About the Authors

Nadia van der Spek

n.vander.spek@vu.nl

Affiliation VU University, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Joel Vos

Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Cornelia F. van Uden-Kraan

Affiliation VU University, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

William Breitbart

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Rob A. E. M. Tollenaar

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Pim Cuijpers

Affiliation VU University, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw

Affiliations VU University, Department of Clinical Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, VU University Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NVDS JV WB RT PC IVDL. Performed the experiments: NVDS JV. Analyzed the data: NVDS. Wrote the paper: NVDS. Critically reviewed the manuscript: JV CVUK PC IVDL. Contributed to data analysis: CVUK WB IVDL. Contributed to participant recruitment: RT.