Magdalena Siegel
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E-Mail: magdalena.siegel(at)univie.ac.at
Phone: +43-1-4277-47285
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Wächtergasse 1/ Top 504, Room D12
1010 ViennaRALF - Rainbow Austrian Longitudinal Family Study
Office hours by appointment
- Individual and structural determinants of relational and family health among sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQ+)
- Diverse families
- Research syntheses (systematic reviews, meta-analyses, meta-meta-analyses) and metascience
- Open science, publication bias
| Year | Position/Degree |
| 11/2025-01/2027 | Interim Principal Investigator: FWF research project “The Austrian Rainbow Family Longitudinal Study (RALF)” (Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martina Zemp) |
| since 05/2025 | Postdoctoral Researcher: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Group Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martina Zemp), University of Vienna |
| 2025 | Doctoral Degree (PhD) in Natural Sciences, Psychology, University of Vienna (graduated with honors): “The Family Minority Stress Model: Theoretical conceptualization and empirical evidence” (Supervisor: Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Martina Zemp) |
| 04/2024-11/2025 | Co-PI: FWF Research Project “The Austrian Rainbow Family Longitudinal Study (RALF)” (PI: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martina Zemp), University of Vienna |
| 2022-2025 | Predoctoral Researcher: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Group Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martina Zemp), University of Vienna |
| 2021-2022 | Visiting Researcher: Institute for Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (funded by a Marietta Blau Fellowship from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research) |
| 2018-2020 | External Lecturer: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Vienna |
| 2018-2021 | Predoctoral Project Member: FWF research project “How Biased Is the Psychological Research Literature?” (Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Jakob Pietschnig, PD), University of Vienna |
| 2017 | Master of Science, Psychology, University of Vienna (graduated with honors) |
| 2013-2017 | Research Assistant: Department of Applied Psychology: Health, Development, and Promotion, Division of Differential Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (Associate Professor Dr. Georg Gittler) |
| 2014 | Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Vienna (graduated with honors) |
| Year | Membership |
| since 2026 | Regular Member: National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) |
| since 2025 | Regular Member: International Association of Relationship Research (IARR) |
| since 2025 | Regular Member: German Society of Psychology (DGPs) |
| since 10/2022 | Editorial Board Member: LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal |
| since 02/2022 | Member of the scientific advisory board for queer@hochschulen |
| since 06/2021 | Member of the scientific advisory board for the PrideBiz Austrian Research Award |
| Year | Award/Scholarship/Grant |
| 2026 | Reuben Hill Award from the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) for the article Minority Stress and Structural Stigma Predict Well-Being in European LGBTQ+ Parents |
| 2025 | SOLE Seed Grant: Couples coping with minority stress: A formative, qualitative multi-nation study with partnered sexual minority and gender diverse individuals (funding amount: 9.407,25€). Shared PIs: Univ.Prof.in Dr.in Martina Zemp, Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Giorgia Silani, Prof. Dr. Ashley K. Randall, Prof. Dr. Pamela J. Lannutti |
| 2025 | SOLE Treasure Box Grant: Using machine learning to model intersectional experiences of minority stress: Evidence from a global sample of sexual minority and gender diverse populations (funding amount: 1,872€). Co-PI: Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Martina Zemp |
| 2023 | FWF stand alone project: “The Rainbow Austrian Longitudinal Family (RALF) Study“ (P36913); funding amount: 422.731€ (Co-PI; PI: Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Martina Zemp) |
| 2022 | Young Scholar Conference Fellowship: 9th Conference of the International Academy of Family Psychology (10.10.-12.10.2022) |
| 2020 | PrideBiz Austrian Research Award 2020 (funded by the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care, and Consumer Protection) |
| 2020 | Marietta Blau Scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research (administered by the OeAD); Award amount: €18,000; Duration: March 2021–February 2022 |
| 2019 | First place (tie) in the University of Vienna’s “My Research in a Picture” photo contest for doctoral students and postdocs (title: “She Keeps Me Warm”) |
