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prof.dr. E.T. Bohlmeijer (Ernst)

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BMS-HIB-PHT
Cubicus B131B
e.t.bohlmeijer@utwente.nl
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Ernst Bohlmeijer is afgestudeerd in 2007 op het onderwerp: de gevolgen van life-review over depressie bij ouderen. Sinds 2007 werkte hij als universitair hoofddocent en sinds 2011 als hoogleraar bij de vakgroep Psychologie, Gezondheid & Technologie aan de faculteit Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences aan de Universiteit Twente. Zijn onderzoek bestaat uit twee hoofdthema's: 1) bevordering van geestelijke gezondheid, 2) het gebruik van (e) technologie in de (geestelijke) gezondheidszorg. Hij heeft een bijzondere interesse in de ontwikkeling en evaluatie van innovatieve (web-based) interventies in de gezondheidszorg. In de afgelopen jaren was hij hoofdonderzoeker en begeleider van ruim 12 gerandomiseerde gecontroleerde studies. Hij ontwikkelde 8 interventies ter verbetering van de veerkracht en het welzijn en het verminderen van stress op basis van de positieve psychologie, acceptance and commitment therapy en compassie gericht therapie. Sinds 2012 (co-) publiceerde Ernst Bohlmeijer meer dan 80 peer-reviewed papers en drie wetenschappelijke boeken. Hij was redacteur van het Nederlands Handboek van Positive Psychology. Sinds 2000 behaalde hij meer dan 10 beurzen uit Nederland organisatie voor gezondheidsonderzoek en zorginnovatie (ZonMw) en andere wetenschappelijke fondsen.

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Expertises

  • Psychology

    • Wellbeing
    • Mental Health
    • Depression
    • Positive Psychology
    • Anxiety
    • Groups
    • Treatment
    • Self-Compassion

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Publicaties

2025

Nature-Based Contemplation for Spiritual Well-Being: A Pilot Study Exploring Acceptability and Potential Benefits (2025)Mindfulness (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Ruan, X., Kraiss, J., Tönis, K. J. M., Cebolla, A., Lenferink, L. I. M., van Rompay, T. & Bohlmeijer, E.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02686-6Can a positive psychology intervention cultivating self-compassion enhance mental health by fostering self-compassion and adaptive capacities? Results from a randomized controlled trial (2025)The Journal of positive psychology (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Wang, J., Tönis, K. J. M., Kraiss, J. T., Drossaert, C. H. C., Schroevers, M. J. & Bohlmeijer, E. T.https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2025.2568840Personal recovery in the general population: Comparison of psychometric properties of the Brief INSPIRE-O in those with and without common mental disorders (2025)Assessment. Article 10731911251367122 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Ruan, X., Vergeer-Hagoort, F., ten Have, M., Luik, A. I., Tuithof, M., Bohlmeijer, E. T. & ten Klooster, P. M.https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251367122Which emotion regulation strategies are mediating the outcome of acceptance and commitment therapy compared to cognitive-behaviour therapy in the treatment of anxiety symptoms? (2025)Psychotherapy Research (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Spinhoven, P., Kraaij, V., Garnefski, N., Bohlmeijer, E. & Witlox, M.https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2556836Exploring Compassion-Based Positive Psychology for Cardiac Recovery: A Mixed Methods Case Study (2025)International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 10(3). Article 53 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Tönis, K., Kraiss, J. T., Toivonen, H., Linssen, G. C. & Bohlmeijer, E. T.https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-025-00247-9The Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship Between Self-Compassion and Psychological Outcomes in Adult Populations: A Systematic Review (2025)Stress and Health, 41(4). Article e70090. Wang, J., Drossaert, C. H. C., Knevel, M., Chen, L., Bohlmeijer, E. T. & Schroevers, M. J.https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.70090Assessing prolonged grief symptoms using experience sampling methodology: The development of the prolonged grief symptoms - short ecological assessment (PGS-SEA) scale (2025)Comprehensive psychiatry, 140. Article 152597. Ergun, T. D., ten Klooster, P. M., Bohlmeijer, E. T., Westerhof, G. J., Franzen, M. & Lenferink, L. I. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2025.152597Emotional Awareness: Compassion as a means to promote the sustainable mental health of military personnel (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation UT]. University of Twente. de Krijger, E.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036566827Trial-based economic evaluation of a multicomponent positive psychology intervention for euthymic patients with bipolar disorder (2025)Journal of Affective Disorders, 379, 576-585. Kleijburg, A., Klein, F., Wijnen, B., Lokkerbol, J., ten Klooster, P. M., Bohlmeijer, E. T. & Kraiss, J. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.02.112Digital health interventions for spinal surgery patients: A systematic scoping review (2025)Digital Health, 11, 1-22. van der Horst, A. Y., Kelders, S. M., Bohlmeijer, E. T., Schreurs, K. M. G. & Jukema, J. S.https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251328549

