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2025

Garbade, M., Kappler, S., Eglinsky, J., Kindler, H., Rosner, R., Sachser, C., & Pfeiffer, E. (2025). Quality of life in unaccompanied young refugees: the role of traumatic events, post-migration stressors and mental distress. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5191181/v1

Kostova, Z., Pfeiffer, E., & Garbade, M. (2025). “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”—Professional quality of life in Ukrainian mental health care professionals during the ongoing war. Traumatology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000562

Pollio, E., Deblinger, E., Cooper, B., Garbade, M., Harrison, J. P., & Pfeiffer, E. (2025). Engaging Ukrainian TF-CBT therapists in a PRACTICE skills course to support their wellbeing. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2476898

Kasparik, B., Farani, M., Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C. & Rosner, R. (2025). Investigating factors influencing utilization of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy among unaccompanied young refugees: an exploratory analysis. Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health, 19(7). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-025-00862-z

Hornfeck, F., Kappler, S., Herold, M., Kasparik, B., Kindler, H., Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., & Rosner, R. (2025). Verbesserung der psychischen Gesundheit von unbegleiteten jungen Geflüchteten in der Jugendhilfe. Ergebnisse aus dem Verbundprojekt BETTER CARE. Deutsches Jugendinstitut e.V. https://doi.org/10.25656/01:33016

Dietlinger, F. K., Hornfeck, F., Rosner, R., Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., & Kindler, H. (2025). It matters where they live - the role of institutional factors for the mental health of unaccompanied young refugees. Child Protection and Practice, 5, 100160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chipro.2025.100160

2024

Dietlinger, F. K., Müller, L. R. F., Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., & Rosner, R. (2024). Agreement for posttraumatic stress symptoms among unaccompanied young refugees and professional caregivers. European journal of psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2416834. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2416834

Dobler, V., Derluyn, I., Draper, A., Marcellina, E., & Pfeiffer, E. (2024). Trauma-Focused Interventions for Children and Adolescents in Migration Contexts. In M. A. Landolt, M. Cloitre, & U. Schnyder (Hrsg.), Evidence-Based Treatments for Trauma-Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents (2. Aufl.), (S. 531-553). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77215-3

Schepp, S., Fegert, J. M., Rassenhofer, M., Regner, S., Witt, A., & Pfeiffer, E. (2024). Evaluation of ANKOMMEN as a group intervention based on life story work for adolescents in residential care in Germany: a single-arm pilot study. Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 18(1), 135. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00817-w

Pfeiffer, E., Unterhitzenberger, J., Enderby, P., Juusola, A., Kostova, Z., Lindauer, R. J. L., Nuotio, S. K., Samuelberg, P. & Jensen, T. K. (2024). The dissemination and implementation of trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for children and adolescents in seven European countries. BMC health services research, 24(1), 1202. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11689-3 

Redican, E., Sachser, C., Pfeiffer, E., Martsenkovskyi, D., Hyland, P., Karatzias, T., & Shevlin, M. (2024). Validation of the Ukrainian caregiver-report version of the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) in children and adolescents in Ukraine. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 16(Suppl 1), S317–S325. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001570 

Pfeiffer, E., Garbade, M., & Sachser, C. (2024). Traumatic events and posttraumatic stress symptoms in a treatment-seeking sample of Ukrainian children during the war. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18(25). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00715-1 

Danese, A., Martsenkovskyi, D., Remberk, B., Khalil, M. Y., Diggins, E., Keiller, E., Masood, S., Awah, I., Barbui, C., Beer, R., Calam, R., Gagliato, M., Jensen, T. K., Kostova, Z., Leckman, J. F., Lewis, S. J., Lorberg, B., Myshakivska, O., Pfeiffer, E., Rosner, R., … & Weisz, J. R. (2024). Scoping review: Digital mental health interventions for children and adolescents affected by war. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.02.017 

Schepp, S., Fegert, J. M., Pfeiffer, E., Witt, A., & Rassenhofer, M. (2024). Framework and effects of the life story work based group intervention ANKOMMEN for adolescents in residential care in Germany. A qualitative analysis of interviews with participants. Children and Youth Services Review, 107692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107692 

Hornfeck, F., Garbade, M., Kappler, S., Rosner, R., Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., & Kindler, H. (2024). Trajectories of mental health problems in unaccompanied young refugees in Germany and the impact of post-migration factors–a longitudinal study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02535-2 

Redican, E., Sachser, C., Berliner, L., Pfeiffer, E., Martsenkovskyi, D., Hyland, P., Ben-Ezra, M., & Shevlin, M. (2024). Development and validation of the caregiver-report version of the international depression questionnaire (IDQ-CG) and international anxiety questionnaire (IAQ-CG). European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02495-7 

Pfeiffer, E., Dörrie, L., Köksal, J., Krech, F., Muche, R., Segler, J., & Sachser, C. (2024). Evaluation of “Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools”(CBITS) in child welfare programs in Germany: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 25(1), 399. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08190-x 

