Andrea Hajek
Biographic Data
| ID | 636799 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrea Hajek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrea |
| FAMILY NAME | Hajek |
| SIGNATURE | HAJEK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Hamburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6886-2745 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 104 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 102 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Determinants of willingness to pay for health insurance in later stages of the Covid-19 pandemic: Findings based on the general adult population in Germany
Objective: The aim was to examine which factors contribute to the willingness to pay (WTP) for health insurance in Germany. Methods: Cross-sectional data are taken from a large, population-based study (GESIS panel, wave 50, n = 4,447; November 2022 to January 2023). Willingness to pay for health insurance served as outcome measure. Socioeconomic, health-related, coronavirus-related, and political spectrum-related factors were included as independ…
Beyond words: The association of hugging with loneliness, social isolation, and social withdrawal. Evidence from the general adult population in Germany based on a cross-sectional survey
Background: Thus far, no studies have focused on hugging and social disconnectedness outcomes comprehensively (loneliness, social isolation, social withdrawal) in the post-pandemic era. Our aim was to examine whether hugging is associated with loneliness, social isolation, and social withdrawal and whether these associations vary by gender. Methods: We used cross-sectional data collected via an online survey conducted in January 2025 (N = 3,270 a…
Mapping in Loneliness Research in the Ten Psychology‐Related Web of Science Categories in the Social Science Citation Index
The present study comprehensively maps loneliness research across ten psychology-related categories within the Social Science Citation Index of the Web of Science. This work evaluates publication performance by analyzing the average number of citations and authors per publication across different document types, categories, and journals. Six key publication and citation indicators were employed to assess the performance of countries and instituti…
Prevalence and Correlates of Probable Depression and Anxiety Among Homeless Individuals During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Germany
Probable depression and anxiety are highly prevalent in homeless individuals throughout. Key predictors may help to identify individuals in need and design targeted interventions
Meeting the WHO physical activity guidelines and health-related quality of life of single parents in Ghana
Purpose Improving physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is critically important for achieving the health-related sustainable development goal (SDG 3). However, data on the association between PA and HRQoL, particularly among single parents, are limited in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We examine the association between PA and HRQoL among single parents in Ghana and explore the modifying roles of sex, age, a…
‘The new geriatric giants’: How do loneliness and social isolation contribute to probable depression in older adults
Social isolation and loneliness have been linked to adverse health outcomes such as depression in old age. However, limited data exist on the association of loneliness and social isolation with probable depression (PD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), while psychosocial mediators are largely unknown. This study investigates the individual and joint associations of social isolation and loneliness with PD among older adults in Ghana. It…
Determinants of life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among older adults living alone: Longitudinal national evidence from Thailand, 2015–2022
Overall, this study among older adults living alone showed that advantages and disadvantages in socioeconomic situation, health, and health behaviour were the determinants of life satisfaction and depressive symptoms, respectively. Efforts to promote well-being among older adults living alone should reduce or promote the identified associated factors
The joint effects of loneliness and interpersonal abuse on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among young adults in higher education in the United States
A synergy exists between loneliness and interpersonal abuse in relation to suicidal thoughts and behaviors among young adults in higher education
Wealth, income and dementia in Germany: Longitudinal findings from a representative survey among the oldest old
Our study showed a link between wealth and dementia. Such knowledge can enrich poverty and inequality research within this field. More specifically, our findings lend support to evidence-based policies aiming to decrease the burden of dementia in later life through reduction in economic inequalities and better income distribution
Personality and Markers of Lower Extremity Function: Findings From Six Samples
ObjectivesThis study investigated the associations between Five-Factor Model personality traits and balance impairment and lower limb strength.MethodsMiddle-aged and older adults (Age range: 34-104 years; N >27,000) from six large samples from the US and England were assessed for standing balance, lower limb strength, personality traits, sociodemographic, and health-related variables.ResultsHigher extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and consci…
Personality and falls: Evidence from three samples
Objectives Falls are a critical public health issue, and there is need to better understand factors associated with risk of falls. This study examined the association between personality traits and risk of recent and incident falls. Methods Participants were older individuals (age range: 60–104 years; N > 16,000) from three longitudinal samples. Each sample included baseline measures of personality traits, covariates (demographic factors) and med…
Personality traits and loneliness: An ecological momentary assessment study with self and partner ratings
Negative Association Between Schizophrenia and Subsequent Cancer Diagnoses—A Retrospective Cohort Study from Germany
