Publikationen

Journal Articles

Accepted / in press

Asselmann, E., Metts, A. V., Zinbarg, R. E., & Craske, M. G. (in press). Early adversity and stressor–cognitive style transactions: A 7-year longitudinal study from adolescence to young adulthood. Clinical Psychological Science.

Brüggmann, L., Kunas, S. L., Knaevelsrud, C., & Asselmann, E. (in press). SELFTIE: Design and methods of an ongoing randomized controlled trial of self-efficacy training in young adults. Mental Health & Prevention.

Buecker, S., Gander, F., Casali, N., Gross, F., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Ewert, C., Wrzus, C., Asselmann, E., & Thielmann, I. (in press). The landscape of personality trait change goal research: A systematic literature review. American Psychologist.

2026

Asselmann, E., Allemand, M., Baumgardt, S., Bleidorn, W., Buecker, S., Brüggmann, L., Casali, N., Denissen, J. J. A., Flückiger, C., Gander, F., Haehner, P., Harzer, C., Juchem, C. M., Krämer, M. D., Kroencke, L., Kuper, N., Olaru, G., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Stieger, M., … Zimmermann, J. (2026). Volitional personality development: Theoretical foundations, empirical advances, and future directions for personality change interventions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 20(5), e70147. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.70147

Asselmann, E., Mudra, S., & Schumacher, S. (2026). Targeted interventions for women exposed to adverse childhood experiences: A critical next step in perinatal mental health. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 44(2), 413–416. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2026.2613587

Baumgardt, S., & Asselmann, E. (2026). Parenthood regret: An under-recognised aspect of parental wellbeing. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 44(5), 1143–1145. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2026.2679863

Baumgardt, S., von Soest, T., Garthus-Niegel, S., & Asselmann, E. (2026). The role of personality in dyadic associations between stress and relationship satisfaction: Findings from the German cohort study DREAM. Journal of Marriage and Family, 88(4), 1067–1084. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70064

Bendau, A., Thielmann, I., Wössner, G., Reich, N. J., Bandurski, L. C., & Asselmann, E. (2026). Personality change associated with confinement: A systematic review of observational and treatment-related evidence from prisons and forensic settings. European Journal of Personality, 40(4), 1093–1125. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251392039

Haehner, P., Asselmann, E., Baumgardt, S., Brueggmann, L., Denissen, J. J. A., Harzer, C., Juchem, C. M., Krämer, M. D., Kuper, N., Puhlmann, L. M. C., Zimmermann, J., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Ten concerns about volitional personality-change interventions—and how to address them. Perspectives on Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916261466950

Haehner, P., Wright, A. J., Lubczyk, T., Andrae, R., Asselmann, E., Buecker, S., Hopwood, C. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Tailoring personality interventions: How timing, context, and strategies influence proximal intervention outcomes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000597

Juchem, C. M., Denissen, J. J. A., & Asselmann, E. (2026). Personality-job fit in terms of the Big Five across the professional lifespan. European Journal of Personality, 40(4), 840–860. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251409430

Krämer, M. D., Asselmann, E., Harzer, C., Denissen, J. J. A., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Psychological traits predict who uses self-help products but usage is not associated with two-year personality change. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 8393. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-39468-6

Rauthmann, J. F., Armbruster, D., Asselmann, E., Berkessel, J. B., Bleidorn, W., Buecker, S., Gärtner, A., Leising, D., Luhmann, M., Phan, L. V., Rammstedt, B., Reitz, A. K., Renner, K.-H., Rohrer, J. M., Schmitz, F., Schoedel, R., Schubert, A.-L., Thielmann, I., Wrzus, C., & Zimmermann, J. (2026). Die Differentielle und Persönlichkeitspsychologie im Jahr 2025: Stand, Entwicklungen und Ausblick. Psychologische Rundschau. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000737

Schmidt, S., Jaramillo, I., Mack, J. T., Weise, V., Asselmann, E., & Garthus-Niegel, S. (2026). Associations between work-privacy conflict and parental relationship satisfaction two years after childbirth: Unveiling the moderating role of personality. BMC Public Health, 26(1), 2240. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-28783-2

