Thorsten Barnhofer

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

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Thorsten Barnhofer is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Barnhofer has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 48 papers in Clinical Psychology and 14 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Barnhofer's work include Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (40 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (32 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (15 papers). Thorsten Barnhofer is often cited by papers focused on Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (40 papers), Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (32 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (15 papers). Thorsten Barnhofer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Thorsten Barnhofer's co-authors include Catherine Crane, J. Mark G. Williams, Filip Raes, Tim Dalgleish, James Williams, Edward Watkins, Danielle S. Duggan, Melanie Fennell, Silvia R. Hepburn and Tobias Chittka and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, PLoS ONE and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Barnhofer

64 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder.

2007 1.2k citations James Williams, Thorsten Barnhofer et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
Examining the factor structure of the 39-item and 15-item versions of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire before and after mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with recurrent depression.

2016 299 citations Catherine Crane, Thorsten Barnhofer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thorsten Barnhofer United Kingdom	31	2.8k	2.1k	1.3k	1.2k	819	67	4.6k
Anne Marie Albano United States	46	7.0k 2.5×	3.5k 1.7×	566 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	135	8.2k
Jacqueline B. Persons United States	31	3.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	365 0.3×	416 0.4×	983 1.2×	81	4.3k
Kathryn Lemery‐Chalfant United States	34	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	386 0.3×	501 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	140	4.5k
Martin Grosse Holtforth Switzerland	34	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	220 0.2×	677 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	184	4.4k
Melanie Fennell United Kingdom	31	3.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	301 0.2×	407 0.3×	896 1.1×	40	4.4k
Robert J. Kohlenberg United States	25	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	544 0.4×	404 0.3×	717 0.9×	70	3.4k
Tanja Michael Germany	35	2.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	464 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	775 0.9×	121	5.2k
Jeanette Taylor United States	32	2.0k 0.7×	896 0.4×	323 0.3×	338 0.3×	471 0.6×	95	3.3k
Regina Steil Germany	33	3.5k 1.3×	1.0k 0.5×	248 0.2×	578 0.5×	543 0.7×	151	4.3k
Maaike H. Nauta Netherlands	30	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	255 0.2×	559 0.5×	707 0.9×	118	3.6k

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Barnhofer, Thorsten, et al.. (2024). Investigating change in the ability to decentre and depressive symptomatology over the course of a six-month mindfulness-based intervention in patients with persistent depression. Psychiatry Research. 341. 116153–116153.

Whitfield, Tim, Marco Schlosser, Antoine Lutz, et al.. (2024). Impact of mindfulness‐based and health self‐management interventions on mindfulness, self‐compassion, and physical activity in older adults with subjective cognitive decline: A secondary analysis of the SCD‐Well randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 16(1). e12558–e12558. 6 indexed citations

Schlosser, Marco, Harriet Demnitz‐King, Thorsten Barnhofer, et al.. (2023). Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention and a health self-management programme on psychological well-being in older adults with subjective cognitive decline: Secondary analyses from the SCD-Well randomised clinical trial. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295175–e0295175. 4 indexed citations

Williams, Kate, Rebecca Elliott, Shane McKie, et al.. (2020). Changes in the neural correlates of self-blame following mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in remitted depressed participants. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 304. 111152–111152. 17 indexed citations

Gärtner, Matti, Milan Scheidegger, Yan Fan, et al.. (2018). Aberrant working memory processing in major depression: evidence from multivoxel pattern classification. Neuropsychopharmacology. 43(9). 1972–1979. 32 indexed citations

Gärtner, Matti, et al.. (2017). Brief training in mindfulness meditation reduces symptoms in patients with a chronic or recurrent lifetime history of depression: A randomized controlled study. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 99. 124–130. 27 indexed citations

Rimes, Katharine A., et al.. (2016). Effects of Brief Behavioural Activation on Approach and Avoidance Tendencies in Acute Depression: Preliminary Findings. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 45(1). 58–72. 18 indexed citations

Brennan, Kate, Thorsten Barnhofer, Catherine Crane, Danielle S. Duggan, & J. Mark G. Williams. (2015). Memory specificity and mindfulness jointly moderate the effect of reflective pondering on depressive symptoms in individuals with a history of recurrent depression.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 124(2). 246–255. 16 indexed citations

Costa, Ana Carolina Carioca da & Thorsten Barnhofer. (2015). Turning Towards or Turning Away: A Comparison of Mindfulness Meditation and Guided Imagery Relaxation in Patients with Acute Depression. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 44(4). 410–419. 15 indexed citations

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Crane, Catherine, Dhruvi Shah, Thorsten Barnhofer, & Emily A. Holmes. (2011). Suicidal imagery in a previously depressed community sample. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 19(1). 57–69. 76 indexed citations

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Williams, J. Mark G., Ian Russell, Catherine Crane, et al.. (2010). Staying well after depression: trial design and protocol. BMC Psychiatry. 10(1). 23–23. 36 indexed citations

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Crane, Catherine, et al.. (2009). The relationship between dispositional mindfulness and conditional goal setting in depressed patients. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 49(3). 281–290. 13 indexed citations

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Crane, Catherine, Thorsten Barnhofer, & J. Mark G. Williams. (2007). Reflection, brooding, and suicidality: A preliminary study of different types of rumination in individuals with a history of major depression. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 46(4). 497–504. 65 indexed citations

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Crane, Catherine, Thorsten Barnhofer, & J. Mark G. Williams. (2007). Cue self-relevance affects autobiographical memory specificity in individuals with a history of major depression. Memory. 15(3). 312–323. 58 indexed citations

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Williams, James, Thorsten Barnhofer, Catherine Crane, et al.. (2007). Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder.. Psychological Bulletin. 133(1). 122–148. 1207 indexed citations breakdown →

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Williams, J. Mark G., Yousra Alatiq, Catherine Crane, et al.. (2007). Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) in bipolar disorder: Preliminary evaluation of immediate effects on between-episode functioning. Journal of Affective Disorders. 107(1-3). 275–279. 212 indexed citations

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Barnhofer, Thorsten, Danielle S. Duggan, Catherine Crane, et al.. (2007). Effects of meditation on frontal α-asymmetry in previously suicidal individuals. Neuroreport. 18(7). 709–712. 81 indexed citations

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Williams, J. Mark G., Catherine Crane, Thorsten Barnhofer, Willem van der Does, & Zindel V. Segal. (2006). Recurrence of suicidal ideation across depressive episodes. Journal of Affective Disorders. 91(2-3). 189–194. 89 indexed citations

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Williams, J. Mark G., Thorsten Barnhofer, Catherine Crane, & Aaron T. Beck. (2005). Problem Solving Deteriorates Following Mood Challenge in Formerly Depressed Patients With a History of Suicidal Ideation.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 114(3). 421–431. 163 indexed citations

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Barnhofer, Thorsten, et al.. (2002). Specificity of autobiographical memories in depression: An analysis of retrieval processes in a think‐aloud task. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 41(4). 411–416. 44 indexed citations

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