A list of publications relating to the research lab's projects, in order of recency. Each link will redirect you to a website where you can download a pdf of the article. If you do not have access to the article, you can email your request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

• Inaugural lecture Carolien Rieffe
• Construction / validation of questionnaires for children and adolescents
• Autism
• Deafness
• Developmental Language Disorder (Language Impairments)
• Peers/Play
• Culture
• Internalising symptoms
• Theory of Mind

Inaugural lecture Carolien Rieffe

• Rieffe, C. (2010). Emoties moet je leren [Emotions have to be learned]. Inaugural lecture upon accepting the endowed chair in Social and Emotional Development of Children with an Auditory and/or Communicative Impairment (in Dutch).

Construction / validation of questionnaires for children and adolescents

• Takamatsu, R., Tsou, Y. T., Kusumi, T., Rieffe, C. (in press). The Japanese Empathy Questionnaire (EmQue) for preschool children: Psychometric properties and measurement invariance across gender. International Journal of Behavioral Development.
• Dahamat Azam, N., Novin, S., Oosterveld, P., & Rieffe, C. (2019). Aggression in Malaysian adolescents: Validation of the IRPA self-report to measure reactive and proactive aggression. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 16, 225-235. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2017.1360177.
• Veiga, G., Oosterveld, P., Fernandes, J., & Rieffe, C. (2019). Validation of the Portuguese Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 16, 215-224. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2017.1344124.
• Broekhof, E., Kouwenberg, M., Oosterveld, P., Frijns, J. H. M., & Rieffe, C. (2017) Use of the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents. Assessment. doi: 10.1177/1073191117725169.
• Overgaauw, S., Rieffe, C., Broekhof, E. Crone, E.A., & Güroğlu, B. (2017). Assessing empathy across childhood and adolescence: Validation of the Empathy Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents (EmQue-CA). Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 870. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00870.
• Grazzani, I., Ornaghi, V., Pepe, A., Brazzelli, E., & Rieffe, C. (2017). The Italian version of the Empathy Questionnaire for 18- to 36-months-old children: psychometric properties and measurement invariance across gender of the EmQue-I13. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14, 118-126. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2016.1140640.
• Rieffe, C., Broekhof, E., Kouwenberg, M., Faber, J., Tsutsui, M., & Guroglu, B. (2016). Disentangling proactive and reactive aggression in children using self-report. European Journal of Developmental  Psychology, 13(4), 439-451. DOI:10.1080/17405629.2015.1109506
• Novin, S. & Rieffe, C. (2015). Validation of the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire for Children. Personality and Individual Differences, 85, 56-59.
• Camodeca, M. & Rieffe, C. (2013). Validation of the Italian Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for children and adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 10, 402-409.
• Kouwenberg, M., Rieffe, C., & Banerjee R. (2013). A short and balanced Best Friend Index for children and adolescents. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 10, 634-641.
• Lahaye, M., Mikolajczak, M., Rieffe, C., Villanueva, L., Van Broeck, N., Bodart, E., & Luminet, O. (2011). Cross-validation of the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for children in three populations. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 29, 418-427.
• Rieffe, C., Ketelaar, L., & Wiefferink, C.H. (2010). Assessing empathy in young children; construction and validation of an empathy questionnaire (EmQue). Personality and Individual Differences, 49, 362-367.
• Mavroveli, S, Petrides, K.V., Rieffe, C. & Bakker, F. (2008). Trait emotional intelligence, psychological well-being, and peer-rated social competence in adolescence. In Cassady, J.C. & Mourad, A.E. (Eds.), Emotional intelligence: Perspectives on educational and positive psychology (pp. 47-62). New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
• Rieffe, C., Oosterveld, P., Miers, A.C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Ly, V. (2008). Emotion awareness and internalising symptoms in children and adolescents; the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire revised . Personality and Individual Differences, 45, 756-761.
• Garnefski, N., Rieffe, C., Jellesma, F., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Kraaij, V. (2007). Cognitive emotion regulation strategies and emotional problems in 9-11-year-old children: The development of an instrument. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 16, 1-9.
• Jellesma, F.C., Rieffe, C., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2007). The Somatic Complaint List: Validation of a self-report questionnaire assessing somatic complaints in children. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 63, 399-401.
• Mavroveli, S, Petrides, K.V., Rieffe, C. & Bakker, F. (2007). Trait emotional intelligence, psychological well-being, and peer-rated social competence in adolescence. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25, 263-275.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Petrides, K.V.,Cowan, C., Miers, A.C., Tolland, A. (2007). Psychometric properties of the Emotion Awareness Questionnaire for children. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 95-105.
• Jellesma, F.C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Rieffe, C. (2006). De Nederlandstalige sense of coherence vragenlijst voor kinderen. Gedrag en Gezondheid, 34, 18-26.
• Rieffe, C., Oosterveld, P., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2006). An alexithymia questionnaire for children: Factorial and concurrent validation results. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 123-133.
• Jellesma, F., Meerum Terwogt, M., Reijntjes, A., Rieffe, C. & Stegge, H. (2005). De vragenlijst Non-Productieve Denkprocessen voor Kinderen (NPDK): Piekeren en Rumineren. Kind en Adolescent, 26, 368-378.

