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Floris W. Kraaimaat

Floris W. Kraaimaat

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Psychology

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Overview

Floris W. Kraaimaat is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and specializes primarily in psychology. Their work extensively covers areas within clinical and social psychology as well as related interdisciplinary fields such as sociology and political science, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The researcher has made contributions mainly in the following fields of study:

  • Psychology

Within psychology, their focus includes several subfields:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Floris W. Kraaimaat's research topics encompass multiple areas related to mental health, personality, and behavioral patterns, including:

  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Workplace Violence and Bullying
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Child Abuse and Trauma

Their recent published papers feature studies on aggression, hostility, and social anxiety in forensic populations as well as psychological factors influencing violent behavior. Selected recent publications include:

  • Are Hostility, Anger, and Aggression Involved in the Social Anxiety of Forensic Psychiatric Outpatients Convicted of a Violent Crime? (2023), International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • Psychological Factors Predicting Violent Prison Inmates' Anger and Aggression (2022), Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice
  • Psychological Factors Predicting Self-Reported and Observed Aggression in Male Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients (2022), Psychiatry Psychology and Law
  • A Follow-Up of the PFS-AV, an Assessment Instrument for Hostility (2022), International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

Floris W. Kraaimaat frequently publishes in the following academic venues:

  • International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice
  • Psychiatry Psychology and Law

Their scholarly collaborations include recurring coauthorship with Ruud H. J. Hornsveld, with whom they have coauthored multiple papers.

Best Publications

  • Beyond unfavorable thinking: the illness cognition questionnaire for chronic diseases

    Andrea W. M. Evers;Floris W. Kraaimaat;Wim van Lankveld;Peter J. H. Jongen

  • Women’s emotional adjustment to IVF: a systematic review of 25 years of research

    C.M. Verhaak;J.M.J. Smeenk;A.W.M. Evers;J.A.M. Kremer

  • A longitudinal, prospective study on emotional adjustment before, during and after consecutive fertility treatment cycles

    C.M. Verhaak;J.M.J. Smeenk;A. van Minnen;J.A.M. Kremer

  • Pain coping and social support as predictors of long-term functional disability and pain in early rheumatoid arthritis.

    Andrea W.M Evers;Floris W Kraaimaat;Rinie Geenen;Johannes W.G Jacobs

  • Tailored cognitive-behavioral therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis for patients at risk: a randomized controlled trial.

    Andrea W.M Evers;Floris W Kraaimaat;Piet L.C.M van Riel;Alphons J.L de Jong

  • Stuttering and social anxiety.

    Floris W Kraaimaat;Martine Vanryckeghem;Rien Van Dam-Baggen

  • Pain-coping strategies in chronic pain patients: psychometric characteristics of the pain-coping inventory (PCI).

    Floris W. Kraaimaat;Andrea W. M. Evers

  • Common burden of chronic skin diseases? Contributors to psychological distress in adults with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis.

    A.W.M. Evers;Y. Lu;P. Duller;P.G.M. van der Valk

  • Cognitive-behavioural therapies and exercise programmes for patients with fibromyalgia: state of the art and future directions.

    S. van Koulil;M. Effting;F.W. Kraaimaat;W.G.J.M. van Lankveld

  • Induction of nocebo and placebo effects on itch and pain by verbal suggestions

    Antoinette I.M. van Laarhoven;Michiel L. Vogelaar;Oliver H. Wilder-Smith;Piet L.C.M. van Riel

  • Predicting Emotional Response to Unsuccessful Fertility Treatment: A Prospective Study

    Christianne M Verhaak;Jesper M J Smeenk;Andrea W M Evers;Agnes van Minnen

  • The role of helplessness, fear of pain, and passive pain-coping in chronic pain patients.

    Han J A Samwel;Andrea W M Evers;Ben J P Crul;Floris W Kraaimaat

  • Stress and marital satisfaction among women before and after their first cycle of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection

    Christianne M Verhaak;Jesper M.J Smeenk;Antje Eugster;Agnes van Minnen

  • Tailored cognitive–behavioral therapy and exercise training for high‐risk patients with fibromyalgia

    Saskia Van Koulil;Wim Van Lankveld;Floris W. Kraaimaat;Toon Van Helmond

  • How stress gets under the skin: cortisol and stress reactivity in psoriasis

    A.W.M. Evers;E.W.M. Verhoeven;F.W. Kraaimaat;E.M.G.J. De Jong

  • Psychosocial predictors of functional change in recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients

    Andrea W.M. Evers;Floris W. Kraaimaat;Rinie Geenen;Johannes W.J. Bijlsma

  • Determinants of psychological distress and its course in the first year after diagnosis in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

    A.W.M. Evers;F.W. Kraaimaat;R. Geenen;J.W.J. Bijlsma

  • Quality of life in elderly subjects with pain in the hip or knee.

    M. Hopman-Rock;F.W. Kraaimaat;J.W.J. Bijlsma

  • Biopsychosocial mechanisms of chronic itch in patients with skin diseases: a review.

    Elisabeth W M Verhoeven;Suzanne de Klerk;Floris W Kraaimaat;Peter C M van de Kerkhof

  • Prevalence of physical symptoms of itch, pain and fatigue in patients with skin diseases in general practice.

    E.W.M. Verhoeven;F.W. Kraaimaat;P.C.M. van de Kerkhof;C. van Weel

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Muris
Peter Muris Maastricht University
Rinie Geenen
Rinie Geenen Utrecht University
Ben Maassen
Ben Maassen University of Groningen
Emma J. Palmer
Emma J. Palmer University of Leicester
Agnes van Minnen
Agnes van Minnen Radboud University
Henk Nijman
Henk Nijman Radboud University
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Cor Meesters
Cor Meesters Maastricht University
Judith B. Prins
Judith B. Prins Radboud University

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