In Press

Thalmayer, A.G. Hofmann, D., Shino, E., Maletsky, M. & Hopwood, C.J., Psychological Symptoms and Syndromes in Namibia: Convergence and Divergence with Western Models. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Preprint: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/z8v75_v1

Haehner, P., Hopwood, C.J., Shirima, C. Kura, M. Naudé, L., & Thalmayer, A.G. (In press) Personality Predictors of Health, Well-Being, Relationships, and Employment in Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study. European Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070261477867

Hopwood, C.J., Son., G., Shino, E., Rahm, M. & Thalmayer, A.G. (in press) Life Satisfaction in three Namibian Cultures. African Journal of Psychological Assessment.

Jensen, L. A., Orsi, E., & Thalmayer, A. G.. (in press). Autonomy, Community, and Divinity among Emerging Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: New and renewed ethical values in a globalizing world. Emerging Adulthood. Preprint: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21676968261470162

Botha,. C, Florence, M., Adonis, TA (in press). Factors associated with Substance Use behaviour among Emerging Adults in the African context: A Scoping Review. Emerging Adulthood

Botha,. C, Florence, M., Adonis, TA. (in press). Longitudinal Associations Between Substance Use, Mental Health, Religiosity, and Life Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa. Emerging Adulthood

Botha,. C, Florence, M., Adonis, TA. (in press). Understanding the lived experiences of emerging adults in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa: A qualitative exploration of factors related to mental health and religiosity. Emerging Adulthood


2026

Hassem, T., Laher, S., Bambo, M., Botha, C.B., Chopdat, S., Hofmann, D.., Mayet, S., Naude, L., & Thalmayer, A.G. (2026). Mental Health of Young Adults in South Africa: Evidence from the ‘Africa Long Life Study’ (ALLS). International Journal of mental health. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2026.2640523

Killikelly, C. Hofmann, D., Asatsa, S., & Thalmayer, A. G. (2026) Prolonged Grief in African contexts: Scale validation, prevalence rates and risk factors among young adults in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 13, e114. https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2026.10220

Hassem, T., Laher, S., Bambo, M., Botha, C.B., Chopdat, S., Hofmann, D.., Mayet, S., Naude, L., & Thalmayer, A.G. (2026). Mental Health of Young Adults in South Africa: Evidence from the ‘Africa Long Life Study’ (ALLS). International Journal of mental health. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2026.2640523

2025

Haehner, P., Naudé, L., Hopwood, C. J., Shirima, C. M., Laher, S., Shino, E. N., Asatsa, S., Florence, M., Adonis, T.-A., Bleidorn, W., & Thalmayer, A. G. (2025). Personality trait change in three sub-Saharan countries: Normative development and life events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000582 or Open Access

Hofmann, D., Hopwood, C.J., Laher, S., Shino, E., Asatsa, S., Naude, L., Florence, M., Thalmayer, A.G. (2025). The assessment and structure of psychopathology among young adults in southern and eastern Africa Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0001045 or Open Access

Kura, M., Rentsch, K., & Thalmayer, A. G. (2025). Big Six Personality Traits in the Africa Long Life Study. Journal of Research on Personality, 117, 104603, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104603

Uugwanga, S.N., Naudé, L., & Thalmayer, A.G. (2025). Becoming an Ovambo Adult: Growing into Agentic Communalism in Sub-Saharan Africa. Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241311920

Rotzinger, J.S., Jensen, L.A. & Thalmayer, A.G. (2025). Ubuntu in Namibia and Kenya: How emerging adults live an essential African value today. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241309863

2024

Thalmayer, A. G., Maher, K. A., Saucier, G., Naudé, L., Shino, E. N., Asatsa, S., Florence, M., Witzlack-Makarevich, A., Bächlin, L. M., & Condon, D. (2024) The Cross-Cultural Big Two: A Culturally De-Centered Theoretical and Measurement Model for Personality Traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000528

Thalmayer, A. G., Asatsa, S., Shino, E. N., Naudé, L., Laher, S., Hassem, T., Florence, M., Adonis, T.-A., Uugwanga, S. N., Rotzinger, J. S., Hofmann, D., Makunda, J., Botha, C., Murangi, A., & Shirima, C. M. (2024). Lifespan Research in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa: Cohort Profile of the Africa Long Life Study. Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710241264492

