Brochure Research Master Clinical Psychology
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Join the highest student ranked Research Master’s programme in the Netherlands
The Department of Clinical Psychology at the University of Groningen is now accepting a
limited number of applications for the two-year Research Master’s programme.
The Clinical Psychology group is founded on a
national and international reputation
for excellence. Our teaching and research programmes consistently rank among the best in
the country. The key characteristics of the two-year Research Master’s programme are:
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High quality research training and active participation in research groups
2.
Emphasis on individual work, supervised by internationally renown researchers
3.
High degree of specialization possible
4.
Ideal preparation for PhD programme
5.
Individual supervision during the programme
Our activities are founded on the international reputation, commitment and dynamism of
staff and students, coupled with a cooperative, supportive and friendly work environment.
Our teaching and research philosophy is to
integrate basic and applied psychology:
Basic issues in clinical psychology are made groundbreaking by their relevance to clinical
practice. At the same time, applied research becomes outstanding when it is based on sound
and solid theoretical foundations.
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The Clinical Psychology stream is part of a multidisciplinary Research Master’s programme
‘Behavioural and Social Sciences’ which in 2008 ànd 2009 was ranked by students as the
best Research Master’s programme in the Netherlands in the behavioural and social
sciences (Elsevier, 2008, 2009).
Students are versed in empirical research guided by theory. The programme provides
extensive training in clinical psychological theories and experimental techniques, and a focus
on core psychopathology topics including, for example, biased cognitive processing and
evidence-based interventions.
Students also obtain in-depth and practical training in the most
advanced statistical
methods from experts in the field, including courses on experimental design and analysis of
variance, applied statistics, and repeated measures.
Students also learn to
write research articles, reports, and proposals, including a
course on how to write in English. Students from previous cohorts have published articles in
top academic journals, participated in international research networks, presented their
research on international conferences and received high-level research subsidies.
Student profile and how to apply
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highest student ranked Research Master programme in the Netherlands!
The Clinical Psychology Research Master’s programme in Groningen is unique from some of
the larger Research Master’s programmes in that it
selects only a small number of
students each year to engage in intensive individually guided research training supervised by
internationally renown researchers. Students are embedded in research groups and also join
others in the larger multidisciplinary Research Master’s programme at the Faculty of
Behavioural and Social Sciences, which contains approximately 30 students each year.
In this entirely English-language programme, both students within and outside of the
Netherlands are encouraged to apply. Some research assistantships and scholarships are
available for talented applications. Funding is also available for participation in summer
schools both within and outside of the Netherlands.
The profile of our alumni is excellent with students either engaging in further research to
obtain a PhD or pursuing a career as scientist-practitioner combining a PhD with a
postdoctoral clinical training programme. We are recruiting students for the cohort to start on
September 1, 2012. Candidates can apply from now on. Applying early may enhance chances
of admission since the number of new students per year is limited. The deadline for
applications for non-EU students is March 1 and for EU students May 1.
Detailed information and application forms can be found at:
www.rug.nl/gmw/rema
Applications may be sent to:
For specific questions regarding the Clinical Psychology stream, please contact Dr. Maike van
der Vlugt:
Core instructors and supervisors
Prof. dr. Claudi L.H. Bockting
Therapy, depression, relapse/recurrence http://www.rug.nl/staff/c.l.h.bockting/research Key publications:Bockting, C.L.H., Spinhoven, Ph., Wouters. L.K., Koeter, M.W.J, Schene, A.H. (2009). Long term effects of preventive cognitive therapy in recurrent depression using: 5.5 years follow-up. Journal of Clinical
Psychiatry, 70, 1621-8.
Bockting, C.L.H., Schene, A.H., Spinhoven, Ph., Koeter, M.W.J., Wouters, L.F., Huyser, J., & Kamphuis, J.H. (2005). Preventing relapse/recurrence in recurrent depression using cognitive therapy. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 647-657.
Prof. dr. Theo K. Bouman
Somatoform disorders, cognitive behaviour therapy, treatment development and evaluation
http://www.rug.nl/staff/t.k.bouman/index
Key publications:
Bouman, T.K., & Buwalda, F.M. (2008). A
psychoeducational approach to hypochondriasis: Background, content and practice
guidelines.Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 15, 231-243.
