Julia Brailovskaia

Biographic Data

ID	4097300
NAME	Julia Brailovskaia
GIVEN NAMES	Julia
FAMILY NAME	Brailovskaia
SIGNATURE	BRAILOVSKAIA J
AFFILIATIONS	Ruhr University Bochum
ORCID	0000-0001-7607-1305
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	52
TOTAL CITATIONS	7
AUTHOR COUNT	52
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	1

Does collectivism/individualism moderate the association between interpersonal needs and suicide ideation/behavior
Open AccessRazieh Eizadifard, Julia Brailovskaia et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2026
Functional and dysfunctional digital media use: Comparing adolescents’, parents’, and teachers’ perspectives
Open AccessAnke Heyder, Julia Brailovskaia et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2026
Empirical research has studied extensively what type of digital media use benefits or threatens children’s and adolescents’ well-being. To use digital media in a functional way, children and adolescents need this knowledge. Here we assessed in three online surveys how adolescents aged 14–18 years ( N = 710), parents of adolescents ( N = 289), and secondary school teachers ( N = 278) from Germany differing in demographics conceptualize a digital m…
Social rhythm and mental health: A longitudinal cross-cultural comparison in Germany, China, and Russia
Open AccessJürgen Margraf, Kristen Lavallee et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2026
Social rhythm refers to the regularity with which a person participates in social activities during the week and has shown associations with depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as aspects of positive mental health, in cross-sectional studies. The aim of the present study is to examine these relationships longitudinally across three countries. Questionnaire data were obtained from a large-scale multi-national sample of 872 university students…
Understanding the loneliness paradox of the digital age: Offline social support mediates the relationship between addictive social media use and loneliness – A gender comparison in the German general …
Open AccessJulia Brailovskaia, Lena-Marie Precht et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2026
Never before has humanity been so well connected, and yet felt so alone, as in the digital age. The present study aimed to identify potential factors that could contribute to the explanation of this loneliness paradox. Therefore, the relationship between addictive social media use (SMU), perceived offline social support, and loneliness has been investigated in male and female persons. Data of 7,318 adult social media users (men: n = 3,579, women:…
Depressive symptoms mediate the relationship between addictive social media use and suicide-related outcomes: Longitudinal insights from three age groups
Open AccessJulia Brailovskaia, Lena-Marie Precht et al.ARTICLEActa Psychologica2026
High suicide rates pose a serious public health concern across many countries worldwide. This trend has occurred alongside an increase in addictive social media use (SMU). The present longitudinal study investigated the relationship between suicide-related outcomes and addictive SMU and the mechanisms that could underlie their association across three adult groups: younger adults (18-34 years), middle-aged adults (35-64 years) and older adults (6…
Taking the first step towards better mental health: Reduced daily smartphone use leads to less problematic smartphone use, fear of missing out, depression and dysfunctional emotion regulation
Open AccessJan Weingarten, Franziska Mertens et al.ARTICLEActa Psychologica2026
Problematic smartphone use (PSU), depression and fear have become increasing public mental health issues around the globe. Therefore, it is crucial to investigate behavioral interventions to reduce their occurrence and improve psychotherapeutic diagnostics and treatment. Overall, 194 persons (80.9% women; M age = 29.33, SD age = 10.44, range: 18–79) from Germany participated in the experimental study. Participants reduced their daily smartphone u…
The Digital Media-use Effects (d-MUsE) Model: A comprehensive framework for exploring/studying functional and dysfunctional effects on adolescent wellbeing
Open AccessMagnus Liebherr, Anke Heyder et al.ARTICLEJournal of Behavioral Addictions2025
Just a few more minutes: Longitudinal and cross-national perspectives on the role of online identity bubbles in addictive internet use
Open AccessIina Savolainen, Julia Brailovskaia et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2025
aims: Increasingly identity-based online presence raises concerns due to its potential contribution to addictive internet use. We report two separate studies of European adults, investigating how online identity bubbles relate to addictive internet use both cross-nationally and longitudinally. Cross-national Study 1 involved participants aged 18–75 from Finland (N=1,541), France (N=1,561), Germany (N=1,529), Ireland (N=1,112), Italy (N=1,530), an…
Social media addiction moderates links between perceptions of freedom and mental health in the United States and Germany
Cameron J Bunker, Jürgen Margraf et al.ARTICLEPsychology of Popular Media2025
The Effectiveness of Online Thematic Expressive Writing on Prolonged Grief Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, and Positive Mental Health among Refugees in the Transition Stage of Asylum Seeking
Open AccessNesreen Dababneh, Jürgen Margraf et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2025
Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a recently recognized disorder, and there is a growing need for adapted-related interventions to contexts at higher risk. Bereaved refugees in the transition stages of asylum-seeking due to unavailable mental health services and cultural language barriers necessitate adaptive, accessible PGD interventions. Thematic expressive writing (EW), as a promising guided self-help tool, can increase integrated grief and pr…
The relationship of life satisfaction, worries, and media use: A population-based cross-sectional study in Germany
Open AccessLena-Marie Precht, Kathrin Schuck et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
This study provides first insights into life satisfaction and worries of the German population during ongoing crises one year after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings highlight the role of gender, education, region, and especially media usage in shaping the positive and negative aspects of mental health and underline the need for enhanced media literacy and targeted psychological interventions for vulnerable groups
Predictive Power of Positive Mental Health: A Scoping Review
Open AccessJürgen Margraf, Tobias Teismann et al.ARTICLEJournal of Happiness Studies2024
Positive mental health (PMH) has been shown to be of great importance to adaptive functioning. The aim of this article is to review the literature on PMH as assessed with the PMH-Scale. A literature search identified 85 articles that were published between 2007 and 2023 on PMH as assessed with the PMH-Scale. The identified articles focus on seven thematic areas: (1) psychometric studies; (2) sociodemographic factors; (3) mental disorders; (4) sui…
The protective role of positive mental health on prolonged grief disorder, anxiety and depression among bereaved refugees: Cross-sectional mediation models
