Rhea-Katharina Knauf

Dr. Rhea-Katharina Knauf serves as a Researcher in the Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Her research expertise encompasses:

• Bullying and cyberbullying dynamics in educational settings
• Social-cognitive and affective reactions (empathy, moral disengagement, bystander self-efficacy)
• Aggressive and prosocial behavior in children/adolescents
• School-based health and addiction prevention programs

Her publication trajectory reveals consistent focus on characterizing bullying roles across physical and digital environments, with particular emphasis on bystander psychology. The 2022 monograph synthesizes classroom and cyberbullying role structures, while her 2018 journal work examines cross-contextual social-cognitive reactions to bullying incidents. She actively contributes to the European Early Researchers Network on School Bullying.

Dr. Knauf supervises Bachelor's theses on her research topics and empirical Master's theses specifically focused on bullying phenomena.