List of Publications

1997

Roth W.L., Klusemann J. & Kudielka B.M. (1997). "Lebenslust statt Alltagsfrust" - Konzeption, Beschreibung und erste Evaluation eines Trainings zur Steigerung des psychischen Wohlbefindens. Report Psychologie, 22: 858-871.

1998

Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer J., Hellhammer D.H., Wolf O.T., Varadi E., Pilz J. & Kirschbaum C. (1998). Sex differences in endocrine and psychological responses to psychosocial stress in healthy elderly subjects and the impact of a 2-week dehydroepiandrosterone treatment. Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 83:1756-1761.

Wolf O.T., Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer D.H., Hellhammer J. & Kirschbaum C. (1998). Opposing effects of DHEA replacement in elderly subjects on declarative memory and concentration after exposure to a laboratory stressor. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 23:617-629.

1999

Kirschbaum C., Kudielka B.M., Gaab J., Schommer N. & Hellhammer D.H. (1999). Impact of gender, menstrual cycle phase and oral contraceptives on the activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Psychosomatic Medicine, 61:154-162.

Kudielka B.M., Schmidt-Reinwald A.K., Hellhammer D.H. & Kirschbaum C. (1999). Psychological and endocrine responses to psychosocial stress and dexamethasone/corticotropin-releasing hormone in healthy postmenopausal women and young controls: The impact of age and a two-week estradiol treatment. Neuroendocrinology, 70:422-430.

Schommer N.C., Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer D.H. & Kirschbaum C. (1999). No evidence for a close relationship between personality traits and circadian cortisol rhythm or a single cortisol stress response. Psychological Reports, 84:840-842.

Wolf O.T., Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer D.H., Törber S., McEwen B.S. & Kirschbaum C. (1999). Two weeks of transdermal estradiol treatment in postmenopausal women and its effect on memory and mood: verbal memory changes are associated with the treatment induced estradiol increase. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 24:727-741.

2000

Kudielka B.M. (2000). Empirische Untersuchungen zur Regulation der Hypothalamus-Hypophysen-Nebennierenrindenachse: Der Einfluss von Alter, Geschlecht und Sexualsteroiden. Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag. ISBN/ISSN 3897128160.

Kudielka B.M. (2000). Hormonpillen: Der Traum von Jugend und Glück. UGB-Forum. Fachzeitschrift für Gesundheitsförderung, 6:296-298.

Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer D.H., & Kirschbaum C. (2000). Sex differences in human stress response. In: G. Fink (ed.), T.Cox, E.R.de Kloet, B.S. McEwen, N.R. Rose, N.J. Rothwell, R.T.Rubin, A. Steptoe, L. Swanson (associate eds.), Encyclopedia of stress, 1. edition, Vol.3 424-429. San Diego: Academic Press.
Kudielka B.M., Schmidt-Reinwald A.K., Hellhammer D.H., & Kirschbaum C. (2000). Psychosocial stress and HPA functioning: no evidence for a reduced resilience in elderly men. Stress, 3:229-240.

Wolf O.T., Preut R., Hellhammer D.H., Kudielka B.M., & Kirschbaum C. (2000). Testosterone and cognition in elderly men: a single testosterone injection blocks the practice effect in verbal fluency, but has no effect on spatial or verbal memory. Biological Psychiatry, 47:650-654.

2001

Kirschbaum C. & Kudielka B.M. (2001). Psychischer Stress und Cortisol - Was folgt aus der Wechselwirkung für die Behandlung von Addison-Patienten? Glandula, 14:25-27.

Kudielka B.M. & Kirschbaum C. (2001). Stress and health research. In: N.J. Smelser & P.B. Baltes (eds.), The international encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences (Vol. 22, pp. 15170-15175). Oxford, England: Elsevier.

Kudielka B.M. & Wolf O.T. (2001). Östrogene unter der Lupe: Beeinflusst das "weibliche" Geschlechtshormon die menschliche Stressreaktion und das verbale Gedächtnis? Menopause Praxis, 6:80-83.
2002

Kudielka B.M. & Kirschbaum C. (2002). Stress und Gesundheit. In: R. Schwarzer, M. Jerusalem & H. Weber (Hrsg.), Gesundheitspsychologie von A bis Z. Ein Handwörterbuch, 562-564. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Rohleder N., Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer D.H., Engel R., & Kirschbaum C. (2002). Age and sex steroid-related changes in glucocorticoid sensitivity of pro-inflammatory cytokine production after psychosocial stress. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 26:69-77.

