About the Authors

Marc L. Molendijk

molendijkml@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

Affiliations Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Judith P. M. Haffmans

Affiliations Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, Parnassia-BAVO Group, Department of Affective Disorders, Medical Chronobiology, PsyQ, The Hague, The Netherlands

Boudewijn A. A. Bus

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Philip Spinhoven

Affiliations Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Brenda W. J. H. Penninx

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Psychiatry, EMGO Institute and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, University Center for Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Jos Prickaerts

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Richard C. Oude Voshaar

Affiliation University Center for Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Bernet M. Elzinga

Affiliations Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interest. Dr. Judith P.M. Haffmans is employed as a clinician by a semi-commercial company, the Parnassia-BAVO Group, the Hague, the Netherlands. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM JH PS BE. Analyzed the data: MM PS. Wrote the paper: MM. Interpreting the study outcomes and manuscript redaction and approval of the final version of the paper: MM JH PS BB BP JP ROV BE. Formulated the study hypotheses; JH BE MM.