Furrer, A., Hofmann, D., & Thalmayer, A. G. (2024, April 25). Talking Mental Health with Kenyan Youth: Cognitive Interviews on the International Mental Health Assessment. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kyb3x

2023

Florence, M., Adonis, T., Botha, C., Mpisane, N., Thalmayer, A. G., & Naude, L. (2023). An International Longitudinal Research Project Investigating the Psychological Development of Young Adults in South Africa: Managing Attrition. https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/233600/

2026

► Film showing and discussion “Coming of Age in Namibia” at the European Conference on Personality, Edinburgh, July 2026

► Symposium at the European Conference on Personality (ECP22), Edinburgh, Scotland, July 21-24, 2026

• Uugwanga, S., & Thalmayer, A. G.,: “Namibia UP: Being 18 in Africa Today”

• Naudé, L.: “Beyond Western pathways: Life events and personality traits in Sub-Saharan emerging adults” [Oral presentation].

• Shirima, C. M., Haehner, P., Kura, M., Thalmayer, A. G., & Naudé, L.: “Empowered pathways: A qualitative study of positive youth development, personality, and well-being in South Africa” [Oral presentation].

• Conference Symposia Talk: “Varieties of Interdependence and Cultural Logics in Sub Saharan Africa”

► Symposium at the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP 2026) conference, Leuven, Belgium, July 13-19, 2026

• Uugwanga, S., Naudé, L, Laher, S., & Thalmayer, A. G.,: "Early Results from the Africa Long Life Study"

• Botha, C., Berweger, A., & Johnson, N.: “From Risk to Reduction: Understanding Substance Use in the African Context"

• Naudé, L., Shirima, C. M., Viti, Z., Molumo, K., Maso, E., Sokhaya, L., & Thalmayer, A. G.: “Between risk and resilience: Life events among emerging adults in Sub-Saharan Africa.”

► Symposium at the Emerging adults on the road to maturity (EA 2026) conference, “Namibia UP: Being 18 in Africa Today”, by Uugwanga, S., Muchiri, W. A., Naudé, L. and Adams, B. A., Poznań, Poland, June 29 - July 1, 2026

► Guest Lecture at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, “Measurement Invariance in Cross-Cultural Personality Research”, Kura, M., Eichstätt, Germany, June 10, 2026

► Symposium: Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, “Varieties of Interdependence: Global Sources and Regional Specificity”, Barcelona, Spain, 28-30 May 2026

► Film showing and discussion at Kino in der Reitschule, Switzerland, March 13, 2026

► Film showing and discussion “Screening of the Film Namibia Up” at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Meeting, Chicago, February 28, 2026

► Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, Chicago, Illinois, February 26-28, 2026

2025

► Featured speaker: “Namibia Up: Being 18 in Africa Today” Documentary film and discussion about personal and societal transitions through the lens of fourteen 18-year-old Namibians” at Campus Oerlikon lecture series “Transformations and Transitions”, November 19, 2025

► South African premiere of “Namibia UP: Being 18 in Africa Today” at University of the Free State (UFS), Thalmayer, A. G., & Naudé, L., Bloemfontein, South Africa, November, 2025

► Conference Presentation at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit, Cape Town, 10-12 November 2025

• Salmah Chopdat, Sumaya Laher, Dr. Tasneem Hassem & Prof. Amber Gayle Thalmayer: “Cross-national Demographic Insights Into Anxiety Symptoms Among Young Adults in South Africa, Namibia and Kenya”
  

• Roma Daya, Tasneem Hassem & John Makunda: “The Impact of Perceived Financial Status, Education and Employment Status on Anxiety Symptoms Over Time in Emerging Adults in Sub-saharan Africa”
  

• Jessica Green, Sumaya Laher & Amber Thalmayer: “Psychometric Evaluation of the MHC–SF in Emerging Adults in Three African Countries”

• Shirima, C. M., Haehner, P., Kura, M., Thalmayer, A. G., & Naudé, L.: “Empowered Pathways and Shaping Futures: Exploring Individual Experiences of Personality and Well-Being in an African Context”

