2021
Eising, C. M., Voelkle, M. C., Rohner, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2021). Lifetime post-traumatic stress
disorder in older individuals with a history of institutional upbringing in childhood: The role of social acknowledgement and stressful life events. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), 1915578. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1915578
Killikelly, C., Ramp M, Maercker, A. (2021). Prolonged grief disorder in refugees from Syria: qualitative analysis of
culturally specific symptoms and implications for ICD-11, Mental Health Religion and Culture. 24(1), 62-79, https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2020.1825361
Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Child maltreatment, lifetime trauma, and
mental health in Swiss older survivors of enforced child welfare practices: Investigating the mediating role of self-esteem and self-compassion. Child Abuse & Neglect, 113, 104925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104925
Thoma, M. V., Rohleder, N., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Clinical ecopsychology: The mental health impacts and underlying
pathways of the climate and environmental crisis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12:675936.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.675936
2020
Heim, E., Burchert, S., Shala, M., Kaufmann, M., Cerga Pashoja, A., Morina, N., Schaub, M. P., Knaevelsrud, C., &
Maercker, A. (2020). Effect of Cultural Adaptation of a Smartphone-Based Self-Help Programme on Its Acceptability and Efficacy: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Killikelly, Zhou, Merzhvynska, Stelzer, Dotschung, Rohner, Sun, Maercker (2020). Development of the International
Prolonged Grief Disorder Scale for the ICD-11: measurement of core symptoms and culture items adapted for Chinese and German-speaking samples, Journal of Affective Disorders (accepted August 2020).
Kiselev, N., Morina, N., Schick, M., Watzke, B., Schnyder, U., & Pfaltz, M. (2020). Barriers to access to outpatient
mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers in Switzerland: the therapist’s view. BMC Psychiatry, 20, 378. 020-02783-x
Kiselev, N., Pfaltz, M., Haas, F., Schick, M., Kappen, M., Sijbrandij, M., De Graaff, A. M., Bird, M., Hansen, P.,
Ventevogel, P., Fuhr, D. C., Schnyder, U., & Morina, N. (2020). Structural and socio-cultural barriers to accesssing mental healthcare among Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in Switzerland. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11(1), 1717825.
Kiselev, N., Pfaltz, M., Schick, M., Bird, M., Hansen, P., Sijbrandt, M., De Graaff, A. M., Schnyder, U., & Morina, N.
(2020). Problems faced by Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in Switzerland. Swiss Medical Weekly, 150, w20381.
Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2020). “Some call it resilience”: A profile of dynamic resilience-
related factors in older adult survivors of childhood institutional adversity and maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 107, 104565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104565
Rechsteiner, K., Maercker, A., Heim, E., & Meili, I. (2020). Metaphors for trauma: A cross-cultural qualitative comparison
in Brazil, India, Poland, and Switzerland. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 33(5), 643- 653.
Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Eising, C. M., Pfluger, V., & Rohner, S. L. (2020). Health, stress, and well-being in Swiss
adult survivors of child welfare practices and child labor: Investigating the mediating role of socio-economic factors. Child Abuse & Neglect, 111, 104769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104769
Thoma, M. V., Höltge, J., Eising, C. M., Pfluger, V., & Rohner, S. L. (2020). Resilience and stress in later life: A network
analysis approach depicting complex interactions of resilience resources and stress-related risk factors in older adults. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 14:580969. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.580969
2019
Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2019). Steeling in later life: Exploring age-specific effects of
varying levels of stress on psychological resilience. International Journal of Aging and Human Development. Advance online publication.
Maercker, A., Ben-Ezra, M., Esparza, O. A. & Augsburger, M. (2019). Fatalism as a traditional cultural belief potentially
relevant to trauma sequelae: Measurement equivalence, extent and associations in six countries. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1). Link to the paper: 7371
Rechsteiner, K., Tol, V., & Maercker, A. (2019). “ It should not have happened ”: metaphorical expressions, idioms, and
narrative descriptions related to trauma in an indigenous community in India narrative descriptions related to trauma in an indigenous community in India. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 14(1). Link to the paper: 667134
Shala, M., Morina, N., Salis Gross, C., Maercker, A., & Heim, E. (2019). A Point in the Heart: Concepts of Emotional
Distress Among Albanian-Speaking Immigrants in Switzerland. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. Link to the paper: 019-09638-5
Thoma, M. V., Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., & Augsburger, M. (2019). Psychological characteristics and
stress differentiate between high from low health trajectories in later life: A machine learning analysis. Aging and Mental Health, 24(7), 1098-1107.
Thoma, M. V., & Mc Gee, S. L. (2019). Successful aging in individuals from less advantaged, marginalized and
stigmatized backgrounds. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 1(3), e32578.