Julian Koenig
Biographic Data
| ID | 3865583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julian Koenig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julian |
| FAMILY NAME | Koenig |
| SIGNATURE | KOENIG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cologne |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1009-9625 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ecological momentary assessment in internet gaming disorder – Interactions between stress, negative emotions, craving and gaming behavior
Neural correlates of social exclusion in individuals with excessive smartphone use
Excessive smartphone use (ESU) is increasingly recognized as a condition closely resembling other addictive disorders. While neuroscientific research on ESU has largely focused on reward and cognitive-control networks, the socio-cognitive domain has received comparatively little attention. In this context, social exclusion represents a particularly relevant construct, as digital connectivity has become central to maintaining a sense of social bel…
Effectiveness of the school‐based internet intervention StresSOS for the prevention of mental health problems in young people
BACKGROUND: Given the high prevalence of mental illnesses in adolescents, there is an urgent need for effective prevention strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the school-based internet intervention StresSOS for the universal prevention of mental illnesses in youth. METHODS: A two-arm, randomized controlled trial was conducted. Participants were recruited from schools across five regions of Germany. Young people between the ages of 1…
The Cardiac Orthostatic Stress Response as a Function of Internalizing Psychopathology and Sex in Typically Developing Youth—An Observational Study
Stress‐induced physiological changes offer insights into autonomic nervous system (ANS) function beyond resting cardiac activity, relevant to both physical and mental illnesses. Limited research exists on heart rate (HR) reactivity in children and adolescents, particularly in the context of internalizing psychopathology. In a study of n = 48 typically developing adolescents (mean age 16.31 years, SD = 0.51), HR and vagal‐mediated heart rate varia…
Effects of smartphone restriction on cue-related neural activity
With the increasing popularity of smartphones in the past decades, physical, social, and psychological consequences of excessive smartphone use (ESU) have been increasingly debated. Cue-reactivity (CR) has been discussed as a core mechanism driving this behavior, and previous studies have highlighted distinct neural mechanisms underlying CR in individuals with ESU. Here, we used a functional MRI (fMRI) CR-paradigm to investigate the effects of sm…
Reasons for non-participation of children and adolescents in a large-scale school-based mental health project
Background Non-participation in mental health studies is an under-explored but very important topic. Investigating reasons for non-participation holds promise for the planning of future study designs and recruitment strategies. This study aimed at investigating reasons for children and adolescents (C&A) not participating in a school-based mental health research project. Methods Data collection took place within the school-based recruitment of a l…
Tension and disordered eating behaviors in the daily lives of adolescents and young adults from the general population
Experiences of tension and difficulties in emotion regulation have been linked to eating pathology in clinical samples and are targeted in respective treatment approaches. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of tension on engagement in disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) and potential moderating effects of trait emotion regulation in young people from the general population. A subsample of 971 adolescents and young adults from an epi…
The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping
Despite broad interest in how children and youth cope with stress and how others can support their coping, this is the first Handbook to consolidate the many theories and large bodies of research that contribute to the study of the development of coping. The Handbook's goal is field building - it brings together theory and research from across the spectrum of psychological, developmental, and related sciences to inform our understanding of coping…
Resting Heart Rate Variability, Perceived Emotion Regulation, and Low-Risk Drug Use in College-Aged Adults
Identification of individual differences in drug use is warranted, as a history of use is associated with future drug problems. Such drug use is thought to disrupt inhibitory and motivation networks involved in emotion regulation (ER). Higher resting heart rate variability (HRV), a biomarker of effective inhibitory abilities, is associated with less substance (e.g., alcohol, opioid) use. Higher HRV is associated with lower perceived ER difficulti…
Low heart rate variability is associated with a negativity valence bias in interpreting ambiguous emotional expressions
Most people tend to overstate positive aspects of their experiences, that is, a positive valence bias. However, some people tend to have attenuated attention for negative aspects of perceived information, that is, negative valence bias. This dispositional tendency in either valence is especially significant for emotion regulation as it influences the intensity of later stages of emotional experiences. Heart rate variability (HRV) is used as an in…
Physical activity in an air-polluted environment
