PD Dr. Myriam Thoma

Thoma, Myriam V., Redican, Enya, Adank, Nathanael, Schneemann, Valerie B., Shevlin, Mark, Maercker, Andreas, & Rohner, Shauna L. (2025). ICD-11 posttraumatic stress disorder and complex PTSD: prevalence, predictors, and construct validity in Swiss older adults [Journal-article]. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2024.2445368

Aeschlimann, A., Heim, E., Killikelly, C., Mahmoud, N., Haji, F., Stoeckli, R. T., Aebersold, M., Thoma, M., & Maercker, A. (2025). Cultural adaptation of a self-help app for grieving Syrian refugees in Switzerland. A feasibility and acceptability pilot-RCT. Internet Interventions, 39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2025.100800

Huerzeler, H. E., Boss, P., & Thoma, M. V. (2025). Addressing the heterogeneity of resilience scales: a systematic review and development of a unified resilience construct within a standardized resilience framework. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2025.2574049

Redican, Enya, Rohner, Shauna L., Adank, Nathanael, Schneemann, Valerie B., Shevlin, Mark, & Thoma, Myriam V. (2025). Adjustment Disorder and the “Stress-Response Continuum” in Older Adults. Traumatology. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000594

Thoma, M. V., Redican, E., Shevlin, M., Adank, N., Maercker, A., & Rohner, S. L. (2025). The mediating role of resilience in the association between trauma type and CPTSD among Swiss older adults El papel mediador de la resiliencia en la asociación entre el tipo de trauma y el TEPT-C en adultos mayores suizos. 16. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2568267

Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Fuhrer, J., Höltge, J., Salas Castillo, A. N., & Rohner, S. L. (2024). Predicting Intraindividual Change in Satisfaction with Life During COVID-19: A Prospective Study of Swiss Older Adults with Differing Levels of Childhood Adversity. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00791-2

Thoma, M. V., Balsiger, S.-V., Höltge, J., & Rohner, S. L. (2024). Investigating Stress Sensitization and Steeling for Early-Life Adversity and Recent Stressful Life Experiences: Health and Illness in Older Adulthood. SAGE Open, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241267141

Mäder, S. J., Thoma, M. V., Salas Castillo, A. N., Dorigo, M., & Rohner, S. L. (2024). Intra- and interpersonal influences on child adjustment and resilience in welfare care: A qualitative study with former caregivers in Switzerland. Children and Youth Services Review, 161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107653

Rohner, S. L., Dorigo, M., Salas Castillo, A. N., Mäder, S. J., & Thoma, M. V. (2024). Child maltreatment in Swiss welfare care until 1981: former caregivers’ perspectives on the welfare context. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 18(4), 763–791. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2023.2264799

Rusmir, M., Rohner, S. L., Maercker, A., Salas Castillo, A. N., & Thoma, M. V. (2024). Predictors and (in-)stability of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder in older adults: findings from a longitudinal study in Switzerland Predictores y (in)estabilidad del trastorno de estrés postraumático complejo del CIE-11 en adultos mayores: Hallazgos de un estudio longitudinal en Suiza. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2299618

Thoma, M. V., Salas Castillo, A. N., & Maercker, A. (2023). Psychotherapy for elderly patients Psychische Störungen im Alter und ihre psychotherapeutische Behandlung. PPmP Psychotherapie Psychosomatik Medizinische Psychologie, 73(12), 516–528. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1993-9570

Mutuyimana, C., Thoma, M. V., Maercker, A., Sezibera, V., & Heim, E. (2023). Caseness and comorbidity of probable (complex) post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in survivors of genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda: the role of social determinants. South African Journal of Psychology, 53(4), 521–532. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463231186269

Thoma, M. V., Salas Castillo, A. N., & Maercker, A. (2023). Growing older against the background of a traumatic childhood: Series of studies with older Swiss survivors of compulsory social measures and placement in foster care Älter werden vor dem Hintergrund einer traumatischen Kindheit: Untersuchungsserie bei älteren ehemaligen Betroffenen fürsorgerischer Zwangsmaßnahmen und Fremdplatzierung in der Schweiz. Psychotherapie, 68(6), 405–411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-023-00678-2