2025

Bandurski, L. C., Juchem, C. M., Baumgardt, S., Bendau, A., & Asselmann, E. (2025). Personality characteristics in emerging adults engaging in sex work: A systematic review. BMC Psychology, 13(1), 879. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03242-6

Martini, J., Göbel, A., Garthus-Niegel, S., & Asselmann, E. (2025). Future perspectives for research on perinatal anxiety and depressive disorders and their transgenerational transmission. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 43(4), 827–830. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2025.2509380

Verhees, F. G., Bendau, A., Unger, S., Donix, K. L., Asselmann, E., & Martini, J. (2025). Panic disorder during pregnancy and the first three years after delivery: A systematic review. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 25(1), 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-07127-1

Zieß, V., Seefeld, L., Mojahed, A., Martini, J., Asselmann, E., Schellong, J., & Garthus-Niegel, S. (2025). Support preferences among women with and without postpartum depression and anxiety disorder. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 3048. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24274-y

2024

Asselmann, E., Bendau, A., Hoffmann, C., & Ewert, C. (2024). Self-compassion predicts higher affective well-being and lower stress symptoms through less dysfunctional coping: A three-wave longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(5), 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00755-6

Asselmann, E., Bendau, A., Hoffmann, C., & Ewert, C. (2024). The role of self-compassion in the effects of living alone and quarantine on mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study. Self and Identity, 23(7-8), 656–670. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2024.2423974

Asselmann, E., Rückert, F., Kische, H., Zenker, M., Pieper, L., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2024). Cognitive, behavioral, and affective mechanisms underlying the efficacy of Applied Relaxation in reducing psychopathological symptoms: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Mood & Anxiety Disorders, 6, 100055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjmad.2024.100055

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2024). Working life as a double-edged sword: Opposing changes in subjective well-being surrounding the transition to work and retirement. Emotion, 24(3), 551–561. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001290

Autenrieth, L. K., Asselmann, E., Melzig, C. A., & Benke, C. (2024). Fear of COVID-19 predicts increases in anxiety, depressive symptoms, health anxiety, psychosocial distress, and loneliness: Findings from a prospective two-year follow-up study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 177, 162–168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.07.018

Göbel, A., Lüersen, L., Asselmann, E., Arck, P., Diemert, A., Garthus-Niegel, S., Mudra, S., & Martini, J. (2024). Psychometric properties of the Maternal Postnatal Attachment Scale and the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire in three German samples. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 24(1), 789. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06964-4

Juchem, C. M., Bendau, A., Bandurski, L. C., Reich, N. J., Baumgardt, S., & Asselmann, E. (2024). Personality changes related to presence and treatment of substance use (disorders): A systematic review. Psychological Medicine, 54(9), 1905–1929. https://doi.org/10.1017/s003329172400093x

Specht, J., & Asselmann, E. (2024). Beyond simple event effects: Life events as proxies for series of social changes. European Journal of Personality, 38, 587–589.

2023

Asselmann, E., Garthus-Niegel, S., & Martini, J. (2023). How research on personality development can improve our understanding of perinatal adjustment. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 41(5), 485–487. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2023.2242148

Asselmann, E., Holst, E., & Specht, J. (2023). Longitudinal bidirectional associations between personality and becoming a leader. Journal of Personality, 91(2), 285–298. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12719

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2023). Baby bliss: Longitudinal evidence for set-point theory around childbirth for cognitive and affective well-being. Emotion, 23(7), 2013–2023. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001217

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2023). Changes in happiness, sadness, anxiety, and anger around romantic relationship events. Emotion, 23(4), 986–996. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001153

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2023). Climbing the career ladder does not make you happy: Well-being changes in the years before and after becoming a leader. Journal of Happiness Studies, 24(3), 1037–1058. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-023-00630-w

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2023). Dramatic effects but fast adaptation: Changes in life satisfaction and different facets of affective well‐being around the death of a partner and death of a child. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 15(2), 451–465. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12388

