Biosketch and main research interests

Prof. Wiers is full professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Amsterdam. He is internationally known for his work on implicit cognitive processes in addiction. He published over 150 international papers and many books and book-chapters. He received the prestigious VIDI (2002) and VICI (2008) research grants from the Dutch National Science Foundation (N.W.O.) for research on implicit cognition and addiction. With Alan Stacy, he edited the Handbook of Implicit Cognition and Addiction (SAGE, 2006). He is senior editor of the no 1 ranked journal in the field of substance abuse (Addiction) and on the editorial board of several other Addiction journals.
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Brief history

Current Post: Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of Amsterdam, 2008-

Faculty professor FMG-UvA (2014-)

Previous Posts: Professor of Experimental Psychological Research on Addictive Behaviors in Youth, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 2006-2008. Associate Professor, Experimental Addiction Research, University of Maastricht, 2002-2008. Qualifications: Ph.D., Experimental Psychopathology, University of Amsterdam, 1998, cum laude. Advisors: Joe Sergeant, Boudewijn Gunning & Ken Sher (University of Missouri). M.Sc. Psychonomics (Experimental Psychology), University of Amsterdam, 1992, cum laude.

Member of

UvA: Yield (http://cde.uva.nl/research/rpa-yield/about.html); Brain & Cognition (http://www.uva.nl/onderzoek/onderzoek-aan-de-uva/zwaartepunten/content/brain-and-cognition/brain-and-cognition.html)

NL: EPP (Dutch-Flemish postgraduate school for research and education in experimental psychopathology): www.epp-research.nl

International: Association for Psychological Science (APS, fellow since 2011); Research Society for Alcoholism (RSoA).

Grants

In addition to N.W.O. Vici and Vidi grants, 10 other grants as P.I. (total approx. 4.5 million euros) and 5 grants as co-P.I.

Main Research Topics

My main research topic concerns the (neuro-)cognitive processes involved in the etiology of addictive behaviors, and related psychopathology. In our lab we investigate what changes in people's mind/brain as they develop addictive behaviors. We also try to directly influence the processes involved in addiction, in order to study the causal status of these processes and ultimately to "re-train" these processes back to normal, which would imply increased control over addictive behaviors.

Theory

We developed models to explain the (neuro-)cognitive changes in the development of addictive behaviors, an ongoing enterprise. In a nutshell, we think that as an addictive behavior develops, relatively automatic or "implicit" processes gain importance: in a problem drinker, alcohol-cues capture attention (attentional bias), elicit memory associations related to the effects of alcohol, and an approach tendency is elicited. These impulsive processes can be controlled (executive control processes), if there is enough motivation and ability to do so. People differ both in the strength of their relatively automatic appetitive impulsive processes and in their ability and motivation to control, both as a stable characteristic (personality differences, differences in working memory capacity), and momentarily (e.g., less control when tired or after a few drinks). Some relevant publications: Wiers & Stacy, (2006a,b; 2010). Wiers, Bartholow, et al (2007). Hofmann, et al (2008a,b). Thush, et al (2008, 2009). Grenard et al (2008). Stacy & Wiers, 2006, 2010). SEE UNDER PUBLICATIONS.

Moderation studies

In a series of studies we tested both relatively automatic processes (attentional bias; memory associations; approach tendencies) and executive control processes as individual difference measures. What we consistently found was that in individuals with relatively low executive control functions, automatic processes primarily predicted their addictive behaviors, while in individuals with relatively high executive control, reflective processes (e.g. expected outcomes) predicted their addictive behaviors (Grenard et al., 2008; Thush et al., 2008; Houben & Wiers, 2009). We found the same dissociation for the prediction of other impulsive behaviors, including eating behavior in restraint eaters, sexual interest and aggression (Hofmann et al.,2008) and for aggression after alcohol (Wiers et al., 2009, Pharmacol, Biochem Behav). In high-risk adolescents we found that an alcohol-approach bias predicts escalation of drinking in those adolescents with relatively weakly developed executive control functions (Peeters et al, 2012; 2013). We also started studying acute alcohol effects from this perspective and found that attentional bias in heavy drinkers is stronger found stronger attentional bias after alcohol than after placebo and the correlation between attentional bias and approach bias was markedly stronger after alcohol than after placebo (Schoenmakers et al., 2008; Field et al 2010; Korucuoglu et al 2014). SEE UNDER PUBLICATIONS.

Neurocognitive mechanisms

We are interested in the study of neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the psychological processes described above and in genetic associations with these processes. Regarding the latter, we found that heavy drinking carriers of the G-Allele in the OPRM1 gene showed stronger cue-induced craving (Van den Wildenberg et al., 2007) and stronger automatic approach tendencies for alcohol, as well as for other appetitive stimuli (Wiers et al., 2009, Genes Brain Behav). We are currently studying genetic correlates of attentional bias as well (Sara Pieters). In addition to cognitive measures we use psychophysiological indices of underlying processes (e.g. eye movements, Schoenmakers et al., 2008; Friese et al., 2010), EEG and fMRI (see papers Cousijn et al; Gladwin et al; Korucuoglu et al). SEE UNDER PUBLICATIONS.

