Biography
Why do some adolescents develop anxiety disorders, while others do not? And how can we use this knowledge for more effective interventions?
I study neural and behavioral correlates of attention bias and social stress to answer these questions. I study social and neural moderators of the temperament-anxiety association using Generation R data, as part of my Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship. Before, I was a post-doctoral researcher at the NIMH with Dr. Daniel Pine and Prof. Nathan Fox. I led several fMRI and behavioral studies with children with and without anxiety disorders and analyzed data from a 16-year longitudinal fMRI study. I have received my PhD in Developmental Psychology from Leiden University (The Netherlands). My dissertation focused on delineating electrophysiological endophenotypes of social anxiety disorder.
Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Assistant professor | Clinical Psychology
- harrewijn@essb.eur.nl
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Work
- Grace M. Stohr, Anita Harrewijn, Santiago Morales, Selin Zeytinoglu, Zoë E. Laky, Parmis Khosravi, Elise M. Cardinale, Nicole Lorenzo, Joel Stoddard, Daniel S. Pine, Nathan A. Fox, Melissa A. Brotman & Simone P. Haller (2025) - Adolescent cognitive control processing is associated with anxiety in young adulthood during the COVID-19 pandemic - Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience - doi: 10.3758/s13415-025-01293-1 - [link]
- Anita Harrewijn, Rosa H. Mulder, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Matthias J. Wieser & Pauline W. Jansen (2025) - Four distinct peer interaction variables as moderators of the fearful temperament-anxiety association, using data from the Generation R Study - JCPP Advances, 5 (1) - doi: 10.1002/jcv2.12254 - [link]
- Elizabeth R. Kitt, Rany Abend, Paia Amelio, Jordan Galbraith, Anjali D. Poe, Dylan G. Gee, Daniel S. Pine & Anita Harrewijn (2025) - Using mobile eye-tracking to evaluate gaze behavior during a speech in pediatric anxiety disorders - Journal of Affective Disorders, 369, 462-466 - doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.10.024 - [link]
- Meghan E Byrne, Sara Kirschner, Anita Harrewijn, Rany Abend, Amit Lazarov, Lucrezia Liuzzi, Katharina Kircanski, Simone P Haller, Yair Bar-Haim & Daniel S Pine (2024) - Eye-tracking measurement of attention bias to social threat among youth: A replication and extension study - Journal of mood and anxiety disorders, 8 - doi: 10.1016/j.xjmad.2024.100075
- Kevin Hilbert, Ole Jonas Boeken, Till Langhammer, Nynke A. Groenewold, Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Moji Aghajani, Andre Zugman, Fredrik Ahs, Volker Arolt, Katja Beesdo-Baum, Johannes Bjorkstrand, Jennifer U. Blackford, Laura Blanco-Hinojo, Joscha Boehnlein, Robin Buelow, Marta Cano, Narcis Cardoner, Xavier Caseras, Udo Dannlowski, Katharina Domschke, Lydia Fehm, Brandee Feola, Mats Fredrikson, Liesbet Goossens, Hans J. Grabe, Dominik Grotegerd, Raquel E. Gur, Alfons O. Hamm, Anita Harrewijn, Ingmar Heinig, Martin J. Herrmann, David Hofmann, Andrea P. Jackowski, Andreas Jansen, Antonia N. Kaczkurkin, Merel Kindt, Ellen N. Kingsley, Tilo Kircher, Anna L. Klahn, Katja Koelkebeck, Axel Krug, Harald Kugel, Bart Larsen, Elisabeth J. Leehr, Lieselotte Leonhardt, Martin Lotze, Juergen Margraf, Jaroslaw Michalowski, Markus Muehlhan, Igor Nenadic, Pedro M. Pan, Paul Pauli, Wenceslao Penate, Andre Pittig, Jens Plag, Jesus Pujol, Jan Richter, Francisco L. Rivero, Giovanni A. Salum, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Axel Schaefer, Judith Schaefer, Anne Schienle, Silvia Schneider, Elisabeth