Sabine Steins-Löber

Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
(Dipl-Psych Dr sc hum)

Markusplatz 3, Raum 03.19
D-96047 Bamberg
Phone: +49 (0) 951 863 1884
Email: sabine.steins-loeber(at)uni-bamberg.de

Consultation hours: by appointment only. Please register at the secretary's office.

[2014] Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Bamberg

[2013-2014] Head of the working group “Research on affect regulation and impulse control in disordered eating behavior and dependent behavior”, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LWL University Hospital Bochum of Ruhr University Bochum

[2011-2013] Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Wuppertal

[2010] Habilitation (venia legendi) in Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology and Medical Psychology at the Mannheim Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University. Habilitation title: “Stimulus-dependent reactions and cognitive impairments in alcohol-dependent patients: Implications for psychotherapeutic treatment”

[2007] Wilhelm Feuerlein Research Award of the German Addiction Foundation Matthias Gottschaldt

[2005-2011] Head Psychologist, Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim

[2004] Doctorate (Doctoris scientiarum humanarum, Dr sc hum) at the Mannheim Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University. Dissertation title: “Relapse prevention through exposure: Evaluation of a stimulus exposure training program for the treatment of alcohol dependent patients”.

[2004] Training in alcoholism-specific psychotherapy (University Hospital Freiburg, Addiction Research Network Baden-Württemberg)

[2003] Licensed Psychological Psychotherapist (specialization in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy)

[2002-2003] Psychological Psychotherapist at the training outpatient clinic of the Gesellschaft für Ausbildung in Psychotherapie mbH, Frankfurt

[2000-2001] Research assistant, Department of Addiction Research at Heidelberg University, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim

[1999-2000] Research assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim

[1993-1999] Diploma in Psychology at University of Mannheim

[1993] Graduation from secondary school (Abitur)

Main areas of research

Addictive disorders

  • Learning mechanisms and development of risky and addictive behaviors in substance-related and non-substance-related addictions (e.g. internet addiction, shopping addiction)
  • Effects of acute and chronic substance use on cognitive control and regulatory functions
  • Predictors of relapse
  • Effects of psychotherapeutic and pharmacological interventions on stimulus-dependent reactions, cognitive control mechanisms and therapeutic success 

Eating disorders / obesity

  • Food-associated stimulus-associated responses and impulsive behavior in obesity and binge eating disorder
  • Reward-dependent mechanisms in anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder

National and international cooperation

  • Prof. Matthias Brand, General Psychology: Cognition, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Diers, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LWL University Hospital Bochum
  • Prof. Theodora Duka, Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
  • Prof. Herta Flor, Institute of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University
  • Priv. Doz. Dr. med. Hans-Christoph Friederich, Clinic for General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University of Heidelberg
  • Prof. Sabine Herpertz, Clinic for General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg
  • Prof. Stephan Herpertz, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, LWL-Universitätsklinikum Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum
  • Dr. Stefanie Horndasch, Department of Mental Health for Children and Adolescents, University Hospital Erlangen
  • Prof. Falk Kiefer, Clinic for Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg
  • Prof. Astrid Müller, Clinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School
  • PD Dr. Georgios Paslakis, Department of Psychosomatics, University Hospital Erlangen
  • Dr. med. Elisabeth Rauh, Center for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Schön Klinikum Bad Staffelstein
  • Prof. Dr. Sven Schneider, Research Group Leader, Mannheim Institute for Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University
  • Prof. Reinout Wiers, Institute of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Memberships in scientific societies/working groups

  • German Society for Eating Disorders (DGESS)
  • German Society for Psychology (DGPs), Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
  • German Society for Addiction Research and Addiction Therapy (DG-Sucht)
  • German Society for Addiction Psychology (DGSPS)
  • Associate member of the Collaborative Research Center 636: “Learning, Memory and Plasticity: Implications for Psychopathology”

Expert activity

  • Medical Research Council (UK)

Current activity in the field of teaching

Details on current courses can be found in UnivIS, any materials in the VC (Virtual Campus)

Bergner-Koether, R., Peschka, L., Pastukhov, A., Carbon, C. C., Steins-Loeber, S., Hajak, G., & Rettenberger, M. (2024). The Relevance of Hypersexuality and Impulsivity in Different Groups of Treatment-Seekers With and Without (Exclusive) Pedophilia. Sexual Abuse, Online First, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632241271204