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Autism

• Rieffe, C., Kamp, S., Pentinga, J., Becker, M., van Klaveren, L., & Blijd-Hoogewys, E. (2021). Sociale inclusie en ASS op middelbare scholen, wat is er nodig? Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme.
• Rieffe, C., O’Connor, R. A. G., Bülow, A., Willems. D., Hull, L., Sedgewick, F., Stockmann, L., & Blijd-Hoogewys, E. (2021). Quantity and quality of empathic responding by autistic and non-autistic adolescent girls and boys. Autism, 25(1), 199-209. doi: 10.1177/1362361320956422. 
• Li, B., Bos, M.G.N., Stockmann L., & Rieffe, C. (2020). Emotion functioning and the development of internalizing and externalizing problems in young boys with ASD. Autism, 24, 200-210. doi: 10.1177/1362361319874644.
• O'Connor, R. A. G., Stockmann, L., & Rieffe, C. (2019). Spontaneous helping behavior of autistic and non-autistic (pre-)adolescents: A matter of motivation? Autism Research,12, 1796-1804. doi: 10.1002/aur.2182.
• Novin, S., Broekhof, E., & Rieffe, C. (2019). Bidirectional relationships between bullying, victimization and emotion experience in boys with and without autism. Autism, 23, 796-800. doi: 10.1177/1362361318787446. 
• Van Hoorn, J. & Rieffe, C. (2018). Als je vrienden niet in de sloot springen…spring jij dan wel? Positieve invloed van leeftijdgenoten op sociaal gedrag bij adolescenten met autisme. Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift voor Autisme.
• Bos, M.G.N., Diamantopoulou, S., Stockmann, L., Begeer, S., & Rieffe, C. (2018). Emotion control predicts internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in boys with and without an autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 2727-2739. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3519-8.
• Van Hoorn, J., Van Dijk, E.,Crone, E.A., Stockmann, L., Rieffe, C. (2017). Peers Influence Prosocial Behavior in Adolescent Males with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 2225-2237. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3143-z.
• Rieffe, C., Bülow, A., Willems, D., Blijd-Hoogewys, E., & Stockmann, L. (2017). Meisjes met autisme, hoe empathisch zijn ze? Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift voor Autisme, 16(2), 2-14.
• Rieffe, C., Pouw, L., Bos, M. G. N. (2016). Een beetje boos is okay; Emotie regulatie bij kinderen met autisme. Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme, 15(4), 154-158.
• Broekhof, E., Ketelaar, L., Van Zijp, A., Stockmann, L., Bos, M. G. N., & Rieffe, C. (2015). The understanding of intentions, desires and beliefs in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45, 2035-2045. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2363-3.  
• Schmitz, E., Banerjee, R., Pouw, L.B.C., Stockmann, L., & Rieffe, C. (2015). Better to be equal? Challenges to equality for cognitively-able children with ASD in a social decision game. Autism, 19, 2, 178-186.
• Rieffe, C., De Bruine, M., De Rooij, M., & Stockmann, L. (2014). Approach and avoidant emotion regulation prevent depressive symptoms in children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. International Journal for Developmental Neuroscience, 39, 37-43.
• Pouw, L.B.C., Rieffe, C., Oosterveld, P., Huskens, B., & Stockmann, L. (2013). Reactive/proactive aggression and affective/cognitive empathy in children with ASD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34, 1256-1266.
• Pouw, L.B.C., Rieffe, C., Stockmann, L., & Gadow, K.D. (2013). The link between emotion regulation, social functioning, and depression in boys with ASD. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7, 549-556.
• Gadow, K.D., Guttmann-Steinmetz, S., Rieffe, C., & DeVincent, C.J. (2012). Depression symptoms in boys with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 32, 1353-1363.
• Rieffe, C., Pouw, L.B.C., Camodeca, M., Lange, A.M.C., & Stockmann, L. (2012). Don't anger me! Bullying, victimization, and emotion dysregulation in young adolescents with ASD. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9, 351-370.
• Begeer, S., Banerjee, B., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Potharst, E., Stegge, H. & Koot, H.M. (2011). The understanding and self-reported use of emotional display rules in children with autism spectrum disorders. Cognition & Emotion, 25, 9, 47-956.
• Rieffe, C., Oosterveld, P., Meerum Terwogt, M., Mootz, S., Van Leeuwen, E. & Stockmann, A.P.A.M. (2011). Emotion regulation and internalizing symptoms in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Autism, 15, 655-670.
• Rieffe, C., Pouw, L., Schnetz, V., Van Zijp, A., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2011). Sociale angst bij hoogfunctionerende jongens met Autismespectrumstoornis. Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme, 10, 4-11.
• Van Zijp, A., Rieffe, C., Ketelaar, L., Kok, S., & Stockmann, L. (2011). Gedeelde smart? Empathie bij jonge kinderen met autisme. Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme, 10, 65-74.
• Begeer, S., Meerum Terwogt, M., Rieffe, C., Stegge, H., Olthof, T., & Koot, H. M. (2010). Brief report: Understanding emotional transfer in children with autism spectrum disorders. Autism, 14, 629-640.
• Begeer, S., Banerjee, R., Lunenburg, P., Meerum Terwogt, M., Stegge, H., & Rieffe, C. (2008). Brief report: Self-presentation of children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38, 1187-1191.
• Begeer, S., Koot, H. M., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Stegge, H. (2008). Emotional competence in children with autism: Diagnostic criteria and empirical evidence. Developmental Review, 28, 342-369.
• Begeer, S., Koot, J. M, Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Stegge, H. (2007). Emotionele competentie van kinderen met autisme spectrum stoornissen. Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme, 6, 4-22.
• Begeer, S., Koot, H. M, Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Stegge, H. (2007). Diagnostiek en ontwikkeling van emotionele vaardigheden bij kinderen met autisme. In R. Didden & B. Huskens (Eds.), Begeleiding van kinderen en jeugdigen met autisme (pp.84-101). Houten: Bohn, Stafleu van Loghum.
• Begeer, S., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Stegge, H., & Koot, J.M. (2007). Do children with autism acknowledge the influence of mood on behaviour? Autism, 11, 503-521.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Kotronopoulou, K. (2007). Awareness of single and multiple emotions in high-functioning children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 455-465.
• Begeer, S., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Stockmann, L. (2006). Attention to facial emotional expressions in children with autism. Autism, 10, 37-51.
• Lunenburg, P., Begeer, S., Meerum Terwogt, M., Stegge, H. & Rieffe, C. (2006). Zelfpresentatie bij kinderen met autisme. Wetenschappelijk Tijdschift Autisme, 2, 52-58
• Begeer, S., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M. & Stockmann, L. (2005). Begrip en gebruik van sociaal-emotionele regels bij kinderen met autisme spectrum stoornissen. Kind en Adolescent, 26, 181-194.
• Rieffe, C., Potharst, E., Meerum Terwogt, M., Begeer, S., Stockmann, L., & Cowan, R. (2005). Expressie van emoties bij hoogfunctionerende kinderen met autisme. Kind en Adolescent, 14, 1-10.
• Begeer, S., Rieffe, C., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2004). Onderkennen kinderen met autisme de invloed van stemming op gedrag?Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme, 1, 4-16.
• Begeer, S., Rieffe, C., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2004). Eclairage sur le comportement a partir des etats emotionnels chez les enfants avec autism.Le Bulletin Scientifique de l'Arapi, 12, 21-24.
• Begeer, S., Rieffe, C. & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2004). Sociaal-emotionele competentie van normaal intelligente kinderen met autisme. In Vyt, A., van Aken, M. A. G., Bosch, J. D., Van der Gaag, R. J., & Ruijssenaars, A. J. J. M. (Eds.), Jaarboek Ontwikkelingspsychologie, Orthopedagogiek en Kinderpsychiatrie, (Volume 6, pp. 252-275). Houten: Bohn, Stafleu Van Loghum.
• Begeer, S., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Stockmann, L. (2003). Theory of Mind-based action in children from the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33, 479-487.
• Rieffe, C., Triantafyllakos, A., Meerum Terwogt, M. (2003) La gestion des emotions negatives chez les enfants autistes de haut niveau. Le Bulletin Scientifique de l'ARAPI, 11, 35-36.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Stockmann, L. (2000). Understanding atypical emotions among children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 3, 195-203.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Stockmann, L. (1998). Inzicht in emoties bij kinderen met aan autisme verwante stoornissen: Is de "mindblindness" hypothese nog houdbaar? Kind en Adolescent, 19, 413-424.

