Beate Ditzen
Biographic Data
| ID | 190188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beate Ditzen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beate |
| FAMILY NAME | Ditzen |
| SIGNATURE | DITZEN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5853-4572 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The experience of social loss and epigenome-wide DNA methylation
BACKGROUND: Social loss is associated with mental and physical health problems. Considering known risk and resilience factors, we hypothesized that epigenome-wide DNA methylation (DNAm) would be associated with social loss. METHODS: A total of N = 1865 participants aged 50-75 years with epigenome-wide DNAm measurements obtained from whole blood samples were included. Using cross-sectional data, relationship status (married/divorced/widowed) was e…
User preferences and trust in hypothetical analog, digitalized and AI-based medical consultation scenarios
Current developments in telemedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) are significantly impacting doctor-patient interactions. This study examined the interacting role of individual traits with different levels of digitalization in participants' user preferences and trust within hypothetical medical scenarios. Specifically, preferences and trust levels towards various digitalized and analog formats, such as face-to-face interactions, video calls,…
Outpatient group therapy for post-Covid patients - a naturalistic feasibility study of a face-to-face and online group concept
The interprofessional, integrative psychotherapeutic/psychoeducational group therapy is safe, accepted and is predominantly rated as helpful by participants. It should be carried out in online formats for patients with PCS who are limited in mobility. Controlled studies are necessary to further evaluate the proposed concept and its integration into the care landscape
Relationship satisfaction and metabolic health parameters
Higher relationship satisfaction may lead to increased body weight among Burkinabe adults aged 40 years and older, and depressive symptoms may be a mediator in this association
Better together than alone? Investigating dyadic compassion meditation in an experimental study
While meditation is commonly practiced by individuals on their own, several programmes have incorporated dyadic forms, too. However, the setting - meditating alone or in dyads - and its impact on the effects of meditation have not yet been examined. We expected that dyadic compassion meditation (CM) may improve perceived social closeness more compared to closely-matched individual CM. N = 50 couples were randomly assigned to do a brief 15-min CM …
Motivation to make music matters
Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic
Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs' mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income)
Effects of mental contrasting on sleep and associations with stress
Mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) has been successfully applied to improve health-related behaviors (e.g. exercise). We explored its effectiveness to improve sleep outcomes beyond effects of sleep hygiene (SH) information, and investigated associations with stress. Eighty university employees (mean age: 29.6, SD = 4.5) were randomized to either a MCII + SH or a SH-only condition. During a baseline-week and a post-interventi…
The Epistemic Trust Assessment—An experimental measure of epistemic trust
The Effect of Intranasal Oxytocin on the Association Between Couple Interaction and Sleep
OBJECTIVE: Although most people in romantic relationships cosleep, biosocial modulators of sleep quality have only recently come into focus. Oxytocin (OT) might be one such modulator, as it had been shown to increase social attachment and safety. We investigated the association between everyday life couple interaction and sleep quality, as well as the effects of OT on this association. METHODS: Eighty heterosexual couples ( N = 160 individuals, m…
Still With Me? Assessing the Persisting Relationship to a Deceased Loved-One - Validation of the “Continuing Bonds Scale” in a German Population
Continuing the bond (CB) to a deceased loved one plays a clinically significant role in grief. We validated the Continuing Bonds Scale (CBS) examining externalized CB (illusions and hallucinations) versus internalized CB (use of the deceased as a secure base) in relation to risk factors of complicated grief and bereavement-related adjustment. Data from 364 bereaved German participants on CBS, Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG), and Posttraumati…
Elternschaft im Wandel
»From status to contract«. Diese berühmte Formel beschreibt die Entwicklung des 18./19. Jahrhunderts von der unterdrückenden Feudal- hin zu einer aufgeklärten Industriegesellschaft, von einem Status (als unfreie Person) zu einem Vertragsmodell, dem die autonome Person als Leitbild zugrunde liegt. Ist es heute an der Zeit, das überkommene Statusdenken im Familienrecht zu hinterfragen und um ein autonomes, vertragsbasiertes Modell der Elternschaft …
Mindfulness‐Based Couple Interventions
