Publications

Felnhofer, A., Kothgassner, O. D., Galliez, S. (2020). Therapie-Tools Problematische Mediennutzung im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Weinheim: Beltz

Kothgassner, O. D. & Felnhofer, A. (Hrsg.) (2018). Klinische Cyberpsychologie und Cybertherapie. Wien: UTB facultas.wuv.

Kothgassner, O. D., Pellegrini, M., Goreis, A., Giordano, V., Edobor, J., Fischer, S., Plener, P.L., & Huscsava, M. (in press). Hydrocortisone administration for reducing post-traumatic stress symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Kothgassner, O. D. & Felnhofer, A. (in press). Lack of research on efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Neuropsychiatrie.

Fischer-Grote, L., Kothgassner, O. D., & Felnhofer, A. (in press). The impact of problematic smartphone use on children’s and adolescents’ quality of life: A systematic review. Acta Paediatrica.

Laczkovics, C., Kothgassner, O. D., Felnhofer, A., & Klier, C. M. (in press). Cannabidiol treatment in an adolescent with multiple substance abuse, social anxiety and depression. Neuropsychiatrie, 1-4.

Kothgassner, O. D., Goreis, A., Glenk, L.M., Kafka, J.X., Beutl, L., Kryspin-Exner, I., Hlavacs, H., Palme, R., & Felnhofer, A. (2020). Virtual and real-life ostracism and its impact on a subsequent acute stressor. Physiology & Behavior, 228 113205.

Akkaya-Kalayci, T., Kothgassner, O.D., Wenzel, T., Goreis, A., Chen, A., Ceri, V., & Özlü-Erkilic, Z. (2020). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and psychological well-being of young people living in Austria and Turkey: A multicenter study. International Journal of Enviromental Research and Public Health 17, 9111.

Bejarano Á., Canal-Bedia, R., Magán-Maganto, M., Fernández-Álvarez, C., Cilleros-Martín, V., Sánchez-Gómez, C., García-Primo, P., Sweeney, M.R., Boilson, A., García-Pérez, L., Roeyers, H., Van Der Paelt, S., Schendel, D., Warberg, C., Cramer, S. Narzisi, A., Muratori, F., Scattoni, M. L., Moilanen, A., Yliherva, A., Saemundsen, E., Jónsdóttir, S.L., Efrim-Budisteanu, M., Arghir, A., Papuc, S.M., Vicente, A., Rasga, C., Rogé, B., Guillon, Q., Baduel, S., Kafka, J.X., Poustka, L., Kothgassner, O. D., Kawa, R., Pisula, E., Sellers, T. & Posada, M. (2020). Early Detection, Diagnosis and Intervention Services for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder across Europe: Family and Professional Perspectives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(9), 3380-3394.

Glenk, L.M*, Kothgassner, O.D.*, Felnhofer, A., Gotovina, J., Pranger, Ch. Jensen, A.; Mothes-Luksch, N., Goreis, A., Palme, R., Jensen-Jarolim, E. (2020). Salivary Cortisol responses to acute stress vary between allergic and healthy individuals: The role of plasma oxytocin, emotion regulation strategies, reported stress and anxiety. Stress - The International Journal on the Biology of Stress, 23(3), 275-283.

Goreis, A., Felnhofer, A., Kafka, J.X., Probst, T. & Kothgassner, O.D. (2020). Efficacy of Self-Management Smartphone-Based Apps for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Neuroscience 14, article 3.

Goreis, A. & Kothgassner, O. D. (2020). Social Media as vehicle for conspiracy beliefs on COVID-19 . Digital Psychology 1 (2), 36-39.

Hoppenstedt, B., Probst, T., Reichert, M., Schlee, W., Kammerer, K., Spiliopoulou, M., Schobel, J., Winter, M., Felnhofer, A., Kothgassner, O.D., Pryss, R. (2020). Evaluating Usability Aspects of a Mixed Reality Solution for Immersive Analytics in Industry 4.0 Scenarios. JOVE - Journal of Visualized Experiments, e61349

Huscsava, M., Plener, P., & Kothgassner, O. D. (2020). Teletherapy for adolescent psychiatric outpatients: the soaring flight of so far idle technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital Psychology, Digital Psychology 1 (2), 32-35.

Felnhofer, A. & Kothgassner, O.D. (2020). Virtual-Reality Therapie für Kinder und Jugendliche mit psychischen Störungen: ein Abriss zum möglichen Einsatzspektrum und den Limitationen. Spectrum Psychiatrie, 2/2020, 12-13.

Knaust, T., Felnhofer, A., Kothgassner, O. D., Höllmer, H., Gorzka, R. J. & Schulz, H. (2020). Virtual trauma interventions for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders: A scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2877.doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.562506

Kothgassner, O. D., Robinson, K., Goreis, A., Ougrin, D. & Plener, P. L., (2020). Does treatment method matter? A meta-analysis of the past 20 years of research on therapeutic interventions for self-harm and suicidal ideation in adolescents. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation 7, 9.

