The focus of my research is on the development of children and adolescents with a migration background and the interplay between
normative development and migration-related adaptation. I studied this interplay in various projects. Some examples:
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The development and application of a new instrument to assess specific acculturation-related hassles of adolescent immigrants
in Israel and Germany, which can add to the normative age-related demands of growing up
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Research on adolescent delinquency and whether it is predicted by the same or different factors among immigrant vs. native
adolescents
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The identification of factors that help downgrading the rather normative tendency to form friendships with individuals from
the same culture or ethnicity
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The longitudinal and comparative assessment of autonomy expectations in immigrant and native adolescents to learn more about
the interplay of developmental (autonomy) and acculturation-related (cultural adaptation to the receiving society) processes
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The study of mother-adolescent dyads in immigrant and native families, which showed processes of role reversal and status
imbalances in immigrant families as well as related developmental outcomes