Academic interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of social, sport, and clinical psychology, with a primary focus on how individual and group-level psychological states influence human performance and mental health. I am deeply invested in the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat (Blascovich, 2008), specifically exploring how cardiovascular reactivity and cognitive evaluations (of perceived personal coping resources and situational demands) dictate success in high-pressure environments. My work extends to clinical psychopathology, where I investigate the correlates of major depression and trauma through large-scale cohort studies and interventions like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Additionally, I am interested in intergroup relations, particularly how collective narcissism and social exclusion impact individual well-being. Methodologically, I am committed to advancing quantitative science through the application of machine learning, meta-analysis, and psychophysiological monitoring (e.g., eye-tracking and cardiovascular monitoring like HRV) to develop evidence-based solutions for both elite athletes, workers in various professions, and vulnerable clinical populations.
My research interests lie at the intersection of social, sport, and clinical psychology, with a primary focus on how individual and group-level psychological states influence human performance and mental health. I am deeply invested in the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat (Blascovich, 2008), specifically exploring how cardiovascular reactivity and cognitive evaluations (of perceived personal coping resources and situational demands) dictate success in high-pressure environments. My work extends to clinical psychopathology, where I investigate the correlates of major depression and trauma through large-scale cohort studies and interventions like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Additionally, I am interested in intergroup relations, particularly how collective narcissism and social exclusion impact individual well-being. Methodologically, I am committed to advancing quantitative science through the application of machine learning, meta-analysis, and psychophysiological monitoring (e.g., eye-tracking and cardiovascular monitoring like HRV) to develop evidence-based solutions for both elite athletes, workers in various professions, and vulnerable clinical populations.
Keywords: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Motivation Science, Neuroscience, Nutritional Psychophysiology & Psychopharmacology, Political Psychology, Psychophysiology, Social & Organizational Psychology, Sport & Performance Psychology
List of Academic Publications
2025
Buchmann, A., Hase, A., Ritter, C. J., Müller, S. T., Haynes, M., Huber, S., Ghisleni, C., O'Gorman Tuura, R., & Hasler, G. (2025). A Data-Driven Decomposition of Anxiety. Psychopathology, 1–13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1159/000548258
Hase, A., Korte, I. E., Dokter, M., Schiphof-Godart, L., & Freeman, P. (2025). Predicting pressurized competitive trampoline gymnastics performance with challenge and threat evaluations. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 14(2), 369–381. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000383
Hase, A., Korte, I. E., Dokter, M., Schiphof-Godart, L., & Freeman, P. (2025). Predicting pressurized competitive trampoline gymnastics performance with challenge and threat evaluations. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 14(2), 369–381. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000383
Hase, A., Nietschke, M., Kloskowski, M., Szymanski, K., Moore, L., Jamieson, J. P., & Behnke, M. (2025). The effects of challenge and threat states on performance outcomes: An updated review and meta-analysis of recent findings. EXCLI journal, 24, 151–176. https://doi.org/10.17179/excli2024-7995
Hase, M., Brisch, K. H., Solomon, R. M., & Hase, A. (2025). The therapeutic relationship in EMDR therapy-A survey. Frontiers in psychology, 16, 1519665. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1519665
Calder, A. E., Hase, A., & Hasler, G. (2025). Effects of psychoplastogens on blood levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular psychiatry, 30(2), 763–776. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02830-z
2023
Hase, A., Haynes, M., & Hasler, G. (2023). Using simple economic games to assess social orienting and prosocial behavior in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 16(6), 1199–1209. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2931
Tuura, R. O., Buchmann, A., Ritter, C., Hase, A., Haynes, M., Noeske, R., & Hasler, G. (2023). Prefrontal Glutathione Levels in Major Depressive Disorder Are Linked to a Lack of Positive Affect. Brain sciences, 13(10), 1475. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13101475
2022
Hase, A., Erdmann, M., Limbach, V., & Hasler, G. (2022). Analysis of recreational psychedelic substance use experiences classified by substance. Psychopharmacology, 239(2), 643–659. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06062-3
2021