Höltge, J., Rohner, S. L., Heim, E. M., Nater, U., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). Differential Pathways from Child Maltreatment Types to Insecure Adult Attachment Styles via Psychological and Social Resources: A Bayesian Network Analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(11-12), 7089–7114. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221140039

McCutchen, C., Hyland, P., Maercker, A., Thoma, M. V., & Rohner, S. L. (2023). The Effects of Social Support on ACEs and Mental Health in Ireland. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 28(4), 377–388. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2124264

Pfluger, V., Fischer, S., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Reactions to Somatic Stress Questionnaire (RSSQ). European Journal of Health Psychology, 30(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000113

Rohner, S. L., Salas Castillo, A. N., Michel, J., Maercker, A., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). A socio-interpersonal perspective on the disclosure of childhood adversity: A qualitative comparative approach in Irish survivors. Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody and Child Development, 20(4), 507–527. https://doi.org/10.1080/26904586.2023.2177234

Thoma, M. V., Goreis, A., Rohner, S. L., Nater, U. M., Heim, E., & Höltge, J. (2023). Characteristics of health and well-being in former Jehovah’s Witnesses in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 26(7), 644–662. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2023.2255144

Thoma, M. V., Rohner, S. L., & Höltge, J. (2022). Editorial: Assessing the consequences of childhood trauma on behavioral issues and mental health outcomes. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1101099

Thoma, M. V., Rohner, S. L., Heim, E., Hermann, R. M., Roos, M., Evangelista, K. W. M., Nater, U. M., & Höltge, J. (2022). Identifying well-being profiles and resilience characteristics in ex-members of fundamentalist Christian faith communities. Stress and Health, 38(5), 1058–1069. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3157

Rohner, S. L., Salas Castillo, A. N., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Childhood adversity and later life prosocial behavior: A qualitative comparative study of Irish older adult survivors. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.966956

Pfluger, V., Rohner, S. L., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Associations Between Complex Trauma Exposure in Childhood/Adolescence and Psychopathology in Older Age: The Role of Stress Coping and Coping Self-Perception. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 15(3), 539–551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-021-00419-0

Pfluger, V., Rohner, S. L., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Internalizing Mental Health Disorders and Emotion Regulation: A Comparative and Mediational Study of Older Adults With and Without a History of Complex Trauma Exposure. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.820345

Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Pfluger, V., Eising, C. M., & Rohner, S. L. (2022). An exploratory comparison of resilience profiles of Swiss older adult survivors of child welfare-related maltreatment and controls. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 29(3), 1059–1067. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2691

Maercker, A., Bernays, F., Rohner, S. L., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). A cascade model of complex posttraumatic stress disorder centered on childhood trauma and maltreatment, attachment, and socio-interpersonal factors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 35(2), 446–460. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22756

Rohner, S. L., Bernays, F., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2022). Salutary mechanisms in the relationship between stress and health: The mediating and moderating roles of Sense of Coherence—Revised. Stress and Health, 38(2), 388–401. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3093

Höltge, Jan, Rohner, Shauna Leaden, Heim, Eva M., Nater, Urs, & Thoma, Myriam Verena. (2022). Differential Pathways from Child Maltreatment Types to Insecure Adult Attachment Styles via Psychological and Social Resources: A Bayesian Network Analysis. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 11-12(38), 7089–7114. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221140

Thoma, M. V., Kleineidam, L., Forstmeier, S., Maercker, A., Weyerer, S., Eisele, M., van den Bussche, H., König, H.-H., Röhr, S., Stein, J., Wiese, B., Pentzek, M., Bickel, H., Maier, W., Scherer, M., Riedel-Heller, S. G., & Wagner, M. (2021). Associations and correlates of general versus specific successful ageing components. European Journal of Ageing, 18(4), 549–563. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-020-00593-4

Thoma, M. V., Rohleder, N., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Clinical Ecopsychology: The Mental Health Impacts and Underlying Pathways of the Climate and Environmental Crisis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.675936

Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2021). Steeling in Later Life: Exploring Age-Specific Effects of Varying Levels of Stress on Psychological Resilience. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 92(2), 170–196. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415019871202

Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Eising, C. M., Maercker, A., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Child maltreatment, lifetime trauma, and mental health in Swiss older survivors of enforced child welfare practices: Investigating the mediating role of self-esteem and self-compassion. Child Abuse and Neglect, 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104925

Eising, C. M., Voelkle, M. C., Rohner, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2021). Lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder in older individuals with a history of institutional upbringing in childhood: the role of social acknowledgement and stressful life events 具有童年机构养育史的老年人的终身创伤后应激障碍:社交认可和压力性生活事件的作用 Trastorno de estrés postraumático durante la vida en personas mayores con antecedentes de crianza institucional en la niñez: el papel del reconocimiento social y los eventos vitales estresantes. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1915578

Thoma, M. V., Bernays, F., Eising, C. M., Pfluger, V., & Rohner, S. L. (2021). Health, stress, and well-being in Swiss adult survivors of child welfare practices and child labor: Investigating the mediating role of socio-economic factors. Child Abuse and Neglect, 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104769

Thoma, M. V., Höltge, J., Eising, C. M., Pfluger, V., & Rohner, S. L. (2020). Resilience and Stress in Later Life: A Network Analysis Approach Depicting Complex Interactions of Resilience Resources and Stress-Related Risk Factors in Older Adults. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.580969

Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., Carr, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2020). “Some call it resilience”: A profile of dynamic resilience-related factors in older adult survivors of childhood institutional adversity and maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect, 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104565

Thoma, M. V., Höltge, J., McGee, S. L., Maercker, A., & Augsburger, M. (2020). Psychological characteristics and stress differentiate between high from low health trajectories in later life: a machine learning analysis. Aging and Mental Health, 24(7), 1098–1107. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1584787

Schreier, H. M. C., Kuras, Y. I., McInnis, C. M., Thoma, M. V., St Pierre, D. G., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Wang, D., Goldblatt, D., & Rohleder, N. (2020). Childhood Physical Neglect Is Associated With Exaggerated Systemic and Intracellular Inflammatory Responses to Repeated Psychosocial Stress in Adulthood. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00504

Thoma, M. V., & Mc Gee, S. L. (2019). Successful aging in individuals from less advantaged, marginalized, and stigmatized backgrounds. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.v1i3.32578

Kleineidam, L., Thoma, M. V., Maercker, A., Bickel, H., Mösch, E., Hajek, A., König, H.-H., Eisele, M., Mallon, T., Luck, T., Röhr, S., Weyerer, S., Werle, J., Pentzek, M., Fuchs, A., Wiese, B., Mamone, S., Scherer, M., Maier, W., et al. (2019). What Is Successful Aging? A Psychometric Validation Study of Different Construct Definitions. The Gerontologist, 59(4), 738–748. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gny083

Sabik, N. J., Geiger, A. M., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Rohleder, N., & Wolf, J. M. (2019). The effect of perceived appearance judgements on psychological and biological stress processes across adulthood. Stress and Health, 35(3), 318–329. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2863

Kunzke, D., Thoma, M.V., & Joksimovic, L. (2019). Pharmacotherapy and/or psychotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder: Systematic review of therapy approaches and their effectiveness Pharmako- und/oder Psychotherapie bei posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung: Systematischer Überblick zu Therapieansätzen und ihrer Effektivität. Psychotherapeut, 64(4), 306–321. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00278-019-0339-z

Fiksdal, A., Hanlin, L., Kuras, Y., Gianferante, D., Chen, X., Thoma, M. V., & Rohleder, N. (2019). Associations between symptoms of depression and anxiety and cortisol responses to and recovery from acute stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 102, 44–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.11.035

Thoma, M. V., Mc Gee, S. L., Fegert, J. M., Glaesmer, H., Brähler, E., & Maercker, A. (2018). Evaluation of the revised sense of coherence scale in a representative German sample. PLoS ONE, 13(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209550

