Bibliography
Journal articles (peer reviewed)
Weyn, S., Greven, C., Schmidt, S., Gillebert, C. (2025). Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Overstimulation in Daily Life: An Experience Sampling Method Study. Scientific Reports, 16 (1), Art.No. 2015. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-31629-3 Access via repository
Bosmans, G. (corresp. author), Houbrechts, M., Weyn, S., Goossens, L., Van Leeuwen, K., Bijttebier, P., Van Den Noortgate, W., Lionetti, F. (2025). Environmental sensitivity, supportive parenting, and the development of attachment and internalizing problems. DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. doi: 10.1017/S0954579425100710 Access via repository
Ling, Y., Zhou, W., Pluess, M., Weyn, S., Huebner, E.S., Zhong, M. (corresp. author) (2025). Adapting the Highly Sensitive Child Scale-21 item: a psychometric evaluation in a mainland China sample. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, 44 (7), 6102-6114. doi: 10.1007/s12144-024-07271-z
Weyn, S. (corresp. author), Lionetti, F., Klein, D.N., Aron, E., Aron, A., Hayden, E.P., Dougherty, L.R., Singh, S., Waszczuk, M., Kotov, R., Docherty, A., Shabalin, A., Pluess, M. (2025). Observer-Rated Environmental Sensitivity and its Characterisation at Behavioural, Genetic, and Physiological Levels. Development And Psychopathology. doi: 10.1017/S0954579424001883 Access via repository
Weyn, S. (2023). Ten goede en/of ten kwade: Onderzoek naar omgevingssensitiviteit op meerdere niveaus van analyse bij kinderen en adolescenten. Jeugd in Ontwikkeling, 3. doi: 10.54447/JiO.13922 (professionally oriented) Access via repository
Chubar, V. (corresp. author), Vaessen, T., Noortgate, W.V D., Lutin, E., Bosmans, G., Bekaert, B., Van Leeuwen, K., Calders, F., Weyn, S., Bijttebier, P., Goossens, L., Claes, S. (2023). Mild daily stress, in interaction with NR3C1 DNA methylation levels, is linked to alterations in the HPA axis and ANS response to acute stress in early adolescents. PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 150, Art.No. ARTN 106045. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106045
Weyn, S. (corresp. author), Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Goossens, L., Claes, S., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Lutin, E., Bröhl, A.S., Chubar, V., Geukens, F., Bijttebier, P. (2022). Individual differences in environmental sensitivity at physiological and phenotypic level: Two sides of the same coin? International Journal Of Psychophysiology, 176, 36-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.02.010 Access via repository
Broehl, A.S. (corresp. author), Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., De Fruyt, F., Van Hoof, E., Weyn, S., Bijttebier, P. (2021). Personality Profile of the Self-Identified Highly Sensitive Person A Lay Theory Approach. JOURNAL OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, 43 (2), 95-104. doi: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000363 Access via repository
Weyn, S. (corresp. author), Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Greven, C.U., Goossens, L., Colpin, H., Van Den Noortgate, W., Verschueren, K., Bastin, M., Van Hoof, E., De Fruyt, F., Bijttebier, P. (2021). Psychometric properties of the Highly Sensitive Child scale across developmental stage, gender, and country. Current Psychology, 40 (7), 3309-3325. doi: 10.1007/s12144-019-00254-5 Access via repository
Houbrechts, M. (corresp. author), Cuyvers, B., Goossens, L., Bijttebier, P., Bröhl, A.S., Calders, F., Chubar, V., Claes, S., Geukens, F., Van Leeuwen, K., Van Den Noortgate, W., Weyn, S., Bosmans, G. (2021). Parental Support and Insecure Attachment Development: The Cortisol Stress Response as a Moderator. Attachment and Human Development, 1-13. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2021.1907968 Access via repository
Weyn, S. (corresp. author), Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Goossens, L., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Debeer, D., Bröhl, A.S., Bijttebier, P. (2021). Improving the measurement of environmental sensitivity in children and adolescents: The Highly Sensitive Child scale-21 item version. Assessment, 1-23. doi: 10.1177/1073191120983894 Access via repository
