Being active with research and teaching since 2007, I am internationally known for my research about online gaming, online gaming disorder, and anxiety disorders. I was also interviewed multiple times about internet and emotions, how it affects relationships, etc… As a testament to my expertise, please find a selected list of my publications and presentations below:
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AND SUPPLEMENTS
Lehenbauer-Baum, M., Klaps, A., Kovacovsky, Z., Witzmann, K., Zahlbruckner, R., & Stetina, B. U. (2015). Addiction and Engagement: An Explorative Study Toward Classification Criteria for Internet Gaming Disorder. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 18(6), 343–349. http://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2015.0063.
Lehenbauer-Baum, M., Klaps, A., Kovacovsky, Z., & Stetina, B. U. (2015). Debunking Internet Gaming Disorder: Motivational differences between high engagement and addiction. In L. Kaczmirek, O. Hellwig, O. Tabino, M. Thielsch, & A. Wachenfeld (Eds.), Shaping Online Research (p. 68). Koeln: German Society for Online Research.
Lehenbauer-Baum, M., & Fohringer, M. (2015). Towards classification criteria for internet gaming disorder: Debunking differences between addiction and high engagement in a German sample of World of Warcraft players. Computers in Human Behavior, 45, 345–351.
Lehenbauer-Baum, M. (2014). Facebook, Twitter & Co. – Ethische Aspekte einer Nutzung sozialer Netzwerke in der Praxis (Facebook, Twitter & Co. – Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Social Networking Sites for Clinical Psychologists). Psychologie in Österreich, 4, 246-253.
Lehenbauer, M., Kothgassner, O., Kryspin-Exner, I., & Stetina, B. U. (2013). An online self-administered social skills training for young adults: results of a pilot study. Computers & Education, 61, 217-224. doi: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2012.09.007.
Kothgassner, O., Felnhofer, A., Beutl, L., Hlavacs, H., Lehenbauer, M., & Stetina, B. (2012). A virtual training tool for giving talks. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 7522, 53-66.
Stetina, B.U., Kothgassner, O., Lehenbauer, M., & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2011). Beyond the fascination of online-games: Probing addictive behavior and depression in the world of online-gaming. Computers in Human Behavior, 27 (1), 473–479.
Stetina, B. U., Lehenbauer, M., Kothgassner, O. D., Seelmann, V. & Piffl, M. (2010). Lost in Cyberspace. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 39 (Supplement 1), 73.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. (2009). Virtuelle Simulationen, Virtuelle Realitäten: Neue Medien in der Behandlung. Verhaltenstherapie und Verhaltensmedizin, 30 (3), 368 – 383.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. (2009). Coping with disease: Internet and social phobia. Psychology & Health, 24 (Supplement 1), 245.
Stetina, B.U., Lehenbauer, M., McElheney, J., Schawill, W. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2009). Self efficacy of internet users searching for health related information online. Psychology & Health, 24 (Supplement 1), 377.
Kryspin-Exner, I., Stetina, B.U. & Lehenbauer, M. (2007). Pathologischer Internetgebrauch und Sozialphobie: Spezifische maladaptive Kognitionen. Verhaltenstherapie, 17 (Supplement 1), 54.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2006). Pathological Internet use in relation to social phobia. Psychology & Health, 21 (Supplement 1), 89.
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
Lehenbauer-Baum, M. (2016). Nomophobia is an artificially created disorder. In: Tamara Thompson (Ed.). Does the Internet increase Anxiety?. Farmington Hills: Cengage Learning.
Lehenbauer-Baum, M. & Fohringer, M. (2015). Internet Gaming Disorder: Internet Addiction and High Engagement in World of Warcraft players. In: Bishop, J. (Ed.). Psychological and social implications surrounding Internet and Gaming Addiction.
Lehenbauer, M. (2012). Prävention sozialer Ängste (Prevention of social fears). Unpublished Dissertation Thesis, University of Vienna, Austria.
