Westenberg, Prof. dr. P.M. (Michiel)
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 3628 |
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| E-Mail: | westenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut Psychologie, Ontwikkelings- & Onderwijspsychologie |
| Office Address: |
Pieter de la Court gebouw Wassenaarseweg 52 2333 AK Leiden Room number 3B45 |
| Personal Homepage: | www.socialsciences.leidenuniv.nl/psychology/organisation/dev/research/description.jsp |
"Adolescence is the most fascinating period in human development: Radical changes create vulnerabilities as well as new opportunities for growth."
P. Michiel Westenberg is full professor and chair of the unit Developmental and Educational Psychology of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University.
He obtained a master’s degree in clinical psychology at the VU University Amsterdam and a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. Under the guidance of Jane Loevinger, he investigated the importance of moral development for the solution of everyday dilemmas in professional life. He was post-doc at the University of California at Berkeley where he joined the longitudinal study of personality development headed by Jack Block. He subsequently joined the Child Psychiatry unit of the Leiden University Medical Centre to work as assistant professor studying psychosocial development and its relationship to anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
His current research focuses on the assessment of psychosocial and cognitive maturation during adolescence and its relationship to social anxiety, specifically speech anxiety. He teaches courses in developmental psychology and psychological assessment.
Now published: Kroniek van de Nederlandstalige Ontwikkelingspsychologie (Eds: W. Koops & J. Bos) including an autobiographical chapter on Michiel Westenberg (in Dutch).
For a full description of his research programme, see Social Anxiety and Normal Development.
Click here for detailed information on Personality Development.
Click here for the full text of the 2008 Leiden University 'Diesoratie' (in Dutch).
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2012
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Sumter, S.R. & Bokhorst, C.L. & Westenberg, P.M. (2012)
Resistance and conformity. In: Levesque, R.J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence, pp. 2373-2381. New York: Springer.
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2011
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Bos, W., v.d. & Dijk, E., van & Westenberg, P.M. & Rombouts, S.A.R.B. & Crone, E.A.M. (2011)
Changing brains, changing perspectives: The neurocognitive development of reciprocity. Psychological Science, 22 (1), pp. 60-70.
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Jellesma, F.C. & Rieffe, C. & Meerum Terwogt, M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2011)
Children's sense of coherence and trait emotional intelligence: A longitudinal study exploring the development of somatic complaints. Psychology and Health, 26 (3), pp. 307-320.
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Maric, M. & Heyne, D.A. & Widenfelt, B.M., van & Westenberg, P.M. (2011)
Distorted cognitive processing in youth: The structure of negative cognitive errors and their associations with anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 35 (1), pp. 11-20.
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Miers, A.C. & Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Westenberg, P.M. (2011)
Negative Social Cognitions in Socially Anxious Youth: Distorted Reality or a Kernel of Truth? Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20 (2), pp. 214-223.
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Heyne, D.A. & Sauter, F.M. & Widenfelt, B.M., van & Vermeiren, R.R.J.M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2011)
School refusal and anxiety in adolescence: Non-randomized trial of a developmentally sensitive cognitive behavioral therapy. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25 (7), pp. 870-878.
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Bokhorst, C.L. & Westenberg, P.M. (2011)
Social anxiety disorder: A normal fear gone awry? In: Silverman, W.K. & Field, A.P. (Eds.), Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents (second edition), pp. 90-102. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Miers, A.C. & Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Sumter, S.R. & Kallen, V.L. & Westenberg, P.M. (2011)
Subjective and objective arousal correspondence and the role of self-monitoring processes in high and low socially anxious youth. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 2 (4), pp. 531-550.
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2010
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Leijenhorst, L., van & Gunther Moor, B. & Op de Macks, Z.A. & Rombouts, S.A.R.B. & Westenberg, P.M. & Crone, E.A.M. (2010)
Adolescent risky decision making: Neurocognitive development of reward and control regions. NeuroImage, 51, pp. 345-355.
