Leif Boß
Dr.
Leif Boß


E-Mail:leif.boss@th-luebeck.de
Raum:MFC VII-1.15

Lebenslauf

Seit 2025Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Institut für Interaktive Systeme der Technischen Hochschule Lübeck
2019 - 2025Postdoc Researcher, Uni Lüneburg
2015 - 2019Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter + Promotion zum Thema E-Mental Health, Uni Lüneburg
2010 - 2014Masterstudium Psychologie, TU Braunschweig
2007 - 2010Bachelorstudium Wirtschaftspsychologie, Uni Lüneburg
2006 - 2007Zivildienst
2004 - 2005Hochschulreife
2001 - 2004Informatikkaufmann, Programm + Datenservice GmbH, Rotenburg (Wümme)

 

Forschungsprojekte

Publikationen in Fachzeitschriften mit Peer-Review-Verfahren

Boß, L., Mallwitz, T., Janneck, M., Apolinario-Hagen, J., Grolig, L. & Lehr, D. (Publikation in Arbeit). Personalized Automatic Feedback to increase intentions to use internet-based stress management training. Studienregistrierung: https://osf.io/3wfr6 

Lehr, D., Heckendorf, H., Kalon, L. & Boß, L. (Publikation in Arbeit). The Benefit of Internet- and App-Based Interventions for Stress: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PROSPERO 2024 Available from https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42023427106

Boß, L., Hannibal, S. & Lehr, D. (2025). Feasibility of online group stress management training compared to web-based individual training for employees—a randomized pilot study. Front. Psychol. 16:1524285. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1524285 

Boß, L., Ross, J., Reis, D., Pischel, S., Mallwitz, T., Brückner, H., Tanner, G., Nissen, H., Kalon, L., Schümann, M., Lennefer, T., Janneck, M., Felfe, J., Ducki, A., & Lehr, D. (2025). Effectiveness of an integrated platform-based intervention for promoting psychosocial safety climate and mental health in nursing staff: A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial. International journal of nursing studies, 167, 105076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105076

Engels, M., Scheepers, L., Engels, J., Boß, L., Kuhlmann, R. et al. (2024). Web-based occupational stress prevention in German micro- and small-sized enterprises – process evaluation results of an implementation study. BMC Public Health, 24, 1618. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19102-8

Harrer, M., Nixon, P., Sprenger, A., Heber, E., Boß, L. et al. (2024). Are web-based stress management interventions effective as an indirect treatment for depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis of six randomised trials. BMJ Mental Health, 27. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2023-300846   

Zantvoort, K., Scharfenberger, J., Boß, L., Lehr, D., Funk, B. (2023). Finding the Best Match — a Case Study on the (Text-)Feature and Model Choice in Digital Mental Health Interventions. Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research, 7, 447-479. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41666-023-00148-z 

Nixon, P., Ebert, DD., Boß, L., Angerer, P., Dragano, N., Lehr, D. (2022). The Efficacy of a Web-Based Stress Management Intervention for Employees Experiencing Adverse Working Conditions and Occupational Self-efficacy as a Mediator: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res;24(10):e40488. https://doi.org/10.2196/40488 

Engels, M., Boß, L., Engels, J., Kuhlmann, R., Kuske, J., Lepper, S., … Dragano, N. (2022). Facilitating stress prevention in micro and small-sized enterprises: protocol for a mixed method study to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation process of targeted web-based interventions. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 591. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12921-7

Heckendorf, H., Lehr, D., & Boß, L. (2022). Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Self-Help Intervention versus Public Mental Health Advice to Reduce Worry during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pragmatic, Parallel-Group, Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1159/000521302 

Boß, L., Angerer, P., Dragano, N., Ebert, D., Engels, M., Heber, E., … Lehr, D. (2021). Comparative effectiveness of guided internet-based stress management training versus established in-person group training in employees – study protocol for a pragmatic, randomized, non-inferiority trial. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 2177. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12229-y

Buntrock, C., Freund, J., Smit, F., Riper, H., Lehr, D., Boß, L., Berking, M. & Ebert, D. (2021). Reducing Problematic Alcohol Use in Employees: Economic Evaluation of Guided and Unguided Web-Based Interventions Alongside a Three‐arm Randomized Controlled Trial. Addiction, 117: 611– 622. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15718 

