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  1. Dissociation in focus: replicating and extending network analytic insights based on the dissociative experiences scale

    Article • European Journal of Psychotraumatology, November 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Carsten Spitzer

  2. Shame‐related disorders in patients with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis – An exploratory, cross‐sectional interview study on the prevalence and correlates of body dysmorphic disorder and social anxiety disorder

    Article • JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, October 2025, Wiley

    Carsten Spitzer

  3. Implicit and explicit self-concepts of forgiveness in women with borderline personality disorder

    Article • Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carsten Spitzer

  4. Normierung der Kurzversion des OPD-Konfliktfragebogens (OPD-KF36) anhand einer klinischen und repräsentativen Stichprobe

    Article • June 2025, Center for Open Science

    Carsten Spitzer

  5. Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis: A Multivariate Approach

    Article • Acta Dermato Venereologica, May 2025, Acta Dermato-Venereologica

    Carsten Spitzer

  6. Die bleibenden Narben früher emotionaler Deprivation: Eine Untersuchung zur aktuellen psychischen Gesundheit ehemaliger Wochenkrippenkinder in der DDR

    Article • PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie, May 2025, Thieme Publishing Group

    Carsten Spitzer

  7. Antagonistic Narcissism in Women with Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case-Control Study

    Article • Psychopathology, April 2025, Karger Publishers

    Carsten Spitzer

  8. Facets of shame and their impact on quality of life in patients with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carsten Spitzer

  9. Nudging: An experiment on transparency, accounting for reactance and response time

    Article • Journal of Economic Psychology, March 2025, Elsevier

    Carsten Spitzer

  10. Transference-focused psychotherapy in an inpatient setting for borderline personality disorders: changes in symptomatology

    Article • Research in Psychotherapy Psychopathology Process and Outcome, January 2025, PAGEPress Publications

    Carsten Spitzer

  11. Towards Automated Classification of Adult Attachment Interviews in German Language Using the BERT Language Model

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Carsten Spitzer

  12. A Network Analytic Approach to Dissociation: New Insights from Clinical Data

    Article • Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Carsten Spitzer

  13. Unravelling inter‐relations within and between psychodynamic constructs and psychopathology using network analysis

    Article • Personality and Mental Health, June 2024, Wiley

    Carsten Spitzer

  14. Measuring maladaptive personality traits with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐IV Axis II Screening Questionnaire using a common metrics approach

    Article • Personality and Mental Health, March 2024, Wiley

    Carsten Spitzer

  15. Mindreading measures misread? A multimethod investigation into the validity of self-report and task-based approaches.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, February 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Leon Wendt, Carsten Spitzer

  16. Measuring Maladaptive Personality Traits With the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Screening Questionnaire Using a Common Metrics Approach

    Article • January 2024, Center for Open Science

    Carsten Spitzer

  17. All the Same? Different Measures of Personality Functioning Are Similar but Distinct. A Comparative Study from a Psychodynamic Perspective Using Exploratory Graph Analysis

    Article • Journal of Personality Assessment, August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Carsten Spitzer

  18. Measuring Change in Attachment Insecurity Using Short Forms of the ECR-R: Longitudinal Measurement Invariance and Sensitivity to Treatment

    Article • Journal of Personality Assessment, July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Carsten Spitzer

  19. Selbstberichtete Kindesmisshandlungen im Vergleich zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland

    Article • Psychiatrische Praxis, May 2023, Thieme Publishing Group

    Carsten Spitzer

  20. Mindreading Measures Misread? A Multimethod Investigation into the Validity of Self-Report and Task-Based Approaches

    Article • April 2023, Center for Open Science

    Carsten Spitzer

  21. Association between baseline dissociation levels and stress-induced state dissociation in patients with posttraumatic-stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and major depressive disorder

    Article • Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Carsten Spitzer

  22. State and trait dissociation in pathological skin picking

    Article • European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, March 2023, Elsevier

    Carsten Spitzer

  23. Adverse childhood experiences and personality functioning interact substantially in predicting depression, anxiety, and somatization

    Article • Personality and Mental Health, February 2023, Wiley

    Carsten Spitzer

  24. Validating the German version of the Personality Disorder Severity-ICD-11 Scale using nominal response models.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, December 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Carsten Spitzer

  25. Ein ultrakurzer Test zur Erfassung von Sensation Seeking: Psychometrische Evaluation der deutschen Version der Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS-4)

    Article • PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie, October 2022, Thieme Publishing Group

    Carsten Spitzer

  26. Validating the German Version of the Personality Disorder Severity-ICD-11 Scale Using Nominal Response Models

    Article • June 2022, Center for Open Science

    Carsten Spitzer

  27. Prevalence of pathological skin-picking in dermatological patients

    Article • Journal of Psychiatric Research, March 2022, Elsevier

    Carsten Spitzer

  28. Die Erfassung des allgemeinen familiären Funktionsniveaus: Psychometrische Evaluation der deutschen Version der Brief Assessment of Family Functioning Scale

    Article • PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie, December 2021, Thieme Publishing Group

    Carsten Spitzer

  29. A Critical Evaluation of the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ)

    Article • Journal of Personality Assessment, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Carsten Spitzer

  30. Negative self-conscious emotions in women with borderline personality disorder as assessed by an Implicit Association Test.

    Article • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment, September 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Alexander F. Schmidt, Carsten Spitzer

  31. Die deutsche Version der Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF): Faktorenstruktur, konvergente Validität und Normwerte in der Allgemeinbevölkerung

    Article • PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie, March 2021, Thieme Publishing Group

    Carsten Spitzer

  32. Childhood maltreatment and lung function: findings from the general population

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, December 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Carsten Spitzer

  33. No association between major depression with and without childhood adversity and the stress hormone copeptin

    Article • European Journal of Psychotraumatology, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Carsten Spitzer

  34. Die deutsche Version des Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ): Eine teststatistische Überprüfung in der Allgemeinbevölkerung

    Article • PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie, October 2020, Thieme Publishing Group

    Carsten Spitzer

  35. Association of traumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder with carotid atherosclerosis: findings from the general population

    Article • European Journal of Psychotraumatology, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Carsten Spitzer

  36. A Critical Evaluation of the Reflective Functioning Questionnaire

    Article • June 2020, Center for Open Science

    Carsten Spitzer

  37. Development of a Short and ICD-11 Compatible Measure for DSM-5 Maladaptive Personality Traits Using Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms

    Article • November 2019, Center for Open Science

    Carsten Spitzer