Faglige kompetanseområder:
- Fremmedgjøring og eksistensiell likegyldighet
- Lidelse og dødelighetsbevissthet
- Mening i arbeid
- Mening i livet
- Religions-, spiritualitets- og sekularitetspsykologi
Jeg startet som professor i eksistensiell psykologi ved MF i oktober 2020. Jeg studerte psykologi, teologi, religionsvitenskap og filosofi i Göttingen (Tyskland), London (England), Heidelberg (Tyskland) og Cambridge (England), fikk min doktorgrad ved Universitetet i Trier (Tyskland), og ble professor i psykologi ved Universitetet i Innsbruck (Østerrrike), hvor jeg også etablerte Existential Psychology Lab. Forskningen min fokuserer på konseptualisering og måling av mening i livet, og forbindelsene mellom mening i livet og sekularitet, religion, spiritualitet, velvære, helse, arbeid, og samfunnsengasjement. Videre jobber jeg med tverrfaglige tilnærminger til lidelse, bevissthet rundt dødelighet og fremmedgjøring, og deres praktiske betydning for individer, organisasjoner, samfunnet og naturmiljø. Jeg er fellow ved Humanistische Hochschule Berlin (Tyskland), medlem av flere redasksjonsstyrer (Journal of Happiness Studies, Archive for the Psychology of Religion, Personality Science, International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, Secular Studies, etc.) og andre internasjonale akademiske komiteer. Nyeste monografi: The Psychology of Meaning in Life (Routledge, 2021)
Utvalgte publikasjoner
- Schnell, T. (2021). The Psychology of Meaning in Life, Routledge, ISBN: 9780367415853
- la Cour, P. & Schnell, T. (2020). Presentation of the Sources of Meaning Card Method: The SoMeCaM., Journal of humanistic psychology, s. 20 - 42. Journal of humanistic psychology, ISSN: 0022-1678
- Schnell, T. & Krampe, H. (2020). Meaning in Life and Self-Control Buffer Stress in Times of COVID-19: Moderating and Mediating Effects With Regard to Mental Distress. , Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychiatry, ISSN: 1664-0640
Nyeste vitenskapelige publikasjoner
- Votter, B. & Schnell, T. (2024). Life Meaning Versus Intelligence: An Analysis of Three Qualities of Meaning Among Gifted Adults, Logotherapy and Existential Analysis ,, Springer Publishing Company, ISBN: 9783031489211
- Ishaq, B. & Bjertness, E. & Østby, L. & Johannessen, A. & Schnell, T. (2024). Is the degree of religiosity related to community belonging and trust in society? A cross-sectional study among Muslims in Norway, Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Social Sciences & Humanities Open
- Spitzenstätter, D. & Schnell, T. (2023). The Uncertain Certainty: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Personal Meanings of Death and Preliminary Insights Into Their Relationship With Worldview, Omega - Journal of Death and Dying, Omega - Journal of Death and Dying, ISSN: 0030-2228
- Haver, A. & Krampe, H. & Danbolt, L. J. & Stålsett, G. & Schnell, T. (2023). Emotion regulation moderates the association between COVID-19 stress and mental distress: findings on buffering, exacerbation, and gender differences in a cross-sectional study from Norway, Frontiers in Psychology, s. 1 - 15. Frontiers in Psychology, ISSN: 1664-1078
- Austad, A. & Cheyeka, A. M. & Danbolt, L. J. & Kamanga, G. & Mwale, N. & Stifoss-Hanssen, H. (2023). Experiences of meaning in life in urban and rural Zambia, Archive for the Psychology of Religion/ Archiv für Religionspsychologie, s. 247 - 268. Archive for the Psychology of Religion/ Archiv für Religionspsychologie, ISSN: 0084-6724
- La Cour, P. & Schnell, T. (2023). Kilder til mening – kortmetoden , ISBN: 978-3-99105-043-8
- La Cour, P. & Schnell, T. (2023). Kilder til mening - kortmetoden 2. udgave - dansk version , ISBN: 9783991050414
- La Cour, P. & Schnell, T. (2023). LeBe Kartenmethode , ISBN: 9783991050421
- Schnell, T. & Danbolt, L. J. (2023). The Meaning and Purpose Scales (MAPS): development and multi-study validation of short measures of meaningfulness, crisis of meaning, and sources of purpose , BMC Psychology, s. 1 - 17. BMC Psychology, ISSN: 2050-7283
- Shimai, S. & Urata, Y. & Yamamoto, J. & Schnell, T. (2022). ME-Work Japanese version: Development of a modular meaning in work inventory (1)モジュール式仕事の意味尺度ME-Work日本版の開発(1): Score distributions, factor validity, internal consistency, and relationship of modular scores得点分布、因子的妥性、内的一貫性、モジュール得点間の関連, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, ISSN: 2433-7609
- Schnell, T. (2022). Suffering as meaningful choice. An existential approach., Ta vare. En bok om diakoni, sjelesorg og eksistensiell helse. Festskrift til Hans Stifoss-Hanssen,, s. 3 - 14. ISBN: 978-82-8456-007-6
- Kreiss, C. & Schnell, T. (2022). Have a good day! An experience-sampling study of daily meaningful and pleasant activities, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, ISSN: 1664-1078
- Schnell, T. & Krampe, H. (2022). Meaningfulness protects from and crisis of meaning exacerbates general mental distress longitudinally, BMC Psychiatry, BMC Psychiatry, ISSN: 1471-244X
- Urata, Y. & Shimai, S. & Yamamoto, J. & Schnell, T. (2022). ME-Work Japanese version: Development of a modular meaning in work inventory (2)モジュール式仕事の意味尺度ME-Work日本版の開発(2: Study of factors related to meaning in work仕事の意味に関連する要因の検討., The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, ISSN: 2433-7609
