Academic interests
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Individual change processes in psychopathology
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Affect dynamics
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Time scales
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Ecological momentary assessments (EMA) / Experience sampling method (ESM) / Ambulatory assessment (AA)
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Trajectories of symptom improvement over time
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Dynamical systems theory
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Intensive longitudinal data collection and analysis
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Methods for defining and predicting clinically relevant changes
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Psychotherapy research
Projects
Part of the COPE research team.
My research is aimed at improving our understanding of different forms of change in psychopathology, such as mood and symptom improvement in intensive longitudinal data, measured with Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMA). Currently, my work focuses on examining the trajectories of individual time series and drawing on complex dynamical systems theory and psychotherapy research to quantify relevant shifts and predictors of treatment response.
Background
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PhD conducted at the University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, as part of the Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion regulation at the Department of Psychiatry (2016-2021).
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Dissertation titled: “What’s in a mood? Looking for dynamic predictors of individual improvement in depression”.
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Supervised by: Prof. Marieke Wichers, Prof. Tineke Oldehinkel, Dr. Evelien Snippe & Dr. Laura Bringmann.
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My PhD research was part of the Transitions in Depression (TRANS-ID) Research project, which focused on applying a complex dynamical systems approach to the study of intra-day dynamics as predictors of transitions in symptoms of depression.
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My subproject, TRANS-ID Recovery, investigated destabilization prior of symptom improvement within the course of psychotherapy.
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MScRes in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience with a specialization in Psychopathology from Maastricht University (2013-2015).
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Research internship at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (2015).
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BA in Liberal arts & sciences from University College Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands (2010-2013), with a major in Psychology and minors in Philosophy and Methods & Statistics.
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Exchange semester at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Singapore (2012).