Publications

    2025

  • Grabo, Lena; Schulz, André; Bellingrath, Silja
    Vagally-mediated heart rate variability longitudinally predicts test anxiety in university students
    In: Anxiety, Stress, & Coping 2025 , in press
    DOI (Open Access)

    • 2024

  • Neuhaus, Ciel; Metzler, Yannick; Taibi, Yacine; Müller, Andreas; Bellingrath, Silja
    The burdens and benefits of managing and engaging : A diary study approach to person-centred risk assessment of top executives and works council members
    In: International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics (JOSE) , Vol. 30 2024, Nr. 4, pp. 1208 – 1216
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Ring, Bela Leon; Bellingrath, Silja; Woud, Marcella; Blackwell, Simon
    Think positive thoughts : Differential effects of two online interventions targeting depressive affect and thinking styles
    81st Annual Scientific Meeting Biopsychosocial Health in Context; MAR 20-24, 2024; Brighton, England,
    In: Psychosomatic Medicine , Vol. 86 2024, Nr. 5, pp. A67 – A68

    • 2023

  • Hansen, Greta; Vögele, Claus; Bellingrath, Silja; Lutz, Annika; Sauder, Antonia; Schulz, Andre
    Cardiac interoceptive accuracy is not altered by acute stress
    Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Psychophysiological-Research (SPR): SEP 27-OCT 01, 2023; New Orleans, USA,
    In: Psychophysiology , Vol. 60 2023, Nr. Suppl. 1, pp. S81 – S81
  • Lohaus, Tobias; Schreckenberg, Sarah C.; Bellingrath, Silja; Thoma, Patrizia
    Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) : A PRISMA-guided systematic review
    In: Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice 2023 , in press
    DOI
  • Lohaus, Tobias; Yüksekdag, Sara; Bellingrath, Silja; Thoma, Patrizia
    The effects of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) videos versus walking tour videos on ASMR experience, positive affect and state relaxation
    In: PLoS ONE , Vol. 18 2023, Nr. 1, e0277990
    DOI (Open Access)

    • 2022

  • Taibi, Yacine; Metzler, Yannick A.; Bellingrath, Silja; Neuhaus, Ciel A.; Müller, Andreas
    Applying risk matrices for assessing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work
    In: Frontiers in Public Health , Vol. 10 2022, 965262
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Metzler, Yannick A.; Neuhaus, Ciel Alena; Taibi, Yacine; Bellingrath, Silja; Müller, Andreas
    Redesigning Workplaces by Bridging the Gap Between Analysis and Action : A Mixed-Methods Approach
    In: Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A & O , Vol. 66 2022, Nr. 4, pp. 184 – 197
    DOI (Open Access)

    • 2021

  • Taibi, Yacine; Metzler, Yannick A.; Bellingrath, Silja; Müller, Andreas
    A systematic overview on the risk effects of psychosocial work characteristics on musculoskeletal disorders, absenteeism, and workplace accidents
    In: Applied Ergonomics , Vol. 95 2021, 103434
    DOI

    • 2020

  • Wimmer, Lena; Bellingrath, Silja; von Stockhausen, Lisa
    Mindfulness Training for Improving Attention Regulation in University Students : Is It Effective? and Do Yoga and Homework Matter?
    In: Frontiers in Psychology , Vol. 11 2020, pp. 719
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)

    • 2019

  • Wimmer, Lena; von Stockhausen, Lisa; Bellingrath, Silja
    Effects of mindfulness training on regulatory and academic abilities in preadolescents : Results from a pilot study
    In: Open Psychology , Vol. 1 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 69 – 93
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Wimmer, Lena; von Stockhausen, Lisa; Bellingrath, Silja
    Improving emotion regulation and mood in teacher trainees : Effectiveness of two mindfulness trainings
    In: Brain and Behavior , Vol. 9 2019, Nr. 9, e01390
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Zänkert, Sandra; Bellingrath, Silja; Wüst, Stefan; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    HPA axis responses to psychological challenge linking stress and disease : What do we know on sources of intra- and interindividual variability?
    In: Psychoneuroendocrinology , Vol. 105 2019, pp. 86 – 97
    DOI
  • Metzler, Yannick A.; von Groeling-Müller, Georg; Bellingrath, Silja
    Better safe than sorry : Methods for risk assessment of psychosocial hazards
    In: Safety Science , Vol. 114 2019, pp. 122 – 139
    DOI