2003

Kudielka B.M., Broderick, J.E., & Kirschbaum C. (2003). Compliance with saliva sampling protocols: electronic monitoring reveals invalid cortisol daytime profiles in noncompliant subjects. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65:313-319.

Kudielka B.M. & Kirschbaum C. (2003). Awakening cortisol responses are influenced by health status and awakening time but not by menstrual cycle phase. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 28:35-47.

2004

Broderick J.E., Arnold D., Kudielka B.M., Kirschbaum C., & Stone A.A. (2004). Salivary cortisol sampling compliance: comparison of patients and healthy volunteers across 7 days. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 29:636-650.

Grande G., Kümmel M., Struwe C., Jordan J., Schubmann R., Schulze F., Unterberg C., von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Fischer J.E. & Herrmann-Lingen C. (2004). Evaluation der deutschen Typ D-Skala (DS14) und Prävalenz der Typ D-Persönlichkeit bei kardiologischen und psychosomatischen Patienten sowie Gesunden. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Medizinische Psychologie, 54:413-422.

Kudielka B.M., Buske-Kirschbaum A., Hellhammer, D.H., & Kirschbaum C. (2004). HPA axis responses to laboratory psychosocial stress in healthy elderly adults, younger adults, and children: impact of age and gender. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 29:83-98.

Kudielka B.M., Buske-Kirschbaum A., Hellhammer, D.H. & Kirschbaum C. (2004). Differential heart rate reactivity and recovery after psychosocial stress in healthy children, younger adults, and elderly adults: impact of age and gender. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 11:116-121.

Kudielka B.M., & Kern S. (2004). Cortisol day profiles in victims of Mobbing (bullying at the work place): preliminary results of a first psychobiological field study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 56:149-150.

Kudielka B.M., Schommer N.C., Hellhammer D.H. & Kirschbaum C. (2004). Acute HPA axis responses, heart rate, and mood changes to psychosocial stress (TSST) in humans at different times of day. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 29:983-992.

Kudielka B.M., von Känel R., Gander M.-L. & Fischer J.E. (2004). Effort-reward imbalance, overcommitment and sleep in a working population. Work and Stress, 18:167-187.

Kudielka B.M., von Känel R., Gander M.-L., & Fischer J.E. (2004). The interrelationship of psychosocial risk factors related to coronary artery disease in a working population: do we measure distinct or overlapping psychological concepts? Behavioral Medicine, 30:35-43.

von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Abd-el-Razik A., Frey K. & Fischer J.E. (2004). Relationship between overnight neuroendocrine activity on morning haemostasis in working men. Clinical Science, 107:89-95.

von Känel R, Kudielka B.M., Schulze R., Gander M.-L. & Fischer J.E. (2004). Hypercoagulability in working men and women with high levels of panic-like anxiety. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 73:353-360.

von Känel R., Preckel D., Zraggen L., Mischler, K., Kudielka B.M., Haeberli A. & Fischer J.E. (2004). The effect of natural habituation on coagulation responses to acute mental stress and recovery in men. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 92: 1327-1335.

2005

Kirschbaum C., Kudielka B.M., Rohleder, N. & Wolf O.T. (2005). Endokrinologie und Immunologie des höheren Lebensalters. In: S.-H. Filipp & U.M. Staudinger (Hrsg.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, C7V/6 Entwicklungspsychologie des mittleren und höheren Erwachsenenalters, Kapitel 5, 173-208. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Kudielka B.M. (2005). "Die Balance muss stimmen". Interview. In: O.ton Das O2 Mitarbeitermagazin, 2:21.

Kudielka B.M., Hanebuth D., von Känel R., Gander M.-L., Grande G. & Fischer J.E. (2005). Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measured by the SF12 in working populations: associations with psychosocial work characteristics. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 10(4):429-440.

Kudielka B.M. & Kirschbaum C. (2005). Sex differences in HPA axis responses to stress: a review. Biological Psychology, 69:113-132.

Mischler K., Fischer J.E., Zraggen L., Kudielka B.M., Preckel D. & von Känel R. (2005). The effect of repeated acute mental stress on habituation and recovery responses in hemoconcentration and blood cells in healthy men. Life Sciences, 77:1166-1179.

