Dr. M.Sc. Psych. Marcel Riehle
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My primary research focus is on the etiology and maintenance of negative symptoms in schizophrenia and risk-stages thereof. I am particularly interested in the interplay of social interaction difficulties, lack of social motivation, and social withdrawal. I conduct projects focusing on how people with schizophrenia or elevated risk thereof generate emotional experiences and express them in social contexts, and how this contributes to others‘ perception of a person with schizophrenia. In other projects I have worked on in-depth reviews of the efficacy of psychotherapeutic treatments for negative symptoms.
My research methods include observational studies in live social interactions (e.g., dyadic interaction dynamics), experimental emotion induction designs, psychophysiological assessment, ecological momentary assessment, and meta-analysis.
Research projects
Ongoing projects lead by Dr. Riehle:
DFG-funded project (RI 3375 1-1) on the interplay of diminished expression, social interaction dynamics, social exclusion, and social disinterest in schizophrenia.
In this project we combine laboratory-based social interaction behavioral observation with ecological momentary assessment. We address the question of whether diminished smiling behavior (amount and synchronization of smiling as major affiliative signals) in people with schizophrenia is related to the experience of social rejection and lowered interest for social connection. Please follow this link for more information.
Interpersonal emotion regulation and social disinterest
In this series of projects, we investigate how negative symptoms, particularly social disinterest, affect the frequency and efficacy of using so-called interpersonal emotion regulation strategies (e.g., being comforted by others). One project has used daily diaries (see link below) and a new project will use ecological momentary assessment (study preregistration in preparation). These projects have a stronger focus on the question of whether negative symptoms, particularly social disinterest, are related to a lower frequency of choosing interpersonal as opposed to intrapersonal strategies for emotion regulation. Another project (study preregistration in preparation) will use a laboratory-based negative emotion induction with subsequent regulatory social interaction to assess effects of negative symptoms on subjective (self-reported) and objective markers (psychophysiology, synchronization of psychophysiological measures) of emotion regulation.
For more information on the first project of this series please also see its osf.io homepage and this preprint.
Emotional experience and anhedonia in schizophrenia and psychosis-risk states
In this series of projects, we are investigating the emotional experience of people with schizophrenia and people with varying degrees of attenuated psychotic symptoms. The typical method used to study these effects is laboratory-based emotion induction (see relevant open-access publication below). A large-scale meta-analysis of more than 100 emotion induction studies in people with schizophrenia and people at-risk with psychosis is currently under review (see here for details).
Related publication: Riehle, M., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2022). Expanding the positivity offset theory of anhedonia to the psychosis continuum. Schizophrenia, 8(1), 47. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-022-00251-x
Other project involvements:
Social interaction dynamics in psychotherapy
This project is part of a multi-project research group on “Mechanisms of Change in Dynamic Social Interactions” funded by the state of Hamburg. In this subproject (P5: Social interaction dynamics in psychotherapy), we are investigating how social interaction dynamics affect the therapeutic alliance and motivation for psychotherapy initiation in a single session. Please follow this link to see the study registration.
Efficacy of family interventions for people with schizophrenia and their caregivers
This project realizes a meta-analysis on the efficacy of family interventions (i.e., interventions focused at the caregiving/family system) when the patient has a diagnosis of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder. See here for the registration on PROSPERO and here for the published study protocol.
Intercultural measurement invariance of psychopathology
In cooperation with Edo S. Jaya from the Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, cross-cultural (USA, Germany, Indonesia) measurement invariance analyses are carried out for several important psychopathology scales.
Teaching
Riehle, M. (in press). Interpersonal risk factors for negative symptoms. In: Tania M. Lincoln, Marie Brown, & David Kimhy (Eds.). Negative Symptoms in Psychosis: Psychological and Social Approaches for Clinicians and Researchers (pp. xxx-xxx). Oxford University Press.
Schormann, A., Lincoln, T., Riehle, M., Butschbach, K. (in press). Dysfunctional attributions of success as a distinct feature of amotivation. Schizophrenia.
