Publications.


Published
  • Cima, M., Meulenbeek, K., Spagnuolo, F., Oosterink, F., Thijssen, S., Smeijers, D., Valenzuela Pascual, C., Mouratidis, A., Oosterling, M., Riem, M.E., & Loheide-Niesmann, L. (2025). A systematisch review of the relationship between cortisol, testosterone, and aggression in children and adolescents. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 82, 102051. PDF
  • Smeijers, D. (2023). Hostility Bias: A Key Characteristic of Aggressive Behavior. In Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence (pp. 559-578). Cham: Springer International Publishing. PDF
  • Buades-Rotger, M., Smeijers, D., Gallardo-Pujol, D., Krämer, U. M., & Brazil, I. A. (2023). Aggressive and psychopathic traits are linked to the acquisition of stable but imprecise hostile expectations. Translational psychiatry, 13, 197. PDF
  • AlMoghrabi, N., Verhoef, R. E., Smeijers, D., Huijding, J., & van Dijk, A. (2023). The Effects of Cognitive Bias Modification on Hostile Interpretation Bias and Aggressive Behavior: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 1-20. PDF
  • Smeijers D., Bulten, B.H., Verkes, R.J., & Koole, S.L. (2021). Testing the effects of a Virtual Reality game for aggressive impulse management: a preliminary randomized control trial among forensic psychiatric outpatients. Brain Sciences (special issue: Dimensions of pathological aggression: from neurobiology to therapy), 11, 1484. PDF
  • Smeijers, D., Uzieblo, K., Glennon, J.C., Driessen, J., & Brazil, I.A. (2021). Examining Individual Differences in Social Reward Valuation: a Person-Based Approach. Journal of Psychopatholgoy and Behavioral Assessment, 1-14. PDF
  • Smeijers, D., Denson, T. F., Bulten, B. H., & Brazil, I.A. (2021). Validity and Reliability of the Dutch version of the displaced aggression questionnaire. World Journal of Psychiatry, 11, 1288-1300. PDF
  • Smeijers, D., Benbouriche, M., & Garofalo, C. (2020). The association between emotion, social information processing, and aggressive behavior. European Psychologist (special issue about understanding, predicting, and preventing violence). Advanced online publication. Abstract PDF
  • Smeijers, D., Bulten, E., Franke, F., Buitelaar, J., & Verkes, R.J. (2020). Associations of Multiple Trauma Types and MAOA with Severe Aggressive Behavior and MAOA effects on Training Outcome. European Neuropsychopharmacology (special issue about aggression), 30, 66-74. Abstract
  • Smeijers, D., Bulten, E., & Brazil, I. (2019). The Computations of Hostile Biases (CHB) model; Grounding hostility biases in a unified cognitive framework. Clinical Psychological Review, 73, 101775. Abstract PDF
  • Smeijers, D., & Koole, S.L. Testing the Effectiveness of a Virtual Reality Game for Aggressive Impulse ManagEment (VR-GAIME): Study Protocol (2019). Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 83. PDF
  • Smeijers, D., & Benbouriche, M. (2018). Hostile Attribution Bias and Aggressive Behavior: Virtual Reality as a Promising Tool? Blog at ISRA website. Blog
  • Smeijers, D., Brugman, S., von Borries, K., Verkes, R.J., & Bulten, E. (2018) Lack of correspondence between the reactive proactive questionnaire and the impulsive premeditated aggression scale among forensic psychiatric outpatients. Aggressive Behavior, 44, 471-480. Abstract
  • Smeijers, D., Bulten, E., Buitelaar, J., & Verkes, R.J. (2018). Associations between Neurocognitive Characteristics, Treatment Outcome and Drop-out among Aggressive Forensic Psychiatric Outpatients. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62, 3853-3872. PDF
  • Smeijers, D., Brazil, I., Bulten, E., & Verkes, R.J. (2018). Retrospective Parental Rejection is Associated with Aggressive Behavior as well as Cognitive Distortions in Forensic Psychiatric Outpatients. Psychology of Violence, 8, 495-504. PDF
  • Smeijers, D., Bulten, E., Buitelaar, J., & Verkes, R.J. (2017). Treatment responsivity of aggressive forensic psychiatric outpatients. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62, 3834-3852. PDF
  • Smeijers, D., Rinck, M., Bulten, E., van den Heuvel, T., & Verkes, R.J. (2017) Generalized Hostile Interpretation Bias Regarding Emotional Facial Expressions: A Characteristic ofPathological Aggressive Behavior. Aggressive Behavior, 43, 386-39. Abstract
  • Brugman, S.*, Cornet, L.J.M.*, Smeijers, D.*, Smeets, K., Oostermeijer, S., Buitelaar, J.K., Verkes, R.J., Lobbestael, J., De Kogel, C.H., & Jansen, L.M.C. (2017) Examining theReactive Proactive Questionnaire in Forensic and Non-Forensic Adults: A Variable –and Person Based Approach. Aggressive Behavior, 43, 155-162. (* = shared first author) Abstract
  • Schel, S.H.H., Bouman, Y.H.A., Schaftenaar, P., Smeekens, M.V., Smeijers, D., & Bulten, E. (2017). Relevante factoren voor kwaliteit van leven voor (ex) forensisch psychiatrische patiënten. Aanbevelingen en handvatten voor het verbeteren van de objectieve en subjectieve kwaliteit van leven van forensisch psychiatrische patiënten. Kwaliteit forensische zorg. PDF
  • Smeijers, D., Vrijsen, J.N., Oostrom, I., Isaac, L., Speckens, A., Becker, E.S., & Rinck, M. (2017). Implicit and explicit self-esteem in remitted depressed individuals. Journal ofBehavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 54, 301-306. Abstract
  • Verweij, H., Waumans, R.C., Smeijers, D., Lucassen, P.L.B.J., Donders, A.R.T., van der Horst, H.E., & Speckens, A.E.M. (2016). Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for GPs:​Results of a controlled mixed methods pilot study in Dutch primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 66, 99-105. PDF​
  • PhD Thesis, PDF