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Jac J. L. van der Klink

Jac J. L. van der Klink

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
38
Citations
5729
World Ranking
5976
National Ranking
236

Overview

Jac J. L. van der Klink is affiliated with Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Their research spans several fields, predominantly within health professions, medicine, and psychology.

The main fields of study covered by van der Klink include:

  • Health Professions
  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Their work further extends into specific subfields, such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Social Psychology

Van der Klink's research topics focus on:

  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics

Recent papers authored include:

  • Barriers and Facilitators for Return to Work from the Perspective of Workers with Common Mental Disorders with Short, Medium and Long-Term Sickness Absence: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study, 2021, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
  • Measuring sustainable employability: psychometric properties of the capability set for work questionnaire, 2022, BMC Public Health
  • Barriers and facilitators for work and social participation among individuals with spinal cord injury in Indonesia, 2021, Spinal Cord
  • Employable until Retirement: How Inclusive Leadership and HR Practices Can Foster Sustainable Employability through Strengths Use, 2022, Sustainability
  • Identifying return to work trajectories among employees on sick leave due to mental health problems using latent class transition analysis, 2020, BMJ Open

Publication venues where van der Klink frequently publishes include:

  • BMC Public Health
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
  • Spinal Cord
  • Sustainability

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with van der Klink are:

  • Evelien Brouwers
  • Margot Joosen
  • Karin van der Hiele
  • Elianne van Egmond
  • Peter Joseph Jongen

Best Publications

  • The Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ): a validation study of a multidimensional self-report questionnaire to assess distress, depression, anxiety and somatization

    Berend Terluin;Harm W J van Marwijk;Herman J Adèr;Henrica C W de Vet

  • Sustainable employability--definition, conceptualization, and implications: A perspective based on the capability approach.

    Jac J. L. van der Klink;Ute Bultmann;Alex Burdorf;Wilmar B. Schaufeli;Wilmar B. Schaufeli

  • Recurrence of sickness absence due to common mental disorders.

    Petra C. Koopmans;Ute Bültmann;Corné A. M. Roelen;Rob Hoedeman

  • A Prospective Study of Return to Work Across Health Conditions: Perceived Work Attitude, Self-efficacy and Perceived Social Support

    Sandra Brouwer;Michiel F. Reneman;Ute Bültmann;Jac J. L. van der Klink

  • Behavioral Determinants as Predictors of Return to Work After Long-Term Sickness Absence: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

    Sandra Brouwer;Boudien Krol;Michiel F. Reneman;Ute Bültmann

  • Predictors for Work Participation in Individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review

    Anja Holwerda;Jac J. L. van der Klink;Johan W. Groothoff;Sandra Brouwer

  • Dutch practice guidelines for managing adjustment disorders in occupational and primary health care

    Jac J. L. van der Klink;Frank J. H. van Dijk

  • The performance of the K10, K6 and GHQ-12 to screen for present state DSM-IV disorders among disability claimants

    Bert L. R. Cornelius;Johan W. Groothoff;Jac J. L. van der Klink;Sandra Brouwer

  • The effect of a cognitive and a physical stress-reducing programme on psychological complaints.

    Willem Van Rhenen;Roland W. B. Blonk;Jac J. L. van der Klink;Frank J. H. van Dijk

  • Factors influencing work participation of adults with developmental dyslexia: a systematic review

    Joost de Beer;Josephine Engels;Yvonne Heerkens;Jac van der Klink

  • The Work Role Functioning Questionnaire 2.0 (Dutch Version) : Examination of its Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness in the General Working Population

    Femke I. Abma;Jac J. L. van der Klink;Ute Bultmann

  • Prevention of recurrent sickness absence in workers with common mental disorders: results of a cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Iris Arends;Jac J L van der Klink;Willem van Rhenen;Michiel R de Boer

  • Exploring the return-to-work process for workers partially returned to work and partially on long-term sick leave due to common mental disorders: a qualitative study

    Erik Noordik;Karen Nieuwenhuijsen;Inge Varekamp;Jac J. van der Klink

  • Return to Work Perceptions and Actual Return to Work in Workers with Common Mental Disorders

    Karen Nieuwenhuijsen;Erik Noordik;Frank J H van Dijk;Jac J L van der Klink

  • Chronic health conditions and work ability in the ageing workforce: the impact of work conditions, psychosocial factors and perceived health.

    Wendy Koolhaas;Jac J. L. van der Klink;Michiel R. de Boer;Michiel R. de Boer;Johan W. Groothoff

  • Sickness absence and full return to work after cancer: 2-year follow-up of register data for different cancer sites.

    Corne A. Roelen;Petra C. Koopmans;Johan W. Groothoff;Jac J. van der Klink

  • The capability set for work: development and validation of a new questionnaire

    Femke I. Abma;Sandra Brouwer;Haitze J. de Vries;Iris Arends

  • Work Ability Index as Tool to Identify Workers at Risk of Premature Work Exit

    Corne A. M. Roelen;Corne A. M. Roelen;Martijn W. Heymans;Martijn W. Heymans;Jos W. R. Twisk;Jos W. R. Twisk;Jac J. L. van der Klink

  • Effectiveness of an exposure-based return-to-work program for workers on sick leave due to common mental disorders: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

    Erik Noordik;Jac J van der Klink;Ronald B Geskus;Michiel R de Boer

  • Work ability as prognostic risk marker of disability pension : Single-item work ability score versus multi-item work ability index

    Corne A. M. Roelen;Willem van Rhenen;Johan W. Groothoff;Jac J. L. van der Klink

Frequent Co-Authors

Corné A. M. Roelen
Corné A. M. Roelen Amsterdam UMC
Huub A. M. Middelkoop
Huub A. M. Middelkoop Leiden University
Ståle Pallesen
Ståle Pallesen University of Bergen
Göran Kecklund
Göran Kecklund Stockholm University
Karina Nielsen
Karina Nielsen University of Sheffield
Beatrice van der Heijden
Beatrice van der Heijden Radboud University
Anton J. L. M. van Balkom
Anton J. L. M. van Balkom University of Amsterdam
Henrica C.W. de Vet
Henrica C.W. de Vet University of Amsterdam

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