Background: Since previous studies have reported contradictory findings regarding the relationship between schizophrenia and cancer, we evaluated the association between schizophrenia and cancer diagnoses. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, the IQVIA Disease Analyzer database was utilized to examine the incidence of cancer among patients aged over 18 years diagnosed with schizophrenia in German general practices from 2005 to 2022. Patie…
Age-specific risk factors of depression among the oldest-old - evidence from the multicenter AgeCoDe-AgeQualiDe study
Depressive symptoms in latest life are common and the incidence increases with increasing age. Modifiable and differing risk factors across the highest age groups open up the possibility of specifically tailored prevention concepts
How do individuals rate their health compared to others? findings based on a nationally representative sample in Germany
In addition to the evident link between health satisfaction and health comparisons, regression analysis revealed that certain socioeconomic factors, such as a higher income level, along with positive lifestyle-related factors - especially among middle-aged individuals - were significantly associated with more positive health comparisons. This knowledge is required in order to support individuals at risk for negative health comparisons. This is im…
Migration background and use of preventive healthcare services: Findings of the German Ageing Survey
In conclusion, results showed differences between individuals without migration background and individuals with migration background (and with personal migration experience) in terms of using preventive healthcare services. It may be helpful to specifically address individuals with migration background (and with migration experience) in terms of using preventive healthcare services
Pet Ownership and Psychosocial Factors in Adults Aged 40 Years and Over: Results of a Large Nationally Representative Longitudinal Survey
Thus far, few cross-sectional studies have investigated the association between pet ownership and psychosocial factors. As longitudinal studies on this topic are mostly lacking, this study aimed to analyze the association between pet ownership and psychosocial factors (in terms of depressive symptoms, loneliness, social isolation, and life satisfaction) using a longitudinal approach. The data used were taken from the German Ageing Survey (DEAS), …
Translation and Validation of the German Version of the Ikigai-9
Background: The Japanese concept of “ikigai” embodies the feeling of having a meaningful purpose in life. It is associated with several positive outcomes. This study aimed to translate and validate the German version of the Ikigai-9 scale (Ikigai-9-G)—and ikigai scores for certain groups of interest were presented. Methods: Data were taken from a quota sample of the German adult population aged 18 to 74 years (n = 5000; representative in terms of…
A disaffected, right-wing, conflicted Italy: The general elections of 25 September 2022
You can never really get tired of Italian politics. Over the last 30 years, we have seen many turning points, the most memorable of which was undoubtedly Silvio Berlusconi's unexpected ‘descent into the field’ in 1994. Nor have we been deprived of colourful characters, such as Matteo Renzi or Matteo Salvini, who, as their careers took off, ended up burning their wings. And after many unsuccessful attempts, imagination has finally come to power (a…
Social Activities and Risk of Dementia in Community-Dwelling Older People: Gender-Specific Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study
This study provides evidence of social activities influencing dementia risk. Further investigations are required to uncover the mechanisms driving these observed relationships
Adherence to 24-hour movement guidelines among rural middle-aged and older adults in South Africa: Prevalence, Antecedents, and Consequences on Mental Health Outcomes
Loneliness and Social Isolation in Old Age: Correlates and Implications
This book is a seminal guide to loneliness and social isolation in old age, providing a comprehensive overview of the important correlates of socioeconomic, health and lifestyle factors upon loneliness and social isolation in old age. Bringing together contributions from leading authorities, the book showcases expertise from, among other things, medicine, psychology, epidemiology, sociology, economics and gerontology. It shows the importance of i…
Do Individuals with High Climate Anxiety Believe That They Will Die Earlier? First Evidence from Germany
This study showed an association between higher climate anxiety and lower perceived longevity, particularly among younger individuals. More clearly, younger individuals with a higher climate anxiety think they will die earlier. This is the first study on this topic and could serve as a foundation for upcoming research. For example, longitudinal studies are needed to confirm our findings
Associations between changes in physical activity and perceived social exclusion and loneliness within middle-aged adults – longitudinal evidence from the German ageing survey
In middle-aged adults, longitudinal associations were found for physical activity and perceived social exclusion. Perceived social exclusion may be prevented by maintaining at least 150 min of moderate physical activities per week, which is the WHO physical activity recommendation. Future research should investigate moderators and mediators in the association between physical activity and social exclusion as well as loneliness
Are transgender people satisfied with their lives
Nearly half of the transgender people were at least "satisfied" with their lives. Knowledge about the correlates of life satisfaction may assist in addressing unsatisfied individuals
Psychosocial consequences of transitioning into informal caregiving in male and female caregivers: Findings from a population-based panel study
The impact of different types of informal caregiving on cognitive functioning of older caregivers: Evidence from a longitudinal, population-based study in Germany
Challenging dominant discourses of the past: 1968 And the Value of Oral History
Editorial for special issue entitled 'Challenging dominant discourses of the past: 1968 and the value of oral history'. This special issue – with case studies from France, Germany, UK and Italy – explores different trajectories and narratives of 1968. Through the application of oral history methodology, it creates a more inclusive and complex history which moves beyond established memories of 1968
