Bettina K Doering
Biographic Data
| ID | 1565149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bettina K Doering |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bettina K |
| FAMILY NAME | Doering |
| SIGNATURE | DOERING B K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0199-8362 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Grief-related social cognitions in Iran: A validation of the Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement
Grief and prolonged grief reactions vary across cultures, necessitating culture-sensitive assessment. Negative expectations concerning grief expressions in social contexts are associated with prolonged grief and may be influenced by culture. This study aimed to investigate the performance of the Persian Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement (ISEB) and explore its psychometric properties among bereaved Iranians. A sample of 190 participa…
The Translation and Validation of the Children’s Health Internet Research Parental Inventory (CHIRPI) in Greek: A Crucial Tool for Evaluating Parent Internet Use for Children’s Health Information
The internet is now the primary mode of information exchange worldwide. Online health information-seeking behavior (e-HISB) has become a prevalent practice, especially among parents concerned with their children's health, creating both opportunities and risks. Objective: The present study aims to translate and culturally adapt the CHIRPI questionnaire into Greek and conduct a comprehensive psychometric validation, including analyses of internal c…
Experiences of child abuse and prolonged grief in adulthood – results from a population-based study
Our study indicates that child abuse impacts PGD symptoms. Possible hypotheses for this connection and their implications are discussed
Companion animal bereavement: A psychometric evaluation of the German Pet Bereavement Questionnaire
The Pet Bereavement Questionnaire (PBQ) assesses grief after the death of a companion animal. A German translation is lacking. Participants (N = 301, aged 18-63 years, 77% women) responded to an online survey containing the German version of the PBQ, further measures of grief severity, symptoms of depression and attachment to animals. A confirmatory factor analysis failed to replicate the original three-factor structure. An exploratory factor ana…
The Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement: Development and psychometric validation of a new instrument
Negative expectations concerning social interactions contribute to feelings of loneliness. Since loneliness is one of the most pronounced challenges for bereaved individuals, we investigated grief-specific social expectations and its association with loneliness and grief severity. Initially, we developed an Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement (ISEB). Its factorial and psychometric validity was then tested in a bereaved sample ( N = 34…
Predictors of Client Satisfaction With Bereavement Counselling: The Role of Negative Effects
Bereaved persons seeking help in bereavement counselling report generally high client satisfaction. However, qualitative research suggests that some clients also indicate dissatisfying experiences and negative effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of content-, counsellor- and client-related characteristics and negative effects to client satisfaction. Bereaved participants ( n = 53) who had completed bereavement counse…
Predictors of Prolonged Grief Disorder in a German Representative Population Sample: Unexpectedness of Bereavement Contributes to Grief Severity and Prolonged Grief Disorder
Most people adapt to bereavement over time. For a minority, the grief persists and may lead to a prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Identifying grievers at risk of PGD may enable specific prevention measures. The present study examined the extent to which the subjective unexpectedness of the death predicted grief outcomes above and beyond known sociodemographic and objective loss-related variables in a sample drawn from a population-representative i…
Psychotherapists’ Reports regarding the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Their Patients: A Cross-National Descriptive Study Based on the Social-Ecological Model (SEM)
The COVID-19 outbreak has raised questions about how vulnerable groups experience the pandemic. Research that focuses on the view of individuals with pre-existing mental health conditions is still limited, and so are cross-country comparative surveys. We gathered our sample of qualitative data during the first lockdown after governmental measures against the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus came into force in Austria, Czechia, Germany, and Slovakia…
The German Translation of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-9 (Save-9) Scale: Results from Healthcare Workers during the Second Wave of Covid-19
Healthcare workers (HCW) are among those most directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most research with this group has used ad hoc measures, which limits comparability across samples. The Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-9 scale (SAVE-9) is a nine-item scale first developed in Korea, and has since been translated into several languages. We report on data collected from 484 German HCW between November 2020 and March 2021, during the “sec…