The design of the study will allow for (1) the assessment of both short-term variation and long-term change in behavioral parameters, (2) evaluation of the incidence of musculoskeletal injuries and psychological factors impacting behavior and injury recovery, and (3) the impact that air pollution status (and change) has on behavior, psychological resilience, and injury recovery. Furthermore, the integration of MRI techniques and cognitive assessm…
Ethnic Differences in Resting Total Peripheral Resistance
Lower Cardiac Vagal Activity Predicts Self-Reported Difficulties With Emotion Regulation in Adolescents With ADHD
The results suggest that lower CVA, i.e., reduced ANS flexibility, in adolescents with ADHD and controls is associated with self-reported ER difficulties, and specifically with limited access to effective ER strategies. There was a tendency for lower CVA to predict limited ER strategies only in the adolescents with ADHD and not controls
Body mass index and parasympathetic nervous system reactivity and recovery following graded exercise
This report extends prior research studying BMI and patterns of vmHRV reactivity in the domain of physical exercise. Our data contribute to previous reports suggesting that high BMI can lead to maladaptive patterns of vmHRV reactivity to and recovery from physical exercise
Sex moderates the relationship between resting heart rate variability and self-reported difficulties in emotion regulation
Lower resting vagally mediated heart rate variability (HRV) is thought to reflect poorer function of the neurophysiological pathways underlying emotion regulation (ER) and thus, poorer ER abilities. Sex differences in resting HRV exists such that women typically exhibit higher resting HRV than men. It is proposed that greater HRV in women reflects compensation for greater negative affect such as anxiety and depression. However, research has not y…
Stereotype threat, trait perseveration, and vagal activity
Objective: Black Americans (BAs) are at an elevated risk for morbidity and mortality in comparison to White Americans (WAs). Racial stressors are a common occurrence in American culture and is theorized to contribute to these disparities. When race-focused, stereotype threat (ST) is considered to be a factor that is detrimental to health in BAs; however few studies have directly investigated the impact of a ST manipulation on physiological functi…
Race and Resting-State Heart Rate Variability in Brazilian Civil Servants and the Mediating Effects of Discrimination
OBJECTIVES: African Americans are characterized by higher heart rate variability (HRV), a finding ostensibly associated with beneficial health outcomes. However, these findings are at odds with other evidence that blacks have worse cardiovascular outcomes. Here, we examine associations in a large cohort from the ELSA-Brasil study and determined whether these effects are mediated by discrimination. METHODS: Three groups were compared on the basis …
Differential Associations of Specific Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors With Resting-State Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability
OBJECTIVE: Debate has focused on the effects of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants on heart rate (HR) and HR variability (HRV), both of which are predictors of adverse cardiovascular events. Here, we examine the associations between specific SSRI antidepressants and resting state HR (and HRV) after accounting for a host of potential confounding factors using propensity score techniques. METHODS: Participants include…
Ethnic Differences in Resting Heart Rate Variability
BACKGROUND: Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are widely documented in the literature. Recently, research has shown that decreased parasympathetic cardiac modulation is associated with the established and emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. In consideration of the disproportionate CVD risk and disease profile of African Americans (AAs), it is plausible that decreased cardiac parasympatheti…
Methodological challenges for music therapy controlled clinical trials in palliative care
Since the late 1970s, music therapy has been an important part of multidisciplinary palliative care programs. Despite its wide application and high acceptance by patients, caregivers and staff members, recent systematic reviews and reports point to a lack of research, and the need for controlled clinical trials. The present article reviews the methodological quality of controlled clinical trials on the effects of music therapy in palliative care …
The Quick Inventory of Pain Symptoms (Qips)
The article presents the Quick Inventory of Pain Symptoms (QIPS) to assess the frequency and intensity of pain experienced within the last week in non-clinical samples. The first evaluation of the inventory administered to 100 undergraduate and graduate students revealed a concurrent validity of the QIPS with the four pain-related items of the symptom checklist (SCL-90r). Furthermore, this preliminary analysis showed that the QIPS is capable of r…
Music listening has no positive or negative effects on sleep quality of normal sleepers
This paper investigates the effects of a music listening intervention on sleep quality in young participants with normal sleep. Recent studies show that relaxing classical music is an effective intervention to reduce sleep problems. The question arises, if such an intervention might have side effects on people who are not faced with sleep difficulties at first instance. We hypothesized that listening to relaxing classical music has an effect (eit…
Stereotype threat, trait perseveration, and vagal activity
Objective: Black Americans (BAs) are at an elevated risk for morbidity and mortality in comparison to White Americans (WAs). Racial stressors are a common occurrence in American culture and is theorized to contribute to these disparities. When race-focused, stereotype threat (ST) is considered to be a factor that is detrimental to health in BAs; however few studies have directly investigated the impact of a ST manipulation on physiological functi…