New Interventions

From the general perspective outlined above, we have developed new interventions, aimed at restoring the balance between relatively impulsive processes on the one hand, and reflective/control processes on the other hand. This is done either by new ways to change the impulsive processes, for example through attentional re-training (alcohol: Wiers et al., 2006; Schoenmakers et al., 2007; 2010; cigarette smoking: Elfeddali et al submitted), or through approach-bias re-training (Wiers et al., 2010; 2011; Eberl et a 2013a,b). We also work on increasing executive control (e.g., Houben et al, 2011). We currently run studies where we will test combinations of different new interventions (van Deursen). For a review of training-studies in addiction and related psychopathology, see Wiers et al (2013, Clinical Psychological Science). We will also study the effects of these new interventions in cannabis abusers (Andrea Wolf; Hans van der Baan). We work on the development of game-versions of the re-training procedures, aimed at substance abusing youth (National Initiative Brain & Cognition: Wouter Boendermaker). Finally, we will study new interventions involving direct stimulation of the relevant brain areas (Thomas Gladwin; Kiki Nikolau).

Assessment of Implicit or Relatively automatic processes

We worked on the assessment of relatively automatic/implicit processes in addiction. Katrijn Houben (former PhD student, now postdoc in Maastricht University) and I tested many varieties of the IAT to assess alcohol-related associative processes (Wiers et al 2002; 2005; Houben & Wiers, 2006,a,b; 2007a,b; 2008a,b; Houben, Rothermund & Wiers, 2009; Houben, Nosek & Wiers, 2010). We also collaborated with Brian Nosek (Univ Virigina) on the assessment of rt-tests over the internet (validation study: Houben & Wiers, 2008 Behav Res Methods; comparison different iats: Houben, Nosek & Wiers, 2010; large study comparing gender stereotypes, Nosek et al. PNAS, 2009). We also developed an alcohol variety of an approach-avoidance task (Wiers et al. 2009, Genes Brain Behav), which we used for re-training (Wiers et al., 2010). We currently develop many RT-tests for a large internet-based longitudinal project (Tim Janssen, Thomas Pronk, Wouter Boendermakers, Margo Peeters).

Collaborators, PhD students

see www.adapt-lab.eu for most up-to-date info.

Assistant Profs

Elske Salemink

Marija Maric

Postdocs

Bram van Bockstaele

Janna Cousijn

Thomas Gladwin

Helle Larsen

Kiki Nikolau

PhD students

UvA
Esther Beraha

Wouter Boendermaker

Denise van Deursen

Bas Dovis

Tim Janssen

Ozlem Korucuoglu

Thomas Pronk

Mieke ter Mors-Schulte

Tess den Uyl

Hans van der Baan

Poppy Watson

Andrea Wolf

External PhD students

Universiteit Utrecht

Margot Peeters (collaboration with Wilma Vollebergh (UU) and others)

Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Sara Pieters (collaboration with Rutger Engels and others)

Daan Creemers (collaboration with Rutger Engels, Ron Scholte)

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Madelon van Hemel-Ruiter (collaboration with Peter de Jong and others)

Finished Phd students

2006 UM Katrijn Houben (now at UM)

2007 UM Esther van den Wildenberg (now at STAP)

2008 UM Tim Schoenmakers (now at IVO)

2008 UM Carolien Thush

2009 UM Jade van de Luitgaarden

2012 UvA Janna Cousijn (now UU)

2013 UM Iman Elfeddali (now UM, Tilburg Univeristy)

National Collaborations.

Amsterdam Uva-AMC (Van den Brink, Goudriaan);

Amsterdam VU (Van Lier, Riper);

Groningen (Peter de Jong);

Leiden (Bernard Hommel);

Maastricht (Houben, Roefs, Ruiter);

Nijmegen (Engels, Becker, Rinck);

Rotterdam (Ingmar Franken);

Utrecht (Vollebergh);

Trimbos Institute;

Clinics: Arkin, U-Center, Solutions, Brijder, Bouman, Meerkanten

International Collaborations.

UK: Field, Cox;
US: Stacy-Ames, Wood, O'Malley;
BRD: Salus Clinic Lindow, Hofmann;
CH: Friese, Kuntsche;
Aus: MacLeod-Stritzke

English Publications

A.    Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
International Peer Reviewed Papers [Impact 2006]
 
P1    Wiers, R.W., Hoogeveen, K.J., Sergeant, J.A. & Gunning, W.B. (1997). High and low dose expectancies and the differential associations with drinking in male and female adolescents and young adults. Addiction, 92, 871-888. [IF = 4.1]
P2    Samarapungavan, A. & Wiers, R.W. (1997). Children's thoughts on the origin of species. Cognitive Science, 21, 147-177. [IF = 2.1]
    
P3    Lange, A., Blonk, R., & Wiers, R.W. (1998). The Parent-Child Interaction Questionnaire, PACHIQ. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 5, 187-198. [IF = 1.1]
 
P4    Wiers, R.W., Gunning, W.B. & Sergeant, J.A. (1998a). Is a mild deficit in executive functions in boys related to childhood ADHD or to parental multigenerational alcoholism?Journalof Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 415-430. [IF = 2.3]
 
P5    Wiers, R.W., Gunning,W.B. & Sergeant, J.A. (1998b). Do young children of Alcoholics hold more positive or negative alcohol-related expectancies than controls? Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 22, 1855-1863. [IF = 3.3]
P6    Wiers, R.W. (1999). Bridging the gap between genes and alcoholism: mechanisms of enhanced risk for addiction. Alcohol Research, 4 (2), 51-53.
P7    Wiers, R.W., Hartgers, C.A., Van den Brink, W., Gunning, W.B. & Sergeant, J.A. (2000). A confirmatory analysis of the hierarchical structure of positive and negative dose-related alcohol expectancies in alcoholics and the associations with family history of alcoholism. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 61, 177-186. [IF = 1.9]
    
