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Dirk Hermans, Ph.D.

Dirk Hermans, Ph.D.
University of Leuven
Department of Psychology
Tiensestraat 102
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
E-mail
Phone: ++32 (0)16 - 32.59.63
Fax: ++32 (0)16 - 32.59.24

Curriculum Vitae

02-09-1968: Born in Brasschaat, Belgium
1991: Master in Psychology
1996: PhD in Psychology
1997: Assistant professor
2002: Associate professor
2005: Professor of Psychology
2008: Full professor

Background & current position

Director of the Centre for the Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology

Clinical psychologist and trained behaviour therapist.
Working member and supervisor of the Flemish Association for Behaviour Therapy (VVGT).

Editor of Cognition & Emotion ('Editor Designate' starting January 2007 ; as 'Editor' starting January 2008; together with Jan De Houwer)
Associate Editor of Cognition & Emotion ( -2006)
Associate Editor of British Journal of Clinical Psychology (2003-2006)
Member of the editorial board of Experimental Psychology

Teaching

Bachelors Level

P0M38A Werkvelden in de psychologie

Masters Level

P0P99A   Psychologische processen van psychopathologie
P0Q09A   Gedragstherapie
P0Q30A   Gevalsstudie en practicum gedragstherapie: volwassenen
P0Q53A   Grondige vraagstukken uit de Emotiepsychologie

Postgraduate Level

P0N54A   Gedragstherapeutisch proces I
P0N55A   Modellen, methoden en technieken in de gedragstherapie I
P0N58A   Leerpsychologie en experimentele psychopathologie
P0N59A   Seminariewerk I
P0N60A   Gedragstherapeutisch proces II
P0N63A   Modellen, methoden en technieken in de gedragstherapie II
P0N64A   Supervisie in de gedragstherapie I
P0N65A   Seminariewerk II
P0N66A   Gedragstherapeutisch proces III
P0N67A   Modellen, methoden en technieken in de gedragstherapie III
P0N70A   Supervisie in de gedragstherapie II
P0N71A   Seminariewerk III
P0P80A   Masterproef, deel 1: Project

Research interests:

Affective processing of stimuli
Affective priming as an indirect and unobtrusive measure of stimulus valence/attitudes
Human classical conditioning
Cognitive processes in psychopathology
Behaviour therapy

PhD-theses under supervision.

For reprints of some of my publications, check this link.
Click here for an overview of Book Reviews.
See also some (authorised translations of) questionnaires.

Affective processing of stimuli

My research has been mainly focused on the automatic processes involved in the cognitive processing of the affective valence of stimuli. In the context of my doctoral dissertation, an affective priming paradigm has been developed by which we were able to collect empirical evidence for the old idea that all stimulus information that reaches our cognitive system is automatically evaluated as either 'positive/good' or 'negative/bad'. This 'affective decision process' is assumed to be one of the first steps in the cognitive processes that are involved in the generation of emotions (e.g. Williams, Watts, MacLeod, & Mathews, 1977). Together with Jan De Houwer (Ghent University) research efforts have been directed at unveiling the way affective information is represented in our cognitive system. I received the Award of the Research Council (2001; K.U.Leuven) for my work in affective priming research.

Meeting
On December 16th, 1998, Jan and I organized a workshop on automatic affective processing. A Special Interest Meeting on Affective Priming and Implicit Stereotyping was organised in May 2001 (in collaboration with Olivier Corneille, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium & Jan De Houwer, University of Southampton, U.K.).

Special Issue
Based on the 1998 meeting, Jan De Houwer and I prepared a special issue of Cognition and Emotion on the topic of automatic affective processing. This special issue is out now [Cognition and Emotion, 2001, 15(2)] and is sold as a separate book.
De Houwer, J., & Hermans, D. (2001). Editorial: Automatic affective processing. Cognition and Emotion, 15 (2), 113–114.

Software
[2A:M] Together with my colleagues Frank Baeyens and Adriaan Spruyt, and software programmer Jeroen Clarysse, we developped a Windows-based software-package which allows easy (button-wise) programming of all kinds of experiments: (affective) priming, (emotional) Stroop, Implicit Association Test, (affective) Simon task, .... . Affect is an object-oriented pool-based, real-time and millisecond accurate program which was developed with C++ for the windows platform (Hermans, Clarysse, Baeyens, & Spruyt, 2002).

Hermans, D., Clarysse, J., Baeyens, F., & Spruyt, A. (2002). Affect (Version 3.0) [Computer software; retrieved from http://www.psy.kuleuven.ac.be/leerpsy/affect]. University of Leuven, Belgium.

Information on how to receive a bèta of Affect 3.0, and other information on this interesting piece of software is available here.
A recent paper describes the current version (Affect 4.0):

Spruyt, A., Clarysse, J., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F., & Hermans, D. (in press). Affect 4.0: A free software package for implementing psychological and psychophysiological experiments. Experimental Psychology.

Book

Cognition & Emotion De Houwer, J., & Hermans, D. (Eds.) (in press). Cognition and emotion: Reviews of current research and theories. Hove: Psychology Press.

Publications on automatic affective processing:

Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., Crombez, G., & De Houwer, J. (1996). Automatische processen in de activatie van emoties. [Automatic processes in the activation of emotions]. Gedragstherapie, 29, 229-251.
Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., & Eelen, P. (1998). Odours as affective processing context for word evaluation: A case of cross-modal affective priming. Cognition and Emotion, 12, 601-613.
Hermans, D., & Baeyens, F. (2002). Acquisition and activation of odour hedonics in everyday situations: Conditioning and priming studies. In C. Rouby, B. Schaal, D. Dubois, R. Gervais, & A. Holley (Eds.). Olfaction, taste, and cognition (pp. 119-139). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hermans, D., Crombez, G., & Eelen, P. (2000). Automatic attitude activation and efficiency: The fourth horseman of automaticity. Psychologica Belgica, 40, 3-22.
Hermans, D., & De Houwer, J. (1994). Affective, and subjective familiarity ratings of 740 Dutch words. Psychologica Belgica, 34, 115-139.
Hermans, D., De Houwer, J., & Eelen, P. (1994). The affective priming effect: Automatic activation of evaluative information in memory. Cognition and Emotion, 8, 515-533.
Hermans, D., De Houwer, J., & Eelen, P. (1996). Evaluative decision latencies mediated by induced affective states. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 34, 483-488.
Hermans, D., De Houwer, J., & Eelen, P. (2001). A time course analysis of the affective priming effect. Cognition and Emotion, 15, 143-165.
Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (1997). Automatische stimulusevaluatie: experimentele evidentie voor een oude hypothese. [Automatic stimulus evaluation: experimental evidence for an old hypothesis]. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Psychologie en haar Grensgebieden, 52, 57-66.
Hermans, D., Smeesters, D., De Houwer, J., & Eelen, P. (2002). Affective priming for associatively unrelated primes and targets. Psychologica Belgica, 42, 191-212.
Hermans, D., Spruyt, A., De Houwer, J. & Eelen (2003). Affective priming with subliminally presented pictures. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57, 97-114.
Hermans, D., Van den Broeck, A., & Eelen, P. (1998). Affective priming using a colour-naming task: A test of an affective-motivational account of affective priming effects. Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie, 45, 136-148.
De Houwer, J. & Hermans, D. (1994). Differences in the affective processing of words and pictures. Cognition and Emotion, 8, 1-20.
De Houwer, J., & Hermans, D., (in press). Do feelings have a mind of their own ? In J. De Houwer, & D. Hermans (Eds.), Cognition and emotion: Reviews of current research and theories. Hove: Psychology Press.
De Houwer, J., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (1998). Affective Simon effects using facial expressions as affective stimuli. Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie, 45, 88-98.
De Houwer, J., Crombez, G., Baeyens, F., & Hermans, D. (2001). On the generality of the affective Simon effect. Cognition and Emotion, 15, 189-206.
De Houwer, J., Hermans, D., Rothermund, K., & Wentura, D. (2002). Affective priming of semantic categorization responses. Cognition and Emotion. 16, 643-666.
De Houwer, J., Hermans, D., & Spruyt, A. (2001). Affective priming of pronunciation responses: Effects of target degradation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 85-91.
Moors, A., De Houwer, J., & Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2005). Unintentional processing of motivational valence. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology - A, 58, 1043-1063.
Spruyt, A., Hermans, D., De Houwer, J., & Eelen, P. (2002). On the nature of the affective priming effect: Affective priming of naming responses. Social Cognition, 20, 225-254.
Spruyt, A., Hermans, D., De Houwer, J., & Eelen, P. (2004). Automatic non-associative semantic priming: Episodic affective priming of naming responses. Acta Psychologica, 116, 39-54.
Spruyt, A., Hermans, D., Pandelaere, M., De Houwer, J., & Eelen, P. (2004). On the replicability of the affective priming effect in the pronunciation task. Experimental Psychology, 51, 109-115.
Spruyt, A., Hermans, D., De Houwer, J., Vandromme, H., & Eelen, P. (2007). On the nature of the affective priming effect: Effects of stimulus onset asynchrony and relatedness proportion in naming and evaluative categorization. Memory and Cognition, 35, 95-106.
Spruyt, A., De Houwer, J., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2007). Affective priming of non-affective semantic categorization responses. Experimental Psychology, 54, 44-53.
Spruyt, A., De Houwer, J., & Hermans, D. (2009). Modulation of automatic semantic priming by feature-specific attention allocation. Journal of Memory and Language, 61, 37-54.
Spruyt, A., Hermans, D., De Houwer, J., Vandekerckhove, J., & Eelen, P. (2007). On the predictive validity of indirect attitude measures: Prediction of consumer choice behavior on the basis of affective priming in the picture – picture naming task. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 599-610,
Spruyt, A., Hermans, D., De Houwer, J., & Eelen, P. (2004). Subliminal affective priming of naming responses. (submitted for publication).
Spruyt, A., & Hermans, D. (2008). Affective priming of naming responses does not depend on stimulus repetition. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62, 237-241.
Spruyt, A., Koch, J., Vandromme, H., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2009). A time course analysis of the synaesthetic color priming effect. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 211-215.
Vandromme, H., Spruyt, A., & Hermans, D. (2008). Indirectly measured self-esteem predicts gaze avoidance. Self and Identity.

Affective Priming as an indirect measure of stimulus valence/attitudes

More recently, research efforts have also been directed at developing the affective priming paradigm as an indirect/implicit measure of stimulus valence (i.e. attitudes). Part of this research is situated in the context of the distinction between evaluative/referential learning and expectancy learning in human Pavlovian conditioning.
At the moment we have a project running on the topic of ‘Affective priming as an implicit and unobtrusive measure of attitudes towards food items’ (in collaboration with Frank Baeyens).

Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., Lamote, S., Spruyt, A., & Eelen, P. (2005). Affective priming as an indirect measure of food preferences acquired through odour conditioning. Experimental Psychology, 52, 180-186.
Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., Lamote, S., Spruyt, A., Verhulst, F., & Eelen, P. (2004). Affective priming of food preferences acquired through taste conditioning. (Manuscript submitted for publication).
Hermans, D., Crombez, G., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F., & Eelen, P. (2002). Expectancy-learning and evaluative learning in human classical conditioning: Differential effects of extinction. In S.P. Shohov (Ed.). Advances in Psychology Research, Vol. 12 (pp.17-41). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Hermans, D., Vansteenwegen, D., Crombez, G., Baeyens, F., & Eelen, P. (2002). Expectancy- learning and evaluative learning in human classical conditioning: Affective priming as an indirect and unobtrusive measure of conditioned stimulus valence. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 40, 217-234.
Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., & Eelen, P. (2003). On the acquisition and activation of evaluative information in memory: The study of evaluative learning and affective priming combined (pp. 139-168). In J. Musch & K.C. Klauer (Eds.), The psychology of evaluation: Affective processes in cognition and emotion. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Hermans, D., Spruyt, A., & Eelen, P. (2003). Automatic affective priming of recently acquired stimulus valence: Priming at SOA 300 but not at SOA 1000. Cognition and Emotion, 17, 83-99.
Kerkhof, I., Goesaert, E., Dirikx, T., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F., D’Hooge, R., & Hermans, D. (2009). Assessing valence indirectly and online. Cognition & Emotion, 23, 1615-1629.
Bijttebier, P., Hermans, D., & Raes, F. (2006). Het gebruik van performantietaken in de klinische psychodiagnostiek. In L. Claes, P. Bijttebier, T. Vercruysse, L. Hamelinck & E. De Bruyn (Eds.), Tot de puzzel past. Psychodiagnostiek in methodiek en praktijk (pp. 241-254).Leuven: Acco.
De Houwer, J., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (1998). Affective and identity priming with episodically associated stimuli. Cognition and Emotion, 12, 145-169.
Goubert, L., Crombez, G., Hermans, D., & Vanderstraeten, G. (2003). Implicit attitude towards pictures of back-stressing activities in pain-free subjects and patients with low back pain: an affective priming study. European Journal of Pain, 7, 33-42.
Lamote, S., Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., & Eelen, P. (2004). An exploration of affective priming as an indirect measure of food attitudes. Appetite, 42, 279-286.
Verhulst, F., Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., Spruyt, A., & Eelen, P. (2006). On the determinants and predictive validity of direct and indirect measures of recently acquired food attitudes. Appetite, 46, 137-43.

Human Classical Conditioning

Book

Craske, M. G., Hermans, D., & Vansteenwegen, D. (Eds., 2006). Fear and learning: From basic processes to clinical implications. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

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Special Issue

Hermans, D. (Ed.) (1998). Evaluatieve Conditionering. [Evaluative Conditioning]. Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum.

Meeting

In 2003, I organised a Special Interest Meeting on Fear and Learning in collaboration with Deb Vansteenwegen & Paul Eelen (University of Leuven), Geert Crombez (Ghent University), and Michelle Craske (University of California at Los Angeles).

Publications on (human) associative learning:

Hermans, D. (1998). Inleiding: Evaluatieve Conditionering. [Introduction: Evaluative Conditioning]. Gedragstherapie, 31, 3-6.
Hermans, D., Craske, M.G., Mineka, S., & Lovibond, P.F. (2006). Extinction in human fear conditioning. Biological Psychiatry, 60, 361-368.
Hermans, D., Craske, M. G., & Vansteenwegen, D. (2006). Fear and learning: Debates, future research and clinical implications. In M. G. Craske, D. Hermans, & D. Vansteenwegen (Eds.). Fear and learning: From basic processes to clinical implications (pp. 237-244). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hermans, D., Crombez, G., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F., & Eelen, P. (2003). Expectancy-learning and evaluative learning in human classical conditioning: Differential effects of extinction. In P. L. Gower (Ed.), Psychology of Fear (pp. 133-156). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Hermans, D., Dirikx, T., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F., Van den Bergh, O., & Eelen, P. (2005). Reinstatement of fear responses in human aversive conditioning. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 533-551.
Hermans, D., & Van Gucht, D. (2006). Addiction: integrating learning perspectives and implicit cognition. In R. W. Wiers & A. W. Stacy (Eds.), The handbook of implicit cognition and addiction (pp. 483-487). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers.
Hermans, D., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F., & Eelen, P. (2002). Exposure en extinxctie: Nieuwe leertheoretische inzichten aangaande blootstellingsbehandelingen. [Exposure and extinction: Recent learning psychology perspectives on exposure treatments]. Gedragstherapie, 35, 25-48.
Baeyens, F., Hendrickx, H., Crombez, G., & Hermans, D. (1998). Neither extended sequential nor simultaneous feature positive training results in modulation of evaluative flavor-flavor conditioning in humans. Appetite, 31, 185-204.
Baeyens, F., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (1993). The role of CS-US contingency in human evaluative conditioning. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31 , 731-737.
Baeyens, F., Vansteenwegen, D., Beckers, T., Hermans, D., Kerkhof, I., & De Ceulaer, A. (2005). Extinction and renewal of Pavlovian modulation in human sequential feature positive discrimination learning. Learning & Memory 12, 178-192.
Baeyens, F., Vansteenwegen, D., & Hermans, D. (2009). Associative learning requires associations, not propositions. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 198-199.
Baeyens, F., Vansteenwegen, D., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2001). Chilled white wine, when all of a sudden the doorbell rings: Mere reference and evaluation versus expectancy and preparation in human Pavlovian learning. In F. Columbus (Ed.). Advances in Psychology Research, Vol. 4 (pp. 241-27). Huntington, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Baeyens, F., Vansteenwegen, D., Hermans, D., Vervliet, B., & Eelen, P. (2001). Sequential and simultaneous feature positive discriminations: Occasion setting versus feature-oriented learning in human Pavlovian conditioning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 27, 279-295.
Baeyens, F., Vansteenwegen, D., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2001). Human evaluative flavor-taste conditioning: Conditions of learning and underlying processes. Psychologica Belgica, 41, 169-186.
Baeyens, F., Vervliet, B., Vansteenwegen, D., Beckers, T., Hermans, D., Eelen, P. (2004). Simultaneous and sequential feature negative discriminations: Elemental learning and occasion setting in human Pavlovian conditioning. Learning and Motivation, 35, 136-166.
Boddez, Y., Baeyens, F., Hermans, D., & Beckers, T. (2009). The hide-and-seek of retrospective revaluation: Recovery from blocking is context dependent in human causal learning. (submitted for publication).
Coppens, E., Hermans, D., Vandenbulcke, M., Van Paesschen, W., & Vansteenwegen, D. (2008). Fear conditioning following unilateral temporal lobectomy: A reduction in conditioned skin conductance responding and stimulus contingency awareness. (submitted for publication).
Craske, M. G., Vansteenwegen, D., & Hermans, D. (2006). Introduction: Etiological factors of ears and phobias. In M. G. Craske, D. Hermans, & D. Vansteenwegen (Eds.). Fear and learning: From basic processes to clinical implications (pp. 241-254). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Dirikx, T., Hermans, D., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F. & Eelefonteynen, P. (2004). Reinstatement of extinguished conditioned responses and negative stimulus valence as a pathway to return of fear in humans. Learning & Memory, 11, 549-555.
Dirikx, T., Hermans, D., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F. & Eelen, P. (2007). Reinstatement of conditioned responses in human differential fear conditioning. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38, 237-251,
Dirikx, T., Gillard, E., Muyls, C., Beckers, T., Hermans, D., Vansteenwegen, D., & D'Hooge, R. (2006). Reinstatement of conditioned suppression in mice. Psychologica Belgica, 46, 185-195.
Dirikx, T. Beckers, T., Muyls, C., Eelen, P., Vansteenwegen, D., Hermans, D., & D'Hooge, R. (2007). Differential acquisition, extinction and reinstatement of conditioned suppression in mice. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 1313-1320.
Dirikx, T., Vansteenwegen, D., Eelen, P. & Hermans, D. (2009). Non-differential return of fear in humans after a reinstatement procedure. Acta Psychologica, 130, 175-182.
Fonteyne, R., Vervliet, B., Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., & Vansteenwegen, D. (2009). Exposure to the context and removing the unpredictability of the US: Two methods to reduce contextual anxiety compared. (Manuscript submitted for publication).
Fonteyne, R., Vervliet, B., Baeyens, F., Hermans, D., & Vansteenwegen, D. (2009). Reducing chronic anxiety by making the threatening event predictable: An experimental approach. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 830-839.
Fonteyne, R., Vervliet, B., Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., & Vansteenwegen, D. (2010). Exposure to the context and removing the unpredictability of the US: Two methods to reducecontextual anxiety compared. (submitted for publication).
Goddyn, H., Callaerts-Vegh, Z., Stroobants, S., Dirikx, T., Vansteenwegen, D., Hermans, D., van der Putten, H., & D'Hooge, R. (2008). Deficits in acquisition and extinction of conditioned responses in mGluR7 knockout mice. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 90, 103-111.
Iberico, C., Vansteenwegen, D., Vervliet, D., Dirikx, T., Marescau, V., & Hermans, D. (2008). The development of cued versus contextual conditioning in a predictable and an unpredictable human fear conditioning preparation. Acta Psychologica, 127, 593-600.
Iberico, C., Vansteenwegen, D., Vervliet, B., Marescau, & Hermans, D. (2006). Contextual fear induced by unpredictability in a human fear conditioning preparation is related to chronic anticipation of threat. (Manuscript submitted for publication).
Iberico, C., Vansteenwegen, D., Vervliet, B. & Hermans, D. (2007). El efecto de la (im)predictabilidad en el miedo contextual: Una replica de hallazgos básicos [The effect of (un)predictability on contextual fear]. Revista de Psicologia, 25, 81-101.
Kerkhof, I., Vansteenwegen, D., Beckers, T., Dirikx, T., Baeyens, F., D'Hooge, R., & Hermans, D. (2009). The role of negative affective valence in return of fear. In H. D. Friedman, & Revera, P. K. (Eds.) Abnormal psychology: New research. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Kerkhof, I., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F., & Hermans, D. (in press). A picture-flavour paradigm for studying complex conditioning processes in food preference learning. Appetite.
Kerkhof, I., Vansteenwegen, Baeyens, F., & Hermans, D. (in press). Counterconditioning: an effective technique for changing conditioned preferences. Experimental Psychology.
Van Damme, S., Crombez, G., Hermans, D., Koster, E.H.W., & Eccleston, C. (2006). The role of extinction and reinstatement in attentional bias to threat: a conditioning approach. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1555-1563.
Van Gucht, D., Vansteenwegen, D., Beckers, T., Hermans, D., Baeyens, F., & Van den Bergh, O. (2008). Repeated exposure effects on subjective and physiological indices of chocolate craving. Appetite, 50, 19-24.
Van Gucht, D., Baeyens, F., Vansteenwegen, D., Hermans, D., & Beckers, T. (in press). Counterconditioning reduces cue-induced craving and actual cue-elicited consumption. Emotion.
Vansteenwegen, D., Crombez, G., Baeyens, F., Hermans, D. & Eelen, P. (2000). Pre-extinction of sensory preconditioned electrodermal activity. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 53B, 359-371.
Vansteenwegen, D., Dirikx, T., Hermans, D., Vervliet, B., & Eelen, P. (2006). Renewal and reinstatement of fear: Evidence from human conditioning research. In M. G. Craske, D. Hermans, & D. Vansteenwegen (Eds.). Fear and Learning: From Basic Processes to Clinical Implications (pp. 197-215). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Vansteenwegen, D., Hermans, D., Vervliet, B., Francken, G., Beckers, T., Baeyens, F., & Eelen, P. (2005). Return of fear in a human differential conditioning paradigm caused by a return to the original acquisition context. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 323-336.
Vansteenwegen, D., Iberico, C., Vervliet, B., Marescau, V., & Hermans, D. (2008). Contextual fear induced by unpredictability in a human fear conditioning preparation is related to the chronic expectation of a threatening US. Biological Psychology, 77, 39-46.
Vansteenwegen, D., Vervliet, B., Hermans, D., Beckers, T., Baeyens, F & Eelen, P. (2006). Stronger renewal in human fear conditioning when tested with an acquisition retrieval cue than with an extinction retrieval cue. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44, 1717-1725.
Vansteenwegen, D., Vervliet, B., Iberico, C., Baeyens, F., Van den Bergh, O., & Hermans, D. (2007). The repeated confrontation with videotapes of spiders in multiple contexts attenuates renewal of fear in spider anxious students. Behaviour Reseach and Therapy, 45, 1169-1179.
Vervliet, B., Kindt, M., Vansteenwegen, D., & Hermans, D. (2009). Fear generalization in humans: Impact of prior safety experiences. (Manuscript submitted for publication).
Vervliet, B., Kindt, M., Vansteenwegen, D., & Hermans, D. (2010). Fear generalization in humans: Impact of verbal instructions. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 38-43.
Vervliet, B., Vansteenwegen, D., Baeyens, F., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2005). Return of fear in a human differential conditioning paradigm caused by a stimulus change after extinction. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 357-371.
Vervliet, B., Vansteenwegen, D., Hermans, D. & Eelen, P. (2007). Concurrent excitors limit the extinction of conditioned fear in humans. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 375-383.
Vervliet, B., Vansteenwegen, D., & Hermans, D. (2010). Unpaired shocks during extinction weaken the contextual renewal of a conditioned discrimination. Learning and Motivation, 41, 22-31.

