Articles

Here you will find articles written by and about the Brave Little Ones research group.

In the media

Afraid of the vacuum cleaner? ‘Uncertainty about the world can cause anxiety in young children’ - Leiden University
02 June 2025

ZonMw grant for Leonie Vreeke to develop a stepped-care treatment for very shy young children - Leiden University
06 November 2023

Podcast: Training parents of anxiety prone toddlers - Leiden University
21 July 2022

Scientific articles

Early prevention of anxiety disorders in young children: The implementation of a live, online, targeted group-based parenting program
Komrij N.L., Kösters M.P., Scheper F.Y., Soppe M.F.S., Vreeke L.J.
2026

Skittish, shielded, and scared: relations among behavioral inhibition, overprotective parenting, and anxiety in native and non-native Dutch preschool children
Vreeke L.J., Muris P, Mayer B, Huijding J, Rapee RM.
2013  

Early Screening of an Anxiety-prone Temperament in Young Dutch Children with a Multi-ethnic Background
Vreeke, L.J.
2013

Relations Between Behavioral Inhibition, Big Five Personality Factors, and Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Non-Clinical and Clinically Anxious Children
Vreeke, L.J., Muris, P.
2012

The assessment of an inhibited, anxiety-prone temperament in a Dutch multi-ethnic population of preschool children
Vreeke, L.J., Muris, P., Mayer, B. et al. 
2012