Dr. Janika Saretzki
Postdoc
Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
Office address:
Leopoldstraße 13
Room 3310
Research Focus & Expertise
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the MUC1 project of the German Center for Mental Health (Deutsches Zentrum für Psychische Gesundheit, DZPG) at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment. The project investigates the role of early traumatic experiences in the development, phenotype, and course of mental disorders and aims to develop individualized and disorder-specific interventions. Previously, my research focused on creativity, particularly the psychometric assessment of creative potential.
Publications
Meinzer, N., Saretzki, J., Ceh, S. M., & Benedek, M. (2026). Automated Scoring of Creative Achievement. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 60(2), e70104. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.70104
Wojtycka, L., Lebuda, I., Saretzki, J., & Benedek, M. (2026). Building the Creative Self: The Sources of Creative Self-Concept Scale. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 102157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2026.102157
Saretzki, J., & Benedek, M. (2026). Investigating the Validity Evidence of Automated Scoring Methods for Divergent Thinking Assessments. Creativity Research Journal, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2025.2607669
Pellegrino, G., Saretzki, J., & Benedek, M. (2025). Controlling Rater Effects in Divergent Thinking Assessment: An Item Response Theory Approach to Individual Response and Snapshot Scoring. Journal of Intelligence, 13(6), 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13060069
Saretzki, J., Knopf, T., Forthmann, B., Goecke, B., Jaggy, A. K., Benedek, M., & Weiss, S. (2025). Scoring German Alternate Uses Items Applying Large Language Models. Journal of Intelligence, 13(6), 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence13060064
Benedek, M., Saretzki, J., & Lebuda, I. (2025). Why do you think you are creative? An analysis of sources and correlates of creative self-concept judgements. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 57, 101813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2025.101813
Benedek, M., Calisgan, G. Y., & Saretzki, J. (2025). How do Creative Professionals stand out? Comparing the Creative Potential of Musicians and Actors to Non-Artists. Personality and Individual Differences, 236, 112993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112993
Saretzki, J., Andrae, R., Forthmann, B., & Benedek, M. (2024). Investigation of Response Aggregation Methods in Divergent Thinking Assessments. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 59(3), e1527. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.1527
Saretzki, J., Forthmann, B., & Benedek, M. (2024). A Systematic Quantitative Review of Divergent Thinking Assessments. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000691
Fazekas, C., Zieser, M., Hanfstingl, B., Saretzki, J., Kunschitz, E., Zieser-Stelzhammer, L., ... & Matzer, F. (2024). Physician Resilience and Perceived Quality of Care among Medical Doctors with Training in Psychosomatic Medicine during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1), 249. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10681-1
Academic Background
- Since 2026/05
- Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Psychology, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
- Since 2026/05
- Psychologist (Psychotherapist in Training), Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DBT Unit), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Hospital, München, Germany
- Since 2023/05
- Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Chair of Psychological Methods
and Assessment, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany - Since 2025/10
- Psychotherapist in Training (BT), Munich University Institute for Psychological Psychotherapy Training (MUNIP), Germany
- 2025/12 – 2026/04
- Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute of Psychology, Department of Differential Psychology (Creative Cognition Lab), University of Graz, Austria
- 2023/10 – 2026/03
- Research Assistant and Lecturer, Institute of Psychology, Department of Methodology, Charlotte Fresenius Hochschule München, Germany
- 2022/09 – 2025/11
- Undergraduate Researcher, Institute of Psychology, Department of Differential Psychology (Creative Cognition Lab), University of Graz, Austria
- 2022/09 – 2025/11
- Doctoral Program in Natural Sciences (summa cum laude), Institute of Psychology, Department of Differential Psychology, University of Graz, Austria
- 2020/10 – 2022/06
- Master of Science (with distinction) in Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Department of Differential Psychology, University of Graz, Austria