List of works by Markus Gerber

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!" - Higher Hypomania Scores Are Associated with Higher Mental Toughness, Increased Physical Activity, and Lower Symptoms of Depression and Lower Sleep Complaints

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

"Sleep well, our tough heroes!"--in adolescence, greater mental toughness is related to better sleep schedules

scientific article

"Tell me, how bright your hypomania is, and I tell you, if you are happily in love!"--among young adults in love, bright side hypomania is related to reduced depression and anxiety, and better sleep quality

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'Bright side' and 'dark side' hypomania are associated with differences in psychological functioning, sleep and physical activity in a non-clinical sample of young adults

scientific article published on 11 January 2011

A Twelve-Week Moderate Exercise Programme Improved Symptoms of Depression, Insomnia, and Verbal Learning in Post-Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Patients: A Comparison with Meningioma Patients and Healthy Controls

scientific article published on 01 January 2017

Acute Bouts of Exercising Improved Mood, Rumination and Social Interaction in Inpatients With Mental Disorders.

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Acute Exercise and Emotion Recognition in Young Adolescents

scientific article published on 06 June 2019

Acute effects of moderate aerobic exercise on specific aspects of executive function in different age and fitness groups: A meta-analysis

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Adolescents with greater mental toughness show higher sleep efficiency, more deep sleep and fewer awakenings after sleep onset

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Adolescents with high mental toughness adapt better to perceived stress: A longitudinal study with Swiss vocational students

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Adolescents' exercise and physical activity are associated with mental toughness

article by Markus Gerber et al published June 2012 in Mental Health and Physical Activity

Adolescents' personal beliefs about sufficient physical activity are more closely related to sleep and psychological functioning than self-reported physical activity: A prospective study.

scientific article published on 27 March 2018

Aerobic exercise training and burnout: a pilot study with male participants suffering from burnout

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Aerobic exercise, ball sports, dancing, and weight lifting as moderators of the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms: an exploratory cross-sectional study with swiss university students

scientific article published on December 2014

An event-related potential investigation of the acute effects of aerobic and coordinative exercise on inhibitory control in children with ADHD.

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Are adolescents with high mental toughness levels more resilient against stress?

scientific article published on 3 September 2012

Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and social cognition in healthy adults

scientific article published on 31 May 2020

Association between physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and clustered cardiovascular risk in South African children from disadvantaged communities: results from a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Association of Exercise with Inhibitory Control and Prefrontal Brain Activity Under Acute Psychosocial Stress

scientific article published on 10 July 2020

Association of change in physical activity associated with change in sleep complaints: results from a six-year longitudinal study with Swedish health care workers

scientific article published on January 31, 2019

Associations between selective attention and soil-transmitted helminth infections, socioeconomic status, and physical fitness in disadvantaged children in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: An observational study.

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Better Objective Sleep Was Associated with Better Subjective Sleep and Physical Activity; Results from an Exploratory Study under Naturalistic Conditions among Persons with Multiple Sclerosis

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Both hair cortisol levels and perceived stress predict increased symptoms of depression: an exploratory study in young adults

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Challenges Associated with the Implementation of an Exercise and Sport Intervention Program in a Greek Refugee Camp: A Report of Professional Practice

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Changes in injury incidences and causes in Swiss amateur soccer between the years 2004 and 2015

scientific article published on 15 December 2018

Changes in mental health in compliers and non-compliers with physical activity recommendations in patients with stress-related exhaustion.

scientific article published on 4 November 2015

Coaching and Prompting for Remote Physical Activity Promotion: Study Protocol of a Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial (Movingcall)

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

Combined virtual reality and physical training improved the bimanual coordination of women with multiple sclerosis

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Concerns regarding hair cortisol as a biomarker of chronic stress in exercise and sport science

scientific article published on December 2012

Contingent Negative Variation and Working Memory Maintenance in Adolescents with Low and High Motor Competencies.

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

Contribution of physical education to overall physical activity.

