Abteilung Psychologie
- Curriculum Vitae
- Aktuelle Forschungsthemen
In seiner Forschung interessiert er sich für die Entwicklung neuer Methoden zur Modellierung von Veränderungen in (intensiven) Längsschnittdaten und für die Untersuchung, ob, wie und bei wem eine Intervention, wie z.B. eine psychotherapeutische Behandlung oder ein Gesundheitstraining, wirkt. Seine methodischen Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in der Entwicklung und Anwendung von Modellen zur Analyse von durchschnittlichen und bedingten (kausalen) Effekten, kausalen Mediationsmodellen, latenten State-Trait-Modellen (für Experience Sampling Daten) und Modellen für latente Veränderungen. Ein wichtiger Aspekt seiner Forschung ist die Entwicklung von benutzerfreundlicher Statistiksoftware, um moderne statistische Methoden und Modelle einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich zu machen.
- Publikationen
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Kiefer C, Lemmerich F, Langenberg B, Mayer A. Subgroup Discovery in Structural Equation Models. PsyArXiv. 2021.
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Kiefer C, Wilker S, Mayer A. Interactions Between Latent Variables in Count Regression Models. PsyArXiv. 2023.
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Kiefer C, Lugauer B, Mayer A. Definition and Identification of Causal Ratio Effects. 2023.
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Norget J, Weiss A, Mayer A. Estimating Latent State-Trait Models for Experience-Sampling Data in R with the lsttheory package: a Tutorial. 2023.
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Hachenberger J, Mayer A, Kerkhoff D, et al. Reliability, occasion specificity, and validity of the Stroop and Go/No-Go tasks in the ecological momentary assessment context. 2023.
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Claus AM, Lampel G, Kiefer C, Mayer A, Wiese BS. Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, and Monodisciplinary Study Programs in Germany: A classification scheme. NEPS Survey Paper. Vol 103. LIfBi Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories; 2023.
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Langenberg B, Mayer A. Software code for estimating latent repeated measures ANOVA using the R package semnova. Bielefeld University; 2020.
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Langenberg B, Mayer A. Subgroupsem: an R package for mining exceptional models. Bielefeld University; 2020.
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Tinhof DL, Rauthmann J, Mayer A. Psychometric evaluation of the German BFI-2 self- and other-report versions across offline and online contexts. OSF Registries; 2023.
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Devlieger I, Mayer A, Rosseel Y. Factor Score Regression, an alternative for SEM when dealing with complex models and small sample sizes. Presented at the 2015 Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences Meeting, Brussel, Belgium.
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Müller H, Kreissl S, Görgen H, et al. Verlauf und Einflussfaktoren von Tumor-assoziierter Fatigue bei Hodgkin-Lymphom: eine longitudinale Studie der deutschen Hodgkin-Studiengruppe. In: PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie. Vol 68. Thieme; 2018: e8.
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Langenberg B, Mayer A. Interindividual differences in causal effects from multi-factorial repeated measures experimental designs. Presented at the Single Subject Causal Mediation Analysis Workshop, Leiden, Netherlands.
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Stadtbäumer N, Kreissl S, Borchmann P, Mayer A. Predicting cancer-related fatigue of Hodgkin Lymphoma survivors: Identification of risk factors. Oncology Research and Treatment . 2021;44(Suppl. 2):38.
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Azzam B, Roscher B, Schelenz R, Jacobs G, Langenberg B, Mayer A. Identification of unexpected patterns and relationships in wind turbine scada data using dynamic structural equation modelling. Presented at the 14th EAWE PhD Seminar on Wind Energy, Brussels, Belgium.
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Langenberg B, Mayer A. Repeated measures ANOVA with latent variables using the latent growth component approach. Presented at the 8th European Congress of Methodology, Jena, Germany.
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Stadtbäumer N, Mayer A. The reciprocal relation between cancer-related fatigue and physical and psychosocial functioning in survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma. Presented at the International Symposium on Hodgkin lymphoma (ISHL11), Cologne.
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Langenberg B, Helm JL, Mayer A. Comparing and extending SEM approaches for repeated measures designs. Presented at the 14th Conference of the Section Methods and Evaluation, Kiel, Germany.
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Stadtbäumer N, Mayer A. Comparing longitudinal structural equation models with autoregressive effects. Presented at the 14th Conference of the Section Methods and Evaluation of the German Psychological Society, Kiel.
