Gesundheit neu gedacht – State of the Art im Betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagement
Kohls, Niko (2025)
Lernen lernen – Stress, Achtsamkeit und Resilienz - Votrag bei der Med School Kloster Banz zu Beginn des Medizinstudiums
Kohls, Niko (2025)
Symptoms of post-traumatic distress and quality of life in adults with aortopathy and congenital heart defects or hereditary connective tissue diseases
Dreher, Helena; Dewald, Oliver; Freiberger, Annika; Freilinger, Sebastian; Harig, Frank; Nagdyman, Nicole; Strueven, Nina; Suleiman, Mathieu; Mellert, Fritz; Kohls, Niko; Kaemmerer-Suleiman, Ann-Sophie (2025)
Dreher, Helena; Dewald, Oliver; Freiberger, Annika; Freilinger, Sebastian; Harig, Frank...
Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy 0 (0).
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Neurocognitive Factors in Spiritual Experiences and Practices
Kohls, Niko; Giordano, James (2025)
, 1–13.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38971-9_1976-1
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Psychologie des Älterwerdens
Kohls, Niko (2025)
Wissen für Alle by Hochschule Coburg: Mit 66 Jahren .... Äter werden mit Qualität.
Forgiveness and Physical Health: A Review of Theory and Evidence
Toussaint, Loren; Webb, Jon; Hirsch, Jameson; Kohls, Niko; Offenbaecher, Martin; Dezutter, Jessie; Nguyen, Quang; Vallejo, Miguel; Sirois, Fuschia (2025)
Toussaint, Loren; Webb, Jon; Hirsch, Jameson; Kohls, Niko; Offenbaecher, Martin...
, 245–268.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-89095-6_11
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This chapter offers an overview of the forgiveness and health connection. We offer a review of common ways to define forgiveness of others and self-forgiveness. Stress-and-coping theories of forgiveness of others and self-forgiveness are outlined. Both theories consider antecedents, correlates, and health outcomes of forgiveness of others and self-forgiveness and both offer a comprehensive and interpretive lens through which to view empirical research on associations between forgiveness of others and self-forgiveness with health outcomes. In reviewing 73 studies, we found seventy-five percent showed at least one connection between a dimension of forgiveness and a physical health outcome. We conclude by integrating and interpreting the research literature, identifying caveats and limitations, and offering a research agenda. Researchers and practitioners are encouraged to think broadly and model forgiveness-health relationships on established psychological and health theories and to execute theory-guided studies of the forgiveness and health connection.
Cardiological rehabilitation, prehabilitation, and cardiovascular prevention in adults with congenital heart defects: tasks and services of the German Pension Insurance-part 1: preventive cardiology and prehabilitation
Barth, J; Dewald, O; Ewert, Peter; Freiberger, Annika; Freilinger, Sebastian; Gampert, T; Harig, F; Hörer, J; Holdenrieder, S.; Huntgeburth, Michael; Kaemmerer-Suleiman, A; Kohls, Niko; Nagdyman, Nicole; Neidenbach, R,; Schmiedeberg, W; Suleiman, M; Von Scheidt, Fabian; Koch, D; Wagener, W; Mentzner, D; Kaemmerer, Harald; Mellert, F (2025)
Barth, J; Dewald, O; Ewert, Peter; Freiberger, Annika; Freilinger, Sebastian...
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 15 (3), 684-695.
DOI: 10.21037/cdt-2024-691
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Cardiological rehabilitation, prehabilitation, and cardiovascular prevention in adults with congenital heart defects: tasks and services of the German Pension Insurance-part 2: cardiological rehabilitation
Barth, J; Dewald, O; Ewert, Peter; Freiberger, Annika; Freilinger, Sebastian; Gampert, T; Harig, F; Hörer, J; Holdenrieder, S.; Huntgeburth, Michael; Kaemmerer-Suleiman, A; Kohls, Niko; Nagdyman, Nicole; Neidenbach, R,; Schmiedeberg, W; Suleiman, M; Von Scheidt, Fabian; Koch, D; Wagener, W; Mentzner, D; Mellert, F; Kaemmerer, Harald (2025)
Barth, J; Dewald, O; Ewert, Peter; Freiberger, Annika; Freilinger, Sebastian...
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 15 (3), 696-704.
DOI: 10.21037/cdt-2024-692
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Interview: Wissenschaft zu Homeoffice, Karenztag und Produktivität
Kohls, Niko (2025)
Wie positiv bleiben?
Kohls, Niko (2025)
Gratitude and sleep disturbance in primary care patients: the mediating roles of health self-efficacy, health behaviors, and psychological distress
Altier, H.; Hirsch, J; Weber, A; Kohls, Niko; Schelling, J.; Toussaint, L; Sirois, F; Offenbächer, M. (2025)
Altier, H.; Hirsch, J; Weber, A; Kohls, Niko; Schelling, J.; Toussaint, L; Sirois, F...
Frontiers in Sleep 4, 1459854.
DOI: 10.3389/frsle.2025.1459854
Best-Practice-Beispiele der Evaluationsforschung in der kommunalen Gesundheitsförderung: das Projekt „Gesunde Südstadt"
John, Dennis; Kohls, Niko (2024)
(77), 8.
