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Anja C. Huizink is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple disciplines within psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology. The scientist's work extensively covers maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and posttraumatic stress disorder research.

Their scholarly output includes a variety of recent publications addressing psychological interventions, social support mechanisms, and the biological underpinnings of mental health. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Effectiveness of a peer-refugee delivered psychological intervention to reduce psychological distress among adult Syrian refugees in the Netherlands: study protocol," 2020, European journal of psychotraumatology
  • "Understanding the protective effect of social support on depression symptomatology from a longitudinal network perspective," 2023, BMJ Mental Health
  • "Urbanicity, biological stress system functioning and mental health in adolescents," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Effects of interventions for women and their partners to reduce or prevent stress and anxiety: A systematic review," 2020, Women and Birth
  • "The effects of psychological interventions on neurocognitive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review," 2022, European journal of psychotraumatology

Anja C. Huizink collaborates frequently with several co-authors including:

  • Marit Sijbrandij
  • Willeke van Dijk
  • Karen Matvienko-Sikar
  • Soraya Seedat
  • Richard A. Bryant

The scientist publishes regularly in academic venues such as:

  • PLoS ONE
  • European journal of psychotraumatology
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Anja C. Huizink's main fields of study are psychology and medicine. Their subfields include clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, applied psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The core topics of their research encompass:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Best Publications

  • Prenatal maternal stress: effects on pregnancy and the (unborn) child.

    E.J.H Mulder;P.G Robles de Medina;A.C Huizink;B.R.H Van den Bergh

  • Stress during pregnancy is associated with developmental outcome in infancy.

    Anja C. Huizink;Anja C. Huizink;Pascale G. Robles de Medina;Eduard J.H. Mulder;Gerard H.A. Visser

  • Is pregnancy anxiety a distinctive syndrome

    Anja C. Huizink;Anja C. Huizink;Eduard J.H. Mulder;Pascale G. Robles de Medina;Gerard H.A. Visser

  • PRENATAL STRESS AND RISK FOR PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: SPECIFIC EFFECTS OR INDUCTION OF GENERAL SUSCEPTIBILITY?

    Anja C. Huizink;Edu J. H. Mulder;Jan K. Buitelaar

  • Maternal smoking, drinking or cannabis use during pregnancy and neurobehavioral and cognitive functioning in human offspring

    Anja C. Huizink;Eduard J.H. Mulder

  • Psychological measures of prenatal stress as predictors of infant temperament.

    Anja C. Huizink;Pascale G. Robles De Medina;Eduard J.H. Mulder;Gerard H.A. Visser

  • Prenatal stress and cognitive development and temperament in infants.

    Jan K. Buitelaar;Anja C. Huizink;Edu J. Mulder;Pascalle G.Robles de Medina

  • Cohort profile: The Dutch 'TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives' survey'; TRAILS

    Martijn Huisman;Albertine J. Oldehinkel;Andrea de Winter;Ruud B. Minderaa

  • A systematic review of prospective studies on attention problems and academic achievement

    Tinca Polderman;Tinca Polderman;Dorret Boomsma;Meike Bartels;Frank Verhulst

  • Intrauterine Cannabis Exposure Affects Fetal Growth Trajectories: The Generation R Study.

    Hanan El Marroun;Henning Tiemeier;Eric A.P. Steegers;Vincent W.V. Jaddoe

  • Physical activity, mindfulness meditation, or heart rate variability biofeedback for stress reduction: a randomized controlled trial

    Judith Esi van der Zwan;Wieke de Vente;Anja C. Huizink;Susan M. Bögels

  • The effects of prenatal stress on temperament and problem behavior of 27-month-old toddlers

    Barbara M. Gutteling;Carolina de Weerth;Sophie H. N. Willemsen-Swinkels;Anja C. Huizink

  • The developmental course of anxiety symptoms during adolescence: the TRAILS study

    F. V. A. Van Oort;K. Greaves-Lord;F. C. Verhulst;Johan Ormel

  • Cannabis use predicts future psychotic symptoms, and vice versa.

    Robert F. Ferdinand;Frouke Sondeijker;Jan van der Ende;Jean-Paul Selten

  • Adaption of pregnancy anxiety questionnaire–revised for all pregnant women regardless of parity: PRAQ-R2

    A. C. Huizink;M. J. Delforterie;N. M. Scheinin;M. Tolvanen

  • Prenatal cannabis exposure and infant outcomes: Overview of studies ☆

    A.C. Huizink

  • Genome-wide association study of lifetime cannabis use based on a large meta-analytic sample of 32 330 subjects from the International Cannabis Consortium

    S Stringer;C.C. Minică;Karin J. H. Verweij;H Mbarek

  • Alterations in HPA-axis and autonomic nervous system functioning in childhood anxiety disorders point to a chronic stress hypothesis

    Gwendolyn C. Dieleman;Anja C. Huizink;Joke H.M. Tulen;Elisabeth M.W.J. Utens

  • From prenatal anxiety to parenting stress: a longitudinal study

    A.C. Huizink;B. Menting;M.H.M. De Moor;M. L. Verhage

  • Intrauterine cannabis exposure leads to more aggressive behavior and attention problems in 18-month-old girls

    Hanan El Marroun;Hanan El Marroun;James J. Hudziak;James J. Hudziak;Henning Tiemeier;Henning Tiemeier;Hanneke E. Creemers;Hanneke E. Creemers

  • Role of individual, peer and family factors in the use of cannabis and other illicit drugs: A longitudinal analysis among Finnish adolescent twins

    Tellervo Korhonen;Anja C. Huizink;Danielle M. Dick;Lea Pulkkinen

  • Coping in normal pregnancy

    Anja C. Huizink;Pascale G. Robles de Medina;Edu J. H. Mulder;Gerard H. A. Visser

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Ormel
Johan Ormel University Medical Center Groningen
Ingmar H.A. Franken
Ingmar H.A. Franken Erasmus University Rotterdam
Frank C. Verhulst
Frank C. Verhulst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Richard J. Rose
Richard J. Rose Indiana University
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Albertine J. Oldehinkel
Albertine J. Oldehinkel University Medical Center Groningen
Meike Bartels
Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh Utrecht University
Joke H.M. Tulen
Joke H.M. Tulen Erasmus University Rotterdam
Danielle M. Dick
Danielle M. Dick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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