Cognitive processes in psychopathology

Our theoretical and empirical interests pertain to the processes that are involved in the onset, maintenance and possible relapse of anxiety and depression. Besides a focus on memory processes and psychopathology (in collaboration with Mark Williams, Oxford University), I am particularly interested in selective processing of emotionally valenced and concern related stimuli in emotional disorders. Much of this research occurs in close collaboration with the behaviour therapy units of the University Psychiatric Centre Sint-Jozef, Kortenberg (dr. Guido Pieters; Belgium), with Geert Crombez (Ghent University, Belgium), and with Mark Williams (Oxford University, UK).

Meeting

Recently, I organised a Special Interest Meeting on Autobiographical Memory and Psychopathology in collaboration with Filip Raes & Paul Eelen (University of Leuven - KUL), Ismay Kremers (Leiden University), & Pierre Philippot (University of Louvain - UCL)

Special Issues

Cognition & Emotion In collaboration with Filip Raes (University of Leuven - KUL), Ismay Kremers (Leiden University), and Pierre Philippot (University of Louvain - UCL) I edited a double Special Issue on Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Psychopathology for Cognition and Emotion. (which appeared in May 2006).

Hermans, D., Raes, F., Kremers, I., & Philippot, P. (Eds, 2006). Autobiographical memory specificity and psychopathology. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

In collaboration with Pierre Philippot (University of Louvain - UCL) I edited a Special Issue on Experimental Psychopathologyfor Psychologica Belgica.