Preckel D., von Känel R., Kudielka B.M. & Fischer J.E. (2005). Overcommitment to work is associated with vital exhaustion. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental. Health, 78:117-22.

von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Hanebuth D., Preckel D. & Fischer J.E. (2005). Different contribution of interleukin-6 and cortisol activity to total plasma fibrin concentration and to acute mental stress-induced fibrin formation. Clinical Science, 109:61-67.

von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Preckel D., Hanebuth D., Herrmann-Lingen C., Frey K. & Fischer J.E. (2005). Opposite effect of negative affect versus positive affect and social support on stress procoagulant reactivity. Physiology & Behavior, 86: 61-68.

Zgraggen L., Fischer J.E., Mischler, K., Preckel D., Kudielka B.M. & von Känel R. (2005). Relationship between hemoconcentration and blood coagulation responses to acute mental stress. Thrombosis Research, 115:175-83.

2006

Adam E., Hawkley L.C., Kudielka B.M., & Cacioppo J.T. (2006). Day-to-day dynamics of experience-cortisol associations in a population-based sample of older adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 103: 17058-17063.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (2006). Das Emmy Noether-Programm. Beihefter Spektrum der Wissenschaft, 1(1):12-13.

Federenko I.S., Wolf J.M., Wüst S., Schlotz W., Hellhammer J., Kudielka B.M., Kirschbaum C., Hellhammer D.H., & Wadhwa P.D. (2006). Parity does not alter baseline or stimulated activity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in women. Developmental Psychobiology, 48:703-711.

Kudielka B.M., Bellingrath S. & Hellhammer D.H. (2006). Cortisol in burnout and vital exhaustion: an overview. Applied Psychology to Work and Rehabilitation Medicine, 28(1) Suppl.1:34-42.

Kudielka, B.M., Federenko, I.S., Hellhammer, D.H. & Wüst, S. (2006). Morningness and eveningness: the free cortisol rise after awakening in "early birds" and "night owls". Biological Psychology, 72:141-6.

Kudielka, B.M., von Känel, R., Preckel, D., Zgraggen, L., Mischler, K. & Fischer, J.E. (2006). Impaired habituation of cortisol stress responses to repeated acute mental stress (TSST) in vital exhaustion. Biological Psychology, 72(2):147-53.

von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Preckel D., Hanebuth D. & Fischer J.E. (2006). Delayed response and lack of habituation in plasma interleukin-6 to acute mental stress in men. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 20:40-48.

2007

Kudielka B.M., Bellingrath S. & Hellhammer D.H. (2007). Further support for higher salivary cortisol levels in “morning” compared to “evening persons”. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 62:595-596.

Kudielka B.M., Buchtal J., Uhde A. & Wüst S. (2007). Circadian cortisol profiles and psychological self-reports in shift workers with and without recent change in the shift rotation system. Biological Psychology, 74:92-103.

Kudielka B.M., Hawkley L.C., Adam E.K. & Cacioppo J.T. (2007). Compliance with ambulatory saliva sampling in the Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study (CHASRS) and associations with social support. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 34:1-8.

Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer D.H. & Kirschbaum C. (2007). Sex differences in human stress response. In: G. Fink (Ed.), G. Chrousos, I. Craig, E.R. de Kloet, G. Feuerstein, B.S. McEwen, N.R. Rose, R.T. Rubin, A. Steptoe (associate Eds.), Encyclopedia of stress, 469-473, 2. revised edition. Oxford: Academic Press.

Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer D.H. & Kirschbaum C. (2007). Ten years of research with the Trier Social Stress Test – revisited. In: E. Harmon-Jones & P. Winkielman (Eds.), Social neuroscience: Integrating biological and psychological explanations of social behavior, chapter 4, pp. 56-83. New York: The Guilford Press.

Kudielka B.M. & Kirschbaum C. (2007). Biological bases of the stress response. In: M. Al’Absi (Ed.), Stress and addiction: biological and psychological mechanisms, chapter 1, 3-19. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Kudielka B.M., Wüst S. Kirschbaum C. & Hellhammer D.H. (2007). Trier Social Stress Test. In: G. Fink (Ed.), G. Chrousos, I. Craig, E.R. de Kloet, G. Feuerstein, B.S. McEwen, N.R. Rose, R.T. Rubin, A. Steptoe (associate Eds.), Encyclopedia of stress, 776-781, 2. revised edition. Oxford: Academic Press.