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Deafness 

• Tsou, Y. T., Li, B., Eichengreen, A., Frijns, J. H. M., & Rieffe, C. (in press). Emotions in deaf and hard-of-hearing and typically hearing children. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enab022.
• Tsou, Y. T., Li, B., Kret, M. E., da Costa, I. S., & Rieffe, C. (in press). Reading emotional faces in deaf and hard-of-hearing and typically hearing children. Emotion. doi: 10.1037/emo0000863. 
• Tsou, Y. T., Li, B., Kret, M. E., Frijns, J. H. M., & Rieffe, C. (2021). Hearing status affects chil-dren's emotion understanding in dynamic social situations: An eye-tracking study. Ear and Hearing, 42(4), 1024-1033. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000994. 
• Tsou, Y. T., Li, B., Wiefferink, C. H., Frijns, J. H. M., & Rieffe, C. (2021). The developmental trajectory of empathy and its association with early symptoms of psychopathology in children with and without hearing loss. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 1151-1164. doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00816-x. 
• Broekhof, E., Bos, M. G. N., & Rieffe, C. (2021). The roles of shame and guilt in the development of aggression in adolescents with and without hearing loss. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 891-904. doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00769-1.
• Eichengreen, A., Broekhof, E., Güroğlu, B., & Rieffe, C. (2020). Fairness decisions in children and early adolescents with and without hearing loss. Social Development, 29(3), 888-902. doi: 10.1111/sode.12423. 
• Van Der Straaten, T. F., Rieffe, C., Soede, W., Netten, A. P., Dirks, E., Oudesluys-Murphy, A. M., … DECIBEL Collaborative study group. (2020). Quality of life of children with hearing loss in special and mainstream education: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 128, 109701. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.109701.
• Dirks, E., Kok, S., Stevens, A., Frijns, J.H.M., Rieffe, C. (2020). Talk with me! Parental linguistic input to toddlers with moderate hearing loss. Journal of Child Language, 47, 186-204. doi:10.1017/S0305000919000667.
• Broekhof, E., Kouwenberg, M., Oosterveld, P., Frijns, J. H. M., & Rieffe, C. (2020). Use of the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire in deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents. Assessmentt, 27, 194-205.. doi: 10.1177/1073191117725169.
• Dirks, E., & Rieffe, C. (2019). Are you there for me? Joint engagement and emotional availability in parent–child interactions for toddlers with moderate hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 40, 18-26. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000596.
• Rieffe, C., Broekhof, E., Eichengreen, A., Kouwenberg, M., Veiga, G., Da Silva, B.M.S., Van der Laan, A., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2018). Friendship and emotion control in pre-adolescents with or without hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 23, 209-218.
• Netten, A.P., Rieffe, C., Ketelaar, L., Soede, W., Gadow, K.D., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2018) Terrible twos or early signs of psychopathology? Developmental patterns in early identified preschoolers with CI compared to hearing controls. Ear and Hearing, 39, 495-502. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000500.
• Broekhof, E., Bos, M. G. N., Camodeca, M., & Rieffe, C. (2018). Longitudinal Associations between Bullying and Emotions in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Adolescents. Journal of Deaf studies and Deaf Education, 23, 17-27. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enx036.
• Broekhof, E., Kouwenberg, M., Oosterveld, P., Frijns, J. H. M., & Rieffe, C. (2017) Use of the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents. Assessment, 1, 1073191117725169. doi: 10.1177/1073191117725169. 
• Netten, A. P., Rieffe, C., Soede, W., Dirks, E., Korver, A. M. H., Konings, Briaire, J. J., Oudesluys-Murphy, A.M., Dekker, F.W., & Frijns, J.H.M., on behalf of the DECIBEL Collaborative study group (2017). Can You Hear What I Think? Theory of Mind in Young Children With Moderate Hearing Loss. Ear and Hearing, 38, 588-597. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000427.
• Laugen, N. J., Jacobsen, K. H., Rieffe, C., & Wichstrom, L. (2017). Social skills in preschool children with unilateral and mild bilateral hearing loss. Deafness & Education International, 19, 54-62. doi: 10.1080/14643154.2017.1344366.
• Ketelaar, L., Wiefferink, C.H., Frijns, J.H.M., & Rieffe, C. (2017). Children with cochlear implants and their parents: Relations between parenting style and children’s social-emotional functioning. Ear & Hearing, 38, 321-331. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000387.
