Dr. A. (Anouk) van Dijk
Assistant professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Developmental psychopathology
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 127
- Room number: D9.07
Postal address
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Postbus 15776
1001 NG Amsterdam
Contact details
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Research Profile
My research focuses on how youth learn to interpret the behavior of the people around them. Some youths’ histories may predispose them to distrust others and expect the worst. Such hostile interpretations may contribute to the development of aggressive behavior problems. They may also affect the therapeutic process, making it harder for these youth to trust their therapist. My work aims to improve our understanding of how hostile expectations may develop, and how therapists may promote youths’ motivation for treatment.
Research topics include:
- Aggressive behavior problems
- Social information processing
- Client-therapist interaction
- Treatment motivation
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Teaching & PhD supervision
Taught courses
- Foundations of Psychotherapy
- Assessment and Intervention 2
PhD supervision
- Using interactive virtual reality to understand behavior problems in youth | Rogier Verhoef (NWO)
- Using interactive virtual reality to treat behavior problems in youth |Sophie Alsem (NWO)
- Individual differences in environmental sensitivity: A closer look at sensory processing sensitivity | Danni Liu (CSC)
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Publications
2024
AlMoghrabi, N., Verhoef, R. E. J., Smeijers, D., Huijding, J., & van Dijk, A. (2024). The effects of cognitive bias modification on hostile interpretation bias and aggressive behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 48(4), 628-647. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10415-3 [details]- van Dijk, A., AlMoghrabi, N., & Leijten, P. (2024). One research question, two meta-analyses, three conclusions: Commentary on “A systematic review with meta-analysis of Cognitive Bias Modification interventions for anger and aggression”. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 173, Article 104475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104475
2023
- Alsem, S. C., van Dijk, A., Verhulp, E. E., & De Castro, B. O. (2023). Hostile interpretation as a transdiagnostic factor for cooccurring anxiety in boys with aggressive behavior problems. Social Development, 32(4), 1243-1261. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12686 [details]
- Alsem, S. C., van Dijk, A., Verhulp, E. E., Dekkers, T. J., & De Castro, B. O. (2023). Treating children's aggressive behavior problems using cognitive behavior therapy with virtual reality: A multicenter randomized controlled trial. Child Development, 94(6), e344-e361. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13966 [details]
- Liu, D., van Dijk, A., Deković, M., & Semon Dubas, J. (2023). Are (pre)adolescents differentially susceptible to experimentally manipulated peer acceptance and rejection? A vignette-based experiment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47(6), 486-496. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254231198852 [details]
- Liu, D., van Dijk, A., Lin, S., Wang, Z., Deković , M., & Semon Dubas, J. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Highly Sensitive Child scale across age groups, gender, and informants. Child Indicators Research, 16(4), 1755-1780. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-023-10032-2 [details]
- Verhoef, R. E. J., van Dijk, A., Thomaes, S., Verhulp, E. E., van Rest, M. M., & O. De Castro, B. (2023). Detecting social information processing profiles of boys with aggressive behavior problems: An interactive virtual reality approach. Development and Psychopathology, 35(4), 1843-1855. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000505 [details]
- van Dijk, A., Brummelman, E., & Orobio de Castro, B. (2023). “I’m not here to push you:” Raising adolescents’ treatment engagement via autonomy support. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 164, Article 104304. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104304 [details]
2022
- Alsem, S. C., Keulen, J., Verhulp, E. E., van Dijk, A., & De Castro, B. O. (2022). Capturing mechanisms of change: Weekly covariation in anger regulation, hostile intent attribution, and children's aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 48(2), 232-240. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.22019 [details]
- Verhoef, R. E. J., Verhulp, E. E., van Dijk, A., & de Castro, B. O. (2022). Interactive virtual reality versus vignette-based assessment of children's aggressive social information processing. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50(5), 621-636. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00879-w [details]
- Verhoef, R. E. J., van Dijk, A., & de Castro, B. O. (2022). A Dual-Mode Social-Information-Processing Model to Explain Individual Differences in Children’s Aggressive Behavior. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(1), 41-57. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026211016396 [details]
