My research focuses on the emotional consequences and neural correlates of differing perceptions of social interaction in ambiguous situations. In particular, I consider associations with aggression and conduct disorder, brain structure, resilience, and humor.
Selected publications
2025
Schitter, M., Martinelli, A., Baum, C. (2025) Validation of the HEISS-G and the role of humor production for psychological well-being in a Structural Equation Modeling approach. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research, 38(3), 433-460. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2024-0057
Baum, C., Ditter, V., Wurtz, J., Schitter, M., Martinelli, A. (2025) A randomized-controlled trial comparing relative effects of interoceptive exposure focus versus distraction on cold-pressor induced pain. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 193: 104824. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2025.104824
Townend, S., Staginnus, M., Rogers, J., Smaragdi, A., Martinelli, A., Bernhard, A., Raschle, N. M., Kohls, G., Konrad, K., Stadler, C., Freitag, C. M., Walton, E., De Brito, S. A. & Fairchild, G. (2025) Testing the Ecophenotype Hypothesis: Differences in White Matter Microstructure in Youth with Conduct Disorder With Versus Without a History of Childhood Abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 26:1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425000367
Bernhard, A., Fann, N., Chiocchetti, A., Ackermann, K., Martinelli, A., Freitag, C.M. (2025) Psychoneuroendocrine stress response in female and male youth with major depressive disorder. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66(10): 1563-1576. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.14168
2024
Stadler, C., Freitag, C. M., Popma, A., Nauta-Jansen, L., Konrad, K., Unternaehrer, E., Ackermann, K., Bernhard, A., Martinelli, A., Oldenhof, H., Gundlach, M., Kohls, G., Prätzlich, M., Kieser, M., Limprecht, R., Raschle, N. M., Vriends, N., Trestman, R. L., Kirchner, M., & Kersten, L. (2024). START NOW: a cognitive behavioral skills training for adolescent girls with conduct or oppositional defiant disorder – a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 65(3), 316–327.
Cornwell, H., Toschi, N., Hamilton-Giachritsis, C., Staginnus, M., Smaragdi, A., Gonzalez-Madruga, K., Mackes, N., Rogers, J., Martinelli, A., Kohls, G., Raschle, N. M., Konrad, K., Stadler, C., Freitag, C. M., De Brito, S. A., & Fairchild, G. (2024). Identifying cortical structure markers of resilience to adversity in young people using surface-based morphometry. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 19(1), nsae006. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsae006
2023
Cornwell, H., Toschi, N., Hamilton-Giachritsis, C., Staginnus, M., Smaragdi, A., Gonzalez-Madruga, K., Rogers, J., Martinelli, A., Kohls, G., Raschle, N. M., Konrad, K., Stadler, C., Freitag, C., De Brito, S., & Fairchild, G. (2023). Identifying structural brain markers of resilience to adversity in young people using voxel-based morphometry. Development and Psychopathology, 35(5):2302-2314. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000718Baumann S.,
Bernhard A., Martinelli A., Ackermann K., Herpertz-Dahlmann B., Freitag C., Konrad K., Kohls G. (2023) Perpetrators and Victims of Cyberbullying among Youth with Conduct Disorder. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 32:1643-1653. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01973-0
2022
Martinelli, A., Grüll, J., & Baum, C. (2022). Attention and interpretation cognitive bias change: A systematic review and meta-analysis of bias modification paradigms. Behaviour research and therapy, 157, 104180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104180
Chiocchetti AG, Yousaf A, Waltes R, Bernhard A, Martinelli A, Ackermann K, et al. (2022) The methylome in females with adolescent Conduct Disorder: Neural pathomechanisms and environmental risk factors. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0261691. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261691
Bernhard, A., Ackermann, K., Martinelli, A., Chiocchetti, A. G., Vllasaliu, L., González-Madruga, K., Batchelor, M., Raschle, N. M., Oldenhof, H., Jansen, L., Kohls, G., Konrad, K., Popma, A., Stadler, C., Fairchild, G., & Freitag, C. M. (2022). Neuroendocrine Stress Response in Female and Male Youths With Conduct Disorder and Associations With Early Adversity. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(5), 698–710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2021.11.023