Melissa Van Veldhuizen


Melissa Van Veldhuizen
  • Graduate Student
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Biography

Advisor: Dr. Rick Ingram

Research Lab: Ingram Lab

My dissertation focused on how parental bonding, mood, and information processing intersect to create potential risk for depression.

Education

B.S. in Psychology, Iowa State University, 2017
M.A. in Psychology, University of Kansas, 2021

Research

My research interest is the etiology, maintenance, and effective treatment of depression and other mood disorders in adults.

Selected Publications

Van Veldhuizen, M., Ingram, R.; The University of Kansas (in preparation).

Attachment and Bonding as Unique Predictors of Depression.



Mark B. Powers, Emily Carl, Andrew Levihn-Coon, Melissa Van Veldhuizen,

Andrew Caven, Jamie Pogue, Michelle Fresnedo, Emma D. Turner, Maris

Adams, Kiara Leonard, Haley Conroy, Crystal Lantrip, Thomas Caven, Claire

Isbell, Justin Regner, Emily Garmon, Michael Foreman, Wayne Miller, Lorie

A. Fares, Per Carlbring,…Jasper A. J. Smits. Nonpharmacologic Pain

Management Among Hospitalized Inpatients: A Randomized Waitlist

Controlled Trial of Standard Virtual Reality (CGI VR) versus Video Capture

VR (360°3D/Stereoscopic Video Capture VR). The Clinical Journal of Pain,

37(9), 678-687.



Van Veldhuizen, M., Fulton, J. (2022, August). Depression Presents: How

Depression Symptoms Manifest in Various Populations and across the Lifespan.

Presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association,

Minneapolis, MN.



Van Veldhuizen, M., Ingram, R. (2019, October). Attachment and Bonding as

Unique Predictors of Depression. Presented at Proseminar at the University of

Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.



Balderas, J., Van Veldhuizen, M., Ingram, R., Kohnle, K., & Fulton, J. (2019,

August). Adult attachment and parental bonding: Unique associations with

depression frequency and severity. Presented at the meeting of the American

Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.



Fulton, J., Ingram, R., Balderas, J., Kohnle, K., Van Veldhuizen, M. (August

2019). Care, control and cognition: An examination of the depressive symptoms

and parenting. Presented at the 172nd Annual Meeting of the American

Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.



Gustafson, T., Anderson, J., Van Veldhuizen, M., Lauber, S., Stone, W., Gentile,

D.; Iowa State University (April 2017). Predicting Early Termination of Virtual

Reality Experiences. Presented at Iowa Psychological Association (IPA),

Davenport, IA.