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Velki T, Mayer A, Norget J. Development of a New International Behavioral-Cognitive Internet Security Questionnaire: Preliminary Results from Croatian and German samples. In: MIPRO Proceedings, Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics. 2019: 1209-1212.
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Norget J, Columbus S, Mayer A. Latent state-trait models with day-specific traits for experience sampling data. Presented at the FGME 2019, Kiel.
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Langenberg B, Mayer A. Differences in longitudinal trajectories between groups - the multi-group latent growth components approach. Presented at the 9th European Congress of Methodology, Valencia, Spain.
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Langenberg B, Mayer A. The semnova package for latent repeated measures ANOVA. Presented at the 12th International Workshop on Psychometric Computing, Dortmund, Germany.
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Norget J, Columbus S, Mayer A. Block-Wise Model Fit for Structural Equation Models with Experience Sampling Data . Presented at the Research Synthesis & Big Data Conference, Online.
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Norget J, Columbus S, Mayer A, Balliet D. Latent State-Trait Models of Subjective Interdependence. Presented at the EAPA Digital Event 2021, Online.
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Mayer A, Steyer R, Mueller H. A General Approach to Defining Latent Growth Components. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 2012;19(4):513-533.
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Kirchmann H, Steyer R, Mayer A, Joraschky P, Schreiber-Willnow K, Strauss B. Effects of adult inpatient group psychotherapy on attachment characteristics: An observational study comparing routine care to an untreated comparison group. Psychotherapy Research. 2012;22(1):95-114.
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Mayer A, Nagengast B, Fletcher J, Steyer R. Analyzing average and conditional effects with multigroup multilevel structural equation models. Frontiers in Psychology. 2014;5.
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Kreissl S, Mueller H, Mayer A, et al. Fatigue in Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients: Longitudinal Evaluation and Curve Types up to 5 Years. Blood. 2014;124(21):854-854.
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Mayer A, Thoemmes F, Rose N, Steyer R, West SG. Theory and Analysis of Total, Direct, and Indirect Causal Effects. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 2014;49(5):425-442.
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Müller B, Mayer A, Richter T, Križan A, Hecht T, Ennemoser M. Differential effects of reading trainings on reading processes: a comparison in Grade 2. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. 2015;18(3):489-512.
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Steyer R, Mayer A, Geiser C, Cole DA. A Theory of States and Traits—Revised. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 2015;11(1):71-98.
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Infurna FJ, Mayer A. The effects of constraints and mastery on mental and physical health: Conceptual and methodological considerations. Psychology and Aging. 2015;30(2):432-448.
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Kreissl S, Mueller H, Goergen H, et al. Cancer-related fatigue in patients with and survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma: a longitudinal study of the German Hodgkin Study Group. The Lancet. Oncology. 2016;17(10):1453-1462.
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Devlieger I, Mayer A, Rosseel Y. Hypothesis Testing Using Factor Score Regression: A Comparison of Four Methods. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 2016;76(5):741-770.
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Mayer A, Dietzfelbinger L, Rosseel Y, Steyer R. The EffectLiteR Approach for Analyzing Average and Conditional Effects. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 2016;51(2-3):374-391.
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Mayer A, Umbach N, Flunger B, Kelava A. Effect Analysis Using Nonlinear Structural Equation Mixture Modeling. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 2017;24(4):556-570.
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Zimmermann J, Mayer A, Leising D, Krieger T, grosse Holtforth M, Pretsch J. Exploring Occasion Specificity in the Assessment of DSM-5 Maladaptive Personality Traits. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 2017;33(1):47-54.
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Loncke J, Mayer A, Eichelsheim VI, et al. Latent State-Trait Models for Longitudinal Family Data. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. 2017;33(4):256-270.
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Infurna FJ, Mayer A, Anstey KJ. The effect of perceived control on self-reported cardiovascular disease incidence across adulthood and old age. Psychology & Health. 2017;33(3):340-360.
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Kiefer C, Rosseel Y, Wiese BS, Mayer A. Modeling and predicting non-linear changes in educational trajectories: The multilevel latent growth components approach. Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling. 2018;60(2):189–22.
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Stadtbäumer N, Müller H, Goergen H, Kreissl S, Mayer A. The reciprocal relation between cancer-related fatigue and physical and psychosocial functioning in survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma. HemaSphere. 2018;2(S3):23-24.
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Stas L, Kenny DA, Mayer A, Loeys T. Giving dyadic data analysis away: A user‐friendly app for actor–partner interdependence models. Personal Relationships. 2018;25(1):103-119.