Over the past decades, mindfulness‐based interventions have been shown to improve individual health and well‐being in clinical and nonclinical settings. More recently, secular contemplative trainings were adapted to the couple context as research showed satisfying couple relationships to be one of the strongest predictors of physical and mental health. Mindfulness‐based interventions hence seem to be a promising treatment in couple counseling and…
A Walk-In Clinic for Newly Arrived Mentally Burdened Refugees
Providing refugees with psychosocial support is particularly important considering the high level of mental health problems prevalent in this population. A psychosocial walk-in clinic operating within a state reception and registration center in Germany has been supporting mentally burdened refugees since 2016. This study focused on patients' perspectives on their mental health burden, the psychosocial walk-in clinic, and future help seeking. We …
Study protocol of the Mused study
Christine Gaebelab* , Sabine Rittnera, Martin Stoffelab , Marc N. Jarczokc , Corina Aguilar-Raabab , Beate Ditzenab & Marco Warthab a Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germanyb Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germanyc Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, GermanyChristine Gaebel (CG, Master of Arts) is music …
Instructed Partnership Appreciation in Depression
Instructed engagement in positive couple interaction may require high effort and increased psychobiological arousal, but may finally result in emotional and social benefits in depressed women. While these findings encourage speculations about the therapeutic application of instructed partnership appreciation, more research is needed on the effectiveness of such interventions and on the moderating role of relationship duration in depression and co…
Analysis of risk communication teaching in psychosocial and other medical departments
Aims : Teaching students about risk communication is an important aspect at medical schools given the growing importance of informed consent in healthcare. This observational study analyzes the quality of teaching content on risk communication and biostatistics at a medical school. Methods : Based on the concept of curriculum mapping, purpose-designed questionnaires were used via participant observers to record the frequency, characteristics and …
Intimacy as Related to Cortisol Reactivity and Recovery in Couples Undergoing Psychosocial Stress
OBJECTIVE: The importance of recovery from stress is evident in times of high prevalence of stress-related diseases. Intimacy has been found to buffer psychobiological stress reactivity, suggesting that emotional and physical closeness might trigger biological mechanisms that underlie the health-beneficial effects of couple relationships. Here, we investigated whether couples' spontaneous expression of intimacy before and after psychosocial stres…
Regulierung der Leihmutterschaft
Aus ethischen Gründen und zum Schutz von Leihmutter und Kind ist die Leihmutterschaft in vielen Ländern verboten, so auch in Deutschland. Ob dieses strikte Verbot aus Sicht der Medizin, der Psychologie, der Soziologie und der Rechtsvergleichung gerechtfertigt oder aber - etwa in altruistischen Konstellationen - aufzulockern ist, wird in den vorliegenden Beiträgen zur Diskussion gestellt. Regulierungsbedarf besteht zumindest insofern, als immer me…
Exploring need dynamics within and across days in everyday life
Clinical Profiles of Premenstrual Experiences Among Women Having Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Our objective for this study was to examine symptom severity among women suffering from premenstrual syndrome as well as associations between symptom severity and impairment. In a one-cycle prospective study, various premenstrual symptoms of 91 women were assessed. Tension and irritability were the most severe symptoms. Headache, irritability, self-deprecating thoughts, and depressed mood were the symptoms that were subjectively rated as the most…
Positive Couple Interactions and Daily Cortisol
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether intimacy might be associated with reduced daily salivary cortisol levels in couples, thereby adding to the epidemiologic literature on reduced health burden in happy couples. METHODS: A total of 51 dual-earner couples reported time spent on intimacy, stated their current affect quality, and provided saliva samples for cortisol estimation approximately every 3 hours in a 1-week time-sampling assessment. In addition,…
Effects of different kinds of couple interaction on cortisol and heart rate responses to stress in women
Better together than alone? Investigating dyadic compassion meditation in an experimental study
While meditation is commonly practiced by individuals on their own, several programmes have incorporated dyadic forms, too. However, the setting - meditating alone or in dyads - and its impact on the effects of meditation have not yet been examined. We expected that dyadic compassion meditation (CM) may improve perceived social closeness more compared to closely-matched individual CM. N = 50 couples were randomly assigned to do a brief 15-min CM …
Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic
Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs' mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income)
Study protocol of the Mused study
Christine Gaebelab* , Sabine Rittnera, Martin Stoffelab , Marc N. Jarczokc , Corina Aguilar-Raabab , Beate Ditzenab & Marco Warthab a Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germanyb Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germanyc Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, GermanyChristine Gaebel (CG, Master of Arts) is music …
Exploring need dynamics within and across days in everyday life
Effects of different kinds of couple interaction on cortisol and heart rate responses to stress in women
Positive Couple Interactions and Daily Cortisol
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether intimacy might be associated with reduced daily salivary cortisol levels in couples, thereby adding to the epidemiologic literature on reduced health burden in happy couples. METHODS: A total of 51 dual-earner couples reported time spent on intimacy, stated their current affect quality, and provided saliva samples for cortisol estimation approximately every 3 hours in a 1-week time-sampling assessment. In addition,…
Clinical Profiles of Premenstrual Experiences Among Women Having Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Our objective for this study was to examine symptom severity among women suffering from premenstrual syndrome as well as associations between symptom severity and impairment. In a one-cycle prospective study, various premenstrual symptoms of 91 women were assessed. Tension and irritability were the most severe symptoms. Headache, irritability, self-deprecating thoughts, and depressed mood were the symptoms that were subjectively rated as the most…
Regulierung der Leihmutterschaft
Aus ethischen Gründen und zum Schutz von Leihmutter und Kind ist die Leihmutterschaft in vielen Ländern verboten, so auch in Deutschland. Ob dieses strikte Verbot aus Sicht der Medizin, der Psychologie, der Soziologie und der Rechtsvergleichung gerechtfertigt oder aber - etwa in altruistischen Konstellationen - aufzulockern ist, wird in den vorliegenden Beiträgen zur Diskussion gestellt. Regulierungsbedarf besteht zumindest insofern, als immer me…
Exploring need dynamics within and across days in everyday life
Intimacy as Related to Cortisol Reactivity and Recovery in Couples Undergoing Psychosocial Stress
OBJECTIVE: The importance of recovery from stress is evident in times of high prevalence of stress-related diseases. Intimacy has been found to buffer psychobiological stress reactivity, suggesting that emotional and physical closeness might trigger biological mechanisms that underlie the health-beneficial effects of couple relationships. Here, we investigated whether couples' spontaneous expression of intimacy before and after psychosocial stres…
Instructed Partnership Appreciation in Depression
Instructed engagement in positive couple interaction may require high effort and increased psychobiological arousal, but may finally result in emotional and social benefits in depressed women. While these findings encourage speculations about the therapeutic application of instructed partnership appreciation, more research is needed on the effectiveness of such interventions and on the moderating role of relationship duration in depression and co…
Analysis of risk communication teaching in psychosocial and other medical departments
Aims : Teaching students about risk communication is an important aspect at medical schools given the growing importance of informed consent in healthcare. This observational study analyzes the quality of teaching content on risk communication and biostatistics at a medical school. Methods : Based on the concept of curriculum mapping, purpose-designed questionnaires were used via participant observers to record the frequency, characteristics and …
Elternschaft im Wandel
»From status to contract«. Diese berühmte Formel beschreibt die Entwicklung des 18./19. Jahrhunderts von der unterdrückenden Feudal- hin zu einer aufgeklärten Industriegesellschaft, von einem Status (als unfreie Person) zu einem Vertragsmodell, dem die autonome Person als Leitbild zugrunde liegt. Ist es heute an der Zeit, das überkommene Statusdenken im Familienrecht zu hinterfragen und um ein autonomes, vertragsbasiertes Modell der Elternschaft …
Mindfulness‐Based Couple Interventions
Over the past decades, mindfulness‐based interventions have been shown to improve individual health and well‐being in clinical and nonclinical settings. More recently, secular contemplative trainings were adapted to the couple context as research showed satisfying couple relationships to be one of the strongest predictors of physical and mental health. Mindfulness‐based interventions hence seem to be a promising treatment in couple counseling and…
A Walk-In Clinic for Newly Arrived Mentally Burdened Refugees
Providing refugees with psychosocial support is particularly important considering the high level of mental health problems prevalent in this population. A psychosocial walk-in clinic operating within a state reception and registration center in Germany has been supporting mentally burdened refugees since 2016. This study focused on patients' perspectives on their mental health burden, the psychosocial walk-in clinic, and future help seeking. We …