Stetina, B.U., Kothgassner, O., Felnhofer, A. & Lehenbauer, M. (2012). Games for health? Have fun with virtual reality! In Eichenberg, C. (ed.) Virtual Reality. Rijeka: Intech.
Lehenbauer, M., Kothgassner, O., Felnhofer A., & Glenk, L. (2012). Play for change? A psychological view on computer games. In: Mitgutsch, K., Wimmer, J. Rusch, D., & Rosenstingl, H. (Eds.) Applied Playfulness. Conference Proceedings of the FROG Vienna Games Conference 2011. Vienna: Braumüller.
Lehenbauer, M. (2006). Pathologischer Internetgebrauch und Sozialphobie: Maladaptive Kognitionen. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, University of Vienna, Austria.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. (2009). Interaktive Programme und virtuelle Simulationen (Interactive Programs and Virtual Simulations). In: Hintenberger,G. & Kuehne, S. (Hrsg.). Handbuch der Online-Beratung (Compendium Online-Counseling). Goettingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Lehenbauer, M. (2009). Internetspezifische maladaptive Kognitionen. In: B.U.Stetina & I.Kryspin-Exner (Hrsg.) Gesundheit und Neue Medien. Psychologische Aspekte der Interaktion mit Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien. Vienna: Springer.
PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
Lehenbauer-Baum, M. (2017). Addiction or Engagement? Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment Models for Internet Gaming Disorder. Presentation at the 2017 Tennessee Psychological Association Convention “Riding the Wave of Change”, Nashville, Tennessee, November 1-4, 2017.
Lehenbauer-Baum, M., Kovacovsky, Z., Klaps, A. & Stetina, B.U. (2015). Debunking Internet Gaming Disorder: Motivational differences between high engagement and addiction in a German sample of World of Warcraft players. Presentation at the General Online Research Conference, Cologne, Germany, March 18-20th, 2015.
Lehenbauer-Baum, M. (2014a). Is it a risk? New technology (Internet) for Clinical Psychology. Invited lecture at the Austrian Professional Association of Psychologists, Linz/Austria, Dec. 19th, 2014.
Lehenbauer-Baum, M. (2014b). Is it a risk? New technology (Internet) for Clinical Psychology. Invited lecture at the Austrian Professional Association of Psychologists, Vienna/Austria, Dec. 17th, 2014.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. (2012). Internet and Psychology: Use new media for preventing social fears. Presentation at the Games for Health Conference, Boston, USA, June 12th-16th.
Lehenbauer, M. (2011). Onlinetraining für schüchterne Personen. Invited lecture at the “Games for Health Salon”, Museumsquartier Vienna. December 1st, 2011, Vienna, Austria.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. (2011). A social skills training online: results of a pilot study concerning new technology in psychology. Presentation at the 1st European Games for Health Conference, Amsterdam, NL, Oct. 24-25th, 2011.
Lehenbauer, M. (2011). Mensch-Technik Interaktion. Invited lecture at the Austrian Professional Association of Psychologists, Austria, Vienna, Sept. 13th, 2011.
Lehenbauer, M. (2011). Games for health: Will there soon be a medical prescription to play? Invited lecture at the faculty of computer science, University of Vienna, Austria, June 30th, 2011.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. (2011). Self-competence and social skills: Results of a new “self-assurance training” for adolescents. Oral presentation at the 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, TR, July 4-8th, 2011.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. (2011). Social phobia and social skills: Results of a new “self-assurance training” for shy adolescents. Oral presentation at the 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, TR, July 4-8th, 2011.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U., Tellinger, L. & Kothgassner, O. (2011). Coping with stress online: The role of Social Support. Oral presentation at the 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, TR, July 4-8th, 2011.
