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Margarete E. Vollrath

Margarete E. Vollrath

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Psychology

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Overview

Margarete E. Vollrath is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research spans several interconnected fields including medicine and psychology, with contributions also in subfields such as general health professions, clinical psychology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their notable recent publications cover a range of topics related to child development, neonatal health, and behavioral studies. These include:

  • Preterm birth and risk for language delays before school entry: A sibling-control study (2020), published in Development and Psychopathology
  • Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and child neurodevelopment up to eight years of age-Results from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (2020), published in European Journal of Nutrition
  • Education differences in sickness absence and the role of health behaviors: a prospective twin study (2020), published in BMC Public Health
  • Bridging temperament and the Big Five in children: A genetically informative study (2024), published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

The main topics addressed in their work include infant development and preterm care, neonatal respiratory health research, language development and disorders, obesity, physical activity, and diet, breastfeeding practices and influences, coffee research and impacts, as well as workplace health and well-being.

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are Bo Jacobsson, Verena Sengpiel, Eivind Ystrøm, Imac Maria Zambrana, and Sofia Berglundh.

The key venues where their work has been published reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research and include Development and Psychopathology, European Journal of Nutrition, BMC Public Health, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Best Publications

  • Personality and stress.

    Margarete Vollrath

  • Personality types and coping.

    Margarete Vollrath;Svenn Torgersen

  • Incidence and associations of parental and child posttraumatic stress symptoms in pediatric patients

    Markus A. Landolt;Margarete Vollrath;Karin Ribi;Hanspeter E. Gnehm

  • The impact of subjective birth experiences on post-traumatic stress symptoms: a longitudinal study

    Susan Garthus-Niegel;Susan Garthus-Niegel;Tilmann von Soest;Margarete E. Vollrath;Margarete E. Vollrath;Malin Eberhard-Gran;Malin Eberhard-Gran

  • Who takes health risks? A probe into eight personality types

    Margarete Vollrath;Svenn Torgersen

  • The natural history of anxiety disorders

    J. Angst;M. Vollrath

  • Personality, risky health behaviour, and perceived susceptibility to health risks:

    Margarette Vollrath;Daria Knoch;Loredana Cassano

  • The Zurich study. VIII. Insomnia: association with depression, anxiety, somatic syndromes, and course of insomnia.

    Margarete Vollrath;Werner Wicki;Jules Angst

  • Health-related quality of life in children with newly diagnosed cancer: a one year follow-up study

    Markus A Landolt;Margarete Vollrath;Margarete Vollrath;Felix K Niggli;Hanspeter E Gnehm

  • The mutual prospective influence of child and parental post-traumatic stress symptoms in pediatric patients.

    Markus A. Landolt;Eivind Ystrom;Felix H. Sennhauser;Hanspeter E. Gnehm

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in parents of children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.

    Markus A. Landolt;Karin Ribi;Joseph Laimbacher;Margarete Vollrath

  • Comorbidity of anxiety and depression in the Zurich Cohort Study of Young Adults.

    Jules Angst;Margarete Vollrath;Kathleen R. Merikangas;Cecile Ernst

  • Outcome of panic and depression in a seven-year follow-up: results of the Zurich study.

    M Vollrath;J Angst

  • Posttraumatic growth in mothers and fathers of children with severe illnesses

    Ines Hungerbuehler;Margarete E Vollrath;Markus A Landolt

  • Prospective Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Parents of Children With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes

    Markus A. Landolt;Margarete Vollrath;Joseph Laimbacher;Hanspeter E. Gnehm

  • Personality as long-term predictor of coping

    Margarete Vollrath;Svenn Torgersen;Randolf Alnæs

  • Predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms in children after road traffic accidents.

    Markus A. Landolt;Margarete Vollrath;Karin Timm;Hanspeter E. Gnehm

  • Tactics of hierarchy negotiation

    Ole Christer H. Lund;Christian K. Tamnes;Cathrine Moestue;David M. Buss

  • Handbook of Personality and Health

    Margarete E. Vollrath

  • Personality and hassles among university students: a three‐year longitudinal study:

    M. Vollrath

  • The impact of subjective birth experiences on post-traumatic stress symptoms: a longitudinal study. Archives of women's mental health, 16(1), 1-10.

    S. Garthus-Niegel;T. von Soest;M. E. Vollrath;M. Eberhard-Gran

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus A. Landolt
Markus A. Landolt University of Zurich
Eivind Ystrom
Eivind Ystrom Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Svenn Torgersen
Svenn Torgersen University of Oslo
Sarah E. Hampson
Sarah E. Hampson Oregon Research Institute
Jules Angst
Jules Angst University of Zurich
Espen Røysamb
Espen Røysamb University of Oslo
Susan Garthus-Niegel
Susan Garthus-Niegel Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen
Hans-Christoph Steinhausen University of Southern Denmark
Mary K. Rothbart
Mary K. Rothbart University of Oregon

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