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Robbert Sanderman is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a focus on clinical psychology, general health professions, social psychology, applied psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work includes extensive contributions to topics related to COVID-19 and mental health, digital mental health interventions, family caregiving in mental illness, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, health disparities and outcomes, and mobile health and mHealth applications.

Recent publications by Robbert Sanderman reflect a focus on the psychological and behavioral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These include:

  • Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey (2020), published in Nutrients
  • COVID-19 Home Confinement Negatively Impacts Social Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Worldwide Multicenter Study (2020), published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insight from the ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study (2020), published in Biology of Sport
  • Psychological consequences of COVID-19 home confinement: The ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • Globally altered sleep patterns and physical activity levels by confinement in 5056 individuals: ECLB COVID-19 international online survey (2021), published in Biology of Sport

Their frequent collaborators include Mariët Hagedoorn, Julia E.W.C. van Gemert-Pijnen, Annemarie Braakman-Jansen, Christian Wrede, and Andrea Gaggioli.

Sanderman has published frequently in venues such as the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Psychology and Health, and the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Best Publications

  • Translation, Validation, and Norming of the Dutch Language Version of the SF-36 Health Survey in Community and Chronic Disease Populations

    Neil K. Aaronson;Martin Müller;Peter D.A Cohen;Marie-Louise Essink-Bot

  • Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey.

    Achraf Ammar;Michael Brach;Khaled Trabelsi;Hamdi Chtourou

  • Distress in couples coping with cancer: A meta-analysis and critical review of role and gender effects

    Mariet Hagedoorn;Robbert Sanderman;Hilde N. Bolks;Jolanda Tuinstra

  • Effect of moderate or intensive disease management program on outcome in patients with heart failure: Coordinating Study Evaluating Outcomes of Advising and Counseling in Heart Failure (COACH).

    Tiny Jaarsma;Martje H. L. van der Wal;Ivonne Lesman-Leegte;Marie-Louise Luttik

  • Ineffectiveness of Reverse Wording of Questionnaire Items: Let’s Learn from Cows in the Rain

    Eric van Sonderen;Robbert Sanderman;James C. Coyne

  • Psychometric qualities of the RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0: a multidimensional measure of general health status.

    Karen I Van der Zee;Robbert Sanderman;Joost W Heyink;Hanneke de Haes

  • Cancer and caregiving: the impact on the caregiver's health

    C Nijboer;R Sanderman;M Triemstra;RJ Spruijt

  • A Reconsideration of the Self-Compassion Scale's Total Score: Self-Compassion versus Self-Criticism

    Angélica López;Robbert Sanderman;Ans Smink;Ying Zhang

  • Determinants of caregiving experiences and mental health of partners of cancer patients.

    C. Nijboer;M. Triemstra;R. Tempelaar;R. Sanderman

  • Couples dealing with cancer : Role and gender differences regarding psychological distress and quality of life

    Mariët Hagedoorn;Bram P. Buunk;Roeline G. Kuijer;Theo Wobbes

  • Type of social support matters for prediction of posttraumatic growth among cancer survivors

    Maya J. Schroevers;Vicki S. Helgeson;Robbert Sanderman;Adelita V. Ranchor

  • COVID-19 Home Confinement Negatively Impacts Social Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Worldwide Multicenter Study.

    Achraf Ammar;Achraf Ammar;Hamdi Chtourou;Omar Boukhris;Khaled Trabelsi

  • Leisure-time physical exercise: Prevalence, attitudinal correlates, and behavioral correlates among young Europeans from 21 countries

    Andrew Steptoe;Jane Wardle;Raymond Fuller;Arne Holte

  • Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insights from the ECLB-COVID19 multicentre study

    Achraf Ammar;Achraf Ammar;Khaled Trabelsi;Michael Brach;Hamdi Chtourou

  • Measuring both negative and positive reactions to giving care to cancer patients: psychometric qualities of the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA)

    C Nijboer;M Triemstra;Robbert Sanderman;G.A M van den Bos

  • Identification and prediction of distress trajectories in the first year after a breast cancer diagnosis.

    Inge Henselmans;Vicki S. Helgeson;Howard Seltman;Jakob de Vries

  • Marital satisfaction in patients with cancer: does support from intimate partners benefit those who need it the most?

    Mariët Hagedoorn;Roeline G. Kuijer;Bram P. Buunk;G. Majella DeJong

  • The importance and impact of social support on outcomes in patients with heart failure: an overview of the literature.

    Marie Louise Luttik;Tiny Jaarsma;Debra Moser;Robbert Sanderman

  • The evaluation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale: Depressed and Positive Affect in cancer patients and healthy reference subjects

    Maya J. Schroevers;Robbert Sanderman;Eric van Sonderen;Adelita V. Ranchor

  • Mutual reinforcement between neuroticism and life experiences: a five-wave, 16-year study to test reciprocal causation.

    Bertus F. Jeronimus;Harriette Riese;Robbert Sanderman;Johan Ormel

Frequent Co-Authors

Adelita V. Ranchor
Adelita V. Ranchor University Medical Center Groningen
Mariët Hagedoorn
Mariët Hagedoorn University Medical Center Groningen
Maya J. Schroevers
Maya J. Schroevers University Medical Center Groningen
Johan Ormel
Johan Ormel University Medical Center Groningen
James C. Coyne
James C. Coyne University of Groningen
Paul M. G. Emmelkamp
Paul M. G. Emmelkamp University of Amsterdam
Tiny Jaarsma
Tiny Jaarsma Linköping University
Bram P. Buunk
Bram P. Buunk University of Groningen
Dirk J. van Veldhuisen
Dirk J. van Veldhuisen University Medical Center Groningen
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen Maastricht University

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