Dr. H. (Helle) Larsen
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Developmental Psychology
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Room number: 1.17
Postal address
- Postbus 15916
1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
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Research Interests
I am Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology and conduct interdisciplinary research that focuses on social and cognitive processes related to mental (depression, anxiety) and behavioural health (alcohol use, smoking, media and excessive smartphone use) in adolescents and young adults. I am especially interested in the complexity between the social context (e.g., peer influence, social norms, parents) and individual risk factors such as motivational processes, self-regulation and genetic make-up. In my research, and collaborations, I combine developmental psychology with insights from pedagogical, medical, and methodological disciplines and applied research. In addition to conducting assessment studies to get a refined understanding of the processes involved in psychopathologies and healthy behavior, I conduct intervention studies. For instance, I am involved in the development of a targeted digital game-based prevention intervention for impulsive and sensation seeking youth aged 13-16 years as well as online intervention studies aiming at decreasing alcohol use, smoking, and anxiety. I have a great passion for teaching and mentoring students and junior scholars. Next to my teaching and research, I am programme manager of Research Priority Area Yield and Academic Director of the UvA Summer School Mental Health, Youth and Society. Also, I am chair of the Dutch Society for Developmental Psychology (VNOP).
- Programme manager: RPA Yield conducts multidisciplinary research among 10 different research programmes (University of Amsterdam) with a focus on the bioecology of human development: Yield
- Academic Director Summer School: Mental Health, Youth and Society .
- Chair of Dutch Society for Developmental Psychology: VNOP
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Teaching
Master: Health Promotion and Behaviour Change
- Course: Addiction
- Course: Obesity
- Coordinator internship
Master Health Promotion and Behaviour Change
Bachelor: Clinical Developmental Psychology
- Childhood: Developmental Psychology
- Adolescence: Developmental, Clinical and School Psychology
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Publications
2023
- Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2023). Social goals and gains of adolescent bullying and aggression: A meta-analysis. Developmental Review, 68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2023.101073
- Larsen, H., Wiers, R. W., Su, S., & Cousijn, J. (2023). Excessive smartphone use and addiction: When harms start outweighing benefits. Addiction, 118(4), 586-588. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16060
2022
Fischer, K., Larsen, H., van den Akker, A., & Overbeek, G. (2022). The role of sensory processing sensitivity in the longitudinal associations between relationship qualities with parents and peers and externalizing behavior in adolescence. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(8), 2549-2571. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075221083962 [details]- Larsen, H., Kuhns, L., Kramer, A-W., Huizenga, H. M., Wiers, R. W., Anderson, K. G., & Cousijn, J. (2022). Social multi-sensory alcohol cue reactivity and ad libitum social drinking: an fMRI study. Addiction Neuroscience, 4, [100039]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addicn.2022.100039 [details]
- Su, S., Larsen, H., Cousijn, J., Wiers, R. W. H. J., & Van den Eijnden, R. J. J. M. (2022). Problematic smartphone use and the quantity and quality of peer engagement among adolescents: A longitudinal study. Computers in Human Behavior, 126, [107025]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107025 [details]
- Wen, S., Larsen, H., & Wiers, R. W. (2022). A Pilot Study on Approach Bias Modification in Smoking Cessation: Activating Personalized Alternative Activities for Smoking in the Context of Increased Craving. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29(4), 480-493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-021-10033-x [details]
2021
- Cousijn, J., Kuhns, L., Larsen, H., & Kroon, E. (2021). For better or for worse? A pre–post exploration of the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on cannabis users. Addiction, 116(8), 2104-2115. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15387 [details]
- Hendriks, H., Scholz, C., Larsen, H., De Bruijn, G-J., & Van den Putte, B. (2021). Intervening through Conversations: How Instructions Influence Conversational Valence and Binge Drinking Determinants. Health Communication, 36(6), 782-788. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1712524 [details]
- Van Bockstaele, B., Tibboel, H., Larsen, H., Wiers, R. W., Bögels, S. M., & Salemink, E. (2021). Dual processes in fear and anxiety: No effects of cognitive load on the predictive value of implicit measures. Cognition & Emotion, 35(5), 859-873. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.1898935 [details]
- Wen, S., Wiers, R. W., Boffo, M., Grasman, R. P. P. P., Pronk, T., & Larsen, H. (2021). Subtypes of smokers in a randomized controlled trial of a web-based smoking cessation program and their role in predicting intervention non-usage attrition: Implications for the development of tailored interventions. Internet Interventions, 26, [100473]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2021.100473 [details]
2020
- Fischer, K., van den Akker, A. L., Larsen, H., Jorgensen, T. D., & Overbeek, G. (2020). Dopamine Functioning and Child Externalizing Behavior: A Longitudinal Analysis of Polygenic Susceptibility to Parenting. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, 41(8), 628-636. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000834 [details]
- Nuijs, M. D., Larsen, H., Bögels, S. M., Wiers, R. W., & Salemink, E. (2020). Context matters: The role of subjective arousal during Attentional Bias Modification targeting socially anxious students. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 68, [101545]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2019.101545 [details]
- Van Bockstaele, B., Atticciati, L., Hiekkaranta, A. P., Larsen, H., & Verschuere, B. (2020). Choose change: Situation modification, distraction, and reappraisal in mild versus intense negative situations. Motivation and Emotion, 44(4), 583–596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09811-8 [details]
- Wen, S., Larsen, H., Boffo, M., Grasman, R. P. P. P., Pronk, T., van Wijngaarden, J. B. G., & Wiers, R. W. (2020). Combining Web-Based Attentional Bias Modification and Approach Bias Modification as a Self-Help Smoking Intervention for Adult Smokers Seeking Online Help: Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mental Health, 7(5), [e16342]. https://doi.org/10.2196/16342 [details]
2018
- Larsen, H., Salemink, E., Grond, I., Wiers, R. W., & Anderson, K. G. (2018). Validation of a contextualized assessment of smoking behaviour in students. Addiction, 113(5), 907-913. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14133 [details]
- Wiers, R. W., & Larsen, H. (2018). Training cognitive-motivational processes underlying self-control in addiction. In D. de Ridder, M. Adriaanse, & K. Fujita (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Self-Control in Health and Well-Being (pp. 460-470). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315648576/chapters/10.4324/9781315648576-36 [details]
2017
- Weckler, H., Kong, G., Larsen, H., Cousijn, J., Wiers, R. W., & Krishnan-Sarin, S. (2017). Impulsivity and approach tendencies towards cigarette stimuli: Implications for cigarette smoking and cessation behaviors among youth. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25(5), 363-372. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000139 [details]
2016
- Larsen, H., & Wiers, R. W. (2016). Risk Factors for Adolescent Drinking: An Introduction. Alcoholism - Clinical and Experimental Research, 40(4), 653-656. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13029 [details]
2015
- Janssen, T., Larsen, H., Peeters, M., Boendermaker, W. J., Vollebergh, W. A. M., & Wiers, R. W. (2015). Do online assessed self-report and behavioral measures of impulsivity-related constructs predict onset of substance use in adolescents? Addictive Behaviors Reports, 1, 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2015.01.002 [details]
- Janssen, T., Larsen, H., Vollebergh, W. A. M., & Wiers, R. W. (2015). Longitudinal relations between cognitive bias and adolescent alcohol use. Addictive Behaviors, 44, 51-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.11.018 [details]
- Janssen, T., Wood, M. D., Larsen, H., Peeters, M., Vollebergh, W. A. M., & Wiers, R. W. (2015). Investigating the joint development of approach bias and adolescent alcohol use. Alcoholism - Clinical and Experimental Research, 39(12), 2447-2454. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12899 [details]
- Kong, G., Larsen, H., Cavallo, D. A., Becker, D., Cousijn, J., Salemink, E., Collot D'Escury-Koenigs, A. L., Morean, M. E., Wiers, R. W., & Krishnan-Sarin, S. (2015). Re-training automatic action tendencies to approach cigarettes among adolescent smokers: a pilot study. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 41(5), 425-432. https://doi.org/10.3109/00952990.2015.1049492 [details]
- Pronk, T., van Deursen, D. S., Beraha, E. M., Larsen, H., & Wiers, R. W. (2015). Validation of the Amsterdam Beverage Picture Set: a controlled picture set for cognitive bias measurement and modification paradigms. Alcoholism - Clinical and Experimental Research, 39(10), 2047-2055. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12853 [details]
2014
- Janssen, T., Larsen, H., Peeters, M., Pronk, T., Vollebergh, W. A. M., & Wiers, R. W. (2014). Interactions between parental alcohol-specific rules and risk personalities in the prediction of adolescent alcohol use. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 49(5), 579-585. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agu039 [details]
- Larsen, H., Kong, G., Becker, D., Cousijn, J., Boendermaker, W., Cavallo, D., Krishnan-Sarin, S., & Wiers, R. (2014). Implicit motivational processes underlying smoking in American and Dutch adolescents. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 5, 51. [51]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00051 [details]
2013
- Larsen, H., Engels, R. C. M. E., Granic, I., & Huizink, A. C. (2013). Does stress increase imitation of drinking behavior? An experimental study in a (semi-)naturalistic contex. Alcoholism - Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(3), 477-483. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01942.x [details]
- Larsen, H., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., Kuntsche, E., Granic, I., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2013). Drinking in a micro-perspective: the role of engagement in imitation of sips of alcoholic beverages. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 4(3), 226-238. https://doi.org/10.5127/jep.027312 [details]
- Voogt, C. V., Larsen, H., Poelen, E. A. P., Kleinjan, M., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2013). Longitudinal associations between descriptive and injunctive norms of youngsters and heavy drinking and problem drinking in late adolescence. Journal of Substance Use, 18(4), 275-287. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659891.2012.674623 [details]
2012
- Larsen, H., Engels, R. C. M. E., Wiers, R. W., Granic, I., & Spijkerman, R. (2012). Implicit and explicit alcohol cognitions and observed alcohol consumption: three studies in (semi)naturalistic drinking settings. Addiction, 107(8), 1420-1428. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03805.x [details]
- Larsen, H., Overbeek, G., Granic, I., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2012). The strong effect of other people’s drinking: two experimental observational studies in a real bar. American journal on addictions, 21(2), 168-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00200.x [details]
- Teunissen, H. A., Spijkerman, R., Larsen, H., Kremer, K. A., Kuntsche, E., Gibbons, F. X., Scholte, R. H. J., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2012). Stereotypic information about drinkers and students' observed alcohol intake: an experimental study on prototype-behavior relations in males and females in a naturalistic drinking context. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 125(3), 301-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.03.007 [details]
- van der Zwaluw, C. S., Larsen, H., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2012). Best friends and alcohol use in adolescence: the role of the dopamine D4 receptor gene. Addiction Biology, 17(6), 1036-1045. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00305.x [details]
2011
- Larsen, H., van der Zwaluw, C. S., Overbeek, G., Granic, I., Franke, B., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2011). De invloed van het DRD4 VNTR polymorfisme op adaptatie aan andermans alcoholconsumptie: een onderzoek naar een genomgevinginteractie. Psychologie & Gezondheid, 39(1), 5-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12483-011-0002-z [details]
2010
- Larsen, H., Overbeek, G., Granic, I., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2010). Imitation of alcohol consumption in same-sex and other-sex dyads. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 45(6), 557-562. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agq053 [details]
- Larsen, H., Overbeek, G., Vermulst, A. A., Granic, I., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2010). Initiation and continuation of best friends and adolescents' alcohol consumption: Do self-esteem and self-control function as moderators? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34(5), 406-416. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025409350363
- Spijkerman, R., Larsen, H., Gibbons, F. X., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2010). Students' drinker prototypes and alcohol use in a naturalistic setting. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(1), 64-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01067.x
2009
- Larsen, H., Engels, R. C. M. E., Granic, I., & Overbeek, G. (2009). An experimental study on imitation of alcohol consumption in same-sex dyads. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 44(3), 250-255. https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agp002
2008
- Van Der Valk, I., Spruijt, E., De Goede, M., Larsen, H., & Meeus, W. (2008). Family traditionalism and family structure: Attitudes and intergenerational transmission of parents and adolescents. European Psychologist, 13(2), 83-95. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040.13.2.83
2007
- Larsen, H., Branje, S. J. T., van der Valk, I., & Meeus, W. H. J. (2007). Friendship quality as a moderator between perception of interparental conflicts and maladjustment in adolescence. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 31(6), 549-558. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025407080578
2015
- Larsen, H., Kong, G., Becker, D., Cavallo, D. A., Cousijn, J., Salemink, E., Collot D'Escury-Koenigs, A., Krishnan-Sarin, S., & Wiers, R. (2015). Cognitive bias modification combined with cognitive behavioral therapy: A smoking cessation intervention for adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, [e168]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.374 [details]
2015
- Wiers, R. W., Larsen, H., & Salemink, E. (2015). Middelgebonden stoornissen en verslaving. In H. T. van der Molen, E. Simon, & J. van Lankveld (Eds.), Klinische psychologie: theorieën en psychopathologie. - 3e dr. (pp. 265-290). Noordhoff Uitgevers. [details]
2022
- Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2022). YouTube Vloggers set the Stage: A First Exploration of COVID-19 Related Norms on the Internet. Paper presented at 18th Biennial conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Dublin, Ireland.