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Dewitte M, Mayer A. Exploring the Link Between Daily Relationship Quality, Sexual Desire, and Sexual Activity in Couples. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2018;47(6):1675-1686.
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Kiefer C, Mayer A. Average Effects Based on Regressions with a Logarithmic Link Function: A New Approach with Stochastic Covariates. Psychometrika. 2019;84(2):422-446.
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Burk CL, Mayer A, Wiese BS. Nail-biters and thrashing wins: Testosterone responses of football fans during World Cup matches. Physiology & Behavior. 2019;209: 112596.
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Mayer A. Causal Effects Based on Latent Variable Models. Methodology. 2019;15(Supplement 1):15-28.
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Mayer A, Thoemmes F. Analysis of Variance Models with Stochastic Group Weights. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 2019;54(4):542-554.
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Infurna FJ, Mayer A. Repeated Bereavement Takes Its Toll on Subjective Well-Being. Innovation in Aging. 2019;3(4).
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Flunger B, Mayer A, Umbach N. Beneficial for some or for everyone? Exploring the effects of an autonomy-supportive intervention in the real-life classroom. Journal of Educational Psychology. 2019;111(2):210-234.
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Rose N, Wagner W, Mayer A, Nagengast B. Model-Based Manifest and Latent Composite Scores in Structural Equation Models. Collabra: Psychology. 2019;5(1): 9.
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Kiefer C, Mayer A. Accounting for Latent Covariates in Average Effects from Count Regressions. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 2020:1-16.
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Langenberg B, Helm JL, Mayer A. Repeated Measures ANOVA with Latent Variables to Analyze Interindividual Differences in Contrasts. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 2020:1-19.
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Stadtbäumer N, Müller H, Goergen H, Kreissl S, Borchmann P, Mayer A. The interplay between cancer-related fatigue and functional health in Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Health Psychology. 2020;39(10):905-911.
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Horbach J, Mayer A, Scharke W, Heim S, Günther T. Development of Behavior Problems in Children with and without Specific Learning Disorders in Reading and Spelling from Kindergarten to Fifth Grade. Scientific Studies of Reading. 2020;24(1):57-71.
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Alber J, Jumpertz J, Mayer A. How professional readers process unnatural narrators: An empirical perspective. Scientific Study of Literature. 2020;10(2):193-213.
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Mayer A, Zimmermann J, Hoyer J, et al. Interindividual Differences in Treatment Effects Based on Structural Equation Models with Latent Variables: An EffectLiteR Tutorial. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 2020;27(5):798-816.
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Werner A, Mayer A, Lohaus A. Sleep-related parenting self-efficacy and parent-reported sleep in young children: A dyadic analysis of parental actor and partner effects. Sleep Health. 2021;8(1):54-61.
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Bürsgens A, Cholewa J, Mayer A, Günther T. Gender dissimilarity between subject and object facilitates online-comprehension of agent–patient–relations in German: An eye-tracking study with 6- to 10-year-old monolingual children. Lingua. In Press: 103110.
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Kiefer C, Mayer A. Treatment effects on count outcomes with non‐normal covariates. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. 2021;74(3): bmsp.12237.
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Domhardt M, Nowak H, Engler S, et al. Therapeutic processes in digital interventions for anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analytic structural equation modeling of randomized controlled trials. Clinical psychology review. 2021;90: 102084.
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Keck C, Mayer A, Rosseel Y. Integrating informative hypotheses into the EffectLiteR framework. Methodology : European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. 2021;17(4):307-325.
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Kiefer C, Lemmerich F, Langenberg B, Mayer A. Subgroup discovery in structural equation models. Psychological Methods. 2022.
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Keck C, Mayer A, Rosseel Y. Overview and evaluation of various frequentist test statistics using constrained statistical inference in the context of linear regression. Frontiers in Psychology. 2022;13: 899165.
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Domhardt M, Grund S, Mayer A, et al. Unveiling mechanisms of change in digital interventions for depression: Study protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022;13: 899115.
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Wester RA, Rubel J, Mayer A. Covariate Selection for Estimating Individual Treatment Effects in Psychotherapy Research: A Simulation Study and Empirical Example. Clinical Psychological Science . 2022;10(5):920-940.
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Graefe L, Hahn S, Mayer A. On the Relationship between ANOVA Main Effects and Average Treatment Effects. Multivariate Behavioral Research . 2022.
