| Fascination violence: On mind and brain of man hunters T Elbert, R Weierstall, M Schauer European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience 260, 100-105, 2010 | 223 | 2010 |
| Childhood adversities in relation to psychiatric disorders C Pietrek, T Elbert, R Weierstall, O Müller, B Rockstroh Psychiatry research 206 (1), 103-110, 2013 | 192 | 2013 |
| The Appetitive Aggression Scale—development of an instrument for the assessment of human's attraction to violence. R Weierstall, T Elbert European journal of psychotraumatology 2 (1), 8430, 2011 | 160 | 2011 |
| The interplay between trauma, substance abuse and appetitive aggression and its relation to criminal activity among high-risk males in South Africa J Sommer, M Hinsberger, T Elbert, L Holtzhausen, D Kaminer, S Seedat, ... Addictive behaviors 64, 29-34, 2017 | 104 | 2017 |
| When combat prevents PTSD symptoms—Results from a survey with former child soldiers in Northern Uganda R Weierstall, I Schalinski, A Crombach, T Hecker, T Elbert BMC psychiatry 12, 1-8, 2012 | 102 | 2012 |
| Mental health 15 years after the killings in Rwanda: imprisoned perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi versus a community sample of survivors S Schaal, R Weierstall, JP Dusingizemungu, T Elbert Journal of traumatic stress 25 (4), 446-453, 2012 | 100 | 2012 |
| The thrill of being violent as an antidote to posttraumatic stress disorder in Rwandese genocide perpetrators R Weierstall, S Schaal, I Schalinski, JP Dusingizemungu, T Elbert European journal of psychotraumatology 2 (1), 6345, 2011 | 92 | 2011 |
| Appetitive aggression and adaptation to a violent environment among youth offenders. R Weierstall, M Hinsberger, D Kaminer, L Holtzhausen, S Madikane, ... Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 19 (2), 138, 2013 | 75 | 2013 |
| Perpetuating the cycle of violence in South African low-income communities: attraction to violence in young men exposed to continuous threat M Hinsberger, J Sommer, D Kaminer, L Holtzhausen, R Weierstall, ... European journal of psychotraumatology 7 (1), 29099, 2016 | 74 | 2016 |
| Relations among appetitive aggression, post-traumatic stress and motives for demobilization: a study in former Colombian combatants R Weierstall, CPB Castellanos, F Neuner, T Elbert Conflict and health 7, 1-10, 2013 | 72 | 2013 |
| Predictors of posttraumatic stress and appetitive aggression in active soldiers and former combatants C Nandi, A Crombach, M Bambonye, T Elbert, R Weierstall European Journal of Psychotraumatology 6 (1), 26553, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Social status and the desire to resort to violence: Using the example of Uganda's former child soldiers A Crombach, R Weierstall, T Hecker, I Schalinski, T Elbert Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 22 (5), 559-575, 2013 | 58 | 2013 |
| Appetitive aggression as a resilience factor against trauma disorders: Appetitive aggression and PTSD in German World War II veterans R Weierstall, S Huth, J Knecht, C Nandi, T Elbert PloS one 7 (12), e50891, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
| Becoming cruel: Appetitive aggression released by detrimental socialisation in former Congolese soldiers R Weierstall, R Haer, L Banholzer, T Elbert International Journal of Behavioral Development 37 (6), 505-513, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| Differences in brain circuitry for appetitive and reactive aggression as revealed by realistic auditory scripts JK Moran, R Weierstall, T Elbert Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 8, 425, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
| Provision of mental health services in resource-poor settings: a randomised trial comparing counselling with routine medical treatment in North Afghanistan (Mazar-e-Sharif) S Ayoughi, I Missmahl, R Weierstall, T Elbert BMC psychiatry 12, 1-12, 2012 | 53 | 2012 |
| FORNET: Behandlung von traumatisierten und nicht-traumatisierten Gewalttätern mittels Narrativer Expositionstherapie T Elbert, K Hermenau, T Hecker, R Weierstall, M Schauer | 53 | 2012 |
| The tortured brain T Elbert, M Schauer, M Ruf, R Weierstall, F Neuner, B Rockstroh, ... Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 2015 | 43 | 2015 |
| Feasibility and effectiveness of narrative exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in a context of ongoing violence in South Africa. M Hinsberger, L Holtzhausen, J Sommer, D Kaminer, T Elbert, S Seedat, ... Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice, and policy 9 (3), 282, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
| Predicting domestic and community violence by soldiers living in a conflict region. C Nandi, T Elbert, M Bambonye, R Weierstall, M Reichert, A Zeller, ... Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 9 (6), 663, 2017 | 39 | 2017 |