Düll, L., Müller, A., & Steins-Loeber, S. (2024). Negative Consequences Experienced by Individuals with Gaming Disorder Symptoms: a Systematic Review of Available Longitudinal Studies. Current Addiction Reports, 11(3), 528–550. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-024-00554-2

Lang, C., Weisel, K. K., Saur, S., Fuhrmann, L. M., Schoenleber, A., Reichl, D., Enewoldsen, N., Steins-Loeber, S., & Berking, M. (2024). Support after return to alcohol use: a mixed-methods study on how abstinence motivation and app use change after return to alcohol use in an app-based aftercare intervention for individuals with alcohol use disorder. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19(1, 35), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00457-7

Lörsch, F., Kollei, I., & Steins-Loeber, S. (2024). The effects of a retrieval cue on renewal of conditioned responses in human appetitive conditioning. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 176(May 2024, 104501), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104501

Lörsch, F., Schmid, A. M., Thomas, T. A., Brand, M., Müller, A., & Loeber, S. (2024). The effect of individual differences on Pavlovian conditioning in specific Internet-use disorders. Behavioural Brain Research, 476, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2024.115254

Seiferth, C., Fiedler, J., Färber, T., Pape, M., Schroeder, S., Herpertz, S., Steins-Loeber, S., & Wolstein, J. (2024). Bi-directional associations of core affect and physical activity in adults with higher body weight: An ecological momentary assessment study. Journal of Health Psychology, 29(10), 1115–1128. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053241228202

Thomas, T. A., Schmid, A. M., Kessling, A., Wolf, O. T., Brand, M., Steins-Loeber, S., & Müller, A. (2024). Stress and compulsive buying-shopping disorder: a scoping review. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 132, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152482

Antons, S., Müller, S. M., Neumann, P., Müller, A., & Loeber, S. (2023). Stimuli-Specific Inhibitory Control in Disorders Due to Addictive Behaviours: a Review of Current Evidence and Discussion of Methodological Challenges. Current Addiction Reports, 10(4), 749–769. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-023-00517-z

Diers, M., Müller, S. M., Mallon, L., Schmid, A. M., Thomas, T. A., Klein, L., Krikova, K., Stark, R., Wegmann, E., Steins-Loeber, S., Brand, M., & Antons, S. (2023). Cue-reactivity to distal cues in individuals at risk for gaming disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 125(August 2023, 152399), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2023.152399

Müller, A., Laskowski, N. M., Thomas, T. A., Antons, S., Tahmassebi, N., Steins-Loeber, S., Brand, M., & Georgiadou, E. (2023). Update on treatment studies for compulsive buying-shopping disorder: A systematic review. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 12(3), 631–651. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2023.00033

Reichl, D., Enewoldsen, N., Müller, A., & Steins-Löber, S. (2023). Pilot testing of an adaptive, individualized inhibitory control training for binge drinking: first evidence on feasibility, acceptance, and efficacy. Psychological Research, 87(4), 1267–1283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022-01725-4

Reichl, D., Enewoldsen, N., Steins-Löber, S., Berking, M., Fuhrmann, L., Lang, C., Saur, S., & Weisel, K. K. (2023). Psychometrische Evaluation der deutschen Version des Substance Use Recovery Evaluator (SURE). Diagnostica, 69(2), 51–61. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000301

Reichl, D., Heindl, B., Distler, A. L., & Steins-Loeber, S. (2023). Attentional impulsivity accounts for the association of antisociality with craving and mental health problems in incarcerated individuals with substance dependence. International Journal of Prisoner Health, Online-First. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijph-03-2022-0023

Seiferth, C., Färber, T., Pape, M., Schoemann, N., Dieberger, A., Schroeder, S., Herpertz, S., Wolstein, J., & Steins-Löber, S. (2023). Differential effects of the individualized gender-sensitive mHealth intervention I-GENDO on eating styles in individuals with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Digital Health, 1(46), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-023-00041-0

