116 search results for “anxiety” in the Staff website
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Psychologists receive grant for social anxiety research
“We are proud and happy to receive this grant. It will enable us to do truly innovative fundamental research with a direct link to practical applications.” Michiel Westenberg is looking forward to investigate the effects of age and social anxiety on eye-contact. Together with Esther van den Bos he has…
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Podcast: Social Anxiety Disorder
Have you ever experienced the feeling of awkwardness when attending a party where you didn’t know anybody? Ever felt shy at a party within the first few minutes? While this feeling is labelled loosely as feeling socially anxious, social anxiety disorder goes to a much further extent.
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LEF grant for Semiha Aydin to pilot social anxiety treatment
Semiha Aydin is one of the three first-generation researchers who received a grant from the Leiden Empowerment Fund to stimulate their scientific career.
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Podcast: Training parents of anxiety prone toddlers
In this episode, we talk with Leonie Vreeke and Nina Komrij about the Cool Little Kids research project. CLK explores the effectiveness of training parents of anxiety prone toddlers to prevent their children from developing anxiety on a later age. Want to learn more about their research and discover…
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An app to help children overcome anxiety
Anke Klein and her team have devised a fun and useful app to help anxious children. In the app, children can upload a video of themselves showing, for example, something that went well for them and share their success with parents, granny or grandad. Developmental psychologist Klein talks about the…
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Better screening can help GPs recognise anxiety disorders earlier
Only one in five young people with emotional health problems such as an anxiety disorder receives appropriate professional help. GPs often fail to properly recognise the signals in children and young people, according to psychologist Semiha Aydin. How can we improve this? PhD defence 23 February.
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Blog - Stress, anxiety and adapting to uncertainty in everyday life
Our world may seem unpredictable and uncertain, especially when others are involved. When interacting with others, we cannot know for sure what they may be thinking or planning to do, but we do a good job guessing. This may not be so easy for everyone…
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Semiha AydinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.aydin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anke KleinFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.m.klein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6673
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Reportage: training anxious children should help prevent disorders and depression
Many primary school children suffer from anxiety and their numbers are increasing. Psychologists from the Knowledge Center Anxiety & Stress (KAS) are developing and researching preventive training.
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Anke BlöteFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
bloete@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anne VersluisFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.w.e.versluis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sepideh SaadatFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.saadat@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Annelieke HagenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.hagen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sara Jakobsson MånssonFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.l.m.jakobsson.mansson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rüya AkdagFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.akdag@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Elise KortinkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.d.kortink@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marieke BosFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.g.n.bos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6624
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Marc MolendijkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
molendijkml@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6674
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Mario SeveroFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.c.severo@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jacqueline Guicherit-Dicke
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.a.guicherit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3499
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Leonie VreekeFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.j.vreeke@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Maartje WitloxFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.witlox@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Evin AktarFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.aktar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5228
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Caroline Bokhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
bokhorst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4044
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Cosima NimphyFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.a.nimphy@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6457
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Sandy OvergaauwFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.overgaauw@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Evania Lina FasyaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.l.fasya@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Michiel WestenbergFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
westenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3628
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Rianne de KleineFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.a.de.kleine@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5435
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Bart Verkuil
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
bverkuil@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3460
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Marleen StolzeFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.stolze@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Janna Marie Bas-HoogendamFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.m.hoogendam@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6345
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Jiemiao ChenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.chen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nina KomrijFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
n.l.komrij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5378
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Ellen de BruijnFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
edebruijn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3748
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Willem van der DoesFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
vanderdoes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8482
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Esther van den Bos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
bosejvanden@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6868
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Philip SpinhovenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
spinhoven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kaya PeerdemanFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.j.peerdeman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3622
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Why avoid my gaze?
Individuals suffering from social anxiety disorder (SAD) consistently avoid eye contact. However, in a non-clinical population, gaze avoidance in socially anxious individuals depends on social situations, Jiemiao Chen saw in a series of experiments, for which she used wearable eye-trackers. On 25 April…
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KAS Symposiaserie: SPACE
Conference
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Afraid of the dark? Anke Klein: 'Let your child have a say in finding a solution'
On Sunday night 25 September, all the lights in Leiden will switch off and we will see the starry sky above us twinkling in all its glory. A unique opportunity for all residents of Leiden to experience the vastness of the cosmos and view the impressive artwork that hangs over our heads every night.…
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Will you look at me? Social Anxiety, Naturalistic Social Situations and Wearable Eye-trackers
PhD defence
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Anxiety in older adults: Prevalence and low-threshold psychological interventions
PhD defence
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Youth mental health meets big data analytics: Hype or Hope?
Depression and anxiety disorders among youth are causing major problems worldwide. The mechanisms involved are still unknown, however. Moji Aghajani – Assistant Professor at the Institute of Education and Child Studies - aims to provide new insights with his research "Youth mental health meets big data…
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PhD candidates
Leiden University strives to accommodate young talent, which is why it does its best to create an inspiring environment for PhD candidates. With the University Training Programme for PhDs, we offer a degree programme that is both complete and challenging.
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Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for Rüya Akdağ
Rüya Akdağ is part of a research team with the aim of further studying social anxiety. The Leiden psychologist receives the grant for her doctoral research on the role of emotions and cognition in the emergence and occurrence of social anxiety in adolescents.
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AI recognizes anxious youth based on their brain structure
A unique multicenter study, including about 3,500 youth between 10 and 25 years old from across the globe, shows that artificial intelligence - specifically machine learning - is able to identify individuals with anxiety disorders based on their unique brain structure.
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Why teens should treasure their friendships
Adolescents with good friendships experience fewer anxiety and depression symptoms, PhD student Iris Koele discovered in her research on high school students' social relationships. 'As a psychologist, I include friends in the treatment plan: who do you call when things are not going well?'