Teresa Koch, BSc MSc

Applied Social Psychology and Consumer Research

Department of Psychology
University of Vienna
Universitätsstraße 7
A-1010 Vienna

Office: C0709 (NIG)

Email: teresa.koch@univie.ac.at

Appointments only by arrangement.

After completing my studies at the University of Bath (UK), I joined SoKo as a PhD student and researcher in the DIGYMATEX EU-project. As part of this project, I investigate young people’s digital maturity – their responsible and beneficial use of digital devices. My main research focus is how young people can use digital devices in a positive way, in order to benefit their individual development and integration in society. Further, in the Erasmus+ BeWEEN project I work with school teachers to develop approaches to strengthen students’ digital maturity in the school context.

www.digymatex.eu

www.beween.eu

Current position

Research fellow (EU project), University of Vienna, Austria

 

Education

2022 – present
Doctoral Studies in Psychology, University of Vienna (Austria)

2020 – 2021
MSc Applied Psychology and Economic Behaviour, University of Bath (UK)

2016 – 2020
BSc Psychology, University of Bath (UK)

Selected publications

  • Koch, T., Laaber, F., Arenas, A., & Florack, A. (2025). Socially (dis)connected in a connected world: The role of young people’s digital maturity. Computers in Human Behavior, 163, 108473. doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108473
  • Koch, T., Laaber, F., & Florack, A. (2024). Socioeconomic status and young people's digital maturity: The role of parental mediation. Computers in Human Behavior, 154, 108157. doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108157
  • Laaber, F., Koch, T., Hubert, M., & Florack, A. (2024). Young people’s digital maturity relates to different forms of well-being through basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration. Computers in Human Behavior, 157, 108077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.108077
  • Laaber, F., Florack, A., Koch, T., & Hubert, M. (2023). Digital maturity: Development and validation of the digital maturity inventory (DIMI). Computers in Human Behavior, 107709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107709
  • Florack, A., Koch, T., Haasova, S., Kunz, S., & Alves, H. (2021). The differentiation principle: Why consumers often neglect positive attributes of novel food products. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 31(4), 684–705. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcpy.1222

Selected conferences

  • Koch, T., Laaber, F., Florack, A. (2023, February 23–25). Active parental mediation relates to use of digital devices by children in ways which promote individual development [Poster presentation]. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention 2023, Atlanta, GA, United States.
  • Koch, T., Laaber, F., Florack, A. (2023, June 30 – July 4). Socioeconomic status and parental mediation relate to the use of digital devices by adolescents in ways which promote individual development [Conference presentation]. European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) 19th General Meeting, Kraków, Poland.