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Bea Van den Bergh

Bea Van den Bergh

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
9702
World Ranking
9041
National Ranking
128

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Cognition
  • Psychiatry

Bea Van den Bergh spends much of her time researching Anxiety, Psychiatry, Birth weight, Developmental psychology and Clinical psychology. Her Anxiety research includes themes of Cognition, Elementary cognitive task and Affect. The study incorporates disciplines such as Occupational stress, Low birth weight, Cohort study and Job strain in addition to Birth weight.

Her Stuttering and Rating scale study, which is part of a larger body of work in Developmental psychology, is frequently linked to Temperament, bridging the gap between disciplines. Her Clinical psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Neurocognitive, Prenatal stress, Autism and Schizophrenia. Her State-Trait Anxiety Inventory study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Offspring and Prospective cohort study.

Her most cited work include:

  • Antenatal maternal anxiety and stress and the neurobehavioural development of the fetus and child : links and possible mechanisms. A review (808 citations)
  • High antenatal maternal anxiety is related to ADHD symptoms, externalizing problems, and anxiety in 8- and 9-year-olds. (513 citations)
  • Antenatal Maternal Anxiety is Related to HPA-Axis Dysregulation and Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: A Prospective Study on the Fetal Origins of Depressed Mood (343 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Bea Van den Bergh mainly focuses on Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Anxiety, Maternal anxiety and Psychiatry. In her study, Bea Van den Bergh carries out multidisciplinary Developmental psychology and Temperament research. Bea Van den Bergh interconnects Psychological intervention, Mental health and Depression in the investigation of issues within Clinical psychology.

Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Offspring, Prospective cohort study, Gestation and Cohort study. Bea Van den Bergh works mostly in the field of Offspring, limiting it down to topics relating to Cognition and, in certain cases, Disease, as a part of the same area of interest. Her studies deal with areas such as Heart rate variability and Birth weight as well as Psychiatry.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (47.21%)
  • Clinical psychology (25.38%)
  • Anxiety (27.41%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Clinical psychology (25.38%)
  • Offspring (18.27%)
  • Anxiety (27.41%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Clinical psychology, Offspring, Anxiety, Prenatal stress and Cognition are her primary areas of study. Her research integrates issues of Psychological intervention and Mental health in her study of Clinical psychology. Her work carried out in the field of Offspring brings together such families of science as Developmental psychology and Amygdala.

Bea Van den Bergh has included themes like Maternal anxiety and Affect in her Developmental psychology study. By researching both Anxiety and Association, she produces research that crosses academic boundaries. As a member of one scientific family, Bea Van den Bergh mostly works in the field of Cognition, focusing on Disease and, on occasion, Coping, Psychiatry, Cognitive coping, Positive coping and Psychological distress.

Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Prenatal developmental origins of behavior and mental health: The influence of maternal stress in pregnancy (277 citations)
  • Prenatal stress and the developing brain: Risks for neurodevelopmental disorders. (42 citations)
  • Associations between maternal psychological distress and salivary cortisol during pregnancy: A mixed-models approach (14 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Cognition
  • Psychiatry

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Temperament, Clinical psychology, Offspring, Anxiety and Stop signal. Her Clinical psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Randomized controlled trial, Blood pressure, Heart rate variability, Obstetrics and Autonomic nervous system. Her research in Offspring intersects with topics in Heart rate, Neuroscience, Amygdala and Default mode network.

She has researched Amygdala in several fields, including Gestational age, Affect, Vigilance, Developmental psychology and Hypervigilance. The Anxiety study combines topics in areas such as Biological psychiatry, Pregnancy Trimesters, Depression and Gestation. Her Stop signal research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Stuttering, Audiology and Response inhibition.

Best Publications

  • Antenatal maternal anxiety and stress and the neurobehavioural development of the fetus and child : links and possible mechanisms. A review

    Bea R.H. Van den Bergh;Eduard J.H. Mulder;Maarten Mennes;Maarten Mennes;Vivette Glover

  • Prenatal developmental origins of behavior and mental health: The influence of maternal stress in pregnancy

    Bea R.H. van den Bergh;Marion I. van den Heuvel;Marius Lahti;Marijke A. K. A. Braeken

  • 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

  • High antenatal maternal anxiety is related to ADHD symptoms, externalizing problems, and anxiety in 8- and 9-year-olds.

