All projects from the School of Applied Psychology
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Use of ChatGPT and Co. in teaching and research at the ZHAW
In a pilot study in summer 2023, we investigated the use of AI in the preparation of Bachelor's theses at four ZHAW departments. In this project, we want to refine the study, carry it out in as many departments as possible and expand it to include the lecturers' perspective.
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Digitalisation and technologisation in care homes
The aim of the project is to develop the potential of technologies and digitalisation for retirement and nursing homes based on scientific principles. Situational analyses, expert interviews and focus groups will be used to analyse technological solutions that are either directly related to the residents, are used ...
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Accompanying Evaluation Model Station SOMOSA
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DICLIS - Surveying the ZHAW Diversity Climate for students at the ZHAW
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ROADS: Reusing Openly Accessible research Data for Student theses
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"Time to lead" study
The role of leaders has changed over time in many organizations. Today, many leaders feel overwhelmed by their workload. In addition, they often feel that they lack the time, resources, and tools to be effective; they experience role conflict. Furthermore, not all leaders may embrace the changing leadership role in ...
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Prevention of e-scooter accidents involving young riders
E-scooters have been supplementing the mobility options in Switzerland for some years now. Young e-scooter users may be at particular risk of accidents at night. The aim of the research team is to investigate risky driving behavior and psychological factors in the decision to use e-scooters among young drivers ...
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Farm to Table in Toni Areal
The “Farm to Table” project, an initiative of the ZHAW, ZHdK and ZFV, explores the sustainable transformation of the dining hall offering with a comprehensive approach that includes seasonal, regional and balanced food options. This four-week project carried out on the Toni-Areal campus includes a detailed ...
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Automated Driving in future mobility systems: user preferences and modelled transport development
The focus of this research is the identification of relevant behavioral parameters, which are then mapped in the “Nationalen Personenverkehrsmodell“ of DETEC. The intention is to assess the potential traffic effects induced by a diffusion of automated vehicles in Switzerland. In the initialization phase, a detailed ...
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Early Mobile and Digital Care for Families
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Cinema Culture for Schools
The Cinema Culture for Schools program has existed since 2009 and has already been evaluated three times by the ZHAW in 2011, 2015 and 2018. The focus was primarily on written student and teacher surveys. In 2020, the Kinokultur program for schools was extended to French-speaking Switzerland and in 2021 to Ticino. ...
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Leadership-Programme City of Rapperswil-Jona
The main objective of the assignment is to set up and implement a tailor-made continuing education programme with three elements: "Leadership Days": Block courses with more "classical" leadership topics, in groups of approx. 12 participants, 3 times 2 days over a calendar year. A one-day in-depth workshop ...
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Networked Photography: Reading, Creating and Sharing
Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Daniel Süss, the ZHAW Media Psychology group and photography mediator Sabina Paries are developing a teaching aid on the subject of image skills for young people aged between 10 and 12. This project at the interface of practice and research is funded by the Doelker-Tobler Foundation ...
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
An employee assistance program (EAP) is a work-based intervention program designed to assist employees in resolving personal or workplace-related problems that may be adversely affecting the employee's performance. Programs are delivered at no cost to employees. Services are delivered via phone, video-based ...
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DSembedded: Integrating discipline-specific Know How into Data Stewardship
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CYREN ZH: Cyber Resilience Network For The Canton Of Zurich
How can we better protect ourselves from cyber threats? The answer to this question is as complex as cyber security itself, because the right balance must always be found between technical possibilities and political, social and economic interests. The increasing digitalisation of critical infrastructures in ...
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Road Safety Key Performance Indicator System for Switzerland
In Switzerland, certain Key Performance Indicators (KPI) on road user behaviour are collected and evaluated annually. This is mainly done through observations or surveys regarding self-described behaviour. It is in the nature of things that some procedures are rather time-consuming and error-prone. In the areas of ...
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The Impact of Personal Therapy on the Sense of Coherence and Quality of Life of Psychotherapy Students
Most of the psychotherapy research considers clients with psychic diseases and symptoms as outcome measures. Complementary to that, the present study takes a salutogenic perspective and addresses the question, how personal therapy of psychotherapists in training (who are a healthy population) affects their Sense of ...
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Bidirectional relationship between Internet Gaming Disorder, internalizing psychopathology, and psychological distress: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies
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Psychological assessment of professional pilots with regard to their resilience
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Antidepressant Withdrawal in primary care patients (AWARE)
Based on a 6-month prospective cohort study we want to examine how, and if, primary care patients manage to stopp antidepressant treatment. Our main objective is to study the occurrence of withdrawal reactions, which can develop when patients try to come off antidepressants. We will also examine quality of life, ...
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Sustainable Packaging Architecture
The goal of the project is to develop an interdisciplinary approach (packaging technology and materials, packaging design, environmental psychology and sustainability) to develop sustainable packaging concepts for existing or new products. Thereby different know-how and experiences in material development, food ...
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Needs Analysis for Intercultural Training of Higher Education Employees
The R&D unit Language Management and Globalisation has the lead in a collaboration consortium consisting of BFH, HES-SO, SUPSI & ZHAW in the context of two ongoing Movetia projects1. High-Impact Measures for the Comprehensive Internationalization of Curricula (No. 2019-1-CH01-OF-0017) aimed at inter-university ...
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Evaluation of the project "Enterprises and Young People with Impairments in Dialogue"
Young people with disabilities have great difficulty finding suitable employment in the primary labour market after successfully completing their education. However, many of these people are motivated and would like to use their skills in the primary labour market and prove their qualifications. However, due to ...
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JAMES Study
JAMES stands for Youth, Activities, Media - Swiss Survey (in German). The JAMES Study has been providing representative figures about the media use of young people in Switzerland since 2010 and is conducted by ZHAW every two years. Each time, the study surveys over 1,000 adolescents aged 12 to 19 in the three large ...