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Core executive functions are selectively related to different facets of motor competence in preadolescent children

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Cortisol Impacted on Explicit Learning Encoding, but Not on Storage and Retrieval, and Was Not Associated With Sleep Patterns-Results From the Trier Social Stress Test for Children (TSST-C) Among 9-Years Old Children

scholarly article by Serge Brand et al published 2018 in Frontiers in Psychology

Costs resulting from nonprofessional soccer injuries in Switzerland: A detailed analysis

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations Between Athlete Burnout, Insomnia, and Polysomnographic Indices in Young Elite Athletes

scholarly article by Markus Gerber et al published 5 December 2018 in Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Daily morning running for 3 weeks improved sleep and psychological functioning in healthy adolescents compared with controls

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Depression, hypomania, and dysfunctional sleep-related cognitions as mediators between stress and insomnia: The best advice is not always found on the pillow!

scholarly article by Serge Brand et al published May 2010 in International Journal of Stress Management

Does Cardiorespiratory Fitness Moderate the Association between Occupational Stress, Cardiovascular Risk, and Mental Health in Police Officers?

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Does Physical Fitness Buffer the Relationship between Psychosocial Stress, Retinal Vessel Diameters, and Blood Pressure among Primary Schoolchildren?

scientific article published on 04 October 2016

Dream recall and its relationship to sleep, perceived stress, and creativity among adolescents

scientific article published on 28 May 2011

Dual-task training on cognition and resistance training improved both balance and working memory in older people

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

During early and mid-adolescence, greater mental toughness is related to increased sleep quality and quality of life

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During early to mid adolescence, moderate to vigorous physical activity is associated with restoring sleep, psychological functioning, mental toughness and male gender

scientific article published on April 2016

Effect of a 20-week physical activity intervention on selective attention and academic performance in children living in disadvantaged neighborhoods: A cluster randomized control trial

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Effect of a Multidimensional Physical Activity Intervention on Body Mass Index, Skinfolds and Fitness in South African Children: Results from a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 15 January 2019

Effects of Aerobic Exercise as Add-On Treatment for Inpatients With Moderate to Severe Depression on Depression Severity, Sleep, Cognition, Psychological Well-Being, and Biomarkers: Study Protocol, Description of Study Population, and Manipulation Ch

Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Performance Among Young Adults in a Higher Education Setting.

scientific article published on 7 March 2018

Effects of Quiet Mind Training on Alpha Power Suppression and Fine Motor Skill Acquisition

Effects of Quiet Mind Training on Alpha Power Suppression and Fine Motor Skill Acquisition

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Effects of a School-Based Health Intervention Program in Marginalized Communities of Port Elizabeth, South Africa (the KaziBantu Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 11 July 2019

Effects of a school-based physical activity program on retinal microcirculation and cognitive function in adolescents

scientific article published on 06 December 2018

Effects of school-based physical activity and multi-micronutrient supplementation intervention on growth, health and well-being of schoolchildren in three African countries: the KaziAfya cluster randomised controlled trial protocol with a 2 × 2 fact

scientific article published on 06 January 2020

Effects of stress and mental toughness on burnout and depressive symptoms: A prospective study with young elite athletes

scientific article published on 18 May 2018

Effects of two types of exercise training on psychological well-being, sleep, quality of life and physical fitness in patients with high-grade glioma (WHO III and IV): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and aerobic exercise training (AET) increased plasma BDNF and ameliorated depressive symptoms in patients suffering from major depressive disorder

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Electroconvulsive therapy and aerobic exercise training increased BDNF and ameliorated depressive symptoms in patients suffering from treatment-resistant major depressive disorder

scientific article published on 5 July 2014

Elite sport is not an additional source of distress for adolescents with high stress levels

scientific article published in April 2011

Evidence for similarities between adolescents and parents in sleep patterns

scientific article published on 21 May 2009

Evidence of favorable sleep-EEG patterns in adolescent male vigorous football players compared to controls

scientific article published in March 2010

Examining Dark Triad traits in relation to mental toughness and physical activity in young adults

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Examining Dark Triad traits in relation to sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in young adults.

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Executive function performance is reduced during occupational burnout but can recover to the level of healthy controls

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

Exercise is medicine for patients with major depressive disorders: but only if the "pill" is taken!

scientific article published on 05 August 2016

Exercising, sleep-EEG patterns, and psychological functioning are related among adolescents

scientific article published in March 2010

Favorable impact of long-term exercise on disease symptoms in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

Fitness Moderates the Relationship between Stress and Cardiovascular Risk Factors.

scientific article published on 9 June 2016

Fitness and exercise as correlates of sleep complaints: is it all in our minds?

scientific article published in May 2010

Fitness, Stress, and Body Composition in Primary Schoolchildren

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Further Evidence of the Zero-Association Between Symptoms of Insomnia and Facial Emotion Recognition-Results From a Sample of Adults in Their Late 30s

scholarly article by Serge Brand et al published 2018 in Frontiers in Psychiatry

Heart rate variability and salivary cortisol in very preterm children during school age.

