Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Dr. Anke Klein)

Dr. Anke Klein

Faculty of Psychology
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Bochumer Fenster 3/ 16

Tel: +49 234 / 32 27356
Fax: +49 234 / 32 14435

anke.klein@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Position

Postdoctoral Researcher

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2016	Ph.D. student with Prof. Dr. E.S. Becker, Prof. Dr. M. Rinck, and Prof. S. M. Bögels at Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Ph.D. thesis: “Unraveling the Web of Cognitions; Cognitive biases and fear-related behavior in childhood anxiety; ” (cum laude, i.e., highest possible distinction for a Ph.D in the Netherlands). Including 3.5 years parental leave (child 1, 2010; child 2, 2013)
2008	Bachelor and Master of Psychology, Specialization Developmental Psychology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2006	Master of Behavioural Sciences, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2005	Bachelor and Master of Pedagogical Science, Specialization Learning and Development, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Professional experience

2017 – Present	Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Professor S. Schneider, Klinische Kinder- und Jugendlichen Psychologie and Psychotherapie, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
2016 – Present	Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Professor R. M. Wiers, Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 – 2016	Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Professor J. M. Koot and Dr. van der Molen, Developmental Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009	Visiting Researcher with Professor R. M. Rapee and Professor, J. Hudson, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2008 – 2009	Clinical Child Psychologist, GGZ Dijk and Duin, Purmerend, The Netherlands
2005 – 2007	Educational Scientist and trainer, EBL Arts Therapy, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Awards, Grants & Prizes

2017	Research grant awarded by Macquarie University and the Behavioural Science Institute Project title: "Interpretation bias in social anxiety: Assessment and prediction of treatment outcome”
2016	Postdoctoral Scholarship awarded by Niels Stensen. Project Title: “Treatment of childhood anxiety: The role of cognitive processes in the prediction of treatment outcome” Research grant awarded by PFGV Project title: "Anxiety and depression in youth with mild intellectual disabilities: A longitudinal approach”
2014	Erasmus mundus award to finance my research visit to Denmark
2012	Erasmus mundus award to finance my conference visit to EABCT in Geneva
2010	Research grant awarded by ZONMW Project title: “Identification of children with a high risk to develop an anxiety disorder with the help of indirect measurement methods”
2009	Outgoing mobility scholarship for PhD students of Radboud University to finance my research visit to Australia Pilot grant awarded by Stichting Kinderpostzegels and the Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Project title: “The role of cognitive processes in childhood anxiety, a pilot project”
2008	Erasmus mundus award to finance my conference visit to BABCP in Edinburgh

Publications

Klein, A. M., de Voogd, L. L., Wiers, R. W., & Salemink, E. (in press). Biases in attention and interpretation in adolescents with varying levels of anxiety and depression. Cognition and Emotion.

Van Niekerk, R. E., Klein, A. M., Hudson, J. L., Allart, E., Rinck, M., & Becker, E. S. (in press). The role of cognitive factors in social anxiety: Social threat thoughts and social skills perception in children. Cognitive Research and Therapy.

Klein, A. M., Van Niekerk, R. E., ten Brink, G., Rapee, R. M., Hudson, J. L., Bögels, S. M., Becker, E. S., & Rinck, M (2017). Biases in attention, interpretation, memory, and associations in children with varying levels of spider fear: Inter-relations and prediction of behavior. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 54, 285-291.

Klein, A. M., van Niekerk, R. E., Baartmans, J. M. D., Rinck, M., & Becker, E. S. (2016). The spider anxiety and disgust screening for children (SADS-C): Reliability and validity of a screening for children. Australian Journal of Psychology. doi: 10.1111/ajpy.12132

Klein, A. M., Rapee, R. M., Hudson, J. L., Schniering, C. A., Wuthrich, V., Kangas, M., Lyneham, H., & Rinck, M. (2015). Interpretation modification training reduces interpretation bias and anxiety in clinically anxious children. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 75, 78-84.

Klein, A. M., Titulaer, G., Simons, C., Allart, E., de Gier, E., Bögels, S. M., Becker, E. S., & Rinck, M. (2014). Biased interpretation and memory in spider fearful children. Cognition and Emotion, 28, 182-192.

Klein, A. M., Kleinherenbrink, A. V., Simons, C., de Gier, E., Klein, S., Allart, E., Bögels, S. M., Becker, E. S., & Rinck, M. (2012). Subjective fear, interference by threat, and fear associations independently predict fear-related behavior in children. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43, 952-958.

Klein, A. M., Becker, E. S., & Rinck, M. (2011). Approach and avoidance tendencies in spider fearful children: The approach-avoidance task. Journal of Child and Family studies, 41, 110-116.

Klein, A. M., Becker, E. S., & Rinck, M. (2011). Direct and indirect measures of spider fear predict unique variance in children’s fear-related behavior. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 1205 – 2013.

Honingh, E. & Klein, A. M. (2010). Ook passend onderwijs voor (hoog)begaafde leerlingen [Fitting eduction for (highly)gifted students too]. Odion magazine, 1, 13-15.

Honingh, T. & Klein, A. M. (2009). Met OGO vooruit. Onderzoek naar (hoog)begaafdheid en ontwikkelingsgericht onderwijs [Ahead with OGO. Research into (highly) giftedness and development-directed education]. Zone, 1, 27.

Honingh, T. & Klein, A. M. (2009). OGO, perspectief voor (hoog)begaafde leerlingen [OGO, perspective for (highly) gifted children]. Zone, 1, 20-22.

In-Albon, T., Klein, A., Rinck, M., Becker, E., & Schneider, S. (2008). Development and evaluation of a new paradigm for the assessment of anxiety disorder-specific interpretation bias using picture stimuli. Cognition and Emotion, 22, 422-436.

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