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"Entdecke die Welt der Psychosomatik an der Universität Wien - Die Verbindung von Körper und Seele verstehen und behandeln"

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Psychosomatik ist ein faszinierendes Fachgebiet, das sich mit der komplexen Wechselwirkung zwischen Körper und Seele auseinandersetzt. An der Universität Wien bieten wir dir die einzigartige Möglichkeit, dieses spannende Gebiet zu erforschen und zu verstehen, wie psychische Faktoren körperliche Erkrankungen beeinflussen und umgekehrt.

Als Studierende der Psychosomatik in Wien wirst du lernen, wie sich Stress, Emotionen, und andere psychische Faktoren auf den Körper auswirken können und wie diese Einflüsse in der Diagnostik und Behandlung von somatischen Erkrankungen berücksichtigt werden können. Du wirst die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Psychosomatik erforschen und evidenzbasierte Methoden kennenlernen, um Patientinnen und Patienten ganzheitlich zu behandeln und ihnen bei der Bewältigung von körperlichen Beschwerden zu helfen.

Unsere Uni legt großen Wert auf einen interdisziplinären Ansatz und bietet dir die Möglichkeit, von Expertinnen und Experten aus verschiedenen Fachrichtungen zu lernen, wie z.B. Psychologie, Medizin, Sozialarbeit und Pädagogik. Du wirst ein breites Spektrum an Wissen und Methoden kennenlernen, um psychosomatische Zusammenhänge zu verstehen und in der klinischen Praxis anzuwenden.

Praxisbezug ist ein zentrales Element unseres Studiengangs, und du wirst die Möglichkeit haben, dein Wissen in realen klinischen Settings anzuwenden und praktische Erfahrungen zu sammeln. Du wirst lernen, wie du psychosomatische Diagnostik und Therapie in der Arbeit mit Patientinnen und Patienten integrieren kannst und ihnen bei der Bewältigung von körperlichen Beschwerden und Erkrankungen zur Seite stehen kannst.

