Catharine Evers
Selfregulation people
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Research
In 2005 I obtained my PhD from the Social Psychology Department of the University of Amsterdam on the topic of sex differences in anger regulation. After a visit abroad to James Gross’ Psychophysiology Laboratory (Stanford University, USA) and being a postdoctoral researcher at UCL (University of Louvain, Belgium), I am currently working as Assistant Professor in this Lab.
My research evolves around the topic of emotion and emotion regulation and how these concepts connect to health behavior, with a focus on emotional eating. I mainly conduct experimental research and my studies try to answer questions like ‘How do emotions affect eating behavior?’, ‘Do emotions actually affect eating behavior?’, and ‘Why should emotions affect eating behavior?’. Moreover, I look at general beliefs regarding emotional eating, how emotions affect processes like liking & wanting, and I am particularly interested in the link between emotion regulation and consumption.
Teaching
My most favorite teaching-task is supervising bachelor and master's theses of students, so students are welcome to participate in one of my projects throughout the whole year. Further I am coordinator of the course ‘Theoretical Foundations of Clinical and Health Psychology’ and ‘Behavioral Regulation I: Affect and Motivation’ (course in the Research Master “Social and Health Psychology”: SHP). I am also involved in the courses ‘Health Psychology’ and ‘Health Promotion’.
Publications
In press
De Witt Huberts, J.C., Evers, C., & De Ridder, D.T.D. (in press). License to sin: Self-licensing as underlying mechanism of hedonic consumption. European Journal of Social Psychology.
Krabbenborg, M.A.M., Danner, U.N., Larsen, J.K., Van Der Veer, N., Van Elburg, A.A., De Ridder, D.T.D., Evers, C., Stice, E., & Engels, R.C.M.E. (in press). The Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale: Psychometric features within a clinical population and a cut-off point to differentiate clinical patients from healthy controls. European Eating Disorders Review.
Larsen, J.K., Vermulst, A.A., Geenen, R., van Middendorp, H., English, T., Gross, J.J., Evers, C. & Engels, R.C.M.E. (in press). Emotion regulation in adolescence: A prospective study of expressive suppression and depressive symptoms. The Journal of Early Adolescence.
Verhoeven, A.A.C., Adriaanse, M.A., Evers, C., & De Ridder, D.T.D. (in press). The power of habits: Unhealthy snacking behaviour is primarily predicted by habit strength. British Journal of Health Psychology.
2011
Adriaanse, M.A., De Ridder, D.T.D., & Evers, C. (2011). Emotional Eating: Eating when emotional or emotional about eating? Psychology & Health, 26, 23-39. pdf
Adriaanse, M. A., Van Oosten, J. M. F., De Ridder, D. T. D., De Wit, J. B. F., & Evers, C. (2011). Planning what not to eat: Ironic effects of implementation intentions negating unhealthy habits. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 69-81. pdf
Evers, C., Fischer, A.H., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2011). Gender and emotion regulation: A social appraisal perspective on anger. In I. Nyklicek, A. Vingerhoets, & M. Zeelenberg (Eds.), Emotion regulation and well-being (pp.211-222). New York: Springer.
Evers, C., Stok, F.M., Danner, U.N., Salmon, S.J., de Ridder, D.T.D., & Adriaanse, M.A. (2011). The shaping role of hunger on self-reported external eating status. Appetite, 57, 318-320. pdf
Fischer, A.H., & Evers, C. (2011). The social costs and benefits of anger as a function of gender and relationship context. Sex Roles, 65, 23-34. pdf
Kroese, F. M., Adriaanse, M. A., Evers, C., & De Ridder, D. T. D. (2011). 'Instant Success': Turning temptations into cues for goal-directed behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1389-1397. pdf
Kroese, F.M., Evers, C., & De Ridder, D.T.D. (2011). Tricky treats: Paradoxical effects of temptation strength on self-regulation processes. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41, 281-288. pdf
2010
Evers, C., De Ridder, D.T.D., & Adriaanse, M.A. (2010). Adequately predicting emotional eating with self-reports: Not as easy as pie. Health Psychology, 29, 344-345. pdf
Evers, C., Stok, F.M., & De Ridder, D.T.D. (2010). Feeding your feelings: Emotion regulation strategies and emotional eating. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 792-804. pdf
Fischer, A.H., & Evers, C. (2010). Anger in the context of gender. In M. Potegal, G. Stemmler, & C. Spielberger (Eds.), International handbook of anger (pp. 349-360). Springer: New York.