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

High exercise levels are related to favorable sleep patterns and psychological functioning in adolescents: a comparison of athletes and controls

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High self-perceived exercise exertion before bedtime is associated with greater objectively assessed sleep efficiency

scientific article published on 16 June 2014

Immediate and sustained effects of intermittent exercise on inhibitory control and task-related heart rate variability in adolescents

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

Impact of aerobic exercise on sleep and motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorders - a pilot study

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Impact of an 8-Week Exercise and Sport Intervention on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Mental Health, and Physical Fitness among Male Refugees Living in a Greek Refugee Camp

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Impaired objective and subjective sleep in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease compared to healthy controls

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Implicit and explicit attitudes towards sport among young elite athletes with high versus low burnout symptoms

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

In 6- to 8-year-old children, cardiorespiratory fitness moderates the relationship between severity of life events and health-related quality of life

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In 6- to 8-year-old children, hair cortisol is associated with body mass index and somatic complaints, but not with stress, health-related quality of life, blood pressure, retinal vessel diameters, and cardiorespiratory fitness

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In Individuals Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Hair Cortisol Concentrations Are Higher and More Strongly Associated with Psychological Functioning and Sleep Complaints than in Healthy Controls

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In Iranian female and male adolescents, romantic love is related to hypomania and low depressive symptoms, but also to higher state anxiety

scientific article published on 9 August 2012

In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis, Both Objective and Subjective Sleep, Depression, Fatigue, and Paresthesia Improved After 3 Weeks of Regular Exercise

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In a randomized case-control trial with 10-years olds suffering from attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) sleep and psychological functioning improved during a 12-week sleep-training program

scientific article published on 24 June 2014

Increased objectively assessed vigorous-intensity exercise is associated with reduced stress, increased mental health and good objective and subjective sleep in young adults

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Increased self-reported and objectively assessed physical activity predict sleep quality among adolescents

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Influence of Regular Physical Activity and Fitness on Stress Reactivity as Measured with the Trier Social Stress Test Protocol: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Influence of Regular Physical Activity on Mitochondrial Activity and Symptoms of Burnout-An Interventional Pilot Study

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Injuries in formal and informal non-professional soccer - an overview of injury context, causes, and characteristics

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Injury Prevention in Amateur Soccer: A Nation-Wide Study on Implementation and Associations with Injury Incidence

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Is grip strength linked to body composition and cardiovascular risk markers in primary schoolchildren? Cross-sectional data from three African countries

scientific article published in 2022

Is improved fitness following a 12-week exercise program associated with decreased symptom severity, better wellbeing, and fewer sleep complaints in patients with major depressive disorders? A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Longitudinal relationships between perceived stress, exercise self-regulation and exercise involvement among physically active adolescents

scientific article published on 6 August 2014

Low vigorous physical activity is associated with increased adrenocortical reactivity to psychosocial stress in students with high stress perceptions

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Mental toughness, sleep disturbances, and physical activity in patients with multiple sclerosis compared to healthy adolescents and young adults

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, executive functions and prefrontal brain oxygenation in children: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.

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Moderating Effects of Exercise Duration and Intensity in Neuromuscular vs. Endurance Exercise Interventions for the Treatment of Depression: A Meta-Analytical Review

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Multiple Sclerosis: Associations Between Physical Disability and Depression Are Not Mediated by Self-Reported Physical Activity

scientific article published in January 2017

Neurocognitive processes mediate the relation between children's motor skills, cardiorespiratory fitness and response inhibition: Evidence from source imaging

scientific article published on 31 October 2020

Objectively assessed physical activity is associated with increased hair cortisol content in young adults

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

Perceived fitness protects against stress-based mental health impairments among police officers who report good sleep

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Perceived parenting styles differ between genders but not between elite athletes and controls

scientific article published on 28 January 2011

Perfectionism related to self-reported insomnia severity, but not when controlled for stress and emotion regulation

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Physical activity and dual disease burden among South African primary schoolchildren from disadvantaged neighbourhoods

scientific article published on 04 April 2018

Physical activity and health-related quality of life among schoolchildren from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

scientific article published on 30 September 2017

Physical activity and self-esteem: testing direct and indirect relationships associated with psychological and physical mechanisms

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Poor Sleep Is Related to Lower Emotional Competence Among Adolescents

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Promoting graded exercise as a part of multimodal treatment in patients diagnosed with stress-related exhaustion.

