A5011858867- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
University of Regensburg
2022-2025
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2020-2024
University Medical Center Freiburg
2024
Center for Assessment
2022
LMU Klinikum
2021-2022
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2016-2021
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2014-2021
Schön Klinik Roseneck
2021
Charles University
2020
Parenting during pandemic restrictions places extreme demands on everyday family life, leading to increased stress levels for parents and distressed parent-child interactions. This RCT aimed investigate whether cognitive reappraisal self-compassion are helpful emotion regulation (ER) strategies reduce individual parental the COVID-19 pandemic.An online intervention was developed focusing application of ER requirements families. A sample 265 were randomly assigned either (CR; n = 88), (SC;...
Emetophobia refers to a specific fear of vomiting. There are only few original research studies on this condition and no study that has meta-analytically synthesized findings describe the characteristics persons with emetophobia. To end, we extracted data from 31 reports and—as examined different dependent variables—each meta-analysis was based five 21 samples. The pooled mean age emetophobia 29 years but reduced 21–27 when adjusting for publication bias. disorder onset 10 years. proportion...
Abstract Background The Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) is a multidimensional self-report measure for the assessment of eating pathology and related aspects: Body Dissatisfaction, Binge Eating, Cognitive Restraint, Purging, Restricting, Excessive Exercise, Negative Attitudes Toward Obesity, Muscle Building. aims current studies were to provide German translation EPSI replicate original EPSI’s psychometric properties correlates. Methods In two cross-sectional surveys using...
ABSTRACT Objective Persons with bulimia nervosa (BN) often gain weight during treatment, which potentially poses a threat to treatment adherence. Although suppression has been found be predictor of in persons BN, research about the trajectory changes and other predictors thereof is scarce. Method The current study examined as well self‐reported binge eating severity purging frequency at admission change 746 BN (95% female) who received inpatient Schoen Clinic Roseneck (Prien am Chiemsee,...
Abstract Objective Adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) often show increased levels of exercise and physical activity. Psychological models suggest that activity in AN might attenuate momentary negative affect. However, this has not been directly tested adolescents AN, it remains unclear whether is a distinct mechanism compared healthy controls (HCs). Method In 1‐day ecological assessment, 32 adolescent inpatients 30 HCs responded to hourly questions on affect while wearing an actigraph...
Abstract Objective Although exercise is generally considered healthy, many individuals engage in maladaptive (e.g., compulsive nature). Several definitions of exist, leading to multiple, varied assessment tools; assuming homogeneity across these assessments contributes low consensus etiological models. Method We used a Jaccard Index quantify content overlap among 15 commonly‐used self‐report instruments measuring exercise, with 31 features identified 224 items. Results The most common were...
Abstract Child maltreatment is a risk factor for mental disorders and decreased life satisfaction during adolescence. We investigated whether child would link to both directly through psychological symptoms, these relations change from admission discharge after treatment, which types of maltreatment, symptoms facets be most influential in adolescent inpatients with internalizing disorders. N = 896 receiving inpatient psychotherapeutic treatment completed questionnaires on experiences,...
We aimed to compare the clinical data at first presentation inpatient treatment of children (<14 years) vs. adolescents (≥14 with anorexia nervosa (AN), focusing on duration illness before hospital admission and body mass index (BMI) discharge, proven predictors outcomes adolescent AN. Clinical discharge in 289 inpatients AN (children: n = 72; adolescents: 217) from a German multicenter, web-based registry for consecutively enrolled patients childhood were analyzed. Inclusion criteria...
Abstract Driven exercise (i.e., feeling compelled to control one's weight or shape, obtain other positive consequences of exercising, avoid negative not exercising) is a common phenomenon in individuals with eating disorders (EDs), typically associated clinical outcomes. Current theoretical models driven highlight the short‐term affect‐regulating outcome acute exercise, which implicated maintain this symptom either by reinforcement. However, few studies have actually investigated cognitive,...
