Christiane Eichenberg

Biographic Data

ID5124818
NAMEChristiane Eichenberg
GIVEN NAMESChristiane
FAMILY NAMEEichenberg
SIGNATUREEICHENBERG C
AFFILIATIONSSigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien
ORCID0000-0001-5803-4965
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Post-Breakup Instagram Surveillance

    Open AccessValentina Wegener, Henrik Bischoff et al.ARTICLECyberpsychology Behavior and…2026

    The end of a romantic relationship is one of the most emotionally challenging life events. Social media platforms such as Instagram enable users to monitor an ex-partner, a behavior known as Interpersonal Electronic Surveillance (IES), which may complicate coping. This study examined associations with retrospectively reported IES on Instagram during the first 3 weeks post-breakup, focusing on attachment, personality, and breakup-related emotional…

  • Functionality as defence

    Open AccessBirgitta Schiller, Mathias Grüner et al.ARTICLEHealth An Interdisciplinary…2026

    This article examines how healthcare professionals working on COVID-19 wards experienced psychosocial burdens during the pandemic and how they managed these within the intersecting pressures of personal vulnerability, professional duty, and institutional expectation. Drawing on deep-structure hermeneutics, 13 qualitative interviews were analysed to explore latent meaning structures underlying professional discourse. From this corpus, one analytic…

  • Risk and protection factors of mental stress among medical staff in the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessChristiane Eichenberg, Raphaela Schneider et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    Data show that HCW still suffer from mental stress in the third year of the pandemic. HCW of all hospital wards may be affected by mental stress and need attention and protective measures. Medical specialists are the most burdened subgroup. Detailed analyses show that properties other than occupation, gender, or ward affiliation are more appropriate to evaluate mental stress of HCW. The findings have implications for developing specialized protec…

  • Comparison of attitudes to media representation of mental illness between journalists and mental health professionals in Russia with German-speaking countries of Switzerland, Germany, and Austria

    Open AccessChristiane Eichenberg, Lilian Strobl et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2023

    BACKGROUND: The media are an important source of information on mental health. They are often implicit in reinforcing negative stereotypes of people with mental health problems. There are no studies in German-speaking countries or Russia on media attitudes to mental health and mental health professionals' (MHP) attitudes to the media. AIMS: This study explored journalists and MHPs attitudes to mental health media reporting in the German speaking …

  • Single mothers by choice in German-speaking countries

    Raphaela Schneider, Christiane EichenbergARTICLEJournal of Feminist Family Therapy2022References: 1

  • Digitale Selbsthilfe bei psychischen Störungen

    Christiane Eichenberg, Felicitas AuerspergBOOKDigitale Selbsthilfe bei…2021

    Digitale Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien haben sich im Alltag der meisten Menschen etabliert. Dementsprechend findet auch die Beschäftigung mit gesundheitlichen Problemen zunehmend im Internet sowie mit anderen neuen Medien, z.B. mobilen Apps, statt. Für Therapeutinnen und Therapeuten stellt sich damit zunehmend die Frage, welche Auswirkungen die Online-Aktivitäten auf die Behandlung haben. Um die Chancen und Grenzen des Internets al…

  • The Relationship Between the Implementation of Statutory Preventative Measures, Perceived Susceptibility of Covid-19, and Personality Traits in the Initial Stage of Corona-Related Lockdown

    Open AccessChristiane Eichenberg, Martin Grossfurthner et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Background: Particularly during the early and middle stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, a population's compliance with precautionary measures (e.g., hygiene rules, smart working, travel restrictions, and quarantine) is paramount in preventing the virus from spreading. Objective: The investigation and documentation of different socio-demographic and personality-specific factors in regards to preventative measures and consequent specific health behav…

  • Problematic Smartphone Use—Comparison of Students With and Without Problematic Smartphone Use in Light of Personality

    Open AccessChristiane Eichenberg, Markus Schott et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Background: As a device with multiple functions, a smartphone become more and more relevant in everyday life. However, this goes along with an increase in reports about smartphone addiction and its unwanted consequences. One of the most important variables in the etiopathogenesis of addictive smartphone use is personality. Objective: This study aimed to investigate predictors of problematic smartphone use. Clinically relevant differences in perso…

  • Comparison of Students With and Without Problematic Smartphone Use in Light of Attachment Style

    Open AccessChristiane Eichenberg, Markus Schott et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019

    Background: Nowadays, media addictions are especially of high relevance to psychotherapeutic practice. More recently, this particularly includes excessive smartphone usage. Even though a growing number of scientific literature and also mainstream media highlight problematic smartphone use as a serious health problem, there is only little research on this issue. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine this phenomenon with a focus on attach…

  • From Online Dating to Online Divorce

    Open AccessChristiane Eichenberg, Jessica Huss et al.ARTICLEContemporary Family Therapy2017Cited by: 8References: 6

  • Suicide Bulletin Board Systems Comparison Between Japan and Germany

    Hajime Sueki, Christiane EichenbergARTICLEDeath Studies2012Cited by: 3

    An online questionnaire (n = 301) was conducted to analyze the cross-cultural influence of the use of suicide bulletin board systems. Factor analysis demonstrated that participants had two types of motives: the constructive motive of mutual help and the destructive motive of suicide preparation. The results showed that suicidal thoughts did not worsen with suicide bulletin board systems usage, and there is no difference in the demographic data, m…

  • Nothing tastes as good as thin feels …” - Einschätzungen zur Pro-Anorexia-Bewegung im Internet

    Open AccessChristiane Eichenberg, E BrählerARTICLEPPmP - Psychotherapie ·…2007

    Als Nachtrag zum letzten Themenheft "Essstörungen" (PPmP 6/2007) möchten wir heute auf eine neue "Selbsthilfebewegung" im Internet aufmerksam machen. Anfang dieses Jahrtausends ist in den USA die sogenannte Pro-Ana- (von Anorexia nervosa) und äquivalent dazu die Pro-Mia- (von Bulimia nervosa) Bewegung entstanden. Die Anhänger von Pro-Ana, gemäß der Prävalenz von Anorexie fast ausschließlich junge Frauen, tauschen sich über spezielle Websites oder…

  • Online-Sexualberatung

    Christiane EichenbergARTICLEZeitschrift für Sexualforschung2007Cited by: 1

    Innerhalb der letzten Jahre hat das Internet als Medium für psychosoziale Beratung zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Dabei steht einer Vielzahl internetbasierter Beratungsdienste unterschiedlicher Anbieter eine geringe Anzahl von Wirksamkeitsstudien gegenüber. In einer empirischen Untersuchung evaluiert die Autorin ein Angebot der Pro Familia zur Online-Sexualberatung („Sextra”). 338 bzw. 134 Ratsuchende wurden zu Beginn bzw. nach Abschluss der Be…