Anja C. Huizink

11.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
185 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

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Anja C. Huizink is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Anja C. Huizink has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Clinical Psychology, 49 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 41 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Anja C. Huizink's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (76 papers), Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (44 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (32 papers). Anja C. Huizink is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (76 papers), Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (44 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (32 papers). Anja C. Huizink collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Finland. Anja C. Huizink's co-authors include E Mulder, Jan K. Buitelaar, Frank C. Verhulst, Pascale G. Robles de Medina, Gerard H.A. Visser, Johan Ormel, Kirstin Greaves‐Lord, Hanneke E. Creemers, Gerard H. A. Visser and Bea Van den Bergh and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Anja C. Huizink

183 papers receiving 8.3k citations

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Prenatal maternal stress: effects on pregnancy and the (unborn) child

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anja C. Huizink Netherlands	45	3.7k	3.1k	2.7k	1.2k	1.2k	185	8.6k
Marie‐Paule Austin Australia	54	3.8k 1.0×	4.6k 1.5×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	167	9.7k
D. Jeffrey Newport United States	43	3.2k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	626 0.5×	118	8.8k
Meir Steiner Canada	65	4.5k 1.2×	7.8k 2.5×	1.9k 0.7×	2.9k 2.4×	1.1k 1.0×	306	14.4k
Samantha Meltzer‐Brody United States	51	4.3k 1.2×	8.2k 2.6×	2.1k 0.8×	2.3k 1.9×	544 0.5×	199	11.4k
Barry M. Lester United States	66	3.5k 1.0×	4.4k 1.4×	9.3k 3.4×	1.6k 1.3×	609 0.5×	379	14.6k
Paul Ramchandani United Kingdom	46	4.6k 1.3×	4.4k 1.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	327 0.3×	154	8.1k
Alain Brunet Canada	45	4.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	903 0.7×	321 0.3×	159	7.8k
Christina Dalman Sweden	54	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1000 0.8×	320 0.3×	221	9.6k
Kathryn M. Abel United Kingdom	41	4.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	241 0.2×	172	8.0k
Philip Boyce Australia	56	3.4k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	763 0.3×	1.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	235	10.8k

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Huizink, Anja C., et al.. (2025). Intersection between individual, household, environmental and system level factors in defining risk and resilience for children in Kenya’s ASAL: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0316679–e0316679. 3 indexed citations

Huizink, Anja C., et al.. (2024). Antecedents of maternal pregnancy‐related anxiety trajectories: The FinnBrain birth cohort study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 150(5). 334–343. 1 indexed citations

Sijbrandij, Marit, et al.. (2024). The effect of eye movement desensitization on neurocognitive functioning compared to retrieval-only in PTSD patients: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 956–956. 1 indexed citations

Huizink, Anja C., et al.. (2023). Validation of Photoplethysmography Using a Mobile Phone Application for the Assessment of Heart Rate Variability in the Context of Heart Rate Variability–Biofeedback. Psychosomatic Medicine. 85(7). 568–576. 5 indexed citations

Sijbrandij, Marit, et al.. (2022). The effects of psychological interventions on neurocognitive functioning in posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review. European journal of psychotraumatology. 13(1). 2071527–2071527. 14 indexed citations

Oosterman, Mirjam, et al.. (2021). Stress- and smoke free pregnancy study protocol: a randomized controlled trial of a personalized eHealth intervention including heart rate variability-biofeedback to support pregnant women quit smoking via stress reduction. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 905–905. 9 indexed citations

Sijbrandij, Marit, et al.. (2021). Eye Movement Desensitization (EMD) to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder-related stress reactivity in Indonesia PTSD patients: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 22(1). 181–181. 4 indexed citations

Vrijkotte, Tanja G. M., et al.. (2021). Associations between autonomic nervous system activity and risk‐taking and internalizing behavior in young adolescents. Psychophysiology. 58(9). e13882–e13882. 5 indexed citations

Huizink, Anja C., Barbara Menting, Marleen H. M. de Moor, et al.. (2017). From prenatal anxiety to parenting stress: a longitudinal study. Archives of Women s Mental Health. 20(5). 663–672. 115 indexed citations

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Zwan, Judith Esi van der, Wieke de Vente, Mimmi Tolvanen, et al.. (2017). Longitudinal associations between sleep and anxiety during pregnancy, and the moderating effect of resilience, using parallel process latent growth curve models. Sleep Medicine. 40. 63–68. 24 indexed citations

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Evans, Brittany E., Anja C. Huizink, Agnes M. Willemen, et al.. (2016). Neuroticism and extraversion in relation to physiological stress reactivity during adolescence. Biological Psychology. 117. 67–79. 41 indexed citations

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Delforterie, Monique, Michael T. Lynskey, Anja C. Huizink, et al.. (2015). The relationship between cannabis involvement and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 150. 98–104. 44 indexed citations

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Huizink, Anja C., Barbara Menting, Mirjam Oosterman, et al.. (2014). The interrelationship between pregnancy-specific anxiety and general anxiety across pregnancy: a longitudinal study. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology. 35(3). 92–100. 52 indexed citations

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Evans, Brittany E., Kirstin Greaves‐Lord, Anja S. Euser, et al.. (2012). Alcohol and tobacco use and heart rate reactivity to a psychosocial stressor in an adolescent population. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 126(3). 296–303. 26 indexed citations

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Bruin, Esther I. de, Pieter F. A. de Nijs, Anja C. Huizink, & Frank C. Verhulst. (2011). High 3D:5D ratio: A possible correlate of externalizing and internalizing problems: An exploratory study. The European Journal of Psychiatry. 25(1). 2 indexed citations

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Huizink, Anja C., et al.. (2009). Maternal depressive symptoms, and not anxiety symptoms, are associated with positive mother–child reporting discrepancies of internalizing problems in children: a report on the TRAILS Study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 19(4). 379–388. 52 indexed citations

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Huizink, Anja C., Kirstin Greaves‐Lord, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Johan Ormel, & Frank C. Verhulst. (2009). Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and smoking and drinking onset among adolescents: the longitudinal cohort TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS). Addiction. 104(11). 1927–1936. 21 indexed citations

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Huizink, Anja C., Danielle M. Dick, Elina Sihvola, et al.. (2007). Chernobyl exposure as stressor during pregnancy and behaviour in adolescent offspring. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 116(6). 438–446. 60 indexed citations

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Slottje, Pauline, Nynke Smidt, Jos W. R. Twisk, et al.. (2007). Use of health care and drugs by police officers 8.5. years after the air disaster in Amsterdam. European Journal of Public Health. 18(1). 92–94. 9 indexed citations

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Slottje, Pauline, Anja C. Huizink, Anke B. Witteveen, et al.. (2003). LONG-TERM PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS WITHOUT LABORATORY ABNORMALITIES IN WORKERS OCCUPATIONALLY INVOLVED IN AN AIR DISASTER. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY AIR DISASTER AMSTERDAM.. Epidemiology. 14(Supplement). S113–S113. 3 indexed citations

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