Functional impairment in Misophonia - cutoffs for several misophonia symptom measures

Heinrichs N, Möllmann A, Kley H. Functional impairment in Misophonia - cutoffs for several misophonia symptom measures. Open Science Framework; 2023

Distinct physiological responses to social-evaluative stress in patients with major depressive disorder reporting a history of peer victimization

Iffland B, Kley H, Neuner F. Distinct physiological responses to social-evaluative stress in patients with major depressive disorder reporting a history of peer victimization. Biological Psychology. 2023: 108697.Peer victimization is a risk factor for the development of major depressive disorders, but little is known about the mechanisms. This study examined whether peer victimization alters physiological and affective responses to potentially threatening social stimuli. For this purpose, reactions to socially evaluative stimuli of depressive patients and healthy controls with varying histories of peer victimization were compared. In a social conditioning task, we studied heart rate responses to unconditioned socially negative and neutral evaluative video statements, followed by the heart rate reactions to conditioned stimuli, i.e. still images of the faces of the same actors. Diagnosis of depression and peer victimization were both associated with a more pronounced heart rate deceleration in response to unconditioned stimuli, irrespective of valence. The effect of peer victimization was stronger in depressive patients than in healthy controls. However, heart rate responses to the CSs were not related to depression or peer victimization. The results indicate a hypervigilant processing of social stimuli in depressive patients reporting histories of peer victimization. This distinct processing may be associated with inappropriate behavioral and emotional responses to social challenges, putting individuals at risk for depressive symptoms. Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V

DIFFERENTIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO SOCIAL-EVALUATIVE STRESS IN DEPRESSIVE PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS DEGREES OF PEER VICTIMIZATION

Iffland B, Kley H, Neuner F. DIFFERENTIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO SOCIAL-EVALUATIVE STRESS IN DEPRESSIVE PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS DEGREES OF PEER VICTIMIZATION. Psychophysiology . 2023;60(Suppl. 1):S12

Manipulating self-focused attention in children with social anxiety disorder and in socially anxious and non-anxious children

Kley H, Tuschen-Caffier B, Heinrichs N. Manipulating self-focused attention in children with social anxiety disorder and in socially anxious and non-anxious children. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. 2011;2(4):551-570

Safety behaviors, self-focused attention and negative thinking in children with social anxiety disorder, socially anxious and non-anxious children

Kley H, Tuschen-Caffier B, Heinrichs N. Safety behaviors, self-focused attention and negative thinking in children with social anxiety disorder, socially anxious and non-anxious children. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 2012;43(1):548-555.Background and objectives: Cognitive behavioral models of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adults suggest several mechanisms that maintain social anxiety. So far, little is known about the role of these processes in childhood social anxiety. Methods: In this study, 21 children with SAD, 21 children with high social anxiety and 21 non-anxious controls (age between 8 and 13 years) were asked about their use of safety behavior in anxiety producing situations. Furthermore, children were asked to indicate their levels of anxiety, self-focused attention and frequency of positive and negative cognitions while engaging in a performance task in front of two adults. Results: As expected, a significant group effect was found for all dependent variables, with children suffering from SAD reporting the most frequent use of safety behavior and highest levels of anxiety, self-focused attention and negative cognitions during the task, followed by socially anxious children and controls. Unexpectedly, only self-focused attention mediated the relationship between general social anxiety and state anxiety in response to the task. Limitations: We assessed only the general use of safety behavior in social threatening situations and not with respect to the performance task. Conclusions: The results provide important preliminary evidence for differences between clinical and non-clinical groups in childhood anxiety in maintaining variables as proposed from cognitive models in adults. In particular, self-focused attention seems to be relevant. Targeting the change of inappropriate attentional focus could be promising for treatment improvement in childhood social anxiety. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

