Philipp Schmidt is an educational scientist and psychotherapist for children and adolescents. He currently works as a research assistant at the Faculty of Education at Bielefeld University with focus on difficult learning and development conditions. He is also a research assistant in the project »Development and Learning of Social Cohesion in School« at the RISC (Section Bielefeld). His research interests include emotions, emotional development, and emotional self-concept. He also focusses on adolescence, internalizing experience, behaviour, and social participation.