2023
Predictors of traumatic experiences among individuals experiencing pandemic-related stressors: a cross-sectional study in Europe during the COVID-19 crisis
Lioupi, C., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., Acquarini, E. et al. (2023). Predictors of traumatic experiences among individuals experiencing pandemic-related stressors: a cross-sectional study in Europe during the COVID-19 crisis. Curr Psychol.
Psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) in 9230 adults across seven European countries
Kazlauskas, E., Gelezelyte, O., Kvedaraite, M., Ajdukovic, D., Johannesson, K. B., Böttche, M., Bondjers,K., Dragan, M., Figueiredo-Braga, M., Grajewski, P., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., Javakhishvili, J. D., Lioupi,C., Lueger-Schuster, B., Mouthaan, J., Bagaric, I. R., Sales, L., Schäfer, I., Soydas, S., Tsiskarishvili,L., Novakovic, I. Z. & Lotzin, A. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) in 9230 adults across seven European countries: Findings from the ESTSS ADJUST study. Journal of Affective Disorders,335,18-23.
Profiles of risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kenntemich, L., von Hülsen, L., Schäfer, I., Böttche, M., & Lotzin, A. (2023). Profiles of risk factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent class analysis. Psychiatry Research, 323, 115150.
Networks of pandemic-specific stressors, risk factors, and clinical symptoms in women compared to men
von Hülsen, L., Kenntemich, L., Schäfer, I., Böttche, M., Lueger-Schuster, B., Gallinat, J., & Lotzin, A. (2023). Networks of pandemic-specific stressors, risk factors, and clinical symptoms: A comparison between women and men during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 163, 391-401.
Longitudinal analysis with mixed methodology in five European countries on subjective psychological responses shaped by the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic
Novaković, I. Z., Dean Ajduković, D., Bakić, H., Borges, C., Figueiredo-Braga, M., Lotzin, A., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., Lioupi, C., Javakhishvili, J. D., Tsiskarishvili, L., & Lueger-Schuster, B. (2023). Shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychological responses from a subjective perspective–A longitudinal mixed-methods study across five European countries. PLoS ONE 18(4): e0285078.
2022
Perceptions of the positive consequences at the beginning of the pandemic
Ajduković, M., Rezo Bagarić, I., & Ajduković, D. (2022). Is there anything good about the COVID-19 pandemic? Perceptions of the positive consequences at the beginning of the pandemic. Psihologijske teme, 31(1), 1-25.
Qualitative analysis of daily uplifts during 14 days of the pandemic in Sweden
Eklund R, Bondjers K, Hensler I, Bragesjö M, Johannesson KB, Arnberg FK, Sveen J. (2022). Daily uplifts during the COVID-19 pandemic: what is considered helpful in everyday life? BMC Public Health, 22(1), 1-10.
Associations between past childhood adversity and psychopathology
Jernslett, M., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., Lioupi, C., Syros, I., Kapatais, A., Karamanoli, V., Evgeniou, E., Messas, K., Palaiokosta, A., Papathanasiou, E. & Lotzin, A. (2022). Disentangling the associations between past childhood adversity and psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating roles of specific pandemic stressors and coping strategies. Child Abuse & Neglect, 129, 105673.
Associations between individual profiles of coping behaviour and well-being in Germany
Kenntemich, L., von Hülsen, L., Schäfer, I., Böttcher, M., & Lotzin, A. Coping profiles and differences in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent profile analysis. Stress & Health.
Study protocol on longitudinal classes of post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, and well-being in the Netherlands
Lenferink L. I. M., Mouthaan J., Fritz, A. M., Soydas, S., Eidhof, M., Van Hoof, M-J., Groen, S. P. M, & Mooren, T. T. M. (2022). Predicting transitions between longitudinal classes of posttraumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol of a latent transition model in a general Dutch sample. BMJ Open, 12, e055696.