P8    Wiers R.W., Sergeant, J.A. & Gunning, W.B. (2000). The Assessment of alcohol expectancies in school children: measurement or modification? Addiction, 95, 737-746. [IF = 4.1]
P9    Franken, I.H.A.., Kroon, L.Y., Wiers, R.W. & Jansen, A. (2000) Selective processing of drug cues in heroin dependence. Journal of Psychopharmacology 14(4): 395-400. [IF = 3.3]
P10    Merckelbach, H., Wiers, R.W., Horselenberg, R. & Wessel, I. (2001). Effects of retrieving childhood events on metamemory judgments depend on the questions you ask. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 40, 215-220. [IF = 2.1]
 
P11    Wiers, R. W., van de Wiel, M. W. J., Sá, H. L.C. Mamede, S., Tomaz, J. B. & Schmidt, H. G.  (2002). Design of a Problem-Based Curriculum. A General Approach and a Case Study in the Domain of Public Health. Medical Teacher, 24, 45-51. [IF = 1.0]
 
P12    Wiers R.W., Stacy, A. W., Ames, S. L., Noll, J. A., Sayette, M. A., Zack, M. & Krank, M. (2002). Implicit And Explicit Alcohol-Related Cognitions. Alcoholism: Clinical andExperimental Research, 26, 129-137. [IF = 2.9]
 
P13    Wiers R.W. (2002). Half full or half empty, what are we drinking? Some comments on the discussion of the causal role of alcohol expectancies as a mechanism of change. Addiction, 97,599-600. [IF = 4.1]
P14    Wiers R.W., van Woerden, N., Smulders, F. T. Y. & De Jong, P. J. (2002). Implicit and Explicit Alcohol-Related Cognitions in Heavy and Light Drinkers. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 648-658. [IF = 4.4]
 
P15    Wiers, R.W., Wood, M. D., Darkes, J., Corbin, W. R., Jones, B. T.  & Sher, K. J. (2003). Changing expectancies: cognitive mechanisms and context effects. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 27, 186-197. [IF = 2.9]
 
P16    Havermans, R. C, Debaere, S., Smulders, F., Wiers, R. W., & Jansen, A. (2003). The effect of cue exposure, urge to smoke, and nicotine deprivation on cognitive performance in smokers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 17, 336-339. [IF = 2.2]
 
P17    Wiers, R. W. & Kummeling, R. C. (2004). An Experimental Test of An Alcohol Expectancy Challenge in Mixed Gender Groups of Young Heavy Drinkers. Addictive Behaviors, 29, 215-220. [IF = 1.8]
 
P18    Wiers, R. W., De Jong, P. J., Havermans, R., & Jelicic, M. (2004). How to change implicit drug-related cognitions in prevention: A transdisciplinary integration of findings from experimental psychopathology, social cognition, memory and learning psychology. Substance Use and Misuse, 39, 1625-1684. [IF = 1.4]
 
P19    Wiers, R. W. (2004). A critical unresolved issue associated with contemporary transdisciplinary substance use prevention research. Substance Use and Misuse, 39, 2088-2090. [IF = 1.4]
P20    Krank, M., Wall, A., Stewart, S. H., Wiers, R. W. & Goldman, M.S. Context effects on alcohol cognitions. (2005). Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29, 196-206. [IF = 2.9]
 
P21    Havermans, R. C., Vancleef, L., Bylois, E., Wiers, R. W. & Jansen, A. (2004). Context dependent access to alcohol-related concepts stored in memory. Alcohol Research 9, 219-222.
P22    Könings, K. D., Wiers, R. W., van de Wiel, M. W. J. & Schmidt, H. G. (2005). Problem-Based Learning as a Valuable Educational Method for Physically Disabled Teenagers? The Discrepancy Between Theory and Practice. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 17, 107-117. [IF = 0.2]
 
P23    Huijding, J., De Jong, P. J., Wiers, R. W. & Verkooijen, K. (2005). Implicit and explicit attitudes toward smoking in a smoking and a non-smoking context. Addictive Behaviors 30(5), 949-961. [IF = 1.8]
 
P24    Wiers R.W., Van de Luitgaarden, J., Van den Wildenberg, E. & Smulders, F. T. Y. (2005). Challenging Implicit and Explicit Alcohol-Related Cognitions in Young Heavy Drinkers. Addiction, 100, 806-819. [IF = 4.1]
 
P25    Engels, R.C.M.E., Wiers, R.W., Lemmers, L. & Overbeek, G. (2005). Drinking Motives, Alcohol Expectancies, Self-Efficacy, and Drinking Patterns. Journal on Drug Education, 35(2), 147-166. [IF = 0.4]
 
P26    Van de Luitgaarden, J., Wiers R.W., Knibbe, R. A., & Boon, B. J. (2006). From the laboratory to real-life: a pilot study of an expectancy challenge with heavy drinking young people on holiday. Substance Use and Misuse, 41, 353-368. [IF = 1.4]
P27    Houben, K. & Wiers, R. W. (2006a). Assessing Implicit Alcohol Associations with the IAT: Fact or Artifact? Addictive Behaviors, 31(8), 1346-1362. [IF = 1.8]
 
P28    Houben, K., & Wiers, R. W. (2006b). A Test of the Salience Asymmetry Interpretation of the Alcohol-IAT. Experimental Psychology, 53, 292-300. [IF = 2.4]
 
P29    Wiers, R. W., Cox, W. M., Field, M.Fadardi,J. S., Palfai,T. P., Schoenmakers, T. & Stacy, A. W. (2006). The search for new ways to change implicit alcohol-related cognitions in heavy drinkers. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 30, 320-331. [IF = 2.9]
 
P30    Van den Wildenberg, E., Beckers, M, Van Lambaart, F., Conrod, P. & Wiers, R. W. (2006). Is the strength of implicit alcohol associations correlated with alcohol-induced heart-rate acceleration? Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 30(8), 1336-1348. [IF = 2.9]
 