Ekhtiari, H., Zare-Bidoky, M., Sangchooli, A., Janes, A. C., Kaufman, M. J., Oliver, J. A., Prisciandaro, J. J., Wüstenberg, T., Anton, R. F., Bach, P., Baldacchino, A., Beck, A., Bjork, J. M., Brewer, J., Childress, A. R., Claus, E. D., Courtney, K. E., Ebrahimi, M., Filbey, F. M., … Zilverstand, A. (2022). A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus. Nature Protocols, 17(3), 567–595. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00649-4

Henning, C., Schroeder, S., Steins-Löber, S., & Wolstein, J. (2022). Gender and Emotional Representation Matter: Own Illness Beliefs and Their Relationship to Obesity. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.799831

Müller, A., Georgiadou, E., Birlin, A., Laskowski, N. M., Jimenez-Murcia, S., Fernández-Aranda, F., Hillemacher, T., Zwaan, M. de, Brand, M., & Steins-Löber, S. (2022). The Relationship of Shopping-Related Decisions with Materialistic Values Endorsement, Compulsive Buying-Shopping Disorder Symptoms and Everyday Moral Decision Making. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7, 4376), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074376

Müller, A., & Steins-Loeber, S. (2022). Food Addiction: Suchtmechanismen bei Ess-und Gewichtsstörungen. Sucht, 68(4), 213–224. https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000774

Pape, M., Färber, T., Seiferth, C., Roth, T., Schroeder, S., Wolstein, J., Herpertz, S., & Steins-Löber, S. (2022). A Tailored Gender-Sensitive mHealth Weight Loss Intervention (I-GENDO): Development and Process Evaluation. JMIR Formative Research, 6(10), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.2196/38480

Reichl, D., Enewoldsen, N., Weisel, K. K., Fuhrmann, L., Lang, C., Saur, S., Berking, M., Zink, M., Ahnert, A., Falkai, P., Kraus, T., Hillemacher, T., Müller, F.-N., Kornhuber, J., Bönsch, D., Kerkemeyer, L., & Steins-Löber, S. (2022). Association of impulsivity with quality of life and well-being after alcohol withdrawal treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78(7), 1451–1462. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23316

Reichl, D., Enewoldsen, N., Weisel, K. K., Saur, S., Fuhrmann, L., Lang, C., Berking, M., Zink, M., Ahnert, A., Falkai, P., Kraus, T., Hillemacher, T., Müller, F.-N., Lins, S., Bönsch, D., Kerkemeyer, L., & Steins-Löber, S. (2022). Lower Emotion Regulation Competencies Mediate the Association between Impulsivity and Craving during Alcohol Withdrawal Treatment. Substance Use & Misuse, 57(4), 649–655. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2022.2034878

Reichl, D., Schlaf, K. N., Wickles, J., & Steins-Löber, S. (2022). Selbstmitgefühl mediiert den Zusammenhang zwischen dysfunktionalen Persönlichkeitsstilen und der mentalen Gesundheit depressiver Patient_innen. Zeitschrift für klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 51(1), 37–46. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000649

Saur, S., Weisel, K. K., Lang, C., Fuhrmann, L. M., Steins-Löber, S., Enewoldsen, N., Reichl, D., Zink, M., Jakobi, F., Rudolph, M., Ahnert, A., Braunwarth, W.-D., Falkai, P., Koller, G., Behle, N., Hager, L., Hillemacher, T., Heepe, P., Müller, F.-N., … Berking, M. (2022). App-based maintenance treatment for alcohol use disorder after acute inpatient treatment: Study protocol for a multicentre randomized controlled trial. Internet Interventions, 28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2022.100517

Brand, M., Müller, A., Stark, R., Steins-Löber, S., Klucken, T., Montag, C., Diers, M., Wolf, O. T., Rumpf, H.-J., Wölfling, K., & Wegmann, E. (2021). Addiction Research Unit: Affective and cognitive mechanisms of specific Internet-use disorders. Addiction Biology, 26(6), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13087

Helbrich, H., Braun, M., Hanusch, C., Mueller, G., Falk, H., Flondor, R., Harbeck, N., Hermelink, K., Wuerstlein, R., Keim, S., Neufeld, F., Steins-Löber, S., & Heartl, K. (2021). Congruence and trajectories of device-measured and self-reported physical activity during therapy for early breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 188(2), 351–359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-021-06195-7

