Gesundheitspsychologie und Angewandte Diagnostik

Dr. Mario Wenzel

Akademischer Rat

Kontakt
Gebäude S, Raum S.15.03
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Tel.: 0202-439-6342 

mwenzel[at]uni-wuppertal.de

Weiterführende Informationen

In meiner Forschung untersuche ich, wie Menschen ihr Wohlbefinden aufrechterhalten, insbesondere angesichts persönlicher, sozialer und umweltbedingter Herausforderungen. Um diese Herausforderungen zu bewältigen, müssen Menschen ihre Emotionen und ihr Verhalten sowie die Emotionen und das Verhalten anderer Menschen regulieren. Diesen Regulationsprozess versuche ich in seiner Gesamtheit im Alltag zu erfassen, um zu verstehen, welche Strategien in welchen Situationen besonders hilfreich sind, um das Wohlbefinden zu stärken oder zu erhalten und wie dies anderen Menschen und der Umwelt zugutekommen kann.

Erfassung von Emotionen und Emotionsregulation im Alltag

  • Affektive Dynamiken (affektive Reaktivität, Erholung, Differenzierung, etc.)
  • Regulationsdynamiken (Variabilität, Flexibility, Polyregulation, etc.)

Interventionen

  • Achtsamkeit
  • Regulationsflexibilität
  • Stress

Erfassung von Emotionsregulation im Alltag

In dem von der DFG geförderten Sachbeihilfeprojekt „Die Bedeutung der Situation für die Emotionsregulation im Alltag“ erprobe ich die hochfrequente Erfassung von Emotionen und deren Regulation im Alltag. Dieser Ansatz ermöglicht es, affektive Prozesse und deren Veränderungen zu modellieren und personale (z.B. Neurotizismus) und situative Faktoren (z.B. Intensität und Kontrollierbarkeit der Situation) zu untersuchen.

Cultivating Affect Regulation in Everyday Life (CARE)

Ziel dieses Projekts ist die Entwicklung und Erprobung einer personalisierten und kontextualisierten Intervention zur Verbesserung der Resilienz und des Wohlbefindens. Zu diesem Zweck wird eine auf dem Konzept der regulatorischen Flexibilität basierende Intervention entwickelt, bei der die Teilnehmenden ein achtwöchiges Training zu Kontextsensitivität, Strategierepertoires und Feedback erhalten. Anschließend nehmen sie an einem ambulanten Assessment teil, bei dem sie personalisierte und kontextbezogene Informationen darüber erhalten, wie sie ihre Emotionen in der jeweiligen Situation am besten regulieren können. Solche maßgeschneiderten Interventionen versprechen maximale Wirksamkeit, da sie leicht zugängliche und spezifische Hilfe bieten, wenn sie am meisten benötigt wird.

Depressivität und affektive Dynamiken im Alltag

In diesem Projekt wird der Zusammenhang zwischen depressiven Symptomen und affektiven Dynamiken im Alltag untersucht. Wie reagieren Menschen mit mehr depressiven Symptomen emotional auf Alltagsereignisse? Verwenden Menschen mit mehr depressiven Symptomen mehr maladaptive Strategien? Haben Menschen mit mehr depressiven Symptomen mehr Schwierigkeiten, zwischen ihren Emotionen zu unterscheiden? Neigen Menschen mit mehr depressiven Symptomen zu rigiden Interpretationen von Gedanken und Gefühlen?

Wintersemester

  • Erstellung und Präsentation psychologischer Gutachten
  • Projektstudium
  • Psychologische Diagnostik in der Praxis

05/2017 - 10/2017

Elternzeit

04/2017

Promotion zum Dr. phil., Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

04/2015 - 07/2015

Elternzeit

seit 2012

wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Gesundheitspsychologie, Psychologisches Institut, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz 

2012

Diplom in Psychologie 

2009 - 2012 

Stipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

2011

Studium der Psychologie, University of Otago, Neuseeland

2007 - 2012 

Studium der Psychologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Deutschland

Zeitschriftenartikel (peer-reviewed)

in press

(49) Wenzel, M., Ringwald, W. R., Kaurin, A., Tüscher, O., Kubiak, T., & Wright, A. G. C. (in press). Neuroticism is associated with greater affective variability at high levels of momentary affective well-being, but with lower affective variability at low levels of momentary affective well-being. Journal of Personality.