    • 2018

  • Siegrist, Johannes; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Stress and emotions
    In: Principles and concepts of behavioral medicine: A global handbook / Fisher, Edwin B.; Cameron, Linda D.; Christensen, Alan J.; Ehlert, Ulrike; Guo, Yan; Oldenburg, Brian; Snoek, Frank J. (Eds.) 2018, pp. 319 – 340
    DOI

    • 2017

  • Metzler, Yannick Arnold; Bellingrath, Silja
    Psychosocial Hazard Analysis in a Heterogeneous Workforce: Determinants of Work Stress in Blue- and White-Collar Workers of the European Steel Industry.
    In: Frontiers in Public Health , Vol. 5 2017, pp. 210
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Biological pathways to stress-related disease vulnerability in educators
    In: Educator stress: an occupational health perspective / McIntyre, Teresa Mendonça; McIntyre, Scott E.; Francis, David J. (Eds.) 2017, pp. 77 – 100
    DOI

    • 2016

  • Wimmer, Lena; Bellingrath, Silja; von Stockhausen, Lisa
    Cognitive effects of mindfulness training : Results of a pilot study based on a theory driven approach
    In: Frontiers in Psychology , Vol. 7 2016, Nr. JUL, pp. 1037
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Psychobiological Pathways from Work Stress to Reduced Health : Naturalistic and Experimental Studies on the ERI Model
    In: Work Stress and Health in a Globalized Economy: The Model of Effort-Reward Imbalance / Siegrist, Johannes; Wahrendorf, Morten (Eds.) 2016, pp. 145 – 170
    DOI
  • Große, Laura; Drexhage, Hemmo A.; Arolt, V.; Wijkhuijs, Annemarie M.; De Wit, Harm J.; Bellingrath, Silja; Ambrée, Oliver; Hoogenboezem, Thomas A.; Jörgens, Silke
    Deficiencies of the T and natural killer cell system in major depressive disorder : T regulatory cell defects are associated with inflammatory monocyte activation
    In: Brain, Behavior and Immunity , Vol. 54 2016, pp. 38 – 44
    DOI

    • 2015

  • Wimmer, Lena; Bellingrath, Silja; von Stockhausen, Lisa
    Cognitive effects of a mindfulness training with fifth graders
    19th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Paphos, Cyprus,
    Paphos 2015
  • Notzon, Swantje; Arolt, Volker; Bellingrath, Silja; Bisping, Marijke
    Sex-specific alterations in salivary α-amylase after awakening in major depression
    In: Psychoneuroendocrinology , Vol. 61 2015, pp. 57
    DOI
  • Grosse, Laura; Carvalho, Livia A.; Wijkhuijs, Annemarie J.M.; Bellingrath, Silja; Ruland, Tillmann; Ambrée, Oliver; Alferink, Judith; Ehring, Thomas; Arolt, Volker
    Clinical characteristics of inflammation-associated depression : Monocyte gene expression is age-related in major depressive disorder
    In: Brain, Behavior and Immunity , Vol. 44 2015, pp. 48 – 56
    DOI

    • 2014

  • Bellingrath, Silja
    Stress im Lehrerberuf : Eine psychobiologische Perspektive
    Die kleine Form, 21. Mai 2014, Essen,
    2014 (Die kleine Form 2014)
    Online Full Text
  • Bellingrath, Silja; Wimmer, Lena; von Stockhausen, Lisa
    Das Projekt Achtsame Schule : Untersuchung des Einflusses eines Achtsamkeitstrainings bei Schülerinnen und Schülern auf die Selbstregulation
    49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie,
    Bochum 2014

