About Nikola Komlenac

Publications

Peer-reviewed scientific journals
  1. Sagcan, A., Eke, S., Neumair, M., Komlenac, N., Kaiser, E., Schütt, T., Riffer, F., Lampe, A., Grote, V., Riedl, D. (2025) Gender-specific effectiveness of dialectic-behavioral therapy for patients with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (DBT-PTSD) – Results of an observational single center study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1), Article 2580210. doi: 10.1080/20008066.2025.2580210
  2. Wintner, L. M., Krepper, D., Thurner, A. M. M., Komlenac, N., Sztankay, M. (2025). Lack of precision in the reporting of sex and gender in cancer clinical trials with a PRO endpoint: an exploratory literature review. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 25, Article 253. doi: 10.1186/s12874-025-02710-2
  3. Komlenac, N., Haller, M., Birke, J., Walther, A. (2025). Benevolent intentions towards a new co-worker depend on the co-worker’s sexual orientation and relationship status. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 12, Article 1697. doi: 10.1057/s41599-025-05963-w
  4. Komlenac, N., Mair, C., Walther, A., Hochleitner, M. (2025). Perceiving being single as inherently negative: When participant ratings of another person’s life satisfaction rely solely on that person’s relationship status. BMC Psychology, 13, Article 1034. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-03359-8
  5. Walther, A., Ehlert, U., Komlenac, N. (2025). Problematic pornography use as an externalizing depression symptom in cisgender men: A cross-sectional questionnaire study. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 14(3), 1444-1455. doi: 10.1556/2006.2025.00070
  6. Komlenac, N. (2025). Fear of Being Single Moderates the Link Between Relationship Status and Psychological or Sexual Well-Being. Psychology & Sexuality 16(4), 1064-1081. doi: 10.1080/19419899.2025.2502504
  7. Komlenac, N. & Birke, J. (2025). Relationship between sexual function and pornography consumption among women: A systematic review. Current Sexual Health Reports, 17. Article 9. doi: 10.1007/s11930-025-00407-7
  8. Beckord, J., Birke, J., Krakowczyk, J. B., Hesse, S., Hinney, A., Dörrie, N., Schneider, J. S., Komlenac, N., Bäuerle, A., & Teufel, M. (2025). PTSD and CPTSD in the new ICD-11 – A latent profile analysis. Psychiatry Research, 344, Article 116350. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116350
  9. Birke, J., Hochleitner, M., & Komlenac, N. (2025). Similar employment of coercion strategies by men and women: Links between conformity to traditional masculine ideologies and sexual coercion following sexual rejection. The Journal of Sex Research, 62(7), 1381-1394. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2024.2395481
  10. Komlenac, N., Stockburger, K., Birke, J., & Hochleitner, M. (2024). Social Cure Model: Testing the link between identity centrality and body appreciation in diverse sexual orientation and gender identity groups. International Journal for Equity in Health, 23, Article 185. doi: 10.1186/s12939-024-02268-3
  11. Komlenac, N., Neugebauer, L., Birke, J., & Hochleitner, M. (2023). All employees benefit: Arguments that help Increase support for affirmative action in academic careers. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 10, Article 981. doi: 10.1057/s41599-023-02508-x
  12. Walser, J., Hochleitner, M., & Komlenac, N. (2023). Support for affirmative actions to increase inclusivity of intersex* persons at an Austrian medical university. BMC Medical Education, 23, Article 825. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04830-z
  13. Komlenac, N., Langmann, F., & Hochleitner, M. (2023). Explorative questionnaire study about education with regard to the health of sexual minorities at an Austrian medical university. Journal of Homosexuality, 70(12), 2955-2977. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2022.2085937
  14. Walther, A., Ehlert, U., Schneeberger, M., Eggenberger, L., Flückiger, C., Komlenac, N., Heald, A., Rice, T., Palm, S., Seidler,Z. E., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., Oliffe, J. L., Rice, S. M., Kealy, D., Weber R., & Zimmermann, D. (2023). Evaluation of a male-specific psychotherapeutic program for major depressive disorder compared to cognitive behavioral therapy and waitlist: Study protocol for a six-arm randomized clinical superiority trial examining depressed eugonadal and hypogonadal men receiving testosterone. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, Article 1129386. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1129386
  15. Komlenac, N., Lamp, E., Maresch, F., Walther, A., & Hochleitner M. (2023). Not always a “buffer”: Self-compassion as moderator of the link between masculinity ideologies and help-seeking intentions after experiences of intimate partner violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(17-18), 10055-10081. doi: 10.1177/08862605231169766
  16. Logoz, F., Eggenberger, L., Komlenac, N., Schneeberger, M., Ehlert, U., & Walther, A. (2023). How do traditional masculinity ideologies and emotional competence relate to aggression and physical domestic violence in cisgender men? Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1100114. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1100114
  17. Komlenac, N., Eggenberger, L., Walther, A., Maresch, F., Lamp, E., & Hochleitner, M. (2023). Measurement invariance and psychometric properties of a German-language Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory among cisgender sexual minority and heterosexually identified women and men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 24(3), 248-260. doi: 10.1037/men0000429
  18. Eggenberger, L., Komlenac, N., Ehlert, U., Grub, J., & Walther, A. (2022). Association between psychotherapy use, sexual orientation, and traditional masculinity among psychologically distressed men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 23(4), 384–398. doi: 10.1037/men0000402
