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Christa Winkler Metzke

Christa Winkler Metzke

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Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
5583
World Ranking
10159
National Ranking
113

Overview

Christa Winkler Metzke is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily centers on psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of developmental processes in youth, addressing topics such as early childhood education, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, attachment and relationship dynamics, motivation and self-concept in sports, youth development and social support, and parental involvement in education.

Christa Winkler Metzke's publication record includes works in several peer-reviewed journals. Recent papers cover a range of topics related to adolescent development and behavioral problems:

  • Development of Perceived Familial and Non-familial Support in Adolescence; Findings From a Community-Based Longitudinal Study (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Effects of individual differences, society, and culture on youth-rated problems and strengths in 38 societies (2022) published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Growth Trajectories of Perceived Parental Behavior During Adolescence (2020) published in Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Stability and change in a predictive model of emotional and behavioural problems from early adolescence to middle adulthood (2022) published in Journal of Psychiatric Research

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Andrea Spitz
  • Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
  • Masha Y. Ivanova
  • Thomas M. Achenbach

The main publication venues for their research are:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research

Christa Winkler Metzke's work spans several subfields of psychology, including clinical psychology, education, social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and safety research. These subfields support the broader research themes observed in their publications.

Best Publications

  • Testing the 8-syndrome structure of the child behavior checklist in 30 societies

    Masha Y Ivanova;Anca Dobrean;Manfred Dopfner;Nese Erol

  • Behavioral and Emotional Problems Reported by Parents of Children Ages 6 to 16 in 31 Societies

    Leslie Rescorla;Thomas Achenbach;Masha Y. Ivanova;Levent Dumenci

  • The generalizability of the Youth Self-Report syndrome structure in 23 societies.

    Masha Y. Ivanova;Thomas M. Achenbach;Leslie A. Rescorla;Levent Dumenci

  • Cross-Informant Agreement Between Parent-Reported and Adolescent Self-Reported Problems in 25 Societies

    Leslie A. Rescorla;Sofia Ginzburg;Thomas M. Achenbach;Masha Y. Ivanova

  • Epidemiological comparisons of problems and positive qualities reported by adolescents in 24 countries

    Leslie Rescorla;Thomas M. Achenbach;Masha Y. Ivanova;Levent Dumenci

  • Prevalence of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders: The Zürich Epidemiological Study

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;Christa Winkler Metzke;M. Meier;Roland Kannenberg

  • Adolescent coping with everyday stressors: A seven-nation study of youth from central, eastern, southern, and northern Europe

    Tim Gelhaar;Inge Seiffge-Krenke;Anne Borge;Elvira Cicognani

  • Course and predictors of rehospitalization in adolescent anorexia nervosa in a multisite study.

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;Maria Grigoroiu-Serbanescu;Svetlana Boyadjieva;Klaus-Jürgen Neumärker

  • Risk, compensatory, vulnerability, and protective factors influencing mental health in adolescence

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;Christa Winkler Metzke

  • A long-term outcome study of selective mutism in childhood

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;Miriam Wachter;Karin Laimböck;Christa Winkler Metzke

  • Problem coping skills, psychosocial adversities and mental health problems in children and adolescents as predictors of criminal outcomes in young adulthood

    Marcel Aebi;Joël Giger;Belinda Plattner;Christa Winkler Metzke

  • Evaluation of treatment and intermediate and long-term outcome of adolescent eating disorders.

    H.-C. Steinhausen;R. Seidel;C. Winkler Metzke

  • The use of the development and well-being assessment (DAWBA) in clinical practice: a randomized trial

    Marcel Aebi;Christine Kuhn;Christa Winkler Metzke;Argyris Stringaris

  • Eltern und Kinder: Der Zürcher Kurzfragebogen zum Erziehungsverhalten (ZKE)

    Matthias Reitzle;Christa Winkler Metzke;Hans-Christoph Steinhausen

  • Parent- and self-reported dimensions of oppositionality in youth: construct validity, concurrent validity, and the prediction of criminal outcomes in adulthood

    Marcel Aebi;Belinda Plattner;Christa Winkler Metzke;Cornelia Bessler

  • The impact of suicidal ideation in preadolescence, adolescence, and young adulthood on psychosocial functioning and psychopathology in young adulthood.

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;C. W. Winkler Metzke

  • Behavioural phenotype in foetal alcohol syndrome and foetal alcohol effects

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;Judith Willms;Christa Winkler Metzke;Hans-Ludwig Spohr

  • Youth Self-Report of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in a Swiss Epidemiological Study.

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;Christa Winkler Metzke

  • Parent-Adolescent Cross-Informant Agreement in Clinically Referred Samples: Findings From Seven Societies

    Leslie A Rescorla;Grace Ewing;Masha Y Ivanova;Marcel Aebi

  • Psychosocial Correlates, Outcome, and Stability of Abnormal Adolescent Eating Behavior in Community Samples of Young People.

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;Silvia Gavez;Christa Winkler Metzke

  • Continuity of functional-somatic symptoms from late childhood to young adulthood in a community sample

    Hans-Christoph Steinhausen;Christa Winkler Metzke

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen University of Southern Denmark
Patrick W. L. Leung
Patrick W. L. Leung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Masha Y. Ivanova
Masha Y. Ivanova University of Vermont
Leslie Rescorla
Leslie Rescorla Bryn Mawr College
Thomas M. Achenbach
Thomas M. Achenbach University of Vermont
Niels Bilenberg
Niels Bilenberg University of Southern Denmark
Manfred Döpfner
Manfred Döpfner University of Cologne
Hector R. Bird
Hector R. Bird Columbia University
Levent Dumenci
Levent Dumenci Temple University
Eric Fombonne
Eric Fombonne Oregon Health & Science University

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