Dr. Claudia Hoffmann-Recksiedler, Dipl.-Psych.

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

Recksiedler, C., Schacht, D. D., Schüller, S., Boll, C., Entleitner-Phleps, C., Langmeyer, A. N., Walper, S., & Zerle-Elsäßer, C. (2026). Enhancing Potentials for Research on Post-Separation Families Using the Growing up in Germany Panel Study. Journal of Family Research, 38, 110–129. https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-1216[13]

Loter, K., Recksiedler, C., Arránz Becker, O., & Perrig-Chiello, P. (2025). Why Do Couples Split in the Second Half of Life? A Latent Class Analysis of Reasons for Marital Dissolution. Family Transitions, 66(8), 532–543. https://doi.org/10.1080/28375300.2025.2538282[14]

Recksiedler, C., Entleitner-Phleps, C., Langmeyer, A. N., Boll, C., & Walper, S. (2025). High Rates of Stability in Post-Separation Care Arrangements: Examining Prevalence and Predictors in Germany. Journal of Family Studies, 31(2), 204–225. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2024.2430336[15]

Recksiedler, C., Entleitner-Phleps, C., & Langmeyer, A. N. (2024). Change in Maternal Well-Being during COVID-19 Pandemic: Did Pre-Pandemic Social Support and Parenting Stress Buffer or Aggravate Mental Health Disparities among Lone and Partnered Mothers in Germany? Journal of Family Research, 36, 85–102. https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-992 [16]

Bernhardt, J., Recksiedler, C., & Linberg, A. (2023). Work from Home and Parenting: Examining the Role of Work-Family Conflict and Gender during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Social Issues, 79(3), 935-970. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12509[17]

Recksiedler, C., Bernhardt, J., & Heintz-Martin, V. (2023). Mothers’ Well-Being in Families and Family Structure: Examining Constellations of Stressors across Life Domains. Journal of Family Issues, 44(2), 363-385. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X211048479[18]

Bernhardt, J., & Recksiedler, C. (2022). Work-to-Family Conflict and Parenting Practices: Examining the Role of Working from Home among Lone and Partnered Working Mothers. Journal of Family Research, 34(4), 1072-1100. https://doi.org/10.20377/jfr-709[19]

Recksiedler, C., Cheval, B., Sieber, S., Orsholits, D., Stawski, R. S., & Cullati, S. (2022). Linking Widowhood and Later-Life Depressive Symptoms: Do Childhood Socioeconomic Circumstances Matter? Aging & Mental Health,  26(11), 2159-2169. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1972930[20]

Heintz-Martin, V., Recksiedler, C., & Langmeyer, A. N. (2022). Household Debt, Maternal Well-Being, and Child Adjustment in Germany: Examining the Family Stress Model by Family Structure. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 43, 338–353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-021-09777-1[21]

Langmeyer, A. N., Recksiedler, C., Entleitner-Phleps, C., & Walper, S. (2022). Post-Separation Physical Custody Arrangements in Germany: Examining Sociodemographic Correlates, Parental Coparenting, and Child Adjustment. Social Sciences, 11(3), 114-137. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11030114[22]

Recksiedler, C., Langmeyer, A. N., Entleitner-Phleps, C., & Walper, S. (2022). Profiles of Maternal Well-Being in Germany: Do Post-Separation Physical Custody Arrangements Matter? Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 63(3), 214-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2021.1993026[23]

Recksiedler, C., & Landberg, M. (2021). Emerging Adults’ Self-Efficacy as a Resource for Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic. Emerging Adulthood, 9(5) 576–582. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968211019287[24]

Recksiedler, C., & Bernardi, L. (2021). Changes in Legal Regulations, Parental Health and Well-being, and Children’s Physical Custody Arrangements among Post-Separation Families in Switzerland. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 62(2), 104-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2020.1833295[25]

Recksiedler, C., & Settersten, R. A., Jr. (2020). How young adults’ appraisals of work and family goals changed over the Great Recession: An examination of gender and rural-urban differences. Journal of Youth Studies, 23(9), 1217-1233. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2019.1663339[26]

Recksiedler, C., & Bernardi, L. (2019). Lone mothers’ repartnering trajectories and health: Does the welfare context matter? Journal of Family Issues, 40(17), 2582–2604. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19860175[27]

Recksiedler, C. & Stawski, R. S. (2019). Marital transitions and depressive symptoms among older adults: Examining educational differences. Gerontology, 65(4), 407-418. https://doi.org/10.1159/000493681[28]

Recksiedler, C., Settersten, R. A., Geldhof, J., & Hooker, K. (2019). Stable goals despite economic strain: Young adults’ goal appraisals across the Great Recession. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43(2), 147-156. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025418798494[29]

Recksiedler, C., Loter, K., Klaas, H. S., Hollstein, B., & Perrig-Chiello, P. (2018). Social dimensions of personal growth following widowhood: A three-wave study. Gerontology, 64(4), 344-360. https://doi.org/10.1159/000485916[30]

