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Overview

Elske Salemink is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, applied psychology, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Salemink's work include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Salemink has collaborated frequently with several coauthors. The most common include:

  • Reínout W. Wiers
  • Pim Cuijpers
  • Iris M. Engelhard
  • Sascha Y. Struijs
  • Eirini Karyotaki

Their recent papers illustrate a range of research interests and publication venues. Selected papers are:

  • "Fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19): Predictors in an online study conducted in March 2020," 2020, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • "Prevention and treatment of mental health and psychosocial problems in college students: An umbrella review of meta-analyses," 2021, Clinical Psychology Science and Practice
  • "Modification of hostile attribution bias reduces self-reported reactive aggressive behavior in adolescents," 2020, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • "Does comorbid anxiety or depression moderate effects of approach bias modification in the treatment of alcohol use disorders?," 2021, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • "Gamification of cognitive bias modification for interpretations in anxiety increases training engagement and enjoyment," 2022, Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Salemink's publications appear regularly in several journals, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Cognitive Therapy and Research
  • JMIR Formative Research
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development

Best Publications

  • Fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19): Predictors in an online study conducted in March 2020.

    Gaëtan Mertens;Gaëtan Mertens;Lotte Gerritsen;Stefanie Duijndam;Elske Salemink

  • Cognitive Bias Modification and Cognitive Control Training in Addiction and Related Psychopathology: Mechanisms, Clinical Perspectives, and Ways Forward

    Reinout W. Wiers;Thomas E. Gladwin;Wilhelm Hofmann;Elske Salemink

  • Autobiographical memories become less vivid and emotional after eye movements

    Marcel van den Hout;Peter Muris;Elske Salemink;Merel Kindt

  • Selective attention and threat: quick orienting versus slow disengagement and two versions of the dot probe task.

    Elske Salemink;Marcel A. van den Hout;Merel Kindt

  • Effects of positive interpretive bias modification in highly anxious individuals.

    Elske Salemink;Marcel van den Hout;Merel Kindt

  • A review of cognitive biases in youth depression: attention, interpretation and memory

    Belinda Platt;Allison M. Waters;Gerd Schulte-Koerne;Lina Engelmann

  • Ruminative coping as avoidance: a reinterpretation of its function in adjustment to bereavement

    Margaret Stroebe;Paul A Boelen;Marcel van den Hout;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • Efficacy and safety of high-dose baclofen for the treatment of alcohol dependence: A multicentre, randomised, double-blind controlled trial.

    Esther M. Beraha;Elske Salemink;Anna E. Goudriaan;Abraham Bakker

  • Confusing procedures with process when appraising the impact of cognitive bias modification on emotional vulnerability

    Ben Grafton;Colin MacLeod;Daniel Rudaizky;Emily A. Holmes;Emily A. Holmes

  • Visual search attentional bias modification reduced social phobia in adolescents

    E.L. De Voogd;R.W. Wiers;P.J.M. Prins;E. Salemink

  • Trained interpretive bias and anxiety.

    Elske Salemink;Marcel van den Hout;Merel Kindt

  • Association between attention bias to threat and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents.

    Rany Abend;Leone de Voogd;Elske Salemink;Reinout W. Wiers

  • Trained interpretive bias: validity and effects on anxiety.

    Elske Salemink;Marcel van den Hout;Merel Kindt

  • Modifying threat-related interpretive bias in adolescents.

    Elske Salemink;Reinout W. Wiers

  • Alcohol-related memory associations in positive and negative affect situations: Drinking motives, working memory capacity, and prospective drinking

    Elske Salemink;Reinout W. Wiers

  • Internet-based cognitive bias modification of interpretations in patients with anxiety disorders: a randomised controlled trial.

    Elske Salemink;Merel Kindt;Henk Rienties;Marcel van den Hout

  • Online attentional bias modification training targeting anxiety and depression in unselected adolescents: Short- and long-term effects of a randomized controlled trial

    E.L. de Voogd;R.W. Wiers;P.J.M. Prins;P.J. de Jong

  • Adolescent threat-related interpretive bias and its modification: the moderating role of regulatory control.

    Elske Salemink;Reinout W. Wiers

  • The Effects of Increasing Neutral Distraction on Sexual Responding of Women With and Without Sexual Problems

    Elske Salemink;Jacques J. D. M. van Lankveld

  • Interpretation training influences memory for prior interpretations.

    Elske Salemink;Paula T Hertel;Bundy Mackintosh

  • Mindfulness-based interventions

    B. Van Bockstaele;E. Salemink;B.D. Ostafin;A.M. Meijer

Frequent Co-Authors

Reinout W. Wiers
Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam
Marcel A. van den Hout
Marcel A. van den Hout Utrecht University
Susan M. Bögels
Susan M. Bögels University of Amsterdam
Colin MacLeod
Colin MacLeod University of Western Australia
Merel Kindt
Merel Kindt University of Amsterdam
Giovanni Abrahão Salum
Giovanni Abrahão Salum Child Mind Institute
Hilde M. Huizenga
Hilde M. Huizenga University of Amsterdam
Gerd Schulte-Körne
Gerd Schulte-Körne Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bruno Verschuere
Bruno Verschuere University of Amsterdam
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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