Brohl, A.S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., De Fruyt, F., Bastin, M., Weyn, S., Goossens, L., Bijttebier, P. (2020). First look at the five-factor model personality facet associations with sensory processing sensitivity. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY. doi: 10.1007/s12144-020-00998-5 Access via repository
Bijttebier, P. (joint first author), Bastin, M. (joint first author), Nelis, S., Weyn, S., Luyckx, K., Vasey, M.W., Raes, F. (2018). Temperament, Repetitive Negative Thinking, and Depressive Symptoms in Early Adolescence: a Prospective Study. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 40 (2), 305-317. doi: 10.1007/s10862-017-9624-8 Access via repository
Journal articles (not peer reviewed)
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Bijttebier, P. (2021). Hoogsensitiviteit bij kinderen: Een hype of een betekenisvol construct? Percentiel, 26 (3), 13-16. (professionally oriented) Access via repository
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Bijttebier, P. (2019). Hoogsensitiviteit: over orchideeën, paardenbloemen en wellicht ook tulpen. Caleidoscoop, 31 (5), 38-46. (professionally oriented) Access via repository
Preprints
Iimura, S., Yano, K., Kibe, C., Weyn, S., Pluess, M. (2025). Environmental Sensitivity in Japanese Adolescents: Psychometric Properties of the Highly Sensitive Child Scale and Its Role in Socio-Emotional and Behavioral Development. PsyArXiv. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/x5gyq_v1
Weyn, S., Greven, C., Schmidt, S., Gillebert, C. (2025). Sensory Processing Sensitivity and Overstimulation in Daily Life: An Experience Sampling Method Study. PsyArXiv. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/et4nd_v1
Abstracts/Presentations/Posters
Weyn, S., Greven, C., Gillebert, C. (2024). How heightened sensitivity is associated with overstimulation throughout the day across modalities and contexts. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Sensitivity Research, Online. Access via repository
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Goossens, L., Claes, S., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Bijttebier, P. (2024). The moderating role of environmental sensitivity in the relation between parenting and internalizing and externalizing problem behaviors in adolescents. Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence (SRA), Chicago (IL), USA, 18 Apr 2024-20 Apr 2024.
Weyn, S., Greven, C., Gillebert, C. (2024). Association of self-reported differences in the personality trait Sensory Processing Sensitivity and a heightened sensory sensitivity throughout the day across modalities and contexts. In: Conference guide. Presented at the 4th World Conference on Personality (WAPP), Curaçao, 02 Apr 2024-05 Apr 2024.
Weyn, S., von Leupoldt, A., Pluess, M., Thielen, H., Gillebert, C. (2023). Sensory Processing Sensitivity is associated with a heightened sensory sensitivity across modalities and a greater interoceptive awareness. Presented at the 8th Scientific Meeting of the Federation of European Societies of Neuropsychology (FESN) - 2nd Panhellenic Conference on Neuropsychology (HNPS), Thessaloniki, Greece, 27 Sep 2023-29 Sep 2023. Access via repository
Weyn, S., Geukens, F., Van Den Noortgate, W., Lutin, E., Bijttebier, P., Bosmans, G., Chubar, V., Claes, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Goossens, L. (2023). Loneliness and Multiple Dimensions of Stress Reactivity in Early Adolescence. Presented at the Society For Research in Adolescence Annual Meeting, San Diego (CA), USA, 13 Apr 2023-15 Apr 2023.
Weyn, S., Lionetti, F., Klein, D., Aron, E., Hayden, E., Dougherty, L., Singh, S., Wasczuk, M., Kotov, R., Docherty, A., Shabalin, A., Pluess, M. (2023). Observer-Rated Environmental Sensitivity and its Characterization at Genetic, Physiological, and Behavioral level. In: https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/srcd/srcd23/. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City (UT), USA, 23 Mar 2023-25 Mar 2023.
