A5035021043- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Linguistic research and analysis
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
- Linguistic Education and Pedagogy
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
University of Cologne
2020-2025
Freie Universität Berlin
2024
Heidelberg University
2013-2022
Heidelberg University
2018-2022
Universität Greifswald
2022
Leibniz Institute for the German Language
2022
University Hospital Heidelberg
2009-2021
Klinik für Psychosomatik
2004-2021
Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality
2021
University College London
2021
Der "Experiences in Close Relationships – Revised" (ECR-R) ist ein gut entwickelter und international verbreiteter Fragebogen zur Erfassung von Bindung. Die deutschsprachige Version (ECR-RD) wurde einer großen nicht klinischen (n = 1006) psychosomatisch-psychotherapeutischen Stichprobe 225) evaluiert. guten psychometrischen Eigenschaften konnten bestätigt werden (Cronbach's α 0,91/0,92), ebenso gab es Hinweise auf Konstruktvalidität. klinische unterschieden sich im ECR-RD voneinander,...
A key ingredient in the current proposal of DSM-5 Work Group on Personality and Disorders is assessment overall severity impairment personality functioning: Levels Functioning Scale (LPFS). The aim this article to contribute a conceptual empirical discussion LPFS from perspective Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) system (OPD Task Force, 2008 ). First, we introduce OPD Structural Integration Axis (OPD-LSIA), measure individual differences dysfunction that rooted psychodynamic...
Strukturmerkmale der Persönlichkeit sind ein zentrales Element Operationalisierten Psychodynamischen Diagnostik. Die Beurteilung ist bisher nur mit Hilfe klinischer Interviews reliabel und valide möglich, was die Möglichkeit des Einsatzes in Routine Forschung einschränkt Patientenperspektive ausklammert. Daher wurde Fragebogen zur Strukturachse OPD (OPD-SF) entwickelt mehreren größeren klinischen nicht-klinischen Stichproben evaluiert (N=1 112). rational gewonnenen Skalen OPD-SF zeigen eine...
Screening for personality dysfunction is relevant to treatment planning in psychotherapy, psychosomatic medicine and psychiatry. This makes short versions of field-tested approaches such as the OPD Structure Questionnaire (OPD-SQ) necessary.With aim developing a screening version, original sample OPD-SQ was divided into two subsamples. After preliminary 12-item version one subsample, we used confirmatory factor-analysis second subsample well an independent test factor structure.The analyses...
Background: Depressive disorder is one of the main health problems worldwide. Many risk factors have been associated with this pathology. However, while association between risks and adult depression well established, mechanisms behind its impact remains poorly understood. A possible, yet untested explanation mediating levels personality functioning, i.e., impairments regard to self interpersonal. Method: Around 162 patients were assessed at beginning their therapy, factors, such as...
The assessment of personality functioning is at the core current dimensional models disorders. A variety measures from different clinical and research traditions aim to assess basic psychological capacities regarding self others. While some instruments have shown reliability validity in or other selected samples, much less known about their performance general population.In three samples representative German adult population with a total 7,256 participants, levels were measured short...
Abstract The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) arranges phenotypes mental disorders based on empirical covariation, ranging from narrowly defined symptoms to higher-order spectra psychopathology. Since the introduction personality functioning (PF) in DSM-5 and ICD-11, several studies have identified PF as a predictor transdiagnostic aspects However, role HiTOP classification system has not been systematically examined. This study investigates how can be integrated into HiTOP,...
Recent considerations around DSM–5 criteria of personality disorders (PDs) demand new concepts assessing levels functioning. Of special interest are multiperspective approaches accounting for clinicians' as well patients' points view. The study investigates observer-rated and self-assessed functioning measured by the level structural integration defined Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis System (OPD). Both perspectives were positively related. combination both measures was most...