P31    Wiers, R. W. & Stacy, A. W. (2006).Implicit cognition and addiction. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 292-296. [IF = 2.3]
 
P32    Wiers, R. W., Houben, K., & De Kraker, J. (2007). Implicit Cocaine Associations in Active Cocaine Users and Controls. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1284-1289. [IF = 1.8]
 
P33    Grenard, J. L., Ames, S. L., Wiers, R. W., Thush, C., Stacy, A. W., & Sussman, S. (2007). Brief intervention for substance use among at-risk adolescents: a pilot study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, 188-191. [IF = 2.7]
 
P34    Thush, C., Wiers, R. W., Theunissen, N., van den Bosch J., Opdenacker, J., Van Empelen, P., Moerbeek, M. & Feron, F. M. J. (2007). A randomized clinical trial of a targeted prevention to moderate alcohol use and alcohol-related problems in adolescents at risk for alcoholism. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 86, 368-376. [IF = 2.1]
 
P35    Van den Wildenberg, E., Wiers, R. W. Janssen, R. G. J. H., Lambrichs, E. H., Smeets, H. J. M. & Van Breukelen, G. J. P. (2007). A Functional Polymorphism of the Mu-Opioid Receptor Gene (OPRM1) Influences Cue-Induced Craving for Alcohol in Male Heavy Drinkers. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 1-10. [IF = 2.9]
 
P36    Schoenmakers, T., Wiers, R. W., Jones, B. T., Bruce, G. & Jansen, A.T. M. (2007). Attentional retraining decreases attentional bias in heavy drinkers without generalization. Addiction, 102, 399-405. [IF = 4.1]
 
P37    Wiers, R. W., Bartholow, B. D., van den Wildenberg, E., Thush, C., Engels, R.C.M.E., Sher, K. J., Grenard, J., Ames, S. L., & Stacy, A. W. (2007). Automatic and controlled processes and the development of addictive behaviors in adolescents: A review and a model. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 86, 263-283. [IF = 2.1]
 
P38    Leeuw, M., Peters, M. L., Wiers, R. W., Vlaeyen, J. W. S. (2007). Measuring fear of movement/(re)injury in low back pain patients using implicit measures. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 36, 52-64.
P39    Wiers, R. W., Teachman, B. A., & De Houwer, J. (2007). Implicit Cognitive Processes in Psychopathology: an Introduction. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 38, 95-104. [Editorial Special Issue on Implicit Cognitive Processes in Psychopathology]
 [IF = 1.4]
 
P40    Thush, C. & Wiers, R. W. (2007). Explicit and Implicit Alcohol-Related Cognitions and the Prediction of Current and Future Drinking in Adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 1367-1383. [IF = 1.8]
 
P41    De Jong, P. J., Wiers, R. W., Van de Braak, M. & Huijding, J. (2007). Using the extrinsic affective simon test as a measure of implicit attitudes towards alcohol: relationship with drinking behavior and alcohol problems. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 881-887.   [IF = 1.8]
 
P42    Van den Wildenberg, E., Janssen, R. G. J. H., Hutchison, K. E., Van Breukelen, G. J. P., & Wiers, R. W. (2007). Polymorphisms of the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4 VNTR) and cannabinoid CB1 receptor gene (CNR1) are not strongly related to cue-reactivity after alcohol exposure. Addiction Biology, 12, 210-220. [IF = 1.8]
 
P43    Ames, S. L., Grenard, J. L., Thush, C.,Sussman,S., Wiers, R. W., & Stacy, A. W. (2007). Comparison of Indirect Assessments of Association as Predictors of Marijuana Use Among At-Risk Adolescents. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 15, 204-218. [IF = 1.6]
 
P44    Houben, K. & Wiers, R. W. (2007a). Personalizing the alcohol-IAT with individualized stimuli: Relationship with drinking behavior and drinking-related problems. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2852-2864. [IF = 1.8]
 
P45    Houben, K., & Wiers, R. W. (2007b). Are drinkers implicitly positive about drinking alcohol? Personalizing the alcohol-IAT to reduce negative extrapersonal contamination. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 42, 301-307. [IF = 2.1]
 
P46    Van de Luitgaarden, J., Wiers R.W., Knibbe, R. A., & Candel, M. J. J. M. (2007). Single-Session Expectancy Challenge With Young Heavy Drinkers onHoliday. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 2865-2878. [IF = 1.8]
 
P47    Van der Zwaluw, C. S., Van den Wildenberg, E., Wiers, R. W., Franke, B., Buitelaar, J., Scholte, R. H. J. & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2007). Functional polymorphisms in the μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) and the implications for alcohol dependence in humans. Pharmacogenomics, 8(10), 1427-1436. [IF = 3.6]
 
P48    Thush, C., Wiers, R. W. Ames, S. L., Grenard, J. L., Sussman, S., & Stacy, A. W. (2007). Apples and Oranges? Comparing Indirect Measures of Alcohol-Related Cognition Predicting Alcohol Use in At-Risk Adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21, 587-591. [IF = 1.8]
 
P49    Lobbestael J., Arntz, A. & Wiers, R. W. (2008). How to push someone's buttons: A Comparison of Four Anger Induction Methods. Cognition and Emotion, 22, 353-373. [IF = 1.6]
 
