Phil C Langer
Biographic Data
| ID | 110515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Phil C Langer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Phil C |
| FAMILY NAME | Langer |
| SIGNATURE | LANGER P C |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Psychoanalytic University Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6930-1766 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Translating Trauma into Testimony
Research involving highly vulnerable groups, such as those with deeply traumatic experiences, presents researchers with significant ethical and methodological hurdles. This article outlines a project conducted in northern Iraq with former ISIS child soldiers. We reflect on our methodological and ethical decisions within the framework of the do no harm imperative — a cornerstone of research ethics that has faced criticism for its perceived inadequ…
Introduction
In this editorial, we introduce the focus of this thematic issue and its contributions. Addressing the themes of “war” and “peace” and their impacts on children requires contextualization within socio‐historical, socio‐cultural, socio‐psychological, and educational frameworks. Equally, it is essential to tackle the methodological challenges inherent in this field of empirical research. The rise of child‐centred and participatory approaches over r…
Through Their Eyes
This article presents a contextualized interpretation of drawings created by former child soldiers of the so‐called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The drawings were generated as part of a collaborative storytelling project in Northern Iraq in 2019 that aimed at identifying the psychosocial needs of these militarized children. The analysis focuses on two distinct groups: Arab‐Sunni and Yezidi boys, each representing different pathways int…
Hope in crisis
In this article we explore Erich Fromm’s concept of hope within the context of contemporary social and political crises. We formulate two primary objections to his vision of a revolution of hope: the individualistic moralisation of societal problems, and the accusation that hope is persuasive and manipulative. By embedding Fromm’s ideas within a broader dialectical framework and engaging with Walter Benjamin’s thoughts on history, we reinterpret …
Broadening the evidentiary basis for clinical practice guidelines
To improve the provision of psychotherapy, many countries have now established clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of specific disorders and mental health concerns. These guidelines have typically been based on evidence from meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials with minimal consideration of findings from qualitative research designs. This said, there has been growing interest in incorporating qualitative research in guideline de…
Educational Transitions in War and Refugee Contexts
This article addresses educational transitions under conditions of multiple insecurities. By analyzing empirical data of two research projects with youths in Afghanistan and refugee students in Austria, we show how young peoplemake sense of the social and educational inequalities they encounter on their educational pathways within different national, socio‐political, and institutional contexts. We present in‐depth analyses of two cases to elabora…
Sociodemographic, HIV-Related Characteristics, and Health Care Factors as Predictors of Self-Reported Vaccination Coverage in a Nationwide Sample of People Aging with HIV in Germany
Preventing infectious diseases through vaccination becomes more significant among the growing population of people aging with HIV. Coverage rates for vaccinations and factors associated with vaccination utilization among this population in Germany are unknown. We assessed the coverage of eight recommended vaccinations in a certain time frame in our convenience sample of 903 people living with HIV aged 50 years and older. We analysed coverage rate…
Comorbidities and psychosocial factors as correlates of self-reported falls in a nationwide sample of community-dwelling people aging with HIV in Germany
We found a low prevalence of falls in our sample of community-dwelling people aging with HIV. Our results show evidence for a strong association between comorbidity and falling, and between psychosocial factors and falling. Especially the strong association between experienced HIV stigma and fall risk is noteworthy and adds falls to the list of health outcomes affected by HIV stigma
Associations Between Experienced and Internalized HIV Stigma, Adversarial Growth, and Health Outcomes in a Nationwide Sample of People Aging with HIV in Germany
HIV-related stigmatization and adversarial growth are known to influence health outcomes in people living with HIV. But not much is known how these psychosocial factors are related to each other and how they interact to influence health outcomes. We tested whether the effect of experienced and internalized stigma on mental health and self-rated health is mediated by adversarial growth, and whether each of these factors is uniquely associated with…
Social inequalities in health-related quality of life among people aging with HIV/Aids
The diverse sample of people aging with HIV showed social inequalities regarding HRQOL and most of the disease severity markers. SES was significantly related to mental and physical HRQOL after adjusting for disease severity. Possible explanations for this phenomenon are discussed
Qualitative Methoden in der Politikwissenschaft
Introduction to the Special Issue
This special issue is devoted to reflexivity as an epistemic tool in qualitative research. We suggest a distinction between epistemically weak and epistemically strong reflexivity and present examples for strongly reflexive research from the German-speaking countries and the United Kingdom. The issue pursues three major goals: First, it provides a vocabulary to deepen the discussion about the epistemic dimensions of reflexivity. Second, it interv…
The Research Vignette
