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Overview

Arjan E. R. Bos is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work spans several subfields including General Health Professions, Epidemiology, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research topics concentrate on areas related to HIV, drug use, and sexual risk; adolescent sexual and reproductive health; HIV/AIDS research and interventions; LGBTQ health, identity, and policy; sexuality, behavior, and technology; psychological well-being and life satisfaction; and sex work and related issues.

Frequent publication venues for Bos include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • International Review of Victimology
  • International Journal of Transgender Health
  • AIDS Education and Prevention
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Music therapy for stress reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020), published in Health Psychology Review
  • Experiences with stigmatization among transgender individuals after transition: A qualitative study in the Netherlands (2020), published in International Journal of Transgender Health
  • Role of Self-Stigma in Pathways from HIV-Related Stigma to Quality of Life Among People Living with HIV (2021), published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs
  • Risk factors of loneliness across the life span (2021), published in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Understanding the Social Stigma of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: From Theory to Interventions (2020), published in Foundations of Science

Bos has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Sarah E. Stutterheim
  • Fraukje E. F. Mevissen
  • Jacques van Lankveld
  • Robert A. C. Ruiter
  • Yvonne L. van der Kooij

Best Publications

  • Review: The role of emotion in computer-mediated communication: A review

    Daantje Derks;Agneta H. Fischer;Arjan E. R. Bos

  • Stigma: Advances in Theory and Research

    Arjan E. R. Bos;John B. Pryor;Glenn D. Reeder;Sarah E. Stutterheim

  • Emoticons and social interaction on the Internet: the importance of social context

    Daantje Derks;Arjan E.R. Bos;Jasper von Grumbkow

  • Emoticons in computer-mediated communication: Social motives and social context

    Daantje Derks;Arjan E. R. Bos;Jasper von Grumbkow

  • Emoticons and Online Message Interpretation

    Daantje Derks;Arjan E. R. Bos;Jasper Von Grumbkow

  • Music therapy for stress reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Martina de Witte;Ana da Silva Pinho;Geert Jan Stams;Xavier Moonen

  • HIV-related stigma and psychological distress: The harmful effects of specific stigma manifestations in various social settings

    Sarah E Stutterheim;John B Pryor;Arjan E R Bos;Robert Hoogendijk

  • Mental illness stigma and disclosure: Consequences of coming out of the closet

    Arjan E. R. Bos;Daphne Kanner;Peter Muris;Birgit Janssen

  • Reducing AIDS-related stigma in developing countries: the importance of theory- and evidence-based interventions.

    Arjan E R Bos;Herman P Schaalma;John B Pryor

  • Global, contingent and implicit self-esteem and psychopathological symptoms in adolescents

    Arjan E.R. Bos;Jorg Huijding;Peter Muris;Laura R.R. Vogel

  • Fear of stigmatization as barrier to voluntary HIV counselling and testing in South Africa.

    Annemarie E Meiberg;Arjan E R Bos;Hans E Onya;Herman P Schaalma

  • Changing self-esteem in children and adolescents: a roadmap for future interventions

    Arjan E. R. Bos;Peter Muris;Sandra Mulkens;Herman P. Schaalma

  • Psychological and social correlates of HIV status disclosure: the significance of stigma visibility.

    Sarah E. Stutterheim;Arjan E. R. Bos;John B. Pryor;Ronald Brands

  • Modelling antecedents of blood donation motivation among non-donors of varying age and education

    K. P. H. Lemmens;C. Abraham;R. A. C. Ruiter;I. J. T. Veldhuizen

  • Patient and provider perspectives on HIV and HIV-related stigma in Dutch health care settings.

    Sarah E. Stutterheim;Lenneke Sicking;Ronald Brands;Ineke Baas

  • Experiences of stigma by association among family members of people with mental illness.

    Remko L. M. van der Sanden;Arjan E. R. Bos;Sarah E. Stutterheim;John B. Pryor

  • The Youth Anxiety Measure for DSM-5 (YAM-5): Development and First Psychometric Evidence of a New Scale for Assessing Anxiety Disorders Symptoms of Children and Adolescents

    Peter Muris;Peter Muris;Ellin Simon;Hester Lijphart;Arjan Bos

  • A hierarchical model for the relationships between general and specific vulnerability factors and symptom levels of generalized anxiety disorder

    Colin van der Heiden;Kim Melchior;Peter Muris;Samantha Bouwmeester

  • Effective methods to change sex-risk among drug users: a review of psychosocial interventions.

    Pepijn van Empelen;Gerjo Kok;Nicole M.C van Kesteren;Bart van den Borne

  • When leaders are seen as transformational: the effects of organizational justice

    David De Cremer;Marius van Dijke;Arjan E. R. Bos

  • Psychological and social correlates of hiv status disclosure : The significance of stigma visibility

    Sarah Stutterheim;Ronald Brands;John Pryor;Arjan Bos

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerjo Kok
Gerjo Kok Maastricht University
Peter Muris
Peter Muris Maastricht University
Herman P. Schaalma
Herman P. Schaalma Maastricht University
John B. Pryor
John B. Pryor Illinois State University
Robert A. C. Ruiter
Robert A. C. Ruiter Maastricht University
Birgit Mayer
Birgit Mayer Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lilian Lechner
Lilian Lechner The Open University
David De Cremer
David De Cremer National University of Singapore
Leif Edvard Aarø
Leif Edvard Aarø Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Hein de Vries
Hein de Vries Maastricht University

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