• “Psychological Disorders in Namibia: Etic and Emic Symptoms and Syndromes”

► Invited lecture and film showing: Univeristy of the Free State – November 6, 2025

► Keynote address: “Plenary Session: Toward a Global Psychological Science” Association for Psychological Science, Global Psychological Science Summit, October 22, 2025

► Keynote address: “The Africa Long Life Study: Trajectories of psychosocial wellbeing for emerging adults in Namibia, South Africa, and Kenya” at International Conference on Emerging Trends in Psychosocial Wellbeing, University of Namibia, October 23, 2025

► Annual South African Psychology Congress “Psychology in Society and Society in Psychology” at the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA), Durban, South Africa, 14–16 October 2025

• Shirima, C. M., Naudé, L., & Thalmayer, A. G.“: Conceptualising Positive Youth Development in the African Context: A Systematic Review of Theory and Practice” 
  

• Mgaya, A., Thalmayer, A. G., & Naudé, L.: “Thriving to fulfilment: Positive youth development in relation to well-being in a context of emerging adults in Africa”

• Green, J. C., Laher, S., & Thalmayer, A. G.“: Social well-being of young adults in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa”
  

► Keynote talk: International Conference on Emerging Trends in Psychological Wellbeing, University of Namibia, Windhoek, October, 2025

► Invited talk: Association for Psychological Science: Challenges to developing a global psychological science, Online, October 22, 2025

► Film showing and Discussion “Namibia Up: Being 18 in Africa Today” at Association for Research on Personality meeting, Chicago, July 2025

► Invited Panel at the Presidential Session at the 12th Conference of the Society of the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA), Charleston, South Carolina, June 4-6, 2025

• Uugwanga, S., Muchiri, W. A., Naudé, L. and Adams, B. A.“: Namibia UP: Being 18 in Africa Today” 
  

• Uugwanga, S., & Naudé, L.: “Markers of Adulthood in sub-Saharan Africa: Contextualised Findings”
  

► Keynote address: “Data Challenges for Healthy Longevity: Global Coverage” at University of Zurich Healthy Longevity Innovation Days, June 5, 2025

► Featured speaker: “Longitudinal mental health research in underrepresented contexts: The Africa Long Life Study” Challenges and Opportunities in Global Mental Health, Universitätsspital Basel, June 3, 2025

► Keynote address: “The language of psychology: What lexical studies of personality trait structure teach us about human universals and cultural differences”, 7th Annual meeting of Society for the Cognitive Science of Culture keynote presentation, April 27, 2025 (Next Date)

► Symposium : Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, "Lessons from Africa: Cognition, Emotion, Values, and Intergroup Relations", Denver, USA, February 20-22, 2025

► Featured speaker: “Personality assessment in the Africa Long Life Study: Creating a culturally decentered inventory”, Advances in Cultural Psychology Pre-Conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Meeting, Denver Colorado, February 19, 2025

2024

► Invited online visits on the Africa Long Life Study:

• Northwestern University, Professorship Dan McAdams, December 6, 2024

• University of Virginia, Professorship Jacob Resch, October 2024

• University of Namibia Psychology Department, February 2024

► Symposium: Psychological Society of South Africa’s Annual Psychology Congress, “The Africa Long Life Study: lifespan research in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa”, Johannesburg, South Africa, October, 2024

Included talks:

• Thalmayer A.G.“: The Africa Long Life Study: lifespan research in the majority world”

• Uugwanga, S.N.: “Markers of adulthood in Sub-Saharan Africa: contextualized findings”
  

• Hofmann, D. and Green, J.C.“: The assessment and structure of psychopathology among emerging adults in Southern and Eastern Africa ”
  

• Chopdat, S.: “Contextual impacts on anxiety and wellbeing amongst emerging adults in South Africa: evidence from the ALLS study”
  

• Kura, M.: “Personality traits in the Africa Long Life Study: culturally-de-centered approaches for assessing individual differences in African contexts”
  

Other presentations:

• Shirima C. M., Maso, E., Molumo, K., Sokhaya, L., Viti, Z., Thalmayer, A. G., & Naudé, L.: “Instability, possibility, and responsibility: Experiences of emerging adults in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa”
  

• Shirima, C. M., Naudé, L., & Thalmayer, A. G.: “Youth in action: Empowering and building resilient youth”
  

► Invited roundtable with Sumaya Laher: “African cultural models in psychology” at Psychological Society of South Africa’s Annual Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa, October, 2024

► Invited lecture: “The Africa Long Life Study: Lifespan Research in the Majority World”, at IDEaS (Identity Development and Exploration of aspects of the Self) Research Hub Launch, University of the Free State, October 14, 2024

► Umthombo lecture series speaker: “The Africa Long Life Study: Early results from a longitudinal study of personality and mental health among young adults in Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa”, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 3, 2024

► Talk at the Conference of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), “The HEXACO Traits in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa”, by Kura, M., Rentzsch, K., & Thalmayer, A. G., Vienna, Austria, September 16-19, 2024

► In Presidential Address with Stephen Asatsa: “Personality Research in the Africa Long Life Study” Personality Science Around the World at European Conference on Personality, Berlin, August 2024

► Symposium: European Conference on Personality, “Early Results from the Africa Long Life Study: Personality, mental health, and values among young adults in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa.”, chaired by Amber Gayle Thalmayer & Marie Kura, Berlin, August, 2024

included talks:

• Uugwanga, S.N.: “Introduction to the Africa Long Life Study”
  

• Kura, M.: “The HEXACO in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa”
  

• Hofmann, D.: “The assessment and structure of psychopathology among young adults in Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa”
  

• Asatsa, S.: “Proneness to Aggress in Kenya and Namibia: The role of Culture of Honor Logic among Young Adults from diverse groups”
  

► Hofmann, D. as Poster award winner: Masterstudierenden- und Doktorierenden-Kongress “The structure of psychopathology in Namibia, Kenya and South Africa is almost the same”, University of Zurich, May, 2024

► Invited lecture: “Personality assessment in the Africa Long Life Study: Creating a culturally de-centered inventory” at Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, May 22, 2024

► Invited address with Hofmann, D. “Emic and Etic Approaches to Assess Trauma Related Symptoms in Namibia, South Africa, and Kenya” at Conference on The Role of Culture in the Exploration of Post-Trauma Suffering, Collegium Helveticum, April 23–24, 2024

► Symposium talk: “Advances in Cultural Psychology beyond the West” at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, "The Africa Long Life Study: Cohort Description and Preliminary Findings”, San Diego, February, 2024

2023

► Symposium: 27th Annual South African Psychology Congress, "The Africa Long Life Study: An African-centered exploration of the mental health and wellbeing of emerging adults”, Chaired by Luzelle Naudé, Johannesburg, October 2023

► Keynote address: “Psychological assessment in the majority world” at 17. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD) in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Salzburg, Austria, September 24-27, 2023

► Presentation: Regional European Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), “Ubuntu/harambee among emerging adults in Namibia and Kenya”, Julia Rotzinger, Limerick, Ireland, August 4, 2023

► Early Career Award Talk: "Including the Majority World in Lifespan Research: The Africa Long Life Study.”, Association for Research in Personality annual meeting, United States, July 21, 2023

► Talk at the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Conference (ISSID), “The HEXACO Traits in Kenya, Namibia, and South Africa”, by Kura, M., Rentzsch, K., & Thalmayer, A. G., Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 17 – July 21, 2023

► Conference Symposia Talk: “The cross-cultural Big Two: The creation and validation of a culturally de-centered model, structure, and inventory”, Association for Research on Personality meeting, Chicago, July 2023

► Two Presentations at Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood 11TH Conference for Emerging Adulthood in sub-Saharan Africa, Selma Uugwanga, San Diego, USA, June, 2023

• An insight into Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa: "Becoming an Adult in Namibia: An emerging adult perspective among the Owambo ethnicity”

• Emerging Scholars Work-in-Progress pre-conference workshop, "Markers of Adulthood in Sub-Saharan Africa: contextualized findings”

► Keynote address: "Assessing Personality and Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Etic and epic approaches for comparison and contextualisation”  at Evolutionary Psychiatry: From Theory to Therapy', University of Zurich, May 15, 2023