• Netten, A.P., Dekker, F.W., Rieffe, C., Soede, W., Briaire, J.J., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2017). Missing Data in the Field of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery: Need for Improvement. Ear and Hearing, 38, 1-6. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000346. 
• Dirks, E., Lizet Ketelaar, L., van der Zee, R., Netten, P., Frijns, J.H.M., & Rieffe, C. (2017). Concern for others: A study on empathy in toddlers with moderate hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 22, 178-186. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enw076.
• Laugen, N. J., Jacobsen, K. H., Rieffe, C., & Wichstrøm, L. (2017). Emotion Understanding in Preschool Children with Mild to Severe Hearing Loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 22, 155-163. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enw069.
• Dirks, E., Uilenburg, N., & Rieffe, C. (2016). Parental stress among parents of toddlers with moderate hearing loss. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 55, 27-36.
• Laugen, N. J., Jacobsen, K. H., Rieffe C., & Wichstrøm, L. (2016). Predictors of Psychosocial Outcomes in Hard of Hearing Preschool Children. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 21(3), 259-267. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enw005.
• Netten, A.P., Rieffe, C., Theunissen, S.C.P.M., Soede, W., Dirks, E., Briaire, J.J., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2016). Baja empatía en (Pre)Adolescentes Sordos e Hipoacúsicos comparados con pares normoyentes. Integración magazine of Federación Asociaciones de Implantados Cocleares de España, 78, 10-24.
• Netten, A.P., Rieffe, C., Theunissen, S.C.P.M., Soede, W., Dirks, E., Korver, A.M.H., Konings, S., Oudesluys-Murphy, A.M., Dekker, F.W., Frijns, J.H.M., DECIBEL Collaborative study group. (2015). Early identification: Language skills and social functioning in deaf and hard of hearing preschool children. International Journal of Pedriatic Otorhinolaryngology, 79 (12), 2221-2226 doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.10.008
• Ketelaar, L., Wiefferink, C.H., Frijns, J.H.M., Broekhof, E., & Rieffe, C. (2015). Preliminary findings on associations between moral emotions and social behavior in young children with normal hearing and with cochlear implants. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 24, 1369-1380. doi: 10.1007/s00787-015-0688-2 
• Netten, A. P., Rieffe, C., Theunissen, S. C. P. M., Soede, W., Dirks, E., Briaire, J. J., & Frijns, J. H. M. (2015). Low empathy in deaf or hard of hearing (pre)adolescents compared to normal hearing controls. PLoS ONE, 10, e0124102. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124102 
• Rieffe, C., Netten, A.P., Broekhof, E., & Veiga, G. (2015). The role of the environment in children’s emotion socialization; The case of deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. In M. Marschark & H.E.T. Knoors (Eds.), Educating deaf learners: Creating a global evidence base (pp.369-388). London: Oxford University Press.
• Theunissen, S.C.P.M., Rieffe, C., Soede, W., Briaire, J.J., Ketelaar, L., Kouwenberg, M., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2015). Symptoms of psychopathology in hearing-impaired children. Ear and Hearing, 36, e190-198. doi: 10.1097/AUD.000000000000014
• Wiefferink, C.H., De Vries, M., & Ketelaar, L. (2015). EmotionWeb: From fundamental research to a functional tool for professionals. In M. Marschark & H.E.T. Knoors (Eds.), Educating deaf learners: Creating a global evidence base (pp. 461-480). London: Oxford University Press.
• Rieffe, C., Pieper, I., Van den Bedem, N., Wolthuis, K, De Vries, M., & Uilenburg, N. (2014). Kijk mij nou; Participatieve Video met dove en slechthorende kinderen om sociaal bewustzijn te bevorderen. Van Horen Zeggen, 55, 10-18.
• Theunissen, S.C.P.M., Rieffe, C., Kouwenberg, M., De Raeve, L.J., Soede, W., Briaire, J.J., Frijns, J.H.M. (2014). Behavioral problems in school-aged hearing-impaired children: the influence of sociodemographic, linguistic, and medical factors. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 23, 187-196.
• Theunissen, S.C.P.M., Rieffe, C., Netten, A.P., Briaire, J.J., Soede, W., Kouwenberg, M., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2014). Self-esteem in hearing-impaired children: The influence of educational, communicational, and medical factors. PloS ONE, 9, e94521.
• Theunissen, S.C.P.M., Rieffe, C., Netten, A.P., Briaire, J.J., Soede, W., Schoones, J.W., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2014).  Psychopathology and its risk and protective factors in hearing-impaired children and adolescents: A systematic review. JAMA Pediatrics, 168, 170-177.
• Broekhof, E., Ketelaar, L., Wiefferink, K, & Rieffe, C. (2013). De ontwikkeling van empathie bij kinderen met gehoorverlies. Van Horen Zeggen, 54, 10-13.