Mc Gee, S. L., Höltge, J., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2018). Evaluation of the revised Sense of Coherence scale in a sample of older adults: A means to assess resilience aspects. Aging and Mental Health, 22(11), 1438–1447. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1364348

McGee, S. L., Höltge, J., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2018). Sense of coherence and stress-related resilience: Investigating the mediating and moderating mechanisms in the development of resilience following stress or adversity. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9(AUG). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00378

Thoma, M. V., Forstmeier, S., Schmid, R., Kellner, O., Xepapadakos, F., Gasser, U. S., Blessing, A., Ropohl, A., Bieri-Brüning, G., Debeer, D., & Maercker, A. (2018). Preliminary evidence for an increased likelihood of a stable trajectory in mild cognitive impairment in individuals with higher motivational abilities. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0865-5

Höltge, J., McGee, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2018). Childhood Adversities and Thriving Skills: Sample Case of Older Swiss Former Indentured Child Laborers. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(8), 886–895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2018.02.002

Thoma, M. V., Maercker, A., & Forstmeier, S. (2017). Evidence for Different Trajectories of Delay Discounting in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease. Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(6), 956–965. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw010

Chen, X., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Fiksdal, A., Breines, J. G., Thoma, M. V., & Rohleder, N. (2017). HPA-axis and inflammatory reactivity to acute stress is related with basal HPA-axis activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 78, 168–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.01.035

Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Fiksdal, A., Chen, X., & Rohleder, N. (2017). Stronger hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis habituation predicts lesser sensitization of inflammatory response to repeated acute stress exposures in healthy young adults. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 61, 228–235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.11.030

Kuras, Y. I., McInnis, C. M., Thoma, M. V., Chen, X., Hanlin, L., Gianferante, D., & Rohleder, N. (2017). Increased alpha-amylase response to an acute psychosocial stress challenge in healthy adults with childhood adversity. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(1), 91–98. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21470

Maercker, A., Heim, E., Hecker, T., & Thoma, M.V. (2017). Social support after traumatism Soziale Unterstützung nach Traumatisierung. Nervenarzt, 88(1), 18–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-016-0242-6

Hofer, D., Thoma, M. V., Schmidlin, P. R., Attin, T., Ehlert, U., & Nater, U. M. (2016). Pre-treatment anxiety in a dental hygiene recall population: A cross-sectional pilot study. BMC Oral Health, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-016-0198-8

Küffer, A. L., Thoma, M. V., & Maercker, A. (2016). Transgenerational aspects of former Swiss child laborers: do second generations suffer from their parents’ adverse early-life experiences? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.30804

Thoma, M. V., Zemp, M., Kreienbühl, L., Hofer, D., Schmidlin, P. R., Attin, T., Ehlert, U., & Nater, U. M. (2015). Effects of Music Listening on Pre-treatment Anxiety and Stress Levels in a Dental Hygiene Recall Population. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22(4), 498–505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-014-9439-x

Breines, J. G., McInnis, C. M., Kuras, Y. I., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., & Rohleder, N. (2015). Self-compassionate young adults show lower salivary alpha-amylase responses to repeated psychosocial stress. Self and Identity, 14(4), 390–402. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2015.1005659

McInnis, C. M., Wang, D., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Thoma, M. V., & Rohleder, N. (2015). Response and habituation of pro- and anti-inflammatory gene expression to repeated acute stress. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 46, 237–248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2015.02.006

Skoluda, N., Strahler, J., Schlotz, W., Niederberger, L., Marques, S., Fischer, S., Thoma, M. V., Spoerri, C., Ehlert, U., & Nater, U. M. (2015). Intra-individual psychological and physiological responses to acute laboratory stressors of different intensity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 51, 227–236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.10.002

McInnis, C. M., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Breines, J. G., Hong, S., & Rohleder, N. (2014). Measures of adiposity predict interleukin-6 responses to repeated psychosocial stress. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 42, 33–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.07.018

Breines, J. G., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., & Rohleder, N. (2014). Self-compassion as a predictor of interleukin-6 response to acute psychosocial stress. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 37, 109–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2013.11.006

