Preventing the consequences of poverty and migration
Methods of research synthesis
Birth research and reproductive health
Technical and methodological expertise:
Quantitative methods
Meta-analyses / Multi-level meta-analyses
Transfer & Practice:
Further development of early intervention services
Addressing issues relating to family law
Time
Activity
2024 to 2025
Professor of Applied Psychology (50%) at the IB University of Applied Sciences for Health and Social Affairs in Berlin
2024 to 2025
Research assistant (50%) in the Department of Health Psychology at the FernUniversität in Hagen, teaching the module "Expertise and Communication"
2018 - 2023
Research assistant (50%) at the Chair of Research Synthesis, Intervention and Evaluation at the Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Since 2018
Freelance Experts for family law issuesPreparation of expert opinions in the context of family cases heard in court
2020 - 2021
Research assistant (50%) in the DFG project "Young Citizens in School" at the Chair of Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2016 and 2018
Research assistant (50%) in the Department of Youth Research at the Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2013 - 2017
Research assistant (50%) in the BMBF project "ProQualität Lehre" at the Institute of Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Arnold, L., Völkel, M., Rosendahl, J., & and Rost, M. (2025). A multi-level meta-analysis of the relationship between decision-making during birth and postpartum mental health. Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine, 13(1), 2456032. https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2025.2456032
Eichinger, J., Büchler, A., Arnold, L., & Rost, M. (2024). Women's and provider's moral reasoning about the permissibility of coercion in birth: A descriptive ethics study. Health Care Analysis, 32(3), 184-204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-024-00480-4
Beelmann, A., Arnold, L. S., & Hercher, J. (2023). Parent trainin g programs for preventing and treating antisocial behaviour in children and adolescents: A comprehensive meta-analysis of international studies. Aggression and Violent Behaviour, 68, 101798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2022.101798
Rost, M., De Clercq, E., Arnold, L., & Rakic, M. (2023). Interventions to enhance cross-cultural competence in oncology: A meta-analysis of effectiveness studies and a qualitative review. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 64, 102277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102277
Rost, M., Stuerner, Z., Niles, P., & Arnold, L. (2023). Between "a lot of room for it" and "it doesn't exist"-Advancing and limiting factors of autonomy in birth as perceived by perinatal care practitioners: An interview study in Switzerland. Birth. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12757
Arnold, L. S., & Beelmann, A. (2022). Violence and prevention in the family. In A. Schierbaum & J. Ecarius (Eds.), Handbook Family: Volume II: Upbringing, education and pedagogical fields of work (pp. 799-817). Springer Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19843-5_39
Beelmann, A., & Arnold, L. S. (2022). Preventing the consequences of poverty and migration. Findings of a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of psychosocial and educational interventions for children and adolescents. In A. Beelmann & D. Michelsen (Eds.), Right-wing extremism, democracy education, social integration. Interdisciplinary debates and research balances (pp. 383-411). Springer VS.
Rauch, S., Arnold, L., Stuerner, Z., Rauh, J., & Rost, M. (2022). A true choice of place of birth? Swiss women's access to birth hospitals and birth centres. PLOS ONE, 17(7), e0270834. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270834
Rost, M., Stuerner, Z., Niles, P., & Arnold, L. (2022). "Real decision-making is hard to find" - Swiss perinatal care providers' perceptions of and attitudes towards decision-making in birth: A qualitative study. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, 100077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100077
Beelmann, A., Arnold, L. S., & Schulz, S. (2020). Buffering negative effects of immigration on cognitive, social, and educational development: A multinational meta-analysis of child and adolescent prevention programmes. International Journal of Psychology, 56(3), 478-490. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12725
Rost, M., Arnold, L., & De Clercq, E. (2020). "Boiling up the problem of violence" in childbirth?-An ethical viewpoint on medical professional responses to women's reports of mistreatment in childbirth. Ethics in medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00481-020-00569-z
Arnold, L. S., & Beelmann, A. (2019). The effects of relationship education in low-income couples: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled evaluation studies. Family Relations, 68(1), 22-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12325
Cheng, B. T., Rost, M., Clercq, E. D., Arnold, L., Elger, B. S., & Wangmo, T. (2019). Palliative care initiation in paediatric oncology patients: A systematic review. Cancer Medicine, 8(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1907
Arnold, L. S., & Beelmann, A. (2015). Limits of influence? Can state-funded prevention programmes stabilise the couple relationships of socially disadvantaged parents? [Limits of influence? Can publicly funded prevention programmes improve couple-relationships of disadvantaged parents?] In W. Driemeyer, B. Gedrose, A. Hoyer, & L. Rustige (Eds.), Shifting boundaries of the sexual. Perspectives of a young sexual science (pp. 117-131). Psychosozial Verlag.
Arnold, L. S., & Aleman, A. (2011). Parents at the crossroads. A workbook designed for married couples contemplating separation or divorce. Workbook created for the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Professional Association of German Psychologists, Specialist Group: Legal Psychology
German Society for Psychology, Specialist Groups: Developmental Psychology and Legal Psychology
European Health Psychology Society, Special Interest Group: Women's Health
University Lecturers’ Association
Experts for family law issues
Photo: Tina Bergknapp (Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences)
Prof Dr Louisa Arnold
Photo: Tina Bergknapp (Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences)
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