Publications

Nicholson AA, Lieberman JM, Hosseini-Kamkar N, Eckstrand K, Rabellino D, Kearney B et al. Exploring the impact of biological sex on intrinsic connectivity networks in PTSD: A data-driven approach. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 10;136:111180. Epub 2024 Okt 22. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111180

Siegel M , Steyrl D, Goldberg AE, Nicholson A, Zemp M. Minority stress and structural stigma predict well-being in European LGBTQ+ parents. Journal of Marriage and Family. 2024 Dez 17;1-29. doi: 10.1111/jomf.13071

Oberleiter S , Fries J , Dejardin F , Heller J, Schaible C, Vetter M et al. Inconsistent Flynn effect patterns may be due to a decreasing positive manifold: Cohort-based measurement-invariant IQ test score changes from 2005 to 2024. Intelligence: a multidisciplinary journal. 2024 Nov 1;107:101867. doi: 10.1016/j.intell.2024.101867

Sieder K, Thiedmann P , Voracek M , Tran U. Baseline trait mindfulness moderates the efficacy of mindfulness interventions and active controls: A meta-analysis of 177 randomised controlled trials. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. 2024 Nov;16(4):2499-2519. Epub 2024 Mai 9. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12550

Swami V, White MP , Voracek M , Tran US, Aavik T, Ranjbar HA et al. Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 2024 Nov;99:102432. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432

Bencker C , Tran U , Roth L, Nayman S, Nater UM. Associations between Premenstrual Symptoms and (Traumatic) Stress: A Systematic Review and Three Multilevel Meta-Analyses. 2024 Okt 10. Epub 2024 Okt 10. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/z4uce

Tsarpalis-Fragkoulidis A , Tran U , Zemp M. Fears of positive and negative evaluation and their within-person associations with emotion regulation in adolescence: A longitudinal analysis. Development and Psychopathology. 2024 Okt 3;1-13. 24001366. doi: 10.1017/S0954579424001366

Hall B, Schmidt K, Wagge J, Lewis SC, Weissgerber SC, Kiunke F et al. Registered Replication Report: A Large Multilab Cross-Cultural Conceptual Replication of Turri et al. (2015). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 2024 Okt 1;7(4). doi: 10.1177/25152459241267902

Swami V, Pietschnig J, Stieger S, Voracek M , Tran US. Transliminality – Converging Evidence of Associations With and Openness to Experience and Its Facets. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. 2024 Okt 1;232(4):269-278. doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000576

Chiappini E, Massaccesi C, Korb S, Steyrl D, Willeit M, Silani G. Neural Hyperresponsivity During the Anticipation of Tangible Social and Nonsocial Rewards in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Concurrent Neuroimaging and Facial Electromyography Study. Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging. 2024 Sep;9(9):948-957. Epub 2024 Apr 18. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.04.006

Graf E, Donath JL, Botes E, Voracek M , Götz T. The associations between discrete emotions and political learning: A cross-disciplinary systematic review and meta-analysis.ü. Educational Psychology Review. 2024 Sep;36(3):77. doi: 10.1007/s10648-024-09893-y

Spee BTM , Leder H , Mikuni J , Scharnowski F , Pelowski M , Steyrl D. Using Machine Learning to Predict Judgments on Western Visual Art Along Content-Representational and Formal-Perceptual Attributes. PLoS ONE. 2024 Sep;19(9):e0304285. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304285

Hanfstingl B, Oberleiter S , Pietschnig J , Tran U , Voracek M. Detecting jingle and jangle fallacies by identifying consistencies and variabilities in study specifications – a call for research. Frontiers in Psychology. 2024 Aug 30;15.

Mikuni J , Spee BTM, Forlani G, Leder H , Scharnowski F, Nakamura K et al. Cross-Cultural Comparison of Beauty Judgments in Visual Art Using Machine Learning Analysis of Art Attribute Predictors Among Japanese and German Speakers. Scientific Reports. 2024 Jul 10;14(1):15948. doi: 10.1038/S41598-024-65088-Z

Niederkrotenthaler T, Tran US, Till B. Associations of Suicide Referents with Different Moral Connotation with Actual Suicides: Time Series Analysis. Crisis. 2024 Jul 1;45(4):280-286. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000946

Thanhaeuser M, Gsoellpointner M, Kornsteiner-Krenn M, Steyrl D, Brandstetter S, Jilma B et al. Introduction of Solid Foods in Preterm Infants and Its Impact on Growth in the First Year of Life-A Prospective Observational Study. Nutrients. 2024 Jun 28;16(13):2077. doi: 10.3390/nu16132077

