dr. Ivan Nyklicek

Bio

Dr. Ivan Nyklíček obtained his PhD in Psychology in 1997 at Tilburg University, and since 2009 he is Associate Professor at this university.

His research focus is on attention and emotion regulation in relation to psychological wellbeing and health, an important topic being mindfulness, the non-judgmental attention to and awareness of present moment phenomena. Effects, mechanisms and moderators of mindfulness are studied regarding psychological, cardiovascular, endocrine, and central nervous systems in various contexts (laboratory, daily life of various healthy and patient samples). His work also involves assessment of mindfulness facets.

Besides his academic work, he is also mindfulness practitioner and trainer in Tilburg.

Expertise

attention regulation

emotion regulation

health and wellbeing

mindfulness

stress

conceptual issues and assessment

experience sampling

Teaching

Emotion, emotion regulation and wellbeing

Master thesis Clinical Psychology

Courses

• Treatment and Clinical Skills
• Stress and Health
• Professional Skills: Ethical Issues (NL)
• Emotions: Scientific and Clinical Aspects
• Emotions: Scientific and Clinical Aspects
• Master's Thesis Clinical Psychology

Recent publications

1. Mindfulness during pregnancy and parental stress in mothers raising t…

   Boekhorst, M. G. B. M., Potharst, E. S., Beerthuizen, A., Hulsbosch, L. P., Bergink, V., Pop, V. J. M., & Nyklicek, I. (2020). Mindfulness during pregnancy and parental stress in mothers raising toddlers. Mindfulness, 11(7), 1747-1761.

2. Online mindfulness-based intervention for women with pregnancy distre…

   Hulsbosch, L. P., Nyklíček, I., Potharst, E. S., Meems, M., Boekhorst, M. G. B. M., & Pop, V. J. M. (2020). Online mindfulness-based intervention for women with pregnancy distress: Design of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20(1), [159].

3. Trait mindfulness during pregnancy and perception of childbirth

   Hulsbosch, L. P., Boekhorst, M. G. B. M., Potharst, E. S., Pop, V. J. M., & Nyklicek, I. (2020). Trait mindfulness during pregnancy and perception of childbirth. Archives of Womens Mental Health.

4. Aspects of self-awareness in meditators and meditation-naïve particip…

   Nyklicek, I. (2020). Aspects of self-awareness in meditators and meditation-naïve participants: Self-report versus task performance. Mindfulness, 11(4), 1028-1037.

5. Introspective interest and insight in the context of Mindfulness-Base…

   Nyklicek, I., Zonneveld, R., & Denollet, J. (2020). Introspective interest and insight in the context of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A randomized trial. Mindfulness, 11, 2176-2188.