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Birgit U. Stetina
Researcher at Sigmund Freud University Vienna
Publications - 32
Citations - 573
Birgit U. Stetina is an academic researcher from Sigmund Freud University Vienna. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stressor & Social anxiety. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 29 publications receiving 478 citations. Previous affiliations of Birgit U. Stetina include University of Vienna & Webster University Vienna.
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Beyond the fascination of online-games: Probing addictive behavior and depression in the world of online-gaming
TL;DR: Results indicate that MMORPG users show more often problematic gaming behavior, depressive tendencies and lower self-esteem compared to users playing other online-games.
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Salivary cortisol and behavior in therapy dogs during animal-assisted interventions: A pilot study
Lisa Maria Glenk,Oswald D. Kothgassner,Birgit U. Stetina,Rupert Palme,Berthold Kepplinger,Halina Baran +5 more
TL;DR: The standardized program “multiprofessional animal-assisted intervention (MTI)” has been carried out in adult mental health care, significantly improving patients’ prosocial behaviors.
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Therapy dogs' salivary cortisol levels vary during animal-assisted interventions.
Lisa Maria Glenk,Oswald D. Kothgassner,Birgit U. Stetina,Rupert Palme,Berthold Kepplinger,Halina Baran +5 more
TL;DR: Cortisol levels during work in certified therapy dogs performing AAIs on and off-lead varied significantly, suggesting that further investigation into the use of a lead or other methods of giving therapy dogs opportunities to approach or avoid human contact is needed.
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Addiction and Engagement: An Explorative Study Toward Classification Criteria for Internet Gaming Disorder
Mario Lehenbauer-Baum,Mario Lehenbauer-Baum,Armin Klaps,Zuzana Kovacovsky,Karolin Witzmann,Raphaela Zahlbruckner,Birgit U. Stetina +6 more
TL;DR: Differences between engagement and addiction in a German-speaking sample of expert World of Warcraft players are investigated to suggest euphoria, tolerance, and cognitive salience should be handled with caution when it comes to a classification of IGD similar to (behavioral) addiction.
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Exploring Hidden Populations: Recreational Drug Users
Birgit U. Stetina,Reinhold Jagsch,Cornelia Schramel,Tamara Lederman Maman,Ilse Kryspin-Exner +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an international cross-continental online study was carried out surveying 9,268 recreational drug users from English and German speaking countries and the data was obtained via internet and evaluated by means of statistical inference, descriptive and structure-finding procedures.