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Beispielfragen zu Prufungsteil B: Methodik ¨
Frage B1. Vier Fragen k¨onnen jeweils mit 1=stimme zu, 2=keine Meinung,
3=stimme nicht zu beantwortet werden. Welche der folgenden Aussagen ist/sind
fur die erhobenen Daten A zutreffend? ¨
A = {(1; 1; 2; 1)(2; 1; 3; 1)(3; 2; 1; 1)(1; 1; 3; 3)(2; 1; 3; 1)}
a Frage 4 erhielt gleich viele Zustimmungen wie Frage 2. (richtig)
b Stimme nicht zu war die seltenste Antwort.
c Die wenigsten Zustimmungen gab es bei Frage 3. (richtig)
d Frage 2 erhielt mehr Antworten als Frage 3.
Frage B2. Eine ”
Dummy-Codierung“ ist eine Null-Eins-Codierung kategorialer Variablen. Jede Merkmalsauspr¨agung wird dabei gesondert nach ”
vorhanden = 1 “
”
nicht vorhanden = 0 “ beurteilt. Nehmen Sie an, Sie haben eine Variable mit drei
Stufen, z.B. Religion (r¨omisch-katholisch, Islam, ohne Bekenntnis). Welche Kodierung wurde eine Person erhalten, f ¨ ur die ¨
”
ohne Bekenntnis“ zutrifft?
a 1 1 0
b 0 0 0
c 0 0 1 (richtig)
d 1 0 0
Frage B3. Ein Merkmal ist eine Eigenschaft, die zur Beschreibung von Objekten
dienen kann. Eine Merkmalsauspr¨agung ist der Wert, den ein Merkmal annehmen
kann. Nehmen Sie an, man m¨ochte Euro-Munzen beschreiben. Bei welcher der nach- ¨
stehenden Angaben handelt es sich um eine Merkmalsauspr¨agung?
a Material
b Durchmesser
c 1 Gramm (richtig)
d 10 Cent (richtig)
Beispielfragen / Aufnahmeprufung Bachelor Psychologie 23.08.2022 ¨ 8
Frage B4. Nehmen Sie an, bei einer Lotterie gibt es 100 farbige Lose (36 grune, 25 ¨
blaue, 22 gelbe, 17 rote). Aus diesen 100 Losen wird per Zufall ein Los gezogen. Die
Farbe dieses Loses wird notiert und das Los wird wieder zuruckgelegt und erneut ¨
gemischt. Diese Ziehung passiert insgesamt 5mal. Wenn man sich nach der Ziehung
die Farben der 5 Lose ansieht, welche der folgenden Farbverteilungen ist dann am
wahrscheinlichsten? (1. Farbe aus erster Ziehung, 2. Farbe aus zweiter Ziehung, etc.)
a Grun-Gr ¨ un-Gr ¨ un-Gr ¨ un-Gr ¨ un¨ (richtig)
b Gelb-Gelb-Gelb-Gelb-Gelb
c Grun-Blau-Gelb-Rot-Gr ¨ un¨
d Blau-Grun-Rot-Gelb-Gelb ¨
Frage B5. Die folgende Abbildung gibt die Entwicklung der durchschnittlichen
Lebenserwartung von weißen und farbigen Frauen in den USA wieder. Welche der
folgenden Aussagen l¨asst/lassen sich aus dieser Abbildung ableiten?
a Im Vergleich 1920 zu 1990 ist die Lebenserwartung von Frauen um ca. 25
Jahre gestiegen. (richtig)
b Die Lebenserwartung farbiger Frauen ist in den letzten 30 Jahren weniger
gestiegen als in den Jahren 1920 bis 1950. (richtig)
c Farbige Frauen haben seit Jahrzehnten eine h¨ohere Lebenserwartung als weiße
Frauen.
d Die h¨ohere Lebenserwartung weißer Frauen ist durch einen h¨oheren Wohlstand
erkl¨arbar.
Beispielfragen / Aufnahmeprufung Bachelor Psychologie 23.08.2022 ¨ 9
Frage B6. (2 Pkt) Es gibt 2 Arten von Ged¨achtnis - ein bewusstes oder explizites
und ein unbewusstes oder implizites Ged¨achtnis. Testet man diese beiden Ged¨achtnisformen, so stellt sich heraus, dass sich Versuchspersonen (20 Jahre) in einem
expliziten Ged¨achtnistest an mehr Items erinnern als in einem impliziten Ged¨achtnistest.
Das Ged¨achtnis ist allerdings nicht stabil, sondern ver¨andert sich uber das Alter ¨
hinweg, wobei diese Ver¨anderung nur das explizite Ged¨achtnis betrifft - dieses Ged¨achtnis nimmt im Alter ab. Das implizite Ged¨achtnis dagegen bleibt uber das ¨
gesamte Alter hinweg stabil. Wie wurde dieser Zusammenhang grafisch aussehen? ¨
Welche der Graphiken spiegelt Ihrer Meinung nach diesen Zusammenhang wider?
➊
(richtig)
➋
➌
➍
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Frage B7.
P
Zu den Regeln fur das Rechnen mit Summen geh ¨ ¨ort auch Folgende:
cXi = c
PXi
, wobei c fur eine Konstante steht und ¨ Xi
, fur beliebige Werte von ¨
X. Wenn man also z.B. jeden Wert Xi mit der Konstante 9 multipliziert, dann
bekommt man?
a 9 × (X1 + X2 + X3 + . . . + Xi) (richtig)
b Xi
P9
c 9
P9Xi
d 9
PXi (richtig)
Frage B8. Die Items (z. B. Fragen) psychologischer Tests werden innerhalb des
Theorierahmens der Probabilistischen Testtheorie als Kurven dargestellt, wobei die
Kurven pro Item den Zusammenhang zwischen der Eigenschaftsauspr¨agung E, z.
B. Intelligenz von Personen und der L¨osungswahrscheinlichkeit bei gegebener Eigenschaftsauspr¨agung p(+|E) fur das jeweilige Item darstellen. ¨ p(+|E) = 0, 00 bedeutet, dass es unter gegebener Eigenschaftsauspr¨agung unm¨oglich ist, das Item
zu l¨osen; p(+|E) = 0, 50, dass unter gegebener Eigenschaftsauspr¨agung die Wahrscheinlichkeit, das Item zu l¨osen, bei 50% liegt und p(+|E) = 1, 00 bedeutet, dass
die Wahrscheinlichkeit, das Item bei gegebener Eigenschaftsauspr¨agung zu l¨osen,
bei 100% liegt. Welche der folgenden Aussagen ist/sind korrekt?
a Item D ist das schwerste Item. (richtig)
b Bei einer Intelligenzauspr¨agung von E = −8 ist es ann¨ahernd unm¨oglich, Item
C zu l¨osen. (richtig)
c Item A ist das leichteste Item. (richtig)
d Fur Item B gilt: ¨ p(+| − 2) = 0, 50
Beispielfragen / Aufnahmeprufung Bachelor Psychologie 23.08.2022 ¨ 11
Frage B9. Das Skalenniveau stellt eine wichtige Eigenschaft bei der Messung von
(psychologischen) Merkmalsauspr¨agungen dar. Es bestimmt, welche mathematischen Operationen mit einer Merkmalsvariable zul¨assig sind, welche Transformationen mit den Zahlenwerten durchgefuhrt werden k ¨ ¨onnen und welche Information das
entsprechende Merkmal liefert. Eines dieser Skalenniveaus stellt die Nominalskala
dar. Die vergebenen Zahlenwerte in einer Nominalskala dienen dazu, die kategorielle Gleichheit bzw. Unterschiedlichkeit von Merkmalsauspr¨agungen abzubilden. Ein
Beispiel fur ein nominalskaliertes Merkmal ist das Geschlecht. Dieses liegt prinzipiell ¨
in zwei Auspr¨agungen vor: m¨annlich und weiblich. Somit w¨are fur jedes Geschlecht ¨
ein spezifischer numerischer Wert zu definieren. Die H¨ohe der Werte ist diesbezug- ¨
lich irrelevant, da der Zahlenunterschied nur die Gleichheit oder Unterschiedlichkeit
der Personen bezuglich ihres Geschlechts abbilden muss. ¨
Stellen Sie sich nun vor, dass bei einem Fragebogen die Nationalit¨at der TeilnehmerInnen erhoben wurde. Anbei finden Sie eine Auflistung, uber welche Nationalit ¨ ¨at
die ersten funf TeilnehmerInnen der Befragung verf ¨ ugen. Welche der folgenden ¨
Nominalskalierungen der Nationalit¨at der TeilnehmerInnen ist/sind gem¨aß obiger
Beschreibung korrekt?
TeilnehmerInnen TN1 TN2 TN3 TN4 TN5
Nationalit¨at Deutschland Osterreich Schweiz Deutschland Italien ¨
Skalierung A 1 2 3 1 4
Skalierung B 10 5 15 10 20
Skalierung C 4 5 6 7 8
Skalierung D 99 98 100 99 2
a Skalierung D (richtig)
b Skalierung C
c Skalierung A (richtig)
d Skalierung B (richtig)
Frage B10. Um den Grad der Ubereinstimmung (U) zwischen zwei Beobach- ¨
ter*innen zu messen, kann man das Verh¨altnis von ubereinstimmenden Aussagen ¨
zur Gesamtzahl der Aussagen bestimmen. Nehmen Sie an, die Beobachter*innen
stimmen in 90 F¨allen uberein und in 30 F ¨ ¨allen nicht uberein. Der Grad der ¨ Uber- ¨
einstimmung betr¨agt dann:
a U = 0.33
b U = 0.25
c U = 0.75 (richtig)
d U = 3.00
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Beispieltext und Fragen zu Prufungsteil C: Englisches Text- ¨
leseverst¨andnis Psychologie
Anmerkung: Der folgende Text ist einer von zwei Texten, die bei einer ¨alteren Aufnahmeprufung den Pr ¨ ufungsteil: ¨ Englisches Textleseverst¨andnis ausgemacht haben.
Die Items zu diesem Text wurden auf das neue Antwortformat angepasst (siehe
Einleitung; 1 bis 4 Antworten pro Frage sind Richtig) - fur die Aufnahmepr ¨ ufung ¨
werden aktuell Texte im Umfang von ca. 4-5 Seiten im vorliegenden Format
eingesetzt. Der folgende Text wurde entnommen aus:
Greenberg, J. (1990). Employee Theft as a Reaction to Underpayment Inequity:
The Hidden Cost of Pay Cuts. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75, 561-568.
Employee Theft as a Reaction to Underpayment Inequity
Imagine yourself in the following situation. You’re an employee of a manufacturing
firm during an economic recession. The company has lost some large contracts and
now finds itself in a temporary cash flow crisis. Rather than laying off any employees,
company officials decide that the best way to weather the storm is to impose a 15%
pay cut for all employees for a period of 10 weeks. Naturally, you’d feel displeased,
and inequitably treated. After all, you would now be underpaid relative to the pay
you received earlier. However, in such a situation, you may feel reluctant to lower
your work performance because you may not want to call negative attention to
yourself and risk getting fired. Still, you feel angry about your pay cut.
What might you do? A recent study by Greenberg found that people in this
same exact underpayment inequity situation found an ingenious way to raise their
outcomes - they stole from the employer. Although it’s unethical to do so, stealing
may be an effective way of restoring equity with an employer who has underpaid
you. Not only might it raise your outcomes,(especially if you’re stealing something
of value to you), but it also represents a way of retaliating against those who have
caused you some harm.
The research was conducted in three manufacturing plants. In one, there was no
need for a pay cut, and it was business as usual; this was the control group. The
other two plants were similar to the control group in that they employed people
with similar backgrounds to do the same types of manufacturing jobs. The pay cuts
in these two plants were handled in very different ways.
In one of the plants (chosen at random), employees received a very thorough and
sensitive explanation of their pay cut. In this adequate explanation condition, they
were given a detailed financial accounting justifying the need for the pay cuts, and
they were shown a considerable amount of remorse and sympathy over their fate.
By contrast, employees in the inadequate explanation condition, the other plant,
were given only the most superficial information about the necessity for the pay
cuts, and this information was presented in a highly uncaring fashion.
The researcher wanted to see how the explanations would influence the amount
of employee theft that occurred. Theft rates were measured using a standardized
formula to account for otherwise unaccounted-for inventory losses. Inventory was
taken weekly by company officials who were unaware of the study. Measures of
theft were taken over thirty consecutive weeks - ten weeks before the pay cut, ten
weeks during the pay cut period, and ten weeks after normal pay was reinstated.
Was the pay cut responsible for raises in employee theft? Did the amount of theft
differ according to the explanation given? The answers are revealed by the data
summarized in Figure 4-10. Before the pay cut, the level of theft was quite low, and
about the same in all three groups. Then, once the pay cut occurred, the theft rate
went up - moderately for those given an adequate explanation, but dramatically
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(twice as much!) in the inadequate explanation plant. Interestingly, once normal
pay levels were reestablished, theft rates returned to their regular, low levels.
Obviously, the findings were quite dramatic. Not only did theft result from underpayment, as equity theory suggests, but also the amount of theft was found to
be affected by the explanation given for the underpayment. Whereas a thorough,
sensitive explanation made people more accepting of the underpayment, and less
extreme in their reactions to it, a superficial, insensitive explanation encouraged
people to fully express their dissatisfaction by stealing. These findings make it clear
that feelings of inequity are influenced not only by the balance of outcomes and inputs between them, as equity theory suggests, but also by the way people are treated
by others. Indeed, treating others in a kind, sensitive manner has been shown to be
an effective way of getting people to accept many of the different inequities they
may expect to encounter on the job