- Clinical Psychology in Europe
- Current Psychology
- Family Relations
- Family Process
- Family Theory and Review
- Journal of Family Psychology
- Journal of Homosexuality
- Journal of Marriage and Family
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
- International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology
- International Journal of Housing Policy
- LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Editorial Board)
- PLOS Mental Health
- Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- Althaler, M. Geidel, B., Zemp, M., & Siegel, M. (2026). The ExploRALF - an interactive data explorer of results from the Rainbow Austrian Longitudinal Family (RALF) study. [Shiny App]. https://exploralf.psy.univie.ac.at/
- Siegel, M., Bühler, R., & Pietschnig, J. (2021). MetaShine (Version alpha) [Shiny App]. Retrived from https://the-meta-analysis-project.shinyapps.io/MetaShine
- Siegel, M., Eder, J. S. N., & Pietschnig, J. (2021). MetaLight. A shiny app for visualizing meta-meta-analytic data. [Shiny App: Demoversion] https://the-meta-analysis-project.shinyapps.io/lightning-plot/
- Siegel, M., & the EL*C (2021). EL*C data explorer on the survey of lesbian lives through the COVID-19 pandemic. [Shiny App]. Retrieved from https://elc-org.shinyapps.io/lesbian-covid-survey/
Publications
2026
Siegel, M., Hall, D. L., Nickle, S., Lannutti, P. J., & Randall, A. K. (Accepted/In press). Extending inclusiveness in relationship science samples and methodology: Applications to relational turbulence theory. In D. Solomon, J. Theiss, R. McLaren, & L. Knobloch (Eds.), Handbook of Relational Turbulence Cambridge University Press.
Wahl, I., Siegel, M., & Einwiller, S. (2026). Blind Spots in Employee Communication Research Regarding LGBT+ and Guidance for Future Research: A Scoping Review of Quantitative Research. International Journal of Business Communication, 63(3), 814-845. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294884241255620
Nicholson, A., Siegel, M., Villeneuve, A. H., Lucherini Angeletti, L., Fani, N., Hatchard, T., Northoff, G., Lanius, R. A., Pichtikova, M., Hosseini-Kamkar, N., & Eckstrand, K. L. (Accepted/In press). Violence on the self: Exploring the intersection of trauma and identity among sexual and gender minorities from a neurobiological and developmental perspective to advance our understanding of PTSD, moral injury, and dissociation symptoms. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews , Article 106841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106841
Friedrich, A.-S. E., Siegel, M., Busch, J., Radosavljevic, M., Bodenmann, G., & Zemp, M. (2026). The role of the family in youth psychiatric readmission: A scoping review. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-026-03062-y
2025
Geidel, B., Siegel, M., Steyrl, D., Goldberg, A. E., Bodenmann, G., & Zemp, M. (2025). Study Protocol for the Rainbow Austrian Longitudinal Family (RALF) study: A longitudinal, multi-method, multi-rater investigation of risk and resilience factors in Austrian LGBTQ+ parent families. BMC Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/p6zhj_v1, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02828-4
Siegel, M., & Zemp, M. (2025). 2 - Austria. In A. K. Randall, & P. J. Lannutti (Eds.), Experiences of Sexual Minority and Gender Diverse Individuals in Romantic Relationships: Heeding a Global Call (pp. 35-58). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009345774.005
Nicholson, A., Narikuzhy, S., Wolf, J., Siegel, M., Mirabelli, J., Hatchard, T., Hosseini-Kamkar, N., Bawagan, E., Roth, S. L., Mutschler, C., Lanius, R. A., Hosseiny, F., Eckstrand, K., & Lueger-Schuster, B. (2025). Identity in Turmoil: Investigating the Morally Injurious Dimensions of Minority Stress. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1), Article 2479396. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2479396
Siegel, M., Steyrl, D., Goldberg, A. E., Nicholson, A., & Zemp, M. (2025). Minority stress and structural stigma predict well-being in European LGBTQ+ parents. Journal of Marriage and Family, 87(3), 1009-1037. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13071
Van Eickels, R. L., Siegel, M., Juhasz, A. J., & Zemp, M. (2025). The Parent-Child Relationship and Child Shame and Guilt: A Meta-Analytic Systematic Review. Child Development, 96(3), 907-929. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14212
Siegel, M., Fanninger, S., Riedel, J., & Zemp, M. (2025). Transparency, Quality, and Statistical Consistency of Meta-Analytic Systematic Reviews in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (2022-2024): Study Protocol for a Meta-Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1535606