GABEK WinRelan® – a Qualitative Method for Crisis Research Engaging Crisis Management Personnel

Qualitative research methods like GABEK WinRelan are advantageous tools to analyze and thereby improve crisis management planning and communication systems by interrogating crisis management personnel. Contrary to quantitative methods they help to identify, explore, and structure new important aspects in this field and to formulate more specific research questions. This paper describes the usage and advantages of the qualitative method GABEK WinRelan within crisis management research, particularly within the e-Triage project which aims at the development of an electronic registration system of affected persons in mass casualty incidents. Furthermore it addresses different corresponding research fields like stress within emergency missions and the role GABEK WinRelan could play in examining these research fields

HeatResilientCity - Bürgerbeteiligung zur hitzeresilienten Platzgestaltung: wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisbericht zur Intervention und Online-Befragung "Platz nehmen, auch bei Hitze!" 2020 in der Erfurter Oststadt

Dieser Befragungsbericht entstand im Rahmen des Teilprojekts 7 des BMBF-Verbundforschungs- projektes „HeatResilientCity – Hitzeresiliente Stadt- und Quartiersentwicklung in Großstädten – Bewohnerorientierte Wissensgenerierung und Umsetzung“

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Dieser Befragungsbericht entstand im Rahmen des Teilprojekts 7 des BMBF-Verbundforschungsprojektes „HeatResilientCity – Hitzeresiliente Stadt- und Quartiersentwicklung in Großstädten – Bewohnerorientierte Wissensgenerierung und Umsetzung“

Self‐esteem fully mediates positive life events and depressive symptoms in a sample of 173 patients with affective disorders

Objectives Previous research showed that positive and negative life events influence the development of depression. However, it is less clear how life events interact with depressive symptoms and self-esteem. Design and methods The present study aimed to investigate the mediating effects of self-esteem on the relationship between life events and depressive symptoms in adulthood. The Traumatic Antecedent Questionnaire, Multidimensional Self-esteem Scale (MSWS), and Becks Depression Inventory were administered in 173 psychiatric inpatients (mean age 39.69 +/- 14.56 years, ranging from 18 to 76 years). At the time of assessment, all patients suffered from depressive symptoms caused by an affective disorder (major depression, bipolar I, dysthymia). Results Path analyses showed that the individual level of self-esteem (measured by MSWS) fully mediated the association between positive life events and depressive symptoms. Conclusions The current study indicates that future therapy programmes for patients with depressive symptoms could include interventions focusing on the improvement of self-esteem, as increasing self-esteem may be beneficial for recovery. Practitioner points To date, this is the first study exploring the pathways from positive/negative life events to depressive symptoms. The relationship between positive life experiences and depressive symptoms was fully mediated by self-esteem. Strengthening self-esteem in therapy might lower the vulnerability for depression