About the Authors

Lukas Kirchner

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

lukas.kirchner@uni-marburg.de

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Winfried Rief

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Lilly Müller

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Hannah Buchwald

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Kari Fuhrmann

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Max Berg

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

This work was conducted as part of the cluster initiative “The Adaptive Mind” (TAM) which brings together scientists from experimental psychology, clinical psychology, and artificial intelligence to improve the understanding of how the human mind successfully adapts to changing conditions. This includes the role of social expectations in the progression of mental disorders. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials."