prof. dr. P.J. (Peter) de Jong

Cognitive biases and implicit cognition across mental disorders
(Expectancies, attention, memory, reasoning, implicit associations,…)

Disgust and disgust-based mechanisms in psychopathology
(Sexual problems, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD, …)

Blushing and social anxiety


Some recent publications:

- Implicit and explicit self-esteem in the recurrence of depression and anxiety: A three-year follow-up study .

- Dirt-road to anxiety disorders and fearful preoccupations

- Effect of differential disgust conditioning and subsequent extinction versus counterconditioning procedures on women’s sexual responses to erotic stimuli.

- Sexual Aversion

- Disgust as the motor behind food restriction in anorexia nervosa.

- Disgust and symptoms of PTSD: Implications for treatment.

- Effectiveness of attentional bias modification for substance use disorder symptoms in adults: a systematic review

- Psychological significance of the blush

Board member of the Dutch-Flemish post graduate school for Experimental Psychopathology (EPP)
Researcher within the NWO-funded gravitation program New Science of Mental Disorders (NSMD)
Editorial board member of: Behavior Therapy; Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry; Journal of Experimental Psychopathology; Journal of Sex Research; Anxietry, Stress, and Coping
Substitute member of the faculty promotion committee