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Meine aktuellen und bisherigen Forschungsinteressen umfassen folgende Themengebiete: Psychopathologie, Stress, Trauma und Resilienz über die Lebensspanne hinweg sowie die psychologischen Effekte von Musik. In den letzten Jahren habe ich zu diesen Themen zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Artikel, Buchkapitel und weitere Beiträge verfasst.
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2025
Thoma, M. V. & Maercker, A., (2025). Anwendungen der Psychosomatischen Medizin und Psychotherapie bei älteren Menschen. In J. Kruse, S. Zipfel, V. Köller, & P.L. Janssen (Hrs.), Leitfaden Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 3. Auflage. Deutscher Ärzteverlag, Köln.
2025
Ditzen, J. and Ray, J., Thoma, M. V., Bachem, R., Maercker, A., & Zietlow, A.-L. (accepted). Rethinking Measurement of Physical Neglect in Research and Practice. Nature Mental Health.
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2025
Thoma, M. V., Redican, E., Adank, N., Schneemann, V. B., Shevlin, M., Maercker, A., & Rohner, S. L. (2025). ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder and complex PTSD: prevalence, predictors, and construct validity in Swiss older adults. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1).
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2025
Aeschlimann, A., Heim, E., Killikelly, C., Mahmoud, N., Haji, F., Stoeckli, R. T., Aebersold, M., Thoma, M. V., & Maercker, A. (2025). Cultural adaptation of a self-help app for grieving Syrian refugees in Switzerland. A feasibility and acceptability pilot-RCT. Internet Interventions, 100800.
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2024
Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Fuhrer, J., Höltge, J., Salas Castillo, A.N., & Rohner, S.L. (accepted). Predicting intraindividual change in satisfaction with life during COVID-19: A prospective study of Swiss older adults with differing levels of childhood adversity. Journal of Happiness Studies.
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2024
Thoma, M. V. (2024). Trauma und Demenz. In H. Glaesmer, S.B. Gahleitner, Spitzer, Schäfe (Hrs.), Handbuch der Psychotraumatologie, Auflage 4. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart.
2024
Thoma, M. V., Maercker, A., & Rohner, S. L. (2024). Schwierige Erfahrungen in der Kindheit und wie diese zu ganz unterschiedlichen Schicksalen führen. In R. Knüsel, A. Grob, & V. Motier (Hrs.), Schicksale der Fremdplatzierung. Behördenentscheidungen und Auswirkungen auf den Lebenslauf. Schwabe Verlag, Basel, S. 41-55. ISBN 978-3-7965-4902-1.
2024
Thoma, M. V., Balsiger, S.-V., Höltge, J., & Rohner, S.L. (accepted). Investigating stress sensitization and steeling for early-life adversity and recent stressful life experiences: Health and illness in older adulthood. Sage Open.
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2024
Mäder, S. J., Thoma, M. V., Salas Castillo, A. N., Dorigo, M., & Rohner, S. L. (2024). Intra- and interpersonal influences on child adjustment and resilience in welfare care: A qualitative study with former caregivers in Switzerland. Children and Youth Services Review, 161, 107653.
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2024
Rusmir, M., Rohner, S. L., Maercker, A., Salas Castillo, A. N., & Thoma, M. V. (2024). Predictors and (in-) stability of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder in older adults: findings from a longitudinal study in Switzerland. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1), 2299618.
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2023
Höltge, J., Rohner, S. L., Heim, E. M., Nater, U., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). Differential pathways from child maltreatment types to insecure adult attachment styles via psychological and social resources: a Bayesian network analysis. Journal of interpersonal violence, 38(11-12), 7089-7114.
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2023
McCutchen, C., Hyland, P., Maercker, A., Thoma, M. V., & Rohner, S. L. (2023). The Effects of Social Support on ACEs and Mental Health in Ireland. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 28(4), 377-388.
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2023
Mutuyiama, C., Thoma, M. V., Maercker, A., Sezibera, V., & Heim, E. M. (2023). Caseness and comorbidity of probable (complex) posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in survivors of genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda: The role of social determinants. South African Journal of Psychology, 53(4), 521-532.