Hase, A., Behnke, M., Mazurkiewicz, M., Wieteska, K. K., & Golec de Zavala, A. (2021). Distress and retaliatory aggression in response to witnessing intergroup exclusion are greater on higher levels of collective narcissism. Psychophysiology, 58(9), e13879. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13879
Behnke, M., Hase, A., Kaczmarek, L. D., & Freeman, P. (2021). Blunted cardiovascular reactivity may serve as an index of psychological task disengagement in the motivated performance situations. Scientific Reports, 11, 18083. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97670-0
Fu, D., Hase, A., Goolamallee, M., Godwin, G., & Freeman, P. (2021). The effects of support (in)adequacy on self-confidence and performance: Two experimental studies. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000206
Golec de Zavala, A., Bierwiaczonek, K., Baran, T., Keenan, O., & Hase, A. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic, authoritarianism, and rejection of sexual dissenters in Poland. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8(2), 250–260. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000446
Hofmann, F., Goihl, M., Hase, M., & Hase, A. (2021). Trauma Psycho Social Support Plus® and EMDR therapy for children and adolescents in a post-conflict setting: Mental health training in Kurdistan. Torture Journal, 31(1), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v31i1.123492
2020
Hase, A., aan het Rot, M., de Miranda Azevedo, R., & Freeman, P. (2020). Threat-related motivational disengagement: Integrating blunted cardiovascular reactivity to stress into the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat. Anxiety, Stress & Coping. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2020.1755819
2019
Hase, A., O'Brien, J., Moore, L. J., & Freeman, P. (2019). The relationship between challenge and threat states and performance: A systematic review. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 8, 123-144. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000132
Hase, A., Gorrie-Stone, T., & Freeman, P. (2019). Tyrosine intake and cardiovascular responses in a motivated performance situation. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 8, 80–92. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000144.supp
Hase, A., Hood, J., Moore, L. J., & Freeman, P. (2019). The influence of self-talk on challenge and threat states and performance. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 45, 101550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101550
Gladwell, V., Rogerson, M., Freeman, P., Barton, J., & Hase, A. (2019). Morning adrenaline rush. An evaluation of the psychological impacts of sliding down the ArcelorMittal Orbit at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park before work. Colchester, UK: University of Essex. https://www.internationalquarter.london/news-and-media/adrenaline-rush-in-the-morning-makes-office-workers-more-productive-in-the-afternoon/-/media/64946592146e42b5b965db531de805bc.ashx
Moore, L. J., Freeman, P., Hase, A., Solomon-Moore, E., & Arnold, R. (2019). How consistent are challenge and threat evaluations? A generalizability analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1778. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01778
2018
Hase, M., Plagge, J., Hase, A., Braas, R., Ostacoli, L., Hofmann, A., & Huchzermeier, C. (2018). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing versus treatment as usual in the treatment of depression: A randomized-controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01384
2015
Hase, A., Jung, S. E., & Aan Het Rot, M. (2015). Behavioral and Cognitive Effects of Tyrosine Intake in Healthy Human Adults. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 133, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2015.03.008
Hase, M., Balmaceda, U. M., Hase, A., Lehnung, M., Tumani, V., Huchzermeier, C., & Hofmann, A. (2015). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the treatment of depression: a matched pairs study in an inpatient setting. Brain And Behavior, 5, e00342. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.342
Buchmann, A., Hase, A., Ritter, C. J., Müller, S. T., Haynes, M., Huber, S., Ghisleni, C., O'Gorman Tuura, R., & Hasler, G. (2025). A Data-Driven Decomposition of Anxiety. Psychopathology, 1–13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1159/000548258
Hase, A., Korte, I. E., Dokter, M., Schiphof-Godart, L., & Freeman, P. (2025). Predicting pressurized competitive trampoline gymnastics performance with challenge and threat evaluations. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 14(2), 369–381. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000383
Hase, A., Korte, I. E., Dokter, M., Schiphof-Godart, L., & Freeman, P. (2025). Predicting pressurized competitive trampoline gymnastics performance with challenge and threat evaluations. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 14(2), 369–381. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000383
Hase, A., Nietschke, M., Kloskowski, M., Szymanski, K., Moore, L., Jamieson, J. P., & Behnke, M. (2025). The effects of challenge and threat states on performance outcomes: An updated review and meta-analysis of recent findings. EXCLI journal, 24, 151–176. https://doi.org/10.17179/excli2024-7995