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Sumter, S.R. & Bokhorst, C.L. & Miers, A.C. & Pelt, J., van & Westenberg, P.M. (2010)
Age and puberty differences in stress responses during a public speaking task: Do adolescents grow more sensitive to social evaluation? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35 (10), pp. 1510-1516.
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Sauter, F.M. & Heyne, D.A. & Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Widenfelt, B.M., van & Westenberg, P.M. (2010)
Assessing therapy-relevant cognitive capacities in young people: Development and psychometric evaluation of the self-reflection and insight scale for youth. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 38 (3), pp. 303-317.
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Kallen, V.L. & Stam, J. & Pelt, J., van & Westenberg, P.M. (2010)
Associations between ANS and HPA-axis responsiveness to stress in adolescence. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 77 (3), p. 284.
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Bos, W., v.d. & Westenberg, P.M. & Dijk, E., van & Crone, E.A.M. (2010)
Development of trust and reciprocity in adolescence. Cognitive Development, 25, pp. 90-102.
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Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Duvekot, J.J. & Schalk, R.D.F. & Tuinenburg, E.M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2010)
Nervousness and performance characteristics as predictors of peer behavior towards socially anxious adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39 (12), pp. 1498-1507.
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Miers, A.C. & Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Westenberg, P.M. (2010)
Peer perceptions of social skills in socially anxious and nonanxious adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38 (1), pp. 33-41.
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Bokhorst, C.L. & Sumter, S.R. & Westenberg, P.M. (2010)
Social support from parents, friends, classmates, and teachers in children and adolescents aged 9 to 18 years: Who is perceived as most supportive? Social Development, 19 (2), pp. 417-426.
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Leijenhorst, L., van & Zanolie, K. & Meel, C.S., van & Westenberg, P.M. & Rombouts, S.A.R.B. & Crone, E.A.M. (2010)
What motivates the adolescent? Brain regions mediating reward sensitivity across adolescence. Cerebral Cortex, 20 (1), pp. 61-69.
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2009
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Crone, E.A.M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009)
A brain based account of developmental changes in social decision making. In: Haan, M., de & Gunner, M.R. (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Social Neuroscience, pp. 378-399. New York: Guilford Press.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Bokhorst, C.L. & Miers, A.C. & Sumter, S.R. & Kallen, V.L. & Pelt, J., van & Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. (2009)
A prepared speech in front of a pre-recorded audience: Subjective, physiological, and neuroendocrine responses to the Leiden Public Speaking Task. Biological Psychology, 82 (2), pp. 116-124.
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Sauter, F.M. & Heyne, D.A. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009)
Cognitive behavior therapy for anxious adolescents: Developmental influences on treatment design and delivery. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 12 (4), pp. 310-335.
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Jellesma, F.C. & Rieffe, C. & Meerum Terwogt, M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009)
Do I feel sadness, fear or both? Comparing self-reported alexithymia and emotional task-performance in children with many or few somatic complaints. Psychology and Health, 24 (8), pp. 881-893.
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Jellesma, F.C. & Rieffe, C. & Meerum Terwogt, M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009)
Lichamelijke klachten bij kinderen: Vindt er bekrachtiging plaats door positieve ouderreacties? Kind en Adolescent, 30, pp. 24-35.
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Miers, A.C. & Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Bokhorst, C.L. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009)
Negative self-evaluations and the relation to performance level in socially anxious children and adolescents. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47 (12), pp. 1043-1049.
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Sumter, S.R. & Bokhorst, C.L. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009)
Social fears during adolescence: Is there an increase in distress and avoidance? Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23 (7), pp. 897-903.
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Sumter, S.R. & Bokhorst, C.L. & Steinberg, L. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009)
The developmental pattern of resistance to peer influence in adolescence: Will the teenager ever be able to resist? Journal of Adolescence, 32 (4), pp. 1009-1021.
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Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Kint, M.J.W. & Miers, A.C. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009)
The relation between public speaking anxiety and social anxiety: A review. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23 (3), pp. 305-313.