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2023
Rohner, S. L., Dorigo, M., Salas Castillo, A. N., Mäder, S. J., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). Child maltreatment in Swiss welfare care until 1981: Former caregivers’ perspectives on the welfare context. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 1-29.
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2023
Rohner, S. L., Bernays, F., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). Early-life adversity and later-life mental health: a conditional process analysis of sense of coherence and resilience-related resources. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2, 1213142.
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2023
Rohner, S. L., Salas Castillo, A. N., Michel, J., Maercker, A., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). A socio-interpersonal perspective on the disclosure of childhood adversity: A qualitative comparative approach in Irish survivors. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody and Child Development, 20(4), 507-527.
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2023
Thoma, M. V., Goreis, A., Rohner, S.L., Nater, U. M., Heim, E., & Höltge, J. (2023). Characteristics of health and well-being in former Jehovah’s Witnesses in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 26(7), 644-662.
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2023
Thoma, M. V., Salas Castillo, A. N, & Maercker, A. (2023). Psychotherapy for elderly patients. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie, 73(12), 516-528.
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2023
Thoma, M. V., Salas Castillo, A. N., & Maerker, A. (2023). Psychische Störungen im Alter und ihre psychotherapeutische Behandlung. PSYCH up2date, 17(06), 529-543.
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2023
Thoma, M. V., Salas Castillo, A. N., & Maercker, A. (2023). Älter werden vor dem Hintergrund einer traumatischen Kindheit. Die Psychotherapie, 68(6), 405-411.
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2022
Pfluger, V., Rohner, S.L., Eising, C.M., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Internalizing mental health disorders and emotion regulation: A comparative and mediational study of older adults with and without a history of complex trauma exposure. Frontiers in Psychology; Psychology of Aging, 13.
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2022
Pfluger, V., Fischer, S., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Development and psychometric evaluation of the reactions to Somatic Stress Questionnaire (RSSQ). European Journal of Health Psychology, 30(1), 1–16.
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2022
Pfluger, V., Rohner, S. L., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Associations between complex trauma exposure in childhood/adolescence and psychopathology in older age: The role of stress coping and coping self-perception. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 15, 539–551.
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2022
Rohner, S. L., Salas Castillo, A.N., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Childhood adversity and later life prosocial behavior: A qualitative comparative study of Irish older adult survivors. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 966956.
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2022
Thoma, M. V., Rohner, S. L., & Höltge, J. (2022). Assessing the consequences of childhood trauma on behavioral issues and mental health outcomes. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 1101099
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2022
Thoma, M. V., Rohner, S. L., Heim, E., Hermann, R. M., Roos, M., Evangelista, K. W. M., Nater, U. M., & Höltge, J. (2022). Identifying well-being profiles and resilience characteristics in ex-members of fundamentalist Christian faith communities. Stress & Health, 38(5), 1058–1069.
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2021
Thoma, M. V. & Maercker, A. (2021). Traumafolgestörungen im Kontext von Resilienz im Alter. In M. Staats, J. Steinhaußen (Hrs.), Resilienz im Alter. Beltz Juventa.
2021
Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Pfluger, V., Eising, C. M., & Rohner, S.L. (2021). An exploratory comparison of resilience profiles of Swiss older adult survivors of child welfare-related maltreatment and controls. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(3), 1059–1067.
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2021
Maercker, A., Bernays, F., Rohner, S. L., & Thoma, M. V. (2021). A cascade model of complex posttraumatic stress disorder centered on childhood trauma and maltreatment, attachment, and socio-interpersonal factors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35, 446–460.
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2021
Eising, C. M., Voelkle, M., Rohner, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2021). Lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder in older individuals with a history of institutional upbringing in childhood: The role of social acknowledgement and stressful life events. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 12(1), 1915578.