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Mental health responses to COVID-19 around the world
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Miranda Olff
Indira Primasari
Yulan Qing[...]
Irina Zrnić Novaković
Background: The mental health impact of the COVID-19 crisis may differ from previously studied stressful events in terms of psychological reactions, specific risk factors, and symptom severity across geographic regions worldwide. Objective: To assess the impact of COVID-19 on a wide range of mental health symptoms, to identify relevant risk factors...
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Figure 1. GPS symptom score (mean and 95% confidence interval) as a...
Results of the models with GPS symptom subdomains predicted by type of...
Results of linear model with GPS symptom score predicted by...

Mental health responses to COVID-19 around the world
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Miranda Oliff
Indira Primasari
Yulan Qing[...]
Irina Zrnić Novaković
ABSTRACT Background: The mental health impact of the COVID-19 crisis may differ from previously studied stressful events in terms of psychological reactions, specific risk factors, and symptom severity across geographic regions worldwide.Objective: To assess the impact of COVID-19 on a wide range of mental health symptoms, to identify relevant risk...
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Descriptive statistics, internal consistencies and paired correlations...
Multiple regression analyses including the subscales of the Childhood...
Bivariate correlations between CARTS subscales of mother and father...

Validation and cross-cultural comparisons of the German Childhood Attachment and Relational Trauma Screen (CARTS)
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May 2021
Louisa Leuchter
Paul A Frewen
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Child maltreatment is embedded in a complex system of familial, societal and cultural influences. However, the microsystemic framework in which child maltreatment occurs has not been sufficiently accounted for in previous measures of trauma history. In order to include this relational context, a novel survey method, the Childhood Attach...
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The Pandemic Stressor Scale – Factorial Validity and Reliability of a Measure of Stressors During a Pandemic
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May 2021
Annett Lotzin
Ronja Ketelsen
Irina Zrnić Novaković[...]
Ingo Schäfer
Background: This study aimed to assess the factorial validity and reliability of the Pandemic Stressor Scale (PaSS), a new measure to assess the severity of distress for different stressors relevant during a pandemic or epidemic. Methods: The PaSS was administered in N = 2760 German participants. Exploratory factor analysis was used to extract fact...
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Barriers and facilitators to accessing mental health services after child maltreatment in foster care: An Austrian survivors’ perspective
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May 2021
Viktoria Kantor
Lucia Verginer
Tobias Glück[...]
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Many trauma survivors seem to be reluctant to seek professional help for mental health issues. The present study aimed to enhance the understanding of perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health service use in adult survivors of institutional abuse (IA) in foster care. It further aimed to explore survivors’ suggestions on how to increase m...
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Fig. 1. Network models of psychopathological factors without (left,...
Table 1.
Correlations with confidence intervals between variables...
Fig. 2. Node strength (blue, solid line) and expected influence (red,...
Table 2.
Comorbidity and co-occurrence between PTSD, DSO, depression,...
Fig. 3. Shortest direct paths from cumulative childhood trauma to PTSD...
Foster children's complex psychopathology in the context of cumulative childhood trauma: The interplay of ICD-11 complex PTSD, dissociation, depression, and emotion regulation
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Mar 2021
Alexander Haselgruber
Matthias Knefel
Katharina Sölva
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Foster children experience maltreatment at exceptionally high rates with increased risk to develop ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). While rates of comorbidity between CPTSD and various disorders are high, the interplay between constituent aspects of psychopathology is not clearly understood. No study used network an...
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Evidence for the coherence and integrity of the complex PTSD (CPTSD) diagnosis: response to Achterhof et al., (2019) and Ford (2020)
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Marylene Cloitre
Chris R. Brewin
Jonathan I Bisson[...]
Mark Shevlin
This letter to the editor responds to a recent EJPT editorial and following commentary which express concerns about the validity of the ICD-11 complex PTSD (CPTSD) diagnosis. Achterhof and colleagues caution that latent profile analyses and latent class analyses, which have been frequently used to demonstrate the discriminative validity of the ICD-...
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Figure 1. The iCAN brochure, see also...
Figure 2. Example of CARTS items.
Psychometric properties of the GPS in a variety of samples -ongoing...

