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| Ad J J M VingerhoetsSummaryAffiliation: Tilburg University Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Can the distress-signal and arousal-reduction views of crying be reconciled? Evidence from the cardiovascular systemMichelle C P Hendriks
Tilburg University, Department of Psychology and Health, Tilburg, Netherlands
Emotion 7:458-63. 2007..It is possible that crying is both an arousing distress signal and a means to restore psychological and physiological balance, depending on how and when this complex behavior is interrogated...
Is there a relationship between depression and crying? A reviewA J J M Vingerhoets
Department of Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Acta Psychiatr Scand 115:340-51. 2007..To conduct a systematic examination of the relationship between depression and crying by reviewing all relevant theory and empirical data including the performance of crying items in measures of depression...
Do mood disorders alter crying? A pilot investigationJonathan Rottenberg
Mood and Emotion Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620 7200, USA
Depress Anxiety 25:E9-15. 2008..Mood disorders may influence male crying to a greater extent than female crying. Future directions designed to clarify the causal pathways between mood disorders and alterations in crying behavior are discussed...
Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure Revised II (PRISM-RII): a novel method to assess perceived burden of illness in diabetes patientsSandor Klis
Clinical Psychology Section, Tilburg University, Warandelaan, The Netherlands
Health Qual Life Outcomes 6:104. 2008..The Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM) has been introduced as a visual measure of suffering. We explored the validity of a revised version, the PRISM-RII, in diabetes patients as part of the annual review...
Personality, psychological stress, and self-reported influenza symptomatologyKim G E Smolderen
CoRPS Centre of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 7:339. 2007..This prospective study re-evaluated the predictive value of perceived stress for self-reported ILI. We additionally explored the role of the negative affectivity and social inhibition traits...
Leisure sickness: a pilot study on its prevalence, phenomenology, and backgroundAd J J M Vingerhoets
Department of Psychology and Health, and Research Institute for Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Psychother Psychosom 71:311-7. 2002..To explore the prevalence, phenomenology, and background of leisure sickness, i.e., the condition of people developing symptoms of sickness during weekends and/or vacations...
A comparative study of the dimensionality of the self-concealment scale using principal components analysis and Mokken scale analysisAndreas A J Wismeijer
Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
J Pers Assess 90:323-34. 2008..Finally, we discuss the implications of the results for the dimensionality of the SCS and provide recommendations for both the further development of the SCS and the future use of PCA and MSA in personality research...
Scalp cooling to prevent chemotherapy-induced hair loss: practical and clinical considerationsFloortje Mols
CoRPS Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Support Care Cancer 17:181-9. 2009..In addition, we described the effectiveness and burden of scalp cooling and the satisfaction with wigs, with hair regrowth, and with body image...
Well-being, posttraumatic growth and benefit finding in long-term breast cancer survivorsFloortje Mols
Comprehensive Cancer Centre South CCCS, Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Psychol Health 24:583-95. 2009..However, it is important to be aware that the positive effects of cancer on a patient's life do not occur in all cancer patients and all phases of the disease trajectory...
Increased health care utilization among long-term cancer survivors compared to the average Dutch population: a population-based studyFloortje Mols
Comprehensive Cancer Centre South CCCS, Eindhoven Cancer Registry, 5600 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Int J Cancer 121:871-7. 2007..Changes in health care, such as less administrative work for the specialist and more efficiency, are probably necessary in order to cope adequately with the increasing demand on the system...
Quality of life among long-term non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivors: a population-based studyFloortje Mols
Comprehensive Cancer Center South, Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Cancer 109:1659-67. 2007..The objective of this population-based study was to document the long-term effects (5-15 years postdiagnosis) of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and its treatment on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and social problems...
The effect of episodic anxiety on an in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment outcome: a pilot studyA Eugster
Department of Psychology and Health, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 25:57-65. 2004..The results suggest that future studies should differentiate between acute and chronic stress, when examining the effects of psychosocial factors on treatment outcome after a fertility treatment..
[The emotional burden of secrets. Consequences for somatic health and implications for health care]A A J Wismeijer
Departement Psychologie en Gezondheid, Prisma gebouw, Kamer, AB Tilburg
Tijdschr Psychiatr 49:383-9. 2007..There is increasing evidence that emotionally burdensome secrets may play a role in predisposing an individual to develop somatic symptoms...
Setting overweight adults in motion: the role of health beliefsEveline J M Wouters
Clinical Psychology Section, Tilburg University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Obes Facts 2:362-9. 2009..Health beliefs of overweight adults who did and did not enter an exercise program were compared to identify possible factors that hamper people to enter such a program...
Suffering quantified? Feasibility and psychometric characteristics of 2 revised versions of the Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM)Eveline J M Wouters
Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilhurg, The Netherlands
Behav Med 34:65-78. 2008..Last, the 2 measures of the revised PRISM seemed to indicate different aspects of suffering. These findings yield preliminary support for the feasibility and validity of the PRISM-R2...
Bowel, urinary, and sexual problems among long-term prostate cancer survivors: a population-based studyFloortje Mols
CoRPS Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73:30-8. 2009..Prostate-specific function was compared with an age-matched normative population without prostate cancer...
The health-related quality of life of obese persons seeking or not seeking surgical or non-surgical treatment: a meta-analysisAnnemieke M A van Nunen
Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Obes Surg 17:1357-66. 2007..This meta-analysis examined differences in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between seekers of surgical and non-surgical treatment, and non-treatment seekers, over and above differences that are explained by weight, age, and gender...
Impact of external beam adjuvant radiotherapy on health-related quality of life for long-term survivors of endometrial adenocarcinoma: a population-based studyLonneke V van de Poll-Franse
Comprehensive Cancer Centre South IKZ Eindhoven Cancer Registry, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69:125-32. 2007....
A validation study of the Dutch version of the Quality of Life-Cancer Survivor (QOL-CS) questionnaire in a group of prostate cancer survivorsFemke W van Dis
Comprehensive Cancer Centre South (IKZ, Eindhoven Cancer Registry, 5600 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Qual Life Res 15:1607-12. 2006..However, as the subscale spiritual well-being showed a low internal consistency, which could be related to cultural background, it seems to be appropriate to evaluate the validity and reliability of the QOL-CS in other cultural settings...
Better quality of life among 10-15 year survivors of Hodgkin's lymphoma compared to 5-9 year survivors: a population-based studyFloortje Mols
Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, Eindhoven Cancer Registry, P O Box 231, 5600 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer 42:2794-801. 2006..QoL among Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors is lower compared to an age-matched normative sample. Survivors furthermore experience some (financial) problems in the years after diagnosis...
Gender differences in emotion regulation and relationships with perceived health in patients with rheumatoid arthritisHenriët van Middendorp
Dept of Health Psychology, Utrecht University, PO Box 80 140, Heidelberglaan 1, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Women Health 42:75-97. 2005....
Quality of life among long-term breast cancer survivors: a systematic reviewFloortje Mols
Comprehensive Cancer Centre South IKZ, Eindhoven Cancer Registry, P O Box 231, 5600 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Eur J Cancer 41:2613-9. 2005..If anything, this review shows that focusing on the long-term effects of breast cancer is important when evaluating the full extent of cancer treatment...
Styles of emotion regulation and their associations with perceived health in patients with rheumatoid arthritisHenriët van Middendorp
Department of Health Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Ann Behav Med 30:44-53. 2005..Purpose: The objective is to examine associations between styles of emotion regulation and perceived health, consisting of psychological well-being, social functioning, physical functioning, and disease activity...
Social reactions to adult crying: the help-soliciting function of tearsMichelle C P Hendriks
Tilburg University The Netherlands
J Soc Psychol 148:22-41. 2008..The valence of the situation strongly moderated these reactions. Overall, results support the theory that crying is an attachment behavior designed to elicit help from others...
