Lara Oeltjen, M.Sc.
Lara Oeltjen finished ger Bachelor's Degree in Organisational Psychology at the University of Applied Sciences (UE) in Hamburg in 2016. She finished her Master's Degree in Psychology with a focus on Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Psychologische Hochschule Berlin in 2019.
Since October 2023 Lara Oeltjen works as a research assistent at the department for Personlity psychology and psychological diagnostics at the University of Bremen. Her research focus is on Personality development and Life Events.
Publication list: Publication list Oeltjen
Publications:
Oeltjen, L. & Kandler, C. (2025). Individual Differences in the Effects of Life Events on Personality Trait Change [Submitted to Journal of Personality].
Oeltjen, L., Zapko-Willmes, A., Wiechers, Y. & Kandler, C. (2025). Kritische-Lebensereignis-Kategorien-Skala (KLEKS) zur Erfassung bedeutsamer Lebenserfahrungen. Diagnostica,71(3-4), 109-121.
Oeltjen, L., Koch, T., Holtmann, J., Münch, F. F., Eid, M. & Nussbeck, F. W. (2023). A General Framework for the Inclusion of Time-Varying and Time-Invariant Covariates in Latent State Trait Models. Psychological Methods.
Zimmermann, R., Steppan, M., Zimmermann, J., Oeltjen, L., Birkhölzer, M., Schmeck, K. & Goth, K. (2022). A DSM-5 AMPD and ICD-11 compatible measure for an early identification of personality disorders in adolescence – LoPF-Q 12-18 latent structure and short form. Manuscript submitted for publication to PLOS ONE.Zimmermann, J., Widiger, T. A.,
Oeltjen, L., Conway, C. C. & Morey, L. C. (2022). Developing Preliminary Scales for Assessing the HiTOP Detachment Spectrum. Assessment, 29(1), 75-87.
Laferton, J. A. C., Oeltjen, L., Neubauer, K., Ebert, D. D. & Munder, T. (2022). The effects of patients’ expectations on surgery outcome in total hip and knee arthroplasty: a prognostic factor meta-analysis. Health Psychology Review, 16(1), 50-66.
Bauch, J., Hefti, S., Oeltjen, L., Perez, T., Swenson, C. C., Fürstenau, U., Rhiner, B. & Schmid, M. (2022). Multisystemic therapy for child abuse and neglect: Parental stress and parental mental health as predictors of change in child neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect, 126(4).
Karing, C., Oeltjen, L. & Beelmann, A. (2021). Relationships between mindfulness facets and mental and physical health in meditating and nonmeditating university students. European Journal of Health Psychology, 28(4), 183-192.