Open AccessNesreen Dababneh, Jürgen Margraf et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024
Grief is a common reaction to loss; however, its persistence is subject to specific mechanisms related to the context of death, comorbidities with other mental health disorders, and individual coping status. The current study aimed to investigate the cross-sectional link between refugees’ positive mental health (PMH) and reduced prolonged grief disorder (PGD) mediated by changes in anxiety and depression and, conversely, between PMH and reduced a…
Addictive social media use during Covid-19 outbreak: Validation of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) and investigation of protective factors in nine countries
Open AccessJulia Brailovskaia, Jürgen MargrafARTICLECurrent Psychology2024
Since the Covid-19 outbreak, addictive social media use increased in many countries. To better understand this development, a universal instrument for the assessment of addictive social media use is required. Against this background, we examined the psychometric properties of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) in representative population samples in nine countries ( N = 9418, age range: “18 to 24 years” (youngest group), “55 years an…
More social media friends, more life satisfaction?– why fear of missing out leads to contrary effects
Open AccessPhillip Ozimek, Linda‐Elisabeth Reimann et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024
Fear of Missing Out is a focus of research in social sciences, especially with respect to social media use. This study examined the extent to which social media use (active and passive, respectively) elicits Fear of Missing Out due to greater perceived bridging and bonding social. In addition, the extent to which Fear of Missing Out affects feelings of stress and life satisfaction was investigated. In an online survey 1230 participants were inclu…
From fear of missing out (FoMO) to addictive social media use: The role of social media flow and mindfulness
Open AccessJulia Brailovskaia, Jürgen MargrafARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2024
Perceiving the self as authentic on social media precedes fewer mental health symptoms: A longitudinal approach
Open AccessCameron J Bunker, Julia Maria Balcerowska et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2024
Psychopathological symptoms and social networking sites addiction in Poland and Germany: The role of fear of missing out and preference for online social interaction
Open AccessJulia Maria Balcerowska, Julia BrailovskaiaARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2024
Less social media use – more satisfied, work-engaged and mentally healthy employees: An experimental intervention study
Julia Brailovskaia, Isabel Becherer et al.ARTICLEBehaviour and Information…2024
Intensive Social Media Use (SMU) can negatively impact employees’ work performance and mental health. The present experimental study investigated how a reduction of daily SMU time influences employees from different professional sectors in Germany. The experimental group (N = 84; age: M = 29.38, SD = 5.84) reduced its non-work-related SMU by 30 min daily for seven days; the control group (N = 82; age: M = 30.06, SD = 8.39) used Social Media (SM) …
The “Vicious Circle of addictive Social Media Use and Mental Health” Model
Open AccessJulia BrailovskaiaARTICLEActa Psychologica2024
Social media use (SMU) is a significant part of many people's everyday life. Research around the globe describes an increase of addictive SMU tendencies since the COVID-19 outbreak. The present work combines available findings in the "Vicious Circle of addictive Social Media Use and Mental Health" model to explain how social media (SM) activity can contribute to the development of addictive tendencies, which consequences they have for mental heal…
Less smartphone and more physical activity for a better work satisfaction, motivation, work-life balance, and mental health: An experimental intervention study
Open AccessJulia Brailovskaia, Jakob Siegel et al.ARTICLEActa Psychologica2024
278) from different professional sectors and workplaces in Germany investigated how to improve both by changes of daily non-work-related smartphone use time and physical activity time. For one week, the smartphone group (N = 73) reduced its daily smartphone use by one hour, the physical activity group (N = 69) increased its daily physical activity by 30 minutes, the combination group (N = 72) followed both interventions, the control group (N = 64…
A dual-factor model perspective on depressed inpatients: Examining the dynamics of mental health and therapy outcomes
Open AccessJulia Brailovskaia, Ruth von Brachel et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024
Findings are in line with past research inspired by the dual-factor model in showing that enhancing positive mental health and alleviating psychopathology do not always co-occur in treatment. It is therefore important to implement measures of both psychopathology and positive mental health in therapy outcome studies, and to promote interventions targeting both psychopathology and positive mental health
Mental health of university students of Pakistan and Germany and the right to health care
Akhtar Bibi, Muyu Lin et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Human…2024References: 56
Purpose Poor mental health in men and women is attributable to disparities in physical traits, social roles, power and health-seeking behaviours. This study aims to examine the gender differences in mental health among Pakistan and German university students and focuses on their right to seek mental health care. Design/methodology/approach Data on depression, anxiety and stress symptoms, as well as positive mental health (PMH), resilience, social…
It’s all about control: Sense of control mediates the relationship between physical activity and mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany
Open AccessLena-Marie Precht, Jürgen Margraf et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2023
COVID-19-related burden has a significant impact on mental health and has led to an increase of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms. Physical activity has been suggested to mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic and to foster mental health. The present study aimed to investigate, whether sense of control might mediate the supposed beneficial effects of physical activity on positive (PMH) and negative mental health (NMH) in unpredictab…
Repetitive negative thinking mediates the relationship between addictive Facebook use and suicide-related outcomes: A longitudinal study
Open AccessJulia Brailovskaia, Jürgen Margraf et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2023
Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) and addictive Facebook use have been shown to be associated with suicide ideation and suicidal behavior. The present longitudinal study aimed to investigate whether the association between addictive Facebook use and suicide-related outcomes is mediated by RNT. Data of 191 German Facebook users ( M age = 26.17, SD age = 6.63) were assessed at two measurement time points over a one-year period (first measurement =…