Kogel, A.-K., Herpertz, S., Steins-Löber, S., & Diers, M. (2021). Disorder specific rewarding stimuli in anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(8), 1477–1485. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23526

Kollei, I., Leins, J., Rinck, M., Waldorf, M., Kuhn, M., Rauh, E., & Steins-Löber, S. (2021). Implicit approach-avoidance tendencies toward food and body stimuli absent in individuals with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and healthy controls. The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 55(1), 85–97. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23638

Leins, J., Waldorf, M., Suchan, B., Diers, M., Herpertz, S., Paslakis, G., & Steins-Löber, S. (2021). Exposure to the thin beauty ideal: Are there subliminal priming effects?. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(4), 506–515. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23461

Müller, A., Claes, L., Birlin, A., Georgiadou, E., Laskowski, N. M., Steins-Löber, S., Brand, M., & de Zwaan, M. (2021b). Associations of Buying-Shopping Disorder Symptoms with Identity Confusion, Materialism, and Socially Undesirable Personality Features in a Community Sample. European Addiction Research, 27, 142–150. https://doi.org/10.1159/000511078

Müller, A., Claes, L., Birlin, A., Georgiadou, E., Laskowski, N. M., Steins-Löber, S., Brand, M., & De Zwaan, M. (2021a). Symptoms with Identity Confusion, Materialism, and Socially Undesirable Personality Features in a Community Sample. Europe Addiction Research, 27(2), 142–150. https://doi.org/10.1159/000511078

Müller, A., Laskowski, N. M., Wegmann, E., Steins-Löber, S., & Brand, M. (2021). Problematic Online Buying-Shopping: Is it Time to Considering the Concept of an Online Subtype of Compulsive Buying-Shopping Disorder or a Specific Internet-Use Disorder?. Current Addiction Reports, 8(4), 494–499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00395-3

Pape, M., Herpertz, S., Schroeder, S., Van der Velde, C., Färber, T., Wolstein, J., & Steins-Löber, S. (2021). Food Addiction and Its Relationship to Weight- and Addiction-Related Psychological Parameters in Individuals With Overweight and Obesity. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.736454

Prill, S., Henning, C., Schroeder, S., Steins-Löber, S., & Wolstein, J. (2021). Does Weight-Cycling Influence Illness Beliefs in Obesity?: A Gender-Sensitive Approach. Journal of Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8861386

Reichl, D., Bonn, E., Enewoldsen, N., Schwenzner, S., & Steins-Löber, S. (2021). Impulsivität und assoziierte Konstrukte bei drogenabhängigen Patienten. Sucht, 67(3), 151–159. https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000706

Ahmadiankalati, M., Steins-Löber, S., & Paslakis, G. (2020). Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Using e-Health Interventions for Patients With Eating Disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11(568), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00568

Flayelle, M., Castro-Calvo, J., Vögele, C., Astur, R., Ballester-Arnal, R., Challet-Bouju, G., Brand, M., Cárdenas, G., Devos, G., Elkholy, H., Grall-Bronnec, M., James, R. J. E., Jiménez-Martínez, M., Khazaal, Y., Valizadeh-Haghi, S., King, D. L., Liu, Y., Lochner, C., Steins-Löber, S., … Billieux, J. (2020). Towards a cross-cultural assessment of binge-watching: Psychometric evaluation of the “watching TV series motives” and “binge-watching engagement and symptoms” questionnaires across nine languages. Computers in Human Behaviors, 111(106410). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106410

Steins-Löber, S., Lörsch, F., Van der Velde, C., Müller, A., Brand, M., Duka, T., & Wolf, O. T. (2020). Does acute stress influence the Pavlovian-to-Instrumental-transfer effect? Implications for substance use disorders. Psychopharmacology, 237(8), 2305–2316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-020-05534-8

Steins-Löber, S., Reiter, T., Harbarth, L., Averbeck, H., & Brand, M. (2020). Binge-watching behaviour: The role of impulsivity and depression. European Addiction Research, 26(3), 141–150. https://doi.org/10.1159/000506307

