Dr. Lusine Vaganian

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Dr. Lusine Vaganian

Academic career

Since 2022: Postdoc at the Department of Methods in Empirical Educational Research in the research group "From Prediction to Agile Interventions in the Social Sciences (FAIR)" (Prof. Dr. Jörg-Tobias Kuhn & Prof. Dr. Sarah Weigelt; TU Dortmund University, Germany)
2021: Dr. phil., Psychology, University of Cologne, Germany
2017 - 2021: Psychotherapeutic training, Cologne, Germany
2017 - 2021: Research assistant at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy in the research group "Integrated cross-sectoral psycho-oncology (IsPO)" (Prof. Dr. Alexander Gerlach; University of Cologne, Germany)
2016 - 2017: Research assistant at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Prof. Dr. Jutta Backhaus; University of Bonn, Germany).
2014 - 2016: Master of Science, Psychology, University of Bonn, Germany.
2011 - 2014: Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany

Research interests

Intervention Research
Item Response Theory
Health services research
Positive Mental Health
Psycho-oncology
Clinical Decision Making

Bibliography

Zeitschriftenartikel (Peer-reviewed articles)

1. Vaganian, L., Boecker, M., Bussmann, S., Kusch, M., Labouvie, H., Margraf, J., Gerlach, A. L., Cwik, J. C. (2022). Psychometric evaluation of the Positive Mental Health (PMH) scale using item response theory. BMC Psychiatry 22, 512. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04162-0
2. Kusch, M., Labouvie, H., Schiewer, V., Talalaev, N., Cwik, J.C., Bussmann, S., Vaganian, L., Gerlach, A., Dresen, A., Cecon, N., et al. (2022). Integrated, cross-sectoral psycho-oncology (isPO): A new form of care for newly diagnosed cancer patients in Germany. BMC Health Services Res, 22, 543 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07782-0
3. Vaganian, L., Bussmann, S., Boecker, M., Kusch, M. Labouvie, H., Gerlach, A. L., & Cwik, J. C. (2021). An Item Analysis according to the Rasch Model of the German 12-item WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0). Quality of Life Research, 30(10):2929-2938.http://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-02872-8
4. Cwik, J. C., Vaganian, L., Bussmann, S., Labouvie, H., Houwaart, S., Gerlach, A. L., & Kusch, M. (2021). Assessment of coping with cancer-related burdens: psychometric properties of the Cognitive-Emotional Coping with Cancer (CECC) scale and the German Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC) scale. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 3(1), e046 http://doi.org/10.1097/OR9.0000000000000046
5. Schomberg, J., Teismann T., Bussmann, S., Vaganian, L., Gerlach, A. L., & Cwik, J. C. (2021). The significance of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide in an oncological context - a scoping review. European Journal of Cancer Care, 30, e13330. http://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13330
6. Vaganian, L., Bussmann,S., Gerlach, A. L., Kusch, M., Labouvie, H., & Cwik, J. C. (2020). Critical consideration of assessment methods for clinically significant changes of mental distress after psycho‐oncological interventions. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, e1821. https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1821
7. Bussmann, S.,* Vaganian, L.,*, Kusch, M., Labouvie, H., Gerlach, A. L. & Cwik, J. C. (2018). Angst und Emotionsregulation bei Krebspatienten. Psychotherapeut, 63(3), 194-203. http://doi.org./10.1007/s00278-018-0283-3 * Shared first authorship
8. Kals, E., Strubel, I., Vaganian, L., Güntert, S., Wehner, T. (2016). Freiwilligenarbeit und Erwerbsarbeit am Beispiel der Feuerwehr: mehr Gemeinsamkeiten als Unterschiede. Wirtschaftspsychologie. Heft 2. p. 67-79.