Philip Spinhoven

Biographic Data

ID152230
NAMEPhilip Spinhoven
GIVEN NAMESPhilip
FAMILY NAMESpinhoven
SIGNATURESPINHOVEN P
AFFILIATIONSLeiden University
ORCID0000-0002-4117-335X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS31
TOTAL CITATIONS37
WORKS AS AUTHOR31
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Optimizing implementation of an evidence-based self-help intervention program for people living with HIV (PLWH) with depressive symptoms in Botswana

    Open AccessBoitumelo Vavani, Nadia Garnefski et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    An evidence-based self-help program in booklet format has been developed to reduce depressive symptoms among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Botswana. Its effectiveness was evaluated in a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT), with a sample of 72 PLWH. The program was shown to be effective in reducing depressive symptoms (d = 0.76). Good implementation is an important step. This paper aims to present an evidence-based implementation strategy for the…

  • Footprints from childhood

    Open AccessMona K Shahab, Bernet M Elzinga et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2025

    In clinical practice, it is important to explore the link between relational problems/adult attachment and past traumatic experiences, as they may fundamentally impact feelings of trust and safety. The impact is largest when childhood neglect and abuse occurred within families and when both parents are involved

  • Latent profile analysis of psychiatric symptoms and the Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities

    Open AccessGuido L Williams, Edwin de Beurs et al.ARTICLEBMC Psychology2025

    The four profiles provide a clinically relevant framework for understanding self-reported psychosocial dysfunction, distinguishing patients on key outcomes such as suicidal ideation and work participation. This approach supports tailoring interventions, prioritizing treatment goals, and allocating resources based on shared patterns of characteristics. Future research should validate these profiles' temporal stability and predictive value for trea…

  • A Booklet Self-Help Intervention for People Living with HIV and Depressive Symptoms in Botswana

    Open AccessBoitumelo Vavani, Nadia Garnefski et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is a scarcity of psychological treatment options for people living with HIV (PLWH) with depressive symptoms. Self-help programs for depressive symptoms, in particular, are cost-effective and scalable, and therefore a promising tool in the treatment of depressive symptoms for people in low-resourced countries. This paper presents the results of a study that examined the effectiveness of a guided s…

  • Predictors of Outcome of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Older Adults With Anxiety Symptoms

    Open AccessPhilip Spinhoven, Vivian Kraaij et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2025

    A recent trial in older adults with anxiety symptoms in primary care found no differences in outcome between an ACT and CBT intervention. The current study aimed to identify moderators and non-specific predictors of treatment response to these two interventions. The sample consisted of 314 older adults who were randomized to either ACT or CBT. Anxiety symptom severity (measured with the GAD-7) was the main outcome variable. Demographics, (psycho)…

  • Interventions aiming to improve menstrual, sexual, reproductive, and mental health among out-of-school girls

    Open AccessKarinn Farquharson, Alexandra Quinn-Savory et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

  • Extending the PROMIS item bank “ability to participate in social roles and activities”

    Open AccessGuido L Williams, Gerard Flens et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2024

    We extended the PROMIS-APSRA item bank and improved its psychometric quality. Our study contributes to PROMIS measurement innovation, which allows for the addition of new items to existing item banks, without changing the interpretation of the scores and while maintaining the comparability of the scores with other PROMIS instruments

  • Differential Associations of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies with Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia in Adolescence and Early Adulthood

    Open AccessAndrea Zagaria, Mariacarolina Vacca et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    While difficulties with emotion regulation (ER) are consistently linked to poor mental health in adulthood, findings in adolescence have been more mixed. Cognitive ER strategies, which involve the ability to manage emotions through mental processes, may be particularly important during different stages of development due to age-specific adjustments. We conducted two exploratory and cross-sectional studies to examine the relationships between cogn…

  • Quality of life and well-being problems in secondary schoolgirls in Kenya

    Open AccessPhilip Spinhoven, Garazi Zulaika et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Background Adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa often report low levels of quality of life (QoL) and well-being, but reliable data are limited. This study examines which sociodemographic, health, and behavioral risk factors and adverse adolescent experiences are associated with, and predictive of, QoL in Kenyan secondary schoolgirls. Methods and findings 3,998 girls at baseline in a randomised controlled trial in Siaya County, western Kenya were med…

  • Long-Term Effectiveness of an Online Self-help Intervention for People with HIV and Depressive Symptoms

    Open AccessSanne van Luenen, Nadia Garnefski et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

    The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term effectiveness (3-4 years later) of an online intervention that was previously found to effectively reduce depressive symptoms in people with HIV on the short term. Participants were people with HIV who had participated in the large RCT on the short-term effectiveness of the guided online intervention. The primary outcome measure was depressive symptoms [Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)]…

  • The Associations of Common Psychological Problems With Mental Disorders Among College Students

    Open AccessPim Cuijpers, Filip Smit et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Psychological problems like procrastination, perfectionism, low self-esteem, test anxiety and stress are common among college students. There are evidence-based interventions available for these problems that not only have direct effects on these problems, but also indirect effects on mental disorders such as depression and anxiety disorders. Targeting these psychological problems may offer new opportunities to prevent and treat mental disorders …

  • Support for the higher-order factor structure of the WHODAS 2.0 self-report version in a Dutch outpatient psychiatric setting

    Open AccessGuido L Williams, Edwin de Beurs et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021

    Our results lend support for a factorial structure of the WHODAS 2.0 36-item self-report version that is comparable to the interview version. While we conjecture that a seven-factor solution might give a better reflection of item content and item variance, further research is needed to assess the clinical relevance of such a model. At this point, we recommend using the second-order structure with six factors that matches past findings of the inte…

