Symptom expectations as a clinical target in somatic symptom disorder: Cross-sectional evidence from the SOMA.SSD study
Negative symptom expectations are associated with elevated psychological burden in patients with SSD, indicating a clinically relevant subgroup that may benefit from expectation-focused interventions.
Authors
- Franz Pauls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6483-3456)
- Kerstin Maehder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4032-0933)
- Yvonne Nestoriuc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2191-0495)
- Kristina Blankenburg
- Stefanie Hahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4175-248X)
- Henrike Wittenbecher
- Bernd Löwe
- Anne Toussaint
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Helmut Schmidt University (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2026.112546
- Primary Topic
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00