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Jürgen Hoyer

Jürgen Hoyer

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Psychology

D-Index
45
Citations
9932
World Ranking
6620
National Ranking
316

Overview

Jürgen Hoyer is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and has an extensive record in psychology research, focusing mainly on clinical and experimental psychology. Their work spans a range of topics including anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment methodologies, and cognitive processes.

Their publication record indicates a concentration on several main fields and subfields of study:

  • Psychology (217 publications)
  • Clinical Psychology (101 publications)
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (67 publications)
  • Social Psychology (28 publications)
  • Psychiatry and Mental health (17 publications)
  • Applied Psychology (16 publications)

The primary topics explored in their work include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (72 publications)
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (66 publications)
  • Mental Health Research Topics (58 publications)
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions (22 publications)
  • Child Abuse and Trauma (20 publications)
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (20 publications)
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (18 publications)

The scientist has contributed frequently to a range of publication venues, among the most frequent are:

  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders (6 publications)
  • Clinical Psychology in Europe (5 publications)
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (4 publications)
  • Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (4 publications)
  • Clinical Psychological Science (3 publications)

Recent papers include:

  • Change of Threat Expectancy as Mechanism of Exposure-Based Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders: Evidence From 8,484 Exposure Exercises of 605 Patients, 2022, Clinical Psychological Science
  • Non-suicidal self-injury and its co-occurrence with suicidal behavior: An epidemiological-study among adolescents and young adults, 2020, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
  • Test-retest reliability of the computer-assisted DIA-X-5 interview for mental disorders, 2020, BMC Psychiatry
  • How does music performance anxiety relate to other anxiety disorders?, 2021, Psychology of Music
  • Is Childhood Maltreatment Associated with Body Image Disturbances in Adulthood? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2021, Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Jürgen Margraf (20 co-authored publications)
  • Andre Pittig (16 co-authored publications)
  • Julia Velten (15 co-authored publications)
  • Winfried Rief (13 co-authored publications)
  • Hans-Ulrich Wïttchen (13 co-authored publications)

Jürgen Hoyer has also contributed to academic books, with at least one publication through Hogrefe Verlag titled Verhaltensaufbau und -aktivierung published in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Generalized anxiety and depression in primary care: prevalence, recognition, and management.

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Ron C Kessler;Katja Beesdo;Petra Krause

  • Separating optimism and pessimism: a robust psychometric analysis of the revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R).

    Philipp Yorck Herzberg;Heide Glaesmer;Jürgen Hoyer

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Nature and Course

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Jürgen Hoyer

  • Physical activity and prevalence and incidence of mental disorders in adolescents and young adults

    Andreas Ströhle;Michael Höfler;Hildegard Pfister;Anne-Grit Müller

  • Die deutsche Version des Life-Orientation-Tests (LOT-R) zum dispositionellen Optimismus und Pessimismus

    Heide Glaesmer;Jürgen Hoyer;Jens Klotsche;Philipp Yorck Herzberg

  • Die Erfassung sozialer Phobie durch die Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) und die Social Phobia Scale (SPS)

    Ulrich Stangier;Thomas Heidenreich;Andrea Berardi;Ulrike Golbs

  • How Common is Men's Self-Reported Sexual Interest in Prepubescent Children?

    Beate Dombert;Alexander F. Schmidt;Rainer Banse;Peer Briken

  • Assessing Psychological Flexibility: What Does It Add Above and Beyond Existing Constructs?

    Andrew T. Gloster;Jens Klotsche;Samia Chaker;Katrin V. Hummel

  • Psychodynamic Therapy: As Efficacious as Other Empirically Supported Treatments? A Meta-Analysis Testing Equivalence of Outcomes.

    Christiane Steinert;Thomas Munder;Sven Rabung;Jürgen Hoyer

  • Hair cortisol as a biomarker of traumatization in healthy individuals and posttraumatic stress disorder patients.

    Susann Steudte;Clemens Kirschbaum;Wei Gao;Wei Gao;Nina Alexander

  • Posttraumatic symptoms, depression, and anxiety of flood victims: The impact of the belief in a just world

    Kathleen Otto;Anne Boos;Claudia Dalbert;Daniel Schöps

  • Oxytocin Receptor Gene Methylation: Converging Multilevel Evidence for a Role in Social Anxiety

    Christiane Ziegler;Udo Dannlowski;David Bräuer;Stephan Stevens

  • Worry Exposure versus Applied Relaxation in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    Jürgen Hoyer;Katja Beesdo;Andrew T. Gloster;Juliane Runge

  • Avoidance, safety behavior, and reassurance seeking in generalized anxiety disorder.

    Katja Beesdo-Baum;Elsa Jenjahn;Michael Höfler;Ulrike Lueken

  • Stigma-related stress and its correlates among men with pedophilic sexual interests

    Sara Jahnke;Alexander F. Schmidt;Max Geradt;Jürgen Hoyer

  • Mental disorders in a forensic sample of sexual offenders

    Anja Leue;Bernd Borchard;Jürgen Hoyer

  • Pain associated with specific anxiety and depressive disorders in a nationally representative population sample

    Katja Beesdo;Frank Jacobi;Jürgen Hoyer;Nancy C. P. Low

  • Is post-event processing specific for social anxiety?

    Lydia Fehm;Gesine Schneider;Jürgen Hoyer

  • The Struggle of Behavioral Therapists With Exposure: Self-Reported Practicability, Negative Beliefs, and Therapist Distress About Exposure-Based Interventions.

    Andre Pittig;Roxana Kotter;Jürgen Hoyer

  • Interpersonal Subtypes Within Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    Simone Salzer;Aaron L. Pincus;Jürgen Hoyer;Reinhard Kreische

  • Association between generalized anxiety levels and pain in a community sample: evidence for diagnostic specificity.

    Katja Beesdo;Jürgen Hoyer;Frank Jacobi;Nancy C.P. Low

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. Gloster
Andrew T. Gloster University of Lucerne
Jürgen Margraf
Jürgen Margraf Ruhr University Bochum
Roselind Lieb
Roselind Lieb University of Basel
Eric Leibing
Eric Leibing University of Göttingen
Ulrich Stangier
Ulrich Stangier Goethe University Frankfurt
Falk Leichsenring
Falk Leichsenring University of Giessen
Manfred E. Beutel
Manfred E. Beutel Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

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