Study protocol of the Mused study
Christine Gaebelab* , Sabine Rittnera, Martin Stoffelab , Marc N. Jarczokc , Corina Aguilar-Raabab , Beate Ditzenab & Marco Warthab a Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germanyb Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germanyc Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, GermanyChristine Gaebel (CG, Master of Arts) is music …
The Epistemic Trust Assessment—An experimental measure of epistemic trust
The Effect of Intranasal Oxytocin on the Association Between Couple Interaction and Sleep
OBJECTIVE: Although most people in romantic relationships cosleep, biosocial modulators of sleep quality have only recently come into focus. Oxytocin (OT) might be one such modulator, as it had been shown to increase social attachment and safety. We investigated the association between everyday life couple interaction and sleep quality, as well as the effects of OT on this association. METHODS: Eighty heterosexual couples ( N = 160 individuals, m…
Still With Me? Assessing the Persisting Relationship to a Deceased Loved-One - Validation of the “Continuing Bonds Scale” in a German Population
Continuing the bond (CB) to a deceased loved one plays a clinically significant role in grief. We validated the Continuing Bonds Scale (CBS) examining externalized CB (illusions and hallucinations) versus internalized CB (use of the deceased as a secure base) in relation to risk factors of complicated grief and bereavement-related adjustment. Data from 364 bereaved German participants on CBS, Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG), and Posttraumati…
Motivation to make music matters
Canadian healthcare workers’ mental health and health behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic
Results demonstrate that the impacts of COVID-19 on HCWs' mental health and health behaviours were significant, and varied by sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., sex, age, income)
Effects of mental contrasting on sleep and associations with stress
Mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) has been successfully applied to improve health-related behaviors (e.g. exercise). We explored its effectiveness to improve sleep outcomes beyond effects of sleep hygiene (SH) information, and investigated associations with stress. Eighty university employees (mean age: 29.6, SD = 4.5) were randomized to either a MCII + SH or a SH-only condition. During a baseline-week and a post-interventi…
User preferences and trust in hypothetical analog, digitalized and AI-based medical consultation scenarios
Current developments in telemedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) are significantly impacting doctor-patient interactions. This study examined the interacting role of individual traits with different levels of digitalization in participants' user preferences and trust within hypothetical medical scenarios. Specifically, preferences and trust levels towards various digitalized and analog formats, such as face-to-face interactions, video calls,…
Outpatient group therapy for post-Covid patients - a naturalistic feasibility study of a face-to-face and online group concept
The interprofessional, integrative psychotherapeutic/psychoeducational group therapy is safe, accepted and is predominantly rated as helpful by participants. It should be carried out in online formats for patients with PCS who are limited in mobility. Controlled studies are necessary to further evaluate the proposed concept and its integration into the care landscape
Relationship satisfaction and metabolic health parameters
Higher relationship satisfaction may lead to increased body weight among Burkinabe adults aged 40 years and older, and depressive symptoms may be a mediator in this association
Better together than alone? Investigating dyadic compassion meditation in an experimental study
While meditation is commonly practiced by individuals on their own, several programmes have incorporated dyadic forms, too. However, the setting - meditating alone or in dyads - and its impact on the effects of meditation have not yet been examined. We expected that dyadic compassion meditation (CM) may improve perceived social closeness more compared to closely-matched individual CM. N = 50 couples were randomly assigned to do a brief 15-min CM …
The experience of social loss and epigenome-wide DNA methylation
BACKGROUND: Social loss is associated with mental and physical health problems. Considering known risk and resilience factors, we hypothesized that epigenome-wide DNA methylation (DNAm) would be associated with social loss. METHODS: A total of N = 1865 participants aged 50-75 years with epigenome-wide DNAm measurements obtained from whole blood samples were included. Using cross-sectional data, relationship status (married/divorced/widowed) was e…
Psychology (18 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Psychosocial (5 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works)