(48) Wenzel, M., Schumacher, D., & Rowland, Z. (in press). Practicing mindfulness can foster monitoring and acceptance after experiencing negative affect. Stress & Health.

(47) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., Bürgler, S., & Hennecke, M. (in press). Emotion regulation and self-control: Same same but different… and even incompatible?. Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12965

(46) Wenzel, M., Winkler, M., Lasi, J., & Rowland, Z. (in press). Examining demand effects on direct and indirect affect measures in affect induction procedures. Emotion. Advance online publication.

2023

(45) Hennemann*, S., Wenzel*, M., Van den Berg, O., Wessels, M., & Witthöft, M. (2023). Emotion dynamics and somatic symptoms in everyday life: Ecological momentary assessment in somatic symptom disorder and healthy controls. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 172, 111429.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2023.111429 * Both authors contributed equally

(44) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., Nielsen, K. S., & Lange, F. (2023). Too much praise for reappraisal? Examining reappraisal’s impact on threat mitigation depending on its implementation: a registered report. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 107, 104475. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104475

(43) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., Nielsen, K. S., & Lange, F. (2023) The impact of perceived threat and perceived coping efficacy on individual actions toward biodiversity conservation: a registered report. Journal of Environmental Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102038

(42) Wenzel*, M., Bürgler, S., Brandstätter, V., Kreibich, A., & Hennecke*, M. (2023). Self-regulatory strategy use, efficacy, and strategy-situation-fit in self-control conflicts of initiation, persistence, and inhibition. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221150478 * Both authors contributed equally

(41) Wenzel, M., Blanke, E. S., Rowland, Z., & Brose, A. (2023). The costs and benefits of mindfulness and reappraisal in daily life. Affective Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-022-00178-7

(40) Mey, L. K., Wenzel, M., Kurth, K., Rowland, Z., Kubiak*, T., & Tüscher*, O. (2023). Be kind to yourself: The implications of momentary self-compassion for affective dynamics and well-being in daily life. Advance online publication. Mindfulnesshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-022-02050-y * shared senior authorship

 

2022

(39) Wenzel, M., Rowland, S., Bürgler, S., Friese, M., Hofmann, W., & Hennecke, M. (2022). Person × domain interactions in resisting desires in daily life. Advance online publication. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221098912

(38) Wenzel, M., & Brose, A. (2022). Addressing measurement issues in affect dynamic research: Modeling emotional inertia’s reliability to improve its predictive validity of depressive symptoms. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001108

(37) Wenzel, M., Rowland, S., Mey, L. K., Kurth, K., Tüscher, O., & Kubiak, T. (2022). Variability in negative affect is an important feature of neuroticism above mean negative affect once measurement issues are accounted for. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070221089139

 

2021

(36) Wenzel, M., Bürgler, S., Rowland, Z., & Hennecke, M. (2021). Self-control dynamics in daily life: The importance of variability between self-regulatory strategies and strategy differentiation. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211043023

(35) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., & Kubiak, T. (2021). How much variance can event intensity and emotion regulation strategies explain in momentary affect in daily life? Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000816

(34) Wenzel, M., Blanke, E. S., Rowland, Z., & Kubiak, T. (2021). Emotion regulation dynamics in daily life: Adaptive strategy use may be variable without being unstable and predictable without being autoregressive. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000967

 

2020

(33) Wenzel, M. & Kubiak, T. (2020). Neuroticism may reflect emotional variability when correcting for the confound with the mean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017910117

(32) Wenzel, M., Staab, D., Rowland, Z., & van Scheppingen, M. A. (2020). Relationship satisfaction can help to maintain the positive effect of childbirth on parental self-esteem. Advance online publication Social Psychology and Personality Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620971532

(31) Mey, L. K., Chmitorz, A., Kurth, K., Wenzel, W., Kalisch, R. , Tüscher, T., & Kubiak, T. (2020). Increases of negative affect following daily hassles are not moderated by neuroticism: An ecological momentary assessment study. Stress & Health. Advance online publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2964

