Marrie H J Bekker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3917301 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marrie H J Bekker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marrie H J |
| FAMILY NAME | Bekker |
| SIGNATURE | BEKKER M H J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8552-975X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Attachment style and interpersonal distance during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Enhancing Autonomy-Connectedness in Patients With Anxiety Disorders: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Autonomy-enhancing treatment (AET) is a person-centered, gender-sensitive treatment, targeting transdiagnostic personal autonomy deficits. The current study was set up as a first pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) to investigate the preliminary efficacy of AET. Earlier small non-controlled plots showed AET to be feasible and acceptable. In the current study (Trial Code 3513), patients receiving 15-session group-based AET ( N = 43) were compa…
Autonomy-Connectedness, Self-Construal, and Acculturation: Associations With Mental Health in a Multicultural Society
The present study investigated the associations between self-construal, acculturation, and autonomy-connectedness, as well as the relations between autonomy-connectedness and psychopathological symptoms, controlling for self-construal and acculturation. Participants were 1,209 Dutch individuals, of whom 693 (57.3%) were immigrants with a non-Western background. Results showed that an independent self-construal was positively associated with self-…
The role of autonomy–connectedness in the relation between childhood stressful life events, current posttraumatic symptoms, and internalizing psychopathology in adulthood
Deficits in AC, particularly regarding Self-Awareness and Capacity for Managing New Situations, may represent a vulnerability factor for developing trauma-related psychopathology. Enhancing AC may be a beneficial treatment approach for trauma-related psychopathology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Development and evaluation of diversity-oriented competence training for the treatment of depressive disorders
Studies in Europe indicate that some ethnic minorities have higher rates of mental disorders and less favorable treatment outcomes than their counterparts from majority groups. To date, efforts regarding training to reduce disparities have mainly focused on ethnocultural competences of therapists, with less attention paid to other aspects of diversity, such as sex/gender and socioeconomic status. In this study, we aim to determine the effectivene…
Functional status in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms: Coping styles and their relationship with depression and anxiety
This study examined how coping styles are related to functional status in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms and to what extent depression and anxiety account for this relationship. In 90 Dutch adult patients presenting medically unexplained physical symptoms, coping styles, health-related functional status, anxiety, and depression were measured. Multiple regression analyses and mediation analysis showed that coping styles were…
The Relations Between Secrecy, Rejection Sensitivity and Autonomy-Connectedness
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of two attachment-related variables on secrecy: rejection sensitivity and autonomy-connectedness. We hypothesized that rejection sensitivity is positively associated with secrecy, and autonomy-connectedness negatively with rejection sensitivity and secrecy. These hypotheses were generally corroborated in a sample of 303 university students. Moreover, we found that autonomy-connectedness at least pa…
Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Version of the Eating Disorder Inventory–3
The psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Eating Disorder Inventory–3 (EDI-3) were tested in eating disordered patients ( N = 514) using confirmatory factor analyses, variance decomposition, reliabilities, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses. Factorial validity results supported the 12 subscales, but model fit was impaired by correlated item errors, misallocated items, and redundant subscales. At the composite…
Not all rejections are alike; competence and warmth as a fundamental distinction in social rejection
Attachment styles, coping and emotional eating
Autonomy-connectedness, acculturation, and independence–interdependence among various cultural groups in a multicultural society
The roles of autonomy-connectedness and attachment styles in depression and anxiety
The present study examined how autonomy-connectedness and attachment styles relate to depression and anxiety among 69 clients at a primary mental health care institution and 105 non-clients. We expected poor autonomy-connectedness (i.e., low self-awareness, low capacity for managing new situations, and high sensitivity to others) and insecure attachment to predict depression and anxiety. Clients, compared with non-clients, differed on all study v…
Autonomy-Connectedness and Gender
The present study aimed to examine gender differences in autonomy-connectedness in a large, Dutch, representative community sample (N = 2,256). All participants completed the Autonomy-Connectedness-Scale (ACS-30; Bekker and van Assen, J Pers Assess 86:51–60, 2006) with subscales self-awareness (SA), sensitivity to others (SO), and capacity to manage new situations (CMNS), and a scale measuring demographic factors. We found much higher SO in women…
Relations between negative affect, coping, and emotional eating
Health and literacy in first- and second-generation Moroccan Berber women in the Netherlands: Ill literacy
AIM: The present study was aimed at investigating the role of literacy and generation in the self-reported general health status of Moroccan Berber speaking women in the Netherlands. METHOD: Fifty women in our sample (N = 75) were first generation women, from which group 25 were literates and 25 illiterates. Another group of 25 literate women belonged to the second generation. The three groups were matched for demographic characteristics. Questio…
Gender attitudes, sexual meanings, and interactional patterns in heterosexual encounters among college students in the Netherlands