Schrammen, Koen Schruers, Stefan M. Schulz, Esther Seidl, Rudolf M. Stark, Frederike Stein, Benjamin Straube, Thomas Straube, Andreas Stroehle, Boris Suchan, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, Carlos Ventura-Bort, Renee Visser, Henry Voelzke, Albert Wabnegger, Andre Wannemueller, Julia Wendt, Julian Wiemer, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Katharina Wittfeld, Barry Wright, Yunbo Yang, Anna Zilverstand, Peter Zwanzger, Dick J. Veltman, Anderson M. Winkler, Daniel S. Pine, Neda Jahanshad, Paul M. Thompson, Dan J. Stein, Nic J. A. Van der Wee & Ulrike Lueken (2024) - Cortical and Subcortical Brain Alterations in Specific Phobia and Its Animal and Blood-Injection-Injury Subtypes: A Mega-Analysis From the ENIGMA Anxiety Working Group - American Journal of Psychiatry, 181 (8), 728-740 - doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20230032 - [link]
- Yvette Grootjans, Anita Harrewijn, Laura Fornari, Tieme Janssen, Ellen R A de Bruijn, Nienke van Atteveldt & Ingmar H A Franken (2024) - Getting closer to social interactions using electroencephalography in developmental cognitive neuroscience - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 67 - doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101391 - [link]
- Judith Torzillo, Selin Topel, Anita Harrewijn, Melle J.W. van der Molen & Frederik van der Veen (2024) - Subjective pain and reward in a social judgment paradigm - Current Psychology, 43 (20), 18095-18108 - doi: 10.1007/s12144-023-05599-6 - [link]
- Simone P Haller, Julia O Linke, Hannah L Grassie, Emily L Jones, David Pagliaccio, Anita Harrewijn, Lauren K White, Reut Naim, Rany Abend, Ajitha Mallidi, Erin Berman, Krystal M Lewis, Katharina Kircanski, Nathan A Fox, Wendy K Silverman, Ned H Kalin, Yair Bar-Haim & Melissa A Brotman (2024) - Normalization of Fronto-Parietal Activation by Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Unmedicated Pediatric Patients With Anxiety Disorders - American Journal of Psychiatry, 181 (3), 201-212 - doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20220449 - [link]
- Willem B. Bruin, Paul Zhutovsky, Guido A. van Wingen, Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Nynke A. Groenewold, Kevin Hilbert, Anderson M. Winkler, Andre Zugman, Federica Agosta, Fredrik Ă…hs, Carmen Andreescu, Chase Antonacci, Takeshi Asami, Michal Assaf, Jacques P. Barber, Jochen Bauer, Shreya Y. Bavdekar, Katja Beesdo-Baum, Francesco Benedetti, Rachel Bernstein, Johannes Björkstrand, Robert J. Blair, Karina S. Blair, Laura Blanco-Hinojo, Joscha Böhnlein, Paolo Brambilla, Rodrigo A. Bressan, Fabian Breuer, Marta Cano, Elisa Canu, Elise M. Cardinale, NarcĂs Cardoner, Camilla Cividini, Henk Cremers, Udo Dannlowski, Gretchen J. Diefenbach, Katharina Domschke, Alexander G. G. Doruyter, Thomas Dresler, Angelika Erhardt, Massimo Filippi, Gregory A. Fonzo, Gabrielle F. Freitag, Tomas Furmark, Tian Ge, Andrew J. Gerber, Savannah N. Gosnell, Hans J. Grabe, Dominik Grotegerd, Ruben C. Gur, Raquel E. Gur, Alfons O. Hamm, Laura K. M. Han, Jennifer C. Harper, Anita Harrewijn, Alexandre Heeren, David Hofmann, Andrea P. Jackowski, Neda Jahanshad, Laura Jett, Antonia N. Kaczkurkin, Parmis Khosravi, Ellen N. Kingsley, Tilo Kircher, Milutin Kostic, Bart Larsen, Sang-Hyuk Lee, Elisabeth J. Leehr, Ellen Leibenluft, Christine Lochner, Su Lui, Eleonora Maggioni, Gisele G. Manfro, Kristoffer N. T. MĂĄnsson, Claire E. Marino, Frances Meeten, Barbara Milrod, Ana Munjiza Jovanovic, Benson Mwangi, Michael J. Myers, Susanne Neufang, Jared A. Nielsen, Patricia A. Ohrmann, Cristina Ottaviani, Martin P. Paulus, Michael T. Perino, K. Luan Phan, Sara Poletti, Daniel