LVR-Universitätsklinik Essen

LVR-Universitätsklinik Essen
Kliniken/Institut der Universität Duisburg-Essen
Institut für Forensische Psychiatrie und Sexualforschung
Postfach 103043
45030 Essen

Tel.: +49 (0) 201 4396636 - 20

monika.koos@uni-due.de

Vita

Publications

• Castro-Calvo, J., Beltrán-Martínez, P., Ballester-Arnal, R., Nagy, L., Koós, M., ..., Bőthe, B. (submitted). Cross-cultural validation of the Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI-2) in 42 countries and 26 languages. Journal of Sex Research.
• Ballester-Arnal, R., Elipe-Miravet, M., Castro-Calvo, J., Beltrán-Martínez, P., Nagy, L., Koós, M., … & Bőthe, B. (2024). Cross-cultural validation of the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) in 42 countries and 26 languages. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 
• Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Sperber, S., Nagy, L., Vaillancourt-Morel, M.-P., Bergeron, S., Godbout, N., Koós, M., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., & Bőthe, B. (2025). Childhood and adolescent/adult sexual abuse in relation to sexual function and distress: Findings from a cross-cultural study of 42 countries. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 40(1). Advance online publication.
• Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Spivak-Lavi, Z., Kraus, S., Nagy, L., Koós, M., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M., the International Sex Survey Consortium, & Bothe, B. (2025). Cross-Cultural Psychometric Evaluation of the Binge Eating Disorder Screener-7 (BEDS-7) Across 42 Countries.The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 58(5), 926–938
• Grubbs, J. B., Tóth-Király, I., Nagy, L., Koós, M., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., Ballester-Arnal, R., Batthyány, D., Bergeron, S., Billieux, J., Briken, P., Burkauskas, J., Cárdenas-López, G., Carvalho, J., Castro-Calvo, J., Chen, L., Strong, C., Ciocca, G., … Bőthe, B. (2025). Basic psychological needs satisfaction: An international examination of invariance across 22 languages and 32 countries. Motivation and Emotion.
• Nagy, L., Koós, M., Kraus, Dr. S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., Ballester-Arnal, R., Batthyány, D., Bergeron, S., Billieux, J., Briken, P., Burkauskas, J., Cárdenas-López, G., Carvalho, J., Castro-Calvo, J., Chen, L., Chen, J.-K., Ciocca, G., Corazza, O., Csako, R., … Bőthe, B. (2025). Sexual Assertiveness Across Cultures, Genders, and Sexual Orientations: Validation of the Short Sexual Assertiveness Questionnaire (SAQ-9). Assessment, 0(0).
• Nagy, L., Bergeron, S., Koós, M., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., Dupuis-Fortier, F., International Sex Survey Consortium, & Bőthe, B. (accepted). Screening for lifetime sexual abuse experiences across cultures, genders, and sexual orientations: Revisiting the Sexual Abuse History Questionnaire (SAHQ). International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology.
• Nagy, L., Koós, M., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., …, Bőthe, B. (2025). Sexual Assertiveness and Sexual Victimization Across Different Life Stages: Examining Gender-Related and Cultural Differences. International Journal of Sexual Health 1–25.
• Walters, L., Koós, M. & Marcantonio, T.L. Improving Sex Research: Reviewing the Publication of Diaz and Bailey (2023). Archives of Sexual Behavior (2024).
• Bőthe, B., Tóth-Király, I., Popova, N., Nagy, L., Koós, M., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., Kraus, S. W., International Sex Survey Consortium, & Grubbs, J. B. (submitted). Identification and comprehensive characterization of moral disapproval and dysregulation-based pornography-use profiles across 42 countries. Journal of Behavioral Addictions
• Paquette, M-M., Bergeron, S., Bigras, N., Koós, M., Nagy, L., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., Ballester-Arnal, R., Batthyány, D., Billieux, J., Briken, P., Burkauskas, J., Cárdenas-López, G., Carvalho, J., Castro-Calvo, J., Chen, L., Ciocca, G., Corazza, O., . . . Bőthe, B. (accepted). Sexual Satisfaction Across Cultures, Genders, Languages, and Sexual Orientations: Validation of the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX). Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
• Fournier, L., Bőthe, B., Demetrovics, Z., Koós, M., Kraus, S. W., Nagy, L., Potenza, M. N., The International Sex Research Consortium & & Billeux, J. (in press). Evaluating the factor structure and measurement invariance of the 20-item short version of the UPPS-P impulsive behavior scale across multiple countries, languages, and gender identities. Assessment.
• Koós, M., Nagy L., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z, Potenza, M., Gaudet, É., The International Sex Research Consortium & Bőthe, B. (2024). Why Do People Watch Pornography? Cross-Cultural Validation of the Pornography Use Motivations Scale (PUMS) and its short form (PUMS-8). Journal of Sex Research
• Lin, C.-Y., Tsai, M.-C.*, Koós, M., Nagy, L., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., …, Bőthe, B. (accepted). The short version of the Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3): Measurement invariance across countries, gender identities, and sexual orientations.  International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
• Quintana Zunino, G. R., Ponce, F. P., Escudero-Pastén, J. I., Santibáñez-Palma, J. F., Nagy, L., Koós, M., …. & Bőthe, B. (2024). Cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of anxiety and depression symptoms: A study of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in 42 countries. Journal of Affective Disorders, 350, 991-1006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.127