(30) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., & Kubiak, T. (2020). Like clouds in a windy sky: Mindfulness training reduces negative affect reactivity in daily life in a randomized controlled trial. Advance online publication. Stress & Health. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2989

(29) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., & Kubiak, T. (2020). Examining five pathways on how self-control is associated with emotion regulation and affective well-being in daily life. Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12590

(28) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., & Kubiak, T. (2020). How mindfulness shapes the situational use of emotion regulation strategies in daily life. Cognition & Emotion, 34, 1003-1009. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2020.1758632

(27) Rowland, Z. & Wenzel, M. (2020). Mindfulness and affect-network density: Does mindfulness facilitate disengagement from affective experiences in daily life? Mindfulness, 11, 1253-1266. DOI: 10.1007/s12671-020-01335-4

(26) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., Weber, H., & Kubiak, T. (2020). A round peg in a square hole: strategy-situation fit of intra- and interpersonal emotion regulation strategies and controllability. Cognition & Emotion. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1697209

(25) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., Hofmann, W., & Kubiak, T. (2020). Setbacks in self-control: Failing not mere resisting impairs subsequent self-control. Social Psychology and Personality Science. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1177%2F1948550619888875

(24) Dang, J., Zerhouni, O, Imhoff, R., Jia, L., Giacomantonio, ... Wenzel, M., ... Schiöth, H.B. (2020). Multi-lab replication reveals a small but significant ego depletion effect. Social Psychology and Personality Science. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1177/1948550619887702

(23) Chmitorz, A., Kurth, K., Mey, L. K., Wenzel, M., Lieb, K., ... & Kalisch, R. (2020). Assessment of microstressors in adults: Questionnaire development and ecological validation of the Mainz Inventory of Microstressors. JMIR Mental Health, 7(2):e14566. DOI: 10.2196/14566

 

2019

(22) Zahn, D., Gomille, L., Grammes, J., Gottschling, P., Fottner, C., Weber, M. W., Wenzel, M., & Kubiak, T. (2019). Self-control does not lead to a relevant increase in glucose utilization in a hyperinsulinemic euglycemic glucose clamp. European Journal of Health Psychology, 26, 111-119. DOI: 10.1027/2512-8442/a000037

(21) Rowland, Z., Wenzel, M., & Kubiak, T. (2019). Effects of an Ultra-brief Computer-based Mindfulness Training on Mindfulness and Self-control: a Randomised Controlled Trial Using a 40-Day Ecological Momentary Assessment. Mindfulness10(11), 2312–2326. DOI: 10.1007/s12671-019-01204-9

(20) Wenzel, M., Geelen, A., Wolters, M., Hebestreit, A., Van Laerhoven, K., Lakerveld, J., Frost Andersen, L., van't Veer, P., & Kubiak, T. (2019). The role of self-control and the presence of enactment models on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: a pilot study. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:1511DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01511

(19) Wenzel, M., Rowland, Z., Zahn, D., & Kubiak, T. (2019). Let there be variance: Individual differences in consecutive self-control in a laboratory setting and daily life. European Journal of Personality, 33, 468–487. DOI: 10.1002/per.2208

(18) Wenzel, M., Lind, M., Rowland, Z., Zahn, D., & Kubiak, T. (2019). The limits of ego depletion: A crossover study on the robustness of performance deterioration in consecutive tasks. Social Psychology, 50, 292-304. DOI: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000365

 

2018

(17) Chmitorz, A., Wenzel, M., Kunzler, A., Stieglitz, R.-D., Bagusat, C., Helmreich, I., Gerlicher, A., Kampa, M., Kubiak, T., Kalisch, R., Klaus, L., Tüscher, O. (2018). Population-based validation of a German version of the Brief Resilience Scale. PLOS ONEDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192761

(16) Rowland, Z.*, Wenzel, M.*, & Kubiak, T. (2018). A Mind Full of Happiness: How Mindfulness Shapes Affect Dynamics in Daily Life. Emotion. *equal contributors DOI: 10.1037/emo0000562

(15) Linnemann, A.*, Wenzel, M.*, Grammes, J., Kubiak, T., & Nater, U. M. (2018). Music listening and stress in daily life -  a matter of timing. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 25 (2), 223-230DOI: 10.1007/s12529-017-9697-5
*shared first authorship

 

2017

(14) Van Laerhoven, K., Wenzel, M., Geelen, A., Hübel, C., Wolters, A., Hebestreit, A.,… Kubiak, T. (2017). Experiences from a wearable-mobile acquisition system for ambulatory assessment of diet and activity. Proceedings of the 4th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction, ACM.

