Judith Mangelsdorf
LIFE Berlin
LIFE Fellow from 2013 to 2017, Freie Universität Berlin
Dr. rer. nat.
Dissertation completed in November 2017
Does Growth Require Suffering? Positive Personality Changes Following Major Life Events With High Emotional Valence Full text
(Advisor: Michael Eid, Freie Universität Berlin)
Selected Publications
Mangelsdorf, J., Eid, M., & Luhmann, M. (2019). Does growth require suffering? A systematic review and meta-analysis on genuine posttraumatic and postecstatic growth. Psychological Bulletin, 145, 302–338. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000173
Mangelsdorf, J. (2017). Coping with childbirth: Brain structural associations of personal growth initiative. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 1829. https:/doi.org.10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01829
Mangelsdorf, J., & Eid, M. (2015). What makes a thriver? Unifying the concepts of posttraumatic and postecstatic growth. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 813. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00813