Preckel D., Meinel M., Kudielka B.M., Haug H.-J. & Fischer J.E. (2007). Effort-reward-imbalance, overcommitment and self-reported health: is it the interaction that matters? Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 80:91-107.

von Känel R., Mausbach B.T., Kudielka B.M. & Orth-Gomér K. (2007). Relation of morning serum cortisol to prothrombotic activity in women with stable coronary artery disease. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis.

von Känel R., Preckel D., Kudielka B.M. & Fischer J.E. (2007). Responsiveness and habituation of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) plasma levels to acute psychosocial stress in men: determinants and effect of stress-hemoconcentration. Physiology Research, 56.

Wilhelm I., Born J., Kudielka B.M., Schlotz W. & Wüst S. (2007). Is the cortisol awakening rise a response to awakening? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32:358-366.

In Press

Kudielka B.M. & Wüst S. The cortisol awakening response (CAR): A useful tool for ambulant assessment of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity. In: Columbus, F. (Ed.), Circadian rhythms and health research trends. New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc.

von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Metzenthin P., Helfricht S., Preckel D., Haeberli A., Stutz M. & Fischer J.E. Aspirin, but not propranolol, attenuates the acute stress-induced increase in circulating levels of interleukin-6: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

Submitted & In Preparation

Bellingrath S., Weigl. T. & Kudielka B.M. Cortisol dysregulation in chronically stressed school teachers in relation to burnout, vital exhaustion, and effort-reward-imbalance.

Bellingrath S., Weigl T. & Kudielka B.M. Chronic work stress is associated with higher allostatic load in school teachers.

Fischer J.C., Kudielka B.M., von Känel R., Siegrist J., Thayer J. & Fischer J.E. Cardiovascular aging, psychosocial risk factors, and the socio-economic gradient: Any role for bone-marrow derived progenitor cells?

Klingmann P.O., Kugler I., Steffke T.S., Bellingrath S., Kudielka B.M., Hellhammer D.H. Sex-specific prenatal programming: A risk for fibromyalgia?

Kudielka B.M. Human models in acute and chronic stress.

Kudielka B.M. & Bellingrath S. First results on the Trier Teacher Stress Study: A psychobiological perspective In: F. Columbus (Ed.), Biological psychology: new research. New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc.

Kudielka B.M., Bellingrath S. & von Känel R. (under revision). Fibrinogen but not D-dimer is associated with vital exhaustion in school teachers.

Kudielka B.M., Fischer J.E., Metzenthin P., Helfricht S., Preckel D. & von Känel R. No effect of 5-day treatment with acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) or the beta-blocker propranolol (inderal) on free cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress: a randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Kudielka B.M. & Wüst S. Grundlagen und Modelle der psychobiologischen Stressforschung. In: P.-M. Wippert & J. Beckmann (Eds.), Stress- und Schmerzursachen verstehen. Gesundheitspsychologie und -soziologie in Prävention und Rehabilitation. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag.

Looser R.R., Metzenthin P., Helfricht S., Kudielka B.M., Meinel M., Thayer J.F. & Fischer J.E. Circadian endocrine cortisol secretion, stress responses and autonomous nervous system regulation in critical care personel.

Preckel D., Meinel M., von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Hanebuth D., Haug J.-J., Frey K. & Fischer J.E. Effort-reward-imbalance / overcommitment and their relation to allostatic load.

Thayer J., Hanebuth D., Kudielka B.M. & Fischer J.E. Evidence for the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in healthy human adults.

von Känel R., Bellingrath S. & Kudielka B.M. Association between burnout and circulating levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in school teachers.

von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Helfricht S., Metzenthin P., Preckel D., Haeberli A., Stutz M. & Fischer J.E. The effect of aspirin and non-selective beta blockade on the acute prothrombotic response to psychosocial stress in apparently healthy subjects.

von Känel R., Kudielka B.M., Helfricht S., Metzenthin P., Preckel D., Haeberli A., Stutz M. & Fischer J.E. Effect of aspirin and propranolol on the acute response in coagulation factor VIII to psychosocial stress: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled experimental study.