Julia Zimmermann
Biographic Data
| ID | 4231259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Zimmermann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Zimmermann |
| SIGNATURE | ZIMMERMANN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | FernUniversität in Hagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5379-5618 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A method for testing health system resilience
BACKGROUND: Recent adverse events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crises, conflict, migration and extreme weather have demonstrated how a wide range of shocks can challenge health systems. While emergency preparedness and planning is a well established component of health system governance in many countries, no methodology has existed to systematically test the resilience of a health system to a broad range of shocks. OBJECTIVE: To share…
Life Satisfaction of International Students
International students are an important group at German higher education institutions. Yet few studies have considered the psychosocial situation of these students. The present study combines the study demands-resources model (SD-R model) and the acculturation framework to adapt the former to the specific situation of international students, and examines the effects of study demands, institutional resources, individual resources (acculturation or…
The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress and Student Engagement for Student Teachers’ Intention to Drop Out of University in Germany
This article examines the interplay between study demands, institutional resources, and individual resources, specifically resilience, with the perceived stress, study engagement, and dropout intentions of student teachers using the Study Demands–Resources model. The aim is to describe the relevance of these variables in relation to student teachers’ intention to drop out of their studies as an indicator of student success. Further, we aim to exp…
Intersectional perspectives on the university belonging of international STEM students
Previous studies suggested that associations between sociodemographic characteristics and university belonging varied between subject groups. In particular, female (first-generation) students in STEM subjects were assumed to experience a “chilly climate” that was reflected in their lower levels of university belonging. But less is known about the demographic and psychological prerequisites of the university belonging of international students. In…
School engagement of adolescent sojourners and its longitudinal interplay with acculturation behavior
Safety First? On the Timing of Moving in With a Partner and Its Determinants
We analyze the first cohabitation with a partner as one of the key events in the transition to adulthood and consider its interdependencies with other life events, using life course data from the survey AID:A 2019 of the German Youth Institute (DJI). A remarkable finding is that for men, cohabitation with a partner usually occurs after an individual’s entry into permanent employment
Academic Self-Efficacy and Value Beliefs of International STEM and Non-STEM University Students in Germany from an Intersectional Perspective
The expectancy–value theory (EVT) positions expectations and value beliefs as important predictors of academic success. We, thus, investigated the prevalence of academic self-efficacy and intrinsic, attainment, utility, and cost values amongst international STEM students in Germany, as well as their associations with gender, parental academic background, cultural characteristics, and their interplay. We also compared STEM to non-STEM students. An…
The development of multicultural effectiveness in international student mobility
International student mobility (ISM) is an important educational means to increase students’ multicultural effectiveness and their (international) job market potential. In the present study, we investigated ISM effects by addressing the following three research questions: First, how do future sojourners differ from control students in terms of their pre-departure multicultural effectiveness? Second, how does ISM affect the development of multicul…
When in Rome… A longitudinal investigation of the predictors and the development of student sojourners’ host cultural behavioral engagement
International educational mobility is an important instrument for immersing multicultural diversity into the thinking, feeling, and acting of young global citizens. Yet, little is known about the development of students’ host-cultural behavioral engagement during a stay abroad and the individual characteristics that predict it. We adapted the theory of planned behavior to investigate the dynamic longitudinal interplay between individual predictor…
The Effect of Teacher Autonomy Support on Leisure-Time Physical Activity via Cognitive Appraisals and Achievement Emotions
Analyzing students' emotional experience in physical education (PE) is of crucial importance as it may fill an important gap in research examining the role of PE for students' leisure-time physical activity (PA). Based on the control-value theory of achievement emotions, the purpose of this study was to test the assumption that multi-dimensional autonomy support of the PE teacher may affect students' leisure-time PA via their appraisals of contro…
Validation of a German Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale
Thrilling travel or lonesome long haul? Loneliness and acculturation behavior of adolescents studying abroad
Studying abroad far away from family and friends may put young people at particular risk of experiencing loneliness. From this perspective, behavioral strategies to deal with the challenges of a new living environment have important implications for the development of loneliness over the course of an educational stay abroad. This study investigates adolescents’ experience of loneliness over the course of a school year abroad, as well as the longi…
The German Multi-Dimensional Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Physical Education
