Dr. phil. Mareike Ernst

Temporal variability of risk and resilience factors for mental health: TempRes

The project uses Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to investigate temporal dynamics of mood and psychological distress with a special focus on loneliness and suicidal Ideation, and theoretically derived vulnerability and protective factors in a clinical and in a community sample.

The results will provide an empirical basis for the development of specific interventions to promote resilience in the population and in at-risk groups.

Dr. phil. MSc. Psych. Mareike Ernst is a psychologist, psychotherapist in training and research associate at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy of the University Medical Center Mainz. She received her doctorate in 2019 for a thesis on the mental health of long-term survivors after childhood and adolescent cancer. Her main research interests are psychooncology, trauma, and suicide prevention.