Garbade, M., Sachser, C., & Pfeiffer, E. (2024). Aktueller Stand der Interkulturellen Öffnung der psychiatrischpsychotherapeutischen Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen aus Sicht von Fachkräften/The Current Status of the Intercultural Opening of the Psychiatric-Psychotherapeutic Care for Children and Adolescents from the Perspective of Professionals. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 73(3), 219-234. https://doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2024.73.3.219 

Pfeiffer, E., Allroggen, M., & Sachser, C. (2024). The prevalence of misophonia in a representative population-based survey in Germany. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02707-0 

Martsenkovskyi, D., Shevlin, M., Ben-Ezra, M., Bondjers, K., Fox, R., Karatzias, T., ... & Hyland, P. (2024). Mental health in Ukraine in 2023. European Psychiatry, 67(1), e27. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.12 

2023

Derluyn, I., Orsini, G., Verhaeghe, F., Elhaj, R., Lietaert, I., & Pfeiffer, E. (2023). The Impact of Trauma and Daily Hardships on the Mental Health of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors detained in Libya. BJ Psych Open, 9, e8. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.622 

Pfeiffer, E., Beer, R., Birgersson, A., Cabrera, N., Cohen, J. A., Deblinger, E., ... & Klymchuk, V. (2023). Implementation of an evidence-based trauma-focused treatment for traumatised children and their families during the war in Ukraine: a project description. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2), 2207422. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2207422 

Garbade, M., Eglinsky, J., Kindler, H., Rosner, R., Sachser, C., & Pfeiffer, E. (2023). Factors affecting the acculturation strategies of unaccompanied refugee minors in Germany. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1149437. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1149437 

Hornfeck, F., Eglinsky, J., Garbade, M., Rosner, R., Kindler, H., Pfeiffer, E., & Sachser, C. (2023). Mental health problems in unaccompanied young refugees and the impact of post-flight factors on PTSS, depression and anxiety–A secondary analysis of the Better Care study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1149634. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1149634 

Pfeiffer, E., & Derluyn, I. (2023). Mental health in children and adolescents with a refugee background. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1284530. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1284530 

Läntzsch, S., Fegert, J. M., Rassenhofer, M., Witt, A., & Pfeiffer, E. (2023). Wirksamkeit und Herausforderungen bei der Implementierung von Biografiearbeit als Standardangebot in der Betreuung fremduntergebrachter Kinder und Jugendlicher. Unsere Jugend, 75(2), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.2378/uj2023.art10d 

2022

Behrendt, M., Pfeiffer, E., Devlieger, I., Adeyinka, S., Rota, M., Uzureau, O., Lietaert, I., & Derluyn, I. (2022). The impact of daily stressors on unaccompanied young refugees’ mental health: A longitudinal study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 92(6), 681–691. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000644

Läntzsch, S., Fegert, J. M., Pfeiffer, E., Witt, A., & Rassenhofer, M. (2022). Potenzielle Inhalte und Rahmenbedingungen einer Gruppenintervention für Jugendliche zur Aufarbeitung der eigenen Fremdunterbringung. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 71(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2022.71.1.55 

Pfeiffer, E., Allroggen, M., & Sachser, C. (2022). Misophonie im Kindes-und Jugendalter: Eine narrative Übersichtsarbeit. Zeitschrift für Kinder-und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 0, https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000885

Pfeiffer, E., Behrendt, M., Adeyinka, S., Devlieger, I., Rota, M., Uzureau, O., Verhaeghe, F., Lietaert, I., & Derluyn, I. (2022). Traumatic events, daily stressors and posttraumatic stress in unaccompanied young refugees during their flight: a longitudinal cross-country study. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 16(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-022-00461-2 

Sachser, C., Berliner, L., Risch, E., Rosner, R., Birkeland M. S., Eilers, R., Hafstad G.S., Pfeiffer, E., Plener, P.L.,& Jensen, T.K. (2022) The child and Adolescent Trauma Screen 2 (CATS-2) – validation of an instrument to measure DSM-5 and ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in children and adolescents. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2105580                                                                         

Verelst, A., Spaas, C., Pfeiffer, E., Devlieger, I., Kankaapää, R., Peltonen, K., Vänskä, M., Soye, E., Watters, C., Osman, F., Durbeej, N., Sarkadi, A., Andersen, A., Langer Primdahl, N., & Derluyn, I. (2022). Social determinants of the mental health of young migrants. European Journal of Health Psychology, 29(1), 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000097 

2021

Hummel, C., Läntzsch, S., Fegert, J. M., Witt, A., Rassenhofer, M., Pfeiffer, E. (2021). Akzeptanz für die eigene Fremdunterbringung. Das Projekt "Ankommen". Evangelische Jugenhilfe, 2, 88-97. 