Trotzke, P., Müller, A., Brand, M., Starcke, K., & Steins-Löber, S. (2020). Buying despite negative consequences: Interaction of craving, implicit cognitive processes, and inhibitory control in the context of buying shopping disorder. Addictive Behaviors, 110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106523

Vogel, V., Dittrich, M., Horndasch, S., Kratz, O., Moll, G. H., Erim, Y., Paslakis, G., Rauh, E., & Steins-Löber, S. (2020). Pavlovian-to-instrumental-transfer in Anorexia Nervosa: A pilot-study on conditioned learning and instrumental responding to low- and high-calorie food stimuli. European Journal of Neuroscience, 51(8), 1794–1805. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14592

Wyssen, A., Leins, J., Reichenberger, J., Blechert, J., Munsch, S., & Steins-Löber, S. (2020). Body‐related cognitive distortions (thought–shape fusion body) associated with thin‐ideal exposure in female students—An ecological momentary assessment study. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 27(2), 220–227. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2421

Liu, Y., van den Wildenberg, W. P. M., de Graaf, Y., Ames, S. L., Baldacchino, A., Bø, R., Cadaveira, F., Campanella, S., Christiansen, P., Claus, E. D., Colzato, L. S., Filbey, F. M., Foxe, J. J., Garavan, H., Hendershot, C. S., Hester, R., Jester, J. M., Karoly, H. C., Kräplin, A., … Wiers, R. W. (2019). Is (poly-) substance use associated with impaired inhibitory control? A mega-analysis controlling for confounders. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105, 288–304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.07.006

Müller, A., Brand, M., Claes, L., Demetrovics, Z., de Zwaan, M., Fernández-Aranda, F., Frost, R. O., Jimenez-Murcia, S., Lejoyeux, M., Steins-Löber, S., Mitchell, J. E., Moulding, R., Nedeljkovic, M., Trotzke, P., Weinstein, A., & Kyrios, M. (2019). Buying-shopping disorder—is there enough evidence to support its inclusion in ICD-11?. CNS Spectrums, 24(4), 374–379. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1092852918001323

Müller, A., Steins-Löber, S., Trotzke, P., Vogel, B., Georgiadou, E., & De Zwaan, M. (2019). Online shopping in treatment-seeking patients with buying-shopping disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 94, 152120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.152120

Müller, A., Trotzke, P., & Steins-Löber, S. (2019). Kaufsucht im Internet. Suchttherapie, 20(4), 192–197. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1018-7250

Schultz, J., Neumann, R., & Steins-Löber, S. (2019). Impulsivity and relapse during treatment of methamphetamine use disorder. Sucht, 65(4), 263–270. https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000616

Steins-Löber, S., Madjarova, R., Lörsch, F., Herpertz, S. C., Flor, H., & Duka, T. (2019). An experimental study on spontaneous recovery of conditioned reward expectancies and instrumental responding in humans. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 118, 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.03.010

Vogel, B., Trotzke, P., Steins-Löber, S., Schäfer, G., Stenger, J., de Zwaan, M., Brand, M., & Müller, A. (2019). An experimental examination of cognitive processes and response inhibition in patients seeking treatment for buying-shopping disorder. PLOS ONE, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212415

Wollenhaupt, C., Wilke, L., Erim, Y., Rauh, M., Steins-Löber, S., & Paslakis, G. (2019). The association of leptin secretion with cognitive performance in patients with eating disorders. Psychiatry Research, 276, 269–277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.05.001

Block, I., & Loeber, S. (2018). Evidenzbasierte Psychotherapie bei Abhängigkeitserkrankungen. Der Nervenarzt, 89(3), 283–289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-018-0483-7

Kollei, I., Rustemeier, M., Schroeder, S., Jongen, S., Herpertz, S., & Loeber, S. (2018). Cognitive control in individuals with obesity with and without binge eating disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51(3), 233–240. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22824

Leins, J., Waldorf, M., Kollei, I., Rinck, M., & Steins-Löber, S. (2018). Approach and avoidance: Relations with the thin body ideal in women with disordered eating behavior. Psychiatry Research, 269, 286–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.029