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2021
Rohner, S. L., Bernays, F., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2021). Examining salutary mechanisms in the relationship between stress or adversity and health and well-being: The moderating and mediating role of sense of coherence – Revised. Stress & Health, 38(2), 388–401.
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2021
Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Child maltreatment, lifetime trauma, and mental health in Swiss older survivors of enforced child welfare practices: Investigating the mediating role of self-esteem and self-compassion. Child Abuse & Neglect, 113, 104925.
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2021
Thoma, M. V., Rohleder, N., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Clinical Ecopsychology: The Mental Health Impacts and Underlying Pathways of the Climate and Environmental Crisis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 757.
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2021
Forstmeier, S., Thoma, M. V. & Maercker, A. (2021). Motivational Reserve: The role of motivational processes in cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. In G. Sedek, T. M. Hess, & D. R. Touron (Hrs.), Multiple pathways of cognitive aging: Motivational and contextual influences. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 128–C7.P224. ISBN 9780197528976.
2020
Thoma, M.V.* and Kleineidam, L.*, Forstmeier, S., Maercker, A., Weyerer, S., Eisele, M., van den Bussche, H., König, H.-H., Röhr, S., Stein, J., Wiese, B., Pentzek, M. Bickel, H., Maier, W., Scherer, M., Riedel-Heller, S.G.*, and Wagner, M.* (2020). Associations and Correlates of General versus Specific Successful Ageing Components. European Journal of Ageing, 1–15.
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2020
Thoma, M. V.* and Höltge, J.*, Eising, C. M., Pfluger, V., & Rohner, S. L. (2020). Resilience and stress in later life: A network analysis approach depicting complex interactions of resilience resources and stress-related risk factors in older adults. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 14, 216.
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2020
Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Eising, C. M., Pfluger, V., & Rohner, S. L. (2020). Health, stress, and well-being in Swiss adult survivors of child welfare practices and child labor: Investigating the mediating role of socio-economic factors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 104769.
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2020
Mc Gee, S. L., Carr, A., Maercker, A. & Thoma, M. V. (2020). “Some call it resilience": A profile of dynamic resilience-related factors in older adult survivors of childhood institutional adversity and maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 107, 104565.
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2020
Schreier, H. M. C., Kuras, Y. I., Mcinnis, C. M., Thoma, M. V., St Pierre, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Wang, D., Goldblatt, D., & Rohleder, N. (2020). Childhood Physical Neglect Is Associated with Exaggerated Systemic and Intracellular Inflammatory Responses to Repeated Psychosocial Stress in Adulthood. Frontiers in Psychiatry, section Molecular Psychiatry, 11, 504.
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2019
Maercker, A. & Thoma, M. V. (2019). Trauma und Demenz. In G.H. Seidler, H.J. Freyberger, H. Glaesmer, S.B. Gahleitner (Hrs.), Handbuch der Psychotraumatologie, Auflage 3. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-608-96258-1.
2019
Thoma, M. V., Höltge, J., & Maercker, A. (2019). Kindheitstraumatisierte im Alter – Lebenslektionen und Gesprächsthemen in der Psychotherapie. PiD-Psychotherapie im Dialog, 20(02), 66–69.
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2019
Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2019). Steeling in later life: Exploring age-specific effects of varying levels of stress on psychological resilience. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 0(0), 1–17.
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2019
Thoma, M. V. & Mc Gee, S. L. (2019). Successful aging in individuals from less advantaged backgrounds and members of marginalized populations. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 1(3), 1–12.
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2019
Sabik, N., Geiger, A., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Rohleder, N., & Wolf, J. M. (2019). The effect of perceived appearance judgments on psychological and biological stress processes across adulthood. Stress & Health, 35(3), 318–329.
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2019
Thoma, M. V., Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., & Augsburger, M. (2019). Psychological Characteristics and Stress Differentiate between High from Low Health Trajectories in Later Life: A Machine Learning Analysis. Aging and Mental Health, 24(7), 1098–1107.
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2019
Kunzke, D., Thoma, M. V., & Joksimovic, L. (2019). Pharmako- und/oder Psychotherapie bei posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung. Psychotherapeut, 64, 306–321.