Pfeiffer, E. (2021). Efficacy of exposure in group settings for youth with posttraumatic stress symptoms. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 15(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-021-00408-z 

Sachser, C., Olaru, G., Pfeiffer, E., Brähler, E., Clemens, V., Rassenhofer, M., Witt, A., & Fegert, J. M. (2021). The immediate impact of lockdown measures on mental health and couples’ relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic-results of a representative population survey in Germany. Social Science & Medicine, 278, 113954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113954 

Tutus, D., Pfeiffer, E., Plener, P. L., Rosner, R., Bernheim, D., & Sachser, C. (2021). The Change in Parental Symptoms and Dysfunctional Cognitions in the Course of Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: Sustainability Until One-Year Post-Treatment. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 31(2), 129-136. https://doi.org/10.1089/cap.2020.0097 

Unterhitzenberger, J., Haberstumpf, S., Rosner, R., & Pfeiffer, E. (2021). “Same Same or Adapted?” Therapists’ Feedback on the Implementation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Unaccompanied Young Refugees. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 3, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.5431 

2020

Jud, A., Pfeiffer, E., & Jarczok, M. (2020). Epidemiology of violence against children in migration: a systematic literature review. Child Abuse & Neglect, 108, 104634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104634 

Pfeiffer, E., Ormhaug, S. M., Tutus, D., Holt, T., Rosner, R., Wentzel Larsen, T., & Jensen, K. J. (2020). Does the therapist matter? Therapist characteristics and their relation to outcome in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1776048. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2020.1776048 

Rosner, R., Sachser, C., Hornfeck, F., Kilian, R., Kindler, H., Muche, R., Müller, L. R. F., Thielemann, J., Waldmann, T., Ziegenhain, U., Unterhitzenberger, J., & Pfeiffer, E. (2020). Improving mental health care for unaccompanied young refugees through a stepped-care approach versus usual care+: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled hybrid effectiveness implementation trial. Trials, 21(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04922-x 

Sukale, T., Rassenhofer, M., Kirsch, V., & Pfeiffer, E. (2020). Niedrigschwellige traumafokussierte Gruppeninterventionen für traumatisierte Jugendliche mit Fluchterfahrung: Der Einfluss von nicht-suizidalem selbstverletzendem Verhalten und Suizidalität [engl. Low-level trauma-focused group intervention for traumatized youth with a migration background: The impact of non-suicidal self-injury and suividality]. Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie,  68(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-4747/a000404 

2019

Pfeiffer, E., de Haan, A., & Sachser, C. (2019). Klassifikation und Diagnostik der Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung im Kindes- und Jugendalter [engl.: Classification and Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Dirsorder in Childhood and Adolescence]. Trauma & Gewalt, 13 (1), 40-51. https://doi.org/10.21706/tg-13-1-40 

Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., Tutus, D., Fegert, J. M., & Plener, P. L. (2019). Trauma-focused group intervention for young refugees: „Mein Weg“ Predictors of treatment outcomes and sustainability of treatment effects. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 13(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-019-0277-0 

Pfeiffer, E., Sukale, T., Müller, L. R. F., Plener, P. L., Rosner, R., Fegert, J. M., Sachser, C., & Unterhitzenberger, J. (2019). The Symptom Representation of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Sample of Unaccompanied and Accompanied Refugee Minors in Germany: A Network Analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1), 1675990. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2019.1675990 

2018

Pfeiffer, E. (2018). Traumafokussierte Gruppenintervention MEIN WEG [engl. Trauma-focused group intervention MYWAY]. Evangelische Jugendhilfe, 3, 173-178. 

Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., Rohlmann, F., & Goldbeck, L. (2018). Effectiveness of a trauma-focused group intervention for young refugees: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(11), 1171-1179. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12908 

Tutus, D., Goldbeck, L., Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., & Plener, P. L. (2018). Parental dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents. Psychological Trauma-Theory: Research Practice and Policy, 11(7), 722-731. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000419 

2017

Pfeiffer, E., & Goldbeck, L. (2017). Evaluation of a trauma-focused group intervention of unaccompanied young refugees: A pilot study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 30(5), 531-536. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22218 

Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., de Haan, A., Tutus, D., & Goldbeck, L. (2017). Dysfunctional posttraumatic cognitions as a mediator of symptom reduction in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with children and adolescents: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 97, 178-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2017.08.001 

Pfeiffer, E., Sachser, C., & Goldbeck, L. (2017). Belastungsstörungen im Kindes-und Jugendalter erkennen und behandeln [engl.: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence: Detection and Treatment]. Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, 17(1), 27-31. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1629399 

Tutus, D., Keller, F., Sachser, C., Pfeiffer, E., & Goldbeck, L. (2017). Change in parental depressive symptoms in trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, 27(2), 200-205. https://doi.org/10.1089/cap.2016.0136 

Tutus, D., Pfeiffer, E., Rosner, R., Sachser, C., & Goldbeck, L. (2017). Sustainability of treatment effects of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for children and adolescents: Findings from 6-and 12-month follow-ups. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 86(6), 379-381. https://doi.org/10.1159/000481198 

Hirschmiller, J., Fleischmann, B., Pfeiffer, E., & Goldbeck, L. (2017). Das Projekt "Mein Weg": Traumafokussierte Gruppenintervention für junge Flüchtlinge in der Jugendhilfe [engl.: The project "My Way": Trauma-focused group intervention for young refugees in child welfare programs]. Das Jugendamt, 12, 585-588. 

Martiny-Huenger, T., Martiny, S. E., Parks-Stamm, E. J., Pfeiffer, E., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2017). From conscious thought to automatic action: A simulation account of action planning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(10), 1513-1525. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000344