The adequate presentation of empirical research findings poses an essential, yet often neglected challenge in qualitative methodology. This article contributes to the debate by proposing the research vignette as a mediating position between conventional and experimental forms of writing. On the basis of an illustrating example from an interview study on the psychosocial dynamics of HIV-related sexual risk behavior of gay men in Germany, the metho…
Dealing with Dilemmas of Difference - Ethical and Psychological Considerations of “Othering” and “Peer Dialogues” in the Research Encounter
In this paper we review two qualitative interview studies, in which dilemmas of difference played a decisive role. With regard to the first study, which focused on the influence of migration backgrounds in student’s perception of Holocaust Education in Germany, we discuss several research decisions that were made to avoid methodological othering. Concerning a study on HIV risk behavior of gay and bisexual men, psychological challenges of a partic…
After all I’ve got the soul of a young girl“ - A Psychosocial Perspective on the Impact of Heteronormative Images of Masculinity on Sexual Risk Behavior of Gay Men
The paper is aimed at contributing to an empirically grounded understanding of the psychosocial dynamics that underlie the relation between heteronormative images of masculinity, internalized heterosexism and health behavior of gay men in the global North. It is based on a qualitative interview study that focuses on the consequences of the internalization of dominant images of masculinity for the identity constructions of gay men and their HIV-re…
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
Im Grunde genommen hab ich die Seele eines kleinen Mädchens« – Männlichkeitsbilder, internalisierter Heterosexismus und gesundheitliches Risikoverhalten bei schwulen Männern in Deutschland
Article »im Grunde genommen hab ich die Seele eines kleinen Mädchens« – Männlichkeitsbilder, internalisierter Heterosexismus und gesundheitliches Risikoverhalten bei schwulen Männern in Deutschland was published on November 1, 2013 in the journal Feministische Studien (volume 31, issue 2)
Beschädigte Identität
Warum gehen nach über 25 Jahren intensiver Aufklärungsarbeit Menschen die Gefahr ein, sich mit einem unheilbaren Virus zu infizieren? Wie kommt es zu dem drastischen Anstieg der HIV-Neudiagnosen der letzten Jahre? Und warum sind in Deutschland insbesondere schwule und bisexuelle Männer von HIV und AIDS betroffen? Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die psychosozialen Hintergründe und Dynamiken ihres sexuellen Risikoverhaltens. Sie basiert auf einer…
Beschädigte Identität
Beschädigte Identität
Introduction to the Special Issue
This special issue is devoted to reflexivity as an epistemic tool in qualitative research. We suggest a distinction between epistemically weak and epistemically strong reflexivity and present examples for strongly reflexive research from the German-speaking countries and the United Kingdom. The issue pursues three major goals: First, it provides a vocabulary to deepen the discussion about the epistemic dimensions of reflexivity. Second, it interv…
The Research Vignette
The adequate presentation of empirical research findings poses an essential, yet often neglected challenge in qualitative methodology. This article contributes to the debate by proposing the research vignette as a mediating position between conventional and experimental forms of writing. On the basis of an illustrating example from an interview study on the psychosocial dynamics of HIV-related sexual risk behavior of gay men in Germany, the metho…
Beschädigte Identität
Beschädigte Identität
Warum gehen nach über 25 Jahren intensiver Aufklärungsarbeit Menschen die Gefahr ein, sich mit einem unheilbaren Virus zu infizieren? Wie kommt es zu dem drastischen Anstieg der HIV-Neudiagnosen der letzten Jahre? Und warum sind in Deutschland insbesondere schwule und bisexuelle Männer von HIV und AIDS betroffen? Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die psychosozialen Hintergründe und Dynamiken ihres sexuellen Risikoverhaltens. Sie basiert auf einer…
Beschädigte Identität
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
Reflexive Wissensproduktion
Im Grunde genommen hab ich die Seele eines kleinen Mädchens« – Männlichkeitsbilder, internalisierter Heterosexismus und gesundheitliches Risikoverhalten bei schwulen Männern in Deutschland
Article »im Grunde genommen hab ich die Seele eines kleinen Mädchens« – Männlichkeitsbilder, internalisierter Heterosexismus und gesundheitliches Risikoverhalten bei schwulen Männern in Deutschland was published on November 1, 2013 in the journal Feministische Studien (volume 31, issue 2)
Dealing with Dilemmas of Difference - Ethical and Psychological Considerations of “Othering” and “Peer Dialogues” in the Research Encounter
In this paper we review two qualitative interview studies, in which dilemmas of difference played a decisive role. With regard to the first study, which focused on the influence of migration backgrounds in student’s perception of Holocaust Education in Germany, we discuss several research decisions that were made to avoid methodological othering. Concerning a study on HIV risk behavior of gay and bisexual men, psychological challenges of a partic…
After all I’ve got the soul of a young girl“ - A Psychosocial Perspective on the Impact of Heteronormative Images of Masculinity on Sexual Risk Behavior of Gay Men
The paper is aimed at contributing to an empirically grounded understanding of the psychosocial dynamics that underlie the relation between heteronormative images of masculinity, internalized heterosexism and health behavior of gay men in the global North. It is based on a qualitative interview study that focuses on the consequences of the internalization of dominant images of masculinity for the identity constructions of gay men and their HIV-re…
Introduction to the Special Issue
