Bernhard Rengs
Biographic Data
| ID | 1102122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernhard Rengs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernhard |
| FAMILY NAME | Rengs |
| SIGNATURE | RENGS B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8756-5343 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mental Health of Refugees in Austria and Moderating Effects of Stressors and Resilience Factors
Given the exposure to stressors in their home countries, during migration and after arrival, refugees are vulnerable to mental health problems. Their access to adequate health care and other social infrastructures, however, is hampered. This reduces, in addition to other factors, their ability to take part in social and economic activities. We examine the prevalence of mental disorders among the refugee population that arrived in Austria mainly b…
Nuclear family and social capital of refugees in Austria
This article provides insights into the role of the nuclear family for refugees' social capital in Austria, with a focus on gender‐specific differences. We use a multimethod approach, based on quantitative data from a survey with 548 refugees from Syria and Afghanistan and semi‐structured group discussions ( N = 17 informants). In our analysis, we study frequency of contacts in first language and in German, as proxies for the bonding and bridging…
Multi-Layered Roles of Religion among Refugees Arriving in Austria around 2015
Violent conflicts and social unrest in the Middle East, in Central Asia, and in Africa have led to growing numbers of persons seeking refuge in Europe since 2011. The phenomenon culminated in 2015. In that year, with 88,300 new asylum applications, Austria was the 4th largest receiver of asylum seekers in the EU, thereby increasing visibly religious diversity in the country. Using two social surveys carried out in 2015 and in 2017 among asylum se…
A Social Survey on Refugees in and Around Vienna in Fall 2015: Methodological Approach and Field Observations
In late 2015, a survey called DiPAS (Displaced persons in Austria survey) was carried out in and around Vienna to study the socio-demographic characteristics, values and attitudes of asylum seekers arriving in Austria in 2015. In that year, the number of persons seeking refuge in Europe was substantially high, with Austria being the fourth largest receiving country of asylum seekers in Europe. This data collection is the first of its kind in Aust…
A Social Survey on Refugees in and Around Vienna in Fall 2015: Methodological Approach and Field Observations
Prospects and Pitfalls of Statistical Testing: Insights from Replicating the Demographic Prisoner's Dilemma
This paper documents our efforts (and troubles) in replicating Epstein's (1998) demographic prisoner's dilemma model. Confronted with a number of ambiguous descriptions of model features we introduce a method for systematically generating a large number of model replications and testing for their equivalence to the original model. While, qualitatively speaking, a number of our replicated models resemble the results of the original model reasonabl…
Nuclear family and social capital of refugees in Austria
This article provides insights into the role of the nuclear family for refugees' social capital in Austria, with a focus on gender‐specific differences. We use a multimethod approach, based on quantitative data from a survey with 548 refugees from Syria and Afghanistan and semi‐structured group discussions ( N = 17 informants). In our analysis, we study frequency of contacts in first language and in German, as proxies for the bonding and bridging…
A Social Survey on Refugees in and Around Vienna in Fall 2015: Methodological Approach and Field Observations
In late 2015, a survey called DiPAS (Displaced persons in Austria survey) was carried out in and around Vienna to study the socio-demographic characteristics, values and attitudes of asylum seekers arriving in Austria in 2015. In that year, the number of persons seeking refuge in Europe was substantially high, with Austria being the fourth largest receiving country of asylum seekers in Europe. This data collection is the first of its kind in Aust…
Multi-Layered Roles of Religion among Refugees Arriving in Austria around 2015
Violent conflicts and social unrest in the Middle East, in Central Asia, and in Africa have led to growing numbers of persons seeking refuge in Europe since 2011. The phenomenon culminated in 2015. In that year, with 88,300 new asylum applications, Austria was the 4th largest receiver of asylum seekers in the EU, thereby increasing visibly religious diversity in the country. Using two social surveys carried out in 2015 and in 2017 among asylum se…
A Social Survey on Refugees in and Around Vienna in Fall 2015: Methodological Approach and Field Observations
Prospects and Pitfalls of Statistical Testing: Insights from Replicating the Demographic Prisoner's Dilemma
This paper documents our efforts (and troubles) in replicating Epstein's (1998) demographic prisoner's dilemma model. Confronted with a number of ambiguous descriptions of model features we introduce a method for systematically generating a large number of model replications and testing for their equivalence to the original model. While, qualitatively speaking, a number of our replicated models resemble the results of the original model reasonabl…
A Social Survey on Refugees in and Around Vienna in Fall 2015: Methodological Approach and Field Observations
In late 2015, a survey called DiPAS (Displaced persons in Austria survey) was carried out in and around Vienna to study the socio-demographic characteristics, values and attitudes of asylum seekers arriving in Austria in 2015. In that year, the number of persons seeking refuge in Europe was substantially high, with Austria being the fourth largest receiving country of asylum seekers in Europe. This data collection is the first of its kind in Aust…
A Social Survey on Refugees in and Around Vienna in Fall 2015: Methodological Approach and Field Observations
Multi-Layered Roles of Religion among Refugees Arriving in Austria around 2015
Violent conflicts and social unrest in the Middle East, in Central Asia, and in Africa have led to growing numbers of persons seeking refuge in Europe since 2011. The phenomenon culminated in 2015. In that year, with 88,300 new asylum applications, Austria was the 4th largest receiver of asylum seekers in the EU, thereby increasing visibly religious diversity in the country. Using two social surveys carried out in 2015 and in 2017 among asylum se…
Nuclear family and social capital of refugees in Austria
This article provides insights into the role of the nuclear family for refugees' social capital in Austria, with a focus on gender‐specific differences. We use a multimethod approach, based on quantitative data from a survey with 548 refugees from Syria and Afghanistan and semi‐structured group discussions ( N = 17 informants). In our analysis, we study frequency of contacts in first language and in German, as proxies for the bonding and bridging…
Mental Health of Refugees in Austria and Moderating Effects of Stressors and Resilience Factors
Given the exposure to stressors in their home countries, during migration and after arrival, refugees are vulnerable to mental health problems. Their access to adequate health care and other social infrastructures, however, is hampered. This reduces, in addition to other factors, their ability to take part in social and economic activities. We examine the prevalence of mental disorders among the refugee population that arrived in Austria mainly b…
Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Refugee (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Cartography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (2 works)