Edited book chapters:

Schlinzig, T., Recksiedler, C., Entleitner-Phleps, C., & Zartler, U. (2025). Custody arrangements following separation and divorce in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: Legal frameworks and recent developments (pp. 92-110). In M. Adler & K. Lenz (Eds.), The Sociology of Families: Key Debates and Contending Perspectives. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035319251.00016[31]

Recksiedler, C., & Bernardi, L. (2021). Are "Part-Time Parents" Healthier Parents? Correlates of Shared Physical Custody in Switzerland. In L. Bernardi & D. Mortelmans (Eds.), Shared Physical Custody: Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Empirical Insights in Custody Arrangements (pp. 75-99). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68479-2_5[32]

Landberg, M., & Recksiedler, C. (2018). The more, the merrier? The relationship between life satisfaction and social network size over the Great Recession years. In M. Demir & N. Sümer (Eds.), Close Relationships and Happiness (pp. 131-149). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89663-2_8[33]

Settersten, R. A., Jr., Recksiedler, C., Godlewski, B., & Elder, G. H., Jr. (2018). Two faces of wartime experience: Collective memories and veterans’ appraisals in later life. In A. Spiro III, R. A. Settersten, Jr., & C. M. Aldwin (Eds.), Long-Term Outcomes of Military Service: Perspectives on Health and Well-Being (pp. 19-36). American Psychological Association Press. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000061-002[34]

Peer review activities, among others:

Ageing & Society 

Advances in Life Course Research

Comparative Population Studies

European Journal of Ageing

Journal of Family Research

Journal of Family Studies

Journal of Happiness Studies

Journal of Marriage and Family

Psychology and Aging

Data sets: 

Kuger, S., Prein, G., Linberg, A., Recksiedler, C., Herz, A., Gille, M., Berngruber, A., Bernhardt, J., Pötter, U., Zerle-Elsässer, C., Steiner, C., Zimmermann, J., Quellenberg, H., Walper, S., Rauschenbach, T., Maly-Motta, H., Schickle, V., Naab, T., Guglhör-Rudan, A., Langmeyer, A., Tran, K., Gaupp, N., Milbradt, B., Heintz-Martin, V., Gerum, M., & Entleitner-Phleps, C. (2020). Growing up in Germany (AID:A 2019): Main study, 2019 (Version 1) [Data set]. German Youth Institute. https://doi.org/10.17621/aida2019[35]

Kuger, S., Prein, G., Quellenberg, H., & Recksiedler, C. (2021). Growing up in Germany 2020 (AID:A Corona 2020): Corona Add-on (Version 1) [Data set]. German Youth Institute. https://doi.org/10.17621/aida2020[36]

Kuger, S., Prein, G., Linberg, A., Recksiedler, C., Herz, A., Gille, M., Berngruber, A., Bernhardt, J., Pötter, U., Zerle-Elsäßer, C., Steiner, C., Zimmermann, J., Quellenberg, H., Walper, S., Rauschenbach, T., Maly-Motta, H., Schickle, V., Naab, T., Guglhör-Rudan, A., Langmeyer, A., Tran, K., Gaupp, N., Milbradt, B., Heintz-Martin, V., Gerum, M., Entleitner-Phleps, C., Braun, D., Fischer, A., & Deutsches Jugendinstitut. (2022). Growing up in Germany (AID:A 2021): Main Study, 2021 (Version 2.1) [Data set]. German Youth Institute. https://doi.org/10.17621/aida2021 [37]

Kuger, S., Bernhardt, J., Fischer, A., Prein, G., Herz, A., Linberg, A., Recksiedler, C., Simm, I., Braun, D., Pötter, U., Quellenberg, H., Berngruber, A., Eichhorn, T., Entleitner-Phleps, C., Gaupp, N., Guglhoer-Rudan, A., Heintz-Martin, V., Hofherr, S., Langmeyer, A., Maly-Motta, H., Naab, T., Schüller, S., Steinberg, H., Steiner, C., Tran, K., Zerle-Elsäßer, C., Zimmermann, J., & Walper, S. (2024). Growing up in Germany Panel (AID:A Panel): Panel waves 2019, 2021 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. German Youth Institute. https://doi.org/10.17621/AIDA20192021[38]

Kuger, S., Bernhardt, J., Herz, A., Linberg, A., Recksiedler, C., Simm, I., Ulrich, S., Braun, D., Blindow, K., Fischer, A., Schacht, D., Quellenberg, H., Berngruber, A., Chabursky, S., Eichhorn, T., Entleitner-Phleps, C., Guglhoer-Rudan, A., Hofherr, S., Langmeyer, A., Maly-Motta, H., Naab, T., Schüller, S., Steinberg, H., Steiner, C., Tran, K., Zerle-Elsäßer, C., & Walper, S. (2024). Growing Up in Germany 2023 (AID:A 2023): Main study, 2023 (Offsite version 1.0.0) [Data set]. German Youth Institute. https://doi.org/10.17621/aida2023[39]