- Schnell, T. & Spitzenstätter, D. & Krampe, H. (2021). Compliance With Covid-19 Public Health Guidelines: An Attitude-Behaviour Gap Bridged by Personal Concern and Distance to Conspiracy Ideation. , Psychology and Health, Psychology and Health, ISSN: 0887-0446
- Schnell, T. & de Boer, E. & Alma, H. (2021). Worlds Apart? Atheist, Agnostic, and Humanist Worldviews in Three European Countries, Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, s. 83 - 93. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, ISSN: 1941-1022
- Böhmer, M. & la Cour, P. & Schnell, T. (2021). A randomized controlled trial of the Sources of Meaning Card Method: a new meaning-oriented approach predicts depression, anxiety, pain acceptance, and crisis of meaning in chronic pain patients., Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), s. 314 - 325. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), ISSN: 1526-2375
- Krampe, H. & Danbolt, L. J. & Haver, A. & Stålsett, G. & Schnell, T. (2021). Locus of control moderates the association of COVID-19 stress and general mental distress: results of a Norwegian and a German-speaking cross-sectional survey, BMC Psychiatry, s. 1 - 13. BMC Psychiatry, ISSN: 1471-244X
- Tommasi, F. V. & Sartori, R. & Ceschi, A. & Schnell, T. (2021). The Meaning in Work Inventory : Validation of the Italian version and its association with sociodemographic variables, Bollettino di psicologia applicata, s. 17 - 36. Bollettino di psicologia applicata, ISSN: 0006-6761
- Schnell, T. (2021). The Psychology of Meaning in Life, Routledge, ISBN: 9780367415853
- Krampe, H. & Goerling, U. & Spies, C. D. & Gerhards, S. K. & Enge, S. & Salz, A. (2020). Sense of coherence, mental well-being and perceived preoperative hospital and surgery related stress in surgical patients with malignant, benign, and no neoplasms, BMC Psychiatry, BMC Psychiatry, ISSN: 1471-244X
- Schnell, T. (2020). Sinnerleben und Wohlergehen in Zeiten von Covid-19, Wissenschaftliches Jahrbuch der Tiroler Landesmuseen. 13(2020),, s. 31 - 35. Studienverlag, ISBN: 978-3706560825
- Spitzenstätter, D. & Schnell, T. (2020). The existential dimension of the pandemic: Death attitudes, personal worldview, and coronavirus anxiety, Death Studies, s. 1031 - 1041. Death Studies, ISSN: 0748-1187
- Schnell, T. & Hoffmann, C. (2020). ME-Work: Development and validation of a modular meaning in work inventory., Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, ISSN: 1664-1078
- Schnell, T. (2020). Psychologie des Lebenssinns, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-662-61119-7
- la Cour, P. & Schnell, T. (2020). Presentation of the Sources of Meaning Card Method: The SoMeCaM., Journal of humanistic psychology, s. 20 - 42. Journal of humanistic psychology, ISSN: 0022-1678
- Schnell, T. (2020). Glücksversprechen? Die Selbstdarstellung diakonischer Sozialunternehmen aus Perspektive der Sinn- und Glücksforschung., Gibt es Glück in der Diakonie ,, s. 17 - 34. Mohr Siebeck, ISBN: 978-3-16-159095-5
- Spitzenstaetter, D. & Schnell, T. (2020). Effects of mortality awareness on attitudes toward dying and death and meaning in life-a randomized controlled trial., Death Studies, s. 1219 - 1233. Death Studies, ISSN: 0748-1187
- Schnell, T. & Krampe, H. (2020). Meaning in Life and Self-Control Buffer Stress in Times of COVID-19: Moderating and Mediating Effects With Regard to Mental Distress. , Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychiatry, ISSN: 1664-0640
- Schnell, T. & Fuchs, D. & Hefti, R. (2020). Worldview under stress: Preliminary findings on cardiovascular and cortisol stress responses predicted by secularity, religiosity, spirituality, and existential search, Journal of religion and health, s. 2969 - 2989. Journal of religion and health, ISSN: 0022-4197
- Schnell, T. & Höge, T. & Weber, W. G. (2019). Belonging' and its relationship to the experience of meaningful work, The Oxford Handbook of Meaningful Work,, s. 165 - 185. Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780198788232
- Votter, B. & Schnell, T. (2019). Cross-Lagged Analyses Between Life Meaning, Self-Compassion, and Subjective Well-being Among Gifted Adults, Mindfulness, s. 1294 - 1303. Mindfulness, ISSN: 1868-8527
- Votter, B. & Schnell, T. (2019). Bringing Giftedness to Bear: Generativity, Meaningfulness, and Self-Control as Resources for a Happy Life Among Gifted Adults, Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, ISSN: 1664-1078
- Pedersen, H. F. & Birkeland, M. H. & Jensen, J. S. & Schnell, T. & Hvidt, N. C. & Sørensen, T. (2018). What brings meaning to life in a highly secular society? A study on sources of meaning among Danes, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, s. 678 - 690. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, ISSN: 0036-5564
- Krampe, H. & Barth-Zoubairi, A. & Schnell, T. & Salz, A. & Kerper, L. F. & Spies, C. D. (2018). Social Relationship Factors, Preoperative Depression, and Hospital Length of Stay in Surgical Patients, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, s. 1 - 11. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, ISSN: 1070-5503
- Sørensen, T. & la Cour, P. & Danbolt, L. J. & Stifoss-Hanssen, H. & Lien, L. & deMarinis, V. (2018). The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire in the Norwegian Context: Relations to Mental Health, Quality of Life, and Self-Efficacy, The international journal for the psychology of religion, s. 32 - 45. The international journal for the psychology of religion, ISSN: 1050-8619