Vertretung der W3-Professur für Klinische Psychologie & Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters
Education
| 2019 | EURONET-SOMA Summer School "Persistent Somatic Symptoms"; Groningen (NL) |
| 2018 | Trainer license for the parent training Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) |
| 2018 | Licensure for psychological psychotherapy for childhood and youth (Center of Psychological Psychotherapy, Heidelberg) |
| 2014 | Ph.D. in Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz Thesis: The emotional impact of mental imagery and relations to affective symptoms and clinical depression, supervised by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hiller |
| 2014 | Licensure for psychological psychotherapy (Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz) |
| 2014-2018 | Professional training in cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy for children and adolescents, Center of Psychological Psychotherapy, Heidelberg |
| 2011 | Research visit at the University of Miami (Florida, USA), mood and anxiety lab, supervised by Prof. Dr. Jutta Joormann |
| 2011-2014 | Ph.D. studies at the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 2010-2014 | Professional training in cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 2010 | Diploma in psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz Thesis: Health anxiety and emotion regulation |
| 2009 | Research visit at the University of Miami (Florida, USA), mood and anxiety lab, supervised by Prof. Dr. Jutta Joormann |
Academic and Clinical Positions
| since 2021 | W3 Deputy Professorship for Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| since 2018 | Head of the Recruitment Center Mainz as part of the multi-center study COMPARE ("Children of mentally ill parents at risk evaluation", Prof. Dr. H. Christiansen, Philipps-University Marburg) |
| since 2018 | Assistant Professorship for Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 2020-2021 | Maternity and parental leave (including part-time employment) |
| 2018-2021 | Section leader for health anxiety and clinical psychologist, Outpatient Department of Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 2016-2018 | Maternity and parental leave (including part-time employment) |
| 2016-2018 | Research assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hiller), Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 2015-2016 | Psychotherapy for children and adolescents, Center of Psychological Psychotherapy, Heidelberg |
| 2015-2016 | Research assistant and leader of the day clinic for adolescents, Inpatient Clinic of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy of Childhood and Adolescence, University Hospital Frankfurt |
| 2014-2017 | Psychotherapy for children and adolescents, private practice, Mainz |
| 2013-2015 | Research assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hiller), Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 2011-2014 | Psychological training, Outpatient Department of Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz |
| 2010-2011 | Psychological training, Inpatient Clinic of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, Alzey |
Scholarships and Awards
| 2018 | Teaching funding (innovative teaching project) by the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz (7105 €) |
| 2017 | Research funding by the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz (13.270 €) |
| 2011-2013 | Ph.D. scholarship from the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz |
Publications
in press/in revision/under review
Jungmann, S. M. & Witthöft, M. (in revision). Interoception in children and adolescents across psychopathology: A systematic literature review and transdiagnostic approach. Developmental Review.
Krömer, L., Jungmann, S. M. & Freitag, Ch. M. (under review). Course of anxiety-specific assumptions and interpretation bias during day-care/inpatient treatment in youths with severe social phobia. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Jungmann, S. M., Grebinyk, G. & Witthöft, M. (under review). Parents’ views of psychological research with children: Barriers, benefits, personality, and psychopathology. Frontiers in Psychology.
Jungmann, S. M., Piefke, M., Nin, V., Asmundson, G. J. G. & Witthöft, M. (under review). COVID-19 Stress Syndrome in the German general population: Validation of a German version of the COVID Stress Scales. PLOsOne.
Jungmann, S. M., Gropalis, M., Schenkel, S. K. & Witthöft, M. (under review). Is Cyberchondria specific to Hypochondriasis. Journal of Anxiety Disorders.
Luckhardt, Ch., Mühlherr, A. M., Schütz, M., Jarczok, T. A., Jungmann, S. M., Howland, V., Veit, L., Althen, H. & Freitag, Ch. M. (under review). Reward processing in adolescents with social phobia and depression. Clinical Neurophysiology.
Nin, V., Willmund, G. D., Jungmann, S. M., Asmundson, G. J. G. & Piefke, M. (under review). Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stress and strain profiles in the German population. Frontiers in Public Health.
