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Overview

Peter J. de Jong is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and has authored a significant body of work in the field of psychology. Their research contributions primarily cover clinical and experimental psychology, with notable focus areas including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, cognitive processes, and behavioral interventions.

Their work spans several subfields of psychology, including:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

De Jong's main topics of research include:

  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Sexual Function and Dysfunction Studies

Their recent publications illustrate this broad scope in human psychological research. Selected papers include:

  • "Psychological risk factors and the course of depression and anxiety disorders: A review of 15 years NESDA research" (2021), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "The revolting body: Self-disgust as a key factor in anorexia nervosa" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "Predictive value of implicit and explicit self-esteem for the recurrence of depression and anxiety disorders: A 3-year follow-up study." (2020), published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • "Hunger increases negative and decreases positive emotions in women with a healthy weight" (2021), published in Appetite
  • "Victims of Bullying: Emotion Recognition and Understanding" (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychology

De Jong collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, indicating a sustained network of scientific inquiry. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Klaske A. Glashouwer
  • Nienke C. Jonker
  • Maaike H. Nauta
  • Brian D. Ostafin
  • Charmaine Borg

The research output is also characterized by publications in recurring venues, reflecting a consistent scholarly engagement. Common publication venues are:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Experimental Psychopathology
  • Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Behaviour Research and Therapy

In addition to journal articles, Peter J. de Jong has been involved in book publications, including contributions to works published by the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Two books titled Aporias no Desenvolvimento da América Latina were notably published in 2021 under this publisher.

Best Publications

  • The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA): rationale, objectives and methods.

    B.W.J.H. Penninx;A.T.F. Beekman;J.H Smit;F.G. Zitman

  • Implicit and explicit alcohol-related cognitions in heavy and light drinkers

    Reinout W. Wiers;Nieske van Woerden;Fren T. Y. Smulders;Peter J. de Jong

  • Two-year course of depressive and anxiety disorders: Results from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)

    Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Willem A. Nolen;Femke Lamers;Frans G. Zitman

  • Disgust domains in the prediction of contamination fear.

    Bunmi O Olatunji;Craig N Sawchuk;Jeffrey M Lohr;Peter J de Jong

  • Implicit measures of association in psychopathology research.

    Anne Roefs;Jorg Huijding;Fren T. Y. Smulders;Colin M. MacLeod

  • Implicit self-esteem and social anxiety: differential self-favouring effects in high and low anxious individuals

    Peter J de Jong

  • The influence of anxiety on pain : Attentional and attributional mediators

    Arnoud Arntz;Laura Dreessen;Peter De Jong

  • A cross-cultural study of animal fears

    Graham C.L. Davey;Angus S. McDonald;Uma Hirisave;G.G. Prabhu

  • Fear of movement/(re)injury and muscular reactivity in chronic low back pain patients: an experimental investigation.

    Johan W.S. Vlaeyen;Henk A.M. Seelen;Madelon Peters;Peter de Jong

  • Blood-injection-injury phobia and fear of spiders: Domain specific individual differences in disgust sensitivity

    Peter J. de Jong;Harald Merckelbach

  • Disgust and spider phobia.

    Sandra A. N. Mulkens;Peter J. de Jong;Harald Merckelbach

  • Child abuse and negative explicit and automatic self-associations: the cognitive scars of emotional maltreatment

    Anne-Laura van Harmelen;Peter J. de Jong;Klaske A. Glashouwer;Philip Spinhoven

  • The etiology of specific phobias: A review

    Harald Merckelbach;Peter J. de Jong;Peter Muris;Marcel A. van Den Hout

  • Relationships between neuroticism, attentional control, and anxiety disorders symptoms in non-clinical children

    Peter Muris;Peter J de Jong;Suzanne Engelen

  • Implicit and explicit self-esteem and their reciprocal relationship with symptoms of depression and social anxiety: a longitudinal study in adolescents.

    Lonneke A. van Tuijl;Peter J. de Jong;B. Esther Sportel;Eva de Hullu

  • Spider phobia in children: disgust and fear before and after treatment.

    Peter J. de Jong;Helene Andrea;Peter Muris

  • Spider phobia - Interaction of disgust and perceived likelihood of involuntary physical contact

    Peter J de Jong;Peter Muris

  • Intergenerational consequences of the Holocaust on offspring mental health: a systematic review of associated factors and mechanisms

    Patricia Dashorst;Trudy M. Mooren;Rolf J. Kleber;Peter J. de Jong

  • Feelings of Disgust and Disgust-Induced Avoidance Weaken following Induced Sexual Arousal in Women

    Charmaine Borg;Peter J. de Jong

  • Self-consciousness, self-focused attention, blushing propensity and fear of blushing

    Susan M. Bögels;Maurice Alberts;Peter J. de Jong

  • Rebound Effects of Thought Suppression: Instruction-Dependent?

    Harald Merckelbach;Peter Muris;Marcel van den Hout;Peter de Jong

  • Work disability after whiplash: a prospective cohort study.

    J. Buitenhuis;Peter J. de Jong;Jan P. C. Jaspers;Johan W. Groothoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Harald Merckelbach
Harald Merckelbach Maastricht University
Peter Muris
Peter Muris Maastricht University
Madelon L. Peters
Madelon L. Peters Maastricht University
Maaike H. Nauta
Maaike H. Nauta University of Groningen
Marcel A. van den Hout
Marcel A. van den Hout Utrecht University
Claudi L H Bockting
Claudi L H Bockting University of Amsterdam
Arnoud Arntz
Arnoud Arntz University of Amsterdam
Ineke Wessel
Ineke Wessel University of Groningen
Reinout W. Wiers
Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam

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