• Ketelaar, L., Rieffe, C., Wiefferink, C.H., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2013). Social competence and empathy in young children with cochlear implants and with normal hearing. The Laryngoscope, 123, 518-523.
• Wiefferink, C.H., Rieffe, C., Ketelaar, L., De Raeve, L., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2013). Emotion understanding in deaf children with a cochlear implant. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18, 175-186.
• Ketelaar, L., Rieffe, C., Wiefferink, C.H., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2012). Does hearing lead to understanding? Theory of mind in toddlers and preschoolers with cochlear implants. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 37, 1041-1050.
• Kouwenberg, M., Rieffe, C., Theunissen, S.C.P.M., & De Rooij, M. (2012). Peer victimization experienced by children and adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing. PLoS ONE, 7, e52174.
• Kouwenberg, M., Rieffe, C., Theunissen, S.C.P.M., & Oosterveld, P. (2012). Pathways underlying Somatic Complaints in Children and Adolescents who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 17, 319-332.
• Rieffe, C. (2012). Awareness and regulation of emotions in deaf children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 30, 477-492.
• Rieffe, C., Theunissen, S.C.P.M., & Kouwenberg, M. (2012). Depressieve symptomen bij jongeren met gehoorverlies; samenhang met inzicht in de eigen en andermans emoties. Van Horen Zeggen, 53, 10-18.
• Theunissen, S.C.P.M., Rieffe, C., Kouwenberg, M, De Raeve, L., Soede, W., Briaire, J.J., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2012). Anxiety in children with hearing aids or cochlear implants, compared to normally hearing controls. The Laryngoscope, 122, 654-659.
• Wiefferink, C.H., Rieffe, C., Ketelaar, L., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2012). Predicting social functioning in children with a cochlear implant and in normal-hearing children: The role of emotion regulation. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 76, 883-889.
• Kouwenberg, M., Rieffe, C., & Theunissen, S.C.P.M. (2011). Intrapersonal and interpersonal factors related to depression in DHH youngsters.International Journal of Mental Health & Deafness, 1, 46-57.
• Theunissen, S.C.P.M., Rieffe, C., Kouwenberg, M, Soede, W., Briaire, J.J., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2011). Depression in hearing-impaired children. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 75, 1313-1317.
• Ketelaar, L., Rieffe, C., Otten-Koens, A., Frijns, J.H.M., Wiefferink, C.H., Van Zijp, A., & Stockmann, A.P.A.M. (2010). Social emotions in deaf children with a CI between one and five years of age. Cochlear Implants International, 11 (suppl. 1), 315-318.
• Rieffe, C., Kouwenberg, M., Scheper, I., Wiefferink, K. & Smit, C. (2009). Inzicht in de eigen emoties bij dove kinderen.Van Horen Zeggen, 50, 10-14.
• Rieffe, C., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2006). Anger communication in deaf children. Cognition and Emotion, 20, 1261-1273.
• Meerum Terwogt, M., & Rieffe, C. (2004). Deaf children's use of beliefs and desires in negotiation. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 9, 27-38.
• Meerum Terwogt, M., & Rieffe, C. (2004). Behavioural problems in deaf children: Theory of Mind delay or communication failure?European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1, 231-240.
• Rieffe, C., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2004). Emotion regulation in deaf children. Revista Electronica de Motivacion y Emocion, 17-18. ISSN: 1138-493X.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Smit, C. (2003). Deaf children on the causes of emotions.Educational Psychology, 23, 159-168.
• Meerum Terwogt, M., Rieffe, C.J., & Smit, C. (2002). Hoe brengen dove en horende kinderen een emotioneel geladen boodschap over?Van Horen Zeggen, 43, 11-15.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M. (2002). Relatie tussen Theory of Mind en de sociaal-emotionele ontwikkeling bij dove kinderen. In M.A.G. van Aken, J.D. Bosch, R.J. van der Gaag & A.J.J.M. Ruysenaars (Eds.), Jaarboek Ontwikkelingspsycholo­gie, Orthopedagogiek en Kinderpsychiatrie (pp. 168-192). Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Dirks, E., & Smit, C. (2001). Voorspellen en verklaren van emoties bij dove kinderen. Kind en Adolescent, 22, 73-84.
• Rieffe, C., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2000). Deaf children's understanding of emotions: desires take precedence. Journal of Child Psychology, Psychiatry and allied Disciplines, 41, 601-608.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Martens, E., & Smit, C. (2000). De theory of mind van dove kinderen: Hoe subjectief zijn emoties? Pedagogische Studieen, 77, 21-32.
• Meerum Terwogt, M., Rieffe, C., & Smit, C. (1999). De wens is de vader van de gedachte; Theory of Mind onderzoek bij dove kinderen. Van Horen Zeggen, 40, 13-17.

