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Physiological Reactivity to Fear in Children
Effects of Temperament, Attachment & the Serotonin Transporter Gene
Renske Gilissen
Copyright © 2008, Renske Gilissen
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Physiological Reactivity to Fear in Children
Effects of Temperament, Attachment & the Serotonin Transporter Gene
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op woensdag 16 april 2008 klokke 15:00 uur
door
Renske Gilissen
geboren te Delft in 1977
Dr. M. Linting
Prof. dr. C. Schuengel (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 9
Chapter 2 Physiological reactions of preschoolers to fear-inducing 19 film clips: Effects of temperamental fearfulness and
quality of the parent-child relationship.
Developmental Psychobiology, 49, 187-195.
Chapter 3 Parent-child relationship, temperament, and physiological 37 reactions to fear-inducing film clips: Further evidence for
differential susceptibility.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 99, 182–195.
Chapter 4 Electrodermal reactivity during the Trier Social Stress Test 53 for Children: Interaction between the serotonin transporter polymorphism and children’s attachment representation.
Manuscript submitted for publication.
Chapter 5 General discussion 71
References 83
Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch) 99
Curriculum Vitae 107