Music listening has no positive or negative effects on sleep quality of normal sleepers
This paper investigates the effects of a music listening intervention on sleep quality in young participants with normal sleep. Recent studies show that relaxing classical music is an effective intervention to reduce sleep problems. The question arises, if such an intervention might have side effects on people who are not faced with sleep difficulties at first instance. We hypothesized that listening to relaxing classical music has an effect (eit…
Music listening has no positive or negative effects on sleep quality of normal sleepers
This paper investigates the effects of a music listening intervention on sleep quality in young participants with normal sleep. Recent studies show that relaxing classical music is an effective intervention to reduce sleep problems. The question arises, if such an intervention might have side effects on people who are not faced with sleep difficulties at first instance. We hypothesized that listening to relaxing classical music has an effect (eit…
The Quick Inventory of Pain Symptoms (Qips)
The article presents the Quick Inventory of Pain Symptoms (QIPS) to assess the frequency and intensity of pain experienced within the last week in non-clinical samples. The first evaluation of the inventory administered to 100 undergraduate and graduate students revealed a concurrent validity of the QIPS with the four pain-related items of the symptom checklist (SCL-90r). Furthermore, this preliminary analysis showed that the QIPS is capable of r…
Ethnic Differences in Resting Heart Rate Variability
BACKGROUND: Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are widely documented in the literature. Recently, research has shown that decreased parasympathetic cardiac modulation is associated with the established and emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke. In consideration of the disproportionate CVD risk and disease profile of African Americans (AAs), it is plausible that decreased cardiac parasympatheti…
Methodological challenges for music therapy controlled clinical trials in palliative care
Since the late 1970s, music therapy has been an important part of multidisciplinary palliative care programs. Despite its wide application and high acceptance by patients, caregivers and staff members, recent systematic reviews and reports point to a lack of research, and the need for controlled clinical trials. The present article reviews the methodological quality of controlled clinical trials on the effects of music therapy in palliative care …
Race and Resting-State Heart Rate Variability in Brazilian Civil Servants and the Mediating Effects of Discrimination
OBJECTIVES: African Americans are characterized by higher heart rate variability (HRV), a finding ostensibly associated with beneficial health outcomes. However, these findings are at odds with other evidence that blacks have worse cardiovascular outcomes. Here, we examine associations in a large cohort from the ELSA-Brasil study and determined whether these effects are mediated by discrimination. METHODS: Three groups were compared on the basis …
Differential Associations of Specific Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors With Resting-State Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability
OBJECTIVE: Debate has focused on the effects of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants on heart rate (HR) and HR variability (HRV), both of which are predictors of adverse cardiovascular events. Here, we examine the associations between specific SSRI antidepressants and resting state HR (and HRV) after accounting for a host of potential confounding factors using propensity score techniques. METHODS: Participants include…
Stereotype threat, trait perseveration, and vagal activity
Objective: Black Americans (BAs) are at an elevated risk for morbidity and mortality in comparison to White Americans (WAs). Racial stressors are a common occurrence in American culture and is theorized to contribute to these disparities. When race-focused, stereotype threat (ST) is considered to be a factor that is detrimental to health in BAs; however few studies have directly investigated the impact of a ST manipulation on physiological functi…
Body mass index and parasympathetic nervous system reactivity and recovery following graded exercise
This report extends prior research studying BMI and patterns of vmHRV reactivity in the domain of physical exercise. Our data contribute to previous reports suggesting that high BMI can lead to maladaptive patterns of vmHRV reactivity to and recovery from physical exercise
Sex moderates the relationship between resting heart rate variability and self-reported difficulties in emotion regulation
Lower resting vagally mediated heart rate variability (HRV) is thought to reflect poorer function of the neurophysiological pathways underlying emotion regulation (ER) and thus, poorer ER abilities. Sex differences in resting HRV exists such that women typically exhibit higher resting HRV than men. It is proposed that greater HRV in women reflects compensation for greater negative affect such as anxiety and depression. However, research has not y…
Ethnic Differences in Resting Total Peripheral Resistance
Lower Cardiac Vagal Activity Predicts Self-Reported Difficulties With Emotion Regulation in Adolescents With ADHD
The results suggest that lower CVA, i.e., reduced ANS flexibility, in adolescents with ADHD and controls is associated with self-reported ER difficulties, and specifically with limited access to effective ER strategies. There was a tendency for lower CVA to predict limited ER strategies only in the adolescents with ADHD and not controls