    • 2013

  • Bellingrath, Silja; Rohleder, Nicolas; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Effort-reward-imbalance in healthy teachers is associated with higher LPS-stimulated production and lower glucocorticoid sensitivity of interleukin-6 in vitro
    In: Biological Psychology , Vol. 92 2013, Nr. 2, pp. 403 – 409
    DOI
  • Bellingrath, Silja; Behnken, Andreas; Arolt, Volker; Zwanzger, Peter
    A response to the commentary “The role of mineralocorticoid receptor dysregulation in the neurocognitive impairment of patients recovered from depression” by Preston, S., Watson, S. and Gallagher, P. on” Associations between cognitive performance and cortisol reaction to the DEX/CRH test in patients recovered from depression” by Behnken, A., Bellingrath, S., Symanczik, J. P., Rieck, M. J., Zavorotnyy, M., Domschke, K., Arolt, V., & Zwanzger, P.
    In: Psychoneuroendocrinology , Vol. 38 2013, Nr. 3, pp. 461 – 462
    DOI
  • Behnken, Andreas; Bellingrath, Silja; Symanczik, Jan-Philipp; Rieck, Martin Johannes; Domschke, Katharina; Arolt, Volker; Zwansger, Peter
    Associations between cognitive performance and cortisol reaction to the DEX/CRH test in patients recovered from depression
    In: Psychoneuroendocrinology , Vol. 38 2013, Nr. 3, pp. 447 – 454
    DOI
  • Wolfram, Maren; Bellingrath, Silja; Feuerhahn, Nicolas; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Cortisol Responses to Naturalistic and Laboratory Stress in Student Teachers: Comparison with a Non-stress Control Day
    In: Stress and Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress , Vol. 29 2013, Nr. 2, pp. 143 – 149
    DOI
  • Feuerhahn, Nicolas; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    The Interplay of Matching and Non-Matching Job Demands and Resources on Emotional Exhaustion among Teachers
    In: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being , Vol. 5 2013, Nr. 2, pp. 171 – 192
    DOI
  • Feuerhahn, Nicolas; Stamov-Roßnagel, Christian; Wolfram, Maren; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Emotional Exhaustion and Cognitive Performance in Apparently Healthy Teachers : A Longitudinal Multi-source Study
    In: Stress and Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress , Vol. 29 2013, Nr. 4, pp. 297 – 306
    DOI
  • Bellingrath, Silja; Wolfram, Maren; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Chronic psychosocial work stress in teachers : An update on empirical psychobiological findings
    In: Psychology of Stress: New Research / Cavalcanti, Leandro; Azevedo, Sofia (Eds.) 2013, pp. 179 – 186

    • 2012

  • Wolfram, Maren; Bellingrath, Silja; Feuerhahn, Nicolas; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Emotional exhaustion and overcommitment to work are differentially associated with hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses to a low-dose ACTH (1-24) (Synacthen) and dexamethasone-CRH test in healthy school teachers.
    In: Stress , Vol. 16 2012, Nr. 1, pp. 54 – 64

    • 2011

  • van Leeuwen, Nienke; Bellingrath, Silja; de Kloet, E. Ronald; Zitman, Frans G.; DeRijk, Roel H.; Kudielka, Brigitte M.; Wüst, Stefan
    Human Mineralocorticoid Receptor (MR) gene haplotypes modulate MR expression and transactivation: implication for the stress response.
    In: Psychoneuroendocrinology , Vol. 36 2011, Nr. 5, pp. 699 – 709
  • Wolfram, Maren; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    The cortisol awakening response (CAR) across the female menstrual cycle.
    In: Psychoneuroendocrinology , Vol. 36 2011, Nr. 6, pp. 905 – 912

    • 2010

  • Bellingrath, Silja; Rohleder, Nicolas; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Healthy working school teachers with high effort–reward-imbalance and overcommitment show increased pro-inflammatory immune activity and a dampened innate immune defence
    In: Brain, Behavior and Immunity , Vol. 24 2010, Nr. 8, pp. 1332 – 1339
    DOI
  • Pütz, Petra; Bellingrath, Silja; Gierens, Andrea; Hellhammer, Dirk H.
    Neuroendocrine Measures in Behavioral Medicine.
    In: Handbook of behavioral medicine: methods and applications : a publication of the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research / Steptoe, Andrew (Eds.) 2010, pp. 659 – 670

