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Iris M. Engelhard

Iris M. Engelhard

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Psychology

D-Index
54
Citations
12049
World Ranking
4569
National Ranking
219

Overview

Iris M. Engelhard is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a notable focus on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology as well as Clinical Psychology. The scientist's work also encompasses Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their publications include anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment methodologies, and cognitive processes. Additionally, they explore stress responses and cortisol, memory and neural mechanisms, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health research topics, behavioral health and interventions, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

The scientist has published extensively in several key journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Biological Psychology
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Iris M. Engelhard include:

  • Gaëtan Mertens
  • Angelos-Miltiadis Krypotos
  • Eva A.M. van Dis
  • Lotte Gerritsen
  • Elske Salemink

Representative recent papers authored by or including Engelhard are:

  • "Fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19): Predictors in an online study conducted in March 2020" (2020), published in Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • "Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries" (2024), published in Science Advances
  • "A meta-analysis of conditioned fear generalization in anxiety-related disorders" (2022), published in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "A review on mental imagery in fear conditioning research 100 years since the 'Little Albert' study" (2020), published in Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • "Human fear conditioning is moderated by stimulus contingency instructions" (2020), published in Biological Psychology

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

  • Updated Meta-Analysis of Classical Fear Conditioning in the Anxiety Disorders

    Puck Duits;Danielle C. Cath;Shmuel Lissek;Joop J. Hox

  • Replicability and Generalizability of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Networks: A Cross-Cultural Multisite Study of PTSD Symptoms in Four Trauma Patient Samples

    Eiko I Fried;Marloes B Eidhof;Sabina Palic;Giulio Costantini

  • Self-Injurious Skin Picking: Clinical Characteristics and Comorbidity

    Sabine Wilhelm;Nancy J. Keuthen;Thilo Deckersbach;Iris M. Engelhard

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder after pregnancy loss

    Iris M. Engelhard;Marcel A. van den Hout;Arnoud Arntz

  • Long-term Outcomes of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety-Related Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Eva A. M. van Dis;Suzanne C. van Veen;Muriel A. Hagenaars;Neeltje M. Batelaan

  • How does EMDR work

    Marcel A. van den Hout;Iris M. Engelhard

  • Deployment-related stress and trauma in Dutch soldiers returning from Iraq. Prospective study.

    Iris M Engelhard;Marcel A van den Hout;Jos Weerts;Arnoud Arntz

  • Pre-trauma individual differences in extinction learning predict posttraumatic stress

    Miriam J.J. Lommen;Iris M. Engelhard;Marit Sijbrandij;Marit Sijbrandij;Marcel A. van den Hout

  • EMDR: eye movements superior to beeps in taxing working memory and reducing vividness of recollections.

    Marcel A. van den Hout;Iris M. Engelhard;Marleen M. Rijkeboer;Jutte Koekebakker

  • The impact of taxing working memory on negative and positive memories

    Iris M. Engelhard;Sophie L. van Uijen;Marcel A. van den Hout

  • Neuroticism and avoidance of ambiguous stimuli: Better safe than sorry?

    Miriam J.J. Lommen;Iris M. Engelhard;Marcel A. van den Hout

  • Peritraumatic dissociation and posttraumatic stress after pregnancy loss: A prospective study.

    Iris M. Engelhard;Marcel A. van den Hout;Merel Kindt;Arnoud Arntz

  • Taxing working memory reduces vividness and emotional intensity of images about the Queen's Day tragedy.

    Iris M. Engelhard;Marcel A. van den Hout;Monique A.M. Smeets

  • Counting during recall: taxing of working memory and reduced vividness and emotionality of negative memories

    Marcel A. van den Hout;Iris M. Engelhard;Monique A. M. Smeets;Hellen Hornsveld

  • The Skin Picking Scale: scale construction and psychometric analyses.

    Nancy J Keuthen;Sabine Wilhelm;Thilo Deckersbach;Iris M Engelhard

  • Eye movements reduce vividness and emotionality of “flashforwards”

    Iris M. Engelhard;Marcel A. van den Hout;Wilco C. Janssen;Jorinde van der Beek

  • Low specificity of symptoms on the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom scale: a comparison of individuals with PTSD, individuals with other anxiety disorders and individuals without psychopathology.

    Iris M. Engelhard;Arnoud Arntz;Marcel A. Van den Hout

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder after pre-eclampsia: an exploratory study.

    Iris M Engelhard;Maartje van Rij;Inge Boullart;Timo H.A Ekhart

  • The relationship between neuroticism, pre-traumatic stress, and post-traumatic stress: a prospective study

    Iris M. Engelhard;Marcel A. van den Hout;Merel Kindt

  • Deployment-related stress and trauma in Dutch soldiers returning from Iraq

    I.M. Engelhard;M.A. van den Hout;J. Weerts;A.R. Arntz

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcel A. van den Hout
Marcel A. van den Hout Utrecht University
Danielle C. Cath
Danielle C. Cath Utrecht University
Arnoud Arntz
Arnoud Arntz University of Amsterdam
Marit Sijbrandij
Marit Sijbrandij Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Rens van de Schoot
Rens van de Schoot Utrecht University
Richard J. McNally
Richard J. McNally Harvard University
Johanna M.P. Baas
Johanna M.P. Baas Utrecht University
Merel Kindt
Merel Kindt University of Amsterdam
Peter J. de Jong
Peter J. de Jong University of Groningen
Monique A. M. Smeets
Monique A. M. Smeets Utrecht University

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