On April 16, 2008, Renske Gilissen earned her PhD-degree at Leiden University.

The title of her disseration was: Physiological Reactivity to Fear in Children: Effects of Temperament, Attachment & the Serotonin Transporter Gene.

She was supervised by:

• Prof.dr M.H. van IJzendoorn
• Prof.dr M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg 
• Prof.dr R. van der Veer

Summary dissertation (in Dutch).