Marieke Effting is a postdoctoral researcher and a teacher at the Department of Clinical Psychology. Her research concerns the measurement of impulsive avoidance tendencies as a predictor of real-life phobic behavior in clinical populations. Her teaching concerns Evidenced based practice, a 3-rd years bachelor statistical course on the link between research and clinical practice. Her PhD involved research on the mechanism of return of extinguished fear and its prevention in humans.
Publications: 
Krypotos, A.-M., Effting, M., Arnaudova, I., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T.
(2014). Avoided by association: Acquisition, extinction, and renewal of
avoidance tendencies towards conditioned fear stimuli. Clinical Psychological
Science, 2, 336–343. 
Effting, M., Vervliet, B., Beckers, T., & Kindt, M. (2013). Cued
reacquisition trials during extinction weaken contextual renewal in human
predictive learning. Learning and Motivation, 44, 184-195. 
Arnaudova, I., Krypotos, A.-M., Effting, M., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T.
(2013). Individual differences in discriminatory fear learning under conditions
of ambiguity: A vulnerability factor for anxiety disorders? Frontiers in
Psychology, 4, 298. 
Beckers, T., Krypotos, A.-M., Effting, M., & Kindt, M. (2013) What’s wrong
with fear conditioning? Biological Psychology, 92, 90 - 96. 
Effting, M. (2011). Preventie van terugkeer van angst: een kwestie van context.
Psychologie & Gezondheid, 39, 301. 
Effting, M., Vervliet, B., & Kindt, M. (2010). Retrospective revaluation
effects following serial compound training and target extinction. Learning and
Motivation, 41, 67-83. 
Effting, M. & Kindt, M. (2007). Contextual control of human fear
associations in a renewal paradigm. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45,
2002-2018. 
Van Koulil, S., Effting, M., Kraaimaat, F. W., van Lankveld, W., van Helmond,
T., Cats, H., et al. (2007). Cognitive-behavioural therapies and exercise
programmes for patients with fibromyalgia: state of the art and future
directions. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 66, 571-581. 
Huntjens, R. J. C., Peters, M. L., Postma, A., Woertman, L., Effting, M., &
Hart, O. van der (2005). Transfer of newly acquired stimulus valence between
identities in dissociative identity disorder (DID). Behaviour Research and
Therapy, 43, 243-255.
 Elsey, J. W. B., Metselaar, V. N., Geiser, E., Knoop, D. F., Gangadien, S. M., Schrijver, N. A., van den Nieuwenhof, L. M., Spiekman, V. M., Jakschik, M. J., Enkelaar, C. M., Visbeek, E. S. J., Effting, M., & Kindt, M. (2025). Reality Cheque: Different Methods of Eliciting Fear-Related Beliefs Reveal Multiple Representations of Threat. Journal of General Psychology, 152(3), 448-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2024.2405876 [details]
Elsey, J. W. B., Metselaar, V. N., Geiser, E., Knoop, D. F., Gangadien, S. M., Schrijver, N. A., van den Nieuwenhof, L. M., Spiekman, V. M., Jakschik, M. J., Enkelaar, C. M., Visbeek, E. S. J., Effting, M., & Kindt, M. (2025). Reality Cheque: Different Methods of Eliciting Fear-Related Beliefs Reveal Multiple Representations of Threat. Journal of General Psychology, 152(3), 448-474. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.2024.2405876 [details] Feddes, A. R., Arjangi-Babetti, H. J., Bosdijk, S., Klawitter, L., Romers, A. H., Tsaousoglou, S., Doosje, B., Effting, M., & van Emmerik, A. A. P. (2025). Effects of refugee settlement on citizens: A prospective longitudinal study of associations between perceived intergroup threat and mental health. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 28(1), 50-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241248001 [details]
Feddes, A. R., Arjangi-Babetti, H. J., Bosdijk, S., Klawitter, L., Romers, A. H., Tsaousoglou, S., Doosje, B., Effting, M., & van Emmerik, A. A. P. (2025). Effects of refugee settlement on citizens: A prospective longitudinal study of associations between perceived intergroup threat and mental health. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 28(1), 50-66. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241248001 [details] Looman, M. I., Blanken, T. F., Schoenmakers, T. M., Reesen, J. E., Effting, M., Linnebank, F. E., van Straten, A., Kamphuis, J. H., & Lancee, J. (2025). Telephone-Guided Sleep Restriction for Insomnia: A Randomized Sleep Diary-Controlled Trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 94(3), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1159/000545138 [details]
Looman, M. I., Blanken, T. F., Schoenmakers, T. M., Reesen, J. E., Effting, M., Linnebank, F. E., van Straten, A., Kamphuis, J. H., & Lancee, J. (2025). Telephone-Guided Sleep Restriction for Insomnia: A Randomized Sleep Diary-Controlled Trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 94(3), 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1159/000545138 [details] Lancee, J., Effting, M., & Kunze, A. E. (2021). Telephone-guided imagery rehearsal therapy for nightmares: Efficacy and mediator of change. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(3), Article e13123. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13123 [details]
