Main research interests
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Comparative thinking (e.g., social comparisons, counterfactual comparisons) and psychopathology
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Social comparison as an intervention
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Epidemiology, etiology and treatment of mental disorders (mainly PTSD, depression and social anxiety disorder)
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Curriculum Vitae
since 10/2022
Coordinator of the trauma ambulance of the University of Münster
Specialized ambulance for trauma-related mental disorders
University of Münster, Münster, Germanysince 08/2020
Postdoctoral researcher
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Münster
since 03/2024 Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Health Psychology, University of Münstersince 08/2020
Local coordinator of the IREM-freq study (multi-center-RCT, PI: Prof. A. Arntz)2018 - 2023
Clinical training to become a CBT therapist, IPP Münster08/2017 - 06/2020
PhD (summa cum laude)
Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Münster2016 - 2017
Master of Science, Clinical Psychology (cum laude)
Leiden University, the Netherlands2015 - 2016
Master of Science, Affective Disorders (distinction)
King's College London, UK2012 - 2015
Bachelor of Science, Psychology (cum laude)
University of Groningen, the NetherlandsPublications
- Hoppen, T. H., Wessarges, L., Jehn, M., Mutz, J., Kip, A., Schlechter, P., Meiser-Stedman, R., & Morina, N. (). Efficacy of psychological interventions for multiple-event-related PTSD in children and adolescents: a network meta-analysis. World Psychiatry, 24 (1), 144–145. doi: 10.1002/wps.21291.
- Hoppen, T. H., Wessarges, L., Jehn, M., Mutz, J., Kip, A., Schlechter, P., Meiser-Stedman, R., & Morina, N. (). Psychological Interventions for Child and Adolescent PTSD: A Network Meta-Analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, online. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2024.3908.
- Hoppen, T. H., Meiser-Stedman, R., Kip, A., Birkeland, M. S., & Morina, N. (). The efficacy of psychological interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder following exposure to single versus multiple traumatic events: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11 (2), 112–122. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00373-5.
- Morina, N., Meyer, T., McCarthy, P., Hoppen, T. H., & Schlechter, P. (). Evaluation of the Scales for Social Comparison of Appearance and Social Comparison of Well-being. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106, 625–637. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2023.2298887.
- Schlechter, P., Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (). Associations among posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, life-satisfaction, and well-being comparisons: A longitudinal investigation. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 37, 448–459. doi: 10.1002/jts.23018.
- Morina, N., Kampmann, I., Emmelkamp, P. M. G., Barbui, C., & Hoppen, T. H. (). Meta-analysis of virtual reality exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder. Psychological Medicine, 53, 2176–2176–2178. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721001690.
- Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (). Psychological interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder are effective irrespective of concurrent psychotropic medication intake: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 92, 27–37. doi: 10.1159/000527850.
- Schlechter, P., Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (). Counterfactual comparisons and affective styles in the aftermath of traumatic events. Current Psychology, 42, 32147–32156. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-04193-6.
- Hoppen, T. H., Meiser-Stedman, R., Jensen, T. K., Birkeland, S. M., & Morina, N. (). The efficacy of psychological interventions for PTSD in children and adolescents exposed to single vs. multiple traumas. Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 222, 196–203. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2023.24.
- Hoppen, T. H., Jehn, M., Holling, H., Mutz, J., Kip, A., & Morina, N. (). The efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for adult PTSD: A network and pairwise meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 91, 445–461. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000809.
- Hoppen, T. H., Kip, A., & Morina, N. (). Are psychological interventions for adult PTSD more efficacious and acceptable when treatment is delivered in higher frequency? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 95, Article 102684. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2023.102684.
- Grainger, L., Thompson, Z., Morina, N., Hoppen, T. H., & Meiser-Stedman, R. (). Associations between therapist factors and treatment efficacy in randomized controlled trials of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35 (5), 1405–1419. doi: 10.1002/jts.22840.
- Hoppen, T. H., Lindemann, A. S., & Morina, N. (). Safety of psychological interventions for adult post-traumatic stress disorder: meta-analysis on the incidence and relative risk of deterioration, adverse events and serious adverse events. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 221 (5), 658–667. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2022.111.
