Till Kaiser
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Till Kaiser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Till |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaiser |
| SIGNATURE | KAISER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Osnabrück University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4984-1874 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Teachers’ Digital Competencies as a Resource in the Job Demands-Resources Model
Against the backdrop of substantial transformations in the education system, including digitalization and increasing societal pluralization, there is growing attention paid to teachers’ digital competencies and their role within broader school well-being processes in digitally transforming educational environments. This paper adopts digital competencies as a novel domain-specific personal resource within the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) framework…
Maternal nonstandard work schedules and children's socioemotional health
Associations between maternal non-standard work schedules and child SDQ scores are mainly driven by between-individual differences. Maternal depression partially mediates the relationship between maternal non-standard work schedules and children's socioemotional health. Evidence for mediation via children's mealtime and bedtime routine is inconclusive. Supporting the mental health of mothers working non-standard schedules may help protect childre…
Ceilings
One reason gender earning gaps persist is that well-paid jobs presume long work hours, and these are incompatible with family care. Long hours also harm health, and the risks may increase for workers with care and domestic workloads, adding a gendered health penalty. Using representative, longitudinal data from Australia and Germany (144,430–153,659 observations for HILDA and SOEP surveys, respectively, 2002–2022), we model the interconnections b…
Mind Matters—Exploring Mental Health and Well-Being in the Education System
Mental health in education has become a pivotal issue for contemporary research and practice, transcending disciplinary boundaries and institutional levels [...]
Resilient Teachers in a Strained System
In light of profound transformation processes within the education system—such as digitalization, increasing societal pluralization, and global crises—growing attention is being paid to the mental health and resilience of teachers. This paper draws on the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) model to explore, both theoretically and empirically, how individual and organizational resources influence teachers’ professional agency. The analysis is based on d…
Buffer or Boost? The Role of Job Resources in Predicting Teacher Work Engagement and Emotional Exhaustion in Different School Types
Drawing upon the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study examines the association between different school types and teacher work engagement as well as emotional exhaustion, in addition to the moderating roles of job (collegial and school management support) and individual (resilience) resources. We utilized multivariate regression models with interaction terms, applied to data from the GEW-Frühjahrsreport 2025—a cross-sectional quantitati…
Fachfremder Vertretungsunterricht von Lehramtsstudierenden – Eine Bestandsaufnahme in Niedersachsen
Im Kontext der akuten Herausforderung des Lehrkräftemangels manifestiert sich an Schulen vermehrt der Einsatz von Lehramtsstudierenden zur Deckung des Bedarfs (SWK 2023a). Aus dem Mangel resultiert zudem, dass Lehrkräfte fachfremd unterrichten. Der vorliegende Beitrag offeriert auf Grundlage einer explorativen, querschnittlichen Studie einen erstmaligen und nuancierten Einblick in die Tätigkeit von Studierenden an Schulen in Niedersachsen hinsich…
Mental Health and Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Refugees in Comparison to LGBTQ+ Host Country Population
Introduction LGBTQ+ refugees are likely to experience heightened mental health burdens and lower levels of well-being when compared to LGBTQ+ individuals without refugee experience. Still, the distinctive psychological mechanisms explaining their heightened levels of distress remain understudied. We examined the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ refugees in comparison to LGBTQ+ host country individuals in Germany and explored whether dispari…
Loneliness from young adulthood to old age
Prior research in non-U.S. samples has found a complex nonlinear relationship between loneliness and age. This research has shown that established predictors of loneliness—poor health, being unmarried, living alone, and having infrequent social interactions—help to explain age differences in loneliness. However, while some variables were found to be universal predictors of loneliness at all ages, others were relevant in specific age groups only. …
Nothing going on? Exploring the role of missed events in changes in subjective well‐being and the Big Five personality traits
OBJECTIVE: Missed events are defined as the nonoccurrence of expected major life events within a specified time frame. We examined whether missed events should be studied in research on growth by exploring the role of missed events for changes in subjective well-being (SWB) and the Big Five personality traits. METHOD: The samples were selected from two nationally representative panel studies, the German Socioeconomic Panel Innovation Sample (SOEP…
Changes in daily loneliness for German residents during the first four weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic
Long work hours of mothers and fathers are linked to increased risk for overweight and obesity among preschool children
BACKGROUND: Most existing studies on maternal employment and childhood overweight/obesity are from the USA. They are predominantly cross-sectional and show a consistent linear association between the two. Less is known about the joint impact of fathers' and mothers' work hours on childhood overweight and obesity. OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of maternal and paternal work hours on overweight/obesity among children aged 1-6 years in Germany us…
The reproduction of educational inequalities - do parenting and child behavioural problems matter
The strong link between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and children's success in school is well established. However, mechanisms that underpin this association remain a major issue in current research on social inequality. Using data from the Families in Germany Study and structural equation modelling, this study demonstrates that parenting styles and child behavioural problems explain, in part, the association between parental SES and child…
Evening and night work schedules and children's social and emotional well-being