Brand, S.*, Göhler, A. C.*, Tünte, M. R.*, Murphy, J., Woller, J. P., Jungmann, S. M., Witthöft, M., Hoehl, S. Weymar, M., Hermann, C., & Ventura-Bort, C. (under review). Bridging the gap between interoception and mental health: Subjective interoceptive accuracy as a correlate of psychopathological symptom burden in a multicenter study. Assessment. *contributed equally
2022
Brand, S., Meis, A. C., Tünte, M. R., Murphy, J., Woller, J. P., Jungmann, S., Witthöft, M., Hoehl, S., Weymar, M., Hermann, C., & Ventura-Bort, C. (2022). Bridging the Gap between Interoception and Mental Health: Subjective Interoceptive Accuracy as a Correlate of Psychopathological Symptom Burden in a Multicenter Study. In PsyArXiv. DOI
Hennemann, S., Kuhn, S., Witthöft, M., & Jungmann, S. M. (2022). Diagnostic Performance of an App-Based Symptom Checker in Mental Disorders: Comparative Study in Psychotherapy Outpatients. JMIR Mental Health, 9(1), e32832-e32832. DOI
Jungmann, S. M., Becker, F., & Witthöft, M. (2022). Erfassung der Lebendigkeit mentaler Vorstellungsbilder. Diagnostica, 68(3), 125-136. DOI
Jungmann, S. M., Wagner, L., Klein, M., & Kaurin, A. (2022). Functional somatic symptoms and emotion regulation in children and adolescents. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 4(2). DOI
Sauer, K. S., Bailer, J., Jungmann, S. M., & Witthöft, M. (2022). Inhibitory Learning-Based Exposure Therapy for Patients With Pathological Health Anxiety: Results From a Single Case Series Study. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. Published. DOI
Sauer, K. S., Schmidt, A., Jungmann, S. M., Bailer, J., & Witthöft, M. (2022). Do patients with pathological health anxiety fear COVID-19? A time-course analysis of 12 single cases during the “first wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 152, 110687-110687. DOI
Witthöft, M., Jungmann, S. M., Germer, S., & Bräscher, A.-K. (2022). Early adverse effects of behavioural preventive strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: An online general population survey. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 4(3). DOI
2021
Bräscher, A.-K., Benke, C., Weismüller, B. M., Asselmann, E., Skoda, E.-M., Teufel, M., Jungmann, S. M., Witthöft, M., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2021). Anxiety and depression during the first wave of COVID-19 in Germany – results of repeated cross-sectional surveys. Psychological Medicine, 1-5. DOI
Jungmann, S. M., & Witthöft, M. (2021). Mythen der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie: Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Fragebogens zur standardisierten Erfassung. Verhaltenstherapie, 31(2), 109-118. DOI
Krömer, L., Jarczok, T. A., Althen, H., Mühlherr, A. M., Howland, V., Jungmann, S. M., & Freitag, C. M. (2021). Implicit assumptions and interpretation bias in youth with severe, chronic social phobia. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Published online. DOI
Schenkel, S. K., Jungmann, S. M., Gropalis, M., & Witthöft, M. (2021). Conceptualizations of Cyberchondria and Relations to the Anxiety Spectrum: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(11), e27835-e27835. DOI
2020
Jungmann, F., Jorg, T., Hahn, F., Pinto dos Santos, D., Jungmann, S. M., Düber, C., Mildenberger, P., & Kloeckner, R. (2020). Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence Among Radiologists, IT Specialists, and Industry. Academic Radiology. Published. DOI
Jungmann, S. M., & Witthöft, M. (2020). Health anxiety, cyberchondria, and coping in the current COVID-19 pandemic: Which factors are related to coronavirus anxiety?. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 73, 102239-102239. DOI
Jungmann, S. M., & Witthöft, M. (2020). Medically unexplained symptoms in children and adolescents: Illness-related self-concept and parental symptom evaluations. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 68, 101565-101565. DOI
Jungmann, S. M., Brand, S., Kolb, J., & Witthöft, M. (2020). Do Dr. Google and Health Apps Have (Comparable) Side Effects? An Experimental Study. Clinical Psychological Science, 8(2), 306-317. DOI
Sauer, K. S., Jungmann, S. M., & Witthöft, M. (2020). Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Distress (In)Tolerance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7241-7241. DOI
Witthöft, M., Bräscher, A.-K., Jungmann, S. M., & Köteles, F. (2020). Somatic Symptom Perception and Interoception. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 228(2), 100-109. DOI
2019
Jungmann, S. M., Klan, T., Kuhn, S., & Jungmann, F. (2019). Accuracy of a Chatbot (Ada) in the Diagnosis of Mental Disorders: Comparative Case Study With Lay and Expert Users. JMIR Formative Research, 3(4), e13863-e13863. DOI
2018
Kuhn, S., Jungmann, S., & Jungmann, F. (2018). Künstliche Intelligenz für Ärzte und Patienten: „Googeln“ war gestern. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 115(26).
2016
Görgen, S. M., Hiller, W., & Witthöft, M. (2016). Die Spontaneous Use of Imagery Scale (SUIS)–Entwicklung und teststatistische Prüfung einer deutschen Adaption. Diagnostica, 62(1), 31-43. DOI
Jungmann, S., Vollmer, N., Selby, E. A., & Witthöft, M. (2016). Understanding dysregulated behaviors and compulsions : an extension of the emotional cascade model and the mediating role of intrusive thoughts. Frontiers in psychology, 7, Art. 994. Author/Publisher URL
2015
Görgen, S. M., Joormann, J., Hiller, W., & Witthöft, M. (2015). Implicit Affect after Mental Imagery: Introduction of a Novel Measure and Relations to Depressive Symptoms in a Non-Clinical Sample. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 6(1), 59-81. DOI
Görgen, S. M., Joormann, J., Hiller, W., & Witthöft, M. (2015). The role of mental imagery in depression : negative mental imagery induces strong implicit and explicit affect in depression. Frontiers in psychiatry, 6, Art. 94. Author/Publisher URL
Görgen, S. M., Loch, N., Hiller, W., & Witthöft, M. (2015). Kognitive Emotionsregulation und Psychopathologie: Erste teststatistische Untersuchung des deutschen Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) in einer klinischen Stichprobe. Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 63(4), 255-265. DOI
2014
Görgen, S. M., Hiller, W., & Witthöft, M. (2014). Health Anxiety, Cognitive Coping, and Emotion Regulation: A Latent Variable Approach. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 21(2), 364-374. DOI
Professional Affiliations
- DGPs (German Psychological Society, Section Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy)
- KJPVT (Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Behavioral Therapy)
Research Interests
- Persistent somatic symptoms, emotion regulation, and health anxiety in children and adolescents
- Interoception and psychopathology in children and adolescents
- Anxiety disorders in adolescence
- Inhibitory learning Approach and pathological health anxiety
- Mental imagery: ressources and psychopathology
- e-mental health in the diagnosis of mental disorders and cyberchondria
- myths in clinical psychology and psychotherapy