Screening for consequences of trauma – an update on the global collaboration on traumatic stress
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Dec 2020
Miranda Olff
Anne Bakker
Paul A Frewen[...]
Ulrich Schnyder
This letter provides an update on the activities of "The Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress" (GC-TS) as first described by Schnyder et al. in 2017. It presents in further detail the projects of the first theme, in particular the development of and initial data on the Global Psychotrauma Screen (GPS), a brief instrument designed to screen for...
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Percentage of participants exhibiting PTSD symptoms according to DSM-5...

Comparing rates of ICD-11 and DSM-5 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Austrian children and adolescents in foster care: prevalence, comorbidity and predictors
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Dec 2020
Paul Bruckmann
Alexander Haselgruber
Katharina Sölva
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background The diagnostic criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) differ between the DSM-5 and the ICD-11, affecting prevalence and associated metrics of PTSD. Objective Investigating the effects of the diverging DSM-5 and ICD-11 PTSD conceptualizations on prevalence and comorbidity rates, as well as predictor impact in a sample of foste...
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Foster children's complex psychopathology in the context of cumulative childhood trauma: The interplay of ICD-11 complex PTSD, dissociation, depression, and emotion regulation
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Dec 2020
Alexander Haselgruber
Matthias Knefel
Katharina Sölva
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Foster children experience maltreatment at exceptionally high rates with increased risk to develop ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). While rates of comorbidity between CPTSD and various disorders are high, the interplay between constituent aspects of psychopathology is not clearly understood. No study used network an...
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Commentary: The need for research on PTSD in Children and adolescents – a commentary on Elliot et al. (2020)
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Dec 2020
Marylene Cloitre
Chris R. Brewin
Evaldas Kazlauskas[...]
Mark Shevlin
The recent release of the 11th version of The International Classification of Diseases (ICD‐11: WHO, 2018) marked a significant departure from the previous similarities between it and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM‐5; APA, 2013) in terms of their conceptualization of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ICD‐11 p...
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Figure 1. Four alternative models of ICD-11 CPTSD using the ITQ-CA. Re,...
Table 3. Standardized factor loadings and standard errors for the...
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of lifetime traumatization, CPTSD...
Table 2. Model fit statistics of confirmatory factor analysis for...
Table 4. Bivariate correlations between ITQ-CA symptom clusters and...
Symptom structure of ICD-11 Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) in trauma-exposed foster children: examining the International Trauma Questionnaire - Child and Adolescent Version (ITQ-CA)
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Dec 2020
Alexander Haselgruber
Katharina Sölva
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: The 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) introduces Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) as two distinct trauma-related disorders. Numerous studies support the proposed symptom structure of ICD-11 CPTSD in adults, but only a few studies have examined CPTS...
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Figure 1. Graphic representation of the distinct classes.
Descriptive comparison of trauma classes according to age, PTSD, DSO...

Latent classes of childhood maltreatment in children and adolescents in foster care: Associations with ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD
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Nov 2020
Katharina Sölva
Alexander Haselgruber
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Children and adolescents in foster care often experience many co-occurring subtypes of maltreatment. However, little is known about different combinations of maltreatment subtypes, referred to as maltreatment classes. Furthermore, the association between those maltreatment classes and ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and comp...
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Perspective matters: Differences between child- and caregiver-reports of emotion regulation mediating the relationship between cumulative childhood trauma and mental health problems in foster children
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Sep 2020
Alexander Haselgruber
Katharina Sölva
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background Cumulative childhood trauma predicts mental health problems in children, mediated by emotion regulation (ER). To assess trauma history and mental health in children, different informants may be addressed, assessing data from different perspectives. Despite differences between child- and caregiver-reports as robust finding in child psycho...
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Figure 1. Social determinants of mental health during the COVID-19...
Figure 2. Study design.

Stressors, coping and symptoms of adjustment disorder in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic -study protocol of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) pan-European study
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Aug 2020
Annett Lotzin
Elena Acquarini
Dean Ajdukovic[...]
Ingo Schäfer
Background: During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the people in Europe are exposed to self-isolation, quarantine, job loss, risk of contracting COVID-19, or grief of loved ones. Such a complex array of stressors may lead to symptoms of adjustment disorder or posttraumatic stress disorder. This research protocol describes a study launched by the Eur...
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Diagnostik von Traumafolgestörungen bei Menschen mit intellektueller Beeinträchtigung: Validierung des LANTS und des IES-IDs in deutscher Sprache
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Aug 2020
Julien Brüseke
Doris Rittmannsberger
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Recently, psychological questionnaires focusing on self-report like the »Lancaster and Northgate Trauma Scale« and the »Impact of Event Scale for People with Intellectual Disabilities« have been published for diagnosis of trauma sequel in people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Showing good psychometric properties for the English versions the p...
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Der familiäre Hintergrund „suchtbelastete Familie“ und dessen Auswirkung auf Mentalisierungsprozesse fremduntergebrachter KinderThe impact of parental licit/illicit drug abuse background on mentalization processes in children living in foster care
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Nadja Springer
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Zusammenfassung Studien über Bindung weisen auf Schwierigkeiten drogenabhängiger Eltern hinsichtlich ihrer Reaktion auf die emotionalen Signale der Kinder und die daraus abzuleitenden Verhaltensweisen hin. Dies lässt auf eine reduzierte Mentalisierungsfähigkeit schließen. Mentalisieren bedeutet die grundlegende menschliche Fähigkeit, Verhalten in B...
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Figure 2. Path diagram of the mediation model with self-reported trauma...
Figure 3. Path diagram of the mediation model with informant-reported...
Results of the mediation analysis: informant-reported trauma exposure...
Results of the mediation analysis: informant-reported trauma exposure...

The association between challenging behaviour and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in people with intellectual disabilities: A Bayesian mediation analysis approach
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May 2020
Doris Rittmannsberger
Takuya Yanagida
Germain Weber
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background A preponderance of behavioural symptoms is assumed to be the main difference in the manifestation of symptoms of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with intellectual disability (ID). However, no study so far has assessed the relationship between challenging behaviour (CB) and PTSD. The present study aims to explore this rela...
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Versorgungskonzepte und Versorgungsrealität bei Menschen mit Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung
Article
May 2020
Olaf Reddemann
Julia Schellong
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster[...]
Volker Köllner
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Fig. 1. Mediation model. Left numbers correspond to the anger...