Publications on Memory Processes and Psychopathology

Hermans, D. de Decker, A., De Peuter, S., Raes, F., Eelen, P., & Williams, J.M.G. (2008). Autobiographical memory specificity and affect regulation: Coping with a negative life event. Depression and Anxiety, 25, 787-792.
Hermans, D., Defranc, A., Raes, F., Williams, J.M.G., & Eelen, P. (2005). Reduced autobiographical memory specificity as an avoidant coping style. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44, 583-589.
Hermans, D., Engelen, U., Grouwels, L., Joos, E., Lemmens, J., & Pieters, G. (2008). Cognitive confidence in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Distrusting perception, attention and memory. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 98-113.
Hermans, D., Raes, F., Iberico, C., & Williams, J.M.G. (2006). Reduced autobiographical memory specificity, avoidance and repression. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 522.
Hermans, D., Raes, F., Philippot, P., & Kremers, I. (2006). Autobiographical memory specificity and psychopathology. Cognition & Emotion, 20, 321-323. [Editorial].
Hermans, D., Pieters, G., & Eelen, P. (1998). Implicit and explicit memory for food, shape, and weight related words in anorectic patients and non-dieting controls. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 107, 193-202.
Hermans, D., Martens, K., De Cort, K., Pieters, G., & Eelen, P. (2003). Reality monitoring and metacognitive beliefs related to cognitive confidence in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 41, 383-401.
Hermans, D., Van den Broeck, K., Belis, G., Raes, F., Pieters, G., & Eelen, P. (2004). Trauma and autobiographical memory specificity in depressed inpatients. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 42, 775-789.
Hermans, D., Vandromme, H., Debeer, E., Raes, F., Demyttenaere, K., & Brunfaut, E., & Williams, J. M. G. (2008). Overgeneral autobiographical memory predicts diagnostic status in depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 668-677.
Hermans, D., Raes, F., & Eelen, P. (2005). Mood and memory. A cognitive psychology perspective on maintenance of depressed mood and vulnerability for relapse. In J. Corveleyn, P. Luyten & S. J. Blatt (Eds.), The theory and treatment of depression: A dynamic interactionism model (pp. 43-66). Leuven, Belgium/Mahwah, NJ: Leuven University Press/Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Debeer, E., Hermans, D., & Raes, F. (2009). Associations between components of rumination and autobiographical memory specificity as measured by a Minimal Instructions Autobiographical Memory Test. Memory, 17, 892-903.
de Decker, A., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2000). Veralgemeende herinneringen bij mensen met emotionele problemen. [Overgeneral memories in persons with emotional problems]. Gedragstherapie, 33, 101-124.
de Decker, A., Hermans, D., Raes, F., & Eelen, P. (2003). Autobiographical memory specificity and trauma in inpatient adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32, 23-32.
de Decker, A., Raes, F., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2004). Trauma and autobiographical memory specificity in adolescents. (Manuscript submitted for publication).
Griffith, J. W., Sumner, J. A., Debeer, E., Raes, F., Hermans, D., Mineka, S., Zinbarg, R. E., & Craske, M. G. (2009). An Item Response Theory/Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Autobiographical Memory Test. Memory, 17, 609-623.
Grouwels, L., Hermans, D., Engelen, U., Joos, E., Lemmens, J., & Pieters, G. (2009). Obsessieve compulsieve stoornis en metacognitief vertrouwen in aandacht, perceptie en geheugen. Gedragstherapie, 42, 35-48.
Martens, K., Hermans, D., Pieters, G., De Cort, K., Belis, G., & De Cuyper, K. (2002). Sloot ik de deur nu werkelijk of was het inbeelding? Het belang van reality-monitoring en metacognities bij dwang. Gedragstherapie, 35, 249-267.
Phillipot, P., & Hermans, D. (2006). Experimental psychopathology: from laboratory studies to clinical practice. Psychologica Belgica, 46, 1-3.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., de Decker, A., Eelen, P., & Williams, J.M.G. (2003). Autobiographical memory specificity and affect-regulation: An experimental approach. Emotion, 3, 201-206.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., & Eelen, P. (2006). De samenhang tussen depressie, trauma en verminderde specificiteit van het autobiografisch geheugen. Directieve Therapie, 26, 21-42.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Philippot, P., & Kremers, I. (2006). Autobiographical memory specificity and psychopathology:The broader context of cognition and emotion research. Cognition & Emotion, 20, 324-327.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J.M.G., & Eelen, P. (2005). Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional abuse. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44, 133-138.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J.M.G., & Eelen, P. (2006). Reduced autobiographical memory specificity and affect regulation. Cognition and Emotion, 20, 402-429.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J. M. G., Demyttenaere, K., Sabbe, B., Pieters, G., & Eelen, P. (2005). Reduced specificity of autobiographical memories: A mediator between rumination and ineffective problem-solving in major depression? Journal of Affective Disorders, 87, 331-335.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J.M.G., & Eelen, P. (2004). On the test-retest reliability of the Autobiographical Memory Test. (Manuscript submitted for publication).
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J. M. G., Brunfaut, E., Hamelinck, L., & Eelen, P. (2006). Reduced autobiographical memory specificity and trauma in major depression: On the importance of post-trauma coping versus mere trauma exposure. In S. M. Sturt (Ed.), New Developments in Child Abuse Research (pp. 61-72). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J.M.G., Geypen, L., & Eelen, P. (2006). The effect of overgeneral autobiographical memory retrieval on rumination. Psychologica Belgica, 46, 131-141.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J. M. G., Demyttenaere, K., Sabbe, B., Pieters, G., & Eelen, P. (2006). Is overgeneral autobiographical memory an isolated memory phenomenon in major depression? Memory, 14, 584-594.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J.M.G., Beyers, W., Brunfaut, E., & Eelen, P. (2006). Reduced autobiographical memory specificity and rumination in predicting the course of depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 115, 699-704.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., Williams, J. M. G., & Eelen, P. (2007). A sentence completion procedure as an alternative to the Autobiographical Memory Test for assessing overgeneral memory in non-clinical populations. Memory, 15, 495-507.
Raes, F., Sienaert, P., Demyttenaere, K., Peuskens, J., Williams, J. M. G., & Hermans, D. (2008). Over-general memory predicts stability of short-term outcome of ECT for depression. Journal of ECT, 24, 81-83.
Raes, F., Watkins, E., Williams, J. M. G., & Hermans, D. (2008). Non-ruminative processing reduces overgeneral autobiographical memory retrieval in students. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 748-756.
Raes, F., Williams, J.M.G., & Hermans, D. (2009). Reducing cognitive vulnerability to depression: A preliminary investigation of MEmory Specificity Training (MEST) in inpatients with depressive symptomatology. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40, 24-38.
Roberts, J.E. & Hermans, D. (2009). Self-esteem and depression. In R. Ingram (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Depression (pp 495-499). New York: Springer.
Williams, J.M.G., Barnhofer, T. Crane, C., Hermans, D., Raes, F., Watkins, E., & Dalgleish, T. (2007). Autobiographical memory specificity and emotional disorder. Psychological Bulletin, 133, 122-148.

Publications on selective processing of emotional information

Hermans, D., Vansteenwegen, D., & Eelen, P. (1999). Eye movement registration as a continuous index of attention deployment: Data from a group of spider anxious students. Cognition and Emotion, 13, 419-434.
Hermans, D. (1994). De Zelf-Beoordelings-Vragenlijst (ZBV) [The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)], Gedragstherapie, 27, 145-148.
Hermans, D., & De Houwer, J. (1993). Angstproblematiek en diagnostiek: Ontwikkelingen binnen de experimentele cognitieve psychologie. [Anxiety disorder and its assessment: recent developments in experimental cognitive psychology]. Psychotherapeutisch Paspoort, 2, 5-23.
Crombez, G., Hermans, D., & Adriaensen, H. (2000). The emotional Stroop task and chronic pain: What is threatening for chronic pain sufferers? European Journal of Pain,4, 37-44.
De Cort, K., Hermans, D., Spruyt, A., Griez, E. & Schreurs, K. (2008). A specific attentional bias in panic disorder ? Depression and Anxiety, 25, 951-955.
Raes, F., Hermans, D., & Eelen (2004). De “Psy” in Psychose: Psychologische processen bij het ontstaan en instandhouden van wanen. Gedragstherapie, 37, 173-195.
Stegen, K., Neujens, A., Crombez, G., Hermans, D., Van de Woestijne, K.P., & Van den Bergh, O., (1998). Negative affect, respiratory reactivity and somatic complaints in a CO2-enriched air inhalation paradigm. Biological Psychology, 49, 109-122.

Publications on worry and rumination

Together with Geert Crombez and Patricia Bijttebier I am doing some research on the assessment and phenomenology of (pathological) worry, and the nature of cognitive functioning of 'high' worriers.

We translated the Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire (originally by Sam Cartwright & Adrian Wells),

Hermans, D., Crombez, G., Van Rijsoort, S., & Laeremans, I. (1998). De Meta-Cognities Vragenlijst. Unpublished, authorised Dutch Translation.
Hermans, D., Crombez, G., Van Rijsoort, S., & Laeremans, I. (2002). De Meta-Cognities Vragenlijst. Gedragstherapie, 35, 341-352.

Behaviour therapy

Books

Together with Hans Orlemans and Paul Eelen, we wrote an introductory book on behaviour therapy:

Orlemans, J.W.G., Eelen, P, & Hermans, D. (1995). Inleiding tot de Gedragstherapie. [Introduction to Behaviour Therapy]. Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum.

