A5046006393- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
University of Münster
2018-2025
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology
2023-2025
People constantly compare their appearance and well-being to that of other individuals. However, a measure social comparison is lacking existing appearance-related assessment limited tendency using predefined situations. This limits our understanding the role in well-being. Therefore, we developed Scale for Social Comparison Appearance (SSC-A) Well-Being (SSC-W) assess upward downward comparisons with regard (a) frequency, (b) perceived discrepancy standard, (c) engendered affective impact...
Abstract Many individuals who encounter potentially traumatic events go on to develop symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research suggests that survivors frequently compare their current well‐being different standards; yet, knowledge regarding the role comparative thinking in is limited a few cross‐sectional studies. We therefore examined temporal associations among aversive comparisons (i.e., threatening self‐motives), PTSD symptoms, and life satisfaction exposed events....
Anxiety disorders are leading contributors to the global disease burden, highly prevalent across lifespan and associated with substantially increased morbidity early mortality.The aim of this study was examine age-related changes a wide range physiological measures in middle-aged older adults lifetime history anxiety compared healthy controls.The UK Biobank recruited >500 000 adults, aged 37-73, between 2006 2010. We used generalised additive models estimate non-linear associations age...
Abstract Traumatic events often lead to counterfactual comparison (CFC), defined as comparing one’s current attributes that of a hypothetical mentally simulated alternative might have occurred but is counter the facts. CFC can differ in its direction and terms referent action. The may be evaluated more favorable (upward CFC) or less (downward alteration (e.g., preventing event) been performed by oneself (self-referent) others (other-referent). frequency engendered affective valence between...
OPINION article Front. Psychiatry, 06 March 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00179
The association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and counterfactual comparisons (CFC) is poorly understood CFC-measures are missing. We developed applied the Posttraumatic Counterfactual Comparisons Scale (P-CFC-S), which measures frequency, intensity affective impact of trauma-related CFC. further measured trauma history, PTSD symptoms, probable diagnosis, cognitions, satisfaction with life basic sociodemographic information. sample consisted 556 adults (62.95% female) who had...