Problematic smartphone use has detrimental effects on mental health and somatic symptoms in a heterogeneous sample of German adults
Efficacy, Treatment Characteristics, and Biopsychological Mechanisms of Music-Listening Interventions in Reducing Pain (MINTREP): Study Protocol of a Three-Armed Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Pain can severely compromise a person's overall health and well-being. Music-listening interventions have been shown to alleviate perceived pain and to modulate the body's stress-sensitive systems. Despite the growing evidence of pain- and stress-reducing effects of music-listening interventions from experimental and clinical research, current findings on music-induced analgesia are inconclusive regarding the role of specific treatmen…
Psychotherapy by Telephone or Internet in Austria and Germany Which CBT Psychotherapists Rate It more Comparable to Face-to-Face Psychotherapy in Personal Contact and Have more Positive Actual Experie…
Objectives : COVID-19 has led to changes in the provision in mental health services. The current study investigated influencing factors on: (i) the comparability of psychotherapy via internet/telephone with psychotherapy in face-to-face contact as well as (ii) the actual experience with psychotherapy via internet/telephone compared to respective prior expectations in CBT therapists. Methods : A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in …
Provision of Psychotherapy during the Covid-19 Pandemic among Czech, German and Slovak Psychotherapists
Psychotherapists around the world are facing an unprecedented situation with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To combat the rapid spread of the virus, direct contact with others has to be avoided when possible. Therefore, remote psychotherapy provides a valuable option to continue mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study investigated the fear of psychotherapists to become infected with COVID-19 d…
The many faces of somatosensory amplification: The relative contribution of body awareness, symptom labeling, and anxiety
The questionnaire study aimed to evaluate the relative contribution of body awareness, subjective symptoms, and anxiety to the construct of somatosensory amplification in both healthy controls ( n = 475) and patients visiting their general practitioner ( n = 236). Regression analysis explained 52.0 percent of total variance of the somatosensory amplification scale scores. Body awareness was the most influential predictor ( β = 0.489, p < 0.001) w…
The many faces of somatosensory amplification: The relative contribution of body awareness, symptom labeling, and anxiety
The questionnaire study aimed to evaluate the relative contribution of body awareness, subjective symptoms, and anxiety to the construct of somatosensory amplification in both healthy controls ( n = 475) and patients visiting their general practitioner ( n = 236). Regression analysis explained 52.0 percent of total variance of the somatosensory amplification scale scores. Body awareness was the most influential predictor ( β = 0.489, p < 0.001) w…
The many faces of somatosensory amplification: The relative contribution of body awareness, symptom labeling, and anxiety
The questionnaire study aimed to evaluate the relative contribution of body awareness, subjective symptoms, and anxiety to the construct of somatosensory amplification in both healthy controls ( n = 475) and patients visiting their general practitioner ( n = 236). Regression analysis explained 52.0 percent of total variance of the somatosensory amplification scale scores. Body awareness was the most influential predictor ( β = 0.489, p < 0.001) w…
Problematic smartphone use has detrimental effects on mental health and somatic symptoms in a heterogeneous sample of German adults
Efficacy, Treatment Characteristics, and Biopsychological Mechanisms of Music-Listening Interventions in Reducing Pain (MINTREP): Study Protocol of a Three-Armed Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Pain can severely compromise a person's overall health and well-being. Music-listening interventions have been shown to alleviate perceived pain and to modulate the body's stress-sensitive systems. Despite the growing evidence of pain- and stress-reducing effects of music-listening interventions from experimental and clinical research, current findings on music-induced analgesia are inconclusive regarding the role of specific treatmen…
Psychotherapy by Telephone or Internet in Austria and Germany Which CBT Psychotherapists Rate It more Comparable to Face-to-Face Psychotherapy in Personal Contact and Have more Positive Actual Experie…
Objectives : COVID-19 has led to changes in the provision in mental health services. The current study investigated influencing factors on: (i) the comparability of psychotherapy via internet/telephone with psychotherapy in face-to-face contact as well as (ii) the actual experience with psychotherapy via internet/telephone compared to respective prior expectations in CBT therapists. Methods : A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted in …
Provision of Psychotherapy during the Covid-19 Pandemic among Czech, German and Slovak Psychotherapists