2022

► Invited lecture: “Personality traits in Africa: The Africa Long Life Study and the Cross-Cultural Big Two Inventory” Department of Psychology, University of Mannheim, November 21, 2022

► Inaugral lecture [Antrittsvorlesung]: “Including the Majority World in Lifespan Research: The Africa Long Life Study”, University of Zurich, November 7, 2022

► Poster presented at the Swiss Psychological Society Conference, “Ubuntu/botho: A qualitative exploration in Namibia, Kenya, and South Africa”, Julia Rotzinger, University of Zurich, Switzerland, September 2022

► Talk given at the Swiss Psychological Society Conference; “Mental health and religious and spiritual protective factors in Namibia, Kenya and South Africa”, Daniel Hofmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland, September 2022


2021

► Invited symposium and discussion lead: “The Big Five across cultures”, Association for Research in Personality 7th Biennial Meeting (online), July 16, 2021

► Invited lecture: “How universal is the Big Five? Lexical studies of personality in African languages complicate the story” Department of Psychology (SED Research Seminar), University of Basel, Switzerland, April 22, 2021

2020

► Invited lecture: “Personality psychology without borders: A lexical study in Khoekhoegowab.” Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, October 12, 2020

► Invited lecture: “Personality and mental health across cultures.” Department of Psychology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, January 9, 2020

2012-2014

► Invited colloquium: “Personality across cultures.” Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, October 27, 2014

► Keynote workshop: “A lexical exploration of human personality.” At Anna Craycroft’s “C’mon Language” series, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, August 2013

► Invited talk: “Personality attributes in clinical presentation and treatment.” In European Association for Personality Psychology expert meeting, “Recent developments in personality structure research and important life outcomes,” Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2012

In Process

Casey Botha, “Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, Religiosity, and Substance Use Among Emerging Adults Across Kenya, Namibia and South Africa: A Multi-Method Study”

Jessica Green, “Reliability and Validity of the Mental Health Continuum–Short Form (MHC–SF) in emerging adults in three African countries.”

Diego Rex, University of the Free State, “Emerging into African adulthood: Birth order and gender as moderators of the relationship between educational identity and the dimensions of emerging adulthood”

Divine Bitalo, University of the Free State, “On Becoming a good person: Notions of virtue and personhood among African Emerging Adults.”

2025-2026

Marie Kura, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, ”Personality in Context: Context-Specific and Universal Aspects of the Personality System”, submitted July 17, 2026

Selma N. Uugwanga, University of Zurich, "Becoming an Adult in Sub-Saharan Africa: Culture-Specific and Universal Aspects of Adult Development", defended June 17, 2026

Daniel Hofmann, University of Zurich, “Making Global Mental Health More Global: The Structure of Psychopathology and Local Protective Factors in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa” 
defended August 12, 2025

Julia Rotzinger, University of Zurich, “African Perspectives in Psychology and the Importance of Culturally Relevant Research”
defended February 27, 2025

Athumani Mgaya, University of the Free State, “Being well: Positive youth development towards well-being among African emerging adults.”
defended 2025

In Process

Lerato Sokhaya (UFS) “Critical life events in the shaping of African emerging adults’ worldviews: A developmental perspective”

Lisa Shabalala (UFS) “Rewriting the self: Narrative identity in African emerging adults facing life transitions”

Boitumelo Sehlabaka (UFS) “Defining moments: How life events guide career identity in Africa’s emerging adults”

2026

Daya Roma (WITS) “Exploring the Relationships between Perceived Financial Status, Employment Status and Anxiety Symptoms Over Time in Emerging Adults in sub-Saharan Africa”.

Elam Maso (UFS) “Finding autonomy: A self-determination perspective on African emerging adulthood.”

2025

Kutloano Molumo (UFS 2025) “Locked-in/Locked-out: The experiences of African emerging adults in facing critical life events”

Zandile Viti (UFS 2025) “Balancing risk and resilience: Emerging into adulthood in African contexts”

Matsidiso Bambo (UFS 2025): “Demographic questionnaire, Duke University Religion Index (DUREL), Family Affluence Scale (FAS), and the International Mental Health Assessment (IMHA) depression subscale”.