    • 2009

  • Bellingrath, Silja; Weigl, Tobias; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Chronic work stress and exhaustion is associated with higher allostatic load in female school teachers.
    In: Stress : the international journal on the biology of stress , Vol. 12 2009, Nr. 1, pp. 37 – 48
  • von Känel, Roland; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Association between longitudinal changes in depressive symptoms and plasma fibrinogen levels in school teachers
    In: Psychophysiology , Vol. 46 2009, Nr. 3, pp. 473 – 480
    DOI
  • von Känel, Roland; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Association of exhaustion and depressive symptoms with changes inFibrin D-dimer to acute psychosocial stress.
    In: Journal of Psychosomatic Research , Vol. 67 2009, Nr. 1, pp. 93 – 101
  • von Känel, Roland; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Overcommitment but not effort-reward-imbalance relates to stress-induced coagulation changes in working teachers.
    In: Annals of behavioral medicine : an official publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine , Vol. 37 2009, Nr. 1, pp. 20 – 28

    • 2008

  • Kudielka, Brigitte M.; Bellingrath, Silja; Känel, Roland
    Circulating fibrinogen but not D-dimer level is associated with vital exhaustion in school teachers
    In: Stress , Vol. 11 2008, Nr. 4, pp. 250 – 258
    DOI
  • Bellingrath, Silja; Weigl, Tobias; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Cortisol dysregulation in school teachers in relation to burnout, vital exhaustion, and effort-reward-imbalance.
    In: Biological Psychology , Vol. 78 2008, Nr. 1, pp. 104 – 113
  • Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Effort-reward-imbalance and overcommitment are associated with hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses to acute psychosocial stress in healthy working school teachers.
    In: Psychoneuroendocrinology , Vol. 33 2008, Nr. 10, pp. 1335 – 1343
  • Kudielka, Brigitte M.; Bellingrath, Silja
    The Trier Teacher Stress Study: A Psychobiological Perspective
    In: Biological Psychology: New Research / Piccard, Laura N. (Eds.) 2008
  • Klingmann, P.O.; Kugler, I.; Steffke, T.S.; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.; Hellhammer, D.H.
    Sex-specific prenatal programming: A risk for fibromyalgia?
    In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences , Vol. 1148 2008, Nr. 1, pp. 446 – 455
    DOI
  • Bellingrath, Silja
    The trials and tribulations of teaching : a psychobiological perspective on chronic work stress in school teachers
    Göttingen: Cuvillier 2008
  • von Känel, Roland; Bellingrath, Silja; Kudielka, Brigitte M.
    Association between burnout and circulating levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in school teachers
    In: Journal of Psychosomatic Research , Vol. 65 2008, Nr. 1, pp. 51 – 59

    • 2007

  • Kudielka, Brigitte M.; Bellingrath, Silja; Hellhammer, Dirk H.
    Further support for higher salivary cortisol levels in "morning" compared to "evening" persons
    In: Journal of psychosomatic research , Vol. 62 2007, Nr. 5, pp. 595 – 596
    DOI

    • 2006

  • Kudielka, Brigitte M.; Bellingrath, Silja; Hellhammer
    Cortisol in burnout and vital exhaustion: an overview
    In: Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia : rivista bimestrale di prevenzione, patologia, riabilitazione 2006, Nr. 28, Suppl. 1, pp. 34 – 42

    • 2005

  • Bellingrath, Silja; Kumsta, Robert; Meyer, Jobst; Moser, Dirk; Federenko, Ilona S.; Hellhammer, Dirk H.; Wüst, Stefan
    Association of a polymorphism in the H6PD gene and basal cortisol secretion, body fat mass and leptin level
    In: Zeitschrift für medizinische Psychologie : Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Psychologie (DGMP) , Vol. 14 2005, Nr. 3, pp. 111 – 117