Asselmann, E., Zenker, M., Rückert, F., Kische, H., Pieper, L., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2023). Ecological momentary assessment and applied relaxation: Results of a randomized indicated preventive trial in individuals at increased risk for mental disorders. PLOS ONE, 18(6), e0286750. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286750

Autenrieth, L. K., Benke, C., Asselmann, E., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2023). Anxiety sensitivity elevates the risk of mental health problems in employees with higher probability of contacting COVID-19 at work. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 12, 100491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100491

Bendau, A., Petzold, M. B., Plag, J., Asselmann, E., & Ströhle, A. (2023). Illness anxiety predicts higher mental strain and vaccine willingness—A nine‐wave longitudinal study during the first 1.5 years of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Germany. Stress and Health, 39(5), 1137–1147. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3255

Benke, C., Autenrieth, L. K., Asselmann, E., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2023). One year after the COVID-19 outbreak in Germany: Long-term changes in depression, anxiety, loneliness, distress and life satisfaction. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 273(2), 289–299. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01400-0

Bräscher, A. K., Benke, C., Weismüller, B. M., Asselmann, E., Skoda, E. M., Teufel, M., Jungmann, S. M., Witthöft, M., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2023). Anxiety and depression during the first wave of COVID-19 in Germany – results of repeated cross-sectional surveys. Psychological Medicine, 53(3), 1115–1119. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291721000866

Döblin, S., Seefeld, L., Weise, V., Kopp, M., Knappe, S., Asselmann, E., Martini, J., & Garthus-Niegel, S. (2023). The impact of mode of delivery on parent-infant-bonding and the mediating role of birth experience: A comparison of mothers and fathers within the longitudinal cohort study DREAM. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), 285. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05611-8

2022

Asselmann, E., Garthus-Niegel, S., Knappe, S., & Martini, J. (2022). Physical and mental health changes in the five years before and five years after childbirth: A population-based panel study in first-time mothers and fathers from Germany. Journal of Affective Disorders, 301, 138–144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.050

Asselmann, E., Garthus-Niegel, S., & Martini, J. (2022). Personality and peripartum changes in perceived social support: Findings from two prospective-longitudinal studies in (expectant) mothers and fathers. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 814152. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.814152

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2022). Personality growth after relationship losses: Changes of perceived control in the years around separation, divorce, and the death of a partner. PLOS ONE, 17(8), e0268598. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268598

Beesdo-Baum, K., Zenker, M., Rückert, F., Kische, H., Pieper, L., & Asselmann, E. (2022). Efficacy of Applied Relaxation as indicated preventive intervention in individuals at increased risk for mental disorders: A randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 157, 104162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104162

Bendau, A., Asselmann, E., Plag, J., Petzold, M. B., & Ströhle, A. (2022). 1.5 years pandemic – Psychological burden over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: A nine-wave longitudinal community study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 319, 381–387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.105

Benke, C., Asselmann, E., Entringer, T. M., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2022). The role of pre-pandemic depression for changes in depression, anxiety, and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a longitudinal probability sample of adults from Germany. European Psychiatry, 65(1), e76. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2339

Benke, C., Autenrieth, L. K., Asselmann, E., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2022). Stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with elevated depression and anxiety in younger, but not older adults: Results from a nationwide community sample of adults from Germany. Psychological Medicine, 52(15), 3739–3740. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291720003438

Blum, S., Mack, J. T., Weise, V., Kopp, M., Asselmann, E., Martini, J., & Garthus-Niegel, S. (2022). The impact of postpartum obsessive-compulsive symptoms on child development and the mediating role of the parent–child relationship: A prospective longitudinal study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 886347. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.886347

Kische, H., Zenker, M., Pieper, L., Beesdo-Baum, K., & Asselmann, E. (2022). Applied relaxation and cortisol secretion: Findings from a randomized controlled indicated prevention trial in adults with stress, anxiety, or depressive symptoms. Stress, 25(1), 122–133. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2022.2045939

Martini, J., Asselmann, E., Weidner, K., Knappe, S., Rosendahl, J., & Garthus-Niegel, S. (2022). Prospective associations of lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder and birth-related traumatization with maternal and infant outcomes. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 842410. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.842410