This study investigated interactional patterns in heterosexual encounters in relation to gender, attitudinal variables, and sexual meanings among heterosexual, intercourse‐experienced college students in The Netherlands. Subjects (N=526, mean age is 21.7 years) reported the frequency of a number of behaviors in heterosexual interaction. Three interaction scales were developed: Anxious Insecurity, Pro‐active Control, and Defensive Control. Additio…
Reconstructing Hymens or Constructing Sexual Inequality? Service Provision to Islamic Young Women Coping with the Demand to be a Virgin
In Islamic culture, there is an imperative demand that women should be virgins on their wedding night. Service providers in The Netherlands are increasingly confronted by Islamic young women who find themselves in serious difficulties because they are no longer virgins, and are about to enter a forced or arranged marriage. These young women report a diversity of problems such as loneliness, social isolation, depression, despair, suicidal feelings…
Sex Inequality in the Training of Dutch Clinical Psychologists
Relations between negative affect, coping, and emotional eating
Gender attitudes, sexual meanings, and interactional patterns in heterosexual encounters among college students in the Netherlands
This study investigated interactional patterns in heterosexual encounters in relation to gender, attitudinal variables, and sexual meanings among heterosexual, intercourse‐experienced college students in The Netherlands. Subjects (N=526, mean age is 21.7 years) reported the frequency of a number of behaviors in heterosexual interaction. Three interaction scales were developed: Anxious Insecurity, Pro‐active Control, and Defensive Control. Additio…
Autonomy-Connectedness and Gender
The present study aimed to examine gender differences in autonomy-connectedness in a large, Dutch, representative community sample (N = 2,256). All participants completed the Autonomy-Connectedness-Scale (ACS-30; Bekker and van Assen, J Pers Assess 86:51–60, 2006) with subscales self-awareness (SA), sensitivity to others (SO), and capacity to manage new situations (CMNS), and a scale measuring demographic factors. We found much higher SO in women…
Not all rejections are alike; competence and warmth as a fundamental distinction in social rejection
The roles of autonomy-connectedness and attachment styles in depression and anxiety
The present study examined how autonomy-connectedness and attachment styles relate to depression and anxiety among 69 clients at a primary mental health care institution and 105 non-clients. We expected poor autonomy-connectedness (i.e., low self-awareness, low capacity for managing new situations, and high sensitivity to others) and insecure attachment to predict depression and anxiety. Clients, compared with non-clients, differed on all study v…
Autonomy-Connectedness, Self-Construal, and Acculturation: Associations With Mental Health in a Multicultural Society
The present study investigated the associations between self-construal, acculturation, and autonomy-connectedness, as well as the relations between autonomy-connectedness and psychopathological symptoms, controlling for self-construal and acculturation. Participants were 1,209 Dutch individuals, of whom 693 (57.3%) were immigrants with a non-Western background. Results showed that an independent self-construal was positively associated with self-…
Development and evaluation of diversity-oriented competence training for the treatment of depressive disorders
Studies in Europe indicate that some ethnic minorities have higher rates of mental disorders and less favorable treatment outcomes than their counterparts from majority groups. To date, efforts regarding training to reduce disparities have mainly focused on ethnocultural competences of therapists, with less attention paid to other aspects of diversity, such as sex/gender and socioeconomic status. In this study, we aim to determine the effectivene…
Functional status in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms: Coping styles and their relationship with depression and anxiety
This study examined how coping styles are related to functional status in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms and to what extent depression and anxiety account for this relationship. In 90 Dutch adult patients presenting medically unexplained physical symptoms, coping styles, health-related functional status, anxiety, and depression were measured. Multiple regression analyses and mediation analysis showed that coping styles were…
The Relations Between Secrecy, Rejection Sensitivity and Autonomy-Connectedness
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of two attachment-related variables on secrecy: rejection sensitivity and autonomy-connectedness. We hypothesized that rejection sensitivity is positively associated with secrecy, and autonomy-connectedness negatively with rejection sensitivity and secrecy. These hypotheses were generally corroborated in a sample of 303 university students. Moreover, we found that autonomy-connectedness at least pa…
Autonomy-connectedness, acculturation, and independence–interdependence among various cultural groups in a multicultural society
Sex Inequality in the Training of Dutch Clinical Psychologists
Sex Inequality in the Training of Dutch Clinical Psychologists
Reconstructing Hymens or Constructing Sexual Inequality? Service Provision to Islamic Young Women Coping with the Demand to be a Virgin
In Islamic culture, there is an imperative demand that women should be virgins on their wedding night. Service providers in The Netherlands are increasingly confronted by Islamic young women who find themselves in serious difficulties because they are no longer virgins, and are about to enter a forced or arranged marriage. These young women report a diversity of problems such as loneliness, social isolation, depression, despair, suicidal feelings…
Gender attitudes, sexual meanings, and interactional patterns in heterosexual encounters among college students in the Netherlands