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Humble D, Schweinberger SR, Mayer A, Dobel C, Zäske R. The Jena Voice Learning and Memory Test (JVLMT): A standardized tool for assessing the ability to learn and recognize voices. Behavior Research Methods. 2022.
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Stadtbäumer N, Kreissl S, Mayer A. Comparing Revised Latent State-Trait Models Including Autoregressive Effects. Psychological Methods . 2022.
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Langenberg B, Janczyk M, Koob V, Kliegl R, Mayer A. A tutorial on using the paired t test for power calculations in repeated measures ANOVA with interactions. Behavior Research Methods . 2022;55:2467–2484.
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Paruzel A, Abendroth A, Mayer A, Xie JL, Maier GW. The German version of the hybrid work characteristics scale. Psychological Test Adaptation and Development. 2022;3(1):116-124.
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Miocevic M, Moeyaert M, Mayer A, Montoya AK. Causal Mediation Analysis in Single Case Experimental Designs: Introduction to the Special Issue. Evaluation and the Health Professions. 2022: 1632787211073194.
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Norget J, Mayer A. Block-Wise Model Fit for Structural Equation Models With Experience Sampling Data. Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology. 2022;230(1):47-59.
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Helm JL, Langenberg B, Grossman E, Poulin J, Mayer A. Using Structural Equation Modeling in place of Between-Subjects Analysis of Variance. Structural Equation Modeling : A Multidisciplinary Journal . 2022.
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Sengewald M-A, Mayer A. Causal Effect Analysis in Nonrandomized Data With Latent Variables and Categorical Indicators: The Implementation and Benefits of EffectLiteR. Psychological Methods. 2022.
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Kiefer C, Claus AM, Jung AJ, Wiese BS, Mayer A. Discovering Exceptional Development of Commitment in Interdisciplinary Study Programs. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. 2023;231(1):53-64.
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Langenberg B, Helm JL, Günther T, Mayer A. Understanding, Testing, and Relaxing Sphericity of Repeated Measures ANOVA with Manifest and Latent Variables Using SEM. Methodology : European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. 2023;19(1):60-95.
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Keck C, Mayer A, Rosseel Y. Evaluation of frequentist test statistics using constrained statistical inference in the context of the generalized linear model. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 2023;11(1): 2222164.
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Günther T, Kirschenkern A, Mayer A, Steinke F, Cholewa J. The Development of Predictive Gender Processing Strategies During Noun Phrase Decoding: An Eye-Tracking Study With German 5- to 10-Year-Old Children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2023.
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Rahm T, Oberlehberg N, Mayer A. Teaching happiness to students - implementation and evaluation of a program aiming at promoting wellbeing in elementary schools. Frontiers in psychology. 2024;15: 1289876.
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Bader M, Columbus S, Zettler I, Mayer A. Developing, evaluating, and interpreting personality state measures: A framework based on the revised latent state-trait theory. European Journal of Personality. 2024.
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Langenberg B, Helm JL, Mayer A. Bayesian Analysis of Multi-Factorial Experimental Designs Using SEM. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 2024.
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Kiefer C, Woud ML, Blackwell SE, Mayer A. Average treatment effects on binary outcomes with stochastic covariates. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. 2024.
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Stappert A, Kiefer C, Wild E, Mayer A. Entwicklung einer Skala zur Messung subjektiver, impliziter Fähigkeitsüberzeugungen in Statistik. Diagnostica. 2024.
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Kiefer C, Wilker S, Mayer A. Interactions between latent variables in count regression models. Behavior Research Methods. 2024.
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Kuramochi I, Iwayama T, Shiganami T, et al. Validation of the Japanese version of the scales of the attitudes toward people with epilepsy (SAPE-J). Epilepsia open. 2024.
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Angerer F, Mennel V, Grund S, et al. Mechanisms of change in digital interventions for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis of six mediator domains. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2024;368:615-632.
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Steyer R, Mayer A, Fiege C. Causal Inference on Total, Direct, and Indirect Effects. In: Michalos AC, ed. Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014: 606-630.
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Infurna FJ, Mayer A. Longitudinal/Panel Designs. In: Krauss Whitbourne S, ed. The Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2015: 1-7.
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Lemmerich F, Kiefer C, Langenberg B, Cacho Aboukhalil J, Mayer A. Mining Exceptional Mediation Models. In: Helic D, Leitner G, Stettinger M, Felfernig A, Raś ZW, eds. Foundations of Intelligent Systems. 25th International Symposium, ISMIS 2020, Graz, Austria, September 23–25, 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol 12117. Cham: Springer ; 2020: 318-328.