Nixon, P., Boß, L., Heber, E., Ebert, D.D., Lehr, D. (2021). A three-armed randomised controlled trial investigating the comparative impact of guidance on the efficacy of a web-based stress management intervention and health impairing and promoting mechanisms of prevention. BMC Public Health, 21(1):1511. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11504-2

Reins, J.A., Boß, L., Lehr, D., Berking, M., Ebert, D.D. (2019). The more I got, the less I need? Efficacy of Internet-based guided self-help compared to online psychoeducation for Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 246, 695-705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.12.065

Riper, H., Hoogendoorn, A., Cuijpers, P., Karyotaki, E., Boumparis, N., Andersson, (…) Boß, L. et al. (2018). Effectiveness of Internet interventions for alcohol misuse overestimated: Implications for clinical guidelines from an individual patient data meta-analysis. PLOS Medicine 15(12): e1002714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002714

Karyotaki E., Ebert D.D., Donkin L., Riper H., Twisk J., Burger S., (…) Boß, L. et al. (2018). Does guided internet-based interventions result in clinically relevant changes for patients with depression? An individual participant data meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Rev, 6, 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.06.007

Boß, L., Lehr, D., Schaub, M. P., Paz Castro, R., Riper, H., Berking, M., & Ebert, D. D. (2018). Efficacy of a web-based intervention with and without guidance for employees with risky drinking: results of a three-arm randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 113(4), 635–646. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14085

Boß, L., Lehr, D., Reis, D., Vis, C., Riper, H., Berking, M., Ebert, DD. (2016). Reliability and Validity of Assessing User Satisfaction With Web-Based Health Interventions. J Med Internet Res, 18(8), e234. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.5952 

Schaub, M. P., Blankers, M., Lehr, D., Boss, L., Riper, H., Dekker, J., et al. (2016). Efficacy of an internet-based self-help intervention to reduce co-occurring alcohol misuse and depression symptoms in adults: study protocol of a three-arm randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 6(5), e011457. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011457

Boß, L., Lehr, D., Berking, M., Riper, H., Schaub, M., & Ebert, D. (2015). Evaluating the (cost-)effectiveness of guided and unguided Internet-based self-help for problematic alcohol use in employees - a three arm randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 15(1), 1043. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2375-0

Ebert, D. D., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., Boß, L., Riper, H., Cuijpers, P., ... & Berking, M. (2014). GET.ON Mood Enhancer: efficacy of Internet-based guided self-help compared to psychoeducation for depression: an investigator-blinded randomised controlled trial. Trials, 15(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-39

Ebert, D. D., Lehr, D., Boß, L., Riper, H., Cuijpers, P., Andersson, G., ... & Berking, M. (2014). Efficacy of an Internet-based problem-solving training for teachers: Results of a randomized controlled trial. Scand J Work Environ Health, 40(6), 582-596. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3449

 

Buchbeiträge

Lehr, D., & Boß, L. (2022). Digitale Interventionen zur individuellen Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. In E. Bamberg, A. Ducki, & M. Janneck (Hrsg.) Digitale Arbeit gestalten: Herausforderungen der Digitalisierung für die Gestaltung gesunder Arbeit (S. 225–249). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34647-8_17

Lehr, D. & Boß, L. (2019). Occupational e-Mental Health – eine Übersicht zu Ansätzen, Evidenz und Implementierung. In Badura, B., Ducki, A., Schröder, H., Klose, J., Meyer, M. (Hrsg.) Fehlzeiten-Report 2019 (S. 155–78). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59044-7_11 

Ducki, A., Behrendt, D., Boß, L., Brandt, M., Janneck, M., Jent, S., Kunze, D., Lehr, D., Nissen, H., Wappler, P. (2019). Digi-Exist: Eine digitale Plattform zur Gesundheitsförderung für junge Unternehmen. In Badura, B., Ducki, A., Schröder, H., Klose, J., Meyer, M. (Hrsg.) Fehlzeiten-Report 2019 (S. 155–178). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59044-7_22 

Ducki, A., Boß, L., Behrendt, D., & Janneck, M. (2018). Anforderungen an ein digitales Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement für Existenzgründer. In Matusiewicz, D., Kaiser, L. (Hrsg.) Digitales Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement (S. 369-385). Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14550-7_28