Prof. Dr. Natalja Menold

Chair of Methods in Empirical Social Research

Ms Prof. Dr. Natalja Menold

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Tuesday:: 13:30 - 14:30; bis 29.11.2022

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Curriculum Vitae

since Apr 2019	W3-Professorship "Methods in Empirical Social Research", Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science, TUD Dresden University of Technology
May 2017	Habilitation(venia legendi "Social Science Methodology") at the University of Mannheim, Faculty of Social Sciences
Apr 2011 - Mar 2012	Deputy Professor of Methods in Political Science at the Institute of Political Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen
Jan 2007 - Mar 2019	Research Associate at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences 2008 - 2019: Project consultant 2011 - 2019: scientific team leader
Jul 2006	Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the University of Dortmund
2002 - 2006	Doctoral scholarship holder of the Hans Böckler Foundation
2001 - 2004	Research Associate at the University of Dortmund
1995 - 2000	Studied psychology at the University of Tübingen

Research interests

Measurement theory, measurement equivalence, measurement quality in empirical social research, questionnaire construction, response formats, question formulation, cognitive process, interviewer effects, falsification in surveys, use of social media in survey research, informed consent, mixed-mode surveys, surveys of migrants, methods of quality assurance of measurement instruments, intercultural comparisons, media analysis, harmonization of survey data, attitudes towards surveys

Further scientific activities

since 2019	Editor-in-chief of Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (SMIF)
since 2018	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Education Barometer, ifo Institute, Munich
2017 - 2019	Associate Editor of Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (SMIF)
since 2016	Elected member of the Board of Appeal of the German Market and Social Research Council
2015 - 2019	Founder and responsible editor of the GESIS Survey Guidelines

Publications

85 Entries

2026

Towards the assessment of financial distress among cancer patients: a conceptual model of the financial effects of a tumour diseasePauge, S., Züger, A., Richter, L., Mathies, V., Surmann, B., Ernst, T., Menold, N. & 3 others, Mar 2026, In: Supportive care in cancer. 34, 3, 190Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Foreigners welcome? Categorizing change in German mass media discourse with Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA)Zehner, A. H., Fölsch, M., Menold, N., Holz, M., Maskow, B. & Mayerl, J., Feb 2026, In: PloS one. 21, 2, e0340164Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2025

How survey results are reported in the media: A framework on selection mechanisms and a pilot study on reporting practiceBethäuser, J., Menold, N. & Winker, P., Oct 2025, In: PloS one. 20, 10, e0333066Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Financial distress among cancer patients in Germany: Results from a quantitative study with the new Financial Distress of Cancer Assessment Tool (FIAT)Pauge, S., Richter, L., Mehlis, K., Zueger, A., Mathies, V., Ernst, T., Greiner, W. & 2 others, Sep 2025, In: Annals of oncology. 36, Suppl 2, p. S1294, 1 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Meeting abstract
Effect of Cognitive Pretests on Measurement Invariance and Reliability in Quality of Life Measures: An Evaluation in Refugee StudiesMenold, N., Aug 2025, In: Social Indicators Research. 179, 1, p. 527–548, 22 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Self-reported determinants for subjective financial distress: a qualitative interview study with German cancer patientsZüger, A., Mathies, V., Mehlis, K., Pauge, S., Richter, L., Surmann, B., Ernst, T. & 3 others, 28 Jan 2025, In: BMJ open. 15, 1, e081432Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Improving Cross-Cultural Comparability of Measures on Gender and Age Stereotypes by Means of Piloting MethodsMenold, N., Hadler, P. & Neuert, C., 21 Jan 2025, In: Sociological Methods & ResearchElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2024

Measuring financial distress in German cancer patients: development and validation of the Financial Distress of Cancer Assessment Tool (FIAT)Richter, L., Pauge, S., Mehlis, K., Zueger, A., Surmann, B., Mathies, V., Greiner, W. & 3 others, Dec 2024, In: ESMO Open. 9, 12, p. 1-9, 9 p., 103992Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Linking survey and Facebook data: mechanisms of consent and linkageSchröder, J., Kapidzic, S., Silber, H., Keusch, F., Menold, N. & Beuthner, C., 9 Sep 2024, In: International journal of social research methodology : IJSRM ; theory & practice. 28, 3, p. 353-365, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Overall Model Fit Does Not Imply Linearity in Longitudinal Structural Equation Models: Examining Linear Change Over Time Using Latent Variable ModelingRaykov, T., DiStefano, C. & Menold, N., 2 Sep 2024, In: Structural equation modeling : a multidisciplinary journal. 31, 5, p. 882-890, 9 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article