P50    Wiers, R. W. (2008). Alcohol and Drug Expectancies as Anticipated Changes in Affect: Negative Reinforcement is Not Sedation. Substance Use and Misuse, 43, 501-516.[IF =1.4]
P51    Thush, C., Wiers, R.W., Ames, S. L., Grenard, J. L., Sussman, S.,  &  Stacy,  A.W. (2008). Interactions between implicit and explicit cognition and working memory capacity in the prediction of alcohol use in at-risk adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 94, 116-124. [IF = 3.2]
 
P52    Birch, C. D., Stewart, S. H., Wiers, R. W., Klein, R. M., MacLean, A. D. & Berish, M. J. (2008). The Mood-Induced Activation of Implicit Alcohol Cognition in Enhancement and Coping Motivated Drinkers. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 565-581. [IF = 1.8]
 
P53    Van de Luitgaarden, J., Thush, C., Wiers, R. W., & Knibbe, R. A. (2008). Prevention of alcohol problems in Dutch youth: Missed opportunities and new developments. Evaluation & the Health Professions 31, 167-181.
 [IF = 1.2]
P54    Schoenmakers, T., Wiers, R. W. & Field, M. (2008). Effects of a low dose of alcohol on cognitive biases and craving in heavy drinkers. Psychopharmacology, 197,169-178. [IF = 3.6]
 
P55    69) Grenard, J. L., Ames, S. L., Wiers, R. W. , Thush, C., Sussman, S. & Stacy, A. W. (2008). Working Memory Moderates the Predictive Effects of Drug-Related Associations. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 426-432. [IF = 2.2]
 
P56    Houben, K. & Wiers, R. W. (2008). Implicitly positive about alcohol? Implicit positive associations predict drinking behavior. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 979-986. [IF = 1.8]
P57    Wiers, R. W., Havermans, R., Deutsch, R. & Stacy, A. W. (2008). A mismatch with dual process models of addiction rooted in psychology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31, 460. [IF = 15.0]
P58 Hofmann, W., Gschwendner, T., Friese, M., Wiers, R. W., & Schmitt, M. (2008). Working memory capacity and self-regulation: Toward an individual differences perspective on behavior determination by automatic versus controlled processes.Journal ofPersonality and Social Psychology, 95, 962-977. [IF = 4.2]
61) Wiers, R. W. (2008). Alcohol and Drug Expectancies as Anticipated Changes in Affect: Negative Reinforcement is Not Sedation. Substance Use and Misuse, 43, 501-516.
 
62) Lobbestael J., Arntz, A. & Wiers, R. W. (2008). How to push someone's buttons: A Comparison of Four Anger Induction Methods. Cognition and Emotion, 22, 353-373.
 
63) Wiers, R. W., Schoenmakers, T., Houben, K., Thush, C., Fadardi, J. S., Cox, W. M. (2008). Can problematic alcohol use be trained away? New behavioural treatments aimed at changing and moderating implicit cognitive processes in alcohol abuse. Chapter 15, pp. 185-205. In: Colin R. Martin (Ed.). 'Identification and treatment of alcohol dependency'.Keswick, UK: M&K Publishing.
 
64) Hofmann, W., Friese, M., & Wiers, R. W. (2008). Impulsive versus reflective influences on health behavior: A theoretical framework and empirical review. Health Psychology Review, 2, 111-137.
 
65) Thush, C., Wiers, R.W., Ames, S. L., Grenard, J. L., Sussman, S., & Stacy, A.W. (2008). Interactions between implicit and explicit cognition and working memory capacity in the prediction of alcohol use in at-risk adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 94, 116-124.
 
66) Birch, C. D., Stewart, S. H., Wiers, R. W., Klein, R. M., MacLean, A. D. & Berish, M. J. (2008). The Mood-Induced Activation of Implicit Alcohol Cognition in Enhancement and Coping Motivated Drinkers. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 565-581.
 
67) Van de Luitgaarden, J., Thush, C., Wiers, R. W., & Knibbe, R. A. (2008). Prevention of alcohol problems in Dutch youth: Missed opportunities and new developments. Evaluation & the Health Professions 31, 167-181.
 
68) Schoenmakers, T., Wiers, R. W. & Field, M. (2008). Effects of a low dose of alcohol on cognitive biases and craving in heavy drinkers. Psychopharmacology, 197, 169-178.
 
72) Houben, K. & Wiers, R. W. (2008). Measuring Implicit Alcohol Associations via the Internet: Validation of Web-based Implicit Association Tests. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 1134-1143. [1.2]
 
74) Field M, Schoenmakers T, Wiers RW (2008) Cognitive processes in alcohol binges: a review and research agenda. Current Drug Abuse Reviews 1(3), 263-279.
 
75) Schoenmakers T., Houben K., Wiers R. (2008). I didn't feel like drinking beer but I don't know why: Evaluative conditioning changes drinking behavior and explicit attitudes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 43, 3-4, 762-762.
 
76) Wiers, R. W. Rinck, M., Dictus, M. & Van den Wildenberg, E. (2009). Relatively Strong Automatic Appetitive Action-Tendencies in Male Carriers of the OPRM1 G-Allele. Genes Brain & Behavior, 8, 101-106. [3.5]
 
77) Houben, K. & Wiers, R. W. (2009). Response Inhibition Moderates the Relationship between Implicit Associations and Drinking Behavior. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 33, 626-633.
 
78) Houben, K., Rothermund, K., & Wiers, R. W. (2009). Predicting alcohol use with a recoding-free variant of the Implicit Association Test. Addictive Behaviors, 34, 487-489.
 
79) Thush, C., Wiers, R. W., Moerbeek, M., Ames, S. L., Grenard, J. L., Sussman, S., & Stacy, A.W. (2009). The Influence of Motivational Interviewing on Explicit and Implicit Alcohol-Related Cognition and Alcohol Use in At-Risk Adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 146-151. [IF = 2.2].
 
