Staff members with discipline Psychology, Developmental
Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.
![drs. E.C.I. (Esther) Arrindell](/staff/e.c.i.arrindell/photo.png?unique=1644575355971.jpg)
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e.c.i.arrindell rug.nl
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Educational Advisor
Field / Discipline
![H. (Hamide) Avci, MSc](/staff/h.avci/img-3031.jpg)
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h.avci rug.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
Developmental Psychology, Coaching, Intercultural Competence, Leadership, Longitudinal Research, Dynamic System methods
![L. (Laura) Ballato, Dr](/staff/l.ballato/photo.png?unique=1573123916488.jpg)
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Lecturer/ Researcher/Coach/Coordinator BSS Honours Master programme & Buddy Project
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Researcher at the University Medical Center Groningen, Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation.
![dr. S.A. (Stefania) Barzeva](/staff/s.a.barzeva/photo.png?unique=1613891577903.jpg)
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s.a.barzeva umcg.nl
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Researcher
Field / Discipline
Talent Development, Employability, Career Services
![S.E. (Scholte) Boels, MSc](/staff/s.e.boels/52410480244-29e8ea8042-o.jpg)
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Trainer/Advisor FEB Career Services
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Focussing on action-perception learning and development from a combined perspective of Ecological Psychology and dynamical systems theory. Using Uncontrolled Manifold analyses and multifractal analyses to asses stability, variability, and interaction... read more
![dr. R.M. (Raoul) Bongers](/staff/r.m.bongers/twitterphotoraoul.jpg)
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r.m.bongers umcg.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology, Hemispheric specialization, child neuropsychology, neuropsychological assessment, and dementia.
![prof. dr. J.M. (Anke) Bouma](/staff/j.m.bouma/anke.jpg)
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Professor
Field / Discipline
Theory and history of (lifespan) developmental psychology; tensions between parents and educationalists; the relationship between art and psychology (in particular children's drawings); childhood in psychology, autobiography, art and fiction; children and... read more
![dr. G. (Gerrit) Breeuwsma](/staff/g.breeuwsma/photo.png?unique=1579264786423.jpg)
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Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
gender identity, brain development, puberty and adolescence, body perception, sex differences, psychopathology
![dr. S.M. (Sarah) Burke](/staff/s.m.burke/photo.png?unique=1630426212635.jpg)
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Senior researcher
Field / Discipline
Broadly: history of psychology, history of biology, history of philosophy of science, history of logic, history of cognitive science, public understanding of science
Specifically: Theory and history of developmental psychology (esp. the Cold War... read more
Specifically: Theory and history of developmental psychology (esp. the Cold War... read more
![J.T. (Jeremy) Burman, PhD](/staff/j.t.burman/photo.png?unique=1617188150965.jpg)
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j.t.burman rug.nl
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Senior Assistant Professor
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Early Assessment and Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development, Pediatric Health Psychology, Dance Movement Therapy
![M.H. (Marja) Cantell, Dr](/staff/m.h.cantell/marja.png)
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m.h.cantell rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Developmental psychopathology; Psychiatric genetics; Reward sensitivity; Personality.