- Hoppen, T. H., Schlechter, P., Arntz, A., Rameckers, S. A., Ehring, T., & Morina, N. (). A brief measure of guilt and shame: Validation of the Guilt and Shame Questionnaire (GSQ-8). European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 13 (2). doi: 10.1080/20008066.2022.2146720.
- Mutz, J., Hoppen, T. H., Fabbri, C., & Lewis, C. M. (). Anxiety disorders and age-related changes in physiology. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 221 (3), 528–537. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.189.
- Hoppen, T. H., Priebe, S., Vetter, I., & Morina, N. (). Global Burden of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression in Countries Affected by War Between 1989 and 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. BMJ Global Health, 6 (7), e006303. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006303.
- Morina, N., Hoppen, T. H., & Kip, A. (). Study quality and efficacy of psychological interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Psychological Medicine, 51 (8), 1260–1270. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721001641.
- Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (). I’d do much better, if only … Counterfactual comparisons related to traumatic life events. Cognition and Emotion, 35 (2), 409–416. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2020.1832967.
- Morina, N., Kip, A., Hoppen, T. H., Priebe, S., & Meyer, T. (). A potential impact of physical distancing on physical and mental health. A rapid narrative umbrella review of meta-analyses on the link between social connection and health. BMJ Open, 11:e042335. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042335.
- Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (). Efficacy of positive psychotherapy in reducing negative and enhancing positive psychological outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open, 11 (9), e046017. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046017.
- Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (). Is high-quality of trials associated with lower treatment efficacy? A meta-analysis on the association between study quality and effect sizes of psychological interventions for pediatric PTSD. Clinical Psychology Review, 78 (101855). doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101855.
- Morina, N., Hoppen, T. H., & Priebe, S. (). Out of sight, out of mind: Refugees are just the tip of the iceberg. An illustration using the cases of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11:179. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00179.
- Hoppen, T. H., Heinz-Fischer, I., & Morina, N. (). If only… A systematic review and meta-analysis of social, temporal and counterfactual comparative thinking in PTSD. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11, 1737453. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2020.1737453.
- Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (). Psychotherapie: Praxis, Empirie und Theorie. in Raspe, H., Hofer, H. G., & Krohs, U. (ed.), Praxis und Wissenschaft. Fünf Disziplinen – eine Familie? (pp. 61–87). Brill. doi: 10.30965/9783957437556_004.
- Hoppen, T. H., & Morina, N. (). The prevalence of PTSD and major depression in the global population of adult war survivors: A meta-analytically informed estimate in absolute numbers. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10 (1), 1578637. doi: 10.1080/20008198.2019.1578637.
- Hoppen, T. H., & Chalder, T. (). Childhood adversity as a transdiagnostic risk factor for affective disorders in adulthood: A systematic review focusing on biopsychosocial moderating and mediating variables. Clinical Psychology Review, 65, 81–151. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2018.08.002.
Ad Hoc Reviewer
BMC Medicine; BMC Psychiatry; BMJ Open; Clinical Psychology Review; Current Psychology; Development and Psychopathology; Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences; European Journal of Psychotraumatology; Heliyon; Journal of Clinical Psychology; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease; Nature Medicine; Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Memberships
since 2024
Münster Center for Open Science (MüCOS)since 2023
Forum Friedenspsychologie / panel for peace psychologysince 2022
German Society of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (DGVT)2022-2023
German Association for Psychotherapists (DPtV)since 2020
German-speaking Society for Psychotraumatology (DeGPT)
European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS)
German Psychological Society (DGPs)
DGPs Division for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy2016-2017
British Psychological Society (BPS)Prices
2024 - Teaching award - best block seminar (seminar on PTSD)
2023 - Teaching award - best clinical seminar (seminar on major depression)
2022 - Falk-von-Reichenbach research award (DeGPT), research award in the field of psychotraumatology
2013 - 2020 - Scholarship recipient of the German National Academic Foundation, funding for undergraduate studies (B.Sc., M.Sc, M.Sc.) and psychotherapist training (CBT)
2019 - Scholarship recipient of the Sybille-Hahne-Stiftung, funding for research during PhD
2018 - Scholarship recipient of the DeGPT, first DeGPT Autumn School for psychotraumatology research