Psychotherapists around the world are facing an unprecedented situation with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To combat the rapid spread of the virus, direct contact with others has to be avoided when possible. Therefore, remote psychotherapy provides a valuable option to continue mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study investigated the fear of psychotherapists to become infected with COVID-19 d…
The German Translation of the Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-9 (Save-9) Scale: Results from Healthcare Workers during the Second Wave of Covid-19
Healthcare workers (HCW) are among those most directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most research with this group has used ad hoc measures, which limits comparability across samples. The Stress and Anxiety to Viral Epidemics-9 scale (SAVE-9) is a nine-item scale first developed in Korea, and has since been translated into several languages. We report on data collected from 484 German HCW between November 2020 and March 2021, during the “sec…
Predictors of Prolonged Grief Disorder in a German Representative Population Sample: Unexpectedness of Bereavement Contributes to Grief Severity and Prolonged Grief Disorder
Most people adapt to bereavement over time. For a minority, the grief persists and may lead to a prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Identifying grievers at risk of PGD may enable specific prevention measures. The present study examined the extent to which the subjective unexpectedness of the death predicted grief outcomes above and beyond known sociodemographic and objective loss-related variables in a sample drawn from a population-representative i…
Psychotherapists’ Reports regarding the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Their Patients: A Cross-National Descriptive Study Based on the Social-Ecological Model (SEM)
The COVID-19 outbreak has raised questions about how vulnerable groups experience the pandemic. Research that focuses on the view of individuals with pre-existing mental health conditions is still limited, and so are cross-country comparative surveys. We gathered our sample of qualitative data during the first lockdown after governmental measures against the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus came into force in Austria, Czechia, Germany, and Slovakia…
Predictors of Client Satisfaction With Bereavement Counselling: The Role of Negative Effects
Bereaved persons seeking help in bereavement counselling report generally high client satisfaction. However, qualitative research suggests that some clients also indicate dissatisfying experiences and negative effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of content-, counsellor- and client-related characteristics and negative effects to client satisfaction. Bereaved participants ( n = 53) who had completed bereavement counse…
The Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement: Development and psychometric validation of a new instrument
Negative expectations concerning social interactions contribute to feelings of loneliness. Since loneliness is one of the most pronounced challenges for bereaved individuals, we investigated grief-specific social expectations and its association with loneliness and grief severity. Initially, we developed an Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement (ISEB). Its factorial and psychometric validity was then tested in a bereaved sample ( N = 34…
Grief-related social cognitions in Iran: A validation of the Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement
Grief and prolonged grief reactions vary across cultures, necessitating culture-sensitive assessment. Negative expectations concerning grief expressions in social contexts are associated with prolonged grief and may be influenced by culture. This study aimed to investigate the performance of the Persian Inventory of Social Expectations in Bereavement (ISEB) and explore its psychometric properties among bereaved Iranians. A sample of 190 participa…
The Translation and Validation of the Children’s Health Internet Research Parental Inventory (CHIRPI) in Greek: A Crucial Tool for Evaluating Parent Internet Use for Children’s Health Information
The internet is now the primary mode of information exchange worldwide. Online health information-seeking behavior (e-HISB) has become a prevalent practice, especially among parents concerned with their children's health, creating both opportunities and risks. Objective: The present study aims to translate and culturally adapt the CHIRPI questionnaire into Greek and conduct a comprehensive psychometric validation, including analyses of internal c…
Experiences of child abuse and prolonged grief in adulthood – results from a population-based study
Our study indicates that child abuse impacts PGD symptoms. Possible hypotheses for this connection and their implications are discussed
Companion animal bereavement: A psychometric evaluation of the German Pet Bereavement Questionnaire
The Pet Bereavement Questionnaire (PBQ) assesses grief after the death of a companion animal. A German translation is lacking. Participants (N = 301, aged 18-63 years, 77% women) responded to an online survey containing the German version of the PBQ, further measures of grief severity, symptoms of depression and attachment to animals. A confirmatory factor analysis failed to replicate the original three-factor structure. An exploratory factor ana…
Psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Grief (6 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Complicated grief (4 works)