![R.D. (Dener) Cardoso Melo](/staff/r.d.cardoso.melo/photo.png?unique=1626737250866.jpg)
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r.d.cardoso.melo umcg.nl
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PhD Candidate
Field / Discipline
social and cognitive development
perception-action
embodiment
complex dynamical systems
empirical aesthetics
art experience
perception-action
embodiment
complex dynamical systems
empirical aesthetics
art experience
![dr. R.F.A. (Ralf) Cox](/staff/r.f.a.cox/photo.png?unique=1393232728702.jpg)
I am intrigued by the possibilities for learning and development that engaging in joint action can offer, which I study from a dynamical systems perspective. I investigate the process of discovering possibilities for action (affordances) within a social... read more
![dr. L.S. (Laura) Cuijpers](/staff/l.s.cuijpers/photo.png?unique=1594200398967.jpg)
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l.s.cuijpers rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
![M.B. (Marije) ten Den, MSc](/staff/m.b.ten.den/pasfoto.jpg)
Expertise over de ontwikkeling van het kind in dynamische interactie met met de omgeving. Thema's: leerkracht-leerlinginteracties, leren in de diverse klas, eerste en tweede taalverwerving, problemen in de vroegkinderlijke ontwikkeling, de ontwikkeling... lees meer
![prof. dr. M.W.G. (Marijn) van Dijk](/staff/m.w.g.van.dijk/img-4219k2.jpg)
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Full Professor
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![prof. dr. V.I. (Veroni) Eichelsheim](/staff/v.i.eichelsheim/portret-ve1-crop-ozvkqorqk.jpg)
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v.i.eichelsheim rug.nl
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within individual processes
identity development
career decision making
early school leaving
motivation
identity development
career decision making
early school leaving
motivation
![dr. M.A.E. (Mandy) van der Gaag](/staff/m.a.e.van.der.gaag/photo.png?unique=1590395494589.jpg)
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Assistant professor
Field / Discipline
Suicidality among youth
![dr. M.W.M. (Mandy) Gijzen](/staff/m.w.m.gijzen/mandy-gijzen-2.jpg)
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m.w.m.gijzen rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher
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My research is centrally concerned with how social environments (ranging from cultural resources and discourses to everyday social interactions) influence individual development. For example, my PhD research project focuses on how sexual identity... read more
![dr. J.H. (Ole) Gmelin](/staff/j.h.gmelin/ole-profile-poto.jpg)
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
Placement and internships, Labour Market Faculty of Arts
![E.E. (Esther) Haag, MA](/staff/e.e.haag/photo.png?unique=1495194915311.jpg)
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Placement Coordinator Faculty of Arts
Teacher-student interaction in primary education, creativity, music education
![drs. L.H. (Linda) Hendriks, M](/staff/l.h.hendriks/photo.png?unique=1523735604643.jpg)
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l.h.hendriks rug.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
The development of (proneness to) somatic symptoms in children.
![E. (Elske) Hogendoorn, MSc](/staff/e.hogendoorn/photo.png?unique=1618324922821.jpg)
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e.hogendoorn umcg.nl
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PhD student
Field / Discipline
Master of Paediatric Physical Therapy
![dr. L.D. (Dorothee) Jelsma](/staff/l.d.jelsma/photo.png?unique=1383296546566.jpg)
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l.d.jelsma rug.nl
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Pediatric Physical Therapist
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Developmental, clinical and personality psychologist with a special interest in happiness and psychopathology. Focuses on daily life stress and emotion dynamics and their role in stress disorders (esp. anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide). Key... read more
![dr. B.F. (Bertus) Jeronimus](/staff/b.f.jeronimus/photo.png?unique=1547496502551.jpg)
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Associate professor
Field / Discipline
Deconstructing Depression (VICI project); Depression and Cardiovascular Disease (VIDI project); Stress in Action (Gravitation project)
![prof. dr. P. (Peter) de Jonge](/staff/peter.de.jonge/portraits-010-peter-de-jonge.jpg)
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Professor of Developmental Psychology
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education, human development, multimodal communication, gestures, interpersonal attunement of behavior, complex dynamical systems, coordination dynamics, ecological psychology
![dr. L. (Lisette) de Jonge-Hoekstra](/staff/lisette.hoekstra/photo.png?unique=1624527890017.jpg)
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lisette.hoekstra rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
![Y. (Yugyun) Kim](/staff/yugyun.kim/photo.png?unique=1639123000748.jpg)
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y.kim umcg.nl