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2019
Fiksdal, A, Hanlin, L., Kuras, Y.I., Gianferante, D., Chen, X., Thoma, M. V., & Rohleder, N. (2019). Associations between symptoms of depression and anxiety and cortisol responses to and recovery from acute stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 102, 44–52.
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2018
Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A. & Thoma, M. V. (2018). Childhood adversities and thriving skills: The sample case of older Swiss former indentured child laborers. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(8), 886–895.
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2018
Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., & Thoma, M. V. (2018). The curvilinear relationship of early-life adversity and successful aging: The mediating role of mental health. Aging and Mental Health, 23(5), 608–617.
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2018
Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S.L., Maercker, A. & Thoma, M. V. (2018). A salutogenic perspective on adverse experiences: The curvilinear relationship of adversity and well-being. European Journal of Health Psychology, 25(2), 53–69.
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2018
Kleineidam, L.* and Thoma, M. V.*, Maercker, A., Bickel, H., Moesch, E., Hajek, A., König, H.-H., Eisele, M., Mallon, T., Luck, T., Roehr, S., Weyerer, S., Werle, J., Pentzek, M., Fuchs, A., Wiese, B., Mamone, S., Scherer, M., Maier, W., Riedel-Heller, S.* and Wagner, M.* (2018). What is Successful Aging? A Psychometric Validation Study of Different Definitions. The Gerontologist, 59(4), 738–748.
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2018
Mc Gee, S. L., Höltge, J., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2018). Sense of coherence and stress-related resilience: Investigating the mediating and moderating mechanisms in the development of resilience following stress or adversity. Frontiers Psychiatry, 9, 387.
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2018
Thoma, M. V., Mc Gee, S. L., Fegert, J. M., Glaesmer, H., Brähler, E., & Maercker, A. (2018). Evaluation of the Revised Sense of Coherence scale in a representative German sample. PLOS ONE, 13(12), e0209550.
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2018
Thoma, M. V., Forstmeier, S., Schmid, R., Keller, O., Xepapadakos, F., Schreiter Gasser, U., Blessing, A., Ropohl, A., Bieri-Brünig, G., Debeer, D., & Maercker, A. (2018). Preliminary evidence for an increased likelihood of a stable trajectory in mild cognitive impairment in individuals with higher motivational abilities. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1), 181.
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2018
Thoma, M. V., Mewes, R. & Nater, U. M. (2018). Preliminary evidence - The stress reducing effect of listening to water sounds depends on somatic complaints - a randomized trial. Medicine, 97(8), e9851.
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2017
Höltge, J., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2017). PTBS im Alter: Erkennen und Behandeln. Psychotherapie im Alter, 14 (4), 399-414. ISBN: 1613-2637
2017
Kuras, Y.I., Assaf, N., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Fiksdal, A. & Rohleder, N. (2017). Blunted diurnal cortisol activity in healthy adults with childhood adversity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, 574.
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2017
Mc Gee, S. L., Höltge, J., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2017). Evaluation of the revised Sense of Coherence scale in a sample of older adults: A means to assess resilience aspects. Aging and Mental Health, 22(11), 1438–1447.
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2017
Thoma, M. V. (2017). Resilienz bei Schweizer Verdingkindern. Angewandte GERONTOLOGIE Appliquée, 2(2), 19–21.
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2017
Chen, X., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Fiksdal, A., Breines, J., Thoma, M. V. & Rohleder, N. (2017). HPA-Axis and Inflammatory Reactivity to Acute Stress is Related with Basal HPA-Axis Activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 78, 168–176.
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2017
Kuras, Y. I., McInnis, C. M., Thoma, M. V., Chen, X., Hanlin, L., Gianferante, D. & Rohleder, N. (2017). Increased alpha-amylase response to an acute psychosocial stress challenge in healthy adults with childhood adversity. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(1), 91–98.