Chubar, V., Vaessen, T., Van den Noortgate, W., Lutin, E., Bosmans, G., Van Leeuwen, K., Calders, F., Weyn, S., Bijttebier, P., Goossens, L., Claes, S. (2021). Mild daily stress, in interaction with DNA methylation levels, alters the HPA-axis and ANS response to acute stress in adolescents. In: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY: vol. 53, (S652-S653). Presented at the 34th European-College-of-Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress on Early Career Scientists in Europe, PORTUGAL, Lisbon, 01 Jan 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2021.10.745
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Goossens, L., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Bröhl, A.S., Bijttebier, P. (2021). The HSC21: A Psychometrically Adequate Measure of Environmental Sensitivity Across Belgium and the Netherlands and Across Child and Mother Report (in Paper Symposium: Advancing the Measurement of Environmental Sensitivity Across Different Countries, Developmental Periods, and Contexts). Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2021 Biennial Meeting (SRCD), Virtual, 07 Apr 2021-09 Apr 2021. Access via repository
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Goossens, L., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Debeer, D., Bröhl, A.S., Bijttebier, P. (2020). Improving the measurement of environmental sensitivity in children and adolescents: The Highly Sensitive Child scale 21-item version. Presented at the VNOP-CAS Research Days, Utrecht, the Netherlands (Online event), 19 Nov 2020-20 Nov 2020. Access via repository
Calders, F., Bröhl, A.S., Chubar, V., Cuyvers, B., Houbrechts, M., Geukens, F., Weyn, S., Bosmans, G., Bijttebier, P., Goossens, L., Van Den Noortgate, W., Van Leeuwen, K. (2020). Investigating the interplay between parenting and coparenting dimensions, and the association with adolescent externalizing behaviour. Presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Biennial Meeting 2020, Porto, Portugal (Online meeting), 02 Sep 2020-05 Sep 2020.
Geukens, F., Buecker, S., Van Den Noortgate, W., Bijttebier, P., Bosmans, G., Bröhl, A.S., Calders, F., Chubar, V., Cuyvers, B., Houbrechts, M., Van Leeuwen, K., Weyn, S., Goossens, L. (2020). Friendship Quality and Loneliness in Early Adolescents: Analyzing Bidirectional Effects. Presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Biennial Meeting 2020, Porto, Portugal (Online meeting), 02 Sep 2020-05 Sep 2020.
Chubar, V., Goossens, L., Van Leeuwen, K., Bosmans, G., Calders, F., Geukens, F., Weyn, S., Houbrechts, M., Cuyvers, B., Bröhl, A.S., Van Den Noortgate, W., Bijttebier, P., Claes, S. (2020). Glucocorticoid receptor gene (NR3C1) DNA methylation moderates the associations of cortisol stress reactivity and self-reported level of daily hassles. Presented at the European Association for Research in Adolescence (EARA) Biennial Meeting 2020, Porto, Portugal (Online meeting), 02 Sep 2020-05 Sep 2020.
Houbrechts, M., Cuyvers, B., Goossens, L., Bijttebier, P., Bröhl, A.S., Calders, F., Chubar, V., Claes, S., Geukens, F., Van Leeuwen, K., Van Den Noortgate, W., Weyn, S., Bosmans, G. (2020). Cortisol reactivity and recovery in response to stress as moderators of the effect of parental support on insecure attachment development in early adolescence. Presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Biennial Meeting 2020, Porto, Portugal (Online meeting), 02 Sep 2020-05 Sep 2020.
