RG Wessa
Lead:
Prof. Dr Michèle Wessa
Research Group Leader LIR, Professor and Head Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Anna Bergmann, PhD student
Eliza Eckhardt, PhD student
Dr. Lena Eppelmann, Postdoc
Dr. Aleksandra Kaurin, Postdoc
Dr. Friederike Köhler, Postdoc
Jana Meier, PhD student
Heike Schmidt-Harth, MTA-F
Sandra Schönfelder, Study Coordination
Tabea Werner, PhD student
The research group investigates the neurobiological and behavioural correlates of central resilience mechanisms as well as the possibilities of behaviour modification derived from them, for example through psychological interventions. Emotional, motivational, and cognitive mechanisms, such as the regulation of emotions by means of different strategies, the processing of reward and the (distorted) cognitive interpretation of situations, play a major role. The regulation of emotions under stress as well as the effect of controllable and uncontrollable stress on human behaviour is investigated. A combination of biopsychological and behavioral measurement methods enables us to comprehensively characterise the mechanisms that contribute to increased stress resilience in humans. This information is used to develop appropriate intervention methods in different formats (e.g., face-to-face training, online training), which are used in large-scale studies to test effectiveness.
- Online trainings to promote resilience (ResOn)
- Blended resilience training to foster stress resistance in teachers (BooSTERIT)
- Computational modelling of behavioural control
- Prof. Dr Dirk Lehr, Institute of Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg
- Prof. Dr Martin Bohus, the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim
- Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
Kampa M, Schick A, Sebastian A, Wessa M, Tüscher O, Kalisch R, Yuen K (2020) Replication of fMRI group activations in the neuroimaging battery for the Mainz Resilience Project (MARP). Neuroimage 204:116223. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116223.
>> Link to PubmedKunzler, A. M., Helmreich, I., Chmitorz, A., König, J., Binder, H., Wessa, M. & Lieb, K. (2020). Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 7
Kunzler, A. M., Helmreich, I., König, J., Chmitorz, A., Wessa, M., Binder, H. & Lieb, K. (2020). Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare students. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 7
>> Link to PubmedMeine, L. E., Schüler, K., Richter-Levin, G., Scholz, V. & Wessa, M. (2020). A Translational Paradigm to Study the Effects of Uncontrollable Stress in Humans. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, 1-22.
>> Link to PubmedSandner, M., Lois, G., Streit, F., Zeier, P., Kirsch, P., Wüst, S. & Wessa, M. (2020). Investigating individual stress reactivity: High hair cortisol predicts lower acute stress responses. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 118, 1-10.
>> Link to PubmedSchneider, E. E., Schönfelder, S., Domke-Wolf, M. & Wessa, M. (2020). Measuring stress in clinical and nonclinical subjects using a German adaptation of the Perceived Stress Scale. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 20, 173-181.
>> Link to PubmedZeier, P., Sandner, M. & Wessa, M. (2020). Script-based Reappraisal Test introducing a new paradigm to investigate the effect of reappraisal inventiveness on reappraisal effectiveness. Cognition & Emotion, 34, 793-799
>> Link to PubmedAscheid, S., Wessa, M. & Linke, J. O. (2019). Effects of valence and arousal on implicit approach/ avoidance tendencies: A fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 131, 333-341
>> Link to PubmedZeier P, Sandner M, Wessa M (2019) Script-based Reappraisal Test introducing a new paradigm to investigate the effect of reappraisal inventiveness on reappraisal effectiveness. Cogn Emot 1-7. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1663153
>> Link to PubmedKalisch R, Baker DG, Basten U, Boks MP, Bonanno GA, Brummelman E, Chmitorz A, Fernàndez G, Fiebach CJ, Galatzer-Levy I, Geuze E, Groppa S, Helmreich I, Hendler T, Hermans EJ, Jovanovic T, Kubiak T, Lieb K, Lutz B, Müller MB, Murray RJ, Nievergelt CM, Reif A, Roelofs K, Rutten BPF, Sander D, Schick A, Tüscher O, Diest IV, Harmelen AV, Veer IM, Vermetten E, Vinkers CH, Wager TD, Walter H, Wessa M, Wibral M, Kleim B (2017). The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders. Nat Hum Behav 1(11):784-790. doi: 10.1038/s41562-017-0200-8
>> Link to PubmedWessa M, King AV, Meyer P, Frölich L, Flor H, Poupon C, Hoppstädter M, Linke J (2016). Impaired and preserved aspects of feedback learning in aMCI: contributions of structural connectivity. BSAF 221(5):2831-46.
>> Link to PubmedKanske P, Heissler J, Schönfelder S, Forneck J, Wessa M (2013). Neural correlates of emotional distractibility in bipolar disorder, unaffected relatives and individuals with hypomanic personality. Am J Psychiatry 170:1487-1496.
>> Link to PubmedLinke J, King AV, Poupon C, Hennerici MG, Gass P, Wessa M (2013). Impaired anatomical connectivity and related executive functions: Differentiating vulnerability and disease marker in bipolar disorder. Biol Psychiatry 74:908-916.
>> Link to PubmedKanske P, Heissler J, Schönfelder S, Bongers A, Wessa M (2011). How to Regulate Emotion? Neural Networks for Reappraisal and Distraction. Cereb Cortex 21:1379-88.
>> Link to PubmedWessa M, Linke J, Witt S, Nieratschker V, Esslinger C, Kirsch P, Grimm O, Hennerici MG, Gass A, King AV, Rietschel M (2010). The CACNA1C risk variant for bipolar disorder influences limbic activity. Molecular Psychiatry 15:1126-1127.
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