An emerging body of evidence shows that parents’ non-standard work schedules have a detrimental effect on children's well-being. However, only a limited number of studies have investigated mediating factors that underpin this association. Likewise, only a few studies have examined the impact of fathers’ non-standard work schedules on children's well-being. Based on data from the Families in Germany Study (FiD), this study aimed to address these r…
Poverty and Child Behavioral Problems
The detrimental impact of poverty on child behavioral problems is well-established, but the mechanisms that explain this relationship are less well-known. Using data from the Families in Germany Study on parents and their children at ages 9-10 (middle childhood), this study extends previous research by examining whether or not and to what extent different parenting styles and parents' subjective well-being explain the relationship between poverty…
Socioeconomic status, parenting and conscientiousness
Conscientiousness is one of the most relevant personality traits for success across the life course. According to recent studies, facets of Conscientiousness have different relevance in different contexts. One of these facets, Focus, has proved to be important in the context of learning and education, whereas the facet Orderliness has not. For this reason the development of specific facets has become a subject of inequality research. This study e…
Cultural Participation, Personality and Educational Inequalities
Various studies have examined the relevance of either cultural capital or personality traits for academic achievement. Integrating these two fields of research, this study compares cultural participation in 'highbrow activities' and personality and their possible impact on the intergenerational transmission of educational inequalities in primary school. It also examines whether cultural participation in 'highbrow activities' and personality subst…
Social origin, conscientiousness, and school grades
Ordentliche Arbeiterkinder, konzentrierte Mittelschichtkinder
Changes in daily loneliness for German residents during the first four weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic
Evening and night work schedules and children's social and emotional well-being
An emerging body of evidence shows that parents’ non-standard work schedules have a detrimental effect on children's well-being. However, only a limited number of studies have investigated mediating factors that underpin this association. Likewise, only a few studies have examined the impact of fathers’ non-standard work schedules on children's well-being. Based on data from the Families in Germany Study (FiD), this study aimed to address these r…
Social origin, conscientiousness, and school grades
The reproduction of educational inequalities - do parenting and child behavioural problems matter
The strong link between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and children's success in school is well established. However, mechanisms that underpin this association remain a major issue in current research on social inequality. Using data from the Families in Germany Study and structural equation modelling, this study demonstrates that parenting styles and child behavioural problems explain, in part, the association between parental SES and child…
Cultural Participation, Personality and Educational Inequalities
Various studies have examined the relevance of either cultural capital or personality traits for academic achievement. Integrating these two fields of research, this study compares cultural participation in 'highbrow activities' and personality and their possible impact on the intergenerational transmission of educational inequalities in primary school. It also examines whether cultural participation in 'highbrow activities' and personality subst…
Long work hours of mothers and fathers are linked to increased risk for overweight and obesity among preschool children
BACKGROUND: Most existing studies on maternal employment and childhood overweight/obesity are from the USA. They are predominantly cross-sectional and show a consistent linear association between the two. Less is known about the joint impact of fathers' and mothers' work hours on childhood overweight and obesity. OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of maternal and paternal work hours on overweight/obesity among children aged 1-6 years in Germany us…
Socioeconomic status, parenting and conscientiousness
Conscientiousness is one of the most relevant personality traits for success across the life course. According to recent studies, facets of Conscientiousness have different relevance in different contexts. One of these facets, Focus, has proved to be important in the context of learning and education, whereas the facet Orderliness has not. For this reason the development of specific facets has become a subject of inequality research. This study e…
Ordentliche Arbeiterkinder, konzentrierte Mittelschichtkinder
Social origin, conscientiousness, and school grades
Ordentliche Arbeiterkinder, konzentrierte Mittelschichtkinder
Socioeconomic status, parenting and conscientiousness
Conscientiousness is one of the most relevant personality traits for success across the life course. According to recent studies, facets of Conscientiousness have different relevance in different contexts. One of these facets, Focus, has proved to be important in the context of learning and education, whereas the facet Orderliness has not. For this reason the development of specific facets has become a subject of inequality research. This study e…
Cultural Participation, Personality and Educational Inequalities
Various studies have examined the relevance of either cultural capital or personality traits for academic achievement. Integrating these two fields of research, this study compares cultural participation in 'highbrow activities' and personality and their possible impact on the intergenerational transmission of educational inequalities in primary school. It also examines whether cultural participation in 'highbrow activities' and personality subst…
Poverty and Child Behavioral Problems
The detrimental impact of poverty on child behavioral problems is well-established, but the mechanisms that explain this relationship are less well-known. Using data from the Families in Germany Study on parents and their children at ages 9-10 (middle childhood), this study extends previous research by examining whether or not and to what extent different parenting styles and parents' subjective well-being explain the relationship between poverty…
Long work hours of mothers and fathers are linked to increased risk for overweight and obesity among preschool children
