About the Authors

Manfred E. Beutel

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Manfred.Beutel@unimedizin-mainz.de

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Eva M. Klein

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Stefan Aufenanger

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Institute of Education, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Elmar Brähler

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Michael Dreier

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Kai W. Müller

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Oliver Quiring

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Leonard Reinecke

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Gabriele Schmutzer

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Birgit Stark

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Klaus Wölfling

Contributed equally to this work with: Manfred E. Beutel, Eva M. Klein, Stefan Aufenanger, Elmar Brähler, Michael Dreier, Kai W. Müller, Oliver Quiring, Leonard Reinecke, Gabriele Schmutzer, Birgit Stark, Klaus Wölfling

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MEB SA EB MD KWM OQ LR BS KW. Performed the experiments: EB KWM GS. Analyzed the data: GS EMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEB EB MD KWM KW OQ LR BS SA. Wrote the paper: MEB EMK EB.