While Open Science practices are highly desirable to advance the credibility and accessibility of knowledge gained through research, they not as common in clinical psychology many might hope. This paper presents an overview how implement procedures psychotherapy research. We will address frequently encountered challenges present different ways deal with sensitive topics within specific field. steps towards while planning a study, during data collection preparation publication, for...
Objective: Despite growing interest in personalized psychotherapy research, little is known about therapists' current practice of personalizing psychotherapy. This study aimed to examine the extent which psychotherapists engage treatment selection (PTS), i.e., recommending presumably best-fitting package a patient, as one way Method: pre-registered using open- and closed-ended questions an online survey among German (N = 557 started, N 392 (70.4%) completed). We applied logistic regression...
Zusammenfassung Praktische Übungsformate zum Erwerb psychotherapeutischer Kompetenzen werden derzeit vielerorts entwickelt und auf ihre Wirksamkeit überprüft. Das DYNAMIK Curriculum zielt darauf ab, die Entwicklung psychodynamischer Interventionskompetenz im Verlauf der therapeutischen Ausbildung zu fördern, insgesamt sind 8 praktische Seminare über vier Jahre vorgesehen. In hier berichteten Studie steht selbstberichtete, subjektiv wahrgenommene längsschnittliche allgemeinen Fokus. Erwartet...
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...
Attachment theory helps us to understand patients´ health behavior. styles might explain patient differences in coping behavior, self-treatment, or patient-provider relationships. In primary care time constrains are relevant. A short instrument may facilitate screening and assessment daily medical practice. The aim of this study was evaluate a 12-item version the Experience Close Relationships-revised (ECR-R-D) be used settings. We included 249 patients from ten general practices central...
In this study, the authors explored whether attachment insecurity moderates effects of adverse childhood experiences on stress reactivity in context borderline personality disorder (BPD). Participants were 113 women (39 with BPD, 15 some BPD criteria present, 59 without any symptoms) who participated Trier Social Stress Test. Saliva samples collected before and after stressor assayed for salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) cortisol. Adverse measured using Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, by...
We tested the hypothesis that structural integration, as assessed in Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) system, and emotional intelligence (EI), studied personality psychology, might be closely related constructs at a general level, both assess functioning. In three studies (n1 = 166, n2 204, n3 349), we used self-report measure of OPD integration measures Trait Ability EI. Structural EI display very high correlation factor level (r .77 - .82) almost perfect latent .85 .90). This...
Abstract Background Attachment insecurity is a prominent risk factor for the development and course of psychiatric psychosomatic disorders. The Experiences in Close Relationships - Revised (ECR-R) questionnaire widely used self-report to assess attachment related anxiety avoidance. However, its length has potential restrict use large, multi-instrument studies. aim this study was develop evaluate brief version ECR-R, provide norm values German population. Methods A screening original ECR-R...
Despite its clinical importance and relevance for health care policy, the pathways between depression stress regulation remain poorly understood. The objective of our study was to compare cardiovascular autonomic responses brief psychosocial in a group severely depressed subjects without heart disease non-depressed control-group.We recorded reactions two different tasks including anger recall mental arithmetic sample 25 subjects. Aggregated data were compared with repeated-measures MANOVA....
The quality of depression in borderline personality disorder (BPD) was reported to differ from that patients with major depressive (MDD) only. However, little is known about affect dynamics “borderline-depression.” authors assessed affective instability and reactivity 20 MDD BPD 21 without by Ambulatory Assessment. Participants on current affect, daily events, attribution states events five times per day over a 7-day period. results do not indicate higher comorbidity. Depressed less...
In Section III of DSM–5, the Level Personality Functioning Scale (LPFS), a component DSM–5 Alternative Model for Disorders (AMPD), offers dimensional approach to assessment personality pathology. Similar psychoanalytic concept organization developed by Kernberg (1984 Kernberg, O. F. (1984). Severe disorders. New Haven: Yale University Press. [Google Scholar]), disorders are assessed not only categorical diagnoses, but also measuring impairment functioning. this study we empirically...