Thomas Ehring
Biographic Data
| ID | 5705653 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Ehring |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Ehring |
| SIGNATURE | EHRING T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9502-6868 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Old Scars Don’t Hurt? A Systematic Review on the Association Between Child Maltreatment and Adult Social Functioning
Social impairments are commonly reported by individuals with a history of child maltreatment (CM). However, a systematic review on the relationship between different types of CM and impairments across various domains of social functioning in adults with and without mental disorders that also addresses mediating and moderating factors is still missing. Therefore, we systematically searched the PsycINFO and Web of Science databases for peer-reviewe…
Carrying what came after
This study uses baseline data from a registered randomized controlled trial (DRKS00021536)
The Sexual Problems Following Trauma Questionnaire (SPTQ)
The present study describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a new diagnostic instrument for the assessment of trauma-related sexual problems: The Sexual Problems following Trauma Questionnaire (SPTQ). A set of 55 items, developed from a comprehensive literature review and expert and patient queries, was tested on a German sample of 849 trauma-exposed adults and 46 healthy controls. The initial items were subjected to an exploratory…
The Transdiagnostic Role of Perfectionism
Early Improvement Predicts Treatment Response in Depression
Predicting treatment response through early improvement can reduce patients' time in ineffective treatments before considering alternatives. However, for psychological interventions, there is no consensus on what time window and improvement rate early in the treatment is the most informative for distinguishing treatment responders from nonresponders. This study investigated these aspects in an inpatient and day clinic setting among severe depress…
The relationship between self-traumatized and self-vulnerable automatic associations and posttraumatic stress symptoms among adults who have experienced a distressing life event
Convergent evidence supports a crucial role for dysfunctional appraisals in the development and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, most research in this area has used self-report measures, assessing only explicit forms of such negative cognitions; the relevance of their more automatically-activated counterparts, as assumed by cognitive models, remains relatively unexplored. The current study aimed to further our unders…
The dilemma of trauma-focused therapy
Trauma-focused imagery-based interventions are suspected to alter or even distort declarative voluntary memory of a traumatic event, especially if they involve the active modification of imagery, e.g., as used in imagery rescripting (ImRs). However, systematic research is lacking so far. To investigate whether ImRs modifies voluntary memory of a standardized autobiographical aversive event (Trier Social Stress Test) (Session 1), healthy participa…
Towards a better understanding of the role of reappraisal in psychopathology and its treatment
Affective forecasting as an adaptive learning process
Theories propose that human affective forecasting is an adaptive learning process guided by prediction errors. Although this learning process can be formally described by a Kalman filter, human forecasts are suggested to be biased and computationally suboptimal. We compared the accuracy of human affective forecasts to statistical forecasts made using a Kalman filter and explored the differences between these two processes. Participants (from the …
Temporal associations between trauma-related sleep disturbances and PTSD symptoms
These findings support accumulating evidence that trauma-related sleep disturbances play an important role in the maintenance of PTSD symptoms, by elevating symptoms daily. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Is Physical Activity Associated with Less Depression and Anxiety During the Covid-19 Pandemic? A Rapid Systematic Review
Clustering Individuals on Limited Features of a Vector Autoregressive Model
Dynamical interplays in emotions have been investigated using vector autoregressive (VAR) models, whose estimates can be used to cluster participants into unknown groups. The present study evaluated a clustering algorithm, the alternating least square (ALS) algorithm, for accuracy in predicting individual group membership. We systematically manipulated (a) the number of variables in a model, (b) the size of group differences in regression coeffic…
Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic factor in Afghan refugees
The findings indicate that emotion regulation may be a transdiagnostic key factor contributing to symptoms of different mental disorders as well as social impairment in trauma-exposed refugees. It highlights the need and potential directions for transdiagnostic interventions that target these difficulties. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Everyday emotional dynamics in major depression
The present study aimed to investigate the everyday emotional dynamics of depressed individuals, especially the role of emotional inertia, emotional context insensitivity, and emotional variability and instability. Using ecological momentary assessment, 40 currently depressed individuals and 40 healthy controls reported on their current emotional state and current activities 10 times a day for 4 consecutive days. There were no differences in the …
Childhood maltreatment and characteristics of adult depression
BACKGROUND: Childhood maltreatment has been discussed as a risk factor for the development and maintenance of depression. AIMS: To examine the relationship between childhood maltreatment and adult depression with regard to depression incidence, severity, age at onset, course of illness and treatment response. METHOD: We conducted meta-analyses of original articles reporting an association between childhood maltreatment and depression outcomes in …
Predictors of changes in religiosity after trauma
The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ)
Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) has been found to be involved in the maintenance of several types of emotional problems and has therefore been suggested to be a transdiagnostic process. However, existing measures of RNT typically focus on a particular disorder-specific content. In this article, the preliminary validation of a content-independent self-report questionnaire of RNT is presented. The 15-item Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire was…
Emotion Regulation Difficulties in Trauma Survivors
Emotion regulation and vulnerability to depression
Emotion dysregulation has long been thought to be a vulnerability factor for mood disorders. However, there have been few empirical tests of this idea. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that depression vulnerability is related to difficulties with emotion regulation by comparing recovered-depressed and never-depressed participants (N = 73). In the first phase, participants completed questionnaires assessing their typical use of emotion regu…
Repetitive Negative Thinking as a Transdiagnostic Process
