Keywords
Mental Health; Primary Prevention; Public Health
Research group(s)
- Grabovac Group
Head:
Research Area: Our group within the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine focuses on health behavior and preventive measures in vulnerable populations (LGBTIQ+, homeless, refugees and displaced people among others).
Members:
Research interests
I joined the Horizon Europe project CO-CAPTAIN and the Grabovac Group (www.igorgrabovac.com) as project manager and researcher in 2023. Additionally, I am a doctoral candidate at the Department of Health and Clinical Psychology at the University of Vienna.
My research interests so far include mental health therapy, prevention, stress, fatigue, and sexuality. I am a psychologist and psychotherapist in training under supervision (CBT).
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
Qualitative and quantitative research; in-depth interviews; focus group discussion; thematic analysis; ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
Selected publications
- Mües, H.M., Kirchheiner, K. and Grabovac, I. (2023) ‘Promotion of Sex in Older Adults’, Sexual Behaviour and Health in Older Adults, pp. 139–156. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21029-7_12.
- Reitter. H., Mües, H. M., Maidhof, R., Mewes, R., & Nater, U. (2022). Stress und psychische Gesundheit bei Studierenden in Österreich [Stress and mental health in university students in Austria]. Psychologie in Österreich, 42(4&5), 382-391.
- Bergmann, J.C. et al. (2020) ‘Zur Situation der Jungwissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler in der Psychologie in Österreich’, Psychologische Rundschau, 71(4), pp. 361–371. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000507.
- Mües, H. M. & Nater, U. M. (2020). Sexuality and stress. In M. Gellman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6