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Henk Schut is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, with a strong focus on clinical psychology and public health-related areas. Within these fields, Schut has contributed notably to understanding grief, bereavement, and mental health, as well as migration, health and trauma. Additional topics addressed include health disparities and outcomes, homelessness and social issues, palliative care and end-of-life issues, posttraumatic stress disorder research, and intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving.

Schut's work has been published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Harvard Review of Psychiatry
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Among recent publications associated with Schut are:

  • Bereavement in Times of COVID-19: A Review and Theoretical Framework, published in 2020 in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
  • A systematic review of loneliness in bereavement: Current research and future directions, published in 2021 in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Bereavement or breakup: Differences in networks of depression, published in 2020 in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Stages of Grief Portrayed on the Internet: A Systematic Analysis and Critical Appraisal, published in 2021 in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Cremation and Grief: Are Ways of Commemorating the Dead Related to Adjustment Over Time?, published in 2020 in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

Schut frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include:

  • Margaret Stroebe
  • Paul A. Boelen
  • Maarten C. Eisma
  • Anneke Vedder
  • Kathrin Boerner

Their research contributions engage with a range of intersecting psychological and health disciplines, including clinical psychology, public and environmental health, and social psychology. Schut's work notably covers clinical applications related to grief and loss, as well as broader social and health-related issues.

Best Publications

  • THE DUAL PROCESS MODEL OF COPING WITH BEREAVEMENT: RATIONALE AND DESCRIPTION

    Margaret S Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Health outcomes of bereavement.

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • The dual process model of coping with bereavement: a decade on.

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Handbook of bereavement research: Consequences, coping, and care

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Robert O. Hansson;Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • The role of loneliness and social support in adjustment to loss: A test of attachment versus stress theory

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Margaret Stroebe;Georgios Abakoumkin;Henk Schut

  • Gender differences in adjustment to bereavement: An empirical and theoretical review.

    Margaret Stroebe;Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • The efficacy of bereavement interventions: Determining who benefits.

    Henk Schut;Margaret S. Stroebe;Jan van den Bout;Maaike Terheggen

  • Why dieters fail : Testing the goal conflict model of eating

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Wendy Mensink;Henk Aarts;Henk Schut

  • Meaning making in the Dual Process Model of coping with bereavement

    Stroebe;H.A.W. Schut

  • The prediction of bereavement outcome: Development of an integrative risk factor framework

    Margaret Susan Stroebe;Susan Folkman;Robert O Hansson;Henk Schut

  • Attachment in Coping With Bereavement: A Theoretical Integration

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • Handbook of bereavement research and practice: Advances in theory and intervention.

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Robert O. Hansson;Henk Schut;Wolfgang Stroebe

  • Models of coping with bereavement: A review.

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Does disclosure of emotions facilitate recovery from bereavement? Evidence from two prospective studies.

    Margaret Stroebe;Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut;Emmanuelle Zech

  • Grief work, disclosure and counseling: do they help the bereaved?

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut;Margaret S Stroebe

  • Risk factors in bereavement outcome: A methodological and empirical review.

    Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Continuing bonds in adaptation to bereavement: Toward theoretical integration

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut;Kathrin Boerner

  • To Continue or Relinquish Bonds: A Review of Consequences for the Bereaved

    Margaret Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Introduction: Concepts and issues in contemporary research on bereavement.

    Margaret S. Stroebe;Robert O. Hansson;Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • Bereavement research: methodological issues and ethical concerns

    Margaret Stroebe;Wolfgang Stroebe;Henk Schut

  • The role of loneliness and social support in adjustment to loss: A test of attachment versus stress theory

    W. Stroebe;Stroebe;G. Abakoumkin;H.A.W. Schut

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret Stroebe
Margaret Stroebe Utrecht University
Wolfgang Stroebe
Wolfgang Stroebe University of Groningen
Jan van den Bout
Jan van den Bout Utrecht University
Maarten C. Eisma
Maarten C. Eisma University of Groningen
Paul A. Boelen
Paul A. Boelen Utrecht University
Catrin Finkenauer
Catrin Finkenauer Utrecht University
Kathrin Boerner
Kathrin Boerner Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Robert O. Hansson
Robert O. Hansson University of Tulsa
Rolf J. Kleber
Rolf J. Kleber Utrecht University
Anita Jansen
Anita Jansen Maastricht University

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