80) Wiers, R. W., Beckers, L.,, Houben, K., Hofmann, W. (2009). A Short Fuse After Alcohol: Implicit Power Associations Predict Aggressiveness after Alcohol Consumption in Young Heavy Drinkers with Limited Executive Control. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior. 93, 300-305.
 
81) Nederkoorn, C., Baltus, M., Guerrieri, R. & Wiers, R. W. (2009). Heavy drinking is associated with deficient response inhibition in women but not in men. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 93, 331-336.
 
82) Nosek, B. A., Smyth, F. L., Sriram, N., Lindner, N. M., Devos, T., Ayala, A., Bar-Anan, Y., Bergh, R., Cai, H., Gonsalkorale, K., Kesebir, S., Maliszewski, N., Neto, F., Olli, E., Park, J., Schnabel, K., Shiomura, K., Tulbure, B., Wiers, R. W., Somogyi, M., Akrami, N., Ekehammar, B., Vianello, M. Banaji, M. R., & Greenwald, A. G. (2009). National differences in gender-science stereotypes predict national sex differences in science and math achievement. Proceedings for the National Academcy of Sciences, 106(26), 10593-10597.
 
83) Stacy, A. W., Ames, S. Wiers, R. W. & Krank, M. (2010). Associative Memory in Appetitive Behavior: A Framework and Relevance to Prevention and Epidemiology. In: L.M. Scheier (Ed.) Handbook of drug use etiology: Theory, methods, and empirical findings Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (pp. 165-182).
 
84) Huijding, J., Wiers, R.W., & Field, A. (2010). The assessment of fear-related automatic associations in children and adolescents. in: J. A. Hadwin & A. P. Field. (Eds.). Information processing biases and anxiety: a developmental perspective. (pp 151-182). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
 
85) Schoenmakers, T. & Wiers, R. W. (2010). Craving and attentional bias respond differently to alcohol priming: a field study in the pub. European Addiction Research, 16, 9-16.
 
86) Wiers, R. W., Rinck, M. Kordts, R., Houben, K., & Strack, F. (2010). Re-training Automatic Action-Tendencies to Approach Alcohol in Hazardous Drinkers Addiction, 105, 279-287.
 
87) Wiers, R. W., Houben, K., Roefs, A., De Jong, P., Hofmann, W., Stacy, A. W. (2010). Implicit Cognition in Health Psychology: Why Common Sense Goes Out of the Window. In: B. Gawronski & K. Payne (Eds.). Handbook of Implicit Social Cognition. (pp. 463-488). NY: Guilford.
 
88) Houben, K. Nosek, B., Wiers, R. W. (2010). Seeing the forest through the trees: A comparison of different IAT variants measuring implicit alcohol associations. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 106, 204-211.
 
89) Van de Luitgaarden J, Knibbe RA, Wiers RW (2010). Adolescents binge drinking when on holiday: an evaluation of a community intervention based on self-regulation. Subst Use Misuse. 2010;45(1-2):190-203.
 
90) Wiers, R. W., & Stacy, A. W. (2010). Are alcohol expectancies associations? Comment on Moss & Albery (2009). Psychological Bulletin, 136 (1), 12-16.
 
91) Stacy, A. W. & Wiers, R. W. (2010). Implicit Cognition and Addiction: A Tool for Explaining Paradoxical Behavior. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 6, 551-575. [if 9.61]
 
92) Aarts, F. & Wiers, R. W. (in press). What does death have to do with drinking? A test of the terror management account of alcohol misuse using subliminal priming. Netherlands Journal of Psychology.
 
93) Schoenmakers, T., Lux, I., Goertz, A., Van Kerkhof, D., De Bruin, M. & Wiers, R. W. (2010). A randomized clinical trial to measure effects of an intervention to modify attentional bias in alcohol dependent patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 109, 30-36.
 
94) Friese, M. Bargas-Avila, J., Hofmann, W., Wiers, R. W. (2010). Here'sLooking at You, Bud: Alcohol-Related Memory Structures Predict Eye Movements for Social Drinkers with Low Executive Control" Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1(2) 143-151.
 
95) Pieters, S., van der Vorst, H., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Wiers, R. W. (2010). Implicit and Explicit Cognitions Related to Alcohol Use in Children. Addictive Behaviors 35 (5): 471-478
 
96) Dekker, N. , Smeerdijk, A.M., Wiers, R.W., Duits, J.H., van Gelder, G. , Houben, K. Schippers, G. , Linszen, D.H., de Haan, L. (2010). Implicit and explicit affective associations toward cannabis use in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia and healthy controls. Psychological Medicine, 40(8), 1325-1336.
 
97) Van Goethem, A. A., Scholte, R. H., & Wiers, R. W. (2010). Explicit- and implicit bullying attitudes in relation to bullying behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38 (6): 829-842.
 
98) Pieters ,S., Van Der Vorst, H., Burk, W. J., Wiers, R. W. & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2010). Puberty-dependent sleep regulation and alcohol use in early-adolescents. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 34 (9): 1512-1518.
 
99) Field, M., Wiers, R. W., Christiansen, P., Fillmore, M. T., Verster, J. C. (2010). Acute alcohol effects on executive function and implicit cognition: implications for loss of control. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 34 (8): 1346-1352.
 
100) Kuntsche, E., Wiers, R. W., Janssen, T., & Gmel, G. (2010). Same wording, distinct concepts? Testing differences of expectancies and motives in a mediation model of alcohol outcomes. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 18(5), 436-444.
 