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Developmental Language Disorder (Language Impairments)

• Van den Bedem, N. P., Dockrell, J. E., Van Alphen, P. M., & Rieffe, C. (2020). Emotional competence mediates the relationship between communication problems and reactive externalizing problems in children with and without Developmental Language Disorder: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(16), 6008. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17166008.
• Samson, A.C., van den Bedem, N., Dukes, D., Rieffe, C., & Ducrey, U. (2020). Positive as-pects of emotional competences in preventing internalizing symptoms in children with and without developmental language disorder: a longitudinal approach. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50, 1159-1171. doi: 10.1007/s10803-019-04336-y.
• Van den Bedem, N. P., Willems, D., Dockrell, J. E., Van Alphen, P. M., & Rieffe, C. (2019). Interrelation between Empathy and Friendship Development during (pre)adolescence and the moderating effect of Developmental Language Disorder: a Longitudinal study. Social Psychology, 28, 599–619. doi: 10.1111/sode.12353.
• Kruythoff, A., Wiefferink, K, Uilenburg, N., & Rieffe, C. (2019). Parent-implemented early language intervention programme for late talkers: parental communicative behaviour change and child language outcomes at 3 and 4 years of age. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 54, 451-464.
• Van den Bedem, N. P., Dockrell, J. E., van Alphen, P. M., de Rooij, M., Samson, A. C., Harju-nen, E. L., & Rieffe, C. (2018). Depressive symptoms and emotion regulation strate-gies in children with and without developmental language disorder: a longitudinal study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53, 1110-1123. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12423.
• Van den Bedem, N. P., Dockrell, J. E., van Alphen, P. M., Kalicharan, S. V., & Rieffe, C. (2018). Victimization, bullying, and emotional competence: longitudinal associations in (pre)adolescents with and without developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61, 2028-2044. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-17-0429.
• Rieffe, C., & Wiefferink, C.H. (2017). Happy faces, sad faces; Emotion understanding in toddlers and preschoolers with language impairments. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 62, 40-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.12.018
• Rieffe, C., Dirks, E., Van Vlerken, W. & Veiga, G.  (2016). The empathic mind in children with communication impairments: The case of children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH); children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); and children with Specific Language Impairments (SLI).  In: V. Slaughter and M. de Rosnay (Eds.), Theory of mind development in context (pp. 106-120).  Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
• Rieffe,C., Van den Bedem, N. P., Van der Zee, R. & Wiefferink, K. (2015). Gedachtenlezen met een taalontwikkelingsstoornis. FOSS taal, 2 (23).
• Wiefferink, C.H. & Rieffe, C. (2012). De gevolgen van Ernstige Spraak-/taalMoelijkheden voor het sociaal-emotioneel functioneren: een overzicht van de literatuur. Logopedie en Fonometrie, 2, 40-44.

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 Peers

• Rieffe, C., Kamp, S., Pentinga, J., Becker, M., van Klaveren, L., & Blijd-Hoogewys, E. (2021). Sociale inclusie en ASS op middelbare scholen, wat is er nodig? Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme.
• Veiga, G., O’Connor, R. A. G., Neto, C., & Rieffe, C. (in press). Rough-and-tumble play and the regulation of aggression in preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2020.1828396.
• Veiga, G., & Rieffe, C. (2018). Monitoring children’s behaviors in their natural settings: Applying RFID sensors to study child development. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi: 10.4135/9781526446435. Online ISBN: 9781526446435.
• Novin, S., Bos, M.G.N., Stevenson, C.E., & Rieffe, C. (2018). Adolescents' responses to online peer conflict: How self-evaluation and ethnicity matter. Infant and Child Development, 27, e2067. doi: 10.1002/icd.2067.
• Veiga, G., de Leng, W., Cachucho, R., Ketelaar, L., Kok, J. N., Knobbe, A., Neto, C., & Rieffe, C. (2017). Social Competence at the Playground: Preschoolers During Recess. Infant and Child Development, 26, e1957. doi: 10.1002/icd.1957.
• Veiga, G., Ketelaar, L., de Leng, W., Cachucho, R., Kok, J. N., Knobbe, A., Neto, C., & Rieffe, C. (2017). Alone at the playground. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 14, 44-61. doi: 10.1080/17405629.2016.1145111.
• Rieffe, C. & Camodeca, M. (2016). Empathy in adolescence: Relations with emotion awareness and social roles. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 34(3), 340-353.
• Veiga, G., Neto, C., Rieffe, C. (2016). Preschoolers’ free play: connections with emotional and social functioning. International Journal of Emotional Education, 8(1), 48-62.
• Van Hoorn, J., Van Dijk, E., Meuwese, R., Rieffe, C. & Crone, E. A. (2014). Peer influence on prosocial behavior in adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26(1), 90-100.