Kothgassner, O., Stetina, B.U., Lehenbauer, M., Felnhofer, A. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2011). Debunking psychological differendes in online-games: Problematic gaming behavior and clinical psychological aspects of online-gaming. Oral presentation at the 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, TR, July 4-8th, 2011.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U., Kothgassner, O., Glenk, L., Felnhofer, A., Hlavacs, H. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2011). Play and change! Psychological Interventions in Serious Games. Oral presentation at the Future and Reality of Gaming F.R.O.G. Conference, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 21-23rd, 2011.
Lehenbauer, M. (2010). The Psychology of Social Media. Invited lecture at LavaCon 2010: The LavaCon Conference on Digital Media and Content Strategies, San Diego, USA, Sept. 28-30th, 2010.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U., Gutmann, M.T., Tasic, D., Turner, K., Reinisch, C. & Vytiska, K. (2010). Self-competence and assertiveness: Results of a new “self-assurance training” for adolescents. Oral presentation at the 12th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence, Vilnius, LT, May 12-15th.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Seelmann, V. (2010). Depressive User im Internet: Gebrauch des Mediums. Oral presentation at the „Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie“, Salzburg, Austria, April 7-9th, 2010.
Kothgassner, O., Stetina, B.U., Lehenbauer, M., Kryspin-Exner, I. (2010). Behavior Beyond the World of Online Games. Oral presentation at the 12th International GOR Conference General Online Research, Pforzheim, Germany, May 26-28th, 2010.
Lehenbauer, M., Seelmann, V. & Stetina, B.U. (2010). Maladaptive Cognitions Concerning the Internet and Depression. Oral presentation at the 12th International GOR Conference General Online Research, Pforzheim, Germany, May 26-28th, 2010.
Lehenbauer, M. (2009). Transferring therapy into games: basic principles of clinical psychology and health psychology. Invited lecture at the MIT-Singapore GAMBIT Game Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Boston, USA, September 2009.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. (2009). Gay and Lesbian People: Social phobia and the Use of Online Communication Services. Oral presentation at the 11th European Congress of Psychology (ECP2009). Oslo, Norway, July 7–10th, 2009.
Stetina, B.U., McElheney, J., Lehenbauer, M., Hinterberger, E. & Pintzinger, N. (2009). Relevance Of Health-Related Online-Information in Offline- And Online-Samples. Oral presentation at the 11th General Online Research Conference (GOR 2009), Vienna, Austria, April 6-8th, 2009.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U., Schramel, C., Schawill, W. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2009, March). Self-efficacy of Online Health Seeker. Oral presentation at the 11th General Online Research Conference (GOR 2009), Vienna, Austria, April 6-8th, 2009.
Lehenbauer, M. (2008). E-Interventionen bei Sozialphobie und massive Schüchternheit: Die Anwendung eines neuen Mediums in der Praxis. Oral presentation at the 2nd bestNET.Kongress, Linz, Austria, November, 2008.
Stetina, B.U., Lehenbauer, M., Hinterberger, E.. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2008). Online-Information as Source of Empowerment???. Oral presentation at the Cyberspace05: 5th International Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, November 20.-21st, 2008.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U., Schawill, W. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2008). Selfefficacy of Online Health-Seekers. Oral presentation at the Cyberspace05: 5th International Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, November 20.-21st, 2008.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U., Pintzinger, N. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2008). Health Related Internet Use: Influences on the Physician-Patient-Relationship. Oral presentation at the Cyberspace05: 5th International Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, November 20.-21st, 2008.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2008). Social Phobia and the Use of Online-Communication Services. Oral presentation at the XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, Germany, July 20–25th, 2008.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2008). Maladaptive Cognitions concerning the Internet. Oral presentation at the 10th International GOR Conference (General Online Research 08), Hamburg, Germany, March 10-12th, 2008.
Pintzinger, N., Stetina, B.U., Lehenbauer, M. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2008). Attitudes Towards Health Related Internet Use and Expected Impact on the Physician-Patient-Relationship. Oral presentation at the 10th International GOR Conference (General Online Research 08), Hamburg, Germany, March 10-12th, 2008.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2007). Pathological Internet Use: Maladaptive Cognitions Concerning the Internet. Oral presentation at the Cyberspace07: 4th International Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, November, 2007.