This special issue is devoted to reflexivity as an epistemic tool in qualitative research. We suggest a distinction between epistemically weak and epistemically strong reflexivity and present examples for strongly reflexive research from the German-speaking countries and the United Kingdom. The issue pursues three major goals: First, it provides a vocabulary to deepen the discussion about the epistemic dimensions of reflexivity. Second, it interv…
The Research Vignette
The adequate presentation of empirical research findings poses an essential, yet often neglected challenge in qualitative methodology. This article contributes to the debate by proposing the research vignette as a mediating position between conventional and experimental forms of writing. On the basis of an illustrating example from an interview study on the psychosocial dynamics of HIV-related sexual risk behavior of gay men in Germany, the metho…
Qualitative Methoden in der Politikwissenschaft
Associations Between Experienced and Internalized HIV Stigma, Adversarial Growth, and Health Outcomes in a Nationwide Sample of People Aging with HIV in Germany
HIV-related stigmatization and adversarial growth are known to influence health outcomes in people living with HIV. But not much is known how these psychosocial factors are related to each other and how they interact to influence health outcomes. We tested whether the effect of experienced and internalized stigma on mental health and self-rated health is mediated by adversarial growth, and whether each of these factors is uniquely associated with…
Social inequalities in health-related quality of life among people aging with HIV/Aids
The diverse sample of people aging with HIV showed social inequalities regarding HRQOL and most of the disease severity markers. SES was significantly related to mental and physical HRQOL after adjusting for disease severity. Possible explanations for this phenomenon are discussed
Sociodemographic, HIV-Related Characteristics, and Health Care Factors as Predictors of Self-Reported Vaccination Coverage in a Nationwide Sample of People Aging with HIV in Germany
Preventing infectious diseases through vaccination becomes more significant among the growing population of people aging with HIV. Coverage rates for vaccinations and factors associated with vaccination utilization among this population in Germany are unknown. We assessed the coverage of eight recommended vaccinations in a certain time frame in our convenience sample of 903 people living with HIV aged 50 years and older. We analysed coverage rate…
Comorbidities and psychosocial factors as correlates of self-reported falls in a nationwide sample of community-dwelling people aging with HIV in Germany
We found a low prevalence of falls in our sample of community-dwelling people aging with HIV. Our results show evidence for a strong association between comorbidity and falling, and between psychosocial factors and falling. Especially the strong association between experienced HIV stigma and fall risk is noteworthy and adds falls to the list of health outcomes affected by HIV stigma
Educational Transitions in War and Refugee Contexts
This article addresses educational transitions under conditions of multiple insecurities. By analyzing empirical data of two research projects with youths in Afghanistan and refugee students in Austria, we show how young peoplemake sense of the social and educational inequalities they encounter on their educational pathways within different national, socio‐political, and institutional contexts. We present in‐depth analyses of two cases to elabora…
Translating Trauma into Testimony
Research involving highly vulnerable groups, such as those with deeply traumatic experiences, presents researchers with significant ethical and methodological hurdles. This article outlines a project conducted in northern Iraq with former ISIS child soldiers. We reflect on our methodological and ethical decisions within the framework of the do no harm imperative — a cornerstone of research ethics that has faced criticism for its perceived inadequ…
Introduction
In this editorial, we introduce the focus of this thematic issue and its contributions. Addressing the themes of “war” and “peace” and their impacts on children requires contextualization within socio‐historical, socio‐cultural, socio‐psychological, and educational frameworks. Equally, it is essential to tackle the methodological challenges inherent in this field of empirical research. The rise of child‐centred and participatory approaches over r…
Through Their Eyes
This article presents a contextualized interpretation of drawings created by former child soldiers of the so‐called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The drawings were generated as part of a collaborative storytelling project in Northern Iraq in 2019 that aimed at identifying the psychosocial needs of these militarized children. The analysis focuses on two distinct groups: Arab‐Sunni and Yezidi boys, each representing different pathways int…
Hope in crisis
In this article we explore Erich Fromm’s concept of hope within the context of contemporary social and political crises. We formulate two primary objections to his vision of a revolution of hope: the individualistic moralisation of societal problems, and the accusation that hope is persuasive and manipulative. By embedding Fromm’s ideas within a broader dialectical framework and engaging with Walter Benjamin’s thoughts on history, we reinterpret …
Broadening the evidentiary basis for clinical practice guidelines
To improve the provision of psychotherapy, many countries have now established clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of specific disorders and mental health concerns. These guidelines have typically been based on evidence from meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials with minimal consideration of findings from qualitative research designs. This said, there has been growing interest in incorporating qualitative research in guideline de…
Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Sociology and Education Studies (9 works) · Medicine (6 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Political science (4 works)