Tilburg, the Netherlands, 25 – 27 October 2015

Emotions 2015:
6th International conference onemotions, well-being and healthOrganizing committee
Johan Denollet
Annemiek Karreman
Willem J. KopIvan Nyklíček
Ad Vingerhoets
Renske Nauta

www.tilburguniversity.edu/emotions2015
Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

First announcement
Emotions are key factors in the adjustment to the demands of daily life and to major
challenges. Emotions and adequate emotion regulation determine our quality of lifeand well-being. Many psychopathologies additionally have at their core problems
with emotion regulation. But also our physical health is influenced by emotion
regulation processes.

Submission of abstracts

This three-day-conference will offer a wide variety of research on how adequate andinadequate emotion regulation impacts on mental and physical functioning. As in
the previous conferences in this series, Emotions 2015 will include cutting-edge
fundamental research and clinically oriented studies.

Normal registration E 400
Early registration until June 15, 2015 E 300
PhD students E 275
PhD students, early registration until June 15, 2015 E 225

Deadline for submission of abstracts, symposia and workshops is:
April 1st, 2015

Fees

We welcome researchers interested in fundamental emotion research as wellas investigators with a background in psychiatry, health or clinical psychology,developmental psychology, social psychology and behavioral medicine.

For further information visit our website
www.tilburguniversity.edu/emotions2015

The program includes keynote lectures featuring international experts in the field,workshops, symposia, and poster sessions.

Contact us at

We cordially invite you to submit your proposals for symposia and workshops orsingle contributions.

Keynote speakers and themesSpecial guest James Pennebaker (University of Texas, USA)
Further conference themes include• Emotions in health and disease• Culture and emotions• Attachment and emotion regulation• Language, emotion and social connections• The power of positive emotions

2015

Nancy Eisenberg (Arizona State University, USA) – Emotion-related self-regulation:
Conceptualization and relations to children’s socio-emotional and academic
development
Maya Tamir (The Hebrew University, Israel) – What people want to feel and why
André Aleman (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) – Brain and alexithymia
Peter de Jonge (University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands) – Emotions andwell-being• Goals and motives in emotion regulation• Music and self-consolation• Crying and catharsis• Mindfulness, well-being and health• Neurobiology of emotions

Emotions2015@tilburguniversity.edu
Renske Nauta
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology
Tilburg UniversityP.O.Box 90153
NL – 5000 LE Tilburg
Tel. + 31 13 466 8720

We look forward to meeting you and your colleagues in
Tilburg in the fall of 2015!
Organizing committee
Johan Denollet, Professor of Medical Psychology
Annemiek Karreman, Assistant professor of Clinical Psychology
Willem J. Kop, Professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology
Ivan Nyklíček, Associate professor of Medical Psychology
Ad Vingerhoets, Professor of Clinical Psychology
Renske Nauta, Management assistantTilburg UniversityTilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dept. of Medical and Clinical Psychology
P.O.Box 90153
NL – 5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
www.tilburguniversity.edu/emotions2015
www.tilburguniversity.edu/socialsciences/www.tilburguniversity.edu/corps