101) Houben, K., Havermans, R., & Wiers, R. W. (2010). Learning to dislike alcohol: Conditioning negative implicit attitudes towards alcohol and its effect on drinking behavior. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 211(1), 79-86.
 
102) Wiers, R. W. & Hofmann, W. (2010). Implicit cogntion and health psychology: changing perspectives and new interventions. European Health Psychologist, 12(1), 4-6.
 
103) Wiers, R. W., Field, M. & Stacy, A. W. (in press). Passion's Slave? Cognitive Processes in Alcohol and Drug Abuse. In: K. J. Sher (Ed.). Oxford Handbook of Substance Use Disorders.
 
104) Houben, K., Schoenmakers, T., & Wiers, R. W. (2010). I didn't feel like drinking but I don't know why: The effects of evaluative conditioning on alcohol-related attitudes, craving and behavior. Addictive Behaviors, 35, (12) 1161-1163.
 
105) Wiers RW, Ames SL, Hofmann W, Krank M and Stacy AW (2010) Impulsivity, impulsive and reflective proc¬esses and the development of alcohol use and misuse in adolescents and young adults. Frontiers in Psychopathology 1:144. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00144
 
106) Van Hemel - Ruiter, M., de Jong, P. J., Wiers, R. W. (2011). Appetitive and Regulatory Processes in Young Adolescent Drinkers. Addictive Behaviors, 36, 18-26. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.08.002
 
107) Roefs, A., Huijding, J., Smulders, F.T.Y., MacLeod, C.M., De Jong, P., Wiers, R.W. & Jansen, A.T.M. (2011). Implicit Measures of Association in Psychopathology Research. Psychological Bulletin, 137, 149-193. [IF 12.85]
 
108) Elfeddali1, I, Bolman, C, Mesters, I., Wiers, R. W. de Vries, H. (in press). Factors underlying smoking relapse prevention: results of an international Delphi study. Health Education Research. doi:10.1093/her/cyq053
 
109) Wiers, R.W., Eberl, C., Rinck, M., Becker, E. & Lindenmeyer, J. (2011). Re-training automatic action tendencies changes alcoholic patients' approach bias for alcohol and improves treatment outcome. Psychological Science 22(4) 490 - 497. DOI 10.1177/0956797611400615
 
110) Houben, K., Nederkoorn, C., Wiers, R. W., Jansen, A. (in press). Resisting Temptation: Decreasing Alcohol-Related Affect and Drinking Behavior by Training Response Inhibition. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
 
111) Lammers, J., Goossens, F., Lokman, S., Monshouwer, K., Lemmers, L., Conrod, P., etal. Evaluating a Selective Prevention Programme for Binge Drinking among Young Adolescents: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial. BMC Public Health, 11, 126.
 
112) Houben, K., Wiers, R. W., Jansen, A. (in press). Getting a grip on drinking behavior: Training working memory to reduce alcohol abuse. Psychological Science.
 
113) Schmaal, L., Berk, L., Hulstijn, K.P., Cousijn, J., Wiers, R. W., Van den Brink, W. (in press). Efficacy of N-acetylcysteine in the treatment of nicotine dependence: A double-blind placebo controlled pilot study. European Addiction Research.
 

