Isabella Pollak
Biographic Data
| ID | 4217841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabella Pollak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabella |
| FAMILY NAME | Pollak |
| SIGNATURE | POLLAK I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9842-0385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Promoting Peer Connectedness Through Social-Emotional Learning
There is little evidence regarding the effect mechanisms of social-emotional learning programs on children’s peer relationships. The current study evaluated a novel school-based social-emotional learning program for the first year of secondary school assessing effects on social-emotional skills, peer connectedness, happiness, student and teacher classroom climate. The sample included 19 intervention classrooms ( n = 399) and 16 waitlist-control c…
Early adolescents' perspectives on factors that facilitate and hinder friendship development with peers at the time of school transition
Supportive peer relationships are fundamental for mental health and well-being. Hence, peers and friends are a valuable resource, especially at the time of transition from primary to secondary school. Yet, current literature lacks both novel approaches to studying friendship development and how to involve early adolescents in research that is being conducted about them. Within the present study we used novel participatory research methods involvi…
Children’s perspective on fears connected to school transition and intended coping strategies
The transition from primary to secondary school comes with major changes in the lives of children. There is a shortage of in-depth analyses of young people’s perspectives concerning their fears and strategies to address these. This qualitative study aims to gain first-hand understanding of children’s fears and the intended coping strategies used during school transition. Data from 52 workshops were analysed, with a total of 896 students ( M age =…
Engaging Children in Intervention Development - A Comparison of Four Qualitative Methods and Their Suitability to Elicit Information Relevant for Early Intervention Development
Stakeholder involvement in intervention development has become increasingly popular and is understood as crucial for successful implementation. However, methodological difficulties persist regarding the implementation of appropriate participatory methods to engage children and collect relevant information for intervention development. This paper discusses four creative, qualitative methods - a brainstorming task, an individual letter, a story-bas…
TikTok Is My Life and Snapchat Is My Ventricle”
Early adolescents are frequent users of online communication tools (OCTs). Yet, we have limited knowledge about how OCTs influence this population and their friendships. We sought opinions of 938 Austrian early adolescents on the role of OCTs for their friendships via a questionnaire and 207 focus groups. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the focus groups. We found that despite the emergence of some online-specific aggression, OCTs are percei…
TikTok Is My Life and Snapchat Is My Ventricle”
Early adolescents are frequent users of online communication tools (OCTs). Yet, we have limited knowledge about how OCTs influence this population and their friendships. We sought opinions of 938 Austrian early adolescents on the role of OCTs for their friendships via a questionnaire and 207 focus groups. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the focus groups. We found that despite the emergence of some online-specific aggression, OCTs are percei…
Promoting Peer Connectedness Through Social-Emotional Learning
There is little evidence regarding the effect mechanisms of social-emotional learning programs on children’s peer relationships. The current study evaluated a novel school-based social-emotional learning program for the first year of secondary school assessing effects on social-emotional skills, peer connectedness, happiness, student and teacher classroom climate. The sample included 19 intervention classrooms ( n = 399) and 16 waitlist-control c…
Children’s perspective on fears connected to school transition and intended coping strategies
The transition from primary to secondary school comes with major changes in the lives of children. There is a shortage of in-depth analyses of young people’s perspectives concerning their fears and strategies to address these. This qualitative study aims to gain first-hand understanding of children’s fears and the intended coping strategies used during school transition. Data from 52 workshops were analysed, with a total of 896 students ( M age =…
TikTok Is My Life and Snapchat Is My Ventricle”
Early adolescents are frequent users of online communication tools (OCTs). Yet, we have limited knowledge about how OCTs influence this population and their friendships. We sought opinions of 938 Austrian early adolescents on the role of OCTs for their friendships via a questionnaire and 207 focus groups. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the focus groups. We found that despite the emergence of some online-specific aggression, OCTs are percei…
Early adolescents' perspectives on factors that facilitate and hinder friendship development with peers at the time of school transition
Supportive peer relationships are fundamental for mental health and well-being. Hence, peers and friends are a valuable resource, especially at the time of transition from primary to secondary school. Yet, current literature lacks both novel approaches to studying friendship development and how to involve early adolescents in research that is being conducted about them. Within the present study we used novel participatory research methods involvi…
Children’s perspective on fears connected to school transition and intended coping strategies
The transition from primary to secondary school comes with major changes in the lives of children. There is a shortage of in-depth analyses of young people’s perspectives concerning their fears and strategies to address these. This qualitative study aims to gain first-hand understanding of children’s fears and the intended coping strategies used during school transition. Data from 52 workshops were analysed, with a total of 896 students ( M age =…
Engaging Children in Intervention Development - A Comparison of Four Qualitative Methods and Their Suitability to Elicit Information Relevant for Early Intervention Development
Stakeholder involvement in intervention development has become increasingly popular and is understood as crucial for successful implementation. However, methodological difficulties persist regarding the implementation of appropriate participatory methods to engage children and collect relevant information for intervention development. This paper discusses four creative, qualitative methods - a brainstorming task, an individual letter, a story-bas…
Promoting Peer Connectedness Through Social-Emotional Learning
There is little evidence regarding the effect mechanisms of social-emotional learning programs on children’s peer relationships. The current study evaluated a novel school-based social-emotional learning program for the first year of secondary school assessing effects on social-emotional skills, peer connectedness, happiness, student and teacher classroom climate. The sample included 19 intervention classrooms ( n = 399) and 16 waitlist-control c…
Psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Thematic analysis (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)