Loeber, S., Rustemeier, M., Paslakis, G., Pietrowsky, R., Müller, A., & Herpertz, S. (2018). Mood and restrained eating moderate food-associated response inhibition in obese individuals with binge eating disorder. Psychiatry Research, 264, 346–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.081

Vogel, V., Kollei, I., Duka, T., Snagowski, J., Brand, M., Müller, A., & Loeber, S. (2018). Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer: A new paradigm to assess pathological mechanisms with regard to the use of Internet applications. Behavioural Brain Research, 347, 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2018.03.009

Czapla, M., Herpertz, S. C., Baeuchl, C., Simon, J. J., Richter, B., Kluge, M., Friederich, H.-C., Mann, K., & Löber, S. (2017). Do alcohol-dependent patients show different neural activation during response inhibition than healthy controls in an alcohol-related fMRI go/no-go-task?. Psychopharmacology, 234(6), 1001–1015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-017-4541-9

Kollei, I., Lukas, C. A., Loeber, S., & Berking, M. (2017). An app-based blended intervention to reduce body dissatisfaction: A randomized controlled pilot study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(11), 1104–1108. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000246

Czapla, M., Simon, J. J., Richter, B., Kluge, M., Friederich, H.-C., Herpertz, S., Mann, K., Herpertz, S. C., & Loeber, S. (2016). The impact of cognitive impairment and impulsivity on relapse of alcohol-dependent patients: implications for psychotherapeutic treatment. Addiction Biology, 21(4), 873–884. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.12229

Czapla, M., Vollstädt-Klein, S., Fauth-Bühler, M., Best, E., Fix, M., Mann, K., Herpertz, S. C., & Loeber, S. (2016). Response inhibition deficits: Reliability of alcohol-related assessment tasks. Sucht, 64(4), 203–215. https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000431

Gerlach, G., Loeber, S., & Herpertz, S. (2016). Personality disorders and obesity: a systematic review. Obesity Reviews, 17(8), 691–723. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12415

Loeber, S., Burgmer, R., Wyssen, A., Leins, J., Rustemeier, M., Munsch, S., & Herpertz, S. (2016). Short-term effects of media exposure to the thin ideal in female inpatients with an eating disorder compared to female inpatients with a mood or anxiety disorder or women with no psychiatric disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 49(7), 708–715. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22524

Gerlach, G., Herpertz, S., & Loeber, S. (2015). Personality traits and obesity: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews, 16(1), 32–63. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12235

Kiefer, F., Kirsch, M., Bach, P., Hoffmann, S., Reinhard, I., Jorde, A., von der Goltz, C., Spanagel, R., Mann, K., Loeber, S., & Vollstädt-Klein, S. (2015). Effects of D-cycloserine on extinction of mesolimbic cue reactivity in alcoholism: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Psychopharmacology, 232(13), 2353–2362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-015-3882-5

Loeber, S., Zimmermann, P., Czapla, M., Simon, J., Friederich, H.-C., & Herpertz, S. C. (2015). Is binge drinking in young adults associated with an alcohol-specific impairment of response inhibition?. European Addiction Research, 21(2), 105–113. https://doi.org/10.1159/000367939

Müller, A., Loeber, S., Söchtig, J., Te Wildt, B., & Zwaan, M. de. (2015). Risk for exercise dependence, eating disorder pathology, alcohol use disorder and addictive behaviors among clients of fitness centers. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 4(4), 273–280. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.4.2015.044

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Loeber, S., Mann, K., & Croissant, B. (2009). Der Fragebogen zur Evaluation betrieblicher suchtpräventiver Interventionsmaßnahmen (FEBSI). Das Gesundheitswesen, 71(03), 134–139. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1087198

Loeber, S., Vollstädt-Klein, S., von der Goltz, C., Flor, H., Mann, K., & Kiefer, F. (2009). Attentional bias in alcohol‐dependent patients: the role of chronicity and executive functioning. Addiction Biology, 14(2), 194–203. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-1600.2009.00146.x

Vollstädt-Klein, S., Loeber, S., von der Goltz, C., Mann, K., & Kiefer, F. (2009). Avoidance of Alcohol-Related Stimuli Increases During the Early Stage of Abstinence in Alcohol-Dependent Patients. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 44(5), 458–463. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agp056

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