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Hans M. Koot is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with an emphasis on Clinical Psychology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Their work integrates multiple subfields including Education, Infectious Diseases, and Social Psychology.

Their research topics focus extensively on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, along with Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development. Other significant topics include Neonatal and fetal brain pathology, Early Childhood Education and Development, Infant Development and Preterm Care, Family Caregiving in Mental Illness, and Family and Disability Support Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hans M. Koot include:

  • The reliability, validity and factorial structure of the Swahili version of the 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD-7) among adults living with HIV from Kilifi, Kenya (2020), published in Annals of General Psychiatry
  • Prevalence and factors associated with common mental disorders in young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review (2021), published in Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Validation of a Swahili version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) among adults living with HIV compared to a community sample from Kilifi, Kenya (2020), published in Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
  • Psychosocial and mental health challenges faced by emerging adults living with HIV and support systems aiding their positive coping: a qualitative study from the Kenyan coast (2022), published in BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence, risk and protective indicators of common mental disorders among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: a cross-sectional study (2021), published in BMC Psychiatry

Hans M. Koot frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Charles R. Newton
  • Amina Abubakar
  • Dorcas N. Magai
  • Paul Mwangi
  • Esther Chongwo

Their work has been published in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Child Psychiatry & Human Development, BMC Psychiatry, ALPHA PSYCHIATRY, and Wellcome Open Research. These platforms reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research spanning psychiatry, child development, and public health.

Best Publications

  • The normative development of child and adolescent problem behavior

    Ilja L. Bongers;Hans M. Koot;Jan van der Ende;Frank C. Verhulst

  • Developmental Trajectories of Externalizing Behaviors in Childhood and Adolescence

    Ilja L. Bongers;Hans M. Koot;Jan van der Ende;Frank C. Verhulst

  • Emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with and without intellectual disability

    Marielle C. Dekker;Hans M. Koot;Hans M. Koot;Jan van der Ende;Frank C. Verhulst

  • Quality of life measurement in children and adolescents: issues, instruments, and applications.

    Jan L. Wallander;Margaret Schmitt;Hans M. Koot

  • Multidimensional assessment of emotion regulation difficulties in adolescents using the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale.

    Anna Neumann;Pol A. C. van Lier;Kim L. Gratz;Hans M. Koot

  • The Early Childhood Aggression Curve: Development of Physical Aggression in 10- to 50-Month-Old Children

    Lenneke R. A. Alink;Judi Mesman;Jantien van Zeijl;Mirjam N. Stolk

  • The reliability and validity of the COMFORT scale as a postoperative pain instrument in 0 to 3-year-old infants.

    Monique van Dijk;Josien B de Boer;Hans M Koot;Dick Tibboel

  • DSM-IV disorders in children with borderline to moderate intellectual disability. I: prevalence and impact.

    Marielle C. Dekker;Hans M. Koot

  • Prosocial Behavior in Adolescence: Gender Differences in Development and Links with Empathy.

    Jolien Van der Graaff;Gustavo Carlo;Elisabetta Crocetti;Hans M. Koot

  • Attachment-based intervention for enhancing sensitive discipline in mothers of 1- to 3-year-old children at risk for externalizing behavior problems: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jantien Van Zeijl;Judi Mesman;Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • Preschool Developmental Pathways to Preadolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Problems

    Judi Mesman;Ilja L. Bongers;Hans M. Koot

  • Sex differences in the timing of identification among children and adults with autism spectrum disorders.

    Sander Begeer;Sander Begeer;David Mandell;Bernadette Wijnker-Holmes;Stance Venderbosch

  • Cortisol and externalizing behavior in children and adolescents: mixed meta-analytic evidence for the inverse relation of basal cortisol and cortisol reactivity with externalizing behavior.

    Lenneke R.A. Alink;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Judi Mesman

  • Parenting stress and autism: The role of age, autism severity, quality of life and problem behaviour of children and adolescents with autism

    Rebecca L McStay;Cheryl Dissanayake;Anke Scheeren;Hans M Koot

  • Early Preschool Predictors of Preadolescent Internalizing and Externalizing DSM-IV Diagnoses

    Judi Mesman;Hans M. Koot

  • Differential predictive value of parents' and teachers' reports of children's problem behaviors: A longitudinal study

    Frank C. Verhulst;Hans M. Koot;Jan Van der Ende

  • Manual for the Developmental Behaviour Checklist: Primary Carer Version (DBC-P) and Teacher Version (DBC-T) (2nd ed.)

    Stewart Einfeld;Bruce John Tonge;Kylie Megan Gray;Avril Vaux Brereton

  • INFLUENCE OF TIMING AND DOSE OF THYROID HORMONE REPLACEMENT ON DEVELOPMENT IN INFANTS WITH CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM

    Jacoba J. Bongers-Schokking;Hans M. Koot;Diet Wiersma;Paul H. Verkerk

  • Quality of life in children with psychiatric disorders: self-, parent, and clinician report.

    Dennis Bastiaansen;Hans M. Koot;Robert F. Ferdinand;Frank C. Verhulst

  • Underdiagnosis and Referral Bias of Autism in Ethnic Minorities

    Sander Begeer;Saloua El Bouk;Wafaa Boussaid;Mark Meerum Terwogt

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University
Pol A. C. van Lier
Pol A. C. van Lier Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Susan Branje
Susan Branje Utrecht University
Frank C. Verhulst
Frank C. Verhulst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Judi Mesman
Judi Mesman Leiden University
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Femmie Juffer
Femmie Juffer Leiden University
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Loes Keijsers
Loes Keijsers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Robert Vermeiren
Robert Vermeiren Leiden University Medical Center

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