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Selectie van publicaties

  • Schotanus-Dijkstra, M., ten Have, M., Lamers, S.M.A., de Graaf, R., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2016). The longitudinal relationship between flourishing mental health and incident mood, anxiety and substance use disorders. The European Journal of Public Health, doi:.10.1093/eurpub/ckw202. (advance access).
  • Schotanus-Dijkstra, M., Drossaert, C.H.C., Pieterse, M.E., Walburg, J.A., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2016). Efficacy of a multicomponent positive psychology self-help intervention: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 4,3: e105.
  • Weiss, L.A., Westerhof, G.J., Bohlmeijer,E.T. (2016). Can we increase psychological well-being? The effects of interventions on psychological well-being: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Plos ONE 11:e0158092
  • Derks, P.M.J., Westerhof, G.J., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2016). A meta-analysis on the association between emotional awareness and borderline personality pathology. Journal of Personality Disorders, 30: 1-23.
  • Trompetter, H.R., de Kleine, E., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2016). Why does positive mental health buffer against psychopathology? An explanatory study on self-compassion as a resilience mechanism and adaptive emotion regulation strategy. Cognitive Therapy and Research, special issue, article in press.
  • Spijkerman, M.P.J., Pots, W.T.M., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2016). Effectiveness of online mindfulness-based interventions in improving mental health: a review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Psychology Review, 45: 102-114.
  • Trompetter, H.R., Bohlmeijer, E.T., Lamers, S.M.A., Schreurs, K.M.G. (2016). Positive psychological well-being is required for online self-help acceptance and commitment therapy for chronic pain to be effective. Frontiers in Psychology, 7: 353.
  • Veehof, M.M., Trompetter, H.R., Bohlmeijer, E.T., Schreurs, K.M.G. (2016). Acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of chronic pain: a meta-analytic review. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45: 5-31.
  • Pots, W.T.M., Fledderus, M., Meulenbeek, P.A.M., Klooster, P.M. ten., Schreurs, K.M.G., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2016) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a web-based intervention for depressive symptomatology: a randomized controlled trial. British Journal of Psychiatry, 208: 69-77.
  • Kelders, S.M., Bohlmeijer, E.T., Pots, W.T.M., van Gemert-Pijnen, J.E.W.C. (2015). Comparing human and automated support for depression: a randomized, fractional, factorial randomized trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 72: 72-80.
  • Schotanus-Dijkstra, M., Pieterse, M.E., Drossaert, C.H.C., Westerhof, G.J., Graaf, R. de., Have, M. ten., Walburg, J.A., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2015). What factors are associated with flourishing? Results from a large representative national sample. Journal of Happiness Studies. DOI: 10.1007/s10902-015-9647-3.
  • Trompetter, H.R., Bohlmeijer, E.T., Fox, J.P., Schreurs, K.M.G. (2015). Psychological flexibility and catastrophizing as associated change mechanisms during online Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for chronic pain. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 74: 50-59.
  • Lamers, S.M.A., Westerhof, G.J., Glas, C.A.W., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2015). The bidirectional relation between positive mental health and psychopathology in a longitudinal representative panel study. Journal of Positive Psychology, 10: 553-560.
  • Bohlmeijer, E.T., Lamers, S.M.A., Fledderus, M. (2015). Flourishing in people with depressive symptomatology increases with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Post-hoc analyses of a randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 65: 101-106.
  • Bruggen, V., van; Vos, J., Westerhof, G.J., Bohlmeijer, E.T., Glas, G. (2015). Systematic review of existential anxiety instruments. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 55: 173-201.
  • Meulenbeek, P., Christenhusz, L., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2015). Well-being therapy in the Netherlands; letter to the editor. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 84: 316-317.
  • Kohle, N., Drossaert, C.H.C., Schreurs, K.M.G., Hagedoorn, M., Verdonck-de Leeuw, I.M., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2015). A web-based self-help intervention for partners of cancer patients based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: a protocol of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 15: 303.
  • Kohle, N., Drossaert, C.H.C., Oosterik, S., Schreurs, K.M.G., Hagedoorn, M., Uden-Kraan, C.F. van, Verdonck-deLeeuw, I.M., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2015). Needs and preferences of cancer patients regarding a web-based psychological intervention: a qualitative study. JMIR cancer 1 (2).
  • Kohle, N., Drossaert, C.H.C., Schreurs, K.M.G., Hagedoorn, M., Uden-Kraan, C.F. van, Verdonck-deLeeuw, I.M., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2015). User-centered design: development of a web-based self-help intervention for partners of cancer patients. Psycho-oncology, 24 (suppl. 2), 122-123.
  • Schotanus-Dijkstra, M., Drossaert., C.H.C., Pieterse, M.E., Walburg, J.A., Bohlmeijer, E.T. (2015). Efficacy of a multicomponent positive psychology self-help intervention: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 4 (3) e105.
  • Trompetter, H.R., Bohlmeijer, E.T., Veehof, M.M. & Schreurs, K.M.G. (2014). Internet-based guided self-help intervention for chronic pain based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of behavioral medicine, 38: 66-80.

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