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... Stroobants, Robert Jaspers, L Allegaert, Karel Verhaeghe, Johan van bree, R Deyaert, V Rentme... more ... Stroobants, Robert Jaspers, L Allegaert, Karel Verhaeghe, Johan van bree, R Deyaert, V Rentmeesters, Anne Marie Claes, Stephan. Issue Date: Jul-2009. Conference: International society of psychoneuroendocrinology, annual meeting edition:40th location:San Francisco date ...
Influences of distal and proximal family environment variables on preadolescents' self-concept. I... more Influences of distal and proximal family environment variables on preadolescents' self-concept. In A. C. Prescott (Ed.), The concept of self in education, family and sports (pp. 153-177). Nova Science.
Journal of Fluency Disorders, Jun 1, 2018
The purpose of the present study was to examine relations between children's exogenously triggere... more The purpose of the present study was to examine relations between children's exogenously triggered response inhibition and stuttering. Method: Participants were 18 children who stutter (CWS; mean age = 9;01 years) and 18 children who not stutter (CWNS; mean age = 9;01 years). Participants were matched on age (± 3 months) and gender. Response inhibition was assessed by a stop signal task (Verbruggen, Logan, & Stevens, 2008). Results: Results suggest that CWS, compared to CWNS, perform comparable to CWNS in a task where response control is externally triggered. Conclusions: Our findings seem to indicate that previous questionnaire-based findings (Eggers, De Nil, & Van den Bergh, 2010) of a decreased efficiency of response inhibition cannot be generalized to all types of response inhibition.
Infant Behavior & Development, Feb 1, 2018
Background: Few studies have examined the relation between anxiety disorders in the postpartum pe... more Background: Few studies have examined the relation between anxiety disorders in the postpartum period and cognitive as well as language development in infancy. Aims: This longitudinal study investigated whether anxiety disorder in the postpartum period is linked to infant development at twelve months. A closer look was also taken at a possible link between maternal interaction and infant development. Study design: Subjects were videotaped during a Face-to-Face-Still-Face interaction with their infant (M = 4.0 months). Specific maternal anxiety symptoms were measured by self-report questionnaires (Anxiety Cognition Questionnaire (ACQ), Body Sensations Questionnaire (BSQ), Mobility Inventory (MI)) to check for a connection with infant development. The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (Bayley-III) were used to assess infant language and cognitive development at one year of age. Subjects: n = 34 mothers with anxiety disorder (SCID-I; DSM-IV) and n = 47 healthy mothers with their infant. Outcome measures: Infant performance on Bayley-III language and cognitive scales. Results: Infants of mothers with anxiety disorder yielded significantly lower language scores than infants of controls. No significant group differences were found regarding infant cognitive development. Exploratory analyses revealed the vital role of "maternal avoidance accompanied" in infant language and cognitive development. Maternal neutral engagement, which lacks positive affect and vocalisations, turned out as the strongest negative predictor of cognitive development. Maternal anxiety cognitions and joint activity in mother-infant interaction were the strongest predictors of infant language performance. Conclusions: Results underline the importance to also consider the interaction behaviour of women with anxiety disorders to prevent adverse infant development.
Biological Psychology, Oct 1, 2015
Altered stress responsiveness is a risk factor for mental and physical illness. In non-pregnant p... more Altered stress responsiveness is a risk factor for mental and physical illness. In non-pregnant populations, it is well-known that anxiety can alter the physiological regulation of stress reactivity. Characterization of corresponding risks for pregnant women and their offspring requires greater understanding of how stress reactivity and recovery are influenced by pregnancy and women's anxiety feelings. In the current study, women were presented repeatedly with mental arithmetic stress tasks in the first and third pregnancy trimester and reported their trait anxiety using the state trait anxiety inventory. Cardiovascular stress reactivity in late pregnancy was lower than reactivity in the first pregnancy trimester (heart rate (HR): t(197)=4.98, p<.001; high frequency heart rate variability (HF HRV): t(196)=-2.09, p=.04). Less attenuation of stress reactivity occurred in more anxious women (HR: b=0.15, SE=0.06, p=.008; HF HRV: b=-10.97, SE=4.79, p=.02). The study design did not allow the influence of habituation to repeated stress task exposure to be assessed separately from the influence of pregnancy progression. Although this is a limitation, the clear differences between anxious and non-anxious pregnant women are important, regardless of the extent to which differing habituation between the groups is responsible. Less dampened stress reactivity through pregnancy may pose long-term risks for anxious women and their offspring. Follow-up studies are required to determine these risks.
Development and Psychopathology, Nov 13, 2018
In the original publication of this article (Van den Bergh, Dahnke, & Mennes, 2018) author Bea Va... more In the original publication of this article (Van den Bergh, Dahnke, & Mennes, 2018) author Bea Van den Bergh's name was incorrectly capitalized. In addition, the correct second affiliation for author Van den Bergh is Department of Welfare, Public Health and Family, Flemish Government, Brussels, Belgium. With regard to the incorrect capitalization, the article has since been corrected.