2021

Asselmann, E., Garthus-Niegel, S., & Martini, J. (2021). Personality impacts fear of childbirth and subjective birth experiences: A prospective-longitudinal study. PLOS ONE, 16(11), e0258696. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258696

Asselmann, E., Klimstra, T. A., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2021). Unraveling resilience: Personality predicts exposure and reaction to stressful life events. Personality Science, 2, e6055. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6055

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2021). Personality maturation and personality relaxation: Differences of the Big Five personality traits in the years around the beginning and ending of working life. Journal of Personality, 89(6), 1126–1142. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12640

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2021). Testing the social investment principle around childbirth: Little evidence for personality maturation before and after becoming a parent. European Journal of Personality, 35(1), 85–102. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2269

Bendau, A., Kunas, S. L., Wyka, S., Petzold, M. B., Plag, J., Asselmann, E., & Ströhle, A. (2021). Longitudinal changes of anxiety and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: The role of pre-existing anxiety, depressive, and other mental disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 79, 102377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102377

Wundrack, R., Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2021). Personality development in disruptive times: The impact of personal versus collective life events. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 15(9), e12635. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12635

2020

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2020). Taking the ups and downs at the rollercoaster of love: Associations between major life events in the domain of romantic relationships and the Big Five personality traits. Developmental Psychology, 56(9), 1803–1816. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001047

Asselmann, E., & Specht, J. (2020). Till death do us part: Transactions between losing one’s spouse and the Big Five personality traits. Journal of Personality, 88(4), 659–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12517

Asselmann, E., Borghans, L., Montizaan, R., & Seegers, P. (2020). The role of personality in the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of students in Germany during the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE, 15(11), e0242904. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242904

Asselmann, E., Kunas, S. L., Wittchen, H.-U., & Martini, J. (2020). Changes in psychopathological symptoms during pregnancy and after delivery: A prospective-longitudinal study in women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy. Journal of Affective Disorders, 263, 480–490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.112

Asselmann, E., Kunas, S. L., Wittchen, H.-U., & Martini, J. (2020). Maternal personality, social support, and changes in depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms during pregnancy and after delivery: A prospective-longitudinal study. PLOS ONE, 15(8), e0237609. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237609

Benke, C., Autenrieth, L. K., Asselmann, E., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2020). Lockdown, quarantine measures, and social distancing: Associations with depression, anxiety and distress at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic among adults from Germany. Psychiatry Research, 293, 113462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113462

2019

Angst, J., Rössler, W., Ajdacic-Gross, V., Angst, F., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Beesdo-Baum, K., Asselmann, E., Merikangas, K. R., Cui, L., Andrade, L. H., Viana, M. C., Lamers, F., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Cardoso, T. A., Jansen, K., Souza, L. D. M., da Silva, R. A., Kapczinski, F., … Vandeleur, C. L. (2019). Differences between unipolar mania and bipolar‐I disorder: Evidence from nine epidemiological studies. Bipolar Disorders, 21(5), 437–448. https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.12732

Asselmann, E., Beesdo-Baum, K., Hamm, A., Schmidt, C. O., Hertel, J., Grabe, H.-J., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2019). Lifetime and 12-month prevalence estimates for mental disorders in northeastern Germany: Findings from the Study of Health in Pomerania. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 269(3), 341–350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-018-0911-5

Asselmann, E., Kische, H., Haring, R., Hertel, J., Schmidt, C. O., Nauck, M., Beesdo-Baum, K., Grabe, H.-J., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2019). Prospective associations of androgens and sex hormone-binding globulin with 12-month, lifetime and incident anxiety and depressive disorders in men and women from the general population. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 905–911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.052

Asselmann, E., Venz, J., Pieper, L., Wittchen, H.-U., Pittrow, D., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2019). The role of gender and anxiety in the association between somatic diseases and depression: Findings from three combined epidemiological studies in primary care. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 28(03), 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045796017000567

