Laura Bechtiger

Laura Bechtiger, Dr.

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Risk & Resilience and z-proso NextGen

Raumbezeichnung: AND 4.15c

Dr. Laura Bechtiger ist derzeit Postdoktorandin im Forschungsbereich Risiko & Resilienz des Jacobs Centers for Productive Youth Development unter der Leitung von Prof. Lilly Shanahan. Lauras Forschung konzentriert sich auf das Verständnis und die Beschreibung von Entwicklungsprozessen und -verläufen individueller Unterschiede in psychischer Gesundheit und anderen Benachteiligungen, einschliesslich generationenübergreifender Muster von (Dis-)Kontinuität in psychologischen und Verhaltenstendenzen.

Zuvor erwarb sie einen Bachelor of Science, einen Master of Science und einen Doktortitel in Psychologie an der Universität Zürich und studierte auch an der Universität Padova, Italien. Laura ist Absolventin der Max Planck International Research School on the Life Course (LIFE). In ihrer Dissertation untersuchte sie die Zusammenhänge zwischen der psychischen Gesundheit von Müttern und dem Wohlbefinden von Jugendlichen in akademischen, gesundheitlichen und sozialen Bereichen. In all ihren aktuellen und früheren Forschungsarbeiten arbeitet Laura mit Daten aus verschiedenen bevölkerungsbasierten, prospektiv-longitudinalen Kohortenstudien und hat Erfahrungen mit verschiedenen Methoden der Längsschnittdatenanalyse gesammelt.

Zusammen mit ihren Kolleginnen koordiniert Laura die R Peer Mentoring Group, eine selbstinitiierte Gruppe mit dem Ziel, Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen, die die Software R für statistische Analysen verwenden, miteinander zu vernetzen, indem sie Statistik-Workshops mit Experten, career talks und soziale Events organisiert (weitere Informationen finden Sie hier www.jacobscenter.uzh.ch/en/events/ecr/r-group.html).