This study investigated interactional patterns in heterosexual encounters in relation to gender, attitudinal variables, and sexual meanings among heterosexual, intercourse‐experienced college students in The Netherlands. Subjects (N=526, mean age is 21.7 years) reported the frequency of a number of behaviors in heterosexual interaction. Three interaction scales were developed: Anxious Insecurity, Pro‐active Control, and Defensive Control. Additio…
Health and literacy in first- and second-generation Moroccan Berber women in the Netherlands: Ill literacy
AIM: The present study was aimed at investigating the role of literacy and generation in the self-reported general health status of Moroccan Berber speaking women in the Netherlands. METHOD: Fifty women in our sample (N = 75) were first generation women, from which group 25 were literates and 25 illiterates. Another group of 25 literate women belonged to the second generation. The three groups were matched for demographic characteristics. Questio…
Relations between negative affect, coping, and emotional eating
Autonomy-Connectedness and Gender
The present study aimed to examine gender differences in autonomy-connectedness in a large, Dutch, representative community sample (N = 2,256). All participants completed the Autonomy-Connectedness-Scale (ACS-30; Bekker and van Assen, J Pers Assess 86:51–60, 2006) with subscales self-awareness (SA), sensitivity to others (SO), and capacity to manage new situations (CMNS), and a scale measuring demographic factors. We found much higher SO in women…
The roles of autonomy-connectedness and attachment styles in depression and anxiety
The present study examined how autonomy-connectedness and attachment styles relate to depression and anxiety among 69 clients at a primary mental health care institution and 105 non-clients. We expected poor autonomy-connectedness (i.e., low self-awareness, low capacity for managing new situations, and high sensitivity to others) and insecure attachment to predict depression and anxiety. Clients, compared with non-clients, differed on all study v…
Attachment styles, coping and emotional eating
Autonomy-connectedness, acculturation, and independence–interdependence among various cultural groups in a multicultural society
Psychometric Properties of the Dutch Version of the Eating Disorder Inventory–3
The psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Eating Disorder Inventory–3 (EDI-3) were tested in eating disordered patients ( N = 514) using confirmatory factor analyses, variance decomposition, reliabilities, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses. Factorial validity results supported the 12 subscales, but model fit was impaired by correlated item errors, misallocated items, and redundant subscales. At the composite…
Not all rejections are alike; competence and warmth as a fundamental distinction in social rejection
The Relations Between Secrecy, Rejection Sensitivity and Autonomy-Connectedness
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of two attachment-related variables on secrecy: rejection sensitivity and autonomy-connectedness. We hypothesized that rejection sensitivity is positively associated with secrecy, and autonomy-connectedness negatively with rejection sensitivity and secrecy. These hypotheses were generally corroborated in a sample of 303 university students. Moreover, we found that autonomy-connectedness at least pa…
Functional status in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms: Coping styles and their relationship with depression and anxiety
This study examined how coping styles are related to functional status in patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms and to what extent depression and anxiety account for this relationship. In 90 Dutch adult patients presenting medically unexplained physical symptoms, coping styles, health-related functional status, anxiety, and depression were measured. Multiple regression analyses and mediation analysis showed that coping styles were…
The role of autonomy–connectedness in the relation between childhood stressful life events, current posttraumatic symptoms, and internalizing psychopathology in adulthood
Deficits in AC, particularly regarding Self-Awareness and Capacity for Managing New Situations, may represent a vulnerability factor for developing trauma-related psychopathology. Enhancing AC may be a beneficial treatment approach for trauma-related psychopathology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
Development and evaluation of diversity-oriented competence training for the treatment of depressive disorders
Studies in Europe indicate that some ethnic minorities have higher rates of mental disorders and less favorable treatment outcomes than their counterparts from majority groups. To date, efforts regarding training to reduce disparities have mainly focused on ethnocultural competences of therapists, with less attention paid to other aspects of diversity, such as sex/gender and socioeconomic status. In this study, we aim to determine the effectivene…
Enhancing Autonomy-Connectedness in Patients With Anxiety Disorders: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Autonomy-enhancing treatment (AET) is a person-centered, gender-sensitive treatment, targeting transdiagnostic personal autonomy deficits. The current study was set up as a first pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) to investigate the preliminary efficacy of AET. Earlier small non-controlled plots showed AET to be feasible and acceptable. In the current study (Trial Code 3513), patients receiving 15-session group-based AET ( N = 43) were compa…
Autonomy-Connectedness, Self-Construal, and Acculturation: Associations With Mental Health in a Multicultural Society
The present study investigated the associations between self-construal, acculturation, and autonomy-connectedness, as well as the relations between autonomy-connectedness and psychopathological symptoms, controlling for self-construal and acculturation. Participants were 1,209 Dutch individuals, of whom 693 (57.3%) were immigrants with a non-Western background. Results showed that an independent self-construal was positively associated with self-…
Attachment style and interpersonal distance during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Psychology (18 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Autonomy (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Social connectedness (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works)