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Bos, W., v.d. & Dijk, E., van & Westenberg, P.M. & Rombouts, S.A.R.B. & Crone, E.A.M. (2009)
What motivates repayment? Neural correlates of reciprocity in the Trust Game. Social Cognitive & Affective Neuroscience, 4 (3), pp. 294-304.
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2008
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Leijenhorst, L., van & Westenberg, P.M. & Crone, E.A.M. (2008)
A developmental study of risky decisions on the cake gambling task: Age and gender analyses of probability estimation and reward evaluation. Developmental Neuropsychology, 33 (2), pp. 179-196.
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Bokhorst, C.L. & Westenberg, P.M. & Oosterlaan, J. & Heyne, D.A. (2008)
Changes in social fears across childhood and adolescence: Age-related differences in the factor structure of the Fear Survey Schedule for Children-Revised. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22 (1), pp. 135-142.
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Westenberg, P.M. (2008)
De jeugd van tegenwoordig! Psycholoog, 10, pp. 546-552.
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Jellesma, F.C. & Rieffe, C. & Meerum Terwogt, M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2008)
Do parents reinforce somatic complaints in their children? Health Psychology, 27 (2), pp. 280-285.
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Ezinga, M.A.J. & Weerman, F.M. & Westenberg, P.M. & Bijleveld, C.C.J.H.. (2008)
Early adolescence and delinquency: Levels of psychosocial development and self-control as an explanation of misbehaviour and delinquency. Psychology, Crime & Law, 14 (4), pp. 339-356.
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Miers, A.C. & Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Bögels, S.M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2008)
Interpretation bias and social anxiety in adolescents. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22 (8), pp. 1462-1471.
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Crone, E.A.M. & Zanolie, K. & Leijenhorst, L., van & Westenberg, P.M. & Rombouts, S.A.R.B. (2008)
Neural mechanisms supporting flexible performance adjustment during development. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioural Neuroscience, 8 (2), pp. 165-177.
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Sumter, S.R. & Bokhorst, C.L. & Westenberg, P.M. (2008)
The robustness of the factor structure of the Self-Restraint Scale: What does self-restraint encompass? Journal of Research in Personality, 42 (4), pp. 1082-1087.
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2007
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Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Kint, M.J.W. & Westenberg, P.M. (2007)
Peer behavior toward socially anxious adolescents: Classroom observations. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45 (11), pp. 2773-2779.
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Ezinga, M.A.J. & Weerman, F.M. & Bijleveld, C.C.J.H.. & Westenberg, P.M. (2007)
Sociaal-emotionele ontwikkeling, zelfcontrole en probleemgedrag. In: Weerman, F.M., Smeenk, W.H., Harland, P. (Eds.), Probleemgedrag van leerlingen tijdens de middelbare schoolperiode: Individuele ontwikkeling, leerlingnetwerken en reacties vanuit school (NWO-reeks Sociale cohesie), 12. , pp. 84-108. Amsterdam: Aksant.
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Blöte-Aanhane, A.W. & Westenberg, P.M. (2007)
Socially anxious adolescents’ perception of treatment by classmates. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45 (2), pp. 189-198.
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2006
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Ezinga, M.A.J. & Westenberg, P.M. & Bijleveld, C.C.J.H.. (2006)
De relatie tussen stadia in de persoonlijkheidsontwikkeling en delinquent gedrag in de vroege adolescentie. Tijdschrift voor Criminologie, 48, pp. 259-274.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Gullone, E. & Bokhorst, C.L. & Heyne, D.A. & King, N.J. (2006)
Social evaluation fear in childhood and adolescence: Normative developmental course and continuity of individual differences. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25 (3), pp. 471-483.
