Our scientific publications

Scientific articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals

2024

Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sun, R., Balabanova, A., Bajada, C. J., Liu, Y., Kriuchok, M., Voolma, S-R., Đurić, M., Mayer, C-H., Constantinou, M., Chichua, M., Li, C., Foster-Estwick, A., Borg, K., Hill, C., Kaushal, R., Diwan, K., Vitale, V., Engels, T., Aminudin, R., … Sauter, D. (2024). Emotion.

2023

Parental socialization of guilt and shame in early childhood.

Nikolić, M., Brummelman, E., Orobio de Castro, B., Jorgensen, T. D., & Colonnesi, C. (2023). Scientific Reports.

Awe Sparks Prosociality in Children.

Stamkou, E., Brummelman, E., Dunham, R. L., Nikolic, M., & Keltner, D. (2023). Psychological Science.

Autistic traits and self-conscious emotions in early childhood.

van Trigt, S., Colonnesi, C., Brummelman, E., Jorgensen, T. D., & Nikolic, M. (2023). Child Development.

Facial mimicry and metacognitive judgments in emotion recognition are distinctly modulated by social anxiety and autistic traits.

Folz, J., Akdag, R., Nikolic, M., van Steenbergen, H., & Kret, M. E. (2023). Scientific Reports.

Who gets caught by the emotion? Attentional biases toward emotional facial expressions and their link to social anxiety and autistic traits.

Folz, J., Roth, T. S., Nikolić, M., & Kret, M. E. (2023). Current Psychology.

Fearful apes, happy apes - is fearfulness associated with uniquely human cooperation?: Commentary on Grossmann, 2022.

Riddell, C., Kret, M. E., Zijlstra, T., & Nikolic, M. (2023). Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

2022

Mothers’ and fathers’ mind-mindedness in infancy and toddlerhood predict their children’s self-regulation at preschool age.

Nikolić, M., Zeegers, M., Colonnesi, C., Majdandžić, M., de Vente, W., & Bögels, S. M. (2022). Developmental Psychology.

Aetiology of shame and its association with adolescent depression and anxiety: results from a prospective twin and sibling study.

Nikolić, M., Hannigan, L. J., Krebs, G., Sterne, A., Gregory, A. M., & Eley, T. C. (2022). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Early physiological indicators of narcissism and self-esteem in children.

Brummelman, E., Nikolic, M., Nevicka, B., & Bögels, S. M. (2022). Psychophysiology.

Reading Your Emotions in My Physiology? Reliable Emotion Interpretations in Absence of a Robust Physiological Resonance.

Folz, J., Fiacchino, D., Nikolić, M., van Steenbergen, H., & Kret, M. E. (2022). Affective Science.

Expressions of shyness and theory of mind in children: A psychophysiological study.

MacGowan, T. L., Colonnesi, C., Nikolić, M., & Schmidt, L. A. (2022). Cognitive Development.

Can third-party observers detect attraction in others based on subtle nonverbal cues?

Samara, I., Roth, T. S., Nikolic, M., Prochazkova, E., & Kret, M. E. (2022). Current Psychology.

2021

A comparative glance on self-conscious emotions: A commentary on Kret et al. (2020).

Nikolić, M., & Roth, T. (2021). Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Review.

2020

The unique contribution of blushing to the development of social anxiety disorder symptoms: Results from a longitudinal study.

Nikolić, M., Majdandžić, M., Colonnesi, C., de Vente, W., Möller, E., & Bögels, S. (2020). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Development and psychophysiological correlates of positive shyness from infancy to childhood.

Colonnesi, C., Nikolić, M., & Bögels, S. M. (2020). Chapter in L. A. Schmidt, & K. L. Poole (Eds.), Adaptive Shyness: Multiple Perspectives on Behavior and Development (pp. 41-61).

Disturbed social information processing as a mechanism in the development of social anxiety disorder.

Nikolić, M. (2020). Child Development Perspectives.

Social emotions and social cognition in the development of social anxiety disorder.

Nikolić, M. (2020). The European Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Treatment Options for Fear of Blushing.

Drummond, P. D., Shapiro, G. B., Nikolić, M., & Bögels, S. M. (2020). Current Psychiatry Reports.

2019

Are Socially Anxious Children Poor or Advanced Mindreaders?

Nikolić, M., van der Storm, L., Colonnesi, C., Brummelman, E., Kan, K. J., & Bögels, S. (2019). Child Development.

2018

Bumping heart and sweaty palms: physiological hyperarousal as a risk factor for child social anxiety.

Nikolic, M., Aktar, E., Bögels, S., Colonnesi, C., & de Vente, W. (2018). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

When gushing leads to blushing: Inflated praise leads socially anxious children to blush.

Nikolić , M., Brummelman, E., Colonnesi, C., de Vente, W., & Bögels, S. M. (2018). Behaviour Research and Therapy.

Mothers’ and fathers’ mind‐mindedness influences physiological emotion regulation of infants across the first year of life.

Zeegers, M. A. J., de Vente, W., Nikolić, M., Majdandžić, M., Bögels, S. M., & Colonnesi, C. (2018). Developmental Science.

What's in a blush? Physiological blushing reveals narcissistic children's social-evaluative concerns.

Brummelman, E., Nikolić, M., & Bögels, S. M. (2018). Psychophysiology.

2017

Environmental transmission of generalized anxiety disorder from parents to children: Worries, experiential avoidance, and intolerance of uncertainty.

Aktar, E., Nikolic, M., & Bögels, S. M. (2017). Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience.

Social anxiety symptoms in young children: Investigating the interplay of theory of mind and expressions of shyness.

Colonnesi, C., Nikolić, M., de Vente, W., & Bögels, S. M. (2017). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.

2016

Associations between maternal and paternal parenting behaviors, anxiety and its precursors in early childhood: A meta-analysis.

Möller, E. L., Nikolić, M., Majdandžić, M., & Bögels, S. M. (2016). Clinical Psychology Review.

Blushing in early childhood: Feeling coy or socially anxious?

Nikolić, M., Colonnesi, C., de Vente, W., & Bögels, S. M. (2016). Emotion.

Autonomic arousal in children of parents with and without Social Anxiety Disorder: A high-risk study.

Nikolić, M., de Vente, W., Colonnesi, C., & Bögels, S. M. (2016). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

2015

Blushing and social anxiety: A meta-analysis.

Nikolić, M., Colonnesi, C., de Vente, W., Drummond, P., & Bögels, S. M. (2015). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.