Emotion regulation strategies, self-esteem, and anger in adult survivors of childhood maltreatment in foster care settings
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May 2020
Dina Weindl
Matthias Knefel
Tobias Glück
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Anger is a known factor that adds to the distress caused by mental health problems in traumatized samples. Limited strategies for emotion regulation play a key role in this relationship. People with a history of severe trauma frequently report less adaptive emotion regulation strategies, low self-esteem, and high levels of anger. To our...
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Applicability of the post‐traumatic stress disorder gate criterion in people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities: Do additional adverse events impact current symptoms of PTSD in people with intellectual disabilities?
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Apr 2020
Doris Rittmannsberger
Germain Weber
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background Diagnostic manuals provide a strict definition of the PTSD gate criterion. Research on the adequacy of this definition in people with intellectual disabilities is lacking. This study aims to test the adequacy of the gate criterion for this population. Method Fourty nine adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities and 43 careg...
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Figure 1. Benevolent social reactions and their assignment to SRQ...
Figure 2. Harmful social reactions and their assignment to SRQ categories.
Examples for paraphrasing, generalisation and coding.Doris...

Social reactions to disclosure of sexual violence in female adults with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities: a qualitative analysis of four cases
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Feb 2020
Doris Rittmannsberger
Germain Weber
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Socio-interpersonal factors have a strong potential to protect individuals against pathological processing of traumatic events. While perceived social support has emerged as an important protective factor, this effect has not been replicated in people with intellectual disabilities (ID). One reason for this might be that the relevance of socio-inte...
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The relationship between cumulative traumatic experiences and ICD-11 post-traumatic symptoms in children and adolescents in foster care: The mediating effect of sense of coherence
Article
Jan 2020
Katharina Sölva
Alexander Haselgruber
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Children and adolescents in foster care show a high prevalence of cumulative traumatic experiences (CTE), symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and symptoms related to disturbances in self-organization (DSO). PTSD and DSO constitute the ICD-11 diagnosis Complex PTSD (CPTSD). Sense of coherence (SOC) has been shown to allevia...
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Fig. 1 Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flowchart...

A brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention for Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in Austria: a randomized controlled trial
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Jan 2020
Matthias Knefel
Viktoria Kantor
Andrew Nicholson[...]
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Asylum seekers and refugees are at great risk for developing mental disorders. Afghan refugees are a particularly vulnerable group with a low average education and mental health literacy level. Traumatic experiences and hardship before and during migration are predictive of mental health problems. However, post-migration living difficu...
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Fig. 1. Seven alternative models of ICD-11 CPTSD using the ITQ.
Table 1. Model fit statistics for alternative models of ICD-11 CPTSD...
Fig. 2. Endorsement of PTSD and DSO symptoms by class. [Colour figure...
Table 2. Standardized factor loadings and standard errors for the...
+1Table 3. Standardized coefficients for the regression model
Validation of ICD‐11 PTSD and complex PTSD in foster children using the International Trauma Questionnaire
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Jan 2020
Alexander Haselgruber
Katharina Sölva
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Objective: ICD-11 introduces Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) as two distinct trauma-related disorders. Using the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) as disorder-specific measure, this study is the first to examine the factorial and construct validity of ICD-11 PTSD, CPTSD, and the ITQs applicability in children....
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ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA
Article
Nov 2019
A Haselgruber
K S€ Olva
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Alexander Haselgruber
Validation of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in foster children using the International Trauma Questionnaire Haselgruber A, S€ olva K, Lueger-Schuster B. Validation of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in foster children using the International Trauma Questionnaire. Objective: ICD-11 introduces post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD...
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Versorgungkonzepte und Versorgungsrealität bei Menschen mit PTBS
Chapter
Nov 2019
Olaf Reddemann
Julia Schellong
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster[...]
Peter Liebermann
Die Versorgung von Menschen mit posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen (PTBS) hat sich in Deutschland ebenso wie die diesbezügliche Forschung in den letzten Jahren beträchtlich weiterentwickelt. Gleichwohl besteht weiter Entwicklungsbedarf zur Verminderung persönlichen Leids und der hohen mit traumatischen Erkrankungen verbundenen Kosten: „Die Traum...
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Fig. 1 Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flowchart...

A brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention for Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in Austria: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Oct 2019
Matthias Knefel
Viktoria Kantor
Andrew Nicholson[...]
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Asylum seekers and refugees are at great risk for developing mental disorders. Afghan refugees are a particularly vulnerable group with a low average education and mental health literacy level. Traumatic experiences and hardship before and during migration are predictive of mental health problems. However, post-migration living difficul...
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A brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention for Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in Austria: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Preprint
Sep 2019
Matthias Knefel
Viktoria Kantor
Andrew Nicholson[...]
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background Asylum seekers and refugees are at great risk for developing mental disorders. Afghan refugees are a particularly vulnerable group with a low average educational and mental health literacy level. Traumatic experiences and hardship pre- and during migration are predictive of mental health problems. However, post-migration living difficult...
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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of ICD-11 Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Networks in Austria, the United Kingdom, and Lithuania
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Jan 2019
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Jonathan I Bisson[...]
Neil P Roberts
The 11th revision of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) includes a new disorder, complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). The network approach to psychopathology enables investigation of the structure of disorders at the symptom level, which allows for analysis of direct symptom interactions. The...
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The replicability of ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress disorder symptom networks in adults
Article
Jan 2019
Matthias Knefel
Thanos Karatzias
Menachem Ben-Ezra[...]
Andreas Maercker
Background The ICD-11 includes a new disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). A network approach to CPTSD will enable investigation of the structure of the disorder at the symptom level, which may inform the development of treatments that target specific symptoms to accelerate clinical outcomes. Aims We aimed to test whether simil...
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Traumafolgestörungen
Chapter
Jan 2019
Doris Rittmannsberger
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Germain Weber
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Traumadiagnostik
Chapter
Jan 2019
Doris Rittmannsberger
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Germain Weber
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Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder in people with intellectual disabilities: A Delphi expert rating
Article
Nov 2018
Doris Rittmannsberger
Andreas Kocman
Germain Weber
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: There is a lack of research on trauma in people with intellectual disabilities. This study assessed expert consensus on the traumatic potential of a broader range of adverse life events, and differences in symptom manifestation and behavioural symptom equivalents of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Method: The present au...
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Fig. 1 Flow chart of main and subthemes
Table 1 Qualitative themes and quantitative results (MSWS -emotional SE)
Table 2 Gender-specific frequencies of qualitative themes
Abbreviations CM: Childhood maltreatment; DSO: Disturbances in...

