Kubiak, Thomas

Reserach unit
Department of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment / Health Psychology

Affiliation and Address
University of Greifswald
Institute of Psychology
Franz-Mehring-Str. 47
D- 17487 Greifswald
Germany
Thomas.Kubiak

Projects
ambulatory assessment projects:
• ambulatory assessment of social support (with Prof. Dr. H. Weber and C. Jonas)
• in-field assessment of "emotional eating" in overweight vs. normal weight adolescents
  (with Prof. Dr. H. Weber, Prof. Dr. C. Vögele, PD Dr. Schiel, M. Siering; supported by a
  grant of the "life sciences" collegiate program of the Alfried-Krupp-Kolleg Greifswald)
• validity of in-field assessment of quality of life with standard gamble (with J. Moock,
  Prof. Dr. Kohlmann)
other:
• psychsocial predictors of the effectivtiy of self-management education interventions in
  type 1 diabetic adolescents (with PD Dr. R. Schiel, Prof. Dr. C. Salewski, M. Vollmann)
• evaluation of the PAID questionnaire for children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus
  (with PD Dr. Schiel, Dr. A. Kristen)
• lay conceptions of giftedness (with Dr. H. Horz)

Recent Publications

Kubiak, T., Wörle, B., Kuhr, B. Nied, I., Gläsner, G., Kulzer, B., Hermanns, N. & Haak, T. (2006). Microdialysis-based continuous glucose monitoring with GlucoDay - clinical performance and patients' acceptance. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 8, 570-75.

Kubiak, T., Hermanns, N., Kulzer, B. & Haak, T. (2006). Evaluation of a self-management based patient education program for the treatment and prevention of hypoglycemia-related problems in type 1 diabetes. Patient Education and Counseling, 60, 228-234.  

Hermanns, N., Kulzer, B., Krichbaum, M., Kubiak, T. & Haak, T. (2006). How to screen for depression and emotional problems in patients with diabetes: comparison of screening characteristics of of depression questionnaires, measurement of diabetes-specific problems, standard clinical assessment. Diabetologia, 49, 469-77.  

Hermanns, N., Kulzer, B., Krichbaum, M., Kubiak, T. & Haak, T. (2005). Affective and anxiety disorders in a German sample of diabetic patients: prevalence, comorbidity and risk factors. Diabetic Medicine, 22, 293-300. 

Kubiak, T., Hermanns, N., Schreckling, H. J., Kulzer, B., & Haak, T. (2004). Assessment of hypoglycaemia awareness using continuous glucose monitoring. Diabetic Medicine, 21, 487-490.  

Kubiak, T., Kuhr, B., Inselmann, D., Hermanns, N., Haak, T. (2004). Reversible cognitive deterioration after a single episode of severe hypoglycaemia. Diabetic Medicine, 21, 1366–1367. 

Hermanns, N., Kubiak, T., Kulzer, B., & Haak, T. (2003). Emotional changes during experimentally induced hypoglycaemia in type 1 diabetes. Biological Psychology, 63, 15-44. 

Kubiak, T., Hermanns, N., Preier, M., Kulzer, B. & Haak, T. (2003). Memory impairments associated with postprandial hyperglycemia and glycemic control: Comment on Greenwood et al. [letter]. Diabetes Care, 27, 633-634.

Hermanns, N., Kulzer, B., Maier, B., Kubiak, T., & Haak, T. (2002). Risikoindikatoren für das Auftreten schwerer Hypoglykämien bei Patienten mit Typ-1-Diabetes mellitus. Diabetes & Stoffwechsel, 11, 145-149.

Hermanns, N., Kulzer, B., Kubiak, T., Krichbaum, M. & Haak, T. (in press). The effectiveness of an education programme (HyPOS) to treat hypoglycaemia problems in insulin-dependent diabetes patients. Diabetes/Metabolism: Research and Reviews.

Kubiak, T., Hermanns, N., Kulzer, B. & Haak, T. (in revision). Effect of mild and moderate hypoglycemia on attentional functioning in type 1 diabetes patients with and without impaired hypoglycemia awareness – no association with neuropsychological baseline status.

Hermanns, N., Kulzer, B., Kubiak, T., Reinecker, H. & Haak, T. (submitted) Self-management oriented diabetes education can prevent permanent depressive symptoms in non-insulin treated type 2 diabetic patients.

Kubiak, T., Jonas, C. & Weber, H. (submitted). Optimism, mood, and social support - an experience sampling study.

Kubiak, T., Hermanns, N. & Kulzer, B. (submitted). In-field cognitive performance feedback in type 1 diabetes patients - a means for enhancing hypoglycemia awareness?

Kubiak, T., Weik, A., Kulzer, B. & Hermanns, N. (2007). Behandlung psychischer Störungen bei Diabetes mellitus. In M. Härter, H. Baumeister & J. Bengel (eds.). Psychische Störungen bei körperlichen Erkrankungen. (pp.111-124). Berlin: Springer.

Kubiak, T. & Weber, H. (2006). Differentialpsychologische Grundlagen. In M. Eid & F. Petermann (eds.), Handbuch Psychologische Diagnostik (pp. 67-77). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Kubiak, T. (2006). Glukosemonitoring und ambulantes Assessment der Hypoglykämiewahrnehmung bei Menschen mit Diabetes. In Ebner-Priemer, U.W. (ed.), Ambulantes psychophysiologisches Monitoring - neue Perspektiven und Anwendungen. (pp. 9-28). Frankfurt/Main: Lang.

Kubiak, T., Kuhr, B., Inselmann, D., Hermanns, N. & Haak, T. (2005). Reversible cognitive deterioration after a single episode of severe hypoglycemia. Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience Review Series, 2(5), 33-35. (with permission of Blackwell Publishing).

Kulzer, B., Hermanns, N., Kubiak, T & Haak, T. (2004). Hypolykämieprobleme bei Diabetes mellitus - Ätiologie, Diagnostik und Behandlung. Diabetes & Stoffwechsel, 13, 139-151.