Saffiya Mayet (2025) “Demographic Profiling of South African Young Adults in Relation to Post-Traumatic Stress Symptomatology”.

Kutloano Molumo (UFS 2025) “Locked-in/Locked-out: The experiences of African emerging adults in facing critical life events”

Zandile Viti (UFS 2025) “Balancing risk and resilience: Emerging into adulthood in African contexts”

Rachel Moffat (UFS 2025) “The relationship between the dimensions of emerging adulthood and satisfaction with life in Sub-Saharan Africa”

Simona Egli (UZH 2025) “Motivations for Alcohol Use in Namibia”

Lena Lüscher (UZH 2025) “Differential Item and Step Functioning in the International Mental Health Assessment in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa”

Dora Jurcevic (UZH 2025) “Prevalence, risk and protective factors of mental health among young adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review”

Sofie Kunzle (UZH 2025) “Assessing Negative Emotionality in Sub-Saharan Africa”

Erica Mae Lavilla (UZH 2025), “Idioms of distress in psychological assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa”

2024

Sanaa Bladh (UZH 2024), “Relational Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa”

Pascale Rouilly (UZH 2024)"Higher Education and Career Plans Among Young Namibian Adults: Exploring the Unique Shape of Emerging Adulthood"

Michelle Rahm (UZH 2024), "Gender Differences in Mental Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Prevalence and Development among Young Adults in Kenya, Namibia and South Africa"

Lia Jenal (UZH 2024), "Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood in Namibia: Individual Development through Communal Values"

John Makunda (The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 2024), "Unveiling Longitudinal Patterns in International Mental Health Assessments: A Systematic Evaluation of Clustering Techniques." Supervisors: Hellen Waititu & Cornelius Nyakundi.

Matsidiso Bambo (University of the Witwatersrand 2024), “Depression Demographic Profiling of Young Adults in South Africa.” Supervisor: Tasneem Hassem.

Elena Orsi (UZH 2024), “The Ethics of Autonomy, Community, and Divinity in Namibian Youth: An Examination of Guiding Moral Values and the Impact of Globalization.” Supervisors: Lene Arnett Jensen & Amber Gayle Thalmayer.

2023

Franka Schneider (UZH 2023), “Ubuntu/Harambee: A qualitative exploration in Namibia. Reflection of Ubuntu/Harambee in young adults' lives.” Supervisors: Julia Rotzinger & Amber Gayle Thalmayer.

David Schröder (UZH 2023), “Socio-economic status and mental health in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Supervisors: Julia Rotzinger & Amber Gayle Thalmayer.

Lilly Schmidt-Tophoff (UZH 2023), “The Role of Religiosity in the Mental Health Among 18-Year-Olds in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Supervisors: Daniel Hofmann & Amber Gayle Thalmayer.

Myrjam Suter (UZH 2023), “Markers of Adulthood of Emerging Adults in Namibia: Psychometric Testing, Endorsement, and Attainment of the Markers of Adulthood (MoA) Scale.” Supervisors: Selma Uugwanga & Amber Gayle Thalmayer.

William Viella Martins (University of Bern 2023), "A cross-culturally convergent personality model of three dimensions." Supervisors: Amber Gayle Thalmayer & Stephen Troche.

2022

Aleyna Ekinci (UZH 2022), “The experience of ‘pain in the heart’ and its relations to major depressive disorder.” Supervisors: Daniel Hofmann & Amber Gayle Thalmayer.

Christoph Flückinger (UZH 2022), “Motivations for alcohol consumption among young adults in Namibia - A comparison across Oshiwambo speakers.” Supervisors: Selma Uugwanga & Amber Gayle Thalmayer.

Gayong Son (Universität Basel 2022), “Measurement Invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Three Languages of Namibia.” Supervisors: Amber Gayle Thalmayer & Roselind Lieb.

Milena Claudius (Universität Bern 2022), “Still Standing Inside: Local Idioms of Trauma among Namibian Speakers of Khoekhoegowab.” Supervisors: Amber Gayle Thalmayer & Thomas Berger.