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Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE) RICDE

Dr. D. (Daniëlle) van der Giessen

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Developmental psychopathology
Photographer: n.b.
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 127
  • Room number: D 9.03
Postal address
  • Postbus 15776
    1001 NG Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    Daniëlle van der Giessen is an assistant professor. Her main focus is on understanding the nature of parent-child interactions, its links to socio-emotional functioning, and the effects of parenting interventions and CBT on these interactions. Daniëlle teaches in several undergrate and graduate courses on parenting and interventions and has more than 15 years experience coding parent-child interactions. 

    Research interest and expertise

    • understanding real-time behavioral and emotional processes during parent-child interactions (e.g., parenting behavior, emotional variability, sensitivity, emotion regulation) for healthy functioning of toddlers, children, and adolescents
    • a certified coder for several coding systems such as the EAS, SPAFF, DPICS, and the dyadic synchrony coding system.
    • using dynamic systems methods (e.g., State Space Grids)
    • the effects of parenting interventions (e.g., Incredible Years, The Happiest Toddler) and CBT (denken+doen=durven) on parent-child interactions and children’s anxiety.
    • challenging parenting behavior and socio-emotional and motor development in children with and without hearing loss

    Personal information

    Daniëlle received her bachelor degree in Pedagogical Sciences (2007) and her Research Master degree in the Development and Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence (2009, Cum Laude) at Utrecht University. Daniëlle did her PhD-project at the Research Centre of Adolescent Development at Utrecht University and wrote her dissertation on the role of emotional flexibility in parent-adolescent interactions in adolescent’s socio-emotional functioning (2009-2013). Since 2013 Daniëlle works as the UvA (post-doc and assistant professor).

  • Research

    Research methods

    • Observational Data
    • Dynamic System Methods
    • Gridware
    • Longitudinal Data
    • RCT

    Current research projects

    • The Happiest Toddler: Examining the effects of a short parenting intervention on temper tantrums and emotion regulation of toddlers and parenting behavior.
    • Orchids and Opgroeien in Amsterdam (Vidi and Vici G. Overbeek): Examining the effects of parenting interventions on parent-child interactions.
    • CBT and Anxiety: Examining the effects of CBT on dyadic emotional flexibility during parent-child interactions.
    • Catch me if you can (ZonMw): Examining the nature of physical play of children with hearing loss and their parents and its impact on social-emotional and motor development.
    • Lorentz Center Workshop/Project: Towards reporting criteria for observational communication coding.
    • Pak me dan als je kan! (ZonMW grant): Examining challenging parenting behavior and socio-emotional and motor development in children with and without hearing loss. 

    Research grants & honours

    Cooperations

    Daniëlle works closely together with Prof. Dr. G. Overbeek, Dr. L. van Rijn-van Gelderen, Dr. E. Möller, en Dr. M. Majdandzic on several projects at the UvA.

    Daniëlle collaborates with the NSDSK on a ZonMW grant on the nature of physical play of children with hearing loss.

  • Teaching

    Daniëlle teaches in several undergraduate and graduate courses:

    BA

    • Familie en gezin
    • Stage
    • Psychotherapeutische Stromingen

    MA

    • Psychische Problemen en Opvoeding
    • Diagnostiek en Behandeling 1 en 2
    • Thesis
    • Risk and Resilience
    • Family Systems

    Supervisor PhD Project

    • 'Catch me if you can' - ZonMW project
  • Publications

    2024

    • Aktar, E., Venetikidi, M., Bockstaele, B. V., van der Giessen, D., & Pérez-Edgar, K. (2024). Pupillary Responses to Dynamic Negative Versus Positive Facial Expressions of Emotion in Children and Parents: Links to Depression and Anxiety. Developmental Psychobiology, 66(6), Article e22522. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22522
    • Hillen, M. A., Hoeben, E. M., Kok, R., McHale, C., Sexton, M. M., van der Asdonk, S., van de Bongardt, D., Bowman, B., Brown, R., Branje, S., Chorney, J., Donker, M. H., Ejbye-Ernst, P., Geeraerts, S., Van der Giessen, D., Humphris, G., Larsen, H., Philpot, R., Portell, M., ... Noordman, J. (2024). Guidelines for reporting research using systematic coding of observed human behaviour (SCOBe). Quality and Quantity. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-024-01969-9

    2023

    • Van der Giessen, D., & Van Steensel, F. J. A. (2023). Parent-child interactions and cognitive-behavioral therapy: A focus on anxious children. In C. R. Martin, V. B. Patel, & V. P. Preedy (Eds.), Handbook of lifespan Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, adulthood, and aging (pp. 259-274). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85757-4.00029-8 [details]