Teachers' autonomy support (AS) in physical education (PE) has positive effects on students' affective and behavioral outcomes in PE. Even though the existence of three different dimensions of AS, namely cognitive, organizational and procedural AS has been suggested in educational settings, there is a lack of multidimensional instruments for the assessment of autonomy-supportive teaching in PE. The aim of this study was to validate the German Mul…
Me and you in a mobile world
Residential mobility-the change of residence within a country-is a pervasive phenomenon in 21st century societies, with the peak clearly being in young adulthood. Placing the self in geographical space has now become a major challenge for young adults, making region a key identity domain. Little is known, however, about the correlates of regional identity development. In line with the dynamic-transactional paradigm, we expected longitudinal assoc…
Europa Im Geflecht der Welt
What Drives Adult Personality Development? A Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence
Increasing numbers of empirical studies provide compelling evidence that personality traits change across the entire lifespan. What initiates this continuing personality development and how does this development proceed? In this paper, we compare six theoretical perspectives that offer testable predictions about why personality develops the way it does and identify limitations and potentials of these perspectives by reviewing how they hold up aga…
Personality‐Relationship Transactions Revisited
The transactional paradigm states that people create, maintain, and change their environments according to their personalities. At the same time, the environment reacts back on personality. As social relationships are part of an individual's environment, this likewise implies that there are reciprocal transactions between personality and relationships. However, earlier studies have concluded that adult personality traits are so stable that they h…
Do we become a different person when hitting the road? Personality development of sojourners
International mobility is a prevalent life event that particularly affects university students. The aim of this longitudinal study was twofold: First, we examined the impact of international mobility on personality (Big Five) change, separating self-selection effects from socialization processes. Second, we extended prior analyses on the association between life events and personality development by investigating the mechanisms that account for s…
Do we become a different person when hitting the road? Personality development of sojourners
International mobility is a prevalent life event that particularly affects university students. The aim of this longitudinal study was twofold: First, we examined the impact of international mobility on personality (Big Five) change, separating self-selection effects from socialization processes. Second, we extended prior analyses on the association between life events and personality development by investigating the mechanisms that account for s…
Validation of a German Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale
Thrilling travel or lonesome long haul? Loneliness and acculturation behavior of adolescents studying abroad
Studying abroad far away from family and friends may put young people at particular risk of experiencing loneliness. From this perspective, behavioral strategies to deal with the challenges of a new living environment have important implications for the development of loneliness over the course of an educational stay abroad. This study investigates adolescents’ experience of loneliness over the course of a school year abroad, as well as the longi…
Me and you in a mobile world
Residential mobility-the change of residence within a country-is a pervasive phenomenon in 21st century societies, with the peak clearly being in young adulthood. Placing the self in geographical space has now become a major challenge for young adults, making region a key identity domain. Little is known, however, about the correlates of regional identity development. In line with the dynamic-transactional paradigm, we expected longitudinal assoc…
Do we become a different person when hitting the road? Personality development of sojourners
International mobility is a prevalent life event that particularly affects university students. The aim of this longitudinal study was twofold: First, we examined the impact of international mobility on personality (Big Five) change, separating self-selection effects from socialization processes. Second, we extended prior analyses on the association between life events and personality development by investigating the mechanisms that account for s…
What Drives Adult Personality Development? A Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence
Increasing numbers of empirical studies provide compelling evidence that personality traits change across the entire lifespan. What initiates this continuing personality development and how does this development proceed? In this paper, we compare six theoretical perspectives that offer testable predictions about why personality develops the way it does and identify limitations and potentials of these perspectives by reviewing how they hold up aga…
Personality‐Relationship Transactions Revisited
The transactional paradigm states that people create, maintain, and change their environments according to their personalities. At the same time, the environment reacts back on personality. As social relationships are part of an individual's environment, this likewise implies that there are reciprocal transactions between personality and relationships. However, earlier studies have concluded that adult personality traits are so stable that they h…
Europa Im Geflecht der Welt
Me and you in a mobile world
Residential mobility-the change of residence within a country-is a pervasive phenomenon in 21st century societies, with the peak clearly being in young adulthood. Placing the self in geographical space has now become a major challenge for young adults, making region a key identity domain. Little is known, however, about the correlates of regional identity development. In line with the dynamic-transactional paradigm, we expected longitudinal assoc…
The German Multi-Dimensional Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Physical Education