This book provides an introduction to the empirical foundations of behavior therapy and highlights the most important principles of behaviour theory practice.

A new edition of this book will appear later this autumn:

Hermans, D., Eelen, P, & Orlemans, J.W.G. (2007). Inleiding tot de Gedragstherapie. [Introduction to Behaviour Therapy]. Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum.

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Some time ago recently edited a special issue on exposure treatment for the journal Gedragstherapie

Together with Johan Van de Putte, I wrote an introductory book on the cognitive-behavioural treatment of depression:

Hermans, D., & Van de Putte, J. (2004). Cognitieve gedragstherapie bij depressie. Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum.

Other publications:

Hermans, D. (1993). Cognitief-gedragstherapeutische behandeling van chronische vermoeidheidsklachten. [Cognitive- behavioural therapy for the chronic fatigue syndrome], Berichtenblad van de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie, 20 (4), 29-35.
Hermans, D. (1994). De bibliograaf groef: Experimentele cognitieve psychologie [The bibliographer digged: Experimental cognitive psychology]. Berichtenblad van de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie, 21, 11-14.
Hermans, D. (1999). Piekeren over piekeren: meta-cognities en de cognitief gedragstherapeutische behandeling van gegeneraliseerde angststoornis. [Worrying about worry: meta-cognitions and the cognitive behavioural treatment of generalised anxiety disorder]. Berichtenblad van de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie, 26, 6-14.
Hermans, D. (2001). De protocolbenadering als paard van Troje: Over de valse tegenstelling tussen op maat gesneden en protocollaire behandelingen. [Treatment manuals as a Trojan horse: On the false distinction between tailor-made and standardized therapy]. Gedragstherapie, 34, 163-169.
Hermans, D. (2002). Niet wachten tot mensen in de knoei raken ! Tijdschrift Klinische Psychologie, 32, 275-277.
Hermans, D. (2008). Automatische processen bij psychopathologie. Waarom u er goed aan deed dit themanummer te lezen. Gedragstherapie, 41, 209-220.
Hermans, D., Daeseleire, T., & Eelen, P. (1998). Probleemanalyse in de gedragstherapie [Problem analysis in behaviour therapy]. Diagnostiek-Wijzer, 2, 3-22.
Hermans, D., Lenaerts, E., & Eelen, P. (2004). Op maat gesneden probleemanalyse in de praktijk: een bevraging onder Vlaamse gedragstherapeuten. Gedragstherapie, 37, 101-114.
Claes, L., Hermans, D., & Van Diest, I. (2007). Psychometric properties of the cognitive and affective dimension of the Bermond-Vorst Alexithymia Questionnaire. Do they predict study progress of clinical psychology students five years later? (Manuscript submitted for ublication)
Crombez, G., Baeyens, F., Van Steenwegen, D., & Hermans, D. (1997). Psychofarmaca en gedragstherapie: een klassieke analyse. [Psychopharmacological drugs and behaviour therapy: A classical analysis]. Gedragstherapie, 30, 135-162.
De Pestele, F., & Hermans, D. (1999). Blootstelling in psychotherapie. Bekeken vanuit de gedragstherapeutische en de experiëntiële (en de psychoanalytische) benadering (pp. I 3.1-1 tot 3.1-46). In Trijsburg, W., Colijn, S., Collumbien, E., & Lietaer, G. ( Eds.), Handboek Integratieve Psychotherapie. Inventarisatie en Perspectief. Maarssen: Elsevier/De Tijdstroom.
Eelen, P., Hermans, D., & Baeyens, F. (2000). Perspectivas deaprendizaje en desórdenes de ansiedad. Persona, 3, 47-66.
Eelen, P., Hermans, D., & Baeyens, F. (2001). Learning perspectives on anxiety disorders. In E.J.L. Griez, C. Faravelli, D., Nutt, & J. Zohar (Eds.), Anxiety disorders: An introduction to clinical management and research (pp. 249-264). London: John Wiley and Sons.
Fierens, I., Bouwens, C., & Hermans, D. (2009). Straffen. Attitudes, kennis en adviezen bij Vlaamse CLB-medewerkers. Caleidoscoop, 21, 24-30.
Fierens, I., Bouwens, C., & Hermans, D. (2009). Straffen: de determinanten van een werkzame straf. Berichtenblad van de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie, 4, 25-39.
Raes, F., & Hermans, D. (2000). Gedragsanalytische en cognitieve benaderingen van wanen en hallucinaties: Een dialectische confrontatie met synthese binnen de functieanalyse. Berichtenblad van de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Gedragstherapie, 26, 17-32.
Raes, F., & Hermans, D. (2001). De behandeling van wanen en hallucinaties: Gedragsanalytische en cognitieve benaderingen. Gedragstherapie, 34, 181-204.
Raes, F., & Hermans, D. (in press). Cognitief model voor depressie. In J. Huyser, B. Sabbe, A. Schene & Ph. Spinhoven (Red.), Handboek depressieve stoornissen. Utrecht: De Tijdstroom.
Vandromme, H., Raes, F., Defranc, A., & Hermans, D. (2007). De Cognitive-Behavioral Avoidance Scale (CBAS-NL): Een vragenlijst voor vermijdingsgedrag bij depressie. Gedragstherapie, 40, 285-301.
Vansteenwegen, D., Vervliet, B., Hermans, D., Thewissen, R. & Eelen P. (2007). Verbal, behavioural and physiological assessment of the generalization of exposure-based fear reduction in a spider anxious population. Behaviour Research and Therapy.45, 291-300.

Behaviour therapy on the internet:

Hermans, D. (2000). Gedragstherapie op het internet. [Behaviour therapy on the internet]. Gedragstherapie, 33, 125-133. [For a html-version of this manuscript, click here: ]
Hermans, D. (2001). Les thérapies comportementales et cognitives dans l'internet. Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 11 , 5-9.
Hermans, D. (2000). Gedragstherapie op het internet. [Behaviour therapy on the internet]. PsychoPraxis, 2, 433-437.
Hermans, D. (2000). Informatie over Gedragstherapie op het internet [Information about behaviour therapy on the internet]. Tijdschrift voor Psychiatrie,42, 959-964.