Karner A, Obenaus L, Zhang M, Lor C, Kostorz K , Pegler D et al. Visual attributes of spiders associated with aversiveness in spider-fearful individuals: A machine learning analysis. PsyArXiv. 2024 Jun 14. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/ht2pr

Spee BTM , Arato J , Mikuni J , Tran U , Pelowski M , Leder H. The dynamics of experiencing Gestalt and Aha in cubist art: pupil responses and art evaluations show a complex interplay of task, stimuli content, and time course. Frontiers in Psychology. 2024 Mär 13;15:01-15. 1192565. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1192565

Swami V, Voracek M, Todd J, Furnham A, Horne G, Tran US. Positive self-beliefs mediate the association between body appreciation and positive mental health. Body Image. 2024 Mär;48:101685. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101685

Popovova J, Mazloum R, Macauda G, Stämpfli P, Vuilleumier P, Frühholz S et al. Enhanced attention-related alertness following right anterior insular cortex neurofeedback training. Iscience. 2024 Feb 16;27(2):108915. 108915. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108915

Zhang M, Karner A, Kostorz K, Shea S, Steyrl D , Melinšcak F et al. SpiDa-MRI, behavioral and (f)MRI data of adults with fear of spiders. bioRxiv. 2024 Feb 7.

Oberleiter S, Patzl S, Fries J, Diedrich J, Voracek M , Pietschnig J. Measurement-Invariant Fluid Anti-Flynn Effects in Population—Representative German Student Samples (2012–2022). Journal of Intelligence. 2024 Jan 17;12(1):9. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence12010009

Borghi O, Voracek M , Tran US. Day-to-day associations between mindfulness and perceived stress: insights from random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling. Frontiers in Psychology. 2024;15:1272720. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1272720

Normann A, Voracek M , Tran US. Mindfulness Predicts Mind Wandering and Differentially Affects Its Controllability in Everyday Life. Creativity Research Journal. 2024. doi: 10.1080/10400419.2024.2326339

Almenräder F, Heßmann GS, Voracek M , Tran U. Personality change through mindfulness-based interventions: A preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Personality. 2024. doi: 10.1177/08902070241289160

Hall B, Schmidt K, Wagge JR, Lewis SC, Weissgerber SC, Kiunke F et al. Registered replication report: A large multilab cross-cultural conceptual replication of Turri, Buckwalter, & Blouw (2015). Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 2024.

Rupprecht AGO, Tran US , Gröpel P. The effectiveness of pre-performance routines in sports: a meta-analysis. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 2024;17(1):39-64. Epub 2021 Okt 14. doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2021.1944271

Juergensen V, Peter LJ, Steyrl D, Lor CS, Bui AP, McLaren T et al. The help-seeking process and predictors of mental health care use among individuals with depressive symptoms: a machine learning approach. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024;12:1504720. 1504720. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1504720

Karner A, Zhang M, Lor CS, Steyrl D, Götzendorfer SJ, Weidt S et al. The "SpiDa" dataset: self-report questionnaires and ratings of spider images from spider-fearful individuals. Frontiers in Psychology. 2024;15:1327367. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1327367

Kostorz K, Nguyen T, Pan Y, Melinšcak F , Steyrl D, Hu Y et al. Towards fNIRS Hyperfeedback: A Feasibility Study on Real-Time Interbrain Synchrony. bioRxiv. 2023 Dez 12. doi: 10.1101/2023.12.11.570765

Park AH, Patel H, Mirabelli J, Eder SJ , Steyrl D , Lueger-Schuster B et al. Machine learning models predict PTSD severity and functional impairment: A personalized medicine approach for uncovering complex associations among heterogeneous symptom profiles. Psychological Trauma. 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.1037/tra0001602

Lieberman JM, Rabellino D, Densmore M, Frewen PA, Steyrl D , Scharnowski F et al. A tale of two targets: examining the differential effects of posterior cingulate cortex- and amygdala-targeted fMRI-neurofeedback in a PTSD pilot study. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2023 Nov;17:1229729. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1229729

Bucher L, Burgard T, Tran US, Prinz GM, Bosnjak M, Voracek M. Keeping Meta-Analyses Alive and Well: A Tutorial on Implementing and Using Community-Augmented Meta-Analyses in PsychOpen CAMA. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 2023 Okt 1;6(4). doi: 10.1177/25152459231197611

