prof. dr. P.J. (Peter) de Jong
Professor of Experimental Psychopathology
Telephone:
+31 50 36 36927 (secretary)
E-mail:
p.j.de.jong rug.nl
Field/Discipline
Expertise
Cognitive biases and implicit cognition across mental disorders
(Expectancies, attention, memory, reasoning, implicit associations,…)
Disgust and disgust-based mechanisms in psychopathology
(Sexual problems, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, …)
Blushing and social anxiety
Some recent publications:
-Implicit and explicit self-esteem in the recurrence of depression and anxiety: A three-year follow-up study.
-Dirt-road to anxiety disorders and fearful preoccupations
-Effect of differential disgust conditioning and subsequent extinction versus counterconditioning procedures on women’s sexual responses to erotic stimuli.
-Sexual Aversion
-Disgust as the motor behind food restriction in anorexia nervosa.
-Disgust and symptoms of PTSD: Implications for treatment.
-Effectiveness of attentional bias modification for substance use disorder symptoms in adults: a systematic review
-Psychological significance of the blush
(Expectancies, attention, memory, reasoning, implicit associations,…)
Disgust and disgust-based mechanisms in psychopathology
(Sexual problems, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, …)
Blushing and social anxiety
Some recent publications:
-Implicit and explicit self-esteem in the recurrence of depression and anxiety: A three-year follow-up study.
-Dirt-road to anxiety disorders and fearful preoccupations
-Effect of differential disgust conditioning and subsequent extinction versus counterconditioning procedures on women’s sexual responses to erotic stimuli.
-Sexual Aversion
-Disgust as the motor behind food restriction in anorexia nervosa.
-Disgust and symptoms of PTSD: Implications for treatment.
-Effectiveness of attentional bias modification for substance use disorder symptoms in adults: a systematic review
-Psychological significance of the blush
Other positions
- Board member of the Dutch-Flemish post graduate school for Experimental Psychopathology (EPP)
- Researcher within the NWO-funded gravitation program New Science of Mental Disorders (NSMD)
- Editorial board member of: Behavior Therapy; Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry; Journal of Experimental Psychopathology; Journal of Sex Research; Anxietry, Stress, and Coping
- Substitute member of the faculty promotion committee
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