Publikationen

Peer-reviewed Journals

Artikel in Zeitschriften (peer-reviewed)
2026
Delhey, J., Hess, S., & Schneickert, C. (2026). Which life makes you happy? The satisfaction dividend of the prosperous, the exciting, the cozy, and the sustainable life. Journal of Happiness Studies, 27(2), 32.
Steckermeier, L. C., & Hess, S. (2026). Stereotypically satisfied: The gendered well-being contributions of job and family satisfaction. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 1–18.
Steckermeier, L. C., & Hess, S. (2026). The traditionalist illusion: How conventional gender role
items obscure egalitarian views. Sociology, 00380385261432890.
2025
Hess, S., & Pollmann-Schult, M. (2025). Parental depressiveness and children’s emotional problems. Families, Relationships and Societies, 1–20.
Hess, S., & Schneickert, C. (2025). Status seeking and work-family conflicts: How the pursuit of
wealth and success threatens family peace in 26 countries. Journal of Family and Economic Issues.
2024
Hess, S. (2024). The impact of cultural values on the association between family relations and
children’s life satisfaction. A comparison of children in two-parent families across 39
countries. Child Indicators Research, 17(5), 1891–1917.
Schneickert, C., Hess, S., & Delhey, J. (2024). Europeans seek exciting experiences more than status: Exploring the development of two fundamental life orientations. Sociology, 58(5), 1115–
1135.
Welzel, C., Boehnke, K., Delhey, J., Deutsch, F., Eichhorn, J., Kühnen, U., Dragolov, G., Hess, S., &
Larsen, M. (2024). The values in crisis project: A three-wave panel study in Germany and
the United Kingdom. Journal of Open Psychology Data, 12(1), 1–11.
2023
Delhey, J., Hess, S., Boehnke, K., Deutsch, F., Eichhorn, J., Kühnen, U., & Welzel, C. (2023). Life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of human, economic, social, and psychological capital. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24(7), 2201–2222.
2022
Delhey, J., Schneickert, C., Hess, S., & Aplowski, A. (2022). Who values status seeking? A cross-European comparison of social gradients and societal conditions. European Societies, 24(1),
29–60.
Hess, S. (2022). Effects of inter-parental conflict on children’s social well-being and the mediation role of parenting behavior. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 17(4), 2059–2085.
2020
Hess, S., & Pollmann-Schult, M. (2020). Associations between mothers’ work-family conflict and
children’s psychological well-being: The mediating role of mothers’ parenting behavior.
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(6), 1561–1571. 

Dissertation

Hess, S. (2024). Family matters: A multisystem investigation of children’s subjective well-being. Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Sozialwissenschaften (Dr.
rer. soc.). Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Jan Delhey, Prof. Dr. Matthias Pollmann-Schult.

Buchbeiträge, Arbeitspapiere, Reviews

Hess, S. (2024) Kindliches Glück. In: Leo Bormans (Ed.) Glück. Neue Zeiten – neue Antworten. DuMont Buchverlag, Köln.
Hess S., Steckermeier L.C., Boehnke K. (2021) Kindheit und Jugend in Lateinamerika. In: Krüger
HH., Grunert C., Ludwig K. (Eds.) Handbuch Kindheits- und Jugendforschung. Springer VS,
Wiesbaden.
Steckermeier, L.C. & Hess, S. (2021) Glück 2.0. Eine soziologische Perspektive auf den Medienkonsum und das Wohlbefinden junger Menschen. mediendiskurs 106 (4), 22-25