Melanie Fischer
@melaniefischer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Clinical Couple and Family Psychology at Phillips-Universität Marburg | Psychotherapist | #firstgen | she/her/hers | views are my own
@coupleandfamilylab.bsky.social
@coupleandfamilylab.bsky.social
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Die Finanzierung der Psychotherapie-Weiterbildung ist noch immer nicht geregelt. 2500 Absolvierende stehen jährlich vor verschlossenen Türen. Die Zukunft der psychotherapeutischen Versorgung ist in Gefahr! Kommt am 24.10.25 um 15 Uhr nach Köln oder Bochum zur Demo, werdet laut für die Finanzierung!
October 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Die Finanzierung der Psychotherapie-Weiterbildung ist noch immer nicht geregelt. 2500 Absolvierende stehen jährlich vor verschlossenen Türen. Die Zukunft der psychotherapeutischen Versorgung ist in Gefahr! Kommt am 24.10.25 um 15 Uhr nach Köln oder Bochum zur Demo, werdet laut für die Finanzierung!
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📝 How do experiences of discrimination affect trust in psychotherapy?
Our study is looking for participants aged 18 and older - with or without a migration background. Take part now, share your perspective and support research!
👉 www.dynamic-center.net/study-how-do...
Our study is looking for participants aged 18 and older - with or without a migration background. Take part now, share your perspective and support research!
👉 www.dynamic-center.net/study-how-do...
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📝 How do experiences of discrimination affect trust in psychotherapy?
Our study is looking for participants aged 18 and older - with or without a migration background. Take part now, share your perspective and support research!
👉 www.dynamic-center.net/study-how-do...
Our study is looking for participants aged 18 and older - with or without a migration background. Take part now, share your perspective and support research!
👉 www.dynamic-center.net/study-how-do...
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Do you want to get serious about specifying your random-effect structures? This paper might be for you.. plus lots of good stuff about multilevel and dyadic modeling: doi.org/10.1177/2515...
A Practical Guide to Specifying Random Effects in Longitudinal Dyadic Multilevel Modeling - Kareena S. del Rosario, Tessa V. West, 2025
Analyzing over-time dyadic data can be challenging, particularly when using multilevel models with complex random-effect structures. In this tutorial, we discus...
doi.org
September 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Do you want to get serious about specifying your random-effect structures? This paper might be for you.. plus lots of good stuff about multilevel and dyadic modeling: doi.org/10.1177/2515...
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In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No
Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.
www.forbes.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...
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On this July 4, liberate the field from cross-sectional “mediation analysis” - check out this new paper discussing an alternative. I bet it’s an instant classic. My sense is that folks continue bad practices bc they don’t know what else to do. This solves that
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APA PsycNet
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July 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
On this July 4, liberate the field from cross-sectional “mediation analysis” - check out this new paper discussing an alternative. I bet it’s an instant classic. My sense is that folks continue bad practices bc they don’t know what else to do. This solves that
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
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🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
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A new article from our team reporting health-benefical effects of instructed positive couple interaction in daily life 👇🧑🤝🧑🧠 bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
May 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A new article from our team reporting health-benefical effects of instructed positive couple interaction in daily life 👇🧑🤝🧑🧠 bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🚀 PhD Position in Psychological Methods at @unimarburg.bsky.social
📅 Start: 01.10.2025 | 💼 50% TV-H E13 | ⏳ 3 years
Focus on statistical modeling—Bayesian statistics, cognitive modeling, psychometrics.
🔗 Apply now: uni-marburg.de/r5dKTr
🔄 Thanks for sharing!
📅 Start: 01.10.2025 | 💼 50% TV-H E13 | ⏳ 3 years
Focus on statistical modeling—Bayesian statistics, cognitive modeling, psychometrics.
🔗 Apply now: uni-marburg.de/r5dKTr
🔄 Thanks for sharing!
May 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚀 PhD Position in Psychological Methods at @unimarburg.bsky.social
📅 Start: 01.10.2025 | 💼 50% TV-H E13 | ⏳ 3 years
Focus on statistical modeling—Bayesian statistics, cognitive modeling, psychometrics.
🔗 Apply now: uni-marburg.de/r5dKTr
🔄 Thanks for sharing!
📅 Start: 01.10.2025 | 💼 50% TV-H E13 | ⏳ 3 years
Focus on statistical modeling—Bayesian statistics, cognitive modeling, psychometrics.
🔗 Apply now: uni-marburg.de/r5dKTr
🔄 Thanks for sharing!
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Wichtige Petition für den direkten Zugang zu Psychotherapie für Patient:innen. 👇
Bisher kann man ohne Überweisung durch den Hausarzt zur Psychotherapie. Im aktuellen Koalitionsvertrag steht, dass sich das ändern soll. Diese Petition möchte das verhindern:
Erhalt des Erstzugangsrechts zur Psychotherapie – Veränderung der Koalitionsvereinbarung jetzt!