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Repetitive Negative Thinking as a Transdiagnostic Process
Emotion Regulation Difficulties in Trauma Survivors
Emotion regulation and vulnerability to depression
Emotion dysregulation has long been thought to be a vulnerability factor for mood disorders. However, there have been few empirical tests of this idea. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that depression vulnerability is related to difficulties with emotion regulation by comparing recovered-depressed and never-depressed participants (N = 73). In the first phase, participants completed questionnaires assessing their typical use of emotion regu…
The Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire (PTQ)
Repetitive negative thinking (RNT) has been found to be involved in the maintenance of several types of emotional problems and has therefore been suggested to be a transdiagnostic process. However, existing measures of RNT typically focus on a particular disorder-specific content. In this article, the preliminary validation of a content-independent self-report questionnaire of RNT is presented. The 15-item Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire was…
Predictors of changes in religiosity after trauma
Childhood maltreatment and characteristics of adult depression
BACKGROUND: Childhood maltreatment has been discussed as a risk factor for the development and maintenance of depression. AIMS: To examine the relationship between childhood maltreatment and adult depression with regard to depression incidence, severity, age at onset, course of illness and treatment response. METHOD: We conducted meta-analyses of original articles reporting an association between childhood maltreatment and depression outcomes in …
Everyday emotional dynamics in major depression
The present study aimed to investigate the everyday emotional dynamics of depressed individuals, especially the role of emotional inertia, emotional context insensitivity, and emotional variability and instability. Using ecological momentary assessment, 40 currently depressed individuals and 40 healthy controls reported on their current emotional state and current activities 10 times a day for 4 consecutive days. There were no differences in the …
Emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic factor in Afghan refugees
The findings indicate that emotion regulation may be a transdiagnostic key factor contributing to symptoms of different mental disorders as well as social impairment in trauma-exposed refugees. It highlights the need and potential directions for transdiagnostic interventions that target these difficulties. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Is Physical Activity Associated with Less Depression and Anxiety During the Covid-19 Pandemic? A Rapid Systematic Review
Clustering Individuals on Limited Features of a Vector Autoregressive Model
Dynamical interplays in emotions have been investigated using vector autoregressive (VAR) models, whose estimates can be used to cluster participants into unknown groups. The present study evaluated a clustering algorithm, the alternating least square (ALS) algorithm, for accuracy in predicting individual group membership. We systematically manipulated (a) the number of variables in a model, (b) the size of group differences in regression coeffic…
Temporal associations between trauma-related sleep disturbances and PTSD symptoms
These findings support accumulating evidence that trauma-related sleep disturbances play an important role in the maintenance of PTSD symptoms, by elevating symptoms daily. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
The relationship between self-traumatized and self-vulnerable automatic associations and posttraumatic stress symptoms among adults who have experienced a distressing life event
Convergent evidence supports a crucial role for dysfunctional appraisals in the development and maintenance of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, most research in this area has used self-report measures, assessing only explicit forms of such negative cognitions; the relevance of their more automatically-activated counterparts, as assumed by cognitive models, remains relatively unexplored. The current study aimed to further our unders…
The dilemma of trauma-focused therapy
Trauma-focused imagery-based interventions are suspected to alter or even distort declarative voluntary memory of a traumatic event, especially if they involve the active modification of imagery, e.g., as used in imagery rescripting (ImRs). However, systematic research is lacking so far. To investigate whether ImRs modifies voluntary memory of a standardized autobiographical aversive event (Trier Social Stress Test) (Session 1), healthy participa…
Towards a better understanding of the role of reappraisal in psychopathology and its treatment
Affective forecasting as an adaptive learning process
Theories propose that human affective forecasting is an adaptive learning process guided by prediction errors. Although this learning process can be formally described by a Kalman filter, human forecasts are suggested to be biased and computationally suboptimal. We compared the accuracy of human affective forecasts to statistical forecasts made using a Kalman filter and explored the differences between these two processes. Participants (from the …
Carrying what came after
This study uses baseline data from a registered randomized controlled trial (DRKS00021536)
The Sexual Problems Following Trauma Questionnaire (SPTQ)
The present study describes the development and psychometric evaluation of a new diagnostic instrument for the assessment of trauma-related sexual problems: The Sexual Problems following Trauma Questionnaire (SPTQ). A set of 55 items, developed from a comprehensive literature review and expert and patient queries, was tested on a German sample of 849 trauma-exposed adults and 46 healthy controls. The initial items were subjected to an exploratory…
The Transdiagnostic Role of Perfectionism
Early Improvement Predicts Treatment Response in Depression
Predicting treatment response through early improvement can reduce patients' time in ineffective treatments before considering alternatives. However, for psychological interventions, there is no consensus on what time window and improvement rate early in the treatment is the most informative for distinguishing treatment responders from nonresponders. This study investigated these aspects in an inpatient and day clinic setting among severe depress…
Old Scars Don’t Hurt? A Systematic Review on the Association Between Child Maltreatment and Adult Social Functioning
Social impairments are commonly reported by individuals with a history of child maltreatment (CM). However, a systematic review on the relationship between different types of CM and impairments across various domains of social functioning in adults with and without mental disorders that also addresses mediating and moderating factors is still missing. Therefore, we systematically searched the PsycINFO and Web of Science databases for peer-reviewe…
Psychology (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Mental Health Research Topics (7 works) · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (6 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 works) · Anxiety (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)