Physical activity in an air-polluted environment
The design of the study will allow for (1) the assessment of both short-term variation and long-term change in behavioral parameters, (2) evaluation of the incidence of musculoskeletal injuries and psychological factors impacting behavior and injury recovery, and (3) the impact that air pollution status (and change) has on behavior, psychological resilience, and injury recovery. Furthermore, the integration of MRI techniques and cognitive assessm…
Resting Heart Rate Variability, Perceived Emotion Regulation, and Low-Risk Drug Use in College-Aged Adults
Identification of individual differences in drug use is warranted, as a history of use is associated with future drug problems. Such drug use is thought to disrupt inhibitory and motivation networks involved in emotion regulation (ER). Higher resting heart rate variability (HRV), a biomarker of effective inhibitory abilities, is associated with less substance (e.g., alcohol, opioid) use. Higher HRV is associated with lower perceived ER difficulti…
Low heart rate variability is associated with a negativity valence bias in interpreting ambiguous emotional expressions
Most people tend to overstate positive aspects of their experiences, that is, a positive valence bias. However, some people tend to have attenuated attention for negative aspects of perceived information, that is, negative valence bias. This dispositional tendency in either valence is especially significant for emotion regulation as it influences the intensity of later stages of emotional experiences. Heart rate variability (HRV) is used as an in…
The Cambridge Handbook of the Development of Coping
Despite broad interest in how children and youth cope with stress and how others can support their coping, this is the first Handbook to consolidate the many theories and large bodies of research that contribute to the study of the development of coping. The Handbook's goal is field building - it brings together theory and research from across the spectrum of psychological, developmental, and related sciences to inform our understanding of coping…
Reasons for non-participation of children and adolescents in a large-scale school-based mental health project
Background Non-participation in mental health studies is an under-explored but very important topic. Investigating reasons for non-participation holds promise for the planning of future study designs and recruitment strategies. This study aimed at investigating reasons for children and adolescents (C&A) not participating in a school-based mental health research project. Methods Data collection took place within the school-based recruitment of a l…
Tension and disordered eating behaviors in the daily lives of adolescents and young adults from the general population
Experiences of tension and difficulties in emotion regulation have been linked to eating pathology in clinical samples and are targeted in respective treatment approaches. The present study aimed to investigate the impact of tension on engagement in disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) and potential moderating effects of trait emotion regulation in young people from the general population. A subsample of 971 adolescents and young adults from an epi…
Effects of smartphone restriction on cue-related neural activity
With the increasing popularity of smartphones in the past decades, physical, social, and psychological consequences of excessive smartphone use (ESU) have been increasingly debated. Cue-reactivity (CR) has been discussed as a core mechanism driving this behavior, and previous studies have highlighted distinct neural mechanisms underlying CR in individuals with ESU. Here, we used a functional MRI (fMRI) CR-paradigm to investigate the effects of sm…
Ecological momentary assessment in internet gaming disorder – Interactions between stress, negative emotions, craving and gaming behavior
Neural correlates of social exclusion in individuals with excessive smartphone use
Excessive smartphone use (ESU) is increasingly recognized as a condition closely resembling other addictive disorders. While neuroscientific research on ESU has largely focused on reward and cognitive-control networks, the socio-cognitive domain has received comparatively little attention. In this context, social exclusion represents a particularly relevant construct, as digital connectivity has become central to maintaining a sense of social bel…
Effectiveness of the school‐based internet intervention StresSOS for the prevention of mental health problems in young people
BACKGROUND: Given the high prevalence of mental illnesses in adolescents, there is an urgent need for effective prevention strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the school-based internet intervention StresSOS for the universal prevention of mental illnesses in youth. METHODS: A two-arm, randomized controlled trial was conducted. Participants were recruited from schools across five regions of Germany. Young people between the ages of 1…
The Cardiac Orthostatic Stress Response as a Function of Internalizing Psychopathology and Sex in Typically Developing Youth—An Observational Study
Stress‐induced physiological changes offer insights into autonomic nervous system (ANS) function beyond resting cardiac activity, relevant to both physical and mental illnesses. Limited research exists on heart rate (HR) reactivity in children and adolescents, particularly in the context of internalizing psychopathology. In a study of n = 48 typically developing adolescents (mean age 16.31 years, SD = 0.51), HR and vagal‐mediated heart rate varia…
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