Hase, M., Brisch, K. H., Solomon, R. M., & Hase, A. (2025). The therapeutic relationship in EMDR therapy-A survey. Frontiers in psychology, 16, 1519665. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1519665
Calder, A. E., Hase, A., & Hasler, G. (2025). Effects of psychoplastogens on blood levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular psychiatry, 30(2), 763–776. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02830-z
2023
Hase, A., Haynes, M., & Hasler, G. (2023). Using simple economic games to assess social orienting and prosocial behavior in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 16(6), 1199–1209. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2931
Tuura, R. O., Buchmann, A., Ritter, C., Hase, A., Haynes, M., Noeske, R., & Hasler, G. (2023). Prefrontal Glutathione Levels in Major Depressive Disorder Are Linked to a Lack of Positive Affect. Brain sciences, 13(10), 1475. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13101475
2022
Hase, A., Erdmann, M., Limbach, V., & Hasler, G. (2022). Analysis of recreational psychedelic substance use experiences classified by substance. Psychopharmacology, 239(2), 643–659. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06062-3
2021
Hase, A., Behnke, M., Mazurkiewicz, M., Wieteska, K. K., & Golec de Zavala, A. (2021). Distress and retaliatory aggression in response to witnessing intergroup exclusion are greater on higher levels of collective narcissism. Psychophysiology, 58(9), e13879. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13879
Behnke, M., Hase, A., Kaczmarek, L. D., & Freeman, P. (2021). Blunted cardiovascular reactivity may serve as an index of psychological task disengagement in the motivated performance situations. Scientific Reports, 11, 18083. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97670-0
Fu, D., Hase, A., Goolamallee, M., Godwin, G., & Freeman, P. (2021). The effects of support (in)adequacy on self-confidence and performance: Two experimental studies. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000206
Golec de Zavala, A., Bierwiaczonek, K., Baran, T., Keenan, O., & Hase, A. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic, authoritarianism, and rejection of sexual dissenters in Poland. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8(2), 250–260. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000446
Hofmann, F., Goihl, M., Hase, M., & Hase, A. (2021). Trauma Psycho Social Support Plus® and EMDR therapy for children and adolescents in a post-conflict setting: Mental health training in Kurdistan. Torture Journal, 31(1), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.7146/torture.v31i1.123492
2020
Hase, A., aan het Rot, M., de Miranda Azevedo, R., & Freeman, P. (2020). Threat-related motivational disengagement: Integrating blunted cardiovascular reactivity to stress into the biopsychosocial model of challenge and threat. Anxiety, Stress & Coping. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2020.1755819
2019
Hase, A., O'Brien, J., Moore, L. J., & Freeman, P. (2019). The relationship between challenge and threat states and performance: A systematic review. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 8, 123-144. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000132
Hase, A., Gorrie-Stone, T., & Freeman, P. (2019). Tyrosine intake and cardiovascular responses in a motivated performance situation. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 8, 80–92. https://doi.org/10.1037/spy0000144.supp
Hase, A., Hood, J., Moore, L. J., & Freeman, P. (2019). The influence of self-talk on challenge and threat states and performance. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 45, 101550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.101550
Gladwell, V., Rogerson, M., Freeman, P., Barton, J., & Hase, A. (2019). Morning adrenaline rush. An evaluation of the psychological impacts of sliding down the ArcelorMittal Orbit at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park before work. Colchester, UK: University of Essex. https://www.internationalquarter.london/news-and-media/adrenaline-rush-in-the-morning-makes-office-workers-more-productive-in-the-afternoon/-/media/64946592146e42b5b965db531de805bc.ashx
Moore, L. J., Freeman, P., Hase, A., Solomon-Moore, E., & Arnold, R. (2019). How consistent are challenge and threat evaluations? A generalizability analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1778. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01778
2018
Hase, M., Plagge, J., Hase, A., Braas, R., Ostacoli, L., Hofmann, A., & Huchzermeier, C. (2018). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing versus treatment as usual in the treatment of depression: A randomized-controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01384
2015
Hase, A., Jung, S. E., & Aan Het Rot, M. (2015). Behavioral and Cognitive Effects of Tyrosine Intake in Healthy Human Adults. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 133, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2015.03.008
Hase, M., Balmaceda, U. M., Hase, A., Lehnung, M., Tumani, V., Huchzermeier, C., & Hofmann, A. (2015). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in the treatment of depression: a matched pairs study in an inpatient setting. Brain And Behavior, 5, e00342. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.342