Coming to terms with oneself: A mixed methods approach to perceived self-esteem of adult survivors of childhood maltreatment in foster care settings
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Sep 2018
Dina Weindl
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: A broad range of psychopathological sequelae was found in adult survivors of institutional childhood maltreatment (IM). Childhood maltreatment is also associated with lower self-esteem (SE). In previous qualitative research, adult survivors of IM reported feelings of worthlessness and self-doubts, but research on IM and its association...
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Supplementary Material 1
Data
Sep 2018
Dina Weindl
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Supplementary Material 2
Data
Sep 2018
Dina Weindl
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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From child maltreatment to ICD-11 complex post-traumatic stress symptoms: The role of emotion regulation and re-victimisation
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Jun 2018
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Thanos Karatzias[...]
Philip Hyland
Objective. Complex post‐traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) will be introduced in ICD‐11 and comprises symptoms of PTSD and disturbances in self‐organisation (DSO). The association of trauma with PTSD and DSO is not yet fully understood. We investigated the path from child maltreatment to PTSD and DSO and examined the mediating role of emotion regula...
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) as per ICD-11 proposals: A population study in Israel
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Feb 2018
Menachem Ben-Ezra
Thanos Karatzias
Philip Hyland[...]
Mark Shevlin
Background: The current study sought to advance the existing literature by providing the first assessment of the factorial and discriminant validity of the ICD-11 proposals for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD) in a nationwide level. Methods: A nationally representative sample from Israel (n = 1,003) using a disorder-...
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Child abuse and neglect in institutional settings, cumulative lifetime traumatization, and psychopathological long-term correlates in adult survivors: The Vienna Institutional Abuse Study
Article
Dec 2017
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Matthias Knefel
Tobias Glück[...]
Dina Weindl
Child maltreatment (CM) in foster care settings (i.e., institutional abuse, IA) is known to have negative effects on adult survivor's mental health. This study examines and compares the extent of CM (physical, emotional, and sexual abuse; physical and emotional neglect) and lifetime traumatization with regard to current adult mental health in a gro...
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The global collaboration on traumatic stress
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Dec 2017
Ulrich Schnyder
Ingo Schäfer
Helene Flood Aakvaag[...]
Miranda Olff
Trauma is a global issue. The great majority of the global burden of disease arising from mental health conditions occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), among populations in political, economic, and/or cultural transition and those struck by forced migration. These mental health problems frequently arise as a result of traumatic event...
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Figure 1. Scale-level network.
Figure 2. Centrality plot of the scale-level network. Strength refers...
Figure 3. Item-level network.
Figure 4. Centrality plot of the item-level network. Strength refers to...

A network analysis of anger, shame, proposed ICD-11 post-traumatic stress disorder, and different types of childhood trauma in foster care settings in a sample of adult survivors
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Nov 2017
Tobias Glück
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Anger and shame are aspects that are specifically associated with psychopathology and maladaptation after childhood abuse and neglect. They are known to influence symptom maintenance and exacerbation; however, their interaction is not fully understood. Objective: To explore with network analysis the association and interaction of prolon...
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A Network Analysis of Anger and DSM-5 PTSD and Proposed ICD-11 Complex PTSD
Poster
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Nov 2017
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Relative importance networks of proposed ICD-11 Complex PTSD dimensions and DSM-5 PTSD dimensions including aspects of anger.
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Motivational capacities after prolonged interpersonal childhood trauma in institutional settings in a sample of Austrian adult survivors
Article
Nov 2017
Dina Weindl
Matthias Knefel
Tobias Glück[...]
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
A considerable amount of research has been conducted on the aversive impact of prolonged interpersonal childhood trauma, but data on possible associations with motivational concepts (self-efficacy, self-esteem and locus of control) in adult survivors is scarce. The purpose of this study is to investigate specific coherences between childhood abuse...
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Table 1 . CFA and bifactor model fit indices for IASMHS.
Table 4 . Bivariate correlations of variables included in regression...

Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services
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Oct 2017
Viktoria Kantor
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Although effective treatments exist, many trauma survivors delay or avoid professional help. Attitudes towards help-seeking are associated with intentions to and actual treatment use, but were neglected in research on trauma survivors so far. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the reliability, construct validity, and predictive...
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Supplementary material
Data
Sep 2017
Tobias Glück
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Poster presentation: Self-esteem mediates the relationship between emotion regulation strategies and anger in a sample of adult survivors of institutional childhood abuse.
Poster
Jun 2017
Dina Weindl
Matthias Knefel
Tobias Glück
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Fig. 1. Flow diagram.
Table 1 Characteristics of all studies included in the systematic review.
Table 1 (continued)
Table 2 Key barrier themes addressed in qualitative studies (n = 16).

Perceived barriers and facilitators of mental health service utilization in adult trauma survivors: A systematic review
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Dec 2016
Viktoria Kantor
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Many trauma survivors seem to be reluctant to seek professional help. The aim of the current review was to synthesize relevant literature, and to systematically classify trauma survivors' perceived barriers and facilitators regarding mental health service utilization. The systematic search identified 19 studies addressing military personnel and 17...
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The association of posttraumatic stress disorder, complex posttraumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder from a network analytical perspective
Article
Sep 2016
Matthias Knefel
Ulrich S Tran
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Complex PTSD, and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) share etiological risk factors and an overlapping set of associated symptoms. Since the ICD-11 proposal for trauma-related disorders, the relationship of these disorders has to be clarified. A novel approach to psychopathology, network analysi...
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Spuren auf der Seele. Subjektiv wahrgenommene Auswirkungen institutioneller Gewalt in Einrichtungen der katholischen Kirche.
Article
Aug 2016
Dina Weindl
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
In den letzten Jahren kam es zu einer wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung mit den Auswirkungen von erlebter Institutioneller Gewalt (IG), unter anderem in Einrichtungen der katholischen Kirche. Die Auswirkungen reichen weit über psychopathologische Symptome hinaus und stellen für die Betroffenen oftmals eine schwerwiegende Einschränkung in ihrer...
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Fig. 1. Conditional symptom severity means by cluster. Symptoms in...
Table 1 . Prevalence and agreement of PTSD criteria according to ICD-10...
Table 2 . Fit indices for ICD-11 PTSD factor models and fit of latent...
Table 3 . Multinomial regression model predicting class membership...

