Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Éducation Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Éducation

Charikleia Lampraki

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PhD in Psychology

Post-doctoral Researcher 

Research Group Leader "Loneliness and Social Connectedness across the Lifespan"

RESEARCH TOPICS

  • Mental health and wellbeing across the lifespan
  • Adaptation to critical life events (e.g., divorce, widowhood)
  • Social and emotional loneliness after critical life events
  • Transient and chronic loneliness
  • Childhood adversity and its influence on later life identity and wellbeing
  • Self and social continuity across the lifespan
  • Digitalization and aging
  • Social engagement (e.g., leisure activities) in very old age (centenarian research)

BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

Jul 2020

 

PhD in Psychology, Institute of Psychology, NCCR LIVES, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Director Prof. Daniela Jopp, co-director Prof. Dario Spini.

Thesis title: Social and self continuity dynamics after intimate partner loss in later life.

Sept 2014

Master of Science in Child and Adolescent Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands. Graduated with distinction.

Thesis title: Comprehension and Working Memory Capacity in Children and Adults.

Jun 2013

Bachelor of Science in Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

 

 

Professional Experience

 

01.09.2024 – to date

Scientific officer and LIVES’ doctoral program coordinator (50%), Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research LIVES.

01.02.2023 – to date

Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer (100% but reduced to 50% from 01.09.2024 due to other role engagement), Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva.

Research Group Leader: Loneliness and Social Connectedness across the Lifespan

01.11.2020 – 31.12.2022

Senior researcher (funded by Swiss National Science Foundation), NCCR LIVES, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne.

01.11.2014 – 31.10.2020

Research Assistant, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne.

01.03.2015 – 31.10.2020

Teaching Assistant/Coordinator and Lecturer, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne.

01.11.2013 – 31.07.2014

Researcher (Internship), Institute of Psychology, Leiden University.

01.10.2013 – 31.05.2014

Student Intern, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lampraki, C., Jopp, D. S., Roquet, A, Hoffman, A., & Uittenhove, K., (2025). Adapting to the COVID19 crisis: The impact of use and change in coping strategies on depressive symptoms. BMC psychology, 13(1), 250. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02406-8

de Maio Nascimento, M., Lampraki, C., Marques, A., Gouveia, É. R., Adsuar, J. C., & Ihle, A. (2024). Longitudinal cross-lagged analysis of depression, loneliness, and quality of life in 12 European countries. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1986. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19463-0

de Maio Nascimento, M., Marques, A., Gouveia, É. R., Green, G., Lampraki, C., & Ihle, A. (2024). The role of meaning in life in the association between loneliness and depression: a mediation study among older adults from 26 European countries. Psychiatric Quarterly, 95(4), 599-617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-024-10091-w

Roquet, A., Martinelli, P., Lampraki, C., & Jopp, D. S. (2024). Internet use as a moderator of the relationship between personal resources and stress in older adults: cross-sectional study. JMIR aging, 7(1), e52555. doi: 10.2196/52555

Uittenhove, K., Lampraki, C., Gomes da Rocha, C., Rott, C., von Gunten, A., & Jopp, D.S. (2024). Profiles of centenarians’ functioning: Linking functional and cognitive capacity with depressive symptoms. BMC geriatrics, 24. doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05036-8

Uittenhove, K., Jopp, D. S., Lampraki, C., & Boerner, K. (2023). Coping patterns in advanced old age: Findings from the Fordham Centenarian Studies. Gerontology, 1-11. DOI: 10.1159/000529896

Sieber, S., Roquet, A., Lampraki, C., & Jopp, D. (2023). Multimorbidity and quality of life: The mediating role of ADL, IADL, loneliness and depressive symptoms. Innovation in Aging, 7(4). DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igad047

Lampraki, C., Spini, D., & Jopp, D. S. (2023). Life span development of self-continuity in late adulthood: The impact of chronological age, loss of partner and aversive childhood events. Self and Identity, 22(4), 669-688.

Lampraki, C., Jopp, D. S., & Spini, D., (2022). The mediating role of self-continuity on the link between childhood adversity and social and emotional loneliness after critical life events in later life. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1039504. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1039504

Lampraki, C., Hoffman, A., Roquet, A., & Jopp, D. S., (2022). Loneliness during COVID-19: Development and influencing factors. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265900

Jopp, D., Lampraki, C., Meystre, C., Bordbeck, J., & Znoj, H.J., (2021). Professional support after partner loss: Likelihood and correlated of help-seeking behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:767794. DOI: 10.3389/FPSYG.2021.767794

Lampraki C., Jopp D, Spini D., & Morselli, D. (2019). Social loneliness after divorce: Time-dependent differential benefits of personality, multiple important group memberships, and self-continuity. Gerontology, 65(3), 275-287. DOI:10.1159/000494112

Jopp, D. S., Lampraki, C., & Meystre, C. (2018). Vulnérabilité et résilience chez les centenaires. Surmonter la vulnérabilité : perspectives en matière de parcours de vie. Gérontologie et Société, 40(3), 11-130. DOI: 10.3917/gs1.157.0111