2018

Asselmann, E., Hertel, J., Beesdo-Baum, K., Schmidt, C. O., Homuth, G., Nauck, M., Grabe, H.-J., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2018). Interplay between COMT Val158Met, childhood adversities and sex in predicting panic pathology: Findings from a general population sample. Journal of Affective Disorders, 234, 290–296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.060

Asselmann, E., Hertel, J., Schmidt, C. O., Homuth, G., Nauck, M., Beesdo-Baum, K., Grabe, H.-J., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2018). Interplay between RGS2 and childhood adversities in predicting anxiety and depressive disorders: Findings from a general population sample. Depression and Anxiety, 35(11), 1104–1113. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22812

Asselmann, E., Hilbert, K., Hoyer, J., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Bühringer, G., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2018). Self-reported volitional control in adolescents and young adults from a community cohort: Associations with current, past and future mental disorders. Psychiatry Research, 260, 292–299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.11.046

Asselmann, E., Stender, J., Grabe, H.-J., König, J., Schmidt, C. O., Hamm, A. O., & Pané-Farré, C. A. (2018). Assessing the interplay of childhood adversities with more recent stressful life events and conditions in predicting panic pathology among adults from the general population. Journal of Affective Disorders, 225, 715–722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.050

Asselmann, E., Venz, J., Wittchen, H.-U., & Martini, J. (2018). Maternal anxiety and depressive disorders prior to, during and after pregnancy and infant interaction behaviors during the Face-to-Face Still Face Paradigm at 4 months postpartum: A prospective-longitudinal study. Early Human Development, 122, 45–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.05.007

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2018). Sociodemographic, clinical, and functional long‐term outcomes in adolescents and young adults with mental disorders. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 137(1), 6–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12792

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Perkonigg, A., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2018). Incident mental disorders in the aftermath of traumatic events: A prospective-longitudinal community study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 227, 82–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.10.004

Wundrack, R., Prager, J., Asselmann, E., O’Connell, G., & Specht, J. (2018). Does intraindividual variability of personality states improve perspective taking? An ecological approach integrating personality and social cognition. Journal of Intelligence, 6(4), 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence6040050

2017

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2017). A 10-year prospective-longitudinal study of daily hassles and incident psychopathology among adolescents and young adults: Interactions with gender, perceived coping efficacy, and negative life events. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 52(11), 1353–1362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1436-3

Martini, J., Petzoldt, J., Knappe, S., Garthus-Niegel, S., Asselmann, E., & Wittchen, H.-U. (2017). Infant, maternal, and familial predictors and correlates of regulatory problems in early infancy: The differential role of infant temperament and maternal anxiety and depression. Early Human Development, 115, 23–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.08.005

2016

Asselmann, E., Hoyer, J., Wittchen, H.-U., & Martini, J. (2016). Sexual problems during pregnancy and after delivery among women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy: A prospective-longitudinal study. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 13(1), 95–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2015.12.005

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Erler, L., & Martini, J. (2016). Peripartum changes in social support among women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy: A prospective-longitudinal study. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 19(6), 943–952. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-016-0608-6

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2016). Risk factors for fearful spells, panic attacks and panic disorder in a community cohort of adolescents and young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 193, 305–308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.12.046

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Höfler, M., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2016). Does low coping efficacy mediate the association between negative life events and incident psychopathology? A prospective-longitudinal community study among adolescents and young adults. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 25(2), 171–180. https://doi.org/10.1017/s204579601500013x

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Petzoldt, J., & Martini, J. (2016). Peripartum changes in partnership quality among women with and without anxiety and depressive disorders prior to pregnancy: A prospective-longitudinal study. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 19(2), 281–290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-015-0556-6

Martini, J., Asselmann, E., Einsle, F., Strehle, J., & Wittchen, H.-U. (2016). A prospective-longitudinal study on the association of anxiety disorders prior to pregnancy and pregnancy- and child-related fears. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 40, 58–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.04.007

2015

Asselmann, E., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2015). Predictors of the course of anxiety disorders in adolescents and young adults. Current Psychiatry Reports, 17(2), 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-014-0543-z