• Bőthe, B., Vaillancourt-Morel, MP, Bergeron, S., Hermann, Z., Ivaskevics, K., Kraus, SW, Grubbs, JB, … Koós, M., …Wizła, M. (2024). Uncovering the most robust predictors of problematic pornography use: A large-scale machine learning study across 16 countries. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000913
• Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Koós, M., Nagy, L., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z.....Bőthe, B. (2024). Global Cross-Cultural Validation of a Brief Measure for Identifying Potential Suicide Risk in 42 Countries. Public Health, 229, 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.12.031
• Lewczuk, K., Marcowski, P., Wizła, M., Gola, M., Nagy, L., Koós, M. … Bőthe, B. (2024). Cross-cultural adult ADHD assessment in 42 countries using the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Screener. Journal of Attention Disorders, 28(4), 512-530. https://doi.org/10.1177/108705472312155
• Buczó, D., Koós, M., Nagy, L., Demetrovics, Z., & Bőthe, B. (2024). How can we measure sexual abuse? The psychometric evaluation of the Sexual Abuse History Questionnaire. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-023-00919-8
• Bőthe, B., Nagy, L., Koós, M., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., Van Hout, M., & International Sex Survey Consortium. (2024). Problematic Pornography Use across Countries, Genders, and Sexual Orientations: Insights from the International Sex Survey and Comparison of Different Assessment Tools. Addiction. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16431
• Lee, C.-T., Lin, C.-Y.*, Koós, M., Nagy, L., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., …, Bőthe, B. (2023). The eleven-item Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-11): Cross-cultural psychometric evaluation across 42 countries. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 165, 16–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.06.033
• Horváth, Z., Nagy, L., Koós, M., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., … Bőthe, B. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations: Findings from the International Sex Survey (ISS). Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152427
• Bőthe, B., Koós, M., Nagy, L., Kraus, S. W., Demetrovics, Z., Potenza, M. N., …Vaillancourt-Morel, M-P. (2023). Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 43 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00028
• Koós, M., Demtrovics, Zs., Orosz, G., & Bőthe, B. (2022). Pesent hedonism and future time perspectives predicting hypersexuality and problematic pornography use. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 914919. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.914919
• Horváth, Z., Kökönyei, G., Sárosi, P., Koós, M., Demetrovics, Z., & Urbán, R. (2022). The mediating effect of anger rumination and coping motives on the association between hostility and harmful cannabis use. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 16, 100447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100447
• Horváth, Z., Sárosi, P., Boda, L., Farkas, E., Koós, M., Demetrovics, Z., & Urbán, R. (2022). The relationship between anxious-depressive symptoms and harmful cannabis use: Multiple mediation models via rumination, negative urgency, protective behavioral strategies and refusal self-efficacy. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 116, 152320. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X22000268
• Koós, M., Demetrovics, Z., Griffiths, M. D., & Bőthe, B. (2022). No Significant Changes in Addictive and Problematic Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Related Lockdowns: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 837315. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.837315
• Beáta Bőthe, Koós, M., & Demetrovics, Z. (2022). Contradicting classification, nomenclature, and diagnostic criteria of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CSBD) and future directions •: Commentary to the debate: “Behavioral addictions in the ICD-11.” Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11(2), 204–209. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2022.00030
• Koós, M., Fuss, J., Klein, V., Demetrovics, Z., & Bőthe, B. (2022). Sexual Motivations Underlying Compulsive Sexual Behavior in women and Men From Germany and Hungary. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 19(2), 170–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.11.005
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., Orosz, G., Potenza, M. N., Reid, R. C., & Demetrovics, Z. (2021). The negative consequences of hypersexuality: Revisiting the factor structure of the Hypersexual Behavior Consequences Scale and its correlates in a large, non-clinical sample. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 13, 100321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2020.100321
• Bőthe, B., Koós, M., Tóth-Király, I., Orosz, G., & Demetrovics, Z. (2019). Investigating the Associations Of Adult ADHD Symptoms, Hypersexuality, and Problematic Pornography Use Among Men and Women on a Largescale, Non-Clinical Sample. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16(4), 489–499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.01.312
• Bőthe, B., Koós, M., Nagy, L., Kraus, S. W., Potenza, M. N., & Demetrovics, Z. (2021). International Sex Survey: Study protocol of a large, cross-cultural collaborative study in 45 countries, Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 10(3), 632-645. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2021.00063

