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Attentional bias to activity of different parts of the body in children with functional abdominal pain: an experimental study.

J Pediatr Psychol

May 2014

PHD, Leiden University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Child and Family Studies, Wassenaarseweg 52, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands.

Objectives: To investigate whether children with functional abdominal pain (FAP) show an attentional bias for their bodily activity, and whether receiving information about bodily activity influenced perception of bodily sensations.

Methods: A total of 30 children with FAP and 30 healthy children performed a dot-probe task, in which they were shown sham pictures about their bodily activity.

Results: Contrary to our hypotheses, no attentional bias for gut activity was found in either group.

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Cognitive coping strategies and stress in parents of children with Down syndrome: a prospective study.

Intellect Dev Disabil

August 2009

Academic Medical Center Amsterdam Leider University, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Leiden, The Netherlands.

The purpose of this study was to explore the cross-sectional and prospective relationships between cognitive coping strategies and parental stress in parents of children with Down syndrome. A total of 621 participants filled out questionnaires, including the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire to measure cognitive coping and the Nijmeegse Ouderlijke Stress Index-Korte Versie (A. J.

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