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2017
Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Fiksdal, A., Chen, X., & Rohleder, N. (2017). Stronger hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis habituation predicts lesser sensitization of inflammatory response to repeated acute stress exposures in healthy young adults. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 61, 228–235.
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2017
Maercker, A., Heim, E. M., Hecker, T., & Thoma, M. V. (2017). Soziale Unterstützung nach Traumatisierung. Nervenarzt, 88(1), 18–25.
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2016
Kueffer, A. L., Thoma, M. V. & Maercker, A. (2016). Transgenerational aspects of former Swiss child laborers: do subsequent generations suffer from their parent’s adverse experiences? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 7(1), 30804.
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2016
Hofer, D., Thoma, M. V., Schmidlin, P. R., Attin, T., Ehlert, U. & Nater, U. M. (2016). Pre-treatment anxiety in a dental hygiene recall population: a cross-sectional pilot study. BMC Oral Health, 16(1), 43.
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2016
Thoma, M. V., Maercker, A. & Forstmeier, S. (2016). Evidence for different trajectories of delay discounting in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 72(6), 956–965.
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2015
Thoma, M. V., & Maercker, A. (2015). Psychologische Determinanten gesunden Alterns. Persönlichkeitsstörungen: Theorie und Therapie, 19(2), 106–115.
2015
McInnis, C., Wang, D., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Thoma, M. V. & Rohleder, N. (2015). Response and habituation of pro and anti-inflammatory gene expression to repeated acute stress. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 46, 237–248.
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2015
Breines, J.G., McInnis, C., Kuras, Y., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X. & Rohleder, N. (2015). Self-compassionate young adults show lower salivary alpha-amylase responses to repeated psychosocial stress. Self and Identity, 14(4).
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2015
Skoluda, N., Strahler, J., Schlotz, W., Niederberger, L., Marques, S., Fischer, S., Thoma, M. V., Spoerri, C., Ehlert, U. & Nater, U. M. (2015). Intra-individual psychological and physiological responses to acute laboratory stressors of different intensity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 51.
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2014
Thoma, M. V., Zemp, M., Kreienbühl, L., Hofer, D., Schmidlin, P.R., Attin, T., Ehlert, U. & Nater, U. M. (2014). Effects of music listening on pre-treatment anxiety and stress levels in a dental hygiene recall population. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
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2014
Gianferante, D., Thoma, M. V., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Breines, J.G., Zoccola, P.M. & Rohleder, N. (2014). Post-stress rumination predicts HPA axis responses to repeated acute stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 49, 244–252.
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2014
McInnis, C. M., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Breines, J. G., Hong, S. & Rohleder, N. (2014). Measures of adiposity predict interleukin-6 responses to repeated psychosocial stress. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 42, 33–40.
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2014
Breines, J. G., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X. & Rohleder, N. (2014). Self-compassion as a predictor of interleukin-6 response to acute psychosocial stress. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 37, 109–114.
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2013
Thoma, M. V., La Marca, R., Brönnimann, R., Finkel, L., Ehlert, U. & Nater, U. M. (2013). The effect of music on the human stress response. PLoS One, 8(8).
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2012
Thoma, M. V., Kirschbaum, C., Wolf, J. M., & Rohleder, N. (2012). Acute stress responses in salivary alpha-amylase predict increases of plasma norepinephrine. Biological Psychology, 91(3), 342–348.
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2012
Thoma, M. V., Joksimovic, L., Kirschbaum, C., Wolf, J. M., & Rohleder, N. (2012). Altered salivary alpha-amylase awakening response in Bosnian War refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(6), 810–817.
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2011
Thoma, M. V., Scholz, U., Ehlert, U. & Nater, U. M. (2011). Listening to music and physiological and psychological functioning: The mediating role of emotion regulation and stress reactivity. Psychological Health, 27(2), 227–241.
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2011
Thoma, M. V., Ryf, S., Ehlert, U. & Nater, U. M. (2011). Emotion regulation through listening to music in everyday situation. Cognition & Emotion, 26(3), 550–560.
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2010