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Silja Vocks is affiliated with Osnabrück University in Germany and specializes in research within the field of psychology, with a primary focus on clinical psychology. Their scholarly work encompasses various subfields, including experimental and cognitive psychology, pharmacy, public health, environmental and occupational health, and marketing.

Their research extensively covers topics related to eating disorders and behaviors, body image and dysmorphia studies, and obesity and health practices. Additional research areas include obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, obesity related to physical activity and diet, and child development in the context of digital technology.

Silja Vocks has published frequently in multiple academic venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • European Eating Disorders Review
  • PLoS ONE
  • Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie

They have collaborated regularly with several coauthors throughout their career, most notably with:

  • Andrea S. Hartmann
  • Hannah L. Quittkat
  • Jennifer Svaldi
  • Manuel Waldorf
  • Mona M. Voges

Recent publications by Silja Vocks include:

  • Perceived Impact of Covid-19 Across Different Mental Disorders: A Study on Disorder-Specific Symptoms, Psychosocial Stress and Behavior (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Meta-analysis on the long-term effectiveness of psychological and medical treatments for binge-eating disorder (2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders)
  • Time to make a change: A call for more experimental research on key mechanisms in anorexia nervosa (2020, European Eating Disorders Review)
  • Risks and benefits of social media trends: The influence of "fitspiration", "body positivity", and text-based "body neutrality" on body dissatisfaction and affect in women with and without eating disorders (2024, Body Image)
  • Fat-Phobic and Non-Fat-Phobic Anorexia Nervosa: A Conjoint Analysis on the Importance of Shape and Weight (2020, Frontiers in Psychology)

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for binge eating disorder.

    Silja Vocks;Brunna Tuschen-Caffier;Reinhard Pietrowsky;Stephan Jeff Rustenbach

  • Body Dissatisfaction, Importance of Appearance, and Body Appreciation in Men and Women Over the Lifespan.

    Hannah L. Quittkat;Andrea S. Hartmann;Rainer Düsing;Ulrike Buhlmann

  • Meta-analysis of the efficacy of psychological and medical treatments for binge-eating disorder.

    Anja Hilbert;David Petroff;Stephan Herpertz;Reinhard Pietrowsky

  • What happens in the course of body exposure? Emotional, cognitive, and physiological reactions to mirror confrontation in eating disorders.

    Silja Vocks;Tanja Legenbauer;Alexandra Wächter;Maike Wucherer

  • Eating and body image disturbances in male-to-female and female-to-male transsexuals.

    Silja Vocks;Catharina Stahn;Kerstin Loenser;Tanja Legenbauer

  • The ups and downs of psychotherapy: Sudden gains and sudden losses identified with session reports

    Wolfgang Lutz;Torsten Ehrlich;Julian Rubel;Nora Hallwachs

  • Neural correlates of viewing photographs of one's own body and another woman's body in anorexia and bulimia nervosa: an fMRI study

    Silja Vocks;Martin Busch;Dietrich Grönemeyer;Dietmar Schulte

  • Reduction of gray matter density in the extrastriate body area in women with anorexia nervosa.

    Boris Suchan;Martin Busch;Dietmar Schulte;Dietrich Grönermeyer

  • Parental catastrophizing about their child's chronic pain: are mothers and fathers different?

    Tanja Hechler;Tine Vervoort;Maximiliane Hamann;Maximiliane Hamann;Anna-Lena Tietze

  • The role of body image disturbance in the onset, maintenance, and relapse of anorexia nervosa: A systematic review.

    Klaske A. Glashouwer;Roosmarijn M.L. van der Veer;Fayanadya Adipatria;Peter J. de Jong

  • The diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders.

    Stephan Herpertz;Ulrich Hagenah;Silja Vocks;Jörn von Wietersheim

  • Body Image Disturbance in Binge Eating Disorder: A Review

    Merle Ahrberg;Dorothea Trojca;Nadia Nasrawi;Silja Vocks

  • Different Facets of Body Image Disturbance in Binge Eating Disorder: A Review

    Merle Lewer;Anika Bauer;Andrea S. Hartmann;Silja Vocks

  • Effects of gustatory stimulation on brain activity during hunger and satiety in females with restricting-type anorexia nervosa: an fMRI study.

    Silja Vocks;Stephan Herpertz;Christina Rosenberger;Wolfgang Senf

  • Reduced connectivity between the left fusiform body area and the extrastriate body area in anorexia nervosa is associated with body image distortion.

    Boris Suchan;Denise Soria Bauser;Martin Busch;Dietmar Schulte

  • Selective Visual Attention Towards Oneself and Associated State Body Satisfaction: an Eye-Tracking Study in Adolescents with Different Types of Eating Disorders

    Anika Bauer;Silvia Schneider;Manuel Waldorf;Karsten Braks

  • Effects of a physical exercise session on state body image: The influence of pre-experimental body dissatisfaction and concerns about weight and shape

    S Vocks;T Hechler;S Rohrig;T Legenbauer

  • Changes in neuronal correlates of body image processing by means of cognitive-behavioural body image therapy for eating disorders: a randomized controlled fMRI study.

    S Vocks;D Schulte;M Busch;D Grönemeyer

  • Perceived Impact of Covid-19 Across Different Mental Disorders: A Study on Disorder-Specific Symptoms, Psychosocial Stress and Behavior.

    Hannah L. Quittkat;Rainer Düsing;Friederike-Johanna Holtmann;Ulrike Buhlmann

  • Preference for attractiveness and thinness in a partner: Influence of internalization of the thin ideal and shape/weight dissatisfaction in heterosexual women, heterosexual men, lesbians, and gay men

    Tanja Legenbauer;Silja Vocks;Corinna Schäfer;Sabine Schütt-Strömel

  • Gender Differences in Body Evaluation: Do Men Show More Self-Serving Double Standards Than Women?

    Mona M. Voges;Claire-Marie Giabbiconi;Benjamin Schöne;Manuel Waldorf

  • Static and dynamic body image in bulimia nervosa: mental representation of body dimensions and biological motion patterns.

    Silja Vocks;Tanja Legenbauer;Heinz Rüddel;Nikolaus F. Troje

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Herpertz
Stephan Herpertz Ruhr University Bochum
Boris Suchan
Boris Suchan Ruhr University Bochum
Silvia Schneider
Silvia Schneider Ruhr University Bochum
Brunna Tuschen-Caffier
Brunna Tuschen-Caffier University of Freiburg
Jennifer Svaldi
Jennifer Svaldi University of Tübingen
Nikolaus F. Troje
Nikolaus F. Troje York University
Johannes Michalak
Johannes Michalak Witten/Herdecke University
Anja Hilbert
Anja Hilbert Leipzig University
Reinhard Pietrowsky
Reinhard Pietrowsky Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Ulrike Schmidt
Ulrike Schmidt King's College London

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