  19. Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2022). Heterosexual-identified men’s endorsement of masculinity ideologies moderates associations between pornography consumption, body satisfaction and sexual functioning. Psychology & Sexuality, 13(4), 880-900. doi: 10.1080/19419899.2021.1936616
  20. Komlenac, N., Herzig, R., Pittl, M., Perkhofer, S., Tucek, G., & Hochleitner, M. (2022). A vignette study analyzing contextual factors that influence emerging adults’ definitions of virginity loss in German-speaking countries. The Journal of Sex Research, 59(8), 1045-1059. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2021.1932708
  21. Komlenac, N., Stockinger, L., & Hochleitner, M. (2022). Family supportive supervisor behaviors moderate associations between work stress and exhaustion: Testing the job demands – resources model in academic staff at an Austrian medical university. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), Article 5769. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095769
  22. Komlenac, N., Pittl, M., Perkhofer, S., Tucek, G., & Hochleitner, M. (2022). Links between virginity beliefs, negative feelings after virginity loss and sexual performance anxiety in a sample of German-speaking heterosexual-identified women and men. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 48(1), 47-64. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2021.19589631
  23. Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2022). Associations between pornography consumption, sexual flexibility and sexual functioning among Austrian adults. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, 1323-1336. doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-02201-7
  24. Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2022). Internal structure and invariance analyses across gender of the German-language Version of the Male Role Norm Inventory–Short Form. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 23(1), 86-98. doi: 10.1037/men0000356
  25. Komlenac, N., Stockinger, L., Vogler, T., & Hochleitner, M. (2021). Psychometric analysis of a German-language version of the Work–Family Conflict and Family–Work Conflict Scale. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 782618. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.782618
  26. Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2021). Austrian university hospital physicians’ barriers to and reasons for assessing their patients’ sexual orientation. Journal of Homosexuality, 68(14), 2476-2489. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2020.1809889
  27. Eggenberger, L., Fordschmid, C., Ludwig, C., Weber, S., Grub, J., Komlenac, N., Walther, A. (2021). Men’s psychotherapy use, male role norms, and male-typical depression symptoms: Examining 716 men and women experiencing psychological distress. Behavioral Sciences, 11(6), Article 83. doi: 10.3390/bs11060083
  28. Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2020). Attachment-related anxiety is associated with poor genital satisfaction and sexual problems in women. BMC Women’s Health, 20. Article 264. doi: 10.1186/s12905-020-01110-6
  29. Komlenac, N., Siller, H., & Hochleitner, M. (2020). Austrian male patients’ gender role conflict is associated with their wish for interpersonal violence to be addressed during patient-physician conversations: A questionnaire study. BMC Public Health, 20(1). Article 1305. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09436-4
  30. Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2020). Predictors for low frequencies of patient-physician conversations concerning sexual health at an Austrian university hospital. Sexual Medicine, 8(1), 100-106. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2019.09.006
  31. Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2019). Male medical students’ gender role conflict is associated with their discomfort with dealing with patients’ sexual health issues. The Journal of Sex Research, 56(7), 930-936. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2019.1606155
  32. Komlenac, N., Siller, H., & Hochleitner, M. (2019). Medical students indicate the need for increased sexuality education at an Austrian medical university. Sexual Medicine, 7(3), 318-325. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2019.04.002
  33. Komlenac, N., Gustafsson Sendén, M., Verdonk, P., Hochleitner, M.,& Siller, H. (2019). Parenthood does not explain the gender difference in clinical position in academic medicine among Swedish, Dutch and Austrian physicians. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 24(3), 539-557. doi: 10.1007/s10459-019-09882-9
  34. Komlenac, N., Siller, H., Bliem, H. R., & Hochleitner, M. (2019). Associations between gender role conflict, sexual dysfunctions, and male patients’ wish for physician–patient conversations about sexual health. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 20(3), 337-346. doi:10.1037/men0000162
  35. Siller, H., Dickinger-Neuwirth, B., Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2019). The importance of equal treatment: Medical students’opinions on affirmative action, equal treatment and discrimination. Health Care for Women International, 40(1), 47-65. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2018.1513524
  36. Siller, H., Komlenac, N., Fink, H., Perkhofer, S., & Hochleitner, M. (2018). Promoting gender in medical and allied health professions education: Influence on students’ gender awareness. Health Care for Women International, 39(9), 1056-1072. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2017.1395881
  37. Komlenac, N., Siller, H., Bliem, H. R., & Hochleitner, M. (2018). Validation of the Internal Structure of a German-language Version of the Gender Role Conflict Scale – Short Form. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 1161. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01161
  38. Siller, H., Tauber, G., Komlenac, N., & Hochleitner, M. (2017). Gender differences and similarities in medical students’ experiences of mistreatment by various groups of perpetrators. BMC Medical Education, 17(1), 134. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0974-4