PTSD in ICD-10 and proposed ICD-11 in elderly with childhood trauma: Prevalence, factor structure, and symptom profiles
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Jan 2016
Tobias Glück
Matthias Knefel
Ulrich S Tran
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: The proposal for ICD-11 postulates major changes for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis, which needs investigation in different samples. Aims: To investigate differences of PTSD prevalence and diagnostic agreement between ICD-10 and ICD-11, factor structure of proposed ICD-11 PTSD, and diagnostic value of PTSD symptom sev...
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The influence of sense of coherence and mindfulness on PTSD symptoms and posttraumatic cognitions in a sample of elderly Austrian survivors of World War II
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Sep 2015
Tobias Glück
Ulrich S Tran
Simone Raninger
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background: Sense of Coherence (SOC) and mindfulness are known protective factors against psychopathology, also in older age. We set out to investigate the influence of SOC and mindfulness on posttraumatic symptoms and cognitions in the context of lifetime trauma in elderly persons with a history of childhood war-experiences. Methods: Elderly Au...
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Table 1 Sample characteristics of study population

Aspects of social support and disclosure in the context of institutional abuse – long-term impact on mental health
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Jun 2015
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Asisa Butollo
Yvonne Moy[...]
Dina Weindl
Background The psychological sequelae of institutionalized abuse and its long-term consequences has not been systematically documented in existing literature in regarding social support once disclosure has been made. Reporting abuse is crucial, in particular for adult victims of childhood IA within the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, there is ongoin...
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Fig. 1. Standardized symptom severity profile by class. For clarity of...
Table 1 . Latent class models and fit indices

Update to an evaluation of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD criteria in a sample of adult survivors of childhood institutional abuse by Knefel & Lueger-Schuster (2013): A latent profile analysis
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Jan 2015
Matthias Knefel
Donn W Garvert
Marylene Cloitre
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
The World Health Organization (WHO) International Classification of Diseases, 11th version (ICD-11), has proposed a trauma-related diagnosis of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) separate and distinct from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To determine whether the symptoms endorsed by individuals who had experienced childhood institu...
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Resilience and Mental Health in Adult Survivors of Child Abuse Associated with the Institution of the Austrian Catholic Church
Article
Oct 2014
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Dina Weindl
Viktoria Kantor[...]
Reinhold Jagsch
In recent years, reports of institutional abuse within the Catholic Church have emerged and research on the consequences on mental health is in its beginnings. In this study, we report findings on current mental health and resilience in a sample of adult survivors of institutional abuse (N = 185). We compared 3 groups of survivors that differed reg...
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Table 1. Data transformation
Table 2. Sense-making themes and frequencies (participants often gave...
Table 3. Benefit-finding themes and frequencies (participants often...
Table 4. Measures of posttraumatic growth and complicated grief

Losing a child: Finding meaning in bereavement
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Julia Bogensperger
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Confronting the loss of a loved one leads us to the core questions of human existence. Bereaved parents have to deal with the rupture of a widely shared concept of what is perceived to be the natural course of life and are forced into meaning reconstruction. This study aims to expand upon existing work concerning specific themes of meaning reconstr...
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An evaluation of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD criteria in a sample of adult survivors of childhood institutional abuse
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Dec 2013
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
The WHO recently launched the proposal for the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) that also includes two diagnoses related to traumatic stress. In contrast to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), ICD-11 will probably, in addition to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),...
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Institutional abuse of children in the Austrian Catholic Church: Types of abuse and impact on adult survivors’ current mental health
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Sep 2013
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Viktoria Kantor
Dina Weindl[...]
Tobias Glück
The aim of this study was to explore the nature and dimensions of institutional child abuse (IA) by the Austrian Catholic Church and to investigate the current mental health of adult survivors. Data were collected in two steps. First, documents of 448 adult survivors of IA (M=55.1 years, 75.7% men) who had disclosed their abuse history to a victim...
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European psychotraumatology - Alongside the recent European history
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Jun 2013
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
This article outlines a personal reflection of experiences within the field of traumatic stress, especially in relation to specific events, which affected the author's professional life. Conclusions for further challenges for European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) are delineated. ESTSS's role in the global network of traumatic stress...
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20 Years of European Society for Traumatic Stress
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Jun 2013
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Institutioneller Missbrauch in Einrichtungen der Katholischen Kirche in Österreich
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May 2013
Dina Weindl
Viktoria Kantor
Matthias Knefel
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Hintergrund: Psychotraumatologische Auswirkungen von Gewalt und Missbrauchserfahrungen in Institutionen der katholischen Kirche unterliegen seit dem Aufdecken der ersten Skandale in Europa und den USA verstärktem Forschungsinteresse. Methode: Eine Stichprobe von 185 Betroffenen von Gewalt und Missbrauchserfahrungen wurde mittels eines Fragebogenset...
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Table 1 Sample characteristics
Table 3 Differences in CD-RISC item and total scores in the matched...

Influence of personal and environmental factors on mental health in a sample of Austrian survivors of World War II with regard to PTSD: Is it resilience?
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Feb 2013
Ulrich S Tran
Tobias Glück
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Background War-related traumata in childhood and young-adulthood may have long-lasting negative effects on mental health. The focus of recent research has shifted to examine positive adaption despite traumatic experiences, i.e. resilience. We investigated personal and environmental factors associated with resilience in a sample of elderly Austrians...
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Table 2 . Traumatic events in relation to gender and PTSD prevalence
Table 3 . Prevalence of current clinically relevant psychopathological...

