Scientific Publications

Preprints

Rothkegel, L., & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2025). Pupillary reactions depend on disgust sensitivity in conceptual pavlovian disgust conditioning. arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.20601.

Rothkegel, L., & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2025). Increasing Efficiency of the Chain of Contagion Task. arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.19314

2026

Cwik, J. C., Cludius, B, Bentz, D., Riehle, M., Ehrenthal, J. C., Haberkamp, A., Clamor, A., Blackwell, S. E., Salazar Kämpf. M., Nazarenus, E., Rahal, R., Möllmann, A., Fink-Lamotte, J., Burghardt, J., Boehnke, J., & Hilbert, K. (in press). Making Patient Data Count—Opportunities and Challenges for Open Science in Clinical Psychology. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.70162

Fink-Lamotte, J. (2026). From Exposure to Insight: Lessons From Five Contemporary OCD Cases and Where Treatment Should Go Next. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.70098

Ouellet-Couttois, C., Coughtrey, A., Krause, S. & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2026). Magical Contagion Beliefs in Psychopathology: A Review of Cognitive Mechanisms and Maintaining Factors. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2025.102085

Pelzer, M., Ouellet-Courtois, C, Krause, S., Coughtrey, A. & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2026). Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms Moderate the Effect of Contamination Motion on Disgust Intensity. Journal of Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2025.102068

Rothkegel, L. O. M., & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2026). Von den Grundlagen zur Praxis: Evidenzbasierte Behandlung von Ekel bei kontaminationsbezogenen Zwangsstörungen. Psychotherapeut.

Rothkegel, L. O. M., Bordjian-Boroudjieni, S., Reinoso Schiller, N., Davey, G. C. L. & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2026). Beyond Unidimensionality: Development and Validation of the Multidimensional State Disgust Questionnaire (MSDQ) in Journal of Experimental Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1177/20438087261426423

Soltani, P., Morovati, Z., Afrashteh, M. Y., Fink-Lamotte, J. & Alizadehgoradel, J. (2026). Targeting the prefrontal-supplementary motor network with online and offline tDCS to modulate disgust: A single-blind and sham-controlled study. Behavioural Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2026.116077

2025

Cludius, B., Cwik, J., Fink-Lamotte, J., Fischer, M., Kühne, F., Müller. C., Paunov, T. & Zotschew, T. (2025). Diagnostik der Zwangsstörung: Zwangsstörung bei Erwachsenen: Frei verfügbare Diagnostikinstrumente. Psychotherapeuten Journal.

Fink-Lamotte, J., Nolte, E., Huhn, L., Salazar Kämpf, M., Daus, H., Jahn, I., Stengler, K., Exner, C. & Rohr, M. K. (2025). Symptom accommodation in obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depression disorder: Effects on relationship quality. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2025.100950

Fink-Lamotte, J., Wehle, S., Brinkmann, F., Pelzer, M., Exner, C. & Stierle, C. (2025). Shame and disgust in patients with inflammatory skin diseases: A systematic review of psychological correlates and psychotherapeutic approaches. Frontiers in Medicine. http://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1620940

Hilkenmeier, F., Pelzer, M., Stierle, C., & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2025). Evaluating the AI Tool “Elicit” as a Semi-Automated Second Reviewer for Data Extraction in Systematic Reviews: A Proof-of-Concept. Social Science Computer Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393251404052

Kühne, F., Hobrecker, L., Fink-Lamotte, J., Meissner, C., Zirngibl., A., & Weck, F. (2025). The spit-face scenario: Inducing contamination-based disgust and using imagery rescripting, exposure or psychoeducation in an online experiment. Cognitive Therapy and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10597-y

Müller, C., Fink-Lamotte, J., Jelinek, L., Lohse, L., Ehring, T., Noll-Hussong, M., Berberich, G., Wahl-Kordon, A., Borgelt, J., McKay, D., Abramowitz, J. S., Abramovitch, A., & Cludius, B. (2025). Translation and Validation of the German 12-Item Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (OCI-12) in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 7(4) https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.16165

Müller, C., Jelinek, L., Fink-Lamotte, J., Scheunemann, J., McKay, D., Abramowitz, J. S., Abramovitch, A., & Cludius, B. (2025). Four Questions for Clarity: A First Investigation of the German Version of the OCI-4 as an Ultra-Brief Screening Tool for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2025.100953

Pelzer, M.¹, Rothkegel, L.¹, Mancini, A., Oglanova, N., & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2025). Efficacy of Imagery rescripting in non-fear emotions: A meta-analytic and systematic review. Behaviour Research and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2025.104810

Rauschenbach, A.-L., Hauffe, V., Fink-Lamotte, J., Tuschen-Caffier, B., Schmitz, J. (2025). Effects of Social Context Information on Neural Face Processing in Youth with Social Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70026

2024

Allermann, L.¹, Kurz, N.¹, Fink-Lamotte, J. & Haberkamp, A. (2024). Zwangsinhalte im Wandel der Zeit. Verhaltenstherapie, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1159/000539282

Fink-Lamotte, J., Bieber, H., Jordan, H., & Exner, C. (2024). Once in contact, forever contaminated! Introducing a clinically validated imagery- and video-based chain of contagion task for the measurement of disgust and contamination change in experimental research and clinical practice. Behavior Therapy., 55(5) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2024.03.002

Fink-Lamotte, J.¹, Hilbert, K.¹, Bentz, D., Blackwell, S., Boehnke, J. R., Burghardt, J., Cludius, B., Ehrenthal, J. C., Elsaesser, M., Haberkamp, A., Kräplin, A., Paret, C., Schulze, J., Wilker, S., & Niemeyer, H. (2024). Response to responsible research assessment I and II from the perspective of the DGPs working group on open science in clinical psychology. Meta-Psychology, 8. https://doi.org/10.15626/MP.2023.3794