Jetzt innn.it-Petition unterschreiben & Tania Ghosh, Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapeutin unterstützen!
innn.it
April 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wichtige Petition für den direkten Zugang zu Psychotherapie für Patient:innen. 👇
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NEW PAPER: Updated CONSORT-2025 for reporting randomised trials is now available in the @bmj.com @jama.com , @thelancet.bsky.social, @plos.org and @naturemedicine.bsky.social
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
April 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
NEW PAPER: Updated CONSORT-2025 for reporting randomised trials is now available in the @bmj.com @jama.com , @thelancet.bsky.social, @plos.org and @naturemedicine.bsky.social
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky
Proud PI this week 🤩 with several of my doctoral students presenting their work. They did a fantastic job and it was fun too!
@coupleandfamilylab.bsky.social
#dpk2025
#relationships
#couples
#mentalhealth
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@coupleandfamilylab.bsky.social
#dpk2025
#relationships
#couples
#mentalhealth
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April 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Proud PI this week 🤩 with several of my doctoral students presenting their work. They did a fantastic job and it was fun too!
@coupleandfamilylab.bsky.social
#dpk2025
#relationships
#couples
#mentalhealth
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@coupleandfamilylab.bsky.social
#dpk2025
#relationships
#couples
#mentalhealth
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Wichtiges Panel zum Tagesstart. Weiterbildung und Promotion muss integriert möglich sein, ohne wissenschaftliche Qualität einzubüßen oder unzumutbare Bedingungen zu schaffen. Es gibt noch viel zu tun!
#DPK2025
@juliaasbrand.bsky.social @ehrenthal-lab.bsky.social
#DPK2025
@juliaasbrand.bsky.social @ehrenthal-lab.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Wichtiges Panel zum Tagesstart. Weiterbildung und Promotion muss integriert möglich sein, ohne wissenschaftliche Qualität einzubüßen oder unzumutbare Bedingungen zu schaffen. Es gibt noch viel zu tun!
#DPK2025
@juliaasbrand.bsky.social @ehrenthal-lab.bsky.social
#DPK2025
@juliaasbrand.bsky.social @ehrenthal-lab.bsky.social
Auf dem Weg zum #dpk2025 mit Sperrungen auf der Bahnstrecke 🫠 Dafür freue ich mich umso mehr, dass @nwinkelmann.bsky.social heute für unsere AG den Auftakt macht: Poster mit spannenden Einblicken zu Partnerschaft & Depressivität mittels Netzwerkanalyse!
April 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Auf dem Weg zum #dpk2025 mit Sperrungen auf der Bahnstrecke 🫠 Dafür freue ich mich umso mehr, dass @nwinkelmann.bsky.social heute für unsere AG den Auftakt macht: Poster mit spannenden Einblicken zu Partnerschaft & Depressivität mittels Netzwerkanalyse!
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In unserer PaZ-Studie suchen wir ebenfalls weiterhin Teilnehmende! Hier geht es um Partnerschaft und die wechselseitigen Auswirkungen zwischen Zwangssymptomen, Verhalten, Kommunikation und Stress. Paare können vor Ort in Marburg oder virtuell teilnehmen. Infos: www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb04/team...
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In unserer PaZ-Studie suchen wir ebenfalls weiterhin Teilnehmende! Hier geht es um Partnerschaft und die wechselseitigen Auswirkungen zwischen Zwangssymptomen, Verhalten, Kommunikation und Stress. Paare können vor Ort in Marburg oder virtuell teilnehmen. Infos: www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb04/team...
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Eltern sein mit Zwangsstörung? Wie geht es betroffenen Personen in ihrer Elternrolle und wie können Unterstützungsangebote aussehen? Diesen und anderen Fragen gehen wir in einer qualitativen Studie nach. Mehr Infos und Link zur anonymen Befragung 👇
www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb04/team...
www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb04/team...
April 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Eltern sein mit Zwangsstörung? Wie geht es betroffenen Personen in ihrer Elternrolle und wie können Unterstützungsangebote aussehen? Diesen und anderen Fragen gehen wir in einer qualitativen Studie nach. Mehr Infos und Link zur anonymen Befragung 👇
www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb04/team...
www.uni-marburg.de/de/fb04/team...
Really cool work and super helpful for tackling some of the many challenges in EMA methods!
Are you doing EMA research and wonder how to go about it? In recent work we've adressed some open questions and challenges, here is a brief summary of papers and materials.
🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky
🧵 #PsychSciSky 🧪 #StatsSky
March 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Really cool work and super helpful for tackling some of the many challenges in EMA methods!