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Culture

• Ribbens, K., Rieffe, C., van Vliet, H., Wierenga, S., & Verschure, P. (2017). Virtueel omzien naar de Holocaust: Evaluatie van het gebruik van Virtuele Realiteit in het onderricht van de geschiedenis van Sobibór en Bergen¬Belsen. Report commisioned by the ministry of VWS (Amsterdam: NIOD 2017). 58 p.
• Novin, S., Banerjee, R., & Rieffe, C. (2012). Bicultural adolescents' emotion regulation: in-between two cultures? Cognition & Emotion, 26, 577-586.
• Novin, S. & Rieffe, C. (2012). Anger communication in bicultural adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21, 80-88.
• Novin, S., Rieffe, C., Banerjee, R., Miers, A., & Cheung, J. (2011). Anger response styles in Chinese and Dutch children: a socio-cultural perspective on anger regulation. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29, 806-822.
• Novin, S., Rieffe, C., Mo, T.M.J. (2010). The role of situational goals and audience on self-reported emotion experience and expression: Dutch and South Korean children compared. Infant and Child Development, 19, 406-421.
• Novin, S., Banerjee, R., Dadhkah, A., & Rieffe, C. (2009). Self-reported use of display rules in the Netherlands and Iran: Evidence for sociocultural influence. Social Development, 18, 397-411.
• Novin, S. & Rieffe, C. (2009). Boosheid onder vrienden bij autochtoon-Nederlandse en Marokkaans-Nederlandse kinderen: intensiteit, uitingsvormen en gevolgen. Kind en Adolescent, 30, 168-180.
• Novin, S. & Rieffe, C. (2006). Het ervaren en uiten van emoties door Marokkaans-Nederlandse en autochtoon-Nederlandse kinderen. Kind en Adolescent, 27, 169-179.

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Internalising symptoms

• Rieffe, C. (2014). La regulación emocional infantil en contexto social (Children's emotion regulation in a social context). In González, R. & Villanueva, L. (Eds.), Emociones y bienestar en el desarrollo humano (Emotions and well-being in human development (pp.125-150). Valencia: Publicaciones de la Universidad de Valencia.
• Rieffe, C. & De Rooij, M. (2012). The longitudinal relationship between emotion awareness and internalising symptoms during late childhood. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 21, 349-356.
• Shukla Mishra, V., Maudgal, S., Theunissen, S.C.P.M., & Rieffe, C. (2012). Alexithymia in children with cancer and their siblings. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 78, 266-268. 
• Jellesma, F.C., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Westenberg, P.M. (2011). Children's sense of coherence and trait emotional intelligence: A longitudinal study exploring the development of somatic complaints. Psychology & Health, 26, 307-320.
• Rieffe, C., Oosterveld, P., Meerum Terwogt, M., Novin, S., Nasiri, H., & Latifian, M. (2010). Relationship between alexithymia, mood and internalizing symptoms in children and young adolescents: Evidence from an Iranian sample. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 425-430.
• Wright, M., Banerjee, R., Hoek, W., Rieffe, C., & Novin, S. (2010). Depression and social anxiety in children: Differential links with coping strategies. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 405-419.
• Jellesma, F.C., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M. & Westenberg, P.M. (2009). Lichamelijke klachten bij kinderen: Vindt er bekrachtiging plaats door positieve ouderreacties? Kind en Adolescent, 30, 24-35.
• Jellesma, F.C., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Westenberg, P.M. (2009). Do I feel sadness, fear or both? Comparing self-reported alexithymia and emotional task-performance in children with many or few somatic complaints.Psychology & Health, 24, 881-893.
• Nasiri, H., Latifian, M., & Rieffe, C. (2009). Alexithymia and its relationship with physical complaints and emotional competency in children and adolescence. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, 15, 248-257
• Rieffe, C., Villanueva, L., Adrián, J.E., & Górriz, A.B. (2009). Quejas somáticas, estados de ánimo y conciencia emocional en adolescentes [Somatic complaints, mood states and emotional awareness in adolescents]. Psicothema, 21, 459-464.
• Jellesma, F.C. (2008). Health in young people: social inhibition and negative affect and their relationship with self-reported somatic complaints. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 29, 94-100.
• Jellesma, F.C., Rieffe, C., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2008). My peers, my friend, and I: Peer Interactions and somatic complaints in boys and girls. Social Science & Medicine, 66, 2195-2205.
• Jellesma, F.C., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Westenberg, P.M. (2008). Do parents reinforce somatic complaints in their children? Health Psychology, 27, 280-285.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M, Jellesma, F.C. (2008). Emotional competence and health in children. In Denollet, J., Nyklicek, I., & Vingerhoets, A. (Eds.), Emotion Regulation: Conceptual and Clinical Issues (pp.184-201). New York: Springer.
• Miers, A.C., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Cowan, R. & Linden, W. (2007). The relation between anger coping strategies, anger mood and somatic complaints in children and adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 653-664.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Bosch, J.D., Kneepkens, C.M.F. & Douwes, A.C. & Jellesma, F.C.(2007). Interaction between emotions and somatic complaints in children who did or did not seek medical care. Cognition and Emotion, 21,1630-1646.
• Jellesma, F., Rieffe, C., & Terwogt, M.M. (2006). Do nonproductive thoughts contribute to more somatic complaints in children? Psychology & Health, 21, 72-73.
• Jellesma, F.C., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Kneepkens, C.M.F. (2006). Somatic Complaints and Health Care Use in Children: Mood, Emotion Awareness and Sense of Coherence. Social Science & Medicine, 63, 2640-2648.
• Meerum Terwogt, M., Rieffe, C., Miers, A.C., Jellesma, F.C. & Tolland, A. (2006). Emotions and self-esteem as indicators of somatic complaints in children. Infant and Child Development, 15, 581-592.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Bosch, J.D. (2004). Emotion understanding in children with frequent somatic complaints. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1, 31-47.
• Meerum Terwogt, M., Rieffe, C., & Bosch, J.D. (2003). Emoties en zelfbeeld als indicatoren voor somatische klachten. Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, 81, 274-280.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Bosch, J.D. (2002). Emotie-identificatie en rapportage lichamelijke klachten bij kinderen. Kind en Adolescent, 23, 3, 154-169.

