Prof. dr. Marcel van Assen

Sjoerd Groenmangebouw
Padualaan 14
3584 CH Utrecht

Prof. dr. Marcel van Assen

Professor by Special Appointment
Sociology
m.a.l.m.vanassen@uu.nl

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

Lo Iacono, S., Przepiorka, W., Buskens, V., Corten, R., van Assen, M., & van de Rijt, A. (2023). The competitive advantage of sanctioning institutions revisited: A multilab replication. PNAS Nexus, 2(5), 1-8. [pgad091]. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad091

2022

Scholarly publications

van Assen, M. A. L. M., Stoevenbelt, A. H., & van Aert, R. C. M. (2022). The end justifies all means: questionable conversion of different effect sizes to a common effect size measure. Religion, Brain and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599x.2022.2070249
Kunst, L. E., Maas, J., van Balkom, A. J. L. M., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Kouwenhoven, B., & Bekker, M. H. J. (2022). Group autonomy enhancing treatment versus cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders: A cluster-randomized clinical trial. Depression and Anxiety, 39(2), 134-146. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.23231
van Assen, M. A. L. M., Helmink, J. H. M., & Gobbens, R. J. J. (2022). Associations between lifestyle factors and multidimensional frailty: a cross-sectional study among community-dwelling older people. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1), 1-13. [7]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02704-x
Religion, Hoogeveen, S., Krypotos, A. M., Nägel, C. R. E., van Assen, M., & Van Lissa, C. J. (2022). A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being. Religion, Brain and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255

2021

Scholarly publications

Kunst, L. E., Bekker, M. H. J., Maas, J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Duijndam, S., & Riem, M. M. E. (2021). The role of autonomy-connectedness in stress-modulating effects of social support in women: An experimental study using a virtual Trier Social Stress Test. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 170, 198-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.10.013
Schweinsberg, M., Feldman, M., Staub, N., van den Akker, O. R., van Aert, R. C. M., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Liu, Y., Althoff, T., Heer, J., Kale, A., Mohamed, Z., Amireh, H., Venkatesh Prasad, V., Bernstein, A., Robinson, E., Snellman, K., Sommer, S. A., Otner, S. M. G., Robinson, D. A., ... Uhlmann, E. L. (2021). Same data, different conclusions: Radical dispersion in empirical results when independent analysts operationalize and test the same hypothesis. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 165, 228-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2021.02.003
Gobbens, R. J. J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Augustijn, H., Goumans, M., & van der Ploeg, T. (2021). Prediction of Mortality by the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI). Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(3), 607.E1-607.E6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.07.033

2020

Scholarly publications

Bakker, M., Veldkamp, C. L. S., van den Akker, O. R., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Crompvoets, E., Ong, H. H., & Wicherts, J. M. (2020). Recommendations in pre-registrations and internal review board proposals promote formal power analyses but do not increase sample size. PLoS One, 15(7), 1-15. [e0236079]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236079
Maassen, E., Van Assen, M. A. L. M., Nuijten, M. B., Olsson-Collentine, A., & Wicherts, J. M. (2020). Reproducibility of individual effect sizes in meta-analyses in psychology. PLoS One, 15(5), [e0233107]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233107
Olsson-Collentine, A., Wicherts, J. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2020). Heterogeneity in direct replications in psychology and its association with effect size. Psychological Bulletin, 146(10), 922-940. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000294
van den Akker, O. R., van Assen, M. A. L. M., van Vugt, M., & Wicherts, J. M. (2020). Sex differences in trust and trustworthiness: A meta-analysis of the trust game and the gift-exchange game. Journal of Economic Psychology, 81, [102329]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102329
Nuijten, M. B., Van Assen, M. A. L. M., Augusteijn, H. E. M., Crompvoets, E. A. V., & Wicherts, J. M. (2020). Effect sizes, power, and biases in intelligence research: A meta-meta-analysis. Journal of Intelligence, 8(4), [36]. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence8040036

2019

Scholarly publications

Maas, J., van Balkom, T., van Assen, M., Rutten, L., Janssen, D., van Mastrigt, M., & Bekker, M. (2019). Enhancing Autonomy-Connectedness in Patients With Anxiety Disorders: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, [665]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00665
Kunst, L. E., Maas, J., Van Assen, M. A. L. M., Van der Heijden, W., & Bekker, M. H. J. (2019). Autonomy deficits as vulnerability for anxiety: evidence from two laboratory-based studies. Anxiety, Stress and Coping, 32(3), 244-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1580697
Olsson-Collentine, A., van Assen, M. A. L. M., & Hartgerink, C. H. J. (2019). The Prevalence of Marginally Significant Results in Psychology Over Time. Psychological Science, 30(4), 576-586. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797619830326
Van Aert, R. C. M., Wicherts, J. M., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2019). Publication bias examined in meta-analyses from psychology and medicine: A meta-meta-analysis. PLoS One, 14(4), [e0215052]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215052
Van Aert, R. C. M., Van Assen, M. A. L. M., & Viechtbauer, W. (2019). Statistical properties of methods based on the Q-statistic for constructing a confidence interval for the between-study variance in meta-analysis. Research Synthesis Methods, 10(2), 225-239. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.1336
Maas, J., Wismeijer, A. A. J., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2019). Associations Between Secret-Keeping and Quality of Life in Older Adults. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 88(3), 250-265. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415018758447
Maas, J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., van Balkom, A. J. L. M., Rutten, E. A. P., & Bekker, M. H. J. (2019). Autonomy–Connectedness, Self-Construal, and Acculturation: Associations With Mental Health in a Multicultural Society. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50(1), 80-99. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022118808924
Augusteijn, H. E. M., van Aert, R. C. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2019). The Effect of Publication Bias on the Q Test and Assessment of Heterogeneity. Psychological Methods, 24(1), 116-134. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000197
Dijkstra, J., Bouman, L., Bakker, D. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2019). Modeling the micro-macro link: Understanding macro-level outcomes using randomization tests on micro-level data. Social Science Research, 77, 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.08.013

