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Dr. Sabrina Fuths

Room: IB 5/113
Tel.: +49 234 32 - 22086
Office hours: Current by appointment by e-mail
ORC-ID: 0000-0003-0964-864X
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Research Interests

  • Personality development
  • Basic psychological needs in the family
  • Parental burnout
  • Early parent-infant interaction
  • Self-determination and participation of families with children with disabilities, chronic or mental illness
  • Neurodiversity

Further Information


Hennecke, M., & Fuths, S. (2023). Levels of goal adjustment in late adulthood. Current Opinion in Psychology, 55, Article 101730. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101730

Fuths, S., Seehagen, S., & Schneider, S. (2017). How a mother processes her infant’s distress: Cognitive pathways to maternal insensitivity. Mental Health & Prevention, 6, 19–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2017.03.004

Müller, D., Teismann, T., Hirschfeld, G., Zmyj, N., Fuths, S., Vocks, S., Schneider, S., & Seehagen, S. (2019). The course of maternal repetitive negative thinking at the transition to motherhood and early mother–infant interactions: Is there a link? Development and Psychopathology, 31(04), 1411–1421. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418000883

Popp, L., Fuths, S., & Schneider, S. (2019). The Relevance of Infant Outcome Measures: A Pilot-RCT Comparing Baby Triple P Positive Parenting Program With Care as Usual. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2425. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02425

Popp, L., Fuths, S., Seehagen, S., Bolten, M., Gross-Hemmi, M., Wolke, D., & Schneider, S. (2016). Inter-rater reliability and acceptance of the structured diagnostic interview for regulatory problems in infancy. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 10(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-016-0107-6

Fuths, S. (2016). Early Caregiving and Infant Mental health:  Conceptual, Etiological and Applied Perspectives on Infant Regulatory Problems and associated parental factors. Doctoral thesis, Ruhr-University Bochum.

Fuths, S. (2022, November 25). Schulabsentismus und Jugendhilfe zu Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie: zur Situation jugendlicher Schüler*innen mit psychischen Erkrankungen und Schwierigkeiten mit dem Schulbesuch in einer intensivpädagogischen Hilfe. [Conference Talk] 5. Community Health Konferenz an der Hochschule für Gesundheit, Bochum, Germany.

Fuths, S. (2018). Entwicklungsförderung und psychotherapeutische Ansätze bei psychischen Störungen, Behinderung und chronischer Krankheit. In J. Strohmer (Hrsg.), Psychologische Grundlagen für Fachkräfte in Kindergarten, Krippe und Hort. Hogrefe Verlag.

  • Since 10/2023: Postdoctoral researcher at Ruhr-University Bochum
  • 07/2023-09/2023: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Siegen
  • 11/2022-06/2023: Director of specialized counseling and diagnostics in the Youth Welfare Office Bochum
  • 11/2021-12/2022: Licensed psychotherapist for children and adolescents in private practice in Wetter
  • 03/2020-11/2022: Deputy Director and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Department for Outpatient Integration Assistance of the Youth Welfare Office Bochum
  • 10/2019 – 10/2020: Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Center for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, responsible for the conception and management of baby and toddler consultation, Ruhr-University Bochum
  • 10/2017 – 09/2019: Research Assistant at the Chair of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Therapist in the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) research project 'Children Cope with Anxiety' for the treatment of anxiety disorders, Ruhr-University Bochum
  • 10/2016 – 09/2017: Psychologist at the LVR Clinic Essen, Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  • 10/2016 – 09/2019: Psychotherapist in training at the Ruhr Institute in the advanced training program for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
  • 12/2016: Dr. rer. nat. in Psychology (magna cum laude), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, (Advisor and first referee: Prof. Dr. Silvia Schneider; second referee: Prof. Dr. Norbert Zmyj)
  • 01/2013 – 09/2016: PHD-Student at the Chair of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum
  • 09/2012: Master degree (excellent) in Clinical Psychology
  • 2017:Dissertation Award from BVKJ (Bundesvereinigung Verhaltenstherapie für Kinder und Jugendliche)