Dr. Christina Dahl, Dipl.-Psych., Dipl.-Betriebsw. (BA)

Health and Wellbeing

Publications

Dahl, C. & Dlugosch, G. E. (2020). Live better! A seminar to strengthen the self-care of mental health professionals. Prevention and Health Promotion, 15 (1), 27-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-019-00735-2

Dahl, C. (2019). Why it pays to take good care of yourself. On the long-term benefits of self-care - results of two empirical studies. Prevention and Health Promotion, 14 (1), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-018-0650-5

Dahl, C. (2018). A plea for more self-care. On the preventive benefits of self-care using the example of mental health professionals. Prevention and Health Promotion, 13 (2), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-017-0626-x

Dahl, C. (2017). How much mental stress are mental health professionals under? Results of a nationwide online study. Social Forum, 2017, No. 3, pp. 58-63.

Dahl, C. (2017). Self-care for mental health professionals. A study on psychological stress and occupational stress factors and evaluation of a health promotion measure to strengthen self-care as part of a randomized controlled trial. Landau: Publishing house Empirische Pädagogik.

Dahl, C. (2016). Stress factors and experienced stress in the psychosocial field of work. Social Forum, 2016, No. 4, pp. 30-33.

Dahl, C. & Dlugosch, G.E. (2012). Self-efficacy and mindfulness. Innovative concepts in the health promotion of socially disadvantaged people. Pediatric Nursing, 4, 137-141.

Dlugosch, G. E. & Dahl, C. (2013). Health promotion among socially disadvantaged people: The role of self-efficacy and mindfulness. Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice, 2, 369-378.

Dlugosch, G. E. & Dahl, C. (2012). The role of self-efficacy and mindfulness in the health promotion of socially disadvantaged people - Project documentation. Cologne: BZgA.

Dlugosch, G.E. & Dahl, C. (2011). Self-efficacy and mindfulness in the health promotion of socially disadvantaged people. The BKK, 6, 360-364.

Lectures

Title: "Healthy in the daycare center"
Symposium of three daycare centers on the topic "Healthy in the daycare center - looking at resources" (March 2020, Speyer)

Title: "Work and health/healthy leadership"
Health Day of the Germersheim district administration, managers (Nov 2019, Germersheim)

Title: "Live better! Self-care for mental health professionals - a seminar concept to strengthen mental health - content and research results"
Federal Congress of the German Association for Social Work in Healthcare (Nov 2019, Kassel)

Title: "Self-care - discovering personal resources"
Koordinierungsstelle Frau & Beruf, Frauenbüro des Saarpfalz-Kreises (Dec 2015, Bad Homburg/Saar)

Title: "Work and health"
Network conference of the Rhein-Pfalz district (March 2015, Römerberg)

Title: "Work and health" and "Healthy leadership"
ESF project "Because you are worth it to us", Jugendwert St Josef, management training (Dec 2012, Landau)

Title: "Work and health"
Network meeting of the Social Work and Health Network on the topic of "Work and health. In the field of tension between duty, responsibility and self-care" (June 2012, Landau)

Title: "The role of self-efficacy and mindfulness in promoting the health of socially disadvantaged people - recommendations for action"
Symposium "Mindfulness in addiction support", Esslingen University of Applied Sciences; Faculty of Social Work, Health and Nursing (May 2012, Esslingen)

Workshops

Topic: "Live better! Self-care for mental health professionals - discovering personal resources"
Symposium on "Healthy daycare centers - looking at resources" (March 2020, Speyer)

Topic: "Live better! Self-care for mental health professionals - discovering personal resources"
Network conference, Child Welfare and Child Health Network Speyer (Nov 2019, Speyer)

Topic: "Self-care for hospice caregivers - using resources in everyday life"
Ambulanter Hospiz- und Palliativ-Beratungsdienst Landau/Südliche Weinstraße (2014, Annweiler)

Topic: "Live better! Self-care for mental health professionals"
zepf research project (Oct 2013 to April 2014)

Topic: "Achieving greater Wellbeing with Mindfulness"
Pädagogisches Landesinstitut, internal training course on "Health in the workplace" (June 2011, Speyer)

2000 - 2003Degree in Business Administration at the Mannheim University of Cooperative Education, specializing in: Marketing; Human Resources
2003 - 2009Degree in psychology at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau campus, specializing in Clinical psychology; work, industrial and organizational psychology; health psychology
2004 - 2010Assistant to a team of trainers and consultants, focus of work: design of further training measures on topics including time and self-management, leadership with goals, project management
since 2010Research assistant at zepf, focus of work and topics: Prevention and health promotion, self-care, work and health
2016Doctorate in psychology at the University of Koblenz-Landau

Course WS 20/21:

Mindfulness for Teachers and Students (Educational Sciences Module 6.3)

  • Self-care
  • Mindfulness
  • Work and health
  • Stress in the psychosocial field of work
  • Healthy leadership