Themen für Masterarbeiten
- Informationen zur Masterarbeit
Betreuungsperson der Masterarbeit: Prof. Dr. A. G. ThalmayerWith the group "Personality, mental health and culture" you can choose a topic and further develop the idea together with a mentor and the supervisor.
If you are interested, please send a brief CV, and a brief explanation about your motivation to work on this topic to the email listed.
The master thesis may only be booked after consultation with the Supervisor. It is recommended to book the master thesis parallel to the research colloquium 2.
Note that you can join our team for 2 semesters, so apply when you have one year left. However, we especially welcome those planning ahead who can join us for 3 total semesters. Please clarify when you apply what your intended graduation date is.
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offen:
Personality and Neurodiversity among the Indigenous Tsimane of Bolivia
Beschreibung: Personality structure can vary across cultures, and so might the presentation of neurodivergent traits (such as autistic-like, or ADHD-related traits) and their impact on daily functioning. In this project, you will use psychometric approaches to elucidate the structure and (co-)presentation of personality and neurodivergent traits among the Tsimane?, a small-scale subsistence society in the Bolivian Amazon. You might also compare these traits to different cultural contexts, and test how they relate to indicators of daily functioning and other life outcomes.
Will be co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Adrian Jaggi and team, Evolutionary Medicine
Kontakt: Selma Uugwanga, E-MailStatus: offen (erfasst / geändert: 02.06.2026)Collectivism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Beschreibung: Africa is known to be a highly interdependent region, but this has been hard to measure using surveys, due to poor measurement properties including unsuitable questions. In this project, a new measure, Talhelm's "Responsibilism" scale using short vignettes, is tested for validity in and for testing between Namibia, South Africa and Kenya. The project can also explore differences between urban and rural areas and ethnolinguistic groups, and associations with conceptually related variabales.
Kontakt: Selma Uugwanga, E-MailStatus: offen (erfasst / geändert: 02.06.2026)Changing Roles of Initiation Ceremonies: Contemporary Perspectives from Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa
Beschreibung: Initiation ceremonies have traditionally been central to marking adulthood in many sub-Saharan African cultures. However, increasing globalization and the rise of a knowledge-based economy emphasizing formal education have led to shifts in the awareness, practice, and perceived importance of these ceremonies. This thesis aims to: (1) document and describe initiation ceremonies in Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa, assessing their current significance in defining adulthood; and (2) examine variations by country, ethnolinguistic group, rural-urban context, and other relevant factors to understand the evolving role of initiation ceremonies in contemporary society.
Kontakt: Selma Uugwanga, E-MailStatus: offen (erfasst / geändert: 30.05.2026)
vergeben:
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 01.06.2026)
Urbanicity, Market Integration, and Lifestyle in the Africa Long Life Study
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 30.05.2026)
Psychological differences within Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 21.11.2025)
Prevalence, Risk and Protective Factors of Mental Health Among Young Adults in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 21.11.2025)
Cultural differences in the social desirability of personality traits
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 21.11.2025)
Love and family in Namibia: Qualitative study
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 03.03.2025)
Cross-Cultural Mental Health Assessment
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 03.03.2025)
Characteristics of emerging adulthood in sub-Saharan Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 03.03.2025)
Motivations for alcohol use in Africa: Analysis of qualitative interviews
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 03.03.2025)
Prevalence, Risk and Protective Factors of Mental Health Among Young Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 31.10.2024)
Personality and psychopathology in African contexts
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 31.10.2024)
Enhancing Cultural Sensitivity in Grief Diagnostics: A Study of Khoekhoe Idioms and Prolonged Grief Disorder
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 02.02.2024)
Cultural Mindset in Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 02.02.2024)
Assessing socioeconomic status among emerging adults in sub-Saharan Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 11.12.2023)
Gender Differences in the Structure of Psychopathology in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 30.10.2023)
Religiosity in the Mental Health of Young Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 10.10.2023)
Stability of Mental Health Measurement Across Time in a Kenyan Sample: A Longitudinal Structural Equation Model
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 25.01.2023)
Mental health trajectories in young adults in sub-Saharan Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 25.01.2023)
Becoming an Adult in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 25.06.2022)
Ubuntu/Botho: Analysis of qualitative interviews on African interconnectedness
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 23.05.2022)
Life Satisfaction in Namibia
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 21.04.2022)
"Still standing inside" Qualitative analysis of interviews on a cultural concept of post-traumatic distress among Khoekhoegowab speakers in Namibia
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 01.04.2022)
A Cross-Culturally Universal Personality Model of Three Dimensions
- Status: vergeben (erfasst / geändert: 07.12.2021)
Pain in the heart: a local idioms of depression among Khoekhoegowab-speakers in Namibia
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