Current models of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) emphasize the role emotion regulation. Aversive tension, described as a state intense arousal and negative valence, is considered to be link between emotional events disordered eating. Recent research focused only on adult patients, mainly general regulation traits were studied. However, momentary occurrence aversive particularly in adolescents with AN, has not been previously studied.20 female AN outpatient treatment 20 healthy aged 12 19 years...
Abstract Objective Adolescents with anorexia (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) often struggle emotion regulation (ER). These difficulties have predominantly been assessed across emotions, without considering adaptive maladaptive ER separately. We compared adolescents AN or BN to healthy (HCs) regarding the of three emotions. Method A treatment‐seeking sample 197 (atypical/full‐threshold AN: N = 118, atypical/full‐threshold BN: 32; HC: 47) reported emotion‐specific FEEL‐KJ questionnaire. Mixed...
Abstract Objective The Compulsive Exercise Test (CET) was developed to assess compulsive exercise in patients with eating disorders (EDs), but originally validated a nonclinical sample, and psychometric properties were only investigated small clinical samples. Therefore, the aim of this study examine its large sample adolescent adult inpatients anorexia nervosa bulimia nervosa. Method A 2,535 German female EDs completed CET other instruments at admission discharge. Factor structure...
It has been widely assumed that longer illness duration predicts poorer treatment outcome in persons with anorexia nervosa (AN). However, studies on the prognostic effects of have produced mixed results. Thus, aim current study was to examine relationship between and short-term a large sample female inpatients AN (n = 902, aged 12-73 years). Treatment variables included body mass index, therapist-rated global functioning (Global Assessment Functioning scale Clinical Global...
Introduction As smartphones are widely distributed nowadays, mental health apps seem to be a promising treatment tool. First self-help for eating disorders have been developed recently. However, studies assessing the efficacy of such scarce. A smartphone app could prevent further weight reduction and increase commitment during waiting time outpatient treatment, especially adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN). In this study protocol, randomised controlled trial assess smartphone-enhanced...
Abstract Objective Eating disorders have a considerable influence on social contacts. The avoidance towards the own body may result in of others. Previous research has found preference for larger interaction distances individuals with eating (ED) as compared to control participants (CG). We aimed replicate these findings and investigate whether weight interactant moderates effect. Method recruited female sample mixed ED subtypes ( n = 21) CG 28). Participants were immersed virtual...
Abstract Objective This study explored the association between Childhood maltreatment (CM) experiences and life satisfaction in adolescents with eating disorders (EDs). Methods Adolescent inpatients EDs completed Trauma Questionnaire, Satisfaction With Life Scale, Brief Symptom Inventory Eating Disorder Inventory–2 at admission ( n = 361) discharge 354). A network analysis was conducted to identify shortest pathways different types of CM discharge. Results General psychopathology,...
Individuals with eating disorders (EDs) often engage in exercise no matter potential negative long-term outcomes (e.g., weight loss, injury). Yet exercising may temporarily attenuate ED symptoms, but whether also affects network structure and pairwise associations of symptoms remained unclear. We used a novel approach called Moderated Multilevel Graphical Vector Autoregression to estimate changes psychopathology networks from before after ecological momentary assessment data 102 individuals...
Emetophobia refers to a fear that oneself or others might vomit and is classified as specific phobia in current diagnostic manuals. However, it relatively unknown understudied mental disorder. Although has been speculated emetophobia differ from other phobias (e.g., terms of severity), studies on this are virtually non-existent. Thus, retrospective study analyzed data at admission discharge 70 persons with 40 who received cognitive behavioral therapy-oriented, multimodal inpatient treatment...
Abstract Introduction The impact of antipsychotic use on weight gain and eating disorder-related psychopathology in adult inpatients with anorexia nervosa (AN) is unclear. Methods Consecutively hospitalized adults AN were retrospectively analyzed. Co-primary outcomes body mass index (BMI) weekly change. Secondary Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2) subscale scores ‘drive for thinness’ ‘body dissatisfaction’. Admission-to-discharge changes compared patients continuing pre-admission...