  • The Icecap-A instrument for capabilities

    Open AccessPieter J Rohrbach, Alexandra E Dingemans et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021

    In summary, results suggest adequate test-retest reliability and construct validity and indicate that the ICECAP-A might be of added value, especially when considering areas outside of the traditional health intervention model

  • Longitudinal associations between negative life events and depressive symptoms—A 9-year longitudinal study on between-person and within-person effects and the role of family history

    Dominique Maciejewski, Eleonore D van Sprang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality and Social…2021

    Research has shown that negative life events contribute to the development of depression. Moreover, it has been suggested that individuals with a family history of depression experience more negative life events and are more susceptible to the effect of negative life events. However, previous studies did not differentiate stable between-person effects (interindividual differences) and temporal within-person effects (intraindividual differences). …

  • Moderators of the effect of guided online self-help for people with HIV and depressive symptoms

    Open AccessSanne van Luenen, Vivian Kraaij et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    The goal of the study was to investigate moderators of intervention effect of a guided Internet-based self-help cognitive behavioral intervention for people with HIV and depressive symptoms. This study was part of a randomized controlled trial where the intervention was found to be effective in reducing depressive symptoms, compared to an attention-only control group. Demographic characteristics (e.g., age), HIV characteristics (e.g., duration of…

  • Intervention targets for people living with HIV and depressive symptoms in Botswana

    Boitumelo Vavani, Vivian Kraaij et al.ARTICLEAfrican Journal of AIDS Research2020

    Background: The prevalence of HIV in Botswana is high. Many people living with HIV (PLWH) suffer from depressive symptoms and have inadequate coping skills. Most PLWH do not receive adequate psychological treatment. Empirically based interventions for PLWH with depressive symptoms in Botswana should be developed, with a focus on improving coping skills. The present study was a first step towards this goal, by trying to identify targets for interv…

  • Prediction of Mental Health Services Use One Year After Regular Referral to Specialized Care Versus Referral to Stepped Collaborative Care

    Open AccessMirjam van Orden, Stephanie S Leone et al.ARTICLECommunity Mental Health Journal2016References: 15

    Referral to collaborative mental health care within the primary care setting is a service concept that has shown to be as effective as direct referral to specialized mental health care for patients with common mental disorders. Additionally it is more efficient in terms of lower mental health services use. This post-hoc analysis examines if treatment intensity during 1-year of follow-up can be predicted prospectively by baseline characteristics. …

  • Psychological Distress and Physiological Reactivity During In Vivo Exposure in People With Aviophobia

    Bert Busscher, Philip Spinhoven et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2015

    OBJECTIVES: Exposure is regarded to be a crucial component of therapies for phobias. According to emotional processing theory, the success of exposure therapy is predicted by activation of subjective and physiological fear responses and their within-session habituation and between-session adaptation. This study tested this prediction for aviophobia. METHODS: Seventy-nine participants following a highly standardized treatment program for aviophobi…

  • Comorbidity Patterns of Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in a Large Cohort Study

    Femke Lamers, Patricia van Oppen et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Clinical Psychiatry2011

    BACKGROUND: Comorbidity of depressive and anxiety disorders is common and has been shown to be a consistent predictor of chronicity. Comorbidity patterns among specific depressive and anxiety disorders have not been extensively reported. This study examines comorbidity patterns and temporal sequencing of separate depressive and anxiety disorders using data from a large psychiatric cohort. METHOD: Baseline data (N = 1,783) of the Netherlands Study…

  • The impact of causal attributions on diagnosis and successful referral of depressed patients in primary care

    Open AccessTh Michael Van Den Boogaard, P F M Verhaak et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2011Cited by: 1References: 45

  • Treatment of Depression in Patients from Ethnic Minority Groups in the Netherlands

    Open AccessMarc B J Blom, Hans W Hoek et al.ARTICLETranscultural Psychiatry2010Cited by: 2References: 27

    This article presents the results of a large efficacy study comparing different forms of therapy for major depressive disorder (MDD), including interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and pharmacotherapy. Patients were randomized to either IPT, IPT in combination with anti-depressant medication, IPT in combination with pill-placebo or medication only. The primary outcome measure was the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAMD). Patients were treated…

  • Comparing Psychological Distress, Traumatic Stress Reactions, and Experiences of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors With Experiences of Adolescents Accompanied by Parents

    Tammy Bean, Ilse Derluyn et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Nervous and Mental…2007

    The objective of this study is to make comparisons of the severity of the psychological distress, behavioral problems and traumatic stress reactions, and experiences of unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) with immigrant/refugee (I/R) and Dutch (native) adolescents with parental caregivers (N = 3273). Self-report questionnaires were administered. Most assessments took place at school. URMs consistently reported significantly higher scores for inte…

  • Making a bad thing worse

    Open AccessM Verschuur, Philip Spinhoven et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2007References: 26

  • Course and predictors of mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in the Netherlands

    Open AccessTammy M Bean, Tammy Bean et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2007Cited by: 33References: 27

  • Predictors of Fatigue in Rescue Workers and Residents in the Aftermath of an Aviation Disaster

    Philip Spinhoven, Margot Verschuur et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2006

    Objectives: Although medically unexplained physical symptoms such as fatigue are frequently observed after exposure to trauma, the vast majority of health outcomes studies in trauma and disaster research relates to the psychological and psychiatric problems met by victims. The objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of (persistent) fatigue in the aftermath of a disaster and to analyze the predictive value of sociodemographic a…