Department of Psychology

Our Department introduces students to psychology, a science that deals with human experience and behaviour. The Department of Psychology consists of a young and dynamic team of researchers with international resonance and a strong presence in the media. The studies in Freiburg are characterized by a trilingual environment as well as by a pleasant atmosphere created by human-sized structures and easy contacts with the teaching staff.

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ARTICLE

Psychological correlates of body dissatisfaction in Swiss youth over a one-year study-period

The first publication of the i-BEAT study was published on 8 January 2023 in Frontiers Psychology on the topic of "Psychological correlates of body dissatisfaction in Swiss adolescents".

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The role of working memory capacity and emotion regulation on binge eating in individuals with a binge eating disorder (BED)

A key criterion for the diagnosis of a binge eating disorder (BED) is recurring binge eating. Due to these binges, individuals affected by BED are strongly impaired and experience, besides health-related…

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CONTEST

Viviana Leupin in the national finals of "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" (MT180)

"Ma thèse en 180 secondes" (MT180) is an international competition where PhD students have to condense many years of work into 180 seconds to communicate the work of their PhD in a simple, comprehensible,…

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Eating disorder treatment in routine clinical care

A descriptive study examining treatment characteristics and short-term treatment outcomes among patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in Germany and Switzerland.

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Studies

Psychology teaching at the University of Fribourg has 3 branches: Bachelor, Master and Postgrade.

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Research

The Psychology department consists of 12 units and research groups.

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