2018

Scholarly publications

Ali, H. E., Schalk, R., Van Engen, M., & Van Assen, M. (2018). Leadership Self-Efficacy and Effectiveness: The Moderating Influence of Task Complexity: Leadership self-efficacy and effectiveness. Journal of Leadership Studies, 11(4), 21-40. https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21550
Santiago, L. M., Gobbens, R. J. J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Carmo, C. N., Ferreira, D. B., & Mattos, I. E. (2018). Predictive validity of the Brazilian version of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator for adverse health outcomes in older adults. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 76, 114-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2018.02.013
van den Heuvel, M. I., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Glover, V., Claes, S., & Van den Bergh, B. R. H. (2018). Associations between maternal psychological distress and salivary cortisol during pregnancy: A mixed-models approach. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 96, 52-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.06.005
Lakens, D., Adolfi, F. G., Albers, C. J., Anvari, F., Apps, M. A. J., Argamon, S. E., Baguley, T., Becker, R. B., Benning, S. D., Bradford, D. E., Buchanan, E. M., Caldwell, A. R., Van Calster, B., Carlsson, R., Chen, S. C., Chung, B., Colling, L. J., Collins, G. S., Crook, Z., ... Zwaan, R. A. (2018). Justify your alpha. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(3), 168-171. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0311-x
Gobbens, R. J. J., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2018). Associations of Environmental Factors With Quality of Life in Older Adults. The Gerontologist, 58(1), 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx051

2017

Scholarly publications

Van Aert, R. C. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Examining reproducibility in psychology: A hybrid method for combining a statistically significant original study and a replication. Behavior Research Methods, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-017-0967-6
Carlsson, R., Danielsson, H., Heene, M., Innes-Ker, A., Lakens, D., Schimmack, U., Schönbrodt, F. D., van Assen, M. A. L. M., & Weinstein, Y. (2017). Inaugural Editorial of Meta-Psychology. Meta-Psychology, 2017(1), [a1001]. https://doi.org/10.15626/MP2017.1001
Gobbens, R. J. J., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Associations between multidimensional frailty and quality of life among Dutch older people. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 73, 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2017.07.007
Veldkamp, C. L. S., Hartgerink, C. H. J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., & Wicherts, J. M. (2017). Who Believes in the Storybook Image of the Scientist? Accountability in Research, 24(3), 127-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2016.1268922
Van Aert, R. C. M., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Bayesian evaluation of effect size after replicating an original study. PLoS One, 12(4), [e0175302]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175302
Hartgerink, C. H. J., Wicherts, J. M., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Too Good to be False: Nonsignificant Results Revisited. Collabra: Psychology, 3(1), [9]. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.71
Gobbens, R. J. J., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Kwetsbaarheid van ouderen: De invloed van leefomgevingsfactoren. Geron, 2017(1), 44-47.
Bekker, M. H. J., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Autonomy-connectedness mediates sex differences in symptoms of psychopathology. PLoS One, 12(8), [e0181626]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181626
van den Heuvel, S., Freese, C., Schalk, R., & van Assen, M. (2017). How change information influences attitudes toward change and turnover intention: The role of engagement, psychological contract fulfillment, and trust. Leadership and Organization Development Journal, 38(3), 398-418. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-03-2015-0052
Nuijten, M. B., Borghuis, J., Veldkamp, C. L. S., Dominguez-Alvarez, L., van Assen, M. A. L. M., & Wicherts, J. M. (2017). Journal Data Sharing Policies and Statistical Reporting Inconsistencies in Psychology. Collabra: Psychology, 3(1), [31]. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.102
Bitter, N., Roeg, D., van Assen, M., Van Nieuwenhuizen, C., & van Weeghel, J. (2017). How effective is the comprehensive approach to rehabilitation (CARe) methodology? A cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), [396]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1565-y
Gobbens, R. J. J., Schols, J. M. G. A., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Exploring the efficiency of the Tilburg Frailty indicator: A review. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 12, 1739-1752. https://doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S130686
Böing-Messing, F., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Hofman, A. D., Hoijtink, H., & Mulder, J. (2017). Bayesian evaluation of constrained hypotheses on variances of multiple independent groups. Psychological Methods, 22(2), 262-287. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000116
Braeken, J., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). An Empirical Kaiser Criterion. Psychological Methods. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000074
Gračanin, A., Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2017). Response to comment on "Chemosignalling effects of human tears revisited: Does exposure to female tears decrease males' perception of female sexual attractiveness? Cognition and Emotion, 31(1), 158-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1182471