Publikationen

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Publications

Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Johnson-Ferguson, Lydia; Bechtiger, Laura; Murray, Aja; Hepp, Urs; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel; Shanahan, Lilly (2024). Early Adolescent Predictors of Young Adults’ Distress and Adaptive Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From a Longitudinal Cohort Study. Journal of Early Adolescence, 44(9):1250-1280.
Bechtiger, Laura; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Dollar, Jessica M; Keane, Susan P; Calkins, Susan D; Shanahan, Lilly (2024). Developmental cascades from maternal depressive symptoms in childhood to adolescents’ friendship quality: A 13-year longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology:1-20.
Johnson-Ferguson, Lydia; Shanahan, Lilly; Loher, Michelle; Bechtiger, Laura; Binz, Tina Maria; Baumgartner, Markus; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel; Quednow, Boris B (2024). Higher paracetamol levels are associated with elevated glucocorticoid concentrations in hair: findings from a large cohort of young adults. Archives of toxicology, 98(7):2261-2268.
Johnson-Ferguson, Lydia; Shanahan, Lilly; Bechtiger, Laura; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Zimmermann, Josua; Baumgartner, Markus R; Binz, Tina Maria; Eisner, Manuel; Ribeaud, Denis; Quednow, Boris B (2023). Associations of psychoactive substances and steroid hormones in hair: Findings relevant to stress research from a large cohort of young adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 157:106369.
Vock, Florian; Johnson-Ferguson, Lydia; Bechtiger, Laura; Stulz, Niklaus; von Felten, Joh; Eisner, Manuel; Hepp, Urs; Ribeaud, Denis; Shanahan, Lilly; Quednow, Boris B (2023). Substance use in sexual minority youth: prevalence in an urban cohort. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 17(1):109.
Shanahan, Lilly; Johnson-Ferguson, Lydia; Loher, Michelle; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Bechtiger, Laura; Murray, Aja Louise; Hepp, Urs; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel (2023). The worst and the best: new insights into risk and resilience in young adults from the COVID-19 pandemic. Adversity and resilience science, 4(3):291-305.
Zuber, Sascha; Bechtiger, Laura; Bodelet, Julien Stéphane; Golin, Marta; Heumann, Jens; Kim, Jung Hyun; Klee, Matthias; Mur, Jure; Noll, Jennie; Voll, Stacey; O’Keefe, Patrick; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Zölitz, Ulf; Muniz-Terrera, Graciela; Shanahan, Lilly; Shanahan, Michael J; Hofer, Scott M (2023). An integrative approach for the analysis of risk and health across the life course: challenges, innovations, and opportunities for life course research. Discover Social Science and Health, 3(1):14.
Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Shanahan, Lilly; Bechtiger, Laura; Zimmermann, Josua; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel P; Baumgartner, Markus R; Quednow, Boris B (2023). When Substance Use Is Underreported: Comparing Self-Reports and Hair Toxicology in an Urban Cohort of Young Adults. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(7):791-804.
Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Bechtiger, Laura; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel; Shanahan, Lilly (2023). Self-, other-, and dual-harm during adolescence: a prospective-longitudinal study of childhood risk factors and early adult correlates. Psychological Medicine, 53(9):3995-4003.
Bechtiger, Laura. Pathways from Maternal Depressive Symptoms to Adolescent Well-Being: A 15-Year Longitudinal Examination. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Arts.
Bechtiger, Laura; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Dollar, Jessica M; Calkins, Susan D; Keane, Susan P; Shriver, Lenka; Wideman, Laurie; Shanahan, Lilly (2022). Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Adolescents’ Unhealthy Behavior: A 15-year Longitudinal Study. Pediatrics, 150(4):e2022056562.
Shanahan, Lilly; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Bechtiger, Laura; Murray, Aja L; Nivette, Amy; Hepp, Urs; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel (2022). Emotional distress in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence of risk and resilience from a longitudinal cohort study. Psychological Medicine, 52(5):824-833.
Bechtiger, Laura; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Dollar, Jessica M; Halliday, Simone E; Keane, Susan P; Calkins, Susan D; Shanahan, Lilly (2022). Pathways from maternal depressive symptoms to children’s academic performance in adolescence: A 13‐year prospective‐longitudinal study. Child Development, 93(2):388-404.
Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Bechtiger, Laura; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel P; Quednow, Boris B; Shanahan, Lilly (2022). Polysubstance Use in Early Adulthood: Patterns and Developmental Precursors in an Urban Cohort. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 15:797473.
Quednow, Boris B; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Bechtiger, Laura; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel; Shanahan, Lilly (2022). High Prevalence and Early Onsets: Legal and Illegal Substance Use in an Urban Cohort of Young Adults in Switzerland. European Addiction Research, 28(3):186-198.
Shanahan, Lilly; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Bechtiger, Laura; Copeland, William E; Ribeaud, Denis; Eisner, Manuel; Quednow, Boris B (2021). Frequent teenage cannabis use: Prevalence across adolescence and associations with young adult psychopathology and functional well-being in an urban cohort. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 228:109063.
Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Bechtiger, Laura; Ribeaud, Denis; Murray, Aja Louise; Hepp, Urs; Eisner, Manuel; Shanahan, Lilly (2021). Self‐Injury and Domestic Violence in Young Adults During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Trajectories, Precursors, and Correlates. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31(3):560-575.
Bechtiger, Laura; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Buchmann, Marlis; Shanahan, Lilly (2021). Developmental Associations Between Sympathy and Mutual Disclosure in Friendships From Mid‐Adolescence to Early Adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31(2):368-383.
Leos-Toro, Cesar; Ribeaud, Denis; Bechtiger, Laura; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Nivette, Amy; Murray, Aja L; Hepp, Urs; Quednow, Boris B; Eisner, Manuel P; Shanahan, Lilly (2021). Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccination Among Young Adults in Zurich, Switzerland, September 2020. International Journal of Public Health, 66:643486.
Shanahan, Lilly; Hill, Sherika N; Bechtiger, Laura; Steinhoff, Annekatrin; Godwin, Jennifer; Gaydosh, Lauren M; Harris, Kathleen Mullan; Dodge, Kenneth A; Copeland, William E (2021). Prevalence and Childhood Precursors of Opioid Use in the Early Decades of Life. JAMA Pediatrics, 175(3):276-285.

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