Learning from L'Aquila: Grassroots mobilization in post-earthquake Emilia-Romagna
In this article I analyse how a number of Italian, left-wing youth groups (centri sociali) reacted to the earthquake that struck the Emilia-Romagna region in 2012, forcing thousands of people to relocate into the tendopoli camps run by the Italian Civil Protection (Protezione Civile). The centri sociali promoted an alternative, grassroots project of emergency management which built both on a negative, collective memory of the problematic reconstr…
Social Activities and Risk of Dementia in Community-Dwelling Older People: Gender-Specific Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study
This study provides evidence of social activities influencing dementia risk. Further investigations are required to uncover the mechanisms driving these observed relationships
Women's Studies 2.0. Italian Feminist Scholarship in the Digital Age
The Italian women’s movement of the 1970s was one of the largest and most diverse in Europe. However, after the movement's decline in the late 1970s, scholarly interest in women studies and in the history of second-wave feminism has primarily been upheld through the creation and promotion of women's archives, documentary centres and libraries. More recently, new generations of women have engaged in battles for women's rights, debates about gender…
Defining Female Subjectivities in Italy: Motherhood and abortion in the individual and collective memories of the 1970s women's movement in Bologna
In Italy, women have long been stereotypically marked as either objects of sexual desire or as producers of new life. This changed radically in the 1970s, when second-wave feminism redefined gender relations and experimented with new paths of life not determined by matrimony and maternity. The legalisation of abortion, during the second half of the decade, is now hailed as one of the primary achievements of the women's movement. A theme closely c…
Teaching the history of terrorism in Italy: The political strategies of memory obstruction
Although more than 30 years have past, Italy continues to struggle with the difficult memory of the 1970s, a decade marked by an extreme intensification of political violence. The incapacity and unwillingness of Italian society to come to terms with this traumatic past contributes to the maintenance of a range of conflicting memories, which is particularly immanent in history education, one of the primary sources in processes of memory constructi…
Visible Memories A conference held at the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies of Syracuse University (USA), 2—4 October 2008
Teaching the history of terrorism in Italy: The political strategies of memory obstruction
Although more than 30 years have past, Italy continues to struggle with the difficult memory of the 1970s, a decade marked by an extreme intensification of political violence. The incapacity and unwillingness of Italian society to come to terms with this traumatic past contributes to the maintenance of a range of conflicting memories, which is particularly immanent in history education, one of the primary sources in processes of memory constructi…
Francesco è vivo, e lotta insieme a noi! Rebuilding local identities in the aftermath of the 1977 student protests in Bologna
The decade spanning from 1968 to 1980, known also as the anni di piombo , is among the most difficult and traumatic periods in Italian post-war history. One of the most memorable years of this decade was 1977, when a new student movement stood up against the established order. The so-called Movement of ‘77 manifested itself among others in Bologna, where it had a predominantly creative and joyful character. Nevertheless, the protests were violent…
‘Mmmmm quanti, ma quanti ricordi mi evocano queste foto …’: Facebook and the 1977 Family Album: The Digital (R)evolution of a Protest Generation
Memories are increasingly shaped and shared through the media, in particular visual media such as photography. However, it is not just the images that allow for memories to enter our individual and collective identities: the latter take shape in the mediation of the past through images. In other words, the very act of selecting, storing, and sharing visual data has an impact on the way the past is recalled and identities are reconstructed in the …
Tragedia all'italiana. Italian Cinema and Italian Terrorisms, 1970–2010
Gender, Subjectivity and Oral History, University of Warwick, 24 November 2011
The question of how subjective identities are composed in the oral-history interview has been the focus of much recent scholarship. This one-day conference of the Warwick Oral History Network, organized by Angela Davis (Department of History, University of Warwick) and Andrea Hajek (Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick), aimed to reflect upon the current status of the field and address the challenges of the future. Themes considered…
Negotiating Memories of Protest in Western Europe: The Case of Italy
Negotiating Memories of Protest in Western Europe explores the transmission of memories of 1970s protest movements in Italy, Germany, France and Great Britain. Focusing on Italy, it analyzes commemora
Challenging dominant discourses of the past: 1968 And the Value of Oral History
Editorial for special issue entitled 'Challenging dominant discourses of the past: 1968 and the value of oral history'. This special issue – with case studies from France, Germany, UK and Italy – explores different trajectories and narratives of 1968. Through the application of oral history methodology, it creates a more inclusive and complex history which moves beyond established memories of 1968
Learning from L'Aquila: Grassroots mobilization in post-earthquake Emilia-Romagna
In this article I analyse how a number of Italian, left-wing youth groups (centri sociali) reacted to the earthquake that struck the Emilia-Romagna region in 2012, forcing thousands of people to relocate into the tendopoli camps run by the Italian Civil Protection (Protezione Civile). The centri sociali promoted an alternative, grassroots project of emergency management which built both on a negative, collective memory of the problematic reconstr…
Voci Della Memoria. L’uso Delle Fonti Orali Nella Ricerca Storica
Voci della memoria is an Italian-language theoretical, historical, and methodological introduction to oral history research. Written mostly for students and early career researchers who want to cre...
