., & Becker, M. (2015). How Being an Optimist Makes a Difference: The Protective Role of Optimism in Adolescent‘s Adjustment to Parental Separation. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 325-333. doi: 10.1177/1948550614559605
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Jan 21, 2021