Ecker, Angelika

Promotionsstudium zum Dr. sc. hum. am Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie

und -psychotherapie

Titel der Dissertation: „Vergleich eines realen und virtuellen Trier Sozialer Stress Test für Kinder (TSST-C) – Multimodale Stressreaktion sowie Blickverhalten als Stressparameter“

Universität Regensburg

Ausbildung zur Psychologischen Psychotherapeutin in Verhaltenstherapie

Zusatzausbildung: Gruppentherapie

Ausbildungsinstitut für Verhaltenstherapie Regensburg

Master of Science Psychologie

Universität Regensburg

Bachelor of Science Psychologie

Universität Regensburg

Psychologische Psychotherapeutin auf der Forschungsstation der Medbo 

Bezirksklinikum Regensburg

Psychologin in der Fachambulanz für Suchtprobleme 

Caritas Straubing 

Psychotherapeutin in Ausbildung auf der Forschungsstation der Medbo

Bezirksklinikum Regensburg

Psychotherapeutin in Ausbildung in der ambulanten Praxis von Frau Dr. Sagstetter

Regensburg

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie

Universitätsklinikum Regensburg

Studentische und Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Lehrstuhl für Pädagogische Psychologie

Universität Regensburg

Studentische Hilfskraft am Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

Universität Regensburg

Goetz, L., Jarvers, I., Schleicher, D., Ecker, A., Neumann, I. D., Brunner, R., & Kandsperger, S. (2026). Relationship of oxytocin and cortisol response to psychosocial stress in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 10496. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-44831-8 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Jacob, R., Otto, A., Jarvers, I., Kandsperger, S., Ecker, A., Schleicher, D., Malloni, W. M., Neumann, I. D., & Brunner, R. (2026). The influence of psychosocial stress on functional connectivity and neuroendocrine markers in adolescents with depressive and comorbid anxiety disorders: A study protocol. BMC Psychiatry, 26, 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07689-0 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

von Perponcher, E., Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Heidingsfelder, E., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Schleicher, D. (2025). Characterisation of a university student sample with a lifetime history of non-suicidal self-injury: mixed-methods analysis of stress factors, coping mechanisms and reasons for self-injury. BJPsych Open, 11(6), e279. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2025.10893 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Ecker, A., Preece, D. A., Schleicher, D., Jacob, R., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Jarvers, I. (2025). Emotional blind spots and dark minds: How alexithymia and mindfulness shape the link between Dark Triad personality traits and psychopathology. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1677305. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1677305 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Jarvers, I., Degmayr, R., Otto, A., Jacob, R., Malloni, W., Kandsperger, S., Schleicher, D., Ecker, A., Wiesinger, I., Wendl, C., Greenlee, M., & Brunner, R. (2025). The relationship between precuneus thickness and psychopathology in adolescent females with anorexia nervosa. International Journal of Eating Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24591 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Hornstein, L., Schleicher, D., Ecker, A., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Jarvers, I. (2025). Dark Triad traits, alexithymia, and emotion regulation as predictors of depression, anxiety, and stress in clinical and non-clinical samples. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1674630. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1674630 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Ecker, A., Jarvers, I., Jacob, R., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Schleicher, D. (2025). Temperament and personality: Preliminary evidence of possible relationships with multifactorial stress reactivity in healthy adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1613000. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1613000 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Rodríguez-Toscano, E., Schleicher, D., Ecker, A., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Jarvers, I. (2025). Exploring the mental health impact of COVID-19 on parents of young children: Anxiety, depression, and contributing factors. BMC Public Health, 25, 2174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23467-9 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Baumann, N., Ecker, A., Schleicher, D., Kandsperger, S., Preece, D. A., Brunner, R., & Jarvers, I. (2025). The relationship between alexithymia, non-suicidal self-injury, and emotion regulation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 384, 60–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.05.009 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Jarvers, I., Heidingsfelder, E., Ecker, A., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Schleicher, D. (2025). Characteristics of self-injurious behaviour and early traumatic experiences: Associations with emotional reactivity, depression and aggression in university students. BJPsych Open, 11(2), e45. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.862 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Ecker, A., Fritsch, C., Schleicher, D., Jacob, R., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Jarvers, I. (2025). The effect of a one-time mindfulness intervention on body and mind in healthy adolescents using multimodal measurements. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1503379. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1503379 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Donabauer, P., Kampa, K., Weißenbacher, M., Schleicher, D., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Ludwig, B. (2024). M.I.N.I.-KID interviews with adolescents: A corpus-based language analysis of adolescents with depressive disorders and the possibilities of continuation using Chat GPT. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1425820 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Jarvers, I., Kandsperger, S., Ecker, A., Brandstetter, S., Kabesch, M., Köninger, A., Melter, M., Kerzel, S., Kittel, J., Apfelbacher, C., & Brunner, R. (2024). Longitudinal predictors for internalizing and externalizing symptomatology at age 4: KUNO-Kids cohort study. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1449108 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Jarvers I., Kormann E., Schleicher D., Ecker A., Kandsperger, S. & Brunner, R. (2024). Impact of alexithymia, speech problems and parental emotion recognition on internalizing and externalizing problems in preschoolers. PLoS ONE, 19(9): e0310244. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310244 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Ecker, A., Jarvers, I., Kocur, M., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R. & Schleicher, D. (2024). Multifactorial stress reactivity to virtual TSST-C in healthy children and adolescents—It works, but not as well as a real TSST-C. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 160, 106681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106681 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
(EDITOR’S CHOICE ARTICLE)