Geukens, F., Van Den Noortgate, W., Claes, S., Bijttebier, P., Bosmans, G., Bröhl, A.S., Calders, F., Chubar, V., Cuyvers, B., Houbrechts, M., Van Leeuwen, K., Weyn, S., Goossens, L. (2020). Social stress in early adolescence: Does loneliness matter? Presented at the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Biennial Meeting 2020, Porto, Portugal (Online meeting), 02 Sep 2020-05 Sep 2020.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Goossens, L., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Bröhl, A.S., Bijttebier, P. (2020). Environmental Sensitivity is Related to Internalizing and Externalizing Problem Behaviors and Adolescents’ Functioning at School. Presented at the 18th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego (CA), USA, 19 Mar 2020-21 Mar 2020.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Goossens, L., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Bröhl, A.S., Bijttebier, P. (2019). The Highly Sensitive Child scale 24 item version and its relation to children’s and adolescents’ functioning in school context. Presented at the 8th International Meeting of the FWO Research Community: A Multiple Levels of Analysis Approach to Typical and Atypical Development, Leuven, Belgium, 11 Dec 2019-12 Dec 2019.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Bijttebier, P. (2019). Environmental Sensitivity as a moderator in the relation between parenting and children’s emotional problems, behavioral problems, and functioning at school. Presented at the 19th Biennial Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), Los Angeles (CA), USA, 26 Jun 2019-29 Jun 2019.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Bijttebier, P. (2019). Environmental Sensitivity as a moderator in the relation between parenting and children’s emotional problems, behavioral problems, and functioning at school. Presented at the Nineteenth biennial scientific meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP) - "Treatment of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology: Controversies, Evidence, Novel Directions", Los Angeles (CA), USA, 26 Jun 2019-29 Jun 2019.
Bijttebier, P., Weyn, S., De Fruyt, F., Bastin, M., Pluess, M., Van Leeuwen, K. (2019). Five-factor model based profile of environmental sensitivity: A blend of personality facets across domains. Presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Baltimore (MD), USA, 21 Mar 2019-23 Mar 2019.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Bijttebier, P. (2019). Environmental Sensitivity in relation to children’s social-emotional wellbeing and functioning at school. Presented at the SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore (MD), USA, 21 Mar 2019-23 Mar 2019.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Calders, F., Chubar, V., Geukens, F., Van Aswegen, T., Van de Walle, M., Goossens, L., Bosmans, G., Claes, S., Van Den Noortgate, W., Bijttebier, P. (2018). Measuring Environmental Sensitivity in Children and Adolescents: Adapting the Highly Sensitive Child scale. Presented at the 7th International Meeting Of The Scientific Research Network, Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium, 12 Dec 2018-14 Dec 2018.
Geukens, F., Van de Walle, M., Calders, F., Chubar, V., van Aswegen, T., Weyn, S., Bijttebier, P., Van Leeuwen, K., Van Den Noortgate, W., Claes, S., Bosmans, G., Goossens, L. (2018). Internalizing Problems in Adolescence: Methylation Across Time and Links with Stress Reactivity and Information Processing. Presented at the 16th conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Ghent, Belgium, 13 Sep 2018-15 Sep 2018.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Calders, F., Chubar, V., Geukens, F., Van Aswegen, T., Van de Walle, M., Goossens, L., Bosmans, G., Claes, S., Van Den Noortgate, W., Bijttebier, P. (2018). Measuring Environmental Sensitivity in Adolescents: A Revision of the Highly Sensitive Child scale. Presented at the 16th conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Ghent, Belgium, 12 Sep 2018-15 Sep 2018. (professionally oriented)
Geukens, F., van Aswegen, T., Calders, F., Van de Walle, M., Chubar, V., Weyn, S., Bosmans, G., Bijttebier, P., Claes, S., Van Den Noortgate, W., Van Leeuwen, K., Goossens, L. (2018). Methylation and Problem Behaviors in Adolescence: Examining Associations Across Multiple Levels of Analysis. Presented at the 16th conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Ghent, Belgium, 13 Sep 2018-15 Sep 2018.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Greven, C., Goossens, L., Colpin, H., Van Den Noortgate, W., Verschueren, K., Bastin, M., Van Hoof, E., De Fruyt, F., Bijttebier, P. (2018). The Highly Sensitive Child scale: A first direct measure of Environmental Sensitivity in children and adolescents. Presented at the 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 15 Jul 2018-19 Jul 2018. (professionally oriented)
Geukens, F., Calders, F., Chubar, V., van Aswegen, T., Van de Walle, M., Weyn, S., Goossens, L. (2018). Temporal Aspects of Methylation and Internalizing Problems in Adolescence. Presented at the VNOP Conference 2018, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 15 May 2018-16 May 2018.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Greven, C.U., Goossens, L., Colpin, H., Van Den Noortgate, W., Verschueren, K., Bastin, M., Van Hoof, E., De Fruyt, F., Bijttebier, P. (2017). The psychometric properties of the Highly Sensitive Child scale. Presented at the International Meeting of the Scientific Research Network "Temperamental and Cognitive Vulnerability to the Dysregulation of Affect and Behavior", Leuven, Belgium, 13 Dec 2017-14 Dec 2017.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Goossens, L., Claes, S., Colpin, H., Van Den Noortgate, W., Verschueren, K., Bijttebier, P. (2017). Environmental sensitivity in Belgian children and adolescents. Presented at the European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 29 Aug 2017-01 Sep 2017.