Psychometric paper on the factorial validity and reliability of the Pandemic Coping Scale (PCS) developed for this project
Lotzin, A., Ketelsen, R., Krause, L., Ozga, A.-K., B., Böttche, M., & Schäfer, I. (2022). The Pandemic Coping Scale – validity and reliability of a brief measure of coping during a pandemic. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10(1), 762-785.
Psychometric paper on the factorial validity and reliability of the Pandemic Stressor Scale (PaSS) developed for this project
Lotzin, A., Ketelsen, R., Zrnić, I., Lueger-Schuster, B., Böttche, M., & Schäfer, I. (2022). The Pandemic Stressor Scale: factorial validity and reliability of a measure of stressors during a pandemic. BMC Psychology, 10(1), 1-13.
Risk and protective factors for PTSD in trauma-exposed individuals
Annett Lotzin, Linda Krause, Elena Acquarini, Dean Ajdukovic, Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Vittoria Ardino, Kristina Bondjers, Maria Böttche, Małgorzata Dragan, Margarida Figueiredo-Braga, Odeta Gelezelyte, Piotr Grajewski, Jana Darejan Javakhishvili, Evaldas Kazlauskas, Lonneke Lenferink, Chrysanthi Lioupi, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster, Trudy Mooren, Luisa Sales, Aleksandra Stevanovic, Josefin Sveen, Lela Tsiskarishvili, Irina Zrnic Novakovic, Ingo Schäfer & ADJUST Study Consortium (2022) Risk and protective factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma-exposed individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic – findings from a pan-European study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology,13(2).
Longitudinal analysis of mental health outcomes and coping behaviors in Austria
Lueger-Schuster, B., Zrnić Novaković, I., & Lotzin, A. (2022). Two years of COVID-19 in Austria — Exploratory longitudinal study of mental health outcomes and coping behaviors in the general population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13), 8223.
Depressive symptoms, stressors and coping in cities compared to towns
Meyer, C., El-Haj-Mohamad, R., Stammel, N., Lotzin, A., Schäfer, I., Knaevelsrud, C., and Böttche, M. (2022). Associations of depressive symptoms, COVID-19-related stressors, and coping strategies. A comparison between cities and towns in Germany. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 791312.
Qualitative study on pandemic-related experiences in Austria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Poland and Portugal
Zrnić Novaković, I., Lueger-Schuster, B., Verginer, L., Bakić, H., Ajduković, D., Borges, C., Figueiredo-Braga, M., Javakhishvili, J. Darejan, Tsiskarishvili, L., Dragan, M., Nagórka, N., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., Lioupi, C., & Lotzin, A. (2022). You can’t do anything about it, but you can make the best of it: A qualitative analysis of pandemic-related experiences in six European countries. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13(1), 2065431.
2021
Predictors of suicide ideation in Lithuania and Poland
Gelezelyte, O., Dragan, M, Grajewski, P., Kvedaraite, M., Lotzin, A., Skrodzka, M, Nomeikaite, A., & Kazlauskas, E. (2021). Predictors of suicide ideation in Lithuania and Poland amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. Advance online publication.
Cross-sectional results on the relationships between risk and protective factors, stressors, and symptoms of adjustment disorder
Lotzin, A., Krause, L., Acquarini, E., Ajdukovic, D., Ardino, V., Arnberg, F., Böttche, M., Bragesjö, M., Dragan, M., & Figueiredo-Braga, M. (2021). Risk and protective factors, stressors, and symptoms of adjustment disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic–First results of the ESTSS COVID-19 pan-European ADJUST study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1964197.
2020
Study protocol of the ESTSS ADJUST study
Lotzin, A., Acquarini, E., Ajdukovic, D., Ardino, V., Böttche, M., Bondjers, K., Bragesjö, M., Dragan, M., Grajewski, P., Figueiredo-Braga, M., Gelezelyte, O., Javakhishvili, J. D., Kazlauskas, E., Knefel, M., Lueger-Schuster, B., Makhashvili, N., Mooren, T., Sales, L., Stevanovic, A., & Schäfer, I. (2020). Stressors, coping and symptoms of adjustment disorder in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic – study protocol of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS) pan-European study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1780832.