Bouman, T.K. & Eifert, G.H. (2008). Somatoform disorders. In P.H. Blaney & T. Millon (Eds.), Oxford
textbook of psychopathology, 482-505. New York:
Dr. Wiljo J.P.J. van Hout
Anxiety disorders, therapy-outcome research, processes of change during exposure in vivo (CBT)
http://www.rug.nl/staff/w.j.p.j.van.hout Key publications:
Van Hout, W.J.P.J., & Bouman, T.K. (submitted). Clinical features, prevalence and psychiatric complaints in subjects with fear of vomiting. Van Apeldoorn, F.J., Van Hout, W.J.P.J., Mersch, P.P.A.,
Huisman, M., Slaap, B., Hale, W.W., Visser, S., Van Dyck, R., & Den Boer, J.A. (2008). Is a combined therapy more effective than either CBT or SSRI alone? Results of a multicenter trial on panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. Acta
Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 117, 260-270.
Dr. Rafaele J.C. Huntjens
Memory, trauma, dissociation http:// www.rug.nl/staff/r.j.c.huntjens Key publications:Huntjens, R. J. C., Postma, A., Peters, M. L., Woertman, L., & Van der Hart, O. (2003). Interidentity amnesia for neutral, episodic information in dissociative identity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 290-297.
Huntjens, R. J. C., Peters, M. L., Woertman, L., Van der Hart, O., & Postma, A. (2007). Memory transfer for emotionally valenced words between identities in dissociative identity disorder. Behaviour Research
and Therapy, 45, 775-789.
Prof. dr. Peter J. de Jong
Implicit cognition, disgust, blushing http://www.rug.nl/staff/p.j.de.jong/research Key publications:de Jong, P.J. & Martens, S. (2007). Detection of emotional expressions in rapidly changing facial displays in high and low socially anxious women.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1285-1294.
de Jong, P.J. & Peters, M.L. (2005). Do blushing phobics overestimate the undesirable communicative effects of their blushing? Behaviour Research and
Dr. Maaike H. Nauta
Therapy-outcome research (CBT) in youth, prevention, offspring, childhood anxiety disorders
http://www.rug.nl/staff/m.h.nauta Key publications:
Nauta, M.H., Scholing, A., Emmelkamp, P.M.G. & Minderaa, R.B. (2003). Cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety disordered children in a clinical setting: No additional effect of a cognitive parent training. Journal of the American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(11), 1270-1278.
Van den Hoofdakker, B.J., Nauta, M.H., Van der Veen-Mulders, L., Sytema, S., Emmelkamp, P.M.G., Minderaa, R.B. & Hoekstra, P.H. (2010, accepted for publication). Behavioral parent training for children with ADHD: Maternal and child characteristics as moderators of treatment outcome. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology, volume and page numbers
not yet available.
Dr. Marieke (G.H.M.) Pijnenborg
Psychosis, insight, social cognition, self-stigma http://www.rug.nl/staff/g.h.m.pijnenborg Key publications:Pijnenborg, G.H.M., Van der Gaag, M., Bockting, C.L.H. & Aleman, A. REFLEX: a social-cognitive group treatment to improve insight in schizophrenia: study protocol of a multi-centre RCT. BMC
Psychiatry, in press.
Pijnenborg, G.H.M., Withaar, F.K., Evans, J.J., Van den Bosch, R.J. & Brouwer, W.H. (2009) The predictive value of social cognition for community functioning in schizophrenia. Journal of the International
Neuropsychological Society: JINS 15(2):239-47.
Dr. Marije aan het Rot
Mood, social interaction, neurobiology http://www.rug.nl/staff/m.aan.het.rot/ Key publications:aan het Rot M, Benkelfat C, Boivin DB, Young SN (2008). Bright light during acute tryptophan depletion prevents mood lowering in mildly seasonal women. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 18(1), 14-23.
aan het Rot M, Moskowitz DS, Pinard G, Young SN (2006). Social behaviour and mood in everyday life: the effects of tryptophan in quarrelsome individuals.
Dr. Ineke (J.P.) Wessel
Memory, emotion and psychopathology (PTSD, depression, OCD)
http://www.rug.nl/staff/j.p.wessel/research Key publications:
Hauer, B.J.A., Wessel, I., Geraerts, E., Merckelbach, H. & Dalgleish, T. (2008). Autobiographical memory specificity after manipulating retrieval cues in adults reporting childhood sexual abuse. Journal of
Abnormal Psychology, 117, 444-453.
Wessel, I., Overwijk, S., Verwoerd, J.R.L., & de Vrieze, N. (2008). Pre-stressor cognitive control is related to intrusive cognition of a stressful film. Behaviour