DOI: 10.17883/fet-schriften077
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Seit Inkrafttreten des Präventionsgesetzes (PrävG) im Jahr 2015 wurden bundesweit Projekte der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherungen (GKV) zur Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention (GfP) initiiert. Die Messung der Wirkung von GfP wurde im PrävG nicht explizit formuliert, mit der Folge, dass in den letzten 10 Jahren externe Evaluationsstudien nicht flächendeckend und systematisch in GKV-geförderten Projekten zur GfP eingesetzt wurden. Dennoch gibt es einige Beispiele von Evaluationsstudien, die Effekte von GKV-geförderten Projekten der GfP auf relevante Zielgruppen in verschiedenen Lebenswelten empirisch untersucht haben, vor allem in der kommunalen Gesundheitsförderung. Evaluation von Projekten der GfP in Kommunen wurden sowohl in Städten als auch im ländlichen Raum durchgeführt. Evaluationsforschung in GKV-geförderten Projekten der GfP ist auch 10 Jahre nach Inkrafttreten des Präventionsgesetzes kein wissenschaftlicher Selbstzweck. Evidenzbasierung und Wirkungsorientierung tragen - auch vor dem Hintergrund eines zunehmenden legitimatorischen (Kosten-)Drucks - zur Nachhaltigkeit von Projekten der GfP bei. Im folgenden Beitrag wird ein Best-Practice-Beispiel vorgestellt, mit dem Ziel aufzuzeigen, wie externe Begleitevaluationen in GKV-geförderten Projekten der kommunalen Gesundheits-förderung integriert werden können.
Selbstfürsorge im Alltag
Kohls, Niko (2024)
Krisen überstehen: Psychologe gibt Tipps, wie Sie unsichere Zeiten meistern
Kohls, Niko (2024)
Focus Online.
Überleben in VUCA- und BANI-Welten: Neue Anforderungen an Stressbewältigung
Kohls, Niko (2024)
Verhaltenstherapie & Psychosoziale Praxis 56 (3), 410–426.
Lernen lernen – Stress, Achtsamkeit und Resilienz
Kohls, Niko (2024)
Effects of meditation on health promoting protective factors of persons with cardiovascular disease—a quasi-experimental pilot study with pre-post comparison
Weiß, Katharina; Mahnkopf, Christian; Kohls, Niko (2024)
14 (4).
DOI: 10.21037/cdt-24-74
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Background: The aim of this pilot study is to determine, in the context of a controlled intervention study, whether the health-promoting personal protective factors of sense of coherence, resilience, and self-compassion are strengthened by the practice of Metta meditation in individuals with cardiovascular disease. The interactions between mind and body play a pivotal role in health and mortality. Lifestyle factors and especially stress also play a decisive role in the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases. With health-promoting personal protective factors, which can be actively formed over the entire lifespan, stressors can be managed more adequately.
Methods: Data collection will be conducted as part of a controlled nonrandomized longitudinal pilot intervention study that will enrol individuals with cardiovascular disease (n=29). After the first interview, a 12-week Metta meditation course will start for the intervention group (IG) (n=9), while the control group (CG) (n=20) will receive no intervention. The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure® Questionnaire (MLHFQ), the 13-item Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-13), the Resilience Scale, the Self-Compassion Scale short form (SCS-sf) German version, the German version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), and the Stress Coping subscale of the Stress and Coping Inventory (SCI) are used at both measurement time (MT) points. In addition, blood pressure parameters are collected. Furthermore, selected literature will be consulted to integrate the evaluated data into existing research findings.
Results: The health-promoting personal competencies of sense of coherence, resilience, and self-compassion were not strengthened by the practice of Metta meditation in individuals with cardiovascular disease. However, there was a significant reduction in perceived stress {F[1, 27] =4.351, P=0.047, f=0.402} and improved stress coping skills {F[1, 26] =6.790, P=0.02, f=0.511} in the IG. Furthermore, the frequency of rehospitalization {F[1, 27] =5.607, P=0.03, f=0.456} differed significantly in the pre-post comparison.
Conclusions: Due to the insufficient size of the sample, the results are only exploratory in nature and should therefore only be considered preliminary. Also, the correlations between the significant changes in the parameters and Metta meditation cannot be finally assessed. For this purpose, further studies with larger samples are needed.
Keywords: Loving-kindness meditation (LKM); sense of coherence; resilience; self-compassion; cardiovascular disease
Profiles of well-being and their associations with self-forgiveness, forgiveness of others, and gratitude among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.
Charzyńska , Edyta; Offenbächer, M.; Halverson, k; Hirsch, J. K.; Kohls, Niko; Hanshans, Christian ; Sirois, F.; Toussaint, L. (2024)
Charzyńska , Edyta; Offenbächer, M.; Halverson, k; Hirsch, J. K.; Kohls, Niko...
British Journal of Health Psychology 2024, 1-23.
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Immersive Virtual Reality-Based Allocentric Spatial Cognitive Training on Improving ToM in Children with Autism.
Izadifar, Morteza; Kohls, Niko; Grubert, Jens (2024)
Cogn Process 25 (3-47), 25.
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-024-01218-9
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AB0130 profiles of well-being and their relationships with self-forgiveness, forgiveness of others, and gratitude among patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.
Charzyńska , Edyta; Offenbacher, M.; Halverson, k; Hirsch, J. K.; Kohls, Niko; Hanshans, Christian ; Sirios , F. ; Toussaint, L. (2024)
Charzyńska , Edyta; Offenbacher, M.; Halverson, k; Hirsch, J. K.; Kohls, Niko...
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 83, 1298-1299.
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2024-eular.456
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Prof. Dr. Niko Kohls
Hochschule Coburg
Fakultät Angewandte Naturwissenschaften und Gesundheit (FNG)
Friedrich-Streib-Str. 2
96450 Coburg
T 09561317130 niko.kohls[at]hs-coburg.de
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9761-4839