PTSD and trauma in Austria's elderly: Influence of wartime experiences, postwar zone of occupation, and life time traumatization on today's mental health status-an interdisciplinary approach
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Jul 2012
Tobias Glück
Ulrich S Tran
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
While in recent years epidemiological studies on World War (WW) II-related traumatization and prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in elderly persons have been conducted for various European countries, for Austria, these numbers are unknown. The focus of this epidemiologic study was to picture the current mental health status and prev...
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Helping Children after Mass Disaster: Using a Comprehensive Trauma Center and School Support
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Jun 2012
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
IntroductionThe impact of mass disasters on childrenEpidemiological data on children and mass disastersThe event at Beslan: background and description of the attackDistress and resourcesA model to provide a psychosocial comprehensive trauma center: the example of BeslanThe reality of the Beslan projectReferences
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Children of War. Consequences of World War II and the Occupation of Austria on the Mental Health of the Elder Generation
Conference Paper
Jun 2012
Wintner
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Strasser[...]
Zeilinger
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Children of War. The Impact of World War II and the Occupation of Austria on the Mental Health in Elderly
Conference Paper
Jun 2012
Zeilinger
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Schiller[...]
Wintner
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Neuropsychological Functions in Correlation with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
Conference Paper
Jun 2012
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Neuropsychological Functions in Correlation with Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
Conference Paper
Jun 2012
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Brigitte (472-Angewandte Entwicklungspsychologie
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Using a Delphi process to develop an effective train-the-trainers program to train health and social care professionals throughout Europe
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Jun 2012
Jennifer Pearce
Caryl Jones
Sinead Morrison[...]
Jonathan I Bisson
Research has shown that developing a Train-the-Trainers (TTT) program is important if agencies are to implement guidelines, but the most effective way to deliver a TTT program remains unanswered. This article presents data from a 3-round Internet-based Delphi process, which was used to help develop consensus-based guidelines for a TTT programme to...
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Sexual violence by occupational forces during and after World War II: Influence of experiencing and witnessing of sexual violence on current mental health in a sample of elderly Austrians
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Mar 2012
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Tobias Glück
Ulrich S Tran
Elisabeth L Zeilinger
Wartime r**e is an atrocity with long-lasting impacts not only on victims but whole societies. In this brief report, we present data on experience and witness of sexual violence during World War II (WWII) and subsequent time of occupation and on indicators of mental health in a sample of elderly Austrians. Interviews of 298 elderly Austrians from a...
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Sexual violence by occupational forces during and after World War II: influence of experiencing and witnessing of sexual violence on current mental health in a sample of elderly Austrians.
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Mar 2012
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Tobias Glück
Ulrich S Tran
Elisabeth L Zeilinger
ABSTRACTBackground: Wartime r**e is an atrocity with long-lasting impacts not only on victims but whole societies. In this brief report, we present data on experience and witness of sexual violence during World War II (WWII) and subsequent time of occupation and on indicators of mental health in a sample of elderly Austrians.Methods: Interviews of...
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Chronische Folgen kindlicher Kriegstraumatisierungen
Conference Paper
Jan 2012
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Posttraumatisches Syndrom als Folge von Terrorerfahrungen am Beispiel totalitärer Staaten
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Dec 2011
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Children of War. Consequences of World War II and the Occupation of Austria on the Mental Health of the Elder Generation
Conference Paper
Jun 2011
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Children of War. Impact of World War II and the Occupation Period in Austria on on Psychological Well-being among the Elderly Population
Conference Paper
Jun 2011
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Strasser
Schiller[...]
Zeilinger
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Kriegskinder Epidemiologie der aktuellen psychischen Symptombelastung und posttraumatischer Belastungs störungen bei alten Menschen in Österreich. Gibt es einen Einfluss der Besatzungszone?
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Jan 2011
Tobias Glück
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Peter Ruggenthaler
Barbara Stelzl-Marx
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Supporting interventions after exposure to torture
Article
Jan 2010
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
A wide range of reactions as panic, demoralisation, feelings of being insecure and unsafe, hopelessness and any kind of dysfunction dominate after torture. The range of PTSD and other psychiatric disorders can be explained by variations in severity, frequency and duration of traumatic events. The advanced numbers of refugees and asylum seekers illu...
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Rehabilitation traumatisierter Kinder und Jugendlicher
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Dec 2009
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Kinder und Jugendliche
Book
Jan 2009
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Rehabilitation traumatisierter Kinder und Jugendlicher
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Jan 2009
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Assessment of posttraumatic stress disorders
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Jan 2009
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Trauma, traumatization, Acute stress reaction, Posttraumatic stress disorder and other disorders following exposure to traumatic stress are described. Classification according to ICD and DSM are presented and critically valued. The complex Posttraumatic Stress disorder is introduced in its symptoms and with a proposal for a classification. Problems...
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Altered reward processing in the nucleus accumbens and mesial prefrontal cortex of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder
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Jun 2008
Uta Sailer
Simon Daniel Robinson
Florian Ph. S Fischmeister[...]
Herbert Bauer
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is known to be associated with altered medial prefrontal activation in response to threatening stimuli and with behavioural deficits in prefrontal functions such as working memory and attention. Given the importance of these areas and processes for decision-making, this functional magnetic resonance imaging stud...
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Computer-assisted cognitive training as a trauma-unspecific intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder
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Jan 2008
König
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Kryspin-Exner
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Traumatisierte Kinder und Jugendliche - wie lernt man mit dem Unfassbaren zu leben?
Conference Paper
Jan 2008
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Umgang mit akut-traumatisierten Kindern - Der erste Schritt aus der Wortlosigkeit
Conference Paper
Jan 2008
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Spuren von Trauma im autobiographischen Gedächtnis von alten Menschen - ein psychologischer Aspekt
Conference Paper
Jan 2008
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Cognitive training as trauma-unspecific intervention in posttraumatic stress disorder.
Conference Paper
Jan 2007
König
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Oppenauer
Kryspin-Exner
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Diagnostik der posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung
Conference Paper
Jan 2007
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Concerning prevention after disaster situations
Conference Paper
Jan 2007
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Wenn die Seele schmerzt
Conference Paper
Jan 2007
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
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Yuriko Suzuki
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Denny Borsboom
University of Amsterdam
Philipp Kuwert
Psychoanalyst in private practise
Ulrich S Tran
University of Vienna
Angelique Cramer
Tilburg University
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Richard Bryant
UNSW Sydney
Annett Lotzin
University Medical Center Hamburg - Eppendorf
Filip Arnberg
Uppsala University
Alessandro Rossi
Università degli Studi dell'Aquila
Siri Thoresen
Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies
Projects
Projects (4)
Synthesis of the relevant literature on promoting multilevel factors of psychological resilience in the military
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Classifying promoting multilevel factors of psychological resilience in the military.
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A brief transdiagnostic psychological intervention for Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in Austria
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Evaluation of the efficacy of a short-term, transdiagnostic treatment protocol adapted to adress mental health problems and PMLDs.
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Afghan Asylum Seekers in Austria: Contextual Study of Forced Migration Related Mental Health Issues
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There are different contextual (pre-migration traumatic events and post-migration stressors), risk (mental health stigma and illiteracy), protective (resilience and meaningful activities), and sociodemographic factors that influence the mental health of Afghan asylum seekers in Austria. The use of local idioms of distress are more salient among Afghans which might undermine the validity of western developed measures for identifying anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms. Integrating ecological model and resource-based model of migrant adaptation, the aim of this study is the contextual examination of how the sociodemographic, contextual, risk and protective factors associate and mediate the psychological well-being of Afghan asylum seekers. It is a cross-sectional quantitative survey across Vienna with 416 randomly selected male and female adult Afghan asylum seekers residing in asylum shelters.
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Current institution
University of Vienna
Institute for Clinical and Health PsychologyVienna, Austria
Current position
Head of Lab for Psychotraumatology
Brigitte Lueger-Schuster's Lab
Current journal roles
Peer Reviewer
European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Kindheit und Entwicklung
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