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Overview

Ivan Nyklíček is affiliated with Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology and public health.

Them main research interests include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Nyklíček's considerable output is reflected across various publication venues. The most frequent journals publishing their work are:

  • Mindfulness
  • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research

Some of Nyklíček's recent papers include the following:

  • "Optimism, mindfulness, and resilience as potential protective factors for the mental health consequences of fear of the coronavirus" (2021, Psychiatry Research)
  • "The (In)flexible self: Psychopathology, mindfulness, and neuroscience" (2023, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology)
  • "The Self-Pattern and Buddhist Psychology" (2023, Mindfulness)
  • "Online mindfulness-based intervention for women with pregnancy distress: design of a randomized controlled trial" (2020, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth)
  • "An Online Mindful Parenting Training for Mothers Raising Toddlers: Assessment of Acceptability, Effectiveness, and Personal Goals" (2020, Mindfulness)

Their collaborative network involves frequent co-authors, including:

  • Myrthe G. B. M. Boekhorst
  • Lianne P. Hulsbosch
  • Victor J.M. Pop
  • Eva S. Potharst
  • Noor de Waal

Ivan Nyklíček's research contributes extensively to understanding psychological processes related to mindfulness, mental health, and perinatal care.

Best Publications

  • Internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy for symptoms of depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis

    Viola Spek;Pim Cuijpers;Ivan Nyklícek;Heleen Riper

  • Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Psychological Well-being and Quality of Life: Is Increased Mindfulness Indeed the Mechanism?

    Ivan Nyklíček;Karlijn F. Kuijpers

  • Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for subthreshold depression in people over 50 years old: a randomized controlled clinical trial

    Viola Spek;Ivan Nyklíček;Niels Smits;Pim Cuijpers

  • Cardiorespiratory differentiation of musically-induced emotions.

    I. Nyklicek;J.F. Thayer;L.J.P. van Doornen

  • Mindfulness-based therapy in adults with an autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

    Annelies A. Spek;Nadia C. van Ham;Ivan Nyklíček

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction and physiological activity during acute stress : A randomized controlled trial

    Ivan Nyklíček;Paula M. C. Mommersteeg;Sylvia Van Beugen;Christian Ramakers

  • The effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on emotional distress, quality of life, and HbA(1c) in outpatients with diabetes (DiaMind): a randomized controlled trial

    Jenny Van Son;Ivan Nyklicek;Victor J M Pop;Marion C Blonk

  • Emotion regulation and well-being

    Ivan Nyklíček;A. J. J. M. Vingerhoets;Marcel Zeelenberg

  • One-year follow-up results of a randomized controlled clinical trial on internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for subthreshold depression in people over 50 years

    V.R.M. Spek;P. Cuijpers;I. Nyklicek;N. Smits

  • Predictors of outcome of group and internet-based cognitive behavior therapy

    Viola Spek;Ivan Nyklíček;Pim Cuijpers;Victor Pop

  • The effects of a mindfulness intervention on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a non-clinical student population.

    Marijke Hanstede;Yori Gidron;Ivan Nyklíček

  • Emotion Regulation and Well-Being: A View from Different Angles

    Ivan Nyklíček;Ad Vingerhoets;Marcel Zeelenberg

  • Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmia After Implantable Defibrillator Treatment in Anxious Type D Patients

    Krista C. van den Broek;Ivan Nyklíček;Pepijn H. van der Voort;Marco Alings

  • Development and evaluation of the Balanced Index of Psychological Mindedness (BIPM).

    Ivan Nyklíček;Johan Denollet

  • Optimism, mindfulness, and resilience as potential protective factors for the mental health consequences of fear of the coronavirus.

    Lisa M.W. Vos;Mirela Habibović;Ivan Nyklíček;Tom Smeets

  • Alexithymia is associated with low tolerance to experimental painful stimulation.

    Ivan Nyklíček;Ivan Nyklíček;Ad J.J.M. Vingerhoets

  • Depression and anxiety as predictors of heart rate variability after myocardial infarction.

    E. J. Martens;I. Nyklíček;B. M. Szabó;N. Kupper

  • The temporal order of change in daily mindfulness and affect during mindfulness-based stress reduction

    Evelien Snippe;Ivan Nyklicek;Maya J. Schroevers;Elisabeth H. Bos

  • Nonparametric IRT analysis of Quality-of-Life Scales and its application to the World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale (WHOQOL-Bref).

    Klaas Sijtsma;Wilco H. M. Emons;Samantha Bouwmeester;Ivan Nyklíček

  • Emotion Regulation: Conceptual and Clinical Issues

    A. J. J. M Vingerhoets;Ivan Nyklíček;Johan Denollet

  • A brief mindfulness based intervention for increase in emotional well-being and quality of life in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) patients: the MindfulHeart randomized controlled trial

    Ivan Nyklíček;Suzanne C. Dijksman;Pim J. Lenders;Willem A. Fonteijn

  • Emotional Expression and Health: Advances in Theory, Assessment and Clinical Applications

    Ivan Nyklíček;Lydia Temoshok;Ad Vingerhoets

Frequent Co-Authors

Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets
Ad J. J. M. Vingerhoets Tilburg University
Johan Denollet
Johan Denollet Tilburg University
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nina Kupper
Nina Kupper Tilburg University
Heleen Riper
Heleen Riper Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Guus L. Van Heck
Guus L. Van Heck Tilburg University
Marieke Wichers
Marieke Wichers Maastricht University
Susan M. Bögels
Susan M. Bögels University of Amsterdam
Susanne S. Pedersen
Susanne S. Pedersen University of Southern Denmark
Maya J. Schroevers
Maya J. Schroevers University Medical Center Groningen

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