About the Authors

Marc N. Jarczok

marc.jarczok@gmail.com

Affiliations Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Ludolf–Krehl–Strasse 7–11, 68167, Mannheim, Germany, Institute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, UniversityHospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Bergheimer Strasse 20, 69115, Heidelberg, Germany

Julian Koenig

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Department of Psychology, 1835 Neil Avenue, 43210, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jian Li

Affiliation Institute of Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Center for Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

Daniel Mauss

Affiliation Department of Occupational Medicine Allianz SE, Königinstrasse 28 80802, Munich, Germany

Kristina Hoffmann

Affiliation Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Ludolf–Krehl–Strasse 7–11, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Burkhard Schmidt

Affiliation Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Ludolf–Krehl–Strasse 7–11, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Joachim E. Fischer

Affiliation Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Mannheim Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Ludolf–Krehl–Strasse 7–11, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

Julian F. Thayer

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Department of Psychology, 1835 Neil Avenue, 43210, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: HealthVision Ltd. organized the original data collection. Joachim E. Fischer was the major shareholder of HealthVision Ltd. until Dec. 2012. Since January 2013, he serves as a scientific consultant for HealthVision Ltd. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MNJ JFT JEF. Data curation: MNJ JEF. Formal analysis: MNJ. Methodology: MNJ JK KH BS. Project administration: MNJ JEF. Supervision: JFT JEF. Visualization: MNJ JK. Writing - original draft: MNJ JL DM. Writing - review & editing: MNJ JK JL DM KH BS JEF JFT.