Porta-CasterĂ s, Jesus Pujol, Andrea Reinecke, Grace V. Ringlein, Pavel Rjabtsenkov, Karin Roelofs, Ramiro Salas, Giovanni A. Salum, Theodore D. Satterthwaite, Elisabeth Schrammen, Lisa Sindermann, Jordan W. Smoller, Jair C. Soares, Rudolf Stark, Frederike Stein, Thomas Straube, Benjamin Straube, Jeffrey R. Strawn, Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, Chad M. Sylvester, Ardesheer Talati, Sophia I. Thomopoulos, RaĹźit TĂĽkel, Helena van Nieuwenhuizen, Kathryn Werwath, Katharina Wittfeld, Barry Wright, Mon-Ju Wu, Yunbo Yang, Anna Zilverstand, Peter Zwanzger, Jennifer U. Blackford, Suzanne N. Avery, Jacqueline A. Clauss, Ulrike Lueken, Paul M. Thompson, Daniel S. Pine, Dan J. Stein, Nic J. A. van der Wee, Dick J. Veltman & Moji Aghajani (2024) - Brain-based classification of youth with anxiety disorders: transdiagnostic examinations within the ENIGMA-Anxiety database using machine learning - Nature Mental Health, 2 (1), 104-118 - doi: 10.1038/s44220-023-00173-2
- Anita Harrewijn, Sonia G. Ruiz, Rany Abend, Simone P. Haller, Anni R. Subar, Caroline Swetlitz, Emilio A. Valadez, Melissa A. Brotman, Gang Chen, Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Ellen Leibenluft, Yair Bar-Haim, Nathan A. Fox & Daniel S. Pine (2023) - Development of Neural Mechanisms Underlying Threat Processing: Associations With Childhood Social Reticence and Adolescent Anxiety - Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 3 (4), 893-901 - doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.01.008 - [link]
- RA Bernstein, AR Smith, ER Kitt, EM Cardinale, A Harrewijn, R Abend, KJ Michalska, DS Pine & K Kircanski (2023) - Threat Appraisal and Pediatric Anxiety: Proof of Concept of a Latent Variable Approach - Clinical Psychological Science, 12 (4), 772-781 - doi: 10.1177/21677026231190349 - [link]
- Naz Kapoğlu, Dalila Ruiz Y Kärkkäinen, Laura Tapio, Sam B. ter Haar, Marianne den Hertog, Rowan Huijgen, Anita Harrewijn, Brian Godor & Ruth Van der Hallen (2023) - What tools are in your coping toolbox? - Frontiers for Young Minds - doi: 10.3389/frym.2023.974011 - [link]
- S Haller, J Linke, H Grassie, E Jones, D Pagliaccio, A Harrewijn, L White, R Naim, A Mallidi, E Berman, K Lewis, K Kircanski, W Silverman, N Kalin, Y Bar-Haim & MA Brotman (2023) - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Normalizes FrontoParietal Activation in Unmedicated Patients With Pediatric Anxiety Disorders - Biological Psychiatry, 93 (9) - doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.02.624 - [link]
- Elise M Cardinale, Jessica Bezek, Santiago Morales, Courtney Filippi, Ashley R Smith, Simone Haller, Emilio A Valadez, Anita Harrewijn, Dominique Phillips, Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, Melissa A Brotman, Nathan A Fox, Daniel S Pine, Ellen Leibenluft & Katharina Kircanski (2023) - Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of anxiety and irritability with adolescents' neural responses to cognitive conflict - Biological Psychiatry-Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 8 (4), 436-444 - doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.03.007 - [link]
