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Overview

Bert Garssen is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields primarily centered on Medicine and Psychology, with notable subfields including Oncology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Clinical Psychology.

Their work focuses on several main topics in health and psychological research. These include:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Bert Garssen has contributed to a number of recent papers, often collaborating with other researchers in these domains. Some notable publications include:

  • Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies (2020) published in International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
  • Depression, anxiety, and the risk of cancer: An individual participant data meta-analysis (2023) in Cancer
  • Psychosocial factors and cancer incidence (PSY-CA): Protocol for individual participant data meta-analyses (2021) in Brain and Behavior
  • Psychosocial factors, health behaviors and risk of cancer incidence: Testing interaction and effect modification in an individual participant data meta-analysis (2024) in International Journal of Cancer
  • The mediating role of health behaviors in the association between depression, anxiety and cancer incidence: an individual participant data meta-analysis (2024) in Psychological Medicine

Frequent co-authors include Adelita V. Ranchor, Lonneke A. van Tuijl, Maartje Basten, Kuan-Yu Pan, and Roel Vermeulen.

Bert Garssen has published multiple articles in respected venues, with some of the more common publication outlets being:

  • International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
  • Cancer
  • Brain and Behavior
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Psychological Medicine

Their research integrates interdisciplinary approaches linking mental health, spirituality, psychological well-being, and cancer epidemiology. This broad scope includes meta-analyses utilizing individual participant data to explore interactions between psychosocial factors, health behaviors, and disease incidence.

Best Publications

  • The multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) psychometric qualities of an instrument to assess fatigue

    E.M.A. Smets;B. Garssen;B. Bonke;J.C.J.M. De Haes;J.C.J.M. De Haes

  • Fatigue in cancer patients

    E. M. A. Smets;B. Garssen;A. L. J. Schuster-Uitterhoeve;J. C. J. M. De Haes

  • Measuring Spirituality as a Universal Human Experience: A Review of Spirituality Questionnaires

    Eltica de Jager Meezenbroek;Bert Garssen;Machteld van den Berg;Dirk van Dierendonck

  • Spirituality and well-being in cancer patients: A review

    Anja Visser;Bert Garssen;Ad Vingerhoets

  • Does Spirituality or Religion Positively Affect Mental Health? Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies

    Bert Garssen;Anja Visser;Grieteke Pool

  • Psychological factors and cancer development: evidence after 30 years of research.

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  • Fatigue and radiotherapy : (B) experience in patients 9 months following treatment

    E. M. A. Smets;M. R. M. Visser;A. F. M. N. Willems-Groot;B. Garssen

  • Fatigue and radiotherapy: (A) experience in patients undergoing treatment

    E. M. A. Smets;M. R. M. Visser;A. F. M. N. Willems-Groot;B. Garssen

  • On the role of immunological factors as mediators between psychosocial factors and cancer progression.

    Bert Garssen;Karl Goodkin

  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces chronic cancer-related fatigue: a treatment study

    Marije L. van der Lee;Bert Garssen

  • Double-blind placebo-controlled study of the hyperventilation provocation test and the validity of the hyperventilation syndrome

    H. K. Hornsveld;B. Garssen;M. J. C. F. Dop;P. I. Van Spiegel

  • Burnout prevention through personal growth

    Dirk van Dierendonck;Bert Garssen;Adriaan Visser

  • Measuring spirituality as a universal human experience: development of the Spiritual Attitude and Involvement List (SAIL).

    Eltica de Jager Meezenbroek;Bert Garssen;Machteld Van den Berg;Gerwi Tuytel

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction training for oncology patients: patients' appraisal and changes in well-being.

    Arenda Kieviet-Stijnen;Adriaan Visser;Bert Garssen;Welmet Hudig

  • Determinants of changes in nurses' behaviour after continuing education: a literature review.

    AL Francke;B Garssen;H Huijer Abu‐Saad

  • Comorbidity among the anxiety disorders

    Corine De Ruiter;Hanneke Rijken;Bert Garssen;Annette Van Schaik

  • Breathing retraining, exposure and a combination of both, in the treatment of panic disorder with agoraphobia

    Corine de Ruiter;Hanneke Rijken;Floor Kraaimaat;Bert Garssen

  • Breathing retraining: a rational placebo?

    Bert Garssen;Corine de Ruiter;Richard van Dyck

  • Agoraphobia and the hyperventilation syndrome.

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  • Adjustment to breast cancer: the psychobiological effects of psychosocial interventions.

    Gieta van der Pompe;Michael Antoni;Adriaan Visser;Bert Garssen

  • How Spirituality Helps Cancer Patients with the Adjustment to their Disease.

    Bert Garssen;Nicoline F. Uwland-Sikkema;Anja Visser

  • A critical analysis of scales to measure the attitude of nurses toward spiritual care and the frequency of spiritual nursing care activities

    Bert Garssen;Anne Frederieke Ebenau;Anja Visser;Nicoline Uwland

  • Stress management training for breast cancer surgery patients.

    Bert Garssen;Martijn F. Boomsma;Eltica de Jager Meezenbroek;Terry Porsild

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriaan Visser
Adriaan Visser Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Robbert Sanderman
Robbert Sanderman University of Groningen
Adelita V. Ranchor
Adelita V. Ranchor University Medical Center Groningen
Maya J. Schroevers
Maya J. Schroevers University Medical Center Groningen
Jozien M. Bensing
Jozien M. Bensing Utrecht University
Hanneke C. J. M. de Haes
Hanneke C. J. M. de Haes University of Amsterdam
Michael H. Antoni
Michael H. Antoni University of Miami
Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets
Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets Tilburg University
Henk Schut
Henk Schut Utrecht University

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