    2022

    2019

    2018

    2017

    2015

    • Van der Giessen, D., Hollenstein, T., Hale, W. W., Koot, H. M., Meeus, W., & Branje, S. (2015). Emotional variability in mother-adolescent conflict interactions and internalizing problems of mothers and adolescents: dyadic and individual processes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43(2), 339-353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-014-9910-9 [details]
    • Van der Giessen, D., Hollenstein, T., Hale, W. W., Koot, H. M., Meeus, W., & Branje, S. (2015). Erratum to: Emotional Variability in Mother-Adolescent Conflict Interactions and Internalizing Problems of Mothers and Adolescents: Dyadic and Individual Processes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43(3), 601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-014-9930-5

    2014

    • Maciejewski, D. F., Van Lier, P. A. C., Neumann, A., Van der Giessen, D., Branje, S. J. T., Meeus, W. H. J., & Koot, H. M. (2014). The development of adolescent generalized anxiety and depressive symptoms in the context of adolescent mood variability and parent-adolescent negative interactions. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 42(4), 515-526. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9797-x [details]
    • Van der Giessen, D., Branje, S., Keijsers, L., Van Lier, P. A. C., Koot, H. M., & Meeus, W. (2014). Emotional variability during mother-adolescent conflict interactions: Longitudinal links to adolescent disclosure and maternal control. Journal of Adolescence, 37(1), 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.10.007 [details]
    • van der Giessen, D., Branje, S., & Meeus, W. (2014). Perceived autonomy support from parents and best friends: longitudinal associations with adolescents' depressive symptoms. Social Development, 23(3), 537-555. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12061 [details]

    2013

    • van der Giessen, D., Branje, S. J. T., Frijns, T., & Meeus, W. H. J. (2013). Dyadic variability in mother-adolescent interactions: Developmental trajectories and associations with psychosocial functioning. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42(1), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-012-9790-7 [details]
    • van der Giessen, D., Branje, S., Overbeek, G., Frijns, T., Van Lier, P. A. C., Koot, H. M., & Meeus, W. (2013). Co-occurrence of aggressive behavior and depressive symptoms in early adolescence: a longitudinal multi-informant study. European Review of Applied Psychology, 63(4), 193-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2013.03.001 [details]

    2018

    • Weeland, J., Chhangur, R. R., Jaffee, S. R., van der Giessen, D., Matthys, W., Orobio de Castro, B., & Overbeek, G. (2018). What changes when? A reply to Beauchaine and Slep. Development and Psychopathology, 30(4), 1535-1540. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418000755 [details]
    • Weeland, J., Chhangur, R. R., van der Giessen, D., Matthys, W., de Castro, B. O., & Overbeek, G. (2018). Corrigendum to “Intervention Effectiveness of The Incredible Years: New Insights Into Sociodemographic and Intervention-Based ModeratorsBehavior Therapy 48 (2017) 1–18](S0005789416300521)(10.1016/j.beth.2016.08.002). Behavior Therapy, 49(2), 308-309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2017.09.007

    2018

    • Weeland, J., Chhangur, R. R., van der Giessen, D., Matthys, W., Orobio de Castro, B., & Overbeek, G. (2018). Effectonderzoek naar de ouderinterventie Pittige Jaren. Kind en Adolescent, 39(4), 257-281. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12453-018-0190-y [details]

    2016

    2021

    • Donker, M., van der Giessen, D., Maciejewski, D. F., Meeus, W., & Branje, S. J. T. (2021). Emotion regulation difficulties in real-life: Variability and predictability of daily and moment-to-moment emotions of mothers and adolescents. Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2021.

    2017

    • Weeland, J., Chhangur, R. R., Jaffee, S. R., van der Giessen, D., Matthys, W., Orobio de Castro, B., & Overbeek, G. J. (2017). What works for which parents? BPT, Mechanisms of change and genetic moderators.. Paper presented at ISRCAP 18th Biennial Scientific Meeting, Amsterdam, .

    2010

    • van der Giessen, D., Branje, S. J. T., Overbeek, G. J., Frijns, T., van Lier, P. A. C., Koot, H. M., & Meeus, W. H. J. (2010). Co-occurrence of aggressive behavior and depressive symptoms in early adolescence: A longitudinal multi-informant study. Poster session presented at XIVth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) 2011, Montreal, Canada.

    Prize / grant

    • van der Giessen, D. & Majdandžić, M. (2023). Catch me if you can! A study on the nature of physical play of children with hearing loss and their parents and its impact on social-emotional and motor development.

    Others

    • van der Giessen, D. (examiner) (14-11-2023 - 16-11-2023). Radboud Universiteit (examination).
    • van der Giessen, D. (participant) (6-2-2023 - 8-2-2023). Lorentz workshop ‘Towards reporting criteria for observational coding of interpersonal communication’, Leiden (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).

    2013

    • van der Giessen, D. (2013). Going through the motions? Development of parent-adolescent relationships and psychosocial problems during adolescence. [Thesis, fully external, Universiteit Utrecht].
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