- Nynke A Groenewold, Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Alyssa R Amod, Max A Laansma, Laura S Van Velzen, Moji Aghajani, Kevin Hilbert, Hyuntaek Oh, Ramiro Salas, Andrea P Jackowski, Pedro M Pan, Giovanni A Salum, James R Blair, Karina S Blair, Joy Hirsch, Spiro P Pantazatos, Franklin R Schneier, Ardesheer Talati, Karin Roelofs, Inge Volman, Laura Blanco-Hinojo, NarcĂs Cardoner, Jesus Pujol, Katja Beesdo-Baum, Christopher R K Ching, Sophia I Thomopoulos, Andreas Jansen, Tilo Kircher, Axel Krug, Igor Nenadić, Frederike Stein, Udo Dannlowski, Dominik Grotegerd, Hannah Lemke, Susanne Meinert, Alexandra Winter, Michael Erb, Benjamin Kreifelts, Qiyong Gong, Su Lui, Fei Zhu, Benson Mwangi, Jair C Soares, Mon-Ju Wu, Ali Bayram, Mesut Canli, RaĹźit TĂĽkel, P Michiel Westenberg, Alexandre Heeren, Henk R Cremers, David Hofmann, Thomas Straube, Alexander G G Doruyter, Christine Lochner, Jutta Peterburs, Marie-JosĂ© Van Tol, Raquel E Gur, Antonia N Kaczkurkin, Bart Larsen, Theodore D Satterthwaite, Courtney A Filippi, Andrea L Gold, Anita Harrewijn, AndrĂ© Zugman, Robin BĂĽlow, Hans J Grabe, Henry Völzke, Katharina Wittfeld, Joscha Böhnlein, Katharina Dohm, Harald Kugel, Elisabeth Schrammen, Peter Zwanzger, Elisabeth J Leehr, Lisa Sindermann, Tali M Ball, Gregory A Fonzo, Martin P Paulus, Alan Simmons, Murray B Stein, Heide Klumpp, K Luan Phan, Tomas Furmark, Kristoffer N T MĂĄnsson, Amirhossein Manzouri, Suzanne N Avery, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Jacqueline A Clauss, Brandee Feola, Jennifer C Harper, Chad M Sylvester, Ulrike Lueken, Dick J Veltman, Anderson M Winkler, Neda Jahanshad, Daniel S Pine, Paul M Thompson, Dan J Stein & Nic J A Van der Wee (2023) - Volume of subcortical brain regions in social anxiety disorder: mega-analytic results from 37 samples in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group - Molecular Psychiatry, 28 (3), 1079-1089 - doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01933-9 - [link]
- Alva Tang, Anita Harrewijn, Brenda Benson, Simone P Haller, Amanda E Guyer, Koraly E Perez-Edgar, Argyris Stringaris, Monique Ernst, Melissa A Brotman, Daniel S Pine & Nathan A Fox (2022) - Striatal activity to reward anticipation as a moderator of the association between early behavioral inhibition and changes in anxiety and depressive symptoms from adolescence to adulthood - JAMA Psychiatry, 79 (12), 1199-1208 - doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.3483 - [link]
- Rany Abend, Julia Linke, Jordan Galbraith, Grace Ringlein, Laura Jett, Song Qi, Anita Harrewijn, Andre Zugman, Anderson Winkler & Daniel Pine (2022) - Aberrant Brain Function Reconfiguration During Naturalistic Fear Induction in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: Novel Approach With Implications for Pathophysiological Mechanisms - [link]
- , Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam, Rachel Bernstein, Brenda E. Benson, Kristin A. Buss, Kelley E. Gunther, Koraly Pérez-Edgar, Giovanni A. Salum, Andrea P. Jackowski, Rodrigo A. Bressan, André Zugman, Kathryn A. Degnan, Courtney A. Filippi, Nathan A. Fox, Heather A. Henderson, Alva Tang, Selin Zeytinoglu, Anita Harrewijn, Manon H.J. Hillegers, Tonya White, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Carl E. Schwartz, Julia M. Felicione, Kathryn A. DeYoung, Alexander J. Shackman, Jason F. Smith, Rachael M. Tillman, Yvonne H.M. van den Berg, Antonius H.N. Cillessen, Karin Roelofs, Anna Tyborowska, Shirley Y. Hill, Marco Battaglia, Marco Tettamanti, Lea R. Dougherty, Jingwen Jin, Daniel N. Klein, Hoi Chung Leung, Suzanne N. Avery, Jennifer Urbano Blackford, Jacqueline A. Clauss, Elizabeth P. Hayden, Pan Liu, Matthew R.J. Vandermeer, H. Hill Goldsmith, Elizabeth M. Planalp, Thomas E. Nichols, Paul M. Thompson, P. Michiel Westenberg, Nic J.A. van der Wee & Nynke A. Groenewold (2022) - Structural brain correlates of childhood inhibited temperament: An ENIGMA-anxiety mega-analysis - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61 (9), 1182-1188 - doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.04.023 - [link]
- A (Anita) Harrewijn (2021) - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship
