Child sexual abuse: Appraisal, emotion, and coping in response to social stressAbstract. A study of women reported child sexual abuse and suffering from long-term effects (= index group, n = 124) and women reported child sexual abuse but no suffering (= ...
Olfactory and emotional stimulus evaluation in patients with major depressionAbstract. The present study aims to clarify whether a deviant stimulus evaluation in patients with major depression (MD) depends on the stimulus modality and/ or the stimulus ...
Emotional reactions of schizophrenic patients with anhedonia: Findings concerning acoustic startle reflex modulation, autonomic reactivity and subjective experienceAbstract.Background: Anhedonia means a reduced ability to experience pleasure. This ...
Alexithymia: Emotional skill deficit or inhibition of emotional experiencing?Abstract.Background:Alexithymia refers to a reduced ability to identify and describe emotions. It is still unclear whether alexithymia ...
Reduced olfactory sensitivity in antidepressant drug free patients with major depressionAbstract.Background: Acute phase depressive patients show a reduced olfactory sensitivity. However, the strongest effects have been demonstrated in patients taking ...
Affect-regulating function of binge episodes in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorderAbstract.Background: Concerning affect regulation mechanisms in binge and purge behavior there is a lack of studies comparing bulimic patients and patients meeting ...
Emotional and cardiovascular reactions of couples during a couple-therapeutic intervention: a pilot studyAbstract.Background: The efficacy of marital therapy and distress prevention training for couples is regarded as being well documented. However, ...
The function of the therapist’s nonverbal emotion regulation for the therapeutic process and session outcome – A pilot studyAbstract.Theoretical background: Nonverbal modulation in the therapist-patient interaction has increasingly been conceptualized ...