 Conference Presentations (first author)

• Koós, M. (2025) Doctoral award lecture. Oral presentation at the 28th Scientific Conference of the German Society for Social Sciences (DGfS) (19-21 September, 2025)
• Koós, M., Demirgül, S. A., Bőthe, B.,Nagy, L., Ünsal, B. C., Takács, Zs. K., & Demetrovics, Zs. (2025) A systematic review and meta-analysis on the comorbidity of CSBD and other psychiatric disorders. Poster presentation at the 10th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA) (7-9 July, 2025)
• Koós, M., Bőthe B., & Demetrovics, Z. (2022) What motivates hypersexual behavior? Oral presentation at the 23rd Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of Sexual medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) and the 23rd  International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) Scientific Meeting (27-30 October, 2022)
• Koós, M., Nagy, L., Demetrovics, Z., Kraus, S., Potenza, M. N., Consortium, International Sex Survey, & Bőthe, B. (2022). Do the motivational background of pornography use frequency and problematic pornography use differ? Findings from a 45-country survey study. Oral presentation as part of the symposia Cross-cultural studies on compulsive sexual behaviors at the 7th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA) (20-22 June 2022).
• Koós., M., Fuss, J., Klein, V., Demetrovics, Z., & Bőthe, B. (2022,). Sexual motivations underlying compulsive sexual behavior, findings from a cross-cultural survey study. Oral presentation as part of the symposia Advances in the etiology, assessment and treatment of compulsive sexual behaviors at the 7th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions (ICBA) (20-22 June 2022).
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., Nagy, L., Ünsal, B. C., & Demetrovics, Z. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the associations between non-paraphilic compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) and comorbid psychiatric disorders. Oral presentation at t at the 48th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, (IASR) (6 – 9 July 2022).
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., & Demetrovics, Z. (2021). Mediating role of pornography use motivations between basic psychological needs frustration and problematic pornography use. Online poster presentation at the Annual Conference of The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) (18 – 21 November 2021).
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., & Demetrovics, Z. (2021). Changes in pornography use during the COVID-19-related lockdowns. Oral symposium at the 25th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) (9 – 12 September 2021).
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., & Demetrovics, Z. (2021). Changes in problematic pornography use during the COVID-19-related lockdowns, considering the roles of pornography use frequency and pornography use motivations-Findings of a latent curve analysis. Poster presentation at the 46th Annual meeting of Society for Sex Therapy & Research, Virtual Conference (29 April – 2 May 2021).
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., Király, O., Paksi M. B., & Demetrovics, Zs. (2021). Changes in Pornography Use and Sexual Behavior During Lockdown. Symposium at the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry, Virtual Interactive Program (10-13 April 2021).
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., & Demetrovics, Z. (2021). The motivational background of pornography use: A latent profile analysis. Oral presentation at the 24th Conference of the European Association of Substance Abuse Research (EASAR), Virtual Conference (06-07 May, 2021).
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., & Demetrovics, Z. (2020). Motivational profiles of pornography users and their correlates. Poster presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Sex Research, Virtual Meeting (26-29 July 2020).
• Koós, M., Bőthe, B., Dombi, E., Orosz, G., Demetrovics , Z., (2019) Hypersexuality and problematic pornography use in association with the time perspective theory. Oral presentation at the 23rd Conference of the European Association of Substance Abuse Research (EASAR), Virtual Conference (16-19 May, 2019).