Kothgassner, O. D. & Felnhofer, A. (2020). Does virtual reality help to cut the Gordian knot between ecological validity and experimental control? Annals of the International Communication Association 44(3), 210-218.

Kothgassner, O.D., Plener, P.L., Sachser, C., Witt, A., Brähler, E. & Fegert, J. (2020). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Avatar Preferences in Online Games: Results from a Population-Based Survey in Germany. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie 48 15-23. doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000647

Kothgassner, O. D., Goreis, A., & Plener, P. L. (2020). Psychotherapeutische Interventionen für Jugendliche mit Nicht-suizidalem selbstverletzendem Verhalten (NSSV). Verhaltenstherapie mit Kindern und Jugendlichen – Zeitschrift für die psychosoziale Praxis 15 (2), 69-80.

Özlü-Erkilic, Z., Wenzel, T., Kothgassner, O.D., & Akkaya-Kalayci, T. (2020). Transcultural Differences in Risk Factors and in Triggering Reasons of Suicidal and Self-Harming Behaviour in Young People with and without a Migration Background. International Journal of Enviromental Research and Public Health 17, 6498.

Kothgassner, O.D., Goreis, A., Kafka, J.X., van Eickels, R., Plener, P., & Felnhofer, A. (2019). Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Meta-Analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10:1, 1654782

Völkl-Kernstock, S., Kleteschka-Pulker, M., Felnhofer, A., Kothgassner, O. D., Skala, K., Hansmann, B., & Wenzel, T.# (2019). Psychopathology and Quality of life in child victims of violent crime as factors for forensic multilevel assessment-a pilot investigation. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 684.

Fischer-Grote, L., Kothgassner, O. D., & Felnhofer, A. (2019). Risk factors for problematic smartphone use in children and adolescents: a review of existing literature. Neuropsychiatrie. 33, 179-190

Felnhofer, A., Kothgassner, O. D., & Klier, C.# (2019). ASS und ADHS—zwei verwandte Störungen?. Pädiatrie, 31(1), 69-71.

Felnhofer, A., Kaufmann, M., Kafka, J., Atteneder, K., Hlavacs, H., Beutl, L., Hennig-Fast, K., & Kothgassner, O.D. (2019). The mere presence of an attentive and emotionally responsive virtual character influences focus of attention and perceived stress, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 132, 45-51.

Hoppenstedt, B.#, Probst, T., Reichert, M., Schlee, W., Kammerer, K., Spiliopoulou, M., Schobel, J., Zimoch, M., Felnhofer, A., Kothgassner, O.D., Pryss, R. (2019). Applicability of Immersive Analytics in Mixed Reality: Usability Study. IEEE Access, 7(1), 71921-71932.

Felnhofer, A., Goreis, A., Bussek, T., Kafka, J.X., König, D., Klier, C., Zesch, H., & Kothgassner, O.D. (2019). Decision making in child psychiatry and pediatric psychosomatic medicine: Evaluating mothers’, fathers’ and children’s assessments of decisional competence, health related quality of life and illness perception. Journal of Child and Family Studies, doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01449-x

Felnhofer, A., Hlavacs, H., Beutl, L., Kryspin-Exner, I., & Kothgassner, O.D. (2019). Physical presence, social presence and anxiety in participants with social anxiety disorder during virtual cue exposure. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 22(1), 46-50.

Kothgassner, O.D., Goreis, A., Kafka, J., Kaufmann, M., Atteneder, K., Beutl, L., Hennig-Fast, K., Hlavacs, H., & Felnhofer, A.# (2019). Real-life and virtual social support: Impact on social presence, social stress and prosocial behavior. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 63, 57-65.

Felnhofer, A., Kafka, J.X., Hlavacs, H., Beutl, L., Kryspin-Exner, I., & Kothgassner, O.D. (2018). Meeting others virtually in a day-to-day setting: Investigating social avoidance and prosocial behavior towards avatars and agents. Computers in Human Behavior 80, 399-406.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217306696

Gotovina, J., Pranger, C.L., Jensen, A.N., Wagner, S., Kothgassner, O.D., Mothes-Luksch, N., Palme, R., Larenas-Linnemann, D., Singh, J., Mösges, R., Felnhofer, A., Glenk, L. M., & Jensen-Jarolim, E. (2018). Elevated oxytocin and noradrenaline indicate higher stress levels in allergic rhinitis patients: Implications for the skin prick diagnosis in a pilot study. PloS One 13(5): e0196879. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196879&type=printable

Kafka, J. X. & Kothgassner, O. D. (2018). Der digitale Werther-Effekt: die Auswirkungen des Internets bei Suizidalität und selbstverletzendem Verhalten. In O. D. Kothgassner & A. Felnhofer (Hrsg.). Klinische Cyberpsychologie und Cybertherapie (S. 199-206). Wien: UTB facultas

