| Optimism lowers pain: evidence of the causal status and underlying mechanisms MM Hanssen, ML Peters, JWS Vlaeyen, YMC Meevissen, LMG Vancleef Pain® 154 (1), 53-58, 2013 | 246 | 2013 |
| Specificity of the Best Possible Self intervention for increasing optimism: Comparison with a gratitude intervention ML Peters, YMC Meevissen, MM Hanssen Terapia psicológica 31 (1), 93-100, 2013 | 144 | 2013 |
| Optimism, motivational coping and well-being: Evidence supporting the importance of flexible goal adjustment MM Hanssen, LMG Vancleef, JWS Vlaeyen, AF Hayes, EGW Schouten, ... Journal of Happiness Studies 16, 1525-1537, 2015 | 125 | 2015 |
| Threat of pain influences social context effects on verbal pain report and facial expression JWS Vlaeyen, M Hanssen, L Goubert, T Vervoort, M Peters, ... Behaviour research and therapy 47 (9), 774-782, 2009 | 97 | 2009 |
| More optimism, less pain! The influence of generalized and pain-specific expectations on experienced cold-pressor pain MM Hanssen, LMG Vancleef, JWS Vlaeyen, ML Peters Journal of Behavioral Medicine 37, 47-58, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| Can positive affect attenuate (persistent) pain? State of the art and clinical implications MM Hanssen, ML Peters, JJ Boselie, A Meulders Current rheumatology reports 19, 1-9, 2017 | 60 | 2017 |
| General versus pain‐specific cognitions: Pain catastrophizing but not optimism influences conditioned pain modulation J Traxler, MM Hanssen, S Lautenbacher, F Ottawa, ML Peters European Journal of Pain 23 (1), 150-159, 2019 | 46 | 2019 |
| Are individual levels of pain anxiety related to negative interpretation bias? An examination using an ambiguous word priming task LMG Vancleef, MM Hanssen, ML Peters European Journal of Pain 20 (5), 833-844, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| 951 Dispositional optimism protects against a negative health-threatening interpretation bias M Hanssen, LMG Vancleef, ML Peters European Journal of Pain 13 (S1), S268c-S268, 2009 | 3 | 2009 |
| Is optimism healthy and pessimism unhealthy? About the unique predictive value of the Life Orientation Test towards stress-related complaints. MM Hanssen, ML Peters PSYCHOLOGIE & GEZONDHEID 37 (5), 298-307, 2009 | 2* | 2009 |
| The effectiveness and mechanisms of a brief online best-possible-self intervention among young adults from mainland China L Wu, MM Hanssen, ML Peters The Journal of Positive Psychology, 1-14, 2023 | | 2023 |
| Je best mogelijke zelf MM Hanssen, ML Peters Geluk 2.0: World Book of Happiness, 212-214, 2016 | | 2016 |
| Optimisme, een natuurlijk placebo tegen pijn. MM Hanssen Pharmaceutisch Weekblad 150 (9), 14-15, 2015 | | 2015 |
| Optimism, the natural placebo: cognitive, behavioural and motivational mechanisms of resilience towards pain MM Hanssen | | 2014 |
| Promoting gain versus preventing loss in chronic pain: does it matter what patients focus on? HPJ Kindermans, M Hanssen, M Peters, A Verbunt, R Smeets VRA Annual Congress 2012, 2012 | | 2012 |
| S409 Examining implicit interpretation bias in relation with pain-related anxiety and pain responsiveness. LMG Vancleef, MM Hanssen, ML Peters European Journal of Pain Supplements 5 (S1), 254-254, 2011 | | 2011 |
| Referaat 'Dispositional optimism predicts placebo analgestia' by Geers et al., 2010 MM Hanssen Nederlands tijdschrift voor pijn en pijnbestrijding 30 (46), 30-31, 2011 | | 2011 |
| 964 Pain-directed interpretation bias in function of pain anxiety. L Vancleef, M Hanssen, M Peters European Journal of Pain 13 (S1), S272-S272, 2009 | | 2009 |