Book Reviews

Hermans, D. (1993). Book Review: Gotlib, I.H., & Hammen, C.L. (1992). Psychological aspects of depression. Toward a cognitive-interpersonal integration. Gedragstherapie, 26, 313-315.
Hermans, D. (1994). Book Review: Teasdale, J.D., & Barnard, P.J. (1993). Affect, cognition and change. Gedragstherapie, 27, 381-384.
Hermans, D. (1994). Book Review: Jehu, D. (1994). Patients as victims. Sexual abuse in psychotherapy and counselling. Psychologica Belgica, 34, 160-161.
Hermans, D. (1995). Book Review: Davey, G., & Tallis, F. (Eds.) (1994). Worying. Perspectives on theory, assessment, and treatment. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 25, 126-127.
Hermans, D. (1996). Book Review: Van der Pligt, J, & De Vries, N.K. (1995). Opinies en attitudes. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 26, 142-143.
Hermans, D. (1996). Book Review: Wells, A., & Matthews, G. (1994). Attention and emotion. A clinical perspective. Gedragstherapie, 29, 211-215.
Hermans, D. (1996). Book Review: Emmelkamp, P., Bouman, T., & Scholing, A. (1995). Angst, fobieën en dwang. Diagnostiek en behandeling. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 26, 212-213.
Hermans, D. (1996). Book Review: Davey, G., & Tallis, F. (Eds.) (1994). Worying. Perspectives on theory, assessment, and treatment. Gedragstherapie, 29, 335-338.
Hermans, D. (1997). Book Review: Mollon, P. (1996). Multiple selves, multiple voices. Working with trauma, violation and dissociation. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 27, 143-145.
Hermans, D. (1997). Book Review: Chadwick, P., Birchwood, M., & Trower, P. (1996). Cognitive therapy for delusions, voices and paranoia. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 27, 219-220.
Hermans, D. (1998). Book Review: Williams, J.M.G., Watts, F.N., MacLeod, C., & Mathews, A. (1997). Cognitive psychology and emotional disorders. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 28, 237-238.
Hermans, D. (1998). Book Review: Wells, A. (1997). Cognitive therapy for anxiety disorders. A practice manual and conceptual guide. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 28, 77-78.
Hermans, D. (1998). Book Review: Davey, G.C.L. (Ed.) (1997). Phobias. A handbook of theory, research and treatment. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 28, 157-158.
Hermans, D. (1998). Book Review: Strongman, K.T. (1996). The Psychology of Emotion. Theories of emotion in perspective. Psychologica Belgica, 38, 50-51.
Hermans, D. (1998). Book Review: Van Rillaer, J. (1997). Peurs, angoisses et phobies. Psychologica Belgica, 38, 51-52.
Hermans, D. (1999). Book Review: Bruch, M., & Bond, F.W. (1998). Beyond diagnosis. Case formulation in CBT. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 29, 126-127.
Hermans, D. (1999). Book Review: Power, M., & Dalgleish, T. (1997). Cognition and emotion. From order to disorder. Gedragstherapie, 32, 137-141.
Hermans, D. (2000). Cognitieve therapie in perspectief. Twee Nederlandstalige werken besproken. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 30, 81-86.
Hermans, D. (2000). Book Review: Tarrier, N., Wells, A., & Haddock, G. (1998). Treating complex cases. The cognitive behavioural therapy approach. Gedragstherapie.33, 309-312.
Hermans, D. (2001). Book Review: Keijsers, G.P.J., Van Minnen, A., & C.A.L. Hoogduin (1999). Protocollaire behandelingen in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. Gedragstherapie, 34, 171-175.
Hermans, D. (2001). Book Review: Schaap, C.P.D.R., van Widenfelt, B.M., & Gerlsma, J. (2000). Behandelingsstrategieën bij relatieproblemen. Gedragstherapie, 34, 171-175.
Hermans, D. (2001). Book Review: Hoogduin, C.A.L., Schaap, C.P.D.R., Kladler, A.J., & Hoogduin, W.A. (1996). Behandelstrategieën bij burnout. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 30, 81-86.
Hermans, D. (2002). Book Review: White, J. (2000). Treating anxiety ad stress. A group psycho-educational approach using brief CBT. Tijdschrift voor Klinische Psychologie, 32, 235-236.
Hermans, D. (2002). Book Review: Wells, A. (2000). Emotional disorders and metacognition. Innovative cognitive therapy. Gedragstherapie, 35, 353-355.
Hermans, D., & Van de Putte, J. (2004). Book Review: Martell, C., Addis, M.E., & Jacobson, N.S. (2001). Depression in context. Strategies for guided action & Clark, D.A., Beck, A.T., & Alford, B.A. (1999). Scientific foundations of cognitive theory and therapy of depression. Gedragstherapie, 37, 39-43.
Hermans, D. (in preparation). Book Review: Petermann, F., & Müller, J.M. (2001). Clinical psychology and single-case evidence. A practical approach to treatment, planning and evaluation.

PhD. theses supervised

Filip Raes (supervisor; completed 2005)
Adriaan Spruyt (supervisor; completed 2005)
Trinette Dirikx (supervisor; completed 2006)
Filip Verhulst (supervisor; completed 2007)
Heleen Vandromme (supervisor)
Inneke Kerkhof (supervisor)
Elise Debeer(supervisor)
Els Joos (supervisor)
Mathilde Descheemaeker (supervisor)
Kathleen De Cuyper (supervisor)
An de Decker (co-supervisor; completed 2001)
Carlos Iberico (co-supervisor; completed 2007)
Riet Fonteyne (co-supervisor)
Hanne Schoofs (co-supervisor)
Bart Schepers (co-supervisor)
Tom Van Daele (co-supervisor)


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