    Bea R.H. Van den Bergh;Alfons Marcoen

  • Antenatal Maternal Anxiety is Related to HPA-Axis Dysregulation and Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: A Prospective Study on the Fetal Origins of Depressed Mood

    Bea R H Van den Bergh;Ben Van Calster;Tim Smits;Sabine Van Huffel

  • High antenatal maternal anxiety is related to impulsivity during performance on cognitive tasks in 14- and 15-year-olds.

    Bea R.H. Van den Bergh;Maarten Mennes;Jaap Oosterlaan;Veerle Stevens

  • Psychosocial stress during pregnancy is related to adverse birth outcomes: results from a large multi-ethnic community-based birth cohort

    Eva M. Loomans;Aimée E. van Dijk;Tanja G.M. Vrijkotte;Manon van Eijsden

  • Investigating the influence of maternal cortisol and emotional state during pregnancy on the DNA methylation status of the glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) promoter region in cord blood

    Titia Hompes;Benedetta Izzi;Edith Gellens;Maarten Morreels

  • Temperament dimensions in stuttering and typically developing children

    Kurt Eggers;Luc F. De Nil;Luc F. De Nil;Bea R.H. Van den Bergh;Bea R.H. Van den Bergh;Bea R.H. Van den Bergh

  • A review of scales to measure the mother–foetus relationship

    Bea Van den Bergh;Annelies Simons

  • Developmental programming of early brain and behaviour development and mental health: a conceptual framework.

    Bea R H Van Den Bergh;Bea R H Van Den Bergh

  • The Influence of Perceived Parental Guidance Patterns on Children's Media Use: Gender Differences and Media Displacement

    Jan Van den Bulck;Bea Van den Bergh

  • Long-term cognitive sequelae of antenatal maternal anxiety: involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex.

    Maarten Mennes;Peter Stiers;Lieven Lagae;Bea Van den Bergh

  • Inhibitory control in childhood stuttering.

    Kurt Eggers;Luc F. De Nil;Luc F. De Nil;Bea R.H. Van den Bergh;Bea R.H. Van den Bergh;Bea R.H. Van den Bergh

  • Prenatal stress and the developing brain: Risks for neurodevelopmental disorders.

    Bea R H van den Bergh;Robert Dahnke;Maarten Mennes

  • ADHD deficit as measured in adolescent boys with a continuous performance task is related to antenatal maternal anxiety

    Bea R H van den Bergh;Maarten Mennes;Veerle Stevens;Jaap van der Meere

  • Separating acoustic deviance from novelty during the first year of life: a review of event-related potential evidence

    Elena V. Kushnerenko;Bea R. H. Van den Bergh;Bea R. H. Van den Bergh;István Winkler;István Winkler

  • Self-reported symptoms of depressed mood, trait anxiety and aggressive behavior in post-pubertal adolescents: Associations with diurnal cortisol profiles

    B.R.H. Van den Bergh;B. Van Calster;S. Pinna Puissant;S. Van Huffel

  • Removal of BCG artifacts from EEG recordings inside the MR scanner: a comparison of methodological and validation-related aspects.

    Katrien Vanderperren;Maarten De Vos;Jennifer R. Ramautar;Nikolay Novitskiy

  • The efficiency of attentional networks in children who stutter

    Kurt Eggers;Luc F. De Nil;Bea R. H. Van den Bergh

  • Developmental brain alterations in 17 year old boys are related to antenatal maternal anxiety

    Maarten Mennes;Bea Van den Bergh;Bea Van den Bergh;Lieven Lagae;Peter Stiers;Peter Stiers

Frequent Co-Authors

István Winkler
István Winkler Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Andrew H. Kemp
Andrew H. Kemp Swansea University
Ivan Nyklíček
Ivan Nyklíček Tilburg University
Jaap van der Meere
Jaap van der Meere University of Groningen
Esther Hartman
Esther Hartman University Medical Center Groningen
Hans M. Koot
Hans M. Koot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jean Vroomen
Jean Vroomen Tilburg University
Katri Räikkönen
Katri Räikkönen University of Helsinki

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