2021
- Alsem, S. C., van Dijk, A., Verhulp, E. E., & Orobio De Castro, B. (2021). Using virtual reality to treat aggressive behavior problems in children: A feasibility study. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 26(4), 1062-1075. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045211026160 [details]
- Poorthuis, A., & van Dijk, A. (2021). Online study-aids to stimulate effective learning in an undergraduate psychological assessment course. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 20(2), 236-249. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725720964761
- Verhoef, R. E. J., van Dijk, A., Verhulp, E. E., & de Castro, B. O. (2021). Interactive virtual reality assessment of aggressive social information processing in boys with behaviour problems: A pilot study. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 28(3), 489-499. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2620 [details]
- van Dijk, A., Hubbard, J. A., Deschamps, P. K. H., Hiemstra, W., & Polman, H. (2021). Do Distinct Groups of Reactively and Proactively Aggressive Children Exist? A Confirmatory Latent Profile Approach. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49(10), 1303-1317. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00813-0 [details]
2019
- van Dijk, A., Thomaes, S., Poorthuis, A. M. G., & Orobio de Castro, B. (2019). Can Self-Persuasion Reduce Hostile Attribution Bias in Young Children? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(6), 989-1000. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-0499-2 [details]
2018
- van Dijk, A., Orobio De Castro, B., Thomaes, S. C. E., & Poorthuis, A. M. G. (2018). “Was it meant to be mean?” Young children’s hostile attribution bias and intent attribution skills. Social Development, 27(4), 683-698. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12304
- van Dijk, A., Poorthuis, A. M. G., Thomaes, S. C. E., & Orobio De Castro, B. (2018). Does parent-child discussion of peer provocations reduce young children’s hostile attribution bias? Child Development, 89(5), 1908-1920. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13087
2017
- De Castro, B. O., & van Dijk, A. (2017). “It’s gonna end up with a fight anyway.”: Social cognitive processes in children with disruptive behavior disorders. In J. E. Lochman, & W. Matthys (Eds.), The Wiley handbook of disruptive and impulse-control disorders (pp. 237-253). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119092254.ch15
- van Dijk, A., Poorthuis, A. M. G., & Malti, T. (2017). Psychological processes in young bullies versus bully‐victims. Aggressive Behavior, 43(5), 430-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21701 [details]
2022
- Orobio de Castro, B. (Author), van Dijk, A. (Author), Hiemstra, W. (Author), & de Jong, T. (Author). (2022). Innovaties in de jeugdzorg: veilig oefenen met een virtual reality bril. Digital or Visual Products, Research institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE), Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3eH0KbB0pNs4hYqsvQJP6U?go=1&sp_cid=02ada9275d13ba296a0f2c445e1c7893&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1
- Tempel, H., van Dijk, A., & Orobio de Castro, B. (2022). Eerst begrijpen, dan (be)handelen: Het belang van de verklarende analyse. Kind & Adolescent Praktijk, 21(3), 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12454-022-1210-x [details]
- van Dijk, A., Poorthuis, A. M. G., Thomaes, S., & Orobio de Castro, B. (2022). Was het wel expres? De invloed van ouder-kindgesprekken over sociale conflictsituaties op vijandige interpretaties door jonge kinderen. Jeugd in Ontwikkeling, 2. https://doi.org/10.54447/JiO.11598 [details]
2020
- Liber, J. (Author), & van Dijk, A. (Author). (2020). VGCt Factsheet: Cognitieve gedragstherapie bij oppositionele-opstandige stoornis. Web publication or website, VGCt. https://www.vgct.nl/themas/themas/factsheets/cognitieve-gedragstherapie-bij-oppositionele-opstandige-stoornis [details]
2016
- van Dijk, A., & Orobio De Castro, B. (2016). Relaties tussen kinderen op school. In Handboek diagnostiek in de leerlingenbegeleiding (pp. 255-272). Garant.
2024
- Liu, D., & van Dijk, A. (2024). “No one likes me or wants to play with me!” Do highly sensitive adolescents feel peer acceptance and rejection more intensely?. Web publication or website https://sensitivityresearch.com/no-one-likes-me-or-wants-to-play-with-me-do-highly-sensitive-adolescents-feel-peer-acceptance-and-rejection-more-intensely/
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Ancillary activities
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Nederlands JeugdInstituut
Commissielid databank effectieve jeugdinterventies
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Nederlands JeugdInstituut
AlMoghrabi, N., Verhoef, R. E. J., Smeijers, D., Huijding, J., & van Dijk, A. (2024). The effects of cognitive bias modification on hostile interpretation bias and aggressive behavior: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 48(4), 628-647.