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Kelava A, Schermelleh-Engel K, Mayer A. Latent-State-Trait-Theorie (LST-Theorie). In: Moosbrugger H, Kelava A, eds. Testtheorie und Fragebogenkonstruktion. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2020: 687-711.
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Mayer A, Kiefer C, Langenberg B, Lemmerich F. Using subgroup discovery and latent growth curve modeling to identify unusual developmental trajectories. In: Engel U, Quan-Haase A, Liu SX, Lyberg L, eds. Handbook of Computational Social Science, Volume 2. Data Science, Statistical Modelling, and Machine Learning Methods. London: Routledge; 2021: 244-268.
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- Projekte
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Durchschnittliche und bedingte Treatmenteffekte bei dichotomen Outcome-Variablen
Status: laufend Time: Oct 2024 - Sep 2027 -
Latente MehrebenenStrukturgleichungsmodelle für experimentelle Designs mit Maximum Likelihood und Bayesianischen Methoden (MSEM-EX)
Status: beendet Time: Aug 2021 - Jul 2024 -
Risikofaktoren von tumor-assoziierter Fatigue bei Patienten mit Hodgkin Lymphom
Status: beendet Time: Oct 2020 - Dec 2022 -
Messwiederholungs-ANOVA mit latenten Variablen: Ein neuer Ansatz basierend auf Strukturgleichungsmodellen
Status: beendet Time: Oct 2020 - May 2021
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Sprechstunde
Donnerstags von 13:00 - 14:00 Uhr nach Vereinbarung über sekretariat-methodenlehre@uni-bielefel.de
- Biography
Axel Mayer obtained his PhD in 2013 from the University of Jena, Germany. In 2014–2016, he was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Data Analysis at Ghent University, and in 2016-2020 he was Juniorprofessor at the Department of Psychology, RWTH Aachen University. Currently, he is a professor for Psychological Methods and Evaluation at Bielefeld University. Since 2018, he is president of the European Association of Methodology.
- Research
In his research, he is interested in developing new methods for investigating if, how, and for whom an intervention, such as a psychotherapeutic treatment or a health training, has an effect. His methodological research emphasis is on development and application of models for analyzing average and conditional (causal) effects, causal mediation models and models for latent change. An important aspect of his research is the development of user-friendly statistical software, to make modern statistical methods and models available for a broader audience.
- Publications
Selected publications:
• Mayer, A., Zimmermann, J., Hoyer, J., Salzer, S., Wiltink, J., Leibing, E., & Leichsenring, F. (2020). Interindividual differences in treatment effects based on structural equation models with latent variables: An EffectLiteR tutorial. Structural Equation Modeling, 27, 798-816. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2019.1671196
• Stadtbäumer, N., Müller, H., Goergen, H., Kreissl, S., Borchmann, P., & Mayer, A. (2020). The interplay between cancer-related fatigue and functional health in Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Health Psychology, 39, 905-911. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000921
• Langenberg, B., Helm, J. L., & Mayer, A. (2020). Repeated measures ANOVA with latent variables to analyze interindividual differences in contrasts. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1-19. https://doi:10.1080/00273171.2020.1803038
• Flunger, B., Mayer, A., & Umbach, N. (2019). Beneficial for some or for everyone? Exploring the effects of an autonomy-supportive intervention in the real-life classroom. Journal of Educational Psychology, 111, 210–234. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000284
• Mayer, A. (2019). Causal inference based on latent variable models. Methodology, 15, 15–28, https://doi.org/10.1027/1614-2241/a000174
• Mayer, A. & Thoemmes, F. (2019). Analysis of variance models with stochastic group weights. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 54, 542-554, https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2018.1548960
• Kiefer, C., & Mayer, A. (2019). Average effects based on regressions with a logarithmic link function: A new approach with stochastic covariates. Psychometrika, 84, 422-446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-018-09654-1
• Mayer, A., Umbach, N., Flunger, B. & Kelava, A. (2017). Effect analysis using nonlinear structural equation mixture modeling. Structural Equation Modeling, 24, 556-570, https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2016.1273780
• Mayer, A., Dietzfelbinger, L., Rosseel, Y. & Steyer, R (2016) The EffectLiteR approach for analyzing average and conditional effects. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 51, 374-391, https://10.1080/00273171.2016.1151334