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Overview

Jens Blechert is affiliated with the University of Salzburg in Austria and has a research focus centered primarily within the field of Psychology. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in Jens Blechert's research include Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Mental Health Research Topics, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods, and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification.

Notable recent papers authored with co-researchers include:

  • Emotional eating in healthy individuals and patients with an eating disorder: evidence from psychometric, experimental and naturalistic studies, 2020, Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • Emotional eating across different eating disorders and the role of body mass, restriction, and binge eating, 2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Does stress eat away at you or make you eat? EMA measures of stress predict day to day food craving and perceived food intake as a function of trait stress-eating, 2020, Psychology and Health
  • Time to make a change: A call for more experimental research on key mechanisms in anorexia nervosa, 2020, European Eating Disorders Review
  • Being My Own Companion in Times of Social Isolation - A 14-Day Mobile Self-Compassion Intervention Improves Stress Levels and Eating Behavior, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology

Jens Blechert frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Julia Reichenberger
  • Sercan Kahveci
  • Hannah van Alebeek
  • Ann-Kathrin Arend
  • Rebekka Schnepper

Their work has appeared in numerous publication venues, with a notable concentration in the following journals:

  • Appetite
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Best Publications

  • Emotion regulation choice: A conceptual framework and supporting evidence.

    Gal Sheppes;Susanne Scheibe;Gaurav Suri;Peter Radu

  • Food-pics: an image database for experimental research on eating and appetite.

    Jens Blechert;Adrian Meule;Adrian Meule;Niko A. Busch;Niko A. Busch;Kathrin Ohla

  • Fear conditioning in posttraumatic stress disorder: evidence for delayed extinction of autonomic, experiential, and behavioural responses.

    Jens Blechert;Tanja Michael;Noortje Vriends;Jü rgen Margraf

  • The temporal dynamics of emotion regulation: an EEG study of distraction and reappraisal

    Ravi Thiruchselvam;Jens Blechert;Gal Sheppes;Anders Rydstrom

  • Autonomic and Respiratory Characteristics of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Panic Disorder

    Jens Blechert;Tanja Michael;Paul Grossman;Marta Lajtman

  • Bidirectional relationship of stress and affect with physical activity and healthy eating

    Dana Schultchen;Julia Reichenberger;Theresa Mittl;Tabea R. M. Weh

  • Intuitive eating is associated with interoceptive sensitivity. Effects on body mass index.

    Beate M. Herbert;Jens Blechert;Martin Hautzinger;Ellen Matthias

  • Fear conditioning in panic disorder: Enhanced resistance to extinction.

    Tanja Michael;Jens Blechert;Noortje Vriends;Jürgen Margraf

  • Emotional Intensity Influences Pre-implementation and Implementation of Distraction and Reappraisal

    Roni Shafir;Naama Schwartz;Jens Blechert;Gal Sheppes

  • Food-Pics_Extended-An Image Database for Experimental Research on Eating and Appetite: Additional Images, Normative Ratings and an Updated Review.

    Jens Blechert;Anja Lender;Sarah Polk;Niko A. Busch

  • Experiential, autonomic, and neural responses during threat anticipation vary as a function of threat intensity and neuroticism.

    Emily M. Drabant;Janice R. Kuo;Wiveka Ramel;Jens Blechert

  • Orbitofrontal reward sensitivity and impulsivity in adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Gregor Wilbertz;Ludger Tebartz van Elst;Mauricio R. Delgado;Simon Maier

  • No haste, more taste: An EMA study of the effects of stress, negative and positive emotions on eating behavior

    Julia Reichenberger;Peter Kuppens;Michael Liedlgruber;Frank H. Wilhelm

  • See What You Think Reappraisal Modulates Behavioral and Neural Responses to Social Stimuli

    Jens Blechert;Gal Sheppes;Carolina Di Tella;Hants Williams

  • Food addiction and bulimia nervosa.

    Adrian Meule;Adrian Meule;Vittoria von Rezori;Jens Blechert

  • German version of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0: Prevalence and correlates of 'food addiction' in students and obese individuals.

    Adrian Meule;Astrid Müller;Ashley N. Gearhardt;Jens Blechert

  • The Water Load Test As a Measure of Gastric Interoception: Development of a Two-Stage Protocol and Application to a Healthy Female Population.

    Zoe van Dyck;Claus Vogele;Jens Blechert;Annika P. C. Lutz

  • Information processing of food pictures in binge eating disorder

    Jennifer Svaldi;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier;Peter Peyk;Jens Blechert

  • Learning as a Model for Neural Plasticity in Major Depression

    Christoph Nissen;Johannes Holz;Jens Blechert;Jens Blechert;Bernd Feige

  • Subjective, Autonomic, and Endocrine Reactivity during Social Stress in Children with Social Phobia

    Martina Krämer;Wiebke Lina Seefeldt;Nina Heinrichs;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier

  • Restricted Autonomic Flexibility in Children with Social Phobia.

    Julian Schmitz;Martina Krämer;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier;Nina Heinrichs

  • Food cravings in everyday life: An EMA study on snack-related thoughts, cravings, and consumption.

    Anna Richard;Adrian Meule;Julia Reichenberger;Jens Blechert

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank H. Wilhelm
Frank H. Wilhelm University of Salzburg
Adrian Meule
Adrian Meule University of Regensburg
Brunna Tuschen-Caffier
Brunna Tuschen-Caffier University of Freiburg
Ulrich Voderholzer
Ulrich Voderholzer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Tanja Michael
Tanja Michael Saarland University
Beate M. Herbert
Beate M. Herbert University of Tübingen
James J. Gross
James J. Gross Stanford University
Claus Vögele
Claus Vögele University of Luxembourg
Walton T. Roth
Walton T. Roth Stanford University
Jürgen Margraf
Jürgen Margraf Ruhr University Bochum

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