Lehenbauer, M. (2007). e-Intervention mittels Internet bei Sozialphobie: Anwendung eines neuen Mediums in der Praxis. Oral presentation at the 1st bestNET.Kongress, Linz, Austria, November, 2007.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Kothgassner, O., Stetina, B.U., Lehenbauer, M., Piffl, M. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2010). Lost in Cyberspace. Internetgebrauch und dessen Effekte auf das erlebte Einsamkeitsempfinden. Poster presented at the „Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie“, Salzburg, Austria, April 7-9th, 2010.
Stetina, B.U., Kothgassner, O., Lehenbauer, M. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2010). Online-Games zwischen Faszination und Abhängigkeit. Poster presented at the „Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie“, Salzburg, Austria, April 7-9th, 2010.
Stetina, B.U., Lehenbauer, M., Schramel, C. & Schawill, W. (2009). Self-efficacy and self-reported health conscious behaviour of “health-seekers”. Poster presented at the 11th European Congress of Psychology. Oslo, Norway, July 7–10th, 2009.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2009). Gay and Lesbian People: The Use of Online Communication Services. Poster presented at the 11th General Online Research Conference (GOR 2009), Vienna, Austria, April 6-8th, 2009.
Stetina, B.U., McElheney, J., Lehenbauer, M., Schawill, W. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2009). Self efficacy of internet users searching for health related information online. Poster presentation at the 23rd EHPS Congress, Pisa, Italy, September, 23-26, 2009.
Lehenbauer, M. & Stetina, B.U. Coping with diseases: Internet and social phobia. Poster presentation at the 23rd EHPS Congress, Pisa, Italy, September, 23-26, 2009.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2007). Pathological Internet Use and Social Phobia. Poster presentation at the 10th European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2–6th, 2007.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2007). Social Phobias Relation To The Internet. Poster presentation at the 10th European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2–6th, 2007.
Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B.U. & Kryspin-Exner, I. (2006). Maladaptive Cognitions Concerning the Internet. Poster presentation at the 20th European Health Psychology Conference, Warsaw, Poland, August 29th – September 2nd, 2006.
INTERNATIONAL PRESS AND MEDIA APPEARANCE
Please note that some of the links are in German!
Interview with “Il Sole 24 Ore” about internet addiction/problematic internet use, Italian, 08/29/2014
Interview with “Tiroler Tagespresse” about “nomophobia” and “phubbing” GERMAN, 08/24/2013
Nicht ohne mein Handy – Nicht ohne mein Handy – Tiroler Tageszeitung – 24.08.13 – PDF – PDF file
Interview with boulevard magazine “WOMAN” about relationships and the Internet, GERMAN, 08/21/2013
http://www.woman.at/a/das-web-liebesfalle-339251 weblink
Interview with the Austrian newspaper “Die Presse” about fears of atomic power reactor accidents, GERMAN, 03/20/2011
http://diepresse.com/home/leben/mensch/643194/Die-Hilflosigkeit-vor-der-unsichtbaren-Gefahr – weblink
Interview with the Austrian newspaper “TIPPS” about shyness, GERMAN, 07/21/2010
Shyness Interview, TIPPS, July 21, 2010 – PDF file
Interview with “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten” about “Shyness and tips for social anxiety”, GERMAN, 07/20/2010
Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, July 20, 2010 – PDF file
Interview with “Wiener Bezirkszeitung” about “shyness and social anxiety”, GERMAN, 09/23/2009
Wiener Bezirkszeitung, September, 23, 2009 – PDF file
Interview with “Oberösterreichische Nachrichten” about “social anxiety in children and adolescents”, GERMAN, 07/01/2009
Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, July 1, 2009 – PDF file
Interview about my project about social skills training for adolescents, GERMAN, 04/22/2009