nederlandse publicaties

Nederlandse publicaties (selectie, onderaan enkele pdf files om te downloaden). Chronologisch, dus recente publicaties onderaan.
1.    Wiers R.W. (1994). Verslavingsrisico bij kinderen van alcoholisten. De Psycholoog, 29, 217-222.
2.    Wiers R.W. (1996). De genezing van de Daltons. Directieve Therapie, 16, 143-144.
3.    Wiers, R.W. (1997). Kruisridders tegen drank moeten uit ander vaatje tappen. De Volkskrant (Forum), 26 juli 1997.
4.    Lange A., Blonk, R., Wiers, R.W., Van der Schaar D. (1997a) De ouder-kind interactie vragenlijst (OKIV). Kind en Adolescent, 18, 15-34.   
5.    Lange A., Blonk, R., Wiers, R.W., Van der Schaar D. (1997b) De OKIV: de ouder-kind interactie vragenlijst Gedragstherapie, 30, 113-120.
6.    Vente de, W., Wiers, R.W., Brink van den, W., Lange, A., & Sergeant, J. A. (1998). Alcohol Use and Domestic Aggression. Amsterdam: Universityof Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Group.    (ISBN 90-6464-417-9)
7.    Wiers, R.W. (1999a). Wie raakt er verslaafd? De Psycholoog, 34, 146-151.
8.    Wiers, R.W. (1999b). Individuele verschillen in kwetsbaarheid voor alcohol-afhankelijkheid en preventie van alcoholgerelateerde problemen. In W.R. Buisman, J. Casselman, E.A. Noorlander, G.M. Schippers & W.M. Zwart (Red.). Handboek Verslaving Houten/Zaventem: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum. (pp. C 1030-1 - C 1030-27).
9.    Wiers, R. W. (2000c). Voorspellers van verslaving. Cobo-Bulletin, 33, 35-40.
10.    Vente de, W. & Wiers, R.W. (2000). Cognities hangen samen met alcoholgebruik: De vragenlijst alcohol verwachtingen. Psychopraxis, 2, 125-128.
11.    Woerden van, N. & Wiers, R. W. (2000). Beelddenken kritisch bekeken. De Psycholoog, 35, 371-375.
12.    Wiers, R. W. (2000a). Effecten van alcohol en kwetsbaarheid voor verslaving. Neuropraxis, 6, 189-194.
13.    Wiers, R. W. (2000b). Voorlichting over alcohol schrikt kinderen niet af. De Volkskrant (Forum), 9 november 2000, p. 9.
14.    Wiers, R. W., Theunissen, N. (2002). Alcohol en de jeugd: gebruik, misbruik, kwetsbaarheid en interventie. In: J. D. Bosch, H. A. Bosma, R. J. van der Gaag, A. J. J. M. Ruijssenaars & A. Vijt (Redactie). Jaarboek ontwikkelingspsychol, orthopedagogiek en kinderpsychiatrie, 5, (pg. 143-167). Houten: Bohn, Stafleu Van Loghum.
15.    Wiers, R. W. (2002). Verslaafd raken: gen & omgeving. Cahiers Bio-Wetenschappen en Maatschappij, 21(2), 25-33.
16.    Wiers, R. W. & Merckelbach, H. (2002). Besmet? NRC Handelsblad, 28 maart 2002, Opinie, p. 8.
17.    Wiers, R. W. (2004). Franken. I. Drugspotting. Cognitive and neuropsychopharmacological processes in human drug taking. Boekbespreking. Maandblad Geestelijke Volksgezondheid, 59(3), 255-258.
18.    Wiers,R. W. (2004). Watis verslaving? Over de noodzaak van een conceptuele herdefiniëring. In: J. van Vugt & R. Engels (Red.). Wat heet verslaving? Nijmegen: DAMON Budel, Soesterbeeck Programma.
19.    Wiers, R. W. (2004). Wat is verslaving? De noodzaak van een conceptuele herdefiniëring van het begrip verslaving. Gedrag & Gezondheid, 32(3), 164-174.
20.    Thush, C., Wiers, R. W., van den Bosch J., Opdenacker, J., Theunissen, N. & Feron, F. M. J. (2004). "Leren drinken". Opzet en eerste resultaten van een preventieprogramma gericht op overmatig drinkende jongeren. Gedrag & Gezondheid, 32(3), 193-202.
21.    Wiers, R. W. (2006). Het ontstaan van verslavingsgedrag bij jongeren: een noodlottige zelfoverschatting van het bewustzijn. Oratie. Nijmegen: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. (te verkrijgen op: www.ru.nl/oraties).
22.    Wiers, R. W. & Thush, C. (2006). Secundaire preventie alcoholmisbruik onderzocht. PrePost, 8, 18-19.
23.    Wiers, R., Havermans, R., Jansen, A., & Knibbe, R. (2007). Middelgebonden stoornissen en verslaving. In H.T. van der Molen, S. Perreijn & M.A. van den Hout (Eds.). Klinische psychologie: theorieën en psychopathologie. Tweede herziene druk. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff, pp. 723-779.
24.    Wiers, R. W. & Thush, C. (2007). Zwaar drinkende jongeren: wat kunnen we doen en hoe krijgen we ze te pakken? Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen (TSG) 85(1), 63-65.
25.    Wiers, R. W. & Thush, C. (2007). Lessen achteraf of "I knew it all along" Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen (TSG) 85(2), 20-21.
26.    Wiers, R. W., Vink, J. & De Vries, T. (2007). Verslaving: Sekseverschillen in Misbruik en Afhankelijkheid van Middelen. In: Cath, Gijsbers van Wijk, Klumpers (Eds). Sekseverschillen in de psychiatrie. Een neurobiologische benadering. (pp. 172-190). Assen: Van Gorcum.
27.    Thush, C.,Wiers, R.W. ,Ames,  S. L. , Grenard, J. L. , Sussman, S. ,  &  Stacy,  A.W. (in press). Appels en peren? Verschillende impliciete maten van alcoholgerelateerde cognitie als voorspellers van alcoholgebruik onder jongeren. Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2006.
28.    Havermans, R. C., Thewissen, R., Wiers, R. W. & Jansen, A. (2007). Het aanleren van verslaving. Slechte gewoonte of onbeheersbare drang? De Psycholoog, 42, 334-342.
29.    Wiers, R. W. (2007). Slaaf van het onbewuste. Over emotie, bewustzijn en verslaving. Amsterdam: Bert Bakker.
30.    Wiers, R. W. (2008). Een noodlottige zelfoverschatting van het bewustzijn. Het ontstaan van verslavingsgedrag bij jongeren. De Psycholoog, 43(4), 210-217.
31.    Wiers, R. W. & Engels, R. (2008). Middelenmisbruik en verslaving. In: P. Prins & C. Braet (Eds). Handboek klinische ontwikkelingspsychologie. (pp. 529-553) Houten: Bohn, Stafleu Van Loghum.
32.    Houben, K., Schoenmakers, T., Thush, C. & Wiers, R. W. (2008). Impliciete Cognitie en Verslaving. Gedragstherapie, 41, 169-182.
Wiers, R. W. (2009). Automatische en controlerende processen en het ontstaan van verslavingsgedrag. In: I. Franken & W. Van den Brink (Red). Handboek Verslaving. (pp. 115-124) Utrecht: De Tijdstroom.
Deursen van, D. S., Salemink, E., Schoenmakers, T. & Wiers, R. W. (2009). Het her-trainine van automatische cognitieve processen bij angst- en verslavingsproblematiek. GZ-Psychologie, 2, 24-29.
Deursen van, D. S., Salemink, E., Lammers, J. & Wiers, R. W. (2010). Selectieve en geïndiceerde preventie van problematisch middelengebruikt bij jongeren. Kind & Adolescent, 31(4), 234-246.
Kraag, G., Salemink, E., & Wiers, R. (2011). Middelengebruik. In: M. Taal & C. Poleij (Red.). Interventies in het onderwijs: werken aan goede verhoudingen. Den Haag: Boom Lemma. (pp. 93-120).

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