About the Authors

Mirte Brom

m.brom@lumc.nl

Affiliations Institute of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Department of Psychosomatic Gynaecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Ellen Laan

Affiliation Department of Sexology and Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Walter Everaerd

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

Philip Spinhoven

Affiliations Institute of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Stephanie Both

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Gynaecology and Sexology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB SB. Performed the experiments: MB. Analyzed the data: MB SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB SB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MB SB EL WE PS.