Dr. Christina Vesterling
Department of Special Needs Education and Rehabilitation (» Postal address)
Dr. Christina Vesterling
Research Assistant
I am a graduate psychologist and child and adolescent psychotherapist. I work as a research assistant at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. My research is embedded in the field of developmental psychology as well as psychology in special needs education and rehabilitation with a focus on somatoform symptoms in childhood and adolescence.
Research Interests:
- Somatoform symptoms in childhood and adolescence.
- Attachment in childhood
- Emotion regulation
Lectures
Winter term 2023 / 2024
Summer term 2023
Winter term 2022 / 2023
Summer term 2022
Winter term 2021 / 2022
Summer term 2021
Winter term 2020 / 2021
Summer term 2020
Winter term 2019 / 2020
Summer term 2019
Winter term 2018 / 2019
Summer term 2018
Winter term 2017 / 2018
Summer term 2017
Publications
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4465-800X
Journals
Vesterling, C. (2023). Cross-lagged Relations of Children’s Somatoform Complaints: Embedment within Learning Theory and Secondary Gain Concept. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02712-y
Vesterling, C., Schütz-Wilke, J., Goagoses, N., Eilts, J., Rademacher, A., Bolz, T., Schipper-Bäker, J., & Koglin, U. (2023). Epidemiology of Somatoform Symptoms and Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Health & Social Care in the Community. 6242678, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6242678
Goagoses, N., Bolz, T., Eilts, J., Schipper, N., Schütz, J., Rademacher, A., Vesterling, C., Koglin, U. (2022). Parenting dimensions/styles and emotion dysregulation in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review and Meta-analysis. Current Psychology, 1-25. doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03037-7
Vesterling, C., Koglin, U, (2021). Somatoform complaints in middle childhood A developmental path-analysis. Curr Psychol. doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01742-3
Goagoses, N., Bolz, T., Vesterling, C., & Koglin, U. (2021). Maternal attachment and behaviour problems: comparison between children in regular and special education schools. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1-16. doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2021.2017145
Vesterling, C. & Koglin, U. (2020). The relationship between attachment and somatoform symptoms in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 130. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.109932
Conferences
Vesterling, C. (2023, November). Rehabilitationspädagogische Aspekte der Kommunikation und Beratung bei somatoformen Beschwerden im Kindesalter. [Rehabilitation pedagogical aspects of communication and counseling for somatoform complaints in childhood]. Presentation at the 15th Annual Conference of the Weser-Ems Working Group and the Lower Saxony State Office, Oldenburg.
Vesterling, C., Wilke, J., Rademacher, A., von Düring, U. & Bolz, T. (2023, November). Die mediierende Rolle der Schüler*innen-Lehrkraft-Beziehung beim Zusammenhang zwischen kindlicher Emotionsregulation und Verhaltensproblemen. [The mediating role of the student-teacher relationship in the association between children's emotion regulation and behavior problems] [presentation]. AESF Fall Conference 2023, Working Group on Empirical Research in Special Education. November 3-4, 2023, Münster, Germany.
Vesterling, C., Bolz, T., & Schütz, J. (2021, May). Factor Analysis and Construct Validation of the German Adaptation of the Experiences in Close Relationship Scale-Revised for use with children and adolescents (ECR-RC) [Poster]. Association for Psychological Science (APS) 2021 Virtual Convention, Online.
Vesterling, C. & Koglin, U. (2019, September). Zusammenhänge zwischen Emotionsregulationsstrategien und somatoformen Symptomen in der mittleren Kindheit. [Relationships between emotion regulation strategies and somatoform symptoms in middle childhood]. Poster presented at the PaEpsy Conference 2019, Leipzig.
Vesterling, C. (2018, November). Bindung & somatoforme Symptome im Kindesalter [Attachment & somatoform symptoms in childhood]. Presentation at the 11th Annual Conference of the Weser-Ems Working Group and the Lower Saxony State Office, Oldenburg.
Vesterling, C. & Koglin, U. (2018, September). Entstehungsfaktoren und aufrechterhaltende Bedingungen somatoformer Symptome im Kindesalter mit Fokus auf kindliche Bindungsmuster. [Developmental factors and maintaining conditions of somatoform symptoms in childhood with a focus on childhood attachment patterns]. Poster presented at the 51st Congress of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt am Main.
University tasks
Master's Examination Committee Rehabilitation Education (representation)
Equal Opportunities Officer (representation)
Doctoral committee (representation)
Memberships
- DGPs (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie) [German Society for Psychology]
- APS (Association for Psychological Science)
- PKN (Chamber of Psychotherapists of Lower Saxony)
Special qualifications
- Quantitative research methods (SPSS Statistics, SPSS Process, SPSS AMOS)
Certificates
- Systematic Reviews I
- Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews
- Structural Equation Modeling with AMOS
- Basics of Interpretation of Regression Models
- Introduction to Bayesian hypothesis testing
- Research ethics in (qualitative) social research
- HeFDI – Data Week
Therapy assistance dog in training
Hello, I am Fietje.
I am a therapy assistance dog in training and often accompany my owner to the University of Oldenburg!