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2004
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Stolk, M.N. & Mesman, J. & Zeijl, J., van & Alink, L.R.A. & IJzendoorn, M.H., van & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Juffer, F. & Koot, H.M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2004)
Externalizing behavior problems in early childhood (age 1 to 3): Associated parent and child characteristics. Ghent, Belgium, Poster presented at the ISSBD 18th biennial meeting.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Drewes, M.J. & Goedhart, A.W. & Siebelink, B.M. & Treffers, P.D.A. (2004)
A developmental analysis of self-reported fears in late childhood through mid-adolescence: Social-evaluative fears on the rise? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, pp. 481-495.
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Cohn, L.D. & Westenberg, P.M. (2004)
Intelligence and maturity: Meta-analytic evidence for the incremental and discriminant validity of Loevinger¿s measure of ego development. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86 (5), pp. 760-772.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Hauser, S.T. & Cohn, L.D. (2004)
Sentence completion measurement of psychological maturity. In: Hilsenroth, M.J. & Segal, D.L. (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Volume 2: Personality Assessment, pp. 595-616. Hoboken, New Jersey: john Wiley & Sons, Inc..
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2003
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Stolk, M.N. & Mesman, J. & Zeijl, J., van & Westenberg, P.M. & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & IJzendoorn, M.H., van & Koot, H.M. & Juffer, F. (2003)
Characteristics of mothers of preschoolers with externalizing problems. Tampa, U.S.A., Poster presented at the congres SRCD
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Mesman, J. & Koot, H.M. & Stolk, M.N. & Zeijl, J., van & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Juffer, F. & Westenberg, P.M. & IJzendoorn, M.H., van (2003)
Externalizing problems at age 1 year compared to ages 2-3 years: Prevalence and correlates. Tampa, USA, Paper presented at the Congres SRCD
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Mesman, J. & Mulder, S. & Koot, H.M. & Stolk, M.N. & Zeijl, J., van & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & IJzendoorn, M.H., van & Juffer, F. & Westenberg, P.M. (2003)
The development of an observational measure for aggression in 1- to 3-year olds. Tampa U.S.A., Poster presented at the congres SRCD
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Zeijl, J., van & Mesman, J. & Stolk, M.N. & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & IJzendoorn, M.H., van & Juffer, F. & Westenberg, P.M. & Koot, H.M. (2003)
The development of externalizing problem behaviour in 1-year-old children. Tampa, U.S.A., Poster presented at the congres SRCD
(Conference lecture)
2002
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Mesman, J. & Juffer, F. & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Stolk, M.N. & Beek, W.M., van & Zeijl, J., van & Koot, H.M. & Westenberg, P.M. & IJzendoorn, M.H., van (2002)
Externalizing problems in preschool children: Prevalence and intervention. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
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Westenberg, P.M. (2002)
De psychologische volwassenwording. (Inaugurele rede). Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.p. 24.
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Westenberg, P.M. (2002)
Een instrument voor het meten van ego-ontwikkeling bij kinderen en jongeren van 8 tot 25 jaar. Psycholoog, 37, pp. 316-322.
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2001
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Westenberg, P.M. & Strien, S.D., van & Drewes, M.J. (2001)
Revised description and measurement of ego development in early adolescence: An artifact of the written procedure? Journal of Early Adolescence, 21, pp. 469-491.
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Drewes, M.J. & Westenberg, P.M. (2001)
The impact of modified instructions on ego level scores: A psychometric hazard or indication of optimal ego level? Journal of Personality Assessment, 76, pp. 229-249.
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2000
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Westenberg, P.M. & Siebeling, B.M. & Treffers, P.D.A. (2000)
Psychosocial development theory in relation to anxiety and its disorders. In: Silverman, W.K. & Treffers, P.D.A. (Eds.), Anxiety disorders in children: Research, assessment, and intervention, pp. 72-89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Drewes, M.J. & Siebelink, B.M. & Treffers, P.D.A. & Jonckheer, J. & Goedhart, A.W. (2000)
Zinnenaanvullijst Curium (ZALC): Een instrument voor het meten van ego-ontwikkeling. Lisse: Swets Test Publishers.