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Es braucht jetzt keine „Wir bauen die Mauer wieder auf“-Witze, sondern Solidarität mit all den Menschen, die in Gegenden mit rechtsextremer Dominanz leben und trotzdem ihre Stimme erheben.
February 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Es braucht jetzt keine „Wir bauen die Mauer wieder auf“-Witze, sondern Solidarität mit all den Menschen, die in Gegenden mit rechtsextremer Dominanz leben und trotzdem ihre Stimme erheben.
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Hey - please help save jobs and lives!
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Tell Congress to Stop NIH Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to ask Congress to take steps to stop funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The administration's proposed cuts to federal research funding, particul...
click.info.apa.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey - please help save jobs and lives!
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
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🏰 PhD position on computational modelling | collective dynamics | cultural evolution 🏰
Get in touch with any questions you might have and join me in beautiful Marburg!
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/c... (Deutsch)
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/3... (English)
Get in touch with any questions you might have and join me in beautiful Marburg!
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/c... (Deutsch)
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/3... (English)
February 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🏰 PhD position on computational modelling | collective dynamics | cultural evolution 🏰
Get in touch with any questions you might have and join me in beautiful Marburg!
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/c... (Deutsch)
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/3... (English)
Get in touch with any questions you might have and join me in beautiful Marburg!
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/c... (Deutsch)
stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/3... (English)
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Psychology Starter Packs
Mega-thread of 68 psychology-related starter packs!
Click on this post and scroll up! ☝️
#AcademicSky #PhDSky 🧪
Mega-thread of 68 psychology-related starter packs!
Click on this post and scroll up! ☝️
#AcademicSky #PhDSky 🧪
a man in a baseball jacket is standing in front of a podium and says psych !
ALT: a man in a baseball jacket is standing in front of a podium and says psych !
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January 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Psychology Starter Packs
Mega-thread of 68 psychology-related starter packs!
Click on this post and scroll up! ☝️
#AcademicSky #PhDSky 🧪
Mega-thread of 68 psychology-related starter packs!
Click on this post and scroll up! ☝️
#AcademicSky #PhDSky 🧪
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27 Tage bis zur vorgezogenen Bundestagswahl. Wissenschaft hat Grund zur Sorge angesichts wissenschafts-, demokratie- & menschenfeindlicher Politik. Was tun? 1️⃣ Relevanz von Demokratie & Menschenrechten betonen. 2️⃣ ALLE, die uns zuhören, auffordern, von Wahlrecht Gebrauch zu machen!⬇️ #LauteWissenschaft
#LauteWissenschaft im Wahljahr 2025: Eure Stimme zählt!
Was können wir tun gegen demokratie- und menschenfeindliche Politik, die auch auf unsere Community abzielt? Wir können — und sollten! — unsere Rolle als Multiplikator_innen nutzen und zum Wählen aufru...
arbeitinderwissenschaft.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
27 Tage bis zur vorgezogenen Bundestagswahl. Wissenschaft hat Grund zur Sorge angesichts wissenschafts-, demokratie- & menschenfeindlicher Politik. Was tun? 1️⃣ Relevanz von Demokratie & Menschenrechten betonen. 2️⃣ ALLE, die uns zuhören, auffordern, von Wahlrecht Gebrauch zu machen!⬇️ #LauteWissenschaft
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Es ist mehr als bitter, dass die ambitionierten Ziele der Ampel zur Verbesserung der Versorgung von psychisch kranken Menschen am Ende fast vollständig unerfüllt geblieben sind. Das gilt besonders für Kinder und Jugendliche. Die BPTK stellt zentrale Forderungen für die kommende Legislaturperiode.
Psychotherapeuten: Versorgung psychisch Kranker bedarfsgerecht ausbauen
Berlin – Der Reformstau in der Versorgung von Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen muss umgehend behoben werden. Dafür setzt sich die...
www.aerzteblatt.de
January 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Es ist mehr als bitter, dass die ambitionierten Ziele der Ampel zur Verbesserung der Versorgung von psychisch kranken Menschen am Ende fast vollständig unerfüllt geblieben sind. Das gilt besonders für Kinder und Jugendliche. Die BPTK stellt zentrale Forderungen für die kommende Legislaturperiode.
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Sweeping restrictions at NIH have halted grant reviews, workshops, and hiring. Travel and communication bans block scientists from presenting work, recruiting for clinical trials, and publishing. Fear and uncertainty now threaten U.S. biomedical research progress. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Sweeping restrictions at NIH have halted grant reviews, workshops, and hiring. Travel and communication bans block scientists from presenting work, recruiting for clinical trials, and publishing. Fear and uncertainty now threaten U.S. biomedical research progress. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...