Pamplona GSP, Heldner J, Langner R, Koush Y, Michels L, Ionta S et al. Preliminary findings on long-term effects of fMRI neurofeedback training on functional networks involved in sustained attention. Brain and Behavior. 2023 Okt;13(10):e3217. doi: 10.1002/brb3.3217

Arendt F, Till B, Voracek M, Kirchner S, Sonneck G, Naderer B et al. ChatGPT, artificial intelligence, and suicide prevention: A call for a targeted and concerted research effort. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. 2023 Sep 22;44(5):367-370. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000915

Swami V, Tran US, Stieger S, Aavik T, Ranjbar HA, Adebayo SO et al. Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age. Body Image. 2023 Sep;46:449-466. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010

Fischer A, Voracek M , Tran US. Corrigendum to “Semantic and sentiment similarities contribute to construct overlaps between mindfulness, Big Five, emotion regulation, and mental health” [Pers. Individ. Differ. 210 (2023) 112241] (Personality and Individual Differences (2023) 210, (S0191886923001642), (10.1016/j.paid.2023.112241)). Personality and Individual Differences. 2023 Sep;211:112259. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2023.112259

Schwartz K, Ganster FM, Tran U. Mindfulness-Based Mobile Apps and Their Impact on Well-Being in Nonclinical Populations: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2023 Aug 4;25:e44638. doi: 10.2196/44638

Stoevenbelt A, Wicherts JM, Flore P, Phillips L, Pietschnig J, Verschuere B et al. Are Speeded Tests Unfair? Modeling the Impact of Time Limits on the Gender Gap in Mathematics. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 2023 Aug;83(4):684-709. Epub 2022 Aug 16. doi: 10.1177/00131644221111076

Spee BTM , Mikuni J , Leder H , Scharnowski F , Pelowski M , Steyrl D. Machine learning revealed symbolism, emotionality, and imaginativeness as primary predictors of creativity evaluations of western art paintings. Scientific Reports. 2023 Aug;13(1):12966. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39865-1

Fischer A, Voracek M , Tran US. Semantic and sentiment similarities contribute to construct overlaps between mindfulness, Big Five, emotion regulation, and mental health. Personality and Individual Differences. 2023 Aug;210:112241. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2023.112241

Siegel M , Zemp M, Goldberg AE, Nicholson A, Steyrl D. Preregistration: Hidden hearts: Structural stigma and minority stress as predictors of avoiding public display of affection among individuals in same-gender relationships from 28 European countries. 2023. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/AR2VH

Siegel M , Steyrl D, Goldberg AE, Nicholson A, Zemp M. Preregistration: Individual-, couple-, and family-level minority stress in LGBT parents from 22 European countries: An intersectional, machine learning-based approach. 2023. doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/HQTGA

Niederkrotenthaler T, Tran U, Baginski H, Sinyor M, Strauss MJ, Sumner SA et al. Association of 7 million+ tweets featuring suicide-related content with daily calls to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline and with suicides, United States, 2016-2018. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2023 Jul;57(7):994-1003. Epub 2022 Okt 14. doi: 10.1177/00048674221126649

Swami V, Voracek M, Furnham A, Robinson C, Tran US. Support for weight-related anti-discrimination laws and policies: Modelling the role of attitudes toward poverty alongside weight stigma, causal attributions about weight, and prejudice. Body Image. 2023 Jun;45:391-400. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.04.005

Graf E, Donath JL, Botes E, Voracek M , Götz T. Relationships Between Discrete Emotions and Political Learning: A Cross-Disciplinary Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 2023. Beitrag in AERA The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association , Chicago, USA / Vereinigte Staaten. doi: 10.3102/2007595

Thanhaeuser M, Steyrl D, Fuiko R, Brandstaetter S, Binder C, Thajer A et al. A secondary outcome analysis of a randomized trial using a mixed lipid emulsion containing fish oil in infants with extremely low birth weight: Cognitive and behavioral outcome at preschool age. The Journal of pediatrics. 2023 Mär;254:68-74.e3. Epub 2022 Okt 15. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.10.014

Donath JL, Lüke T, Graf E, Tran U , Götz T. Does professional development effectively support the implementation of inclusive education? A meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review. 2023 Mär;35(1):30. doi: 10.1007/s10648-023-09752-2

Grasmann J, Almenräder F, Voracek M , Tran U. Only small effects of mindfulness-based interventions on biomarker levels of inflammation and stress: A preregistered systematic review and two three-level meta-analyses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023 Mär;24(5):4445. doi: 10.3390/ijms24054445