Rauschenbach, A.-L., Hauffe, V., Fink-Lamotte, J., Tuschen-Caffier, B., & Schmitz, J. (2024). Age Effects in Neural Processing of Emotional Faces in Children and Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder. Biological Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2024.108827

2023

Fink-Lamotte, J., Hoyer, J., Platter, P., Stierle, C. & Exner, C. (2023). Shame on me? Love me tender! Inducing and changing shame and fear in social anxiety in an analogous sample. Clinical Psychology in Europe. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.7895

Fink-Lamotte, J., Kursim, A., & Exner, C. (2023). Changing OCD-related feelings of disgust and contamination by Cognitive Restructuring and Imagery Modification (CRIM): Test and discussion of an online-application. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100804

Hansmeier, J., Porrmann, R., Schumacher, K., Exner, C., & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2023). Exploring the link between thought-action fusion and symptom-based shame in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100848

2022

Daus, H., Fink-Lamotte, J., & Backenstrass, M. (2022). Mobile-based, emotion-sensitive video diaries and ambulatory third-party assessments as indicators of mood states in bipolar disorder. Minerva Psychiatry, 63(4), 407-418. http://doi.org/10.23736/S2724-6612.21.02273-9

Fink-Lamotte, J., Platter, P., Stierle, C., & Exner, C. (2022). Mechanisms and effectiveness of imagery strategies in reducing disgust in contamination-related obsessive-compulsive disorder: Comparing imagery rescripting and imagery self-compassion. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 46, 747-763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-021-10275-9

Fink-Lamotte, J., & Stierle, C. (2022). Stigmatisierung und Schamreduktion bei Hauterkrankungen. Hautnah Dermatologie, 38(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15012-021-6824-4

Lueken, U., Fink-Lamotte, J., Christiansen, H., Deisenhofer, A.-K., & Schneider, S. (2022). Replikationskrise, p-hacking und Open Science – Eine Umfrage zu fragwürdigen Forschungspraktiken in studentischen Projekten und Impulsen für die Lehre: Ein Kommentar der Sprecher:innengruppe der DGPs-Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie. Psychologische Rundschau, 73(1), 26-28. https://doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000567

2021

Fink-Lamotte, J., Svensson, F., Schmitz, J., & Exner, C. (2021). Are you looking or looking away? Visual exploration and avoidance of disgust- and fear-stimuli: An eye-tracking study. Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000993

Fink-Lamotte, J.¹, Jahn, I.¹, Stierle, C., Kühne, F., Lincoln, T., Stengler, K., & Exner, C. (2021). Die Validierung der Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) an einer deutschsprachigen Stichprobe. Verhaltenstherapie, 31(2), 119-121. https://doi.org/10.1159/000510093

Fink-Lamotte, J., Widmann, A., Sering, K., Schröger, E., & Exner, C. (2021). Attentional processing of disgust and fear and its relationship with contamination-based obsessive-compulsive symptoms: Stronger response urgency to disgusting stimuli in disgust-prone individuals. Frontiers in Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.596557

Kühne, F., Paunov, T., Abramowitz, J. S., Fink-Lamotte, J., Hansen, B., Kvale, G., & Weck, F. (2021). Screening for obsessive-compulsive symptoms: Validation of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale – English and German short forms. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2021.100625

2019-2020

Fink-Lamotte, J., Widmann, A., Fader, J., & Exner, C. (2020). Interpretation bias and contamination-based obsessive-compulsive symptoms influence emotional intensity related to disgust and fear. PLoS One, 15(4): e0232362. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232362

Fink-Lamotte, J., Lüders, J., & Exner, C. (2020). Enhancing motivation for exposure to disgust - A feasibility study with a non-clinical sample. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 25, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100524

Fink, J. & Exner, C. (2019). Does transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) improve disgust regulation through imagery rescripting? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00192

Fink, J., & Exner, C. (2019). Reduktion von Zwangssymptomen durch „nicht-invasive“ Hirnstimulation - Eine kritische Einordnung der Evidenz. Psychotherapeut, 64(3), 225-231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-019-0347-z

2018

Fink, J., Pflugradt, E., Stierle, C., & Exner, C. (2018). Changing disgust through imagery rescripting and cognitive reappraisal in contamination-based obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 54, 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.01.002

Fink, J., Buchta, F., & Exner, C. (2018). Differential response patterns to disgust-related pictures. Cognition and Emotion, 32(8), 1678-1690. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2017.1423040

Fink, J., Krämer, L., Lüttke, S., Richter, J., von Dawans, B., & Kogler, L. (2018). Nachwuchswissenschaftler in der Klinischen Psychologie und Psychotherapie: Vorteile und Barrieren einer DGPs-Mitgliedschaft. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 47, 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1026/1616-3443/a000466

Moritz, S., Fink, J., Miegel, F., Nitsche, K., Kraft, V., Tonn, P. & Jelinek, L. (2018). Obsessive-compulsive disorder is characterized by a lack of adaptive coping rather than an excess of maladaptive coping. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 42(5), 650-660. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-018-9902-0

2017

Fink, J., Hendrikx, F., Stierle, C., Stengler, K., Jahn, I., & Exner, C. (2017). The impact of attentional and emotional demands on memory performance in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 50, 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.05.007

Non-peer reviewed

Stierle, C. & Fink-Lamotte, J. (2024). Selbstmitgefühl bei dermatologischen Erkrankungen – Ein Überblick. Dermatologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00105-024-05453-1

¹shared first authorship