Lancee, J., Effting, M., & Kunze, A. E. (2021). Telephone-guided imagery rehearsal therapy for nightmares: Efficacy and mediator of change. Journal of Sleep Research, 30(3), Article e13123. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13123 [details] Lancee, J., Effting, M., van der Zweerde, T., van Daal, L., van Straten, A., & Kamphuis, J. H. (2019). Cognitive processes mediate the effects of insomnia treatment: evidence from a randomized wait-list controlled trial. Sleep Medicine, 54, 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.09.029 [details]
Lancee, J., Effting, M., van der Zweerde, T., van Daal, L., van Straten, A., & Kamphuis, J. H. (2019). Cognitive processes mediate the effects of insomnia treatment: evidence from a randomized wait-list controlled trial. Sleep Medicine, 54, 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.09.029 [details] van der Zweerde, T., van Straten, A., Effting, M., Kyle, S. D., & Lancee, J. (2019). Does online insomnia treatment reduce depressive symptoms? A randomized controlled trial in individuals with both insomnia and depressive symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 49(3), 501-509. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718001149 [details]
van der Zweerde, T., van Straten, A., Effting, M., Kyle, S. D., & Lancee, J. (2019). Does online insomnia treatment reduce depressive symptoms? A randomized controlled trial in individuals with both insomnia and depressive symptoms. Psychological Medicine, 49(3), 501-509. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718001149 [details] Arnaudova, I., Krypotos, A.-M., Effting, M., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T. (2017). Fearing shades of grey: individual differences in fear responding towards generalisation stimuli. Cognition & Emotion, 31(6), 1181-1196. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1204990 [details]
Arnaudova, I., Krypotos, A.-M., Effting, M., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T. (2017). Fearing shades of grey: individual differences in fear responding towards generalisation stimuli. Cognition & Emotion, 31(6), 1181-1196. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1204990 [details] Effting, M., Salemink, E., Verschuere, B., & Beckers, T. (2016). Implicit and explicit measures of spider fear and avoidance behavior: Examination of the moderating role of working memory capacity. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50, 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.10.003 [details]
Effting, M., Salemink, E., Verschuere, B., & Beckers, T. (2016). Implicit and explicit measures of spider fear and avoidance behavior: Examination of the moderating role of working memory capacity. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 50, 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.10.003 [details] Krypotos, A. M., Arnaudova, I., Effting, M., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T. (2015). Effects of approach-avoidance training on the extinction and return of fear responses. PLoS ONE, 10(7), Article e0131581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131581 [details]
Krypotos, A. M., Arnaudova, I., Effting, M., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T. (2015). Effects of approach-avoidance training on the extinction and return of fear responses. PLoS ONE, 10(7), Article e0131581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131581 [details] Krypotos, A. M., Effting, M., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T. (2015). Avoidance learning: a review of theoretical models and recent developments. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, Article 189. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00189 [details]
Krypotos, A. M., Effting, M., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T. (2015). Avoidance learning: a review of theoretical models and recent developments. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, Article 189. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00189 [details] Arnaudova, I., Krypotos, A. M., Effting, M., Boddez, Y., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T. (2013). Individual differences in discriminatory fear learning under conditions of ambiguity: a vulnerability factor for anxiety disorders? Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 298. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00298 [details]
Arnaudova, I., Krypotos, A. M., Effting, M., Boddez, Y., Kindt, M., & Beckers, T. (2013). Individual differences in discriminatory fear learning under conditions of ambiguity: a vulnerability factor for anxiety disorders? Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 298. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00298 [details]