Svenja Schlachter, MD

PhD & M. Sc. in Psychology

Phone: 0731 500-62304
Fax: 0731 500-62302

E-mail: svenja.schlachter@uni-ulm.de

 

Scientific focus

  • Mental health and unemployment
  • Well-being at work, especially recovery from work and work-nonwork balance
  • Leadership in the workplace

Projects

3for1 - Three paths, one goal

Publications

First-authored

  • Schlachter, S., Gantner, M., Gralla, M., Pumptow, M., Adam, S. H., Erschens, R., Gündel, H., Wietersheim, J. von, & Rüsch, N. (2026). Job-search self-efficacy in unemployed individuals with mental health issues: Investigating the role of self-stigma with variable-centred and person-centred approaches. BMC Psychology, 14, Article 487. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04193-2 [open access]

  • Hofmann, S.†, Schlachter, S.†, Gast, M., Erschens, R., Schröpel, C., Diebig, M., Gritzka, S., Lehmann, J. A. M., Schwarz, E., Jarczok, M. N., Balint, E. M., Nater, U. M., Skoluda, N., Junne, F., Angerer, P., & Gündel, H. (2026). Stress management training for managers in small and medium-sized enterprises (KMU-GO): Results of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 26, Article 352. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-26088-4 [open access]

  • Schlachter, S., Inceoglu, I., McDowall, A., & Cropley, M. (2025). Work-related technology use during nonwork time and its consequences: A resource-oriented perspective. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(3), Article e70047. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.70047 [open access]

  • Schlachter, S., Adam, S. H., Baxendale, M., Gantner, M., Gralla, M., Junne, F., Martus, P., Mehler, M., Nischk, D., Pumptow, M., Erschens, R., Gündel, H., Rüsch, N., & von Wietersheim, J. (2024). Effectiveness of a three-component intervention supporting unemployed individuals with mental health issues in their job search and mental health recovery (3for1): Study protocol of a non-randomised controlled study. BMC Public Health, 24, Article 3159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20323-0 [open access]

  • Schlachter, S., McDowall, A., Cropley, M., & Inceoglu, I. (2018). Voluntary work-related technology use during non-work time: A narrative synthesis of empirical research and research agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews, 20(4), 825-846. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12165 [open access]

Co-authored
  • Adam, S. H., Junne, F., Schlachter, S., Mehler, M., Gündel, H., Rüsch, N., von Wietersheim, J., Giel, K. E., Zipfel, S., & Erschens, R. (2025). Interventions to foster mental health and reintegration in individuals who are unemployed: Systematic review. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 11, Article e65698. https://doi.org/10.2196/65698 [open access]
  • Diebig, M., Gritzka, S., Backschat, S. L., Erschens, R., Gast, M., Gündel, H., Hofmann, S., Lehmann, J., Junne, F., Schwarz, E., Schröpel, C., Schlachter, S., & Angerer, P. (2025). Direct and indirect effects of a leader stress-management training on leaders' and employees' well-being and distress: A quasi-experimental multisite field study. International Journal of Stress Management, 32(4), 354-366. https://doi.org/10.1037/str0000370
  • Turgut, S., Schlachter, S., Michel, A., & Sonntag, K. (2020). Antecedents of health-promoting leadership and workload as moderator. Journal of Leadership & Organisational Studies, 27(2), 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548051819848988
  • Inceoglu, I., Selenko, E., McDowall, A., & Schlachter, S. (2019). (How) Do work placements work? Scrutinising the quantitative evidence for a theory-driven future research agenda. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 110(Part B), 317-337. doi. org/10.1016/j.jvb.2018.09.002 [open access]