Denny Kerkhoff

Biographic Data

ID4429557
NAMEDenny Kerkhoff
GIVEN NAMESDenny
FAMILY NAMEKerkhoff
SIGNATUREKERKHOFF D
AFFILIATIONSBielefeld University
ORCID0000-0001-5351-1013
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Associations of stressful life events with stress symptoms and well-being of adolescent refugees

    Arnold Lohaus, Jana‐elisa Rueth et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2026

    OBJECTIVE: This paper focuses on the relationship between stressful life events experienced by young refugees and their reports of psychological and somatic stress symptoms and well-being. It examines whether this relationship is mediated by personal and social resources and by acculturation hassles experienced in the host country. METHODS: Path analyses were calculated based on data from 147 adolescents aged 11 to 18 years from the Middle East a…

  • Health-related quality of life of young refugees in Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessJohanna Braig, Pia Schmees et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

    The COVID-19 outbreak forced widespread changes in minors’ daily life with a risk of compromising well-being. So far, little is known about how health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of young refugees has developed during this time, although they belong to a vulnerable group. In a cross-sectional analysis during the first year of the pandemic, minors aged 8 to 16 years with and without refugee experience ( n each = 156) were surveyed, using self-…

  • Personal and social resources in the context of adolescent sleep

    Anika Werner, Maren-Jo Kater et al.ARTICLEPsychology & Health2024

    OBJECTIVE: The existing literature has focused little on the health-promoting role of resources for sleep. Mainly risk factors have been highlighted regarding mental health in general. Moreover, for the vulnerable age group of adolescents, resources and their relation to sleep have hardly been explored. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the predictive role of personal/social resources for the likelihood of having chronic sleep problems in…

  • Religious Identity and its Relation to Health-Related Quality of Life and Covid-Related Stress of Refugee Children and Adolescents in Germany

    Open AccessPia Schmees, Johanna Braig et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2024

    Research shows that religious identity is associated with health. The aim of this study was to understand the role of religious identity for refugee minors’ health in greater detail. Middle Eastern refugee minors resettled in Germany and aged 8–18 years completed questionnaires at baseline (T1, n = 246) and follow-up (T2, n = 122) measurement between 2019 and 2022. Religious identity was assessed with a 4-item measure (Cronbach’s α = .89). Associ…

  • Longitudinal relationships between coping strategies, cultural orientations, and mental health among young refugees from the Middle East in Germany

    Open AccessUsama El‐awad, Usama EL-Awad et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024References: 5

  • Latent growth curve analyses of emotional awareness and emotion regulation in early and middle adolescence

    Open AccessJana‐elisa Rueth, Denny Kerkhoff et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    The importance of emotional awareness (EA) and emotion regulation (ER) for children’s and adolescents’ development has been suggested in numerous studies, but longitudinal trajectories of these aspects of emotional competence have rarely been examined. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to investigate developmental trends of EA and ER in early and middle adolescence over a 1-year period. Longitudinal increases of different aspects of EA (e…