2016

Scholarly publications

Dijkstra, J., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Social dilemmas as exchange dilemmas. Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 7(2), 55-76. https://doi.org/10.14267/cjssp.v7i2.150
Hartgerink, C., Wicherts, J., & Van Assen, M. (2016). The value of statistical tools to detect data fabrication. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2, [e8860]. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e8860
Wicherts, J. M., Veldkamp, C. L. S., Augusteijn, H. E. M., Bakker, M., Van Aert, R. C. M., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Degrees of Freedom in Planning, Running, Analyzing, and Reporting Psychological Studies: A Checklist to Avoid p-Hacking. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, [1832]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01832
van Assen, M. A. L. M., Pallast, E., Fakiri, F. E., & Gobbens, R. J. J. (2016). Measuring frailty in Dutch community-dwelling older people: reference values of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI). Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 67, 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.07.005
van Aert, R. C. M., Wicherts, J. M., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Conducting Meta-Analyses Based on p Values: Reservations and Recommendations for Applying p-Uniform and p-Curve. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 11(5), 713-729. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691616650874
Dijkstra, J., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Explaining cooperation in the finitely repeated simultaneous and sequential prisoner’s dilemma game under incomplete and complete information. Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 41(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/0022250X.2016.1226301
Hartgerink, C. H. J., Van Aert, R. C. M., Nuijten, M. B., Wicherts, J. M., & Van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Distributions of p-values smaller than .05 in Psychology: What is going on? PeerJ, 2016(4), [e1935]. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1935
Gobbens, R. J. J., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Psychometric properties of the Dutch WHOQOL-OLD. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 14(1), [103]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-016-0508-5
Gobbens, R. J. J., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2016). Explaining frailty by lifestyle. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 66, 49-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.04.011
Gračanin, A., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Omrčen, V., Koraj, I., & Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M. (2016). Chemosignalling effects of human tears revisited: Does exposure to female tears decrease males' perception of female sexual attractiveness? Cognition and Emotion, 31(1), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1151402
Anderson, C. J., Bahník, Š., Barnett-Cowan, M., Bosco, F. A., Chandler, J., Chartier, C. R., Cheung, F., Christopherson, C. D., Cordes, A., Cremata, E. J., Della Penna, N., Estel, V., Fedor, A., Fitneva, S. A., Frank, M. C., Grange, J. A., Hartshorne, J. K., Hasselman, F., Henninger, F., ... Zuni, K. (2016). Response to Comment on "Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science". Science, 351(6277), 1037. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad9163
Nuijten, M. B., Hartgerink, C. H. J., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Epskamp, S., & Wicherts, J. M. (2016). The prevalence of statistical reporting errors in psychology (1985–2013). Behavior Research Methods, 48(4), 1205-1226. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-015-0664-2

2015

Scholarly publications

Anderson, J. E., Aarts, A. A., Anderson, C. J., Attridge, P. R., Attwood, A., Axt, J., Babel, M., Bahník, Š., Baranski, E., Barnett-Cowan, M., Bartmess, E., Beer, J., Bell, R., Bentley, H., Beyan, L., Binion, G., Borsboom, D., Bosch, A., Bosco, F. A., ... Zuni, K. (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science, 349(6251), [aac4716]. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac4716
Van Assen, M. A. L. M., Van Aert, R. C. M., & Wicherts, J. M. (2015). Meta-analysis using effect size distributions of only statistically significant studies. Psychological Methods, 20(3), 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000025
van den Heuvel, S., Schalk, R., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2015). Does a Well-Informed Employee Have a More Positive Attitude Toward Change? The Mediating Role of Psychological Contract Fulfillment, Trust, and Perceived Need for Change. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 51(3), 401-422. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886315569507
Nuijten, M. B., Van Assen, M. A. L. M., Veldkamp, C. L. S., & Wicherts, J. M. (2015). The replication paradox: Combining studies can decrease accuracy of effect size estimates. Review of General Psychology, 19(2), 172-182. https://doi.org/10.1037/gpr0000034
Gobbens, R. J. J., Krans, A., & van Assen, M. A. L. M. (2015). Validation of an integral conceptual model of frailty in older residents of assisted living facilities. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 61(3), 400-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2015.06.001

2008

Scholarly publications

van de Rijt, A., & van Assen, M. (2008). Theories of network exchange: Anomalies, desirable properties, and critical networks. Social Networks, 30(3), 259-271.

2007

Scholarly publications

van Assen, M. ALM., & van de Rijt, A. (2007). Dynamic exchange networks. Social Networks, 29(2), 266-278.