Kick, L., Schleicher, D., Ecker, A., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Jarvers, I. (2024). Alexithymia as a mediator between adverse childhood events and the development of psychopathology: a metaanalysis. Front. Psychiatry, 15:1412229. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1412229 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Krempel, R., Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Schleicher, D., Brunner, R., & Kandsperger, S. (2024). Sleep quality and the cortisol and alpha-amylase awakening responses in adolescents with depressive disorders. BJPsych Open, 10(5), e140. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.730 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Schleicher, D., Jarvers, I., Kocur, M., Kandsperger, S., Brunner, R., & Ecker, A. (2024). Does it need an app?–Differences between app-guided breathing and natural relaxation in adolescents after acute stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107148 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Schleicher, D., Kandsperger, S., Otto, A., & Brunner, R. (2023). Anorexia nervosa during COVID-19: loss of personal control and alexithymia as important contributors to symptomatology in adolescent girls. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11, 180. doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00905-w

Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Schleicher, D., & Otto, A. (2023). The German COVID-19 Questionnaire for Anorexia Nervosa (COV-AN). 

Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Schleicher, D., Brunner, R., & Kandsperger, S. (2023). Impact of preschool attendance, parental stress and parental mental health on internalizing and externalizing problems during COVID-19 lockdown measures in preschool children. PLoS One 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281627

Kandsperger, S., Ecker, A., Schleicher, D., Wirth, M., Brunner, R., & Jarvers, I. (2023). Emergency-related inpatient admissions in child and adolescent psychiatry: comparison of clinical characteristics of involuntary and voluntary admissions from a survey in Bavaria, Germany. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-023-02154-3

Schleicher, D., Heidingsfelder, E., Kandsperger, S., Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., & Brunner, R. (2023). Non-suicidal self-injury and emotional burden among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Cross-sectional online survey. BJPsych Open, 9(1), E1. https://www.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.616

Kandsperger, S., Madurkay, J., Schleicher, D., Otto, A., Ecker, A., Brunner, R., Jarvers, I.: Treatment Motivation and Burden of Stress among Parents of Adolescents with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Presenting to a Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergency Service. Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1159/000526611

Schleicher, D.*, Ecker, A.*, Kocur, M., Jarvers, I., Nash, C., Götz, L., Otto, A. H., Kandsperger, S. and Brunner, R. (2022). Psychosocial stress induction in vivo vs. in virtuo and the influence of a health app on the acute stress reaction in youths: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 23, 847.
doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06758-z

Ecker A., Jarvers I., Schleicher D., Kandsperger S., Schelhorn I., Meyer M., Borchert T., Lüdtke M. and Shiban Y. (2022). Problems or prospects? Being a parent in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Front. Psychol. 13:901249. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.901249

Kandsperger S., Schleicher D., Ecker A., Keck F., Bentheimer S., Brunner R. and Jarvers I. (2022) Emotional Reactivity in Adolescents With Non-suicidal Self-injury and Its Predictors: A Longitudinal Study. Front. Psychiatry 13:902964. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.902964

Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Schleicher, D., Otto, A., & Jarvers, C. (2022, April 26). The Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children – German version (AQC-G). https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ra65t (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)

Krempel, R., Schleicher, D., Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Brunner, R., & Kandsperger, S. (2022). Sleep quality and neurohormonal and psychophysiological accompanying factors in adolescents with depressive disorders: Study protocol. BJPsych Open, 8(2), E57. doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.29 

Jarvers, I., Ecker, A., Kaemmerer, M., & Grüning, D. J. (2021, October 13). German Version of the Perth Alexithymia Questionnaire Adapted for Children. Retrieved from psyarxiv.com/yd5kv. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yd5kv

Schelhorn I., Ecker A., Lüdtke M. N., Rehm S., Tran T., Bereznai J. L., Meyer M. L., Sütterlin S., Kinateder M., Lugo R. G. and Shiban Y. (2021) Psychological Burden During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:640518. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640518

Kandsperger, S., Jarvers, I., Schleicher, D., Ecker, A., Wirth, M., & Brunner, R. (2021). Suicidality presented to a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry emergency service: Increasing rate and changing characteristics. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 1195.
doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.708208