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D-Index
134
Citations
75116
World Ranking
142
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Stefan G. Hofmann is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. Their research predominantly spans the field of psychology, with significant contributions in subfields such as experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and applied psychology. Their published work addresses a range of topics including anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes, as well as mental health research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mindfulness and compassion interventions, functional brain connectivity studies, psychotherapy techniques and applications, and the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

Recent papers by Hofmann include:

  • Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action, 2020, American Psychologist
  • Beyond linear mediation: Toward a dynamic network approach to study treatment processes, 2020, Clinical Psychology Review

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hofmann are:

  • Steven C. Hayes
  • Joseph Ciarrochi
  • Winfried Rief
  • Diego A. Pizzagalli
  • John D. E. Gabrieli

Hofmann has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Behavior Therapy

Additionally, Hofmann has contributed to book publications, including titles published by Hogrefe Verlag and Hogrefe Publishing eBooks. Notable works include "Prozessbasierte Psychotherapie" published in 2022 and "A Process-Based Approach to CBT" published in 2024.

In recognition of their work, Hofmann was named a member of the Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Therapy on Anxiety and Depression: A Meta-Analytic Review

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Alice T. Sawyer;Ashley A. Witt;Diana Oh

  • The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review of Meta-analyses

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Anu Asnaani;Imke J. J. Vonk;Alice T. Sawyer

  • Gender differences in anxiety disorders: prevalence, course of illness, comorbidity and burden of illness.

    Carmen P. McLean;Anu Asnaani;Brett T. Litz;Brett T. Litz;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Mindfulness-based therapy: A comprehensive meta-analysis

    Bassam Khoury;Tania Lecomte;Guillaume Fortin;Marjolaine Masse

  • COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR ADULT ANXIETY DISORDERS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIALS

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Jasper A. J. Smits

  • Microscopic Models for Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

    S. A. Bass;M. Belkacem;M. Bleicher;M. Brandstetter

  • Why do people use Facebook

    Ashwini Nadkarni;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Cognitive factors that maintain social anxiety disorder: a comprehensive model and its treatment implications.

    Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Effects of suppression and acceptance on emotional responses of individuals with anxiety and mood disorders.

    Laura Campbell-Sills;David H. Barlow;Timothy A. Brown;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • Loving-kindness and compassion meditation: potential for psychological interventions.

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Paul Grossman;Devon E. Hinton

  • Acceptance and mindfulness-based therapy: new wave or old hat?

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Gordon J.G. Asmundson

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials.

    Joseph K. Carpenter;Leigh A. Andrews;Sara M. Witcraft;Sara M. Witcraft;Mark B. Powers;Mark B. Powers

  • Acceptability and suppression of negative emotion in anxiety and mood disorders.

    Laura Campbell-Sills;David H. Barlow;Timothy A. Brown;Stefan G. Hofmann

  • The liebowitz social anxiety scale as a self-report instrument: a preliminary psychometric analysis.

    Sandra L Baker;Nina Heinrichs;Hyo-Jin Kim;Stefan G Hofmann

  • Emotion dysregulation model of mood and anxiety disorders.

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Alice T. Sawyer;Angela Fang;Anu Asnaani

  • The Future of Intervention Science: Process-Based Therapy:

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Steven C. Hayes

  • Augmentation of Exposure Therapy With D-Cycloserine for Social Anxiety Disorder

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Alicia E. Meuret;Jasper A. J. Smits;Naomi M. Simon

  • How to handle anxiety: The effects of reappraisal, acceptance, and suppression strategies on anxious arousal

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Sanna Heering;Alice T. Sawyer;Anu Asnaani

  • Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression.

    Stefan G. Hofmann;Angelina F. Gómez

  • Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action.

    June Gruber;Mitchell J. Prinstein;Lee Anna Clark;Jonathan Rottenberg

  • Behavioural assessment The Liebowitz social anxiety scale as a self-report instrument: a preliminary psychometric analysis

    Sandra L. Baker;Nina Heinrichs;Hyo-Jin Kim;Stefan G. Hofmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Jasper A. J. Smits
Jasper A. J. Smits The University of Texas at Austin
Anu Asnaani
Anu Asnaani University of Utah
David Rosenfield
David Rosenfield Southern Methodist University
Devon E. Hinton
Devon E. Hinton Harvard University
Walton T. Roth
Walton T. Roth Stanford University
Idan M. Aderka
Idan M. Aderka University of Haifa
Naomi M. Simon
Naomi M. Simon New York University
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University
Gerhard Andersson
Gerhard Andersson Linköping University

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