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Aim of the study To examine whether previously found questionnaire-based differences on response ... more Aim of the study To examine whether previously found questionnaire-based differences on response inhibition can be corroborated by direct, behavioral, neuropsychological computer tasks
... Stroobants, Robert Jaspers, L Allegaert, Karel Verhaeghe, Johan van bree, R Deyaert, V Rentme... more ... Stroobants, Robert Jaspers, L Allegaert, Karel Verhaeghe, Johan van bree, R Deyaert, V Rentmeesters, Anne Marie Claes, Stephan. Issue Date: Jul-2009. Conference: International society of psychoneuroendocrinology, annual meeting edition:40th location:San Francisco date ...
Influences of distal and proximal family environment variables on preadolescents' self-concept. I... more Influences of distal and proximal family environment variables on preadolescents' self-concept. In A. C. Prescott (Ed.), The concept of self in education, family and sports (pp. 153-177). Nova Science.
Journal of Fluency Disorders, Jun 1, 2018
The purpose of the present study was to examine relations between children's exogenously triggere... more The purpose of the present study was to examine relations between children's exogenously triggered response inhibition and stuttering. Method: Participants were 18 children who stutter (CWS; mean age = 9;01 years) and 18 children who not stutter (CWNS; mean age = 9;01 years). Participants were matched on age (± 3 months) and gender. Response inhibition was assessed by a stop signal task (Verbruggen, Logan, & Stevens, 2008). Results: Results suggest that CWS, compared to CWNS, perform comparable to CWNS in a task where response control is externally triggered. Conclusions: Our findings seem to indicate that previous questionnaire-based findings (Eggers, De Nil, & Van den Bergh, 2010) of a decreased efficiency of response inhibition cannot be generalized to all types of response inhibition.
Infant Behavior & Development, Feb 1, 2018
Background: Few studies have examined the relation between anxiety disorders in the postpartum pe... more Background: Few studies have examined the relation between anxiety disorders in the postpartum period and cognitive as well as language development in infancy. Aims: This longitudinal study investigated whether anxiety disorder in the postpartum period is linked to infant development at twelve months. A closer look was also taken at a possible link between maternal interaction and infant development. Study design: Subjects were videotaped during a Face-to-Face-Still-Face interaction with their infant (M = 4.0 months). Specific maternal anxiety symptoms were measured by self-report questionnaires (Anxiety Cognition Questionnaire (ACQ), Body Sensations Questionnaire (BSQ), Mobility Inventory (MI)) to check for a connection with infant development. The Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (Bayley-III) were used to assess infant language and cognitive development at one year of age. Subjects: n = 34 mothers with anxiety disorder (SCID-I; DSM-IV) and n = 47 healthy mothers with their infant. Outcome measures: Infant performance on Bayley-III language and cognitive scales. Results: Infants of mothers with anxiety disorder yielded significantly lower language scores than infants of controls. No significant group differences were found regarding infant cognitive development. Exploratory analyses revealed the vital role of "maternal avoidance accompanied" in infant language and cognitive development. Maternal neutral engagement, which lacks positive affect and vocalisations, turned out as the strongest negative predictor of cognitive development. Maternal anxiety cognitions and joint activity in mother-infant interaction were the strongest predictors of infant language performance. Conclusions: Results underline the importance to also consider the interaction behaviour of women with anxiety disorders to prevent adverse infant development.
Biological Psychology, Oct 1, 2015
Altered stress responsiveness is a risk factor for mental and physical illness. In non-pregnant p... more Altered stress responsiveness is a risk factor for mental and physical illness. In non-pregnant populations, it is well-known that anxiety can alter the physiological regulation of stress reactivity. Characterization of corresponding risks for pregnant women and their offspring requires greater understanding of how stress reactivity and recovery are influenced by pregnancy and women's anxiety feelings. In the current study, women were presented repeatedly with mental arithmetic stress tasks in the first and third pregnancy trimester and reported their trait anxiety using the state trait anxiety inventory. Cardiovascular stress reactivity in late pregnancy was lower than reactivity in the first pregnancy trimester (heart rate (HR): t(197)=4.98, p<.001; high frequency heart rate variability (HF HRV): t(196)=-2.09, p=.04). Less attenuation of stress reactivity occurred in more anxious women (HR: b=0.15, SE=0.06, p=.008; HF HRV: b=-10.97, SE=4.79, p=.02). The study design did not allow the influence of habituation to repeated stress task exposure to be assessed separately from the influence of pregnancy progression. Although this is a limitation, the clear differences between anxious and non-anxious pregnant women are important, regardless of the extent to which differing habituation between the groups is responsible. Less dampened stress reactivity through pregnancy may pose long-term risks for anxious women and their offspring. Follow-up studies are required to determine these risks.
Development and Psychopathology, Nov 13, 2018
In the original publication of this article (Van den Bergh, Dahnke, & Mennes, 2018) author Bea Va... more In the original publication of this article (Van den Bergh, Dahnke, & Mennes, 2018) author Bea Van den Bergh's name was incorrectly capitalized. In addition, the correct second affiliation for author Van den Bergh is Department of Welfare, Public Health and Family, Flemish Government, Brussels, Belgium. With regard to the incorrect capitalization, the article has since been corrected.
Aim of the study To examine whether previously found questionnaire-based differences on response ... more Aim of the study To examine whether previously found questionnaire-based differences on response inhibition can be corroborated by direct, behavioral, neuropsychological computer tasks