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Resilience and mental health development | Intergenerational transmission| Family and peer experiences | Parent-child interactions | Longitudinal data-analysis |Differential susceptibility | Gene-environment interactions
![J.S. (Jennifer) Klop-Richards](/staff/j.s.klop-richards/photo.png?unique=1525075218673.jpg)
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j.s.klop-richards umcg.nl
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Researcher
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![B. (Birte) Klusmann](/staff/b.klusmann/photo.png?unique=1519640229107.jpg)
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b.klusmann rug.nl
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PhD Student
Field / Discipline
psychological needs, intergroup relations, cultural adaptation, motivation
![J. (Jannis) Kreienkamp, MSc](/staff/j.kreienkamp/photo.png?unique=1634652575530.jpg)
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j.kreienkamp rug.nl
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PhD Researcher
Field / Discipline
Social development across the lifespan, with a focus on genetic and environmental origins of individual differences
![prof. dr. T. (Tina) Kretschmer](/staff/t.kretschmer/picture-tina.jpg)
![dr. S.J.M. (Sanne) Kuijper](/staff/s.j.m.kuijper/photo.png?unique=1449659270020.jpg)
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Teacher/Researcher
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identity development, dynamic systems modeling, career choice development
![No picture available](/_definition/shared/images/silhouet-unisex-420x560.png)
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Associate professor
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Teacher-student interactions, engagement and well-being, creativity, (special) educational needs
![dr. W.E. (Elisa) Kupers](/staff/w.e.kupers/deze-foto.jpg)
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w.e.kupers rug.nl
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Associate professor
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Seconc Language Learning, Bilingualism and Multilingualism in (Primary) Education, Young Refugee Students, Well-being, Trauma
![H. (Hanneke) Leeuwestein, MSc](/staff/h.leeuwestein/img-1141.jpg)
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h.leeuwestein rug.nl
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PhD Student Developmental Psychology
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Beginning Teacher Coaching, Motivation, Psychological Needs, Human Resource Management, Intercultural Competence in Business
![J. (Hugh Jiliang) Liu, MSc](/staff/hugh.liu/photo.png?unique=1603202713559.jpg)
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hugh.liu rug.nl
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PhD student
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Cognitive modeling, computational modeling, language acquisition, bilingualism, speech perception
![dr. Y.E. (Yevgen) Matusevych](/staff/yevgen.matusevych/screenshot-from-2023-09-04-13-51-56.png)
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yevgen.matusevych rug.nl
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Assistant Professor, Humane AI
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Motivation and academic emotions, social-emotional learning, specific learning disorders, autism spectrum disorders, giftedness, twice-exceptionality, towards inclusive and equitable quality education, innovation, implementation and transformation in... read more
![prof. dr. A.E.M.G. (Alexander) Minnaert](/staff/a.e.m.g.minnaert/photo.png?unique=1506855252067.jpg)
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Professor Inclusion and Special Needs Education & Clinical Educational Sciences / Research project leader Learning and educational problems
My research focuses on understanding daily life stress and mental health relations. I am studying how researchers measure daily life stress and what implications it has for mental health outcomes. More broadly I am interested in studying how daily stress... read more
![S. (Solomiia) Myroniuk Myroniuk, MSc](/staff/s.m.myroniuk/pxl-20220813-085956340-mp-2.jpg)
Sportpsychology, Resilience, Within-Person Dynamics, Science of the Individual, Ergodicity, Ecological Momentary Assessment, Monitoring, Time Series Analysis, Dynamical Networks, Nonverbal Behavior, Emotions
![N.D. (Niklas) Neumann, MSc](/staff/n.d.neumann/img-9922.jpg)
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PhD Student Sportpsychology
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![prof. dr. A.J. (Tineke) Oldehinkel](/staff/a.j.oldehinkel/to8s.jpg)
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Professor Lifecourse Epidemiology of Common Mental Disorders
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Developmental Psychopathology; Depression; Anxiety; Adolescents; Applied video games; Serious video games; Predicting psychopathology onset
![dr. M. (Marlou) Poppelaars](/staff/m.poppelaars/mp3.jpg)
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Assistant professor, Developmental Psychology
Field / Discipline
Child and adolescent well-being
Emotional development and emotion dynamics
Emotional development and emotion dynamics
