Biographical sketch

Pier Prins studied clinical and developmental psychology at the University of Utrecht. He received his Ph.D at the University of Amsterdam (1984) with a dissertation on Verbal Self-Control and Anxiety in Children . In 1984 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study in the USA (Arizona State University) and do research on childhood self-regulation. In 1987 he became associate professor in the department of Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam and in 2003 was appointed full professor of Clinical Child Psychology at the same University. He is a licensed clinical child psychologist and a member of the Dutch Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (VGCT). Pier Prins is on the Editorial Board of Behavior Therapy, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, Child & Youth Care Forum, and Games for Health Journal. 

Research interests

Research interests concern the development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions for children and youth with internalizing and externalizing problems. In his research efforts, treatment-outcome studies are designed from a developmental perspective and embedded in experimental psychopathology. Pier Prins is involved in treatment-outcome studies with aggressive children and children with ADHD; also, he is involved in a multicenter study on the mechanisms of change in cognitive behavior therapy for children with anxiety disorders. Furthermore, together with the Task Force ADHD & Computer, he has developed a training program with game-elements  ( 'Braingame Brian' ) for children with Executive Function problems, such as children with ADHD and ASS. This program is currently being evaluated in several clinical studies.

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Sample Publications

Prins, P.J.M. (2003). Effectiever behandelen tussen 'nature' en 'nurture' . Oratie bij de aanvaarding van het Hoogleraarschap Klinische kinder-en jeugdpsychologie. Amsterdam: Vossiuspers.
 

Prins, P.J.M. & Ollendick, T.H. (2003). Cognitive Change and Enhanced Coping: Missing Mediational links in Cognitive-Behavior Therapy with Anxiety-Disordered Children. Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review, 6, 87 - 105.
 

Manen, van T.G., Prins,P.J.M. & Emmelkamp, P.M.G. (2004). Reducing Aggressive Behavior in Boys with a Social Cognitive Group Intervention Program: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43 (12), 1478-1487.    

Prins, P.J.M. & Danckaerts, M. (2006). Aandachtsstoornissen.In:W. Vandereycken, P. Emmelkamp, & C. Hoogduin (red.). Handboek Psychopathologie. Deel II, Klinische Praktijk. (Hoofdstuk 24) . Houten: Bohn Stafleu VanLoghum.
 

Prins, P.J.M., Dovis, S., Ponsioen, A.J.B.G., & Ten Brink, E. ten (2007). Nieuwe Generaties, Nieuwe Media. ADHD behandelen met een computergame. Kind & Adolescent Praktijk, 11, 158-165.
 

Boo, de G., & Prins, P.J.M. (2007). Social competence in children with ADHD:  Possible mediators and moderators in Social Skills Training. Clinical Psychology Review, 27 , 78-97.
 

Oord, van der S., Prins, P.J.M., Oosterlaan, J., & Emmelkamp, P.M.G. (2007). Does brief,  clinically based, intensive multimodal behavior therapy enhance the effects of methylphenidate in children with ADHD? European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 16 , 48-57.
                                             

Oord,van der S., Prins, P.J.M., Oosterlaan, J., & Emmelkamp, P.M.G. (2008). Efficacy of methylphenidate, psychosocial treat ment and their combination in school-aged children with ADHD: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 28 , 783-800 .
 

Hogendoorn, S., Wolters, L., Vervoort, L., Prins, P.J.M., Boer, F., &De Haan, E. (2008). An indirect and direct measure of anxiety related perceived control in children: The Implicit Association Procedure (IAP) and Anxiety Control Questionnaire (ACQ-C). Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 39, 436-450.
 

Vervoort, L. , Wolters, L.H. , Hogendoorn, S. M., Prins, P.J.M., Haan, E. de, Nauta, M. H. & Boer, F. (2010). AutomaticEvaluations in Clinically Anxious and Nonanxious Children and Adolescents.  Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 39, 481- 491.
 

Vervoort, L., Wolters, L.H. , Hogendoorn, S. M., Prins, P.J.M., Haan, E. de , Nauta, M. H., Boer, F. & Hartman, C. (2011). Temperament, attentional processes and anxiety: diverging links between clinically anxious and non-anxious adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 40, 144-155.
Prins, P.J.M., Dovis, S., Ponsioen, A.,Ten Brink, E., & Van der Oord, S. (2011). Does a computerized working memory training with game elementsenhance motivation and training performance in boys with ADHD? Cyberpsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 14 , 115-122. 
  

Wolters, L., de Haan, E., Vervoort, L., Hogendoorn, S., Boer, F., & Prins, P.J.M. (2011. May). The time-course of threat processing in children: A temporal dissociation between selective attention and behavioral interference. Anxiety, Stress & Coping. Advance on-line publication.    

Ten Brink, E., Ponsioen, A., Van der Oord, S., & Prins, P.J.M. (2011). Braingame Brian. Achtergrond, evaluatie en implementatie van een Executieve Functietraining met game elementen voor kinderen met cognitieve controleproblemen.  Kind en Adolescent & Praktijk, 10,  166-174. 
Dovis, S., Van der Oord, S., Wiers, R.W., & Prins, P.J.M. (2012). Can motivation normalize working memory and task persistence in children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? The effects of money and computer gaming. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 669-681.    

Hogendoorn, S., Prins, P.J.M., Wolters, L., Vervoort, L., Boer, F., Moorlag, H., Nauta, M., & de Haan, E. (2011). Positive Thinking in Anxiety Disordered Children Reconsidered. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (in press).     
Hogendoorn, S., Prins, P.J.M., de Haan, E., Vervoort,L , Wolters, L., Hartman, C., Nauta,M., Boer, F. (2012). Mechanisms of Change in Cognitive behavior therapy for anxious youth: The role of negative and positive thoughts, perceived control and coping.  (submitted)  

Maric, M., Wiers, R.W., & Prins, P.J.M. (2012). Ten Ways to Improve the Use of  Statistical Mediation Analysis in the Practice of Child and Adolescent Treatment Research. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. Advance on line publication .    
  
Dekovic, M., Asscher, J., Manders, W., Prins, P.J.M., & van der Laan, P. (2012, May 7). Within-intervention change: Mediators of Intervention Effects during Multisystemic Therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. Advance on line publication ; doi:10.1037/a0028482.
 
Oord, van der, S., Ponsioen, A., Geurts, H., Brink, ten, E., & Prins, P.J.M. (2012). A pilot study of the efficacy of a computerized executive functioning training with game elements for children with ADHD in an outpatient setting: Outcome on parent and teacher-rated executive functioning and ADHD behavior. Journal of Attention Disorders. Accepted.

Books

Prins, P.J.M. & Braet, C. (Red.) (2008).  Handboek Klinische Ontwikkelingspsychologie. Over aanleg, omgevingen verandering. Houten: Bohn Stafleu VanLoghum. 
 
Prins, P.J.M., Bosch, J.D., & Braet, C. (Red.) (2011).  Methoden en Technieken van Gedragstherapie bij Kinderen en Jeugdigen (2e geheel herziene editie) . Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum. 

Oratie Pier Prins

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