Introduction: Television and the Fictional Rewriting of History in Italy’s ‘Second Republic
In this special section of The Italianist, we focus on the fictional rewritings of Italian history on television in the period of the Second Republic, paying particular attention to the format of the miniserie, usually a three-hour (two-episode) long series which in Italy is associated with prestige, high production values and craftsmanship, making history not only attractive for the beholder, but also a commercial success
Coming to Terms With Terrorism. Sergio Corbucci’sdonne Armateand the Trauma of Theanni Di Piombo
Since Italy’s transition to the Second Republic in the early 1990s, a period marked by attempts to come to terms with the traumatic experience of the violent 1970s, cinema and television have increasingly been (ab)used for the rewriting of national history, often within a revisionist framework, and for the promotion of new discourses of reconciliation. The miniseries Donne armate (Sergio Corbucci, 1991) is one such attempt to work through the tra…
Defining Female Subjectivities in Italy: Motherhood and abortion in the individual and collective memories of the 1970s women's movement in Bologna
In Italy, women have long been stereotypically marked as either objects of sexual desire or as producers of new life. This changed radically in the 1970s, when second-wave feminism redefined gender relations and experimented with new paths of life not determined by matrimony and maternity. The legalisation of abortion, during the second half of the decade, is now hailed as one of the primary achievements of the women's movement. A theme closely c…
Oral History
Complex coevolution of depression and health-related quality of life in old age
Gender differences in the effect of social support on health-related quality of life: Results of a population-based prospective cohort study in old age in Germany
Women and the Reinvention of the Political: Feminism in Italy, 1968-1983Maud BRACKE
This long-awaited study of the Italian women's movement in the ‘long 1970s’ comes at a time of increasing reflection on the missing history of Italian second-wave feminism. That it is high time for
Women, Terrorism and Trauma in Italian CultureRuth GLYNN
Ruth Glynn's analysis of cultural representations of women's participation in political violence and terrorism in the Italian anni di piombo (‘years of lead’), the traumatic period that spanned the
Memory in a Mediated World
Considering both retrospective memories and the prospective employment of memories, Memory in a Mediated World examines troubled times that demand resolution, recovery and restoration. Its contributio
Memory in a Mediated World: Remembrance and Reconstruction
The role of flexible goal adjustment in the effect of informal caregiving on depressive symptoms: Evidence of a large population-based longitudinal study in Germany from 2002 to 2011
The Lost Wave: Women and democracy in post-war Italy, by Molly Tambor
On 10 March 1946 Italian women were allowed to cast their votes for the very first time, long after countries such as the United Kingdom, Austria and Germany, which passed legislation in 1918 (in t
Women's Studies 2.0. Italian Feminist Scholarship in the Digital Age
The Italian women’s movement of the 1970s was one of the largest and most diverse in Europe. However, after the movement's decline in the late 1970s, scholarly interest in women studies and in the history of second-wave feminism has primarily been upheld through the creation and promotion of women's archives, documentary centres and libraries. More recently, new generations of women have engaged in battles for women's rights, debates about gender…
Association of informal caregiving with body mass index and frequency of sporting activities: Evidence of a population-based study in Germany
The present study revealed that caregiving time and performing nursing care services are associated with a higher BMI and a decreased frequency of sporting activities. As both, a higher BMI and fewer sporting activities are in turn related to various adverse health outcomes, this knowledge should be taken into account when planning informal caregiving
Sexuality and power in contemporary Italy: Subjectivities between gender norms, agency and social transformation
Other forms of gender-based discrimination, however, remain widespread, attesting to the persistence of the norms which organise social relationships into power-laden hierarchies. In particular, mainstream media have recurrently, albeit selectively, highlighted cases of sexual abuse and harassment in which its protagonists were mainly men in powerful positions demanding, expecting, and/or forcing sex in 'exchange' for access to economic assets th…
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