![A.M. (Anne Margit) Reitsema](/staff/a.m.reitsema/photo.png?unique=1576158889715.jpg)
![M.A. (Marije) Remmers, MSc](/staff/m.a.remmers/photo.png?unique=1650900045207.jpg)
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m.a.remmers rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
Anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and adults, psychiatric epidemiology, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, publication bias
![dr. A.M. (Annelieke) Roest](/staff/a.m.roest/roest-gadourekzaal.jpg)
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Assistant Professor psychology
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With a background in developmental psychology, my research concerns the developmental processes of self and identity as situated in time and context. The contexts that I am primarily interested in are family and educational interactions. In much of my... read more
![N.M.P. (Naomi) de Ruiter, Dr](/staff/n.m.p.de.ruiter-wilcox/photo.png?unique=1648644439476.jpg)
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Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent 1)
Field / Discipline
![dr. M.M. (Marina) Schoemaker](/staff/m.m.schoemaker/photo.png?unique=1440507490169.jpg)
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m.m.schoemaker umcg.nl
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Universitair Hoofd Docent
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Adolescent psychology, social relationships, forensic psychology, behavioral development
![dr. J.J. (Jelle) Sijtsema](/staff/j.j.sijtsema/foto-bw-gion.jpg)
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j.j.sijtsema rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
Sportpsychologie, psychologisch momentum
![J.K. van der Sluis, MSc](/staff/j.k.van.der.sluis/profielfoto.jpg)
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j.k.van.der.sluis rug.nl
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Psychology - Teaching Unit/Developmental psychology
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Perception-action, perceptual-motor development, physical activity and cognition in children
![dr. J. (Joanne) Smith](/staff/j.smith/photo.png?unique=1375121863770.jpg)
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j.smith umcg.nl
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Assistant Professor
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animal-assisted therapy and interventions, micro-developmental research, observational research, child-adult interactions, child-animal interactions, time-serial coding and analysis, dynamic systems theory, cross-recurrence quantification analysis, autism... read more
![dr. S. (Steffie) van der Steen](/staff/s.van.der.steen/steffie-klein.jpg)
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associate professor
Field / Discipline
dyadic interaction in educational contexts and play contexts
children's talented behavior and how it can be stimulated
process analyses in studying the effects of educational interventions
children's talented behavior and how it can be stimulated
process analyses in studying the effects of educational interventions
![dr. H.W. (Henderien) Steenbeek](/staff/h.w.steenbeek/photo.png?unique=1459957427355.jpg)
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h.w.steenbeek rug.nl
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Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Sport, learning and performance; talent development; sport and cognition
![C. (Chris) Visscher](/staff/c.visscher/l1011072.jpg)
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c.visscher rug.nl
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Head of department / Professor
Field / Discipline
diagnostiek - gespreksvaardigheden - interventie - stage
![dr. M. (Marieke) Visser](/staff/m.visser/photo.png?unique=1530171107116.jpg)
Pharmacotherapy for mental disorders, development of comorbidity, psychiatric epidemiology, meta-science
![Y.A. de Vries](/staff/y.a.de.vries/photo.png?unique=1576597515467.jpg)
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y.a.de.vries rug.nl
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Senior researcher (Accare)
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Positive bias | Optimism | Information processing bias | Mental health | Depression | Loss of pleasure | Experience sampling | Intergenerational transmission | Peer experiences
My main research interest is positive bias, the phenomenon that many people... read more
My main research interest is positive bias, the phenomenon that many people... read more
![dr. C. (Charlotte) Vrijen](/staff/c.vrijen/photo.png?unique=1549472375995.jpg)
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c.vrijen rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
![M. (Maria) Wiertsema, MSc](/staff/m.wiertsema/photo.png?unique=1594133613131.jpg)
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m.wiertsema rug.nl
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PhD Candidate
Field / Discipline
![O. (Özlem) Yeter, MSc](/staff/o.yeter/ozlem-yeter.jpg)
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o.yeter rug.nl
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PhD student
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