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Frans J. M. Feron is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research activity spans multiple fields of study including Medicine, Health Professions, and Psychology, with a focus on several subfields such as General Health Professions, Education, Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's work covers topics primarily connected to child development and health. Key areas of interest include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Child and Adolescent Health, Youth Substance Use and School Attendance, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Educational and Psychological Assessments, Infant Development and Preterm Care, and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Recent publications by Frans J. M. Feron demonstrate diverse research contributions across related disciplines. Selected papers include:

  • "The Longitudinal Relationship Between Screen Time, Sleep and a Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Childhood" (2020) in the Journal of Attention Disorders
  • "Designing a Personalized Health Dashboard: Interdisciplinary and Participatory Approach" (2021) in JMIR Formative Research
  • "'Postnatal growth during the first five years of life in SGA and AGA neonates with reduced fetal growth'" (2020) in Early Human Development
  • "The prevalence of sickness absence among primary school pupils - reason to be worried?" (2021) in BMC Public Health
  • "Preschool Communication: Early Identification of Concerns About Preschool Language Development and Social Participation" (2021) in Frontiers in Public Health

The frequent publication venues where this researcher has contributed include Frontiers in Public Health, Journal of Attention Disorders, Early Human Development, JMIR Formative Research, and BMC Public Health.

Collaboration features prominently in their research profile. Frequent coauthors associated with their work are Miriam Weijers, Caroline H. G. Bastiaenen, Esther Karen Pijl, Jolanda Mathijssen, and Yvonne T. M. Vanneste.

Best Publications

  • Children's health-related quality of life, neighbourhood socio-economic deprivation and social capital. A contextual analysis.

    Marjan Drukker;Charles Kaplan;Charles Kaplan;Frans Feron;Jim van Os

  • Relation between cognitive and motor performance in 5- to 6-year-old children: results from a large-scale cross-sectional study.

    Renske Wassenberg;Frans J. M. Feron;Alfons G. H. Kessels;Jos G. M. Hendriksen

  • Childhood victimisation and developmental expression of non-clinical delusional ideation and hallucinatory experiences: victimisation and non-clinical psychotic experiences.

    Tineke Lataster;Jim van Os;Marjan Drukker;Cécile Henquet

  • Neighbourhood level and individual level SES effects on child problem behaviour: a multilevel analysis

    A C Kalff;M Kroes;J S H Vles;J G M Hendriksen

  • Verbal fluency over time as a measure of automatic and controlled processing in children with ADHD.

    P P M Hurks;J G M Hendriksen;J G M Hendriksen;J S H Vles;A C Kalff

  • Methylphenidate down-regulates the dopamine receptor and transporter system in children with attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder (ADHD).

    J S H Vles;F J M Feron;J G M Hendriksen;J Jolles

  • Semantic category fluency versus initial letter fluency over 60 seconds as a measure of automatic and controlled processing in healthy school-aged children.

    P.P.M. Hurks;J.S.H. Vles;J.G.M. Hendriksen;A.C. Kalff

  • Developmental Changes in Semantic Verbal Fluency: Analyses of Word Productivity as a Function of Time, Clustering, and Switching

    P.P.M. Hurks;D. Schrans;C. Meijs;R. Wassenberg

  • Persistence and outcome of auditory hallucinations in adolescence: A longitudinal general population study of 1800 individuals

    Ellen De Loore;Nicole Gunther;Nicole Gunther;Marjan Drukker;Frans Feron

  • Mood reactivity to daily negative events in early adolescence: relationship to risk for psychopathology.

    Josien Schneiders;Nancy A. Nicolson;Johannes Berkhof;Frans J. Feron

  • Child Psychiatric Diagnoses in a Population of Dutch Schoolchildren Aged 6 to 8 Years

    Mariëlle Kroes;Ariane C. Kalff;Alfons G.H. Kessels;Jean Steyaert

  • Factors affecting the relation between parental education as well as occupation and problem behaviour in Dutch 5- to 6-year-old children.

    A. C. Kalff;M. Kroes;J. S. H. Vles;H. Bosma

  • Prevalence and characteristics of headache in Dutch schoolchildren.

    Inez E.N.G. Bandell-Hoekstra;Huda Huijer Abu-Saad;Jan Passchier;Carla M.A. Frederiks

  • Music Interventions and Child Development: A Critical Review and Further Directions.

    Elisabeth Dumont;Elena V. Syurina;Frans J. M. Feron;Susan van Hooren

  • Coping and Quality of Life in relation to headache in Dutch schoolchildren

    Inez E. N. G. Bandell-Hoekstra;Huda Huijer Abu-Saad;Jan Passchier;Carla M. A. Frederiks

  • Children's mental health service use, neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation, and social capital.

    Jikke van der Linden;Marjan Drukker;Nicole Gunther;Frans Feron

  • Speed, speed variability, and accuracy of information processing in 5 to 6-year-old children at risk of ADHD

    Ariane C. Kalff;Leo M.J. De Sonneville;Petra P.M. Hurks;Jos G.M. Hendriksen

  • Neurocognitive performance of 5- and 6-year-old children who met criteria for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder at 18 months follow-up: Results from a prospective population study

    Ariane C. Kalff;Jos G. M. Hendriksen;Marielle Kroes;Johan S. H. Vles

  • Low- and high-level controlled processing in executive motor control tasks in 5-6-year-old children at risk of ADHD.

    Ariane C. Kalff;Leo M.J. De Sonneville;Petra P.M. Hurks;Jos G.M. Hendriksen

  • A Longitudinal Community Study: Do Psychosocial Risk Factors and Child Behavior Checklist Scores at 5 Years of Age Predict Psychiatric Diagnoses at a Later Age?

    Mariëlle Kroes;Ariane C. Kalff;Jean Steyaert;Alfons G.H. Kessels

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan S.H. Vles
Johan S.H. Vles Maastricht University
Jelle Jolles
Jelle Jolles Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marjan Drukker
Marjan Drukker Maastricht University
Jean Steyaert
Jean Steyaert KU Leuven
Hans Bosma
Hans Bosma Maastricht University
Bernard Sabbe
Bernard Sabbe University of Antwerp
Reinout W. Wiers
Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam
Rik Crutzen
Rik Crutzen Maastricht University
Nancy A. Nicolson
Nancy A. Nicolson Maastricht University

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