BIFL - Bielefelder Fragebogen zur Lebenszufriedenheit

Potthast N, Schlechter F, Illies L, Kley H. BIFL - Bielefelder Fragebogen zur Lebenszufriedenheit. Bielefeld University; 2018.Der Bielefelder Fragebogen zur Lebenszufriedenheit (BIFL) dient der ökonomischen Erfassung der Ausprägung von Lebenszufriedenheit in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen unter Berücksichtigung ihrer persönlichen Bedeutsamkeit. Der BIFL wurde rational-deduktiv konzipiert, die Itemauswahl sowie die Entwicklung der Skalen erfolgte auf Basis einer theoretischen Recherche sowie empirischer Ergebnisse bewährter Fragebogenverfahren und erfahrungsbasierter Einschätzungen erfahrener Psychotherapeut*innen. Mit dem Selbstbeurteilungsinstrument wird für 18 verschiedene Lebensbereiche über zwei sechsstufige Likert-Skalen die Zufriedenheit mit dem jeweiligen Lebensbereich sowie dessen Bedeutsamkeit erhoben. Zusätzlich erfolgt eine Einschätzung der Zufriedenheit mit dem Leben insgesamt. Die Bearbeitung des Fragebogens dauert ca. 5 - 10 Minuten. Die Auswertung des Fragebogens ermöglicht die Berechnung der Lebenszufriedenheit auf Itemebene, für die verschiedenen Lebensbereiche und eines allgemeinen Lebenszufriedenheitscores

The acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression scale: development and validation in German and English

Scales of rape myth acceptance (RMA) often yield low means and skewed distributions. This is proposed to be because of a change in rape-related beliefs toward more subtle content. Incorporating insights from racism and sexism research, a 30-item self-report scale measuring the acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression (AMMSA) is presented. Across four studies (total N=1,279), the reliability and validity of parallel German and English versions of the AMMSA scale were examined. The results show that both language versions are highly reliable; compared with a traditional RMA scale, means of AMMSA scores are higher and their distributions more closely approximate normality. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses provide evidence for the AMMSA scale's concurrent and predictive construct validity

Skala zur Messung der Akzeptanz moderner Mythen über sexuelle Aggression (AMMSA)

Gerger H, Kley H, Bohner G, Siebler F. Skala zur Messung der Akzeptanz moderner Mythen über sexuelle Aggression (AMMSA). Bielefeld University; 2013.Scales of rape myth acceptance (RMA) often yield low means and skewed distributions. This is proposed to be because of a change in rape-related beliefs toward more subtle content. Incorporating insights from racism and sexism research, a 30-item self-report scale measuring the acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression (AMMSA) is presented. Across four studies (total N=1,279), the reliability and validity of parallel German and English versions of the AMMSA scale were examined. The results show that both language versions are highly reliable; compared with a traditional RMA scale, means of AMMSA scores are higher and their distributions more closely approximate normality. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses provide evidence for the AMMSA scale's concurrent and predictive construct validity

Acceptance of Modern Myths About Sexual Aggression (AMMSA) scale

Gerger H, Kley H, Bohner G, Siebler F. Acceptance of Modern Myths About Sexual Aggression (AMMSA) scale. Bielefeld University; 2013.Scales of rape myth acceptance (RMA) often yield low means and skewed distributions. This is proposed to be because of a change in rape-related beliefs toward more subtle content. Incorporating insights from racism and sexism research, a 30-item self-report scale measuring the acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression (AMMSA) is presented. Across four studies (total N=1,279), the reliability and validity of parallel German and English versions of the AMMSA scale were examined. The results show that both language versions are highly reliable; compared with a traditional RMA scale, means of AMMSA scores are higher and their distributions more closely approximate normality. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses provide evidence for the AMMSA scale's concurrent and predictive construct validity

The acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression scale: Development and validation in German and English

Gerger H, Kley H, Bohner G, Siebler F. The acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression scale: Development and validation in German and English. Aggressive Behavior. 2007;33(5):422-440.Scales of rape myth acceptance (RMA) often yield low means and skewed distributions. This is proposed to be because of a change in rape-related beliefs toward more subtle content. Incorporating insights from racism and sexism research, a 30-item self-report scale measuring the acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression (AMMSA) is presented. Across four studies (total N = 1,279), the reliability and validity of parallel German and English versions of the AMMSA scale were examined. The results show that both language versions are highly reliable; compared with a traditional RMA scale, means of AMMSA scores are higher and their distributions more closely approximate normality. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses provide evidence for the AMMSA scale's concurrent and predictive construct validity