Weyn, S., Spithoven, A., Van Leeuwen, K., Goossens, L., Bijttebier, P. (2017). The Moderating Role of Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the Relation Between Parenting and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents. Presented at the Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Austin (TX), USA, 06 Apr 2017-08 Apr 2017.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Goossens, L., Claes, S., Colpin, H., Van Den Noortgate, W., Verschueren, K., Bijttebier, P. (2017). Environmental sensitivity in children and adolescents: Evidence for different sensitivity groups? Presented at the Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 28 Jun 2017-01 Jul 2017.
Moors, P., Weyn, S., De Coster, S., Bijttebier, P., Wagemans, J. (2017). Orientation discrimination and orientation averaging in individuals high on the sensory processing sensitivity scale. Presented at the European Conference on Visual Perception, Berlin, Germany, 27 Aug 2017-31 Aug 2017.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Lionetti, F., Goossens, L., Claes, S., Colpin, H., Van Den Noortgate, W., Verschueren, K., Bijttebier, P. (2016). Environmental sensitivity in adolescents: The role of Sensory Processing Sensitivity. Presented at the International Meeting of the Scientific Research Network "Temperamental and Cognitive Vulnerability to the Dysregulation of Affect and Behavior", Leuven, Belgium, 14 Dec 2016-15 Dec 2016.
Weyn, S., Vanhalst, J., Maes, M., Bijttebier, P., Goossens, L. (2015). The role of coping as a mediator in the longitudinal relation between parenting and internalizing problems during adolescence. Presented at the International Meeting of the Scientific Research Network "Temperamental and Cognitive Vulnerability to the Dysregulation of Affect and Behavior", Leuven, Belgium, 10 Dec 2015-11 Dec 2015.
Accepted Abstracts/Presentations/Posters
Weyn, S. (2024). De meting van hoogsensitiviteit bij kinderen, adolescenten en volwassenen en implicaties voor overprikkeling. Presented at the Hoogsensitiviteit | Congres - Wetenschap en praktijk, Veenendaal, The Netherlands. (professionally oriented)
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Bijttebier, P. (2022). How do highly sensitive adolescents function in a school environment and what is the role of the teacher? Presentation in symposium Environmental sensitivity in the context of school (chair: Jenni Kähkönen). Presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Rhodos (Greece), 19 Jun 2022-23 Jun 2022.
Weyn, S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., Goossens, L., Claes, S., Bosmans, G., Van Den Noortgate, W., Lutin, E., Bröhl, A.S., Chubar, V., Geukens, F., Bijttebier, P. (2022). Individual differences in environmental sensitivity at phenotypical and physiological level: Two sides of the same coin? Presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Rhodos, Greece, 19 Jun 2022-23 Jun 2022.
PhD Theses
Weyn, S., Bijttebier, P. (sup.), Van Leeuwen, K. (cosup.), Pluess, M. (cosup.) (2022). For Better and/or for Worse: Examining Environmental Sensitivity at Multiple Levels of Analysis in Children and Adolescents.
Other
Brohl, A.S., Van Leeuwen, K., Pluess, M., De Fruyt, F., Bastin, M., Weyn, S., Goossens, L., Bijttebier, P. (2023). First look at the five-factor model personality facet associations with sensory processing sensitivity (Aug, 10.1007/s12144-020-00998-5, 2020). CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, 42 (12), 10455-10455. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02130-7