Somatic complaints in childhood: How they are related to children's emotional and social functioning
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(2) Acknowledgements. Acknowledgments Writing my thesis was an instructive and very joyful experience. In this section I would like to thank some of the people that have supported me while writing this thesis and without whom it would not have been the wonderful experience that it was. My sincere gratitude goes to my family for supporting me in my educational pursuits. I would like to thank them for their trust in me and for their sincere interest in my research. Angela, thank you for being my paranimf. I also feel happy to mention my little nephew Florian who often brings smiles to his aunt’s face. I would like to thank my colleagues from the department of Developmental Psychology. I have very much enjoyed the friendly and supportive atmosphere at the department. Several colleagues deserve a special mention. First, I would like to thank Caroline, for being the first to really make me feel welcome in the summer of 2004 when I game to an almost empty department as a student-assistant. Second, Anne, Erika, Eveline, Sheida, and Victor, thank you for your support and for the sometimes-all-to-needed breaks. Third, a very special thanks goes out to Floor. Being roommates, we had a lot of fun together, and when needed you always had a listening ear. Finally, Sindy, thank you most of all for your friendship and for being my paranimf. Thanks to the Mind-Body research group at the University of Pittsburgh. I have felt very welcome and being part of your team for a short time has had an enormous, long-term impact on my scientific thinking. In this context, I am happy to mention Ron Dahl and Bob Noll. A warm thank you to all the children and parents who have participated in my research and without whom this dissertation would not have been possible. I also greatly appreciate the help of several students of Leiden University who have assisted with the data- collection. Their assistance was invaluable and I am grateful to them. Many thanks to all my friends who have been around these three and a half years and in one way or another have influenced this thesis. In particular, I would like to thank Kyra, Annelies, Michael, and Marjolein for always being there for me. Finally, thank you dear Krispijn for all your love and support. In a relatively short time, we have already shared many wonderful experiences…
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(6) .I am also very happy that we were able to share the experience of getting our PhD.. - 131 -.
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(8) Curriculum Vitae. Curriculum Vitae Francisca (Francine) Catharina Jellesma was born on December 11th, 1981 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She completed high school (Gymnasium) at the “Christelijke Scholengemeenschap Buitenveldert” in 2000. From 2000 to 2004, she studied Psychology at the VU University in Amsterdam, during which she did a clinical work experience in Medical Child Psychology and wrote master thesis on the topic of the emotional functioning of children with many somatic complaints at the VU Medical Centre. She graduated cum laude in Developmental Psychology. From 20004 to 2008 she worked as a PhD student at Leiden University, Developmental Psychology. The main themes of her research during this period were emotional and social influences on children’s experience of somatic complaints. Francine currently works at the department of Educational Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, where she conducts research on socio-emotional problems in children.. - 133 -.
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