Gianferante, D., Thoma, M. V., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Breines, J. G., Zoccola, P. M., & Rohleder, N. (2014). Post-stress rumination predicts HPA axis responses to repeated acute stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 49(1), 244–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.07.021

Thoma, M. V., La Marca, R., Brönnimann, R., Finkel, L., Ehlert, U., & Nater, U. M. (2013). The Effect of Music on the Human Stress Response. PLoS ONE, 8(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070156

Thoma, M. V., Kirschbaum, C., Wolf, J. M., & Rohleder, N. (2012). Acute stress responses in salivary alpha-amylase predict increases of plasma norepinephrine. Biological Psychology, 91(3), 342–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.07.008

Thoma, M. V., Joksimovic, L., Kirschbaum, C., Wolf, J. M., & Rohleder, N. (2012). Altered salivary alpha-amylase awakening response in Bosnian War refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(6), 810–817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.09.013

Thoma, M. V., Ryf, S., Mohiyeddini, C., Ehlert, U., & Nater, U. M. (2012). Emotion regulation through listening to music in everyday situations. Cognition and Emotion, 26(3), 550–560. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2011.595390

Thoma, M.V., Scholz, U., Ehlert, U., & Nater, U.M. (2012). Listening to music and physiological and psychological functioning: the mediating role of emotion regulation and stress reactivity. Psychology & Health, 27(2), 227–241. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2011.575225

Thoma, Myriam Verena, & Maercker, Andreas. (2025). Anwendungen der Psychosomatischen Medizin und Psychotherapie bei älteren Menschen. In Leitfaden Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie (3. Auflage, pp. 689–695). Deutscher Ärzteverlag.

Thoma, M. V., Chantraine, E., Köllner, V., & Schlögl, M. (2026). From delirium to posttraumatic stress disorder: A systematic review [Journal-article]. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2026.02.021

Leser, S. M., & Thoma, M. V. (2026). Manifestation: research status and theoretical underpinnings [Journal-article]. Current Psychology, 45(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-09315-y

Ditzer, J., Ray, J., Thoma, M. V., Bachem, R., Maercker, A., & Zietlow, A.-L. (2025). Rethinking the measurement of physical neglect in research and practice [Journal-article]. Nature Mental Health, 3(7), 750–752. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-025-00425-3

Aeschlimann, A., Heim, E., Killikelly, C., Mahmoud, N., Haji, F., Stoeckli, R. T., Aebersold, M., Thoma, M., & Maercker, A. (2024). Cultural Adaptation of a Self-Help App for Grieving Syrian Refugees in Switzerland. A Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot-Rct [Posted-content]. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4995408

Rohner, S. L., Bernays, F., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2023). Early-life adversity and later-life mental health: a conditional process analysis of sense of coherence and resilience-related resources [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/frcha.2023.1213142

Thoma, M. V., Höltge, J., & Maercker, A. (2019). Kindheitstraumatisierte im Alter – Lebenslektionen und Gesprächsthemen in der Psychotherapie [Journal-article]. PiD - Psychotherapie Im Dialog, 20(02), 66–69. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-0771-5227

Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., & Thoma, M. V. (2019). The curvilinear relationship of early-life adversity and successful aging: the mediating role of mental health [Journal-article]. Aging and Mental Health, 23(5), 608–617. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2018.1433635

Höltge, J., Mc Gee, S. L., Maercker, A., & Thoma, M. V. (2018). A Salutogenic Perspective on Adverse Experiences [Journal-article]. European Journal of Health Psychology, 25(2), 53–69. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000011

Thoma, M. V., Mewes, R., & Nater, U. M. (2018). Preliminary evidence [Journal-article]. Medicine, 97(8), e9851. https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000009851

Kuras, Y. I., Assaf, N., Thoma, M. V., Gianferante, D., Hanlin, L., Chen, X., Fiksdal, A., & Rohleder, N. (2017). Blunted diurnal cortisol activity in healthy adults with childhood adversity [Journal-article]. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00574