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1999
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Westenberg, P.M. (1999)
Angststoornissen in ontwikkelingsperspectief. Oegstgeest, Nascholingsprogramma Haags/Leids Opleidingsconsortium Psychiatrie
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Westenberg, P.M. & Gjerde, P.F. (1999)
Ego development during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood: A nine-year longitudinal study. Journal of Research in Personality, 33, pp. 233-252.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Siebelink, B.M. & Warmenhoven, N.J.C. & Treffers, P.D.A. (1999)
Separation Anxiety and Overanxious Disorders: Relations to age and level of Psychosocial Maturity. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38, pp. 1000-1007.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Siebelink, B.M. & Treffers, P.D.A. & Warmenhoven, N.J.C. (1999)
Separation anxiety and overanxious disorders: Relations to age and level of psychosocial maturity. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38 (8), pp. 1000-1007.
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1998
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Westenberg, P.M. & Treffers, P.D.A. & Drewes, M.J. (1998)
A new version of the WUSCT: The sentence completion test for children and youths (SCT-Y). In: Loevinger, J., Eds. (Ed.), Technical foundations for measuring ego development (-), -. , pp. 81-89. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Treffers, P.D.A. & Drewes, M.J. (1998)
A new version of the WUSCT: the Sentence Completence Test for Children and Youths (SCT-Y). In: Loevinger, J. (Ed.), Technical foundations for measuring ego development. The Washington University Sentence Completion Test, pp. 81-89. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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Carlson, V. & Westenberg, P.M. (1998)
Cross-cultural applications of the WUSCT. In: Loevinger, J. (Ed.), Technical foundations for measuring ego developments. The Washington University Sentence Completion Test, pp. 57-75. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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Gjerde, P.F. & Westenberg, P.M. (1998)
Dysphoric adolescents as young adults: a prospective study of the psychological sequelae of depressed mood in adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 8, pp. 377-402.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Jonckheer, J. & Treffers, P.D.A. & Drewes, M.J. (1998)
Ego development in children and adolescents: Another side of the impulsive, self-protective, and conformist ego levels. In: Westenberg, P.M., Blasi, A., Cohn, L.D. (Eds.), Personality development: Theoretical, empirical, and clinical investigations of Loevinger's conception of ego development (-), -. , pp. 89-112. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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Blasi, A. & Westenberg, P.M. & Cohn, L.D. (1998)
Personality development: Theoretical, empirical, and clinical investigations of Loevinger's conception of ego development. In: Westenberg, P.M., Blasi, A., Cohn, L.D. (Eds.), Personality development: Theoretical, empirical, and clinical investigations of Loevinger's conception of ego-development (-), -. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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John, O.P. & Pals, J.L. & Westenberg, P.M. (1998)
Personality prototypes and ego development: Conceptyal similarities and relations in adult women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, pp. 1093-1108.
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1997
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Westenberg, P.M. & Jonckheer, J. & Treffers, P.D.A. & Drewes, M.J. (1997)
Ego development in children, adolescents and young adults; Another side of the Impulsive, Slef-protective and Conformist ego levels. In: Westenberg, P.M., Cohn, L.D., Blasi, A. (Eds.), Personality Development: Contributions of Loevinger's Ego Development Theory., pp. 89-112. Erlbaum: Hillsdale.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Cohn, L.D. & Blasi, A. (1997)
Introduction: contribution and controversies. In: Westenberg, P.M., Cohn, L.D., Blasi, A. (Eds.), Personality Development: Contributions of Loevinger's Ego Development Theory., pp. 1-9. Erlbaum: Hillsdale.
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Westenberg, P.M. & Cohn, L.D. & Blasi, A. (1997)
Personality Development: Contributions of Loevinger's Ego Development Theory. Erlbaum: Hillsdale.
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Boer, F. & Westenberg, P.M. & McHale, S.M. & Updegraff, K.A. & Stocker, C.M. (1997)
The factorial structure of the sibling relationship interview (SRO) in American and Dutch samples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14, pp. 851-859.
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