(13) Pfeiler, T. M., Wenzel, M., Weber, H., & Kubiak, T. (2017). The power of status: What determines one's reactions to anger in a social situation? Personality and Individual Differences, 114, 61-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.057

 

2016

(12) Zahn D., Wenzel, M., & Kubiak, T. (2016). Response to: Commentary: Heart rate variability and self-control – A meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 653. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00653

(11) Wenzel, M., Zahn, D., Rowland, Z., & Kubiak, T. (2016). The benefits of self-set goals: Is ego depletion really a result of self-control failure? PLOS ONE, 11(6): e0157009. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157009 

(10) Rowland, Z., Wenzel, M., & Kubiak, T. (2016). The effects of computer-based mindfulness training on Self-control and Mindfulness within Ambulatorily assessed network Systems across Health-related domains in a healthy student population (SMASH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 17:570. doi:10.1186/s13063-016-1707-4

(9) Wenzel, M., Kubiak, T., & Conner, T. S. (2016). Self-control in daily life: How affect may boost or sabotage efforts at self-control. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7, 195-203. doi:10.1177/1948550616632578

(8) Wenzel, M., Kubiak, T., & Ebner-Priemer, U. W. (2016). Ambulatory assessment as a means of longitudinal phenotypes characterization in psychiatric disorders. Neuroscience Research, 102, 13-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2014.10.018

(7) Zahn, D., Adams, J., Krohn, J., Wenzel, M., Mann, C. G., Gomille, L. K., Jacobi-Scherbening, V., & Kubiak, T. (2016). Heart rate variability and self-control — A meta-analysis. Biological Psychology, 115, 9-26. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.12.007

(6) Zahn, D., Tug, S., Wenzel, M., Simon, P., & Kubiak, T. (2016). Glucose metabolism and self-regulation – Is insulin resistance a valid proxy of self-control? Personality and Individual Differences, 99, 38-45. doi:10.1177/1948550616632578

 

2015

(5) Pfeiler, T., Wenzel, M., Weber, H., & Kubiak, T. (2015). Adaptive modes of rumination: The role of subjective anger. Cognition & EmotionDOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1117961 

(4) Wenzel, M., von Versen, C., Hirschmüller, S., & Kubiak, T. (2015). Curb your neuroticism – Mindfulness mediates the link between neuroticism and subjective well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 80, 68-75. DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2014.10.018

 

2014

(3) Lau, S. & Wenzel, M. (2014). The effects of constrained autonomy and incentives on the experience of freedom in naturalistic decision-making. Philosophical PsychologyDOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.851069

(2) Wenzel, M., Kubiak, T., & Conner, T. S. (2014). Positive affect and self-control: Attention to self-control demands mediates the influence of positive affect on consecutive self-control. Cognition & Emotion, 28, 747-755. DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.851069

 

2013

(1) Wenzel, M., Conner, T.S., & Kubiak, T. (2013). Understanding the limits of self-control: Positive affect moderates the impact of task switching on consecutive self-control performance. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 175-184. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1936

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Buchbeiträge

(2) Wenzel, M. & Kubiak, T. (2020). Ambulatory monitoring and ambulatory assessment in personality research. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. Shackelford (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Personality and Individual Differences.

(1) Pfeiler, T. & Wenzel, M. (2015). Psychologie: Von Mensch zu Tier. In R. Spannring, K. Schachinger, G. Kompatscher Gufler, & A. Boucabeille (Eds.), Disziplinierte Tiere?: Perspektiven der Human-Animal Studies für die wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen. Bielefeld: transcript.


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