Teachers' autonomy support (AS) in physical education (PE) has positive effects on students' affective and behavioral outcomes in PE. Even though the existence of three different dimensions of AS, namely cognitive, organizational and procedural AS has been suggested in educational settings, there is a lack of multidimensional instruments for the assessment of autonomy-supportive teaching in PE. The aim of this study was to validate the German Mul…
The development of multicultural effectiveness in international student mobility
International student mobility (ISM) is an important educational means to increase students’ multicultural effectiveness and their (international) job market potential. In the present study, we investigated ISM effects by addressing the following three research questions: First, how do future sojourners differ from control students in terms of their pre-departure multicultural effectiveness? Second, how does ISM affect the development of multicul…
When in Rome… A longitudinal investigation of the predictors and the development of student sojourners’ host cultural behavioral engagement
International educational mobility is an important instrument for immersing multicultural diversity into the thinking, feeling, and acting of young global citizens. Yet, little is known about the development of students’ host-cultural behavioral engagement during a stay abroad and the individual characteristics that predict it. We adapted the theory of planned behavior to investigate the dynamic longitudinal interplay between individual predictor…
The Effect of Teacher Autonomy Support on Leisure-Time Physical Activity via Cognitive Appraisals and Achievement Emotions
Analyzing students' emotional experience in physical education (PE) is of crucial importance as it may fill an important gap in research examining the role of PE for students' leisure-time physical activity (PA). Based on the control-value theory of achievement emotions, the purpose of this study was to test the assumption that multi-dimensional autonomy support of the PE teacher may affect students' leisure-time PA via their appraisals of contro…
Validation of a German Version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale
Thrilling travel or lonesome long haul? Loneliness and acculturation behavior of adolescents studying abroad
Studying abroad far away from family and friends may put young people at particular risk of experiencing loneliness. From this perspective, behavioral strategies to deal with the challenges of a new living environment have important implications for the development of loneliness over the course of an educational stay abroad. This study investigates adolescents’ experience of loneliness over the course of a school year abroad, as well as the longi…
Safety First? On the Timing of Moving in With a Partner and Its Determinants
We analyze the first cohabitation with a partner as one of the key events in the transition to adulthood and consider its interdependencies with other life events, using life course data from the survey AID:A 2019 of the German Youth Institute (DJI). A remarkable finding is that for men, cohabitation with a partner usually occurs after an individual’s entry into permanent employment
Academic Self-Efficacy and Value Beliefs of International STEM and Non-STEM University Students in Germany from an Intersectional Perspective
The expectancy–value theory (EVT) positions expectations and value beliefs as important predictors of academic success. We, thus, investigated the prevalence of academic self-efficacy and intrinsic, attainment, utility, and cost values amongst international STEM students in Germany, as well as their associations with gender, parental academic background, cultural characteristics, and their interplay. We also compared STEM to non-STEM students. An…
Life Satisfaction of International Students
International students are an important group at German higher education institutions. Yet few studies have considered the psychosocial situation of these students. The present study combines the study demands-resources model (SD-R model) and the acculturation framework to adapt the former to the specific situation of international students, and examines the effects of study demands, institutional resources, individual resources (acculturation or…
The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress and Student Engagement for Student Teachers’ Intention to Drop Out of University in Germany
This article examines the interplay between study demands, institutional resources, and individual resources, specifically resilience, with the perceived stress, study engagement, and dropout intentions of student teachers using the Study Demands–Resources model. The aim is to describe the relevance of these variables in relation to student teachers’ intention to drop out of their studies as an indicator of student success. Further, we aim to exp…
Intersectional perspectives on the university belonging of international STEM students
Previous studies suggested that associations between sociodemographic characteristics and university belonging varied between subject groups. In particular, female (first-generation) students in STEM subjects were assumed to experience a “chilly climate” that was reflected in their lower levels of university belonging. But less is known about the demographic and psychological prerequisites of the university belonging of international students. In…
School engagement of adolescent sojourners and its longitudinal interplay with acculturation behavior
A method for testing health system resilience
BACKGROUND: Recent adverse events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crises, conflict, migration and extreme weather have demonstrated how a wide range of shocks can challenge health systems. While emergency preparedness and planning is a well established component of health system governance in many countries, no methodology has existed to systematically test the resilience of a health system to a broad range of shocks. OBJECTIVE: To share…
Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · German (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Personality (4 works) · Personality development (4 works)