Krösl, K., Felnhofer, A., Kafka, J. X., Schuster, L., Rinnerthaler, A., Wimmer, M., & Kothgassner, O. D. (2018). The virtual schoolyard: attention training in virtual reality for children with attentional disorders. ACM SIGGRAPH, 2018, a 27.
https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3230817

Kothgassner, O. D. & Kafka, J. X. (2018). Cybermobbing & Cyberstalking. In O. D. Kothgassner & A. Felnhofer (Hrsg.). Klinische Cyberpsychologie und Cybertherapie (S. 154-164). Wien: UTB facultas

Kothgassner, O. D., Laczkovics, C., Utermöhlen, S.-A. & Felnhofer, A. (2018). Mediennutzung im stationären und teilstationären Setting. In O. D. Kothgassner & A. Felnhofer (Hrsg.). Klinische Cyberpsychologie und Cybertherapie (S. 111-120). Wien: UTB facultas

Kothgassner, O. D., Goreis, A., Kafka, J.X., Hlavacs, H. Beutl, L., Kryspin-Exner, I., & Felnhofer, A. (2018). Agency and gender influence older adults’ presence-related experiences in an interactive virtual environment. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 21(5), 318-324.
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/cyber.2017.0691

Kothgassner, O. D. & Felnhofer, A. (Hrsg., 2018). Klinische Cyberpsychologie und Cybertherapie. Wien: UTB facultas.wuv.

Utermöhlen, S.-A., Felnhofer, A., Goreis, A., Poustka, L. & Kothgassner, O. D. (2018). Neue Medien in der Versorgung von Kindern und Jugendlichen. In O. D. Kothgassner & A. Felnhofer (Hrsg.). Klinische Cyberpsychologie und Cybertherapie (S. 86-99). Wien: UTB facultas

Van Eickels, R., Felnhofer, A. & Kothgassner, O.D. (2018). Human Computer Interaction: Der soziale Einfluss von Avataren und Agenten. Psychologie in Österreich, 18(5), 339-346.
http://www.pioe.at/public/archiv/2018/5/PIOe_2018_5_van_Eickels_et_al_Mensch-Computer-Interaktion_Der_soziale_Einfluss_von_Avataren_und_Agenten_Human-Computer-Interaction_The_Social_Influence_of_Avatars_and_Agents.pdf

Felnhofer, A. & Kothgassner, O.D. (2017). Von Rabauken und Tagträumerinnen: Ein Abschied vom männlich dominierten Bild externalisierender Störungen? Psychologie in Österreich 17(5), 361-367.

Glenk, L.M. & Kothgassner, O.D. (2017). Life out of Balance: Stress-related disorders in animals and humans. In E. Jarolim-Jenson (Ed.). Comparative Medicine: Disorders linking humans with their animals (S. 97-107). Heidelberg: Springer.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-47007-8_7

Kothgassner, O.D. & Felnhofer, A. (2017). Virtual Reality in der Behandlung von Suchterkrankungen. Sucht, 104, 10-11.

Kothgassner, O. D., Griesinger, M., Kettner, K., Wayan, K., Völkl-Kernstock, S.,  Hlavacs, H., Beutl, L., & Felnhofer, A. (2017). Real-life prosocial behavior decreases after being socially excluded by avatars, not agents. Computers in Human Behavior 70, 261-269.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563216308883

Kothgassner, O. D., Utermöhlen, S.A. & Felnhofer, A. (2017). Virtual Reality Therapy: Die Zukunft der klinisch-psychologischen Behandlung? Psychologie in Österreich 17(5), 323-331.
http://www.pioe.at/public/archiv/2017/5/PIOe_2017_5_KOTHGASSNER_et_al_Virtual_Reality_Therapy_Die_Zukunft_klinisch-psychologischer_Behandlung.pdf

Kryspin-Exner, I. Kothgassner, O. D. & Felnhofer, A. (2017). Clinical Psychology in Central Europe. In S. Hofmann (Ed.) International Perspectives on Psychotherapy (S. 87-106). New York: Springer Nature.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-56194-3_4

Kothgassner, O. D., Felnhofer, A., Hlavacs, H., Beutl, L., Palme, R., Kryspin-Exner, I., & Glenk, L. M. (2016). Salivary cortisol and cardiovascular reactivity to a public speaking task in a virtual and real-life environment. Computers in Human Behavior, 62, 124-135.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563216302400

Kothgassner, O. D., Hlavacs, H., Beutl, L., Glenk, l., Palme, R., & Felnhofer, A. (2016). Two Experimental Virtual Paradigms for Stress Research: Developing Avatar-Based Approaches for Interpersonal and Evaluative Stressors. LNCS, 9926, 51-62.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-46100-7_5