BACKGROUND: Most existing studies on maternal employment and childhood overweight/obesity are from the USA. They are predominantly cross-sectional and show a consistent linear association between the two. Less is known about the joint impact of fathers' and mothers' work hours on childhood overweight and obesity. OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of maternal and paternal work hours on overweight/obesity among children aged 1-6 years in Germany us…
The reproduction of educational inequalities - do parenting and child behavioural problems matter
The strong link between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and children's success in school is well established. However, mechanisms that underpin this association remain a major issue in current research on social inequality. Using data from the Families in Germany Study and structural equation modelling, this study demonstrates that parenting styles and child behavioural problems explain, in part, the association between parental SES and child…
Evening and night work schedules and children's social and emotional well-being
An emerging body of evidence shows that parents’ non-standard work schedules have a detrimental effect on children's well-being. However, only a limited number of studies have investigated mediating factors that underpin this association. Likewise, only a few studies have examined the impact of fathers’ non-standard work schedules on children's well-being. Based on data from the Families in Germany Study (FiD), this study aimed to address these r…
Changes in daily loneliness for German residents during the first four weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic
Nothing going on? Exploring the role of missed events in changes in subjective well‐being and the Big Five personality traits
OBJECTIVE: Missed events are defined as the nonoccurrence of expected major life events within a specified time frame. We examined whether missed events should be studied in research on growth by exploring the role of missed events for changes in subjective well-being (SWB) and the Big Five personality traits. METHOD: The samples were selected from two nationally representative panel studies, the German Socioeconomic Panel Innovation Sample (SOEP…
Loneliness from young adulthood to old age
Prior research in non-U.S. samples has found a complex nonlinear relationship between loneliness and age. This research has shown that established predictors of loneliness—poor health, being unmarried, living alone, and having infrequent social interactions—help to explain age differences in loneliness. However, while some variables were found to be universal predictors of loneliness at all ages, others were relevant in specific age groups only. …
Fachfremder Vertretungsunterricht von Lehramtsstudierenden – Eine Bestandsaufnahme in Niedersachsen
Im Kontext der akuten Herausforderung des Lehrkräftemangels manifestiert sich an Schulen vermehrt der Einsatz von Lehramtsstudierenden zur Deckung des Bedarfs (SWK 2023a). Aus dem Mangel resultiert zudem, dass Lehrkräfte fachfremd unterrichten. Der vorliegende Beitrag offeriert auf Grundlage einer explorativen, querschnittlichen Studie einen erstmaligen und nuancierten Einblick in die Tätigkeit von Studierenden an Schulen in Niedersachsen hinsich…
Mental Health and Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Refugees in Comparison to LGBTQ+ Host Country Population
Introduction LGBTQ+ refugees are likely to experience heightened mental health burdens and lower levels of well-being when compared to LGBTQ+ individuals without refugee experience. Still, the distinctive psychological mechanisms explaining their heightened levels of distress remain understudied. We examined the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ refugees in comparison to LGBTQ+ host country individuals in Germany and explored whether dispari…
Mind Matters—Exploring Mental Health and Well-Being in the Education System
Mental health in education has become a pivotal issue for contemporary research and practice, transcending disciplinary boundaries and institutional levels [...]
Resilient Teachers in a Strained System
In light of profound transformation processes within the education system—such as digitalization, increasing societal pluralization, and global crises—growing attention is being paid to the mental health and resilience of teachers. This paper draws on the Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) model to explore, both theoretically and empirically, how individual and organizational resources influence teachers’ professional agency. The analysis is based on d…
Buffer or Boost? The Role of Job Resources in Predicting Teacher Work Engagement and Emotional Exhaustion in Different School Types
Drawing upon the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this study examines the association between different school types and teacher work engagement as well as emotional exhaustion, in addition to the moderating roles of job (collegial and school management support) and individual (resilience) resources. We utilized multivariate regression models with interaction terms, applied to data from the GEW-Frühjahrsreport 2025—a cross-sectional quantitati…
Teachers’ Digital Competencies as a Resource in the Job Demands-Resources Model
Against the backdrop of substantial transformations in the education system, including digitalization and increasing societal pluralization, there is growing attention paid to teachers’ digital competencies and their role within broader school well-being processes in digitally transforming educational environments. This paper adopts digital competencies as a novel domain-specific personal resource within the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) framework…
Maternal nonstandard work schedules and children's socioemotional health
Associations between maternal non-standard work schedules and child SDQ scores are mainly driven by between-individual differences. Maternal depression partially mediates the relationship between maternal non-standard work schedules and children's socioemotional health. Evidence for mediation via children's mealtime and bedtime routine is inconclusive. Supporting the mental health of mothers working non-standard schedules may help protect childre…
Ceilings
One reason gender earning gaps persist is that well-paid jobs presume long work hours, and these are incompatible with family care. Long hours also harm health, and the risks may increase for workers with care and domestic workloads, adding a gendered health penalty. Using representative, longitudinal data from Australia and Germany (144,430–153,659 observations for HILDA and SOEP surveys, respectively, 2002–2022), we model the interconnections b…
Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Socioeconomic status (5 works) · Big Five personality traits (4 works)