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K. (Karen) Rienks MSc

PhD Candidate
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Preventive Youth Care

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 127
  • Room number: 9.12A
Postal address
  • Postbus 15776
    1001 NG Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Research

    Research methods 

    • Intervention research
    • Factorial experiments
    • (Network) Meta-analysis
       

    Current research projects

    Project DAPPer [Project Courage]

    The goal of this project is to study what specific risk factors in the parental context we should target, to reduce anxiety in children. This knowledge can guide future intervention development, and contribute to our understanding of the role of parents in children's anxiety. For more information, see our website.

  • Teaching

    Master 

    • Internship Supervision
      Programs: MA Preventive Youth Care
    • Thesis Supervision
      Programs: MA Preventive Youth Care, MA Youth at Risk, MA Orthopedagogics
  • Publications

    2024

    • Leijten, P., Rienks, K., Groenman, A. P., Anand, M., Kömürcü Akik, B., David, O., Kızıltepe, R., Thongseiratch, T., & Catarina Canário, A. (2024). Online parenting support: Meta-analyses of non-inferiority and additional value to in-person support. Children and Youth Services Review, 159, Article 107497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107497
    • Rienks, K., Salemink, E., & Leijten, P. (2024). Study Preregistration: Targeting Parental Risk Factors for Children's Anxiety: A Factorial Experiment With Three Intervention Components. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.01.013

    2023

    2024

    • Rienks, K. (in press). Targeting Parental Risk Factors for Children's Anxiety: A Factorial Experiment With Three Intervention Components. Poster session presented at VNOP Conference 2024, Tilburg, Netherlands.

    2023

    • Rienks, K., Leijten, P., Laas Sigurðardóttir, L. B., Staaks, J. P. C., & Salemink, E. (2023). Supporting Parents to Reduce Child Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis of Programs and their Key Components. Paper presented at European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Turku, Finland.

    2022

    • Rienks, K. (2022). Supporting Parents to Reduce Child Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis of Programs and their Key Components. Paper presented at Scientific Research Network “A Multiple Levels of Analysis Perspective to Typical and Atypical Development”, Leuven, Belgium.
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  • Ancillary activities
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