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2015). The role of the mother–child relationship for anxiety disorders and depression: Results from a prospective-longitudinal study in adolescents and their mothers. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 24(4), 451–461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0596-x

Asselmann, E., Knappe, S., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2015). Stability of recalled parental rearing behavior in a community sample of adolescents and young adults. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 25(4), 614–621. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12158

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Höfler, M., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2015). The role of behavioral inhibition and parenting for an unfavorable emotional trauma response and PTSD. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 131(4), 279–289. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.12316

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Höfler, M., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2015). Danger and loss events and the incidence of anxiety and depressive disorders: A prospective-longitudinal community study of adolescents and young adults. Psychological Medicine, 45(1), 153–163. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291714001160

Beesdo-Baum, K., Knappe, S., Asselmann, E., Zimmermann, P., Brückl, T., Höfler, M., Behrendt, S., Lieb, R., & Wittchen, H.-U. (2015). The ‘Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) study’: A 20-year review of methods and findings. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50(6), 851–866. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-015-1062-x

2014

Asselmann, E., Pané-Farré, C., Isensee, B., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Höfler, M., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2014). Characteristics of initial fearful spells and their associations with DSM-IV panic attacks and panic disorder in adolescents and young adults from the community. Journal of Affective Disorders, 165, 95–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.04.045

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Höfler, M., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2014). Associations of fearful spells and panic attacks with incident anxiety, depressive, and substance use disorders: A 10-year prospective-longitudinal community study of adolescents and young adults. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 55, 8–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.04.001

Asselmann, E., Wittchen, H.-U., Lieb, R., Höfler, M., & Beesdo-Baum, K. (2014). Does help-seeking alter the risk for incident psychopathology in adolescents and young adults with and without fearful spells or panic attacks? Findings from a 10-year prospective-longitudinal community study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 169, 221–227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2014.08.012

Book Chapters

Asselmann, E. (in press). Resilience in psychology: From traits to dynamic processes. In A. Dienelt & H. Thorén (Eds.), Research Handbook on Theories of Resilience. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Asselmann, E. (in press). Gesundheitsbezogene Resilienz. In R. Wilkening (Ed.), Gesundheitswissenschaften. Springer.

Juchem, C. M., & Asselmann, E. (2025). Personality and health: The role of individual differences in theory, methods, and intervention. In R. Sanderman & K. Morgan (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Health Psychology: Global and Contemporary Issues (pp. 173–187). Routledge.

Juchem, C. M., Baumgardt, S., & Asselmann, E. (2024). Personality-based approaches to health and health behavior interventions. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Handbook of Concepts in Health, Health Behavior and Environmental Health (pp. 1–25). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0821-5_13-1

Asselmann, E. (2022). Gesundheitsbezogene Resilienz. In R. Haring (Ed.), Gesundheitswissenschaften (pp. 1–10). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54179-1_26-1

Academic Theses

Asselmann, E. (2017). The interplay between family-genetic and family-environmental risk factors in the etiopathogenesis of anxiety disorders: An epidemiological study among adolescents and adults (Habilitation thesis, TU Dresden).

Asselmann, E. (2014). The role of fearful spells as risk factors for panic pathology and other mental disorders: A prospective-longitudinal study among adolescents and young adults from the community (Doctoral dissertation, TU Dresden).

Asselmann, E. (2012). Types of stressful life events and the onset of depression and anxiety in a prospective-longitudinal study among adolescents and young adults (Diploma thesis, TU Dresden).

Popular Science Books

Asselmann, E. (2026). Too Much. Warum wir Kontrolle suchen – und Kraft im Loslassen finden. dtv.

Asselmann, E. (2023). EASY RELAX: Raus aus der Stressfalle in 20 Sekunden. Die wissenschaftlich erprobte Entspannungstechnik. Ariston, Penguin Random House.

Asselmann, E., & Pahr, M. (2022). Woran wir wachsen: Welche Lebensereignisse unsere Persönlichkeit prägen und was uns wirklich weiterbringt. Ariston, Penguin Random House.