@phdthesis{Jung2022,
  author    = {Jung, Jana},
  title     = {Does youth matter?},
  pages     = {176},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {This dissertation is a compilation of publications and submitted publication manuscripts that seek to improve the understanding of modern partnership trajectories. Romantic relationships constitute one of the most important dimensions in a person's life. They serve to satisfy social and emotional needs (Arr{\´a}nz Becker, 2008) and have an impact on various other dimensions of life. Since the 1970s, partnership formation has been characterized by increased heterogeneity, has become less ordered and much more diverse in terms of living arrangements and the number of unions across the life course (Helske et al, 2015; Ross et al, 2009). This dissertation argues that while partnerships have become more unstable, the need for attachment and the importance of relationship have remained high, if not increased, as evidenced by the prevalence of couple relationships that have remained quite stable (Eckhardt, 2015). The life course perspective (Elder, 1994; Elder et al., 2004; Mayer, 2009) offers an appropriate framework for the understanding of partnership formations throughout the life course. This perspective stresses the path dependency of the life course as well as the interdependencies of life domains (Bernardi et al., 2019). Thus, it can be argued that conditions, resources, and experiences in youth have a substantial influence on later life course outcomes. Given the increasing heterogeneity of partnership trajectories, research to understand partnership processes cannot be based only on single events (e.g., marriage or divorce) or life stages, but must be explored in a dynamic context and over a longer period of time. In sum, this thesis argues that partnership trajectories have to be considered from a holistic perspective. Not only single transitions or events are useful to describe modern partnership histories adequately, but rather the whole process. Additionally, as partnership trajectories are linked to various outcomes (e.g., economics, health, effects on children), it is therefore highly relevant to improve our understanding of partnership dynamics and their determinants and consequences. Findings in this field of research contribute to a better understanding of how childhood and youth are of prospective importance for the later partnership trajectories and whether there are any long-term effects of the conditions and resources formed and stabilized in youth, which then help to understand and explain partnership dynamics. Thus, the interest of this thesis lies in the longitudinal description and prediction of the dynamics of partnership trajectories in light of the individual resources formed and stabilized in youth, as well as in the investigation of the consequences of different partnership trajectory patterns on individual well-being. For these objectives, a high demand on the data is required, as prospective data at the beginning of the partnership biography are needed, as well as data on current life dimensions and the detailed partnership history. The German LifE Study provides this particular data structure as it examines life courses of more than 1,300 individuals from adolescence to middle adulthood. With regard to the overall aim of this dissertation, the main conclusion is that early life conditions, experiences, and resources influence the dynamics of individual partnership trajectories. The results illustrate that youth matters and that characteristics and resources anchored in youth influence the timing of early status passages, which sets individuals on specific life paths. However, in addition to personal and social resources, partnership trajectories were also significantly influenced by individuals' sociodemographic placement. Additionally, individual resources are also linked to the overall turbulence or stability of partnership trajectories. This overall dynamic, which is reflected in different partnership patterns, influences individual well-being, with stability being associated with greater satisfaction, and instability (women), or permanent singlehood (men), having a negative impact on well-being. My analyses contribute to life course research by examining path dependency against the background of various individual factors (socio-structural and psychological characteristics) to model decision-making processes in partnerships in more detail. They do so by including also non-cohabitational union types in the analyses, by accounting for pre-trajectory life conditions and resources, and, most importantly, by modeling the partnership trajectory in a holistic and dynamic perspective, applying this perspective to appropriate and modern statistical methods on a unique dataset.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Bosch2020,
  author    = {Bosch, Jannis},
  title     = {Differential consequences of social comparison processes for high and low achieving students},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {136},
  year      = {2020},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Entrich2016,
  author    = {Entrich, Steve R.},
  title     = {Shadow education and social inequalities in Japan},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-319-69118-3},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-319-69119-0},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {xxv, 309},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {This book examines why Japan has one of the highest enrolment rates in cram schools and private tutoring worldwide. It sheds light on the causes of this high dependence on 'shadow education' and its implications for social inequalities. The book provides a deep and extensive understanding of the role of this kind of education in Japan. It shows new ways to theoretically and empirically address this issue, and offers a comprehensive perspective on the impact of shadow education on social inequality formation that is based on reliable and convincing empirical analyses. Contrary to earlier studies, the book shows that shadow education does not inevitably result in increasing or persisting inequalities, but also inherits the potential to let students overcome their status-specific disadvantages and contributes to more opportunities in education. Against the background of the continuous expansion and the convergence of shadow education systems across the globe, the findings of this book call for similar works in other national contexts, particularly Western societies without traditional large-scale shadow education markets. The book emphasizes the importance and urgency to deal with the modern excesses of educational expansion and education as an institution, in which the shadow education industry has made itself (seemingly) indispensable. This book: • Is the first comprehensive empirical work on the implications of shadow education for educational and social inequalities. • Draws on quantitative and qualitative data and uses mixed-methods. • Has major implications for sociological, international and comparative research on the topic. • Introduces a general theoretical frame to help future research in approaching this under-theorized field.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Austin2015,
  author    = {Austin, Gina},
  title     = {The mediating role of theory of mind in the relationship between executive function and conduct problems in elementary school-age children},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {171},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Tetzner2014,
  author    = {Tetzner, Julia},
  title     = {Stability and change in academic, social, and emotional development from early adolescence to young adulthood},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {191},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}