About the Authors

Fleur E. P. van Dooren

Affiliations CoRPS – Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, MHeNS – Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, MUMC – Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Giesje Nefs

Affiliation CoRPS – Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Miranda T. Schram

Affiliation MUMC – Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Frans R. J. Verhey

Affiliation MHeNS – Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Johan Denollet

Affiliation CoRPS – Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

François Pouwer

F.Pouwer@uvt.nl

Affiliation CoRPS – Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to the discussion: GN JD FP. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: FvD GN MS FV JD FP. Conceived and designed the experiments: FvD GN FP. Performed the experiments: FvD. Analyzed the data: FvD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FvD. Wrote the paper: FvD.