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

Psychiatric In-Patients Are More Likely to Meet Recommended Levels of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity If They Engage in Exercise and Sport Therapy Programs

scientific article published on 20 July 2018

Psychological wellbeing and physical activity in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease compared to healthy controls.

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Psychometric properties of the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM) among adolescents: results from three cross-sectional studies

scientific article published on 25 August 2018

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Sleep Quality, Sleep EEG Pattern, Mental Well-Being and Cortisol Secretion in Patients with Ruptured Aneurysm Post-Treatment: A Comparison with Post-Surgery Meningioma Patients and Controls

scientific article published on 12 April 2016

Sprint interval training (SIT) substantially reduces depressive symptoms in major depressive disorder (MDD): A randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 08 May 2018

Stability of Mental Toughness, Sleep Disturbances, and Physical Activity in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis (MS)-A Longitudinal and Pilot Study.

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Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating moderators of long-term effects of exercise on cognition in healthy individuals

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL TOUGHNESS, STRESS, AND BURNOUT AMONG ADOLESCENTS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY WITH SWISS VOCATIONAL STUDENTS (.).

scientific article published on December 2015

Teaching Stress Management in Physical Education: A Quasi-Experimental Study with Vocational Students

Telephone-Based Coaching and Prompting for Physical Activity: Short- and Long-Term Findings of a Randomized Controlled Trial (Movingcall)

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

The Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Flexibility and Task-Related Heart Rate Variability in Children With ADHD and Healthy Controls

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

The Origins of Mental Toughness - Prosocial Behavior and Low Internalizing and Externalizing Problems at Age 5 Predict Higher Mental Toughness Scores at Age 14.

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

The Stress-Burnout Relationship: Examining the Moderating Effect of Physical Activity and Intrinsic Motivation for Off-Job Physical Activity

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

The acute effects of aerobic exercise on sleep in patients with depression: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

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The current state of physical activity and exercise programs in German-speaking, Swiss psychiatric hospitals: results from a brief online survey

scientific article published on 03 June 2016

The effects of a school-based exercise program on neurophysiological indices of working memory operations in adolescents

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

The effects of aerobic, resistance, and meditative movement exercise on sleep in individuals with depression: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

scientific article published on 26 April 2019

The effects of an acute bout of exercise on neural activity in alcohol and cocaine craving: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 29 December 2018

The impact of lifestyle Physical Activity Counselling in IN-PATients with major depressive disorders on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, depression, and cardiovascular health risk markers: study protocol for a randomized controlled tria

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

The relation between sleep and pain among a non-clinical sample of young adults

scientific article published on 31 March 2010

The relation of objective sleep patterns, depressive symptoms, and sleep disturbances in adolescent children and their parents: a sleep-EEG study with 47 families

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

The relationship between meeting vigorous physical activity recommendations and burnout symptoms among adolescents: an exploratory study with vocational students

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The relationship between physical activity and sleep from mid adolescence to early adulthood. A systematic review of methodological approaches and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 05 August 2015

The relationship between shift work, perceived stress, sleep and health in Swiss police officers

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The relationships of change in physical activity with change in depression, anxiety, and burnout: a longitudinal study of Swedish healthcare workers.

scientific article published on 18 November 2013

The utility of two interview-based physical activity questionnaires in healthy young adults: Comparison with accelerometer data

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Validation of the Farsi version of the revised Adolescent Sleep Hygiene Scale (ASHSr): a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Validation of the German version of the insomnia severity index in adolescents, young adults and adult workers: results from three cross-sectional studies

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

Validation of the German version of the short form of the dysfunctional beliefs and attitudes about sleep scale (DBAS-16).

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When Low Leisure-Time Physical Activity Meets Unsatisfied Psychological Needs: Insights From a Stress-Buffer Perspective

scientific article published on 02 November 2018

Zumba dancing and aerobic exercise can improve working memory, motor function, and depressive symptoms in female patients with Fibromyalgia

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

[Sleep and Psychological Functioning of Children and Adolescents - a Narrative Review]

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

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