About the Authors

Stephanie Nikolaus

Affiliations Department of Psychology, Health & Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, Expert Center for Chronic Fatigue, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Christina Bode

c.bode@utwente.nl

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Health & Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Erik Taal

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Health & Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Harald E. Vonkeman

Affiliations Department of Psychology, Health & Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Cees A. W. Glas

Affiliation Department of Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Analysis, Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Mart A. F. J. van de Laar

Affiliations Department of Psychology, Health & Technology, Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN CB ET HV CG MvdL. Performed the experiments: SN. Analyzed the data: CG SN CB ET. Wrote the paper: SN CB ET HV CG MvdL.