- Hensums, M., Larsen, H., Brummelman, E., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2022). Self-Serving Behavior in Adolescence: An Experimental Test of the Influence of Peer Norms, Agentic Goals, and Narcissism. Paper presented at 18th Biennial conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Dublin, Ireland.
- Hensums, M., Larsen, H., Brummelman, E., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2022). Self-Serving Behavior in Adolescence: An Experimental Test of the Influence of Peer Norms, Agentic Goals, and Narcissism. Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), New Orleans, United States.
- Hensums, M., Larsen, H., Brummelman, E., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2022). Self-Serving Behavior in Adolescence: An Experimental Test of the Influence of Peer Norms, Agentic Goals, and Narcissism. Paper presented at VNOP Conference 2022, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2021
- Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2021). Social Goals and Gains of Adolescent Bullying: A Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at EADP Summer Tour, Stavanger, Norway.
- Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2021). Social Goals and Gains of Adolescent Bullying: A Meta-Analysis. Paper presented at VNOP Conference 2021.
- Hensums, M., Brummelman, E., Larsen, H., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2021). Social Goals and Gains of Adolescent Bullying: A Meta-Analysis. Poster session presented at SRCD Biennial Meeting.
2020
- Hensums, M., Larsen, H., Brummelman, E., van den Bos, W., & Overbeek, G. J. (2020). Fostering Positive High-School Climates With a Social Network Intervention: A Pilot Study. Paper presented at 17th Biennial conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA).
2019
- Fischer, K., van den Akker, A. L., Larsen, H., Jorgensen, T. D., & Overbeek, G. J. (2019). Dopamine functioning and child externalizing behavior: A longitudinal analysis of polygenic susceptibility to parenting. 14. Poster session presented at
19th Biennial ISRCAP Scientific Meeting , Los Angeles, California, United States. - Hendriks, H., Scholz, C., Larsen, H., de Bruijn, G. J., & van den Putte, B. (2019). Intervening through conversations: How instructions influence conversational valence and binge drinking determinants. Abstract from Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health (ARPH) conference.
2017
- Fischer, K., van den Akker, A. L., Larsen, H., & Overbeek, G. J. (2017). Children’s genetic and psychophysiological susceptibility to reward- and punishment-based parenting. Poster session presented at 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, ECDP 2017, Utrecht, Netherlands.
- Wen, S., Larsen, H., Cao, M. L., Kong, P., Maric, M., Tang, Y. L., & Wiers, R. W. H. J. (2017). Combining Cognitive Bias Modification with Motivational Interviewing to Increase Smoking Cessation in Chinese Smokers: A Pilot Study using A Single-Case Experimental Design. Poster session presented at SRNT 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy.
Prize / grant
- Piotrowski, J. T., Smit, E., Overbeek, G. & Larsen, H. (2022). Research Priority Areas (RPA’s): Youth Digitality. https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/faculteiten/nl/faculteit-der-maatschappij-en-gedragswetenschappen/nieuws/2022/09/rpas-nl.html
Membership / relevant position
- Larsen, H. (2013). Member and coordinator of Research Priority Area (i.e., RPA) Yield, Research Priority Area (i.e., RPA) Yield.
Others
- Larsen, H. (organiser) (2013). VGCt najaarscongres 2013: Cognitieve training en behandeling van verslaving: wat is de toekomst?, Veldhoven. Organisation of symposium at VGCt najaarscongres 2013: Cognitieve training en behandeling van verslaving: wat is de toekomst? (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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Ancillary activities
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Fischer, K., Larsen, H., van den Akker, A., & Overbeek, G. (2022). The role of sensory processing sensitivity in the longitudinal associations between relationship qualities with parents and peers and externalizing behavior in adolescence. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(8), 2549-2571.