2009
Evers, C., De Ridder, D. T. D., & Adriaanse, M. A. (2009). Assessing yourself as an emotional eater: Mission Impossible? Health Psychology, 28, 717-725. pdf
Kroese, F.M., Evers, C., & De Ridder, D.T.D. (2009). How chocolate keeps you slim: The effect of food temptations on weight watching goal importance, intentions, and eating behavior. Appetite, 53, 430-433. pdf
2006
Mauss, I.B., Evers, C., Wilhelm, F.W, & Gross, J.J. (2006). How to bite your tongue without blowing your top: Implicit evaluation of emotion regulation predicts affective responding to anger provocation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 589-602. pdf
2005
Evers, C., Fischer, A.H., Rodriguez Mosquera, P., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2005). Anger and social appraisal: A “spicy” sex difference? Emotion, 5, 258-266. pdf
Evers, C. (2005). Sex differences in anger expressions: The shaping role of social appraisals. Doctoral Dissertation. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2004
Bowers, L., Callaghan, P., Clark, N., & Evers, C. (2004). Comparisons of psychotropic drug prescribing patterns in acute psychiatric wards across Europe. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 60, 29-35. pdf
Fischer, A.H., Rotteveel, M., Evers, C., & Manstead (2004). Emotional assimilation: How we are influenced by others’ emotions. Current Psychology of Cognition, 22, 223-245.
Fischer, A.H. Manstead, A.S.R., Evers, C., Timmers, M. & Valk, G. (2004). Motives and norms underlying emotion regulation. In P. Phillipot & R. S. Feldman (Eds.), The Regulation of Emotion. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
2003
à Campo, J., Nijman, H.L.I., Merckelbach, H., & Evers, C. (2003). Psychiatric comorbidity of gender identity disorders: A survey among Dutch psychiatrists. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 1332-1336. pdf
2002
Nijman, H.L.I., Evers, C., Merckelbach, H.L.G.J., & Palmstierna, T. (2002). Assessing aggression severity with the Revised Staff Observation Scale (SOAS-R). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 190, 198-200.
Nijman, H.L.I., Merckelbach, H.L.G.J., Evers, C., Palmstierna, T., & à Campo, J.M.L.G. (2002). Prediction of aggression on a locked psychiatric admissions ward. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 105, 390-395. pdf
Dutch publications / Nederlandstalige publicaties
Salmon, S.J., Evers, C., & De Ridder, D.T.D. (2011). 'Houd het hoofd koel': Verminderde toegankelijkheid van dieet-doelen na maladaptieve emotieregulatie. In B. Derks, R. Renes, K. Ruys, N. van de Ven, & M. Vliek (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2010 (pp.381-389). Groningen: ASPO pers.
Evers, C., De Ridder, D. T. D., & Adriaanse, M. A. (2011). In hoeverre kan iemand zichzelf inschatten als 'emotionele eter'? (To what extent can people classify themselves as 'emotional eater'?) Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Voeding & Diëtetiek, 66 (1), p. 29.
De Ridder, D. T. D., Evers, C., & Adriaanse, M. A. (2009). Emotioneel over eten (Emotional about eating). In W. Koops & M. Splinter (red.), Kijk op Karakter: Over de samenhang tussen persoonlijkheid en gedrag, 65-76. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: SWP. pdf
Kroese, F.M., Evers, C., & De Ridder, D.T.D. (2008). Verraderlijke verleidingen: Waarom zwakke verleidingen gevaarlijker zijn dan sterke. In R. Custers, B. Beersma, H. van den Berg, F. Harinck, & M. van Zomeren (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2007 (pp. 203-211). Groningen: ASPO pers. pdf
De Ridder, D., Kuijer, R., De Wit, J., & Evers, C. (2006). Zelfregulatie van gezond(heids)gedrag: Omgaan met frustratie en distress. De Psycholoog, 41, 601-605.
Evers, C., Fischer, A.H., Manstead, A.S.R. (2006). Incoherentie in ervaring, gedrag en fysiologie van emoties. Een dissociatiemodel van impliciete en expliciete boosheidcomponenten. In R.W. Holland, J. Ouwerkerk, C. van Laar, R. Ruiter, J. Ham (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2005, pp. 127-139.
Evers, C., Fischer, A.H., Rodriguez Mosquera, P.M., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2004). Sekse en boosheidsregulatie: Een pittige kwestie. In D. Wigboldus, M. Dechesne, E. Gordijn, E. Kluwer (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2003, pp. 85-92.
Evers, C. (2001). Man-vrouw verschillen in boosheid. In C. Hamaker (Ed.), Een boek vol emoties (pp.68-70). Afdeling Psychologie, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Evers, C., Fischer, A.H., & Manstead, A.S.R. (2001). Sekseverschillen in boosheidsexpressie. In D.A. Stapel, M. Hagedoorn, E. van Dijk (Eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie 2001, pp. 19-30. Delft: Eburon.
à Campo, J.M., Nijman, H.L.I., Evers, C., Merkelbach, H.L.G.J., & Decker, I. (2001). Genderidentiteitsstoornissen als bijverschijnsel van psychose, in het bijzonder schizofrenie. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 39, 1876-1880.