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Theory of Mind 

• Camodeca, M., & Rieffe, C. (2019). Lo sviluppo emotivo [Emotional development]. In Gillibrand, R, Lam, V., O’Donnell, V. L., & Tallandini, M. A. (Eds.). Psicologia dello sviluppo [Developmental psychology] (pp. 269-294). Pearson Italia: Torino. ISBN:9788871929576.
• Rieffe, C. & Camodeca, M. (2016). Empathy in adolescence: Relations with emotion awareness and social roles. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 34(3), 340-353.
• Rieffe, C., Dirks, E., Van Vlerken, W., & Veiga, G. (2016). The empathic mind in children with communication impairments: The case of children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH); children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); and children with Specific Language Impairments (SLI). In V. Slaughter, & M. d. Rosnay (Eds.), Theory of mind development in context. London: Routledge.
• Overgaauw, S., Güroglu, B., Rieffe, C., Crone, E. A. (2014). Behavior and neural correlates of empathy  in adolescence. Developmental Neuroscience, 36, 3-4.
• Ketelaar, L., Rieffe, C., Wiefferink, C.H., & Frijns, J.H.M. (2012). Does hearing lead to understanding? Theory of mind in toddlers and preschoolers with cochlear implants. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 37, 1041-1050.
• Colonnesi, C., Rieffe, C., Koops, W., & Perucchini, P. (2008). Precursors of a theory of mind: A longitudinal study.British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 26, 561-577.
• Olthof T., Rieffe C., Meerum Terwogt M., Lalay-Cederbrug, C., Reijntjes A., & Hagenaar, J. (2008). The assignment of moral status: Age-related differences in the use of three mental capacity criteria. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 26, 233-247.
• Banerjee, R., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Gerlein, A., & Voutsina, M. (2006). Popular and rejected children's reasoning about negative emotions in social situations: Interactions with gender. Social Development, 15, 418-433.
• Adrian, J.E., Clemente, R.A., Villanueva, L., & Rieffe, C. (2005). Parent-child picture-book reading, mothers' mental state language and children's theory of mind. Journal of Child Language, 32, 673-686.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Cowan, R. (2005). Children's understanding of mental states as causes of emotions. Infant and Child Development, 14, 259-272.
• Rieffe, C., Villanueva, L., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (2005). Use of trait information in the attribution of intentions by popular, average and rejected children. Infant and Child Development, 14, 1-10.
• Begeer, S., Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Stockmann, L. (2003). Theory of Mind-based action in children from the autism spectrum. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 33, 479-487.
• Meerum Terwogt, M., & Rieffe, C. (2003). Stereotyped beliefs about desirability: Implications for characterizing the child's theory of mind. New Ideas in Psychology, 21, 69-84.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Koops, W., Stegge, H., & Oomen, A. (2001). Pre-schoolers' appreciation of uncommon desires and subsequent emotions. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19, 259-274.
• Rieffe, C., Meerum Terwogt, M., Hagenaar, J., & Koops, W. (2000).The desirability of beliefs: preschoolers appreciation of fact beliefs and subsequent emotions. Infant and Child Development, 9, 147-160.
• Meerum Terwogt, M., Rieffe, C., Tuijn, A., Harris, P.L., & Mant, I. (1999). Children's spontaneous correction of false beliefs in a conversation partner. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 23, 113-124.
• Rieffe, C., Stegge, H., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Koops, W. (1997). Ontwikkeling van inzicht in de relatie tussen beliefs en emoties. Tijdschrift voor Ontwikkelingspsychologie, 23, 3, 171-182.
• Rieffe, C., Koops, W., & Meerum Terwogt, M. (1996). Vroegkinderlijk begrip van mentale proces­sen: de "Child's Theory of Mind". In M.A.G. van Aken, J.D. Bosch, R.J. van der Gaag & A.J.J.M. Ruysenaars (Eds.), Jaarboek Ontwikkelingspsycholo­gie, Orthopedagogiek en Kinderpsychiatrie (pp. 216-236). Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum.
• Koops, W., Meerum Terwogt, M., & Rieffe, C. (1994). Over het kinderlijk bewustzijn. De Psycholoog, oktober, 372-375.

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