Riehle, M., Brauer, S., Lincoln, T. M., & Pruessner, L. (2023, March 28). Preprint: Interpersonal emotion regulation in young adults with low and high psychosis proneness: A diary study. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/pmzna
Cella, M., Roberts, S., Pillny, M., Riehle, M., O’Donoghue, B., Lyne, J., Tomlin, P., Valmaggia, L., & Preti, A. (2023). Psychosocial and behavioural interventions for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia: a systematic review of efficacy meta-analyses. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1–11. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2023.21
Berg, M., Riehle, M., Rief, W., & Lincoln, T. (2023). Does partial blockade of dopamine D2 receptors with Amisulpride cause anhedonia? An experimental study in healthy volunteers. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 158, 409–416. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.014
Schormann, A. L. A., Buggisch, S., Riehle, M., Lincoln, T. M., & Schlier, B. (2022). Low goal-directed behavior in negative symptoms is explained by goal setting - Results of a diary study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 76, 101740. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2022.101740
Riehle, M., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2022). Expanding the positivity offset theory of anhedonia to the psychosis continuum. Schizophrenia, 8(1), 47. doi: 10.1038/s41537-022-00251-x
Jaya, E. S., Pillny, M., Lincoln, T. M., & Riehle, M. (2022). Does social defeat cause negative symptoms? A prospective study in a multi-national community sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 113, 152289. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2021.152289
Riehle, M., Kasanova, Z., & Lincoln, T. M. (2021). Psychosocial Approaches to the Treatment of Apathy. In K. Lanctot & A. Aleman (Eds.), Apathy: Clinical and Neuroscientific Perspectives from Neurology and Psychiatry (pp. 242–256). Oxford University Press.
Opoka, S. M., Sundag, J., Riehle, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2020). Emotion-Regulation in Psychosis: Patients with Psychotic Disorders Apply Reappraisal Successfully. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45(1), 31–45. doi: 10.1007/s10608-020-10163-8
Riehle, M., Böhl, M. C., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2020). Efficacy of psychological treatments for patients with schizophrenia and relevant negative symptoms: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2(3). doi: 10.32872/cpe.v2i3.2899
Moritz, S., Stojisavlevic, M., Göritz, A. S., Riehle, M., & Scheunemann, J. (2019). Does uncertainty breed conviction? On the possible role of compensatory conviction in jumping to conclusions and overconfidence in psychosis. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 24(4), 284–299. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2019.1642863
Hillmann, T. E., Riehle, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2018). Reduced scanning of salient facial features mediates the association between paranoia and emotion recognition. Psychiatry Research, 269(January), 430–436. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.052
Riehle, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2018). Investigating the social costs of schizophrenia: Facial expressions in dyadic interactions of people with and without schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(2), 202–215. doi: 10.1037/abn0000319
Lincoln, T. M., Riehle, M., Pillny, M., Helbig-Lang, S., Fladung, A.-K., Hartmann-Riemer, M., & Kaiser, S. (2017). Using Functional Analysis as a Framework to Guide Individualized Treatment for Negative Symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02108
Riehle, M., Kempkensteffen, J., & Lincoln, T. M. (2017). Quantifying Facial Expression Synchrony in Face-To-Face Dyadic Interactions: Temporal Dynamics of Simultaneously Recorded Facial EMG Signals. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41(2), 85–102. doi: 10.1007/s10919-016-0246-8
Riehle, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2017). Social consequences of subclinical negative symptoms: An EMG study of facial expressions within a social interaction. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 55, 90–98. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2017.01.003
Riehle, M., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2017). Translated Article: Are the Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Treatable at All? A Systematic Review on Efficacy Studies for Targeted Psychological Interventions for Negative Symptoms. Verhaltenstherapie, 27(3), 199–208. doi: 10.1159/000478534
Riehle, M., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2017). Ist Negativsymptomatik bei Schizophrenie überhaupt behandelbar? Ein systematisches Literaturreview zur Wirksamkeit psychotherapeutischer Interventionen für Negativsymptomatik. Verhaltenstherapie, 27(3), 199–208. doi: 10.1159/000478534
Riehle, M., Jung, E., Wiesjahn, M., Mehl, S., Rief, W., & Lincoln, T. M. (2015). What’s in an item? Predicting social outcomes in schizophrenia spectrum disorders from the PANSS item “Poor Rapport.” Schizophrenia Research, 168(1–2), 593–594. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.08.026
Wegrzyn, M., Riehle, M., Labudda, K., Woermann, F., Baumgartner, F., Pollmann, S., … Kissler, J. (2015). Investigating the brain basis of facial expression perception using multi-voxel pattern analysis. Cortex, 69, 131–140. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.003
Teaching
I am in an advanced stage of my clinical training (licensed psychologist, CBT).
Publications
Riehle, M. (in press). Interpersonal risk factors for negative symptoms. In: Tania M. Lincoln, Marie Brown, & David Kimhy (Eds.). Negative Symptoms in Psychosis: Psychological and Social Approaches for Clinicians and Researchers (pp. xxx-xxx). Oxford University Press.
Schormann, A., Lincoln, T., Riehle, M., Butschbach, K. (in press). Dysfunctional attributions of success as a distinct feature of amotivation. Schizophrenia.
Riehle, M., Brauer, S., Lincoln, T. M., & Pruessner, L. (2023, March 28). Preprint: Interpersonal emotion regulation in young adults with low and high psychosis proneness: A diary study. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/pmzna
Cella, M., Roberts, S., Pillny, M., Riehle, M., O’Donoghue, B., Lyne, J., Tomlin, P., Valmaggia, L., & Preti, A. (2023). Psychosocial and behavioural interventions for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia: a systematic review of efficacy meta-analyses. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1–11. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2023.21
Berg, M., Riehle, M., Rief, W., & Lincoln, T. (2023). Does partial blockade of dopamine D2 receptors with Amisulpride cause anhedonia? An experimental study in healthy volunteers. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 158, 409–416. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.014
Schormann, A. L. A., Buggisch, S., Riehle, M., Lincoln, T. M., & Schlier, B. (2022). Low goal-directed behavior in negative symptoms is explained by goal setting - Results of a diary study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 76, 101740. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2022.101740
Riehle, M., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2022). Expanding the positivity offset theory of anhedonia to the psychosis continuum. Schizophrenia, 8(1), 47. doi: 10.1038/s41537-022-00251-x
Jaya, E. S., Pillny, M., Lincoln, T. M., & Riehle, M. (2022). Does social defeat cause negative symptoms? A prospective study in a multi-national community sample. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 113, 152289. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2021.152289
Riehle, M., Kasanova, Z., & Lincoln, T. M. (2021). Psychosocial Approaches to the Treatment of Apathy. In K. Lanctot & A. Aleman (Eds.), Apathy: Clinical and Neuroscientific Perspectives from Neurology and Psychiatry (pp. 242–256). Oxford University Press.
Opoka, S. M., Sundag, J., Riehle, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2020). Emotion-Regulation in Psychosis: Patients with Psychotic Disorders Apply Reappraisal Successfully. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45(1), 31–45. doi: 10.1007/s10608-020-10163-8
Riehle, M., Böhl, M. C., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2020). Efficacy of psychological treatments for patients with schizophrenia and relevant negative symptoms: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2(3). doi: 10.32872/cpe.v2i3.2899
Moritz, S., Stojisavlevic, M., Göritz, A. S., Riehle, M., & Scheunemann, J. (2019). Does uncertainty breed conviction? On the possible role of compensatory conviction in jumping to conclusions and overconfidence in psychosis. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 24(4), 284–299. doi: 10.1080/13546805.2019.1642863
Hillmann, T. E., Riehle, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2018). Reduced scanning of salient facial features mediates the association between paranoia and emotion recognition. Psychiatry Research, 269(January), 430–436. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.08.052
Riehle, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2018). Investigating the social costs of schizophrenia: Facial expressions in dyadic interactions of people with and without schizophrenia. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(2), 202–215. doi: 10.1037/abn0000319
Lincoln, T. M., Riehle, M., Pillny, M., Helbig-Lang, S., Fladung, A.-K., Hartmann-Riemer, M., & Kaiser, S. (2017). Using Functional Analysis as a Framework to Guide Individualized Treatment for Negative Symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02108
Riehle, M., Kempkensteffen, J., & Lincoln, T. M. (2017). Quantifying Facial Expression Synchrony in Face-To-Face Dyadic Interactions: Temporal Dynamics of Simultaneously Recorded Facial EMG Signals. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41(2), 85–102. doi: 10.1007/s10919-016-0246-8
Riehle, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2017). Social consequences of subclinical negative symptoms: An EMG study of facial expressions within a social interaction. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 55, 90–98. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2017.01.003
Riehle, M., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2017). Translated Article: Are the Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia Treatable at All? A Systematic Review on Efficacy Studies for Targeted Psychological Interventions for Negative Symptoms. Verhaltenstherapie, 27(3), 199–208. doi: 10.1159/000478534
Riehle, M., Pillny, M., & Lincoln, T. M. (2017). Ist Negativsymptomatik bei Schizophrenie überhaupt behandelbar? Ein systematisches Literaturreview zur Wirksamkeit psychotherapeutischer Interventionen für Negativsymptomatik. Verhaltenstherapie, 27(3), 199–208. doi: 10.1159/000478534
Riehle, M., Jung, E., Wiesjahn, M., Mehl, S., Rief, W., & Lincoln, T. M. (2015). What’s in an item? Predicting social outcomes in schizophrenia spectrum disorders from the PANSS item “Poor Rapport.” Schizophrenia Research, 168(1–2), 593–594. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.08.026
Wegrzyn, M., Riehle, M., Labudda, K., Woermann, F., Baumgartner, F., Pollmann, S., … Kissler, J. (2015). Investigating the brain basis of facial expression perception using multi-voxel pattern analysis. Cortex, 69, 131–140. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.05.003