- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Family Support in Illness
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
- Rural development and sustainability
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Child Therapy and Development
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Forest Management and Policy
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Resilience and Mental Health
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2015-2025
Arq Psychotrauma Expert Group
2023-2025
Yulius
2018-2024
Bartiméus
2022
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (Netherlands)
2021
Child & Family Service
2009-2017
Amsterdam Public Health
2015-2016
Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2012-2015
Wageningen University & Research
2006
This study examined the association between interparental violence (IPV), child abuse and neglect, other traumatic experiences, children's post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms explored moderating role of family functioning in aftermath IPV. One hundred twenty IPV-exposed children (53.3 % male, M age = 9.85) parents who were referred to community mental health centers participated study. Combined, IPV, experiences associated with PTS symptoms. For functioning, higher levels parenting No...
The way in which parents discuss children’s past emotional events with them is associated various outcomes children, such as emotion regulation skills and behavior problems. For children growing up adverse experiences witnessing domestic violence, it particularly important to understand the link between dialogues child functioning, because parents’ guidance about may be hampered or suboptimal. Previous studies on parent–child using Autobiographical Emotional Events Dialogues (AEED) measure...
Video-feedback Intervention to promote positive parenting-visual (VIPP-V) or visual-and-intellectual disability is an attachment-based intervention aimed at enhancing sensitive parenting and promoting parent–child relationships. A randomized controlled trial was conducted assess the efficacy of VIPP-V for parents children aged 1–5 with visual disabilities. total 37 dyads received only care-as-usual (CAU) 40 besides CAU. The receiving did not show increased parental sensitivity interaction...
Changes in children's emotion differentiation, coping skills, parenting stress, parental psychopathology, and parent–child interaction were explored as mediators of treatment factors two selective preventive group interventions for children exposed to interparental violence (IPV) their parents. One hundred thirty-four IPV-exposed (ages 6–12 years, 52% boys) parents randomized an IPV-focused or common community-based intervention completed baseline, posttest, follow-up assessments...
Children who witness interparental violence are at a heightened risk for developing psychosocial, behavioral and cognitive problems, as well posttraumatic stress symptoms. For these children the psycho-educational secondary prevention program 'En nu ik...!' ('It's my turn now!') has been developed. This includes specific therapeutic factors focused on emotion awareness expression, increasing feelings of emotional security, teaching coping strategies, trauma narrative, improving parent-child...
This cross-sectional study examined the hypothesis that parent–child emotion dialogues among interparental violence (IPV) exposed dyads (n = 30; 4–12 years) show less quality than nonexposed years). Second, we whether parental posttraumatic stress symptoms and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were associated with of dialogues. As expected, in IPV-exposed group, mother–child was lesser quality; often showed a lack elaboration their dialogue; mothers sensitive guidance; children...
The service configuration with distinct child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) adult (AMHS) may be a barrier to continuity of care. Because lack transition policy, CAMHS clinicians have decide whether when young person should AMHS. This study describes which characteristics are associated the clinicians' advice continue treatment at AMHS.Demographic, family, clinical, treatment, service-use MILESTONE cohort 763 people from 39 in Europe were assessed using multi-informant...
High family risk was tested as an impediment to recovery in children exposed interparental violence (IPV) participating community-based intervention. Characteristics of IPV were also explored moderators for the effect IPV-focused intervention over a common factors Baseline, posttest and follow-up measurements 155 parents (aged 6 12 years; 55.5% boys) fitted multilevel model. Outcomes clinical classifications internalizing externalizing problems, posttraumatic stress symptoms. Tested child...
Purpose The presence of distinct child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) adult (AMHS) impacts continuity treatment for young people. However, we do not know the extent discontinuity care in Europe nor effects on Current research is limited, as majority existing studies are retrospective, based small samples or used non-standardised information from medical records. MILESTONE prospective cohort study aims to examine associations between service use, other outcomes over 24 months,...
Visual or visual-and-intellectual disabilities of children make daily interactions more difficult for their parents and may impact the quality parent-child relationship. To support these parents, an existing intervention (Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting; VIPP; Juffer F, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, van IJzendoorn MH, 2008. Promoting positive parenting; attachment-based intervention. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 2008) was adapted use with a visual disability...
The evidence-based parenting program Video-Feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD) may have potential also support teachers in primary schools their interaction with children behavior problems. We therefore adapted the intervention for use school (VIPP-School). Here we examined feasibility of VIPP-School, using qualitative analyses perceptions VIPP-interveners on experiences VIPP-School. Three teacher-child dyads from kindergarten 2 nd grade...
Background Young people are at risk of falling through the care gap after leaving child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) despite an ongoing need for support. Currently, little is known about predictors transitioning to adult (AMHS), associated healthcare societal costs as young cross transition boundary. Objective To conduct a secondary data analysis exploring or costs. Methods Data were used from longitudinal study, which followed seven European countries 2 years reaching their...
ABSTRACT Even though Parenting Capacity Assessments (PCAs) are essential for child protection services to support placement decisions maltreating families, presently no evidence‐based PCA protocols available. In this randomized controlled trial, we tested the quality of an attachment‐based protocol based on Video‐feedback Intervention promote Positive and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP‐SD). We recruited 56 parent‐child dyads ( M age children = 3.48 years) in Dutch family residential clinics that...
Abstract The effectiveness of intense specialised multi‐family therapy (ISMFT) for 111 multi‐stressed families, and the therapeutic alliance as a possible predictor outcome, were examined. A repeated measures design was used, where changes in all ISMFT phases (preparation, follow‐up) assessed compared both mothers fathers. Evidence found improved family functioning after period, which maintained at 3 months follow‐up, although families still functioned problematic range. did however not...
Parent-child conversations contribute to understanding and regulating children’s emotions. Similarities differences in discussed topics, quality of interaction coherence/elaboration mother-child about emotional experiences the child were studied dyads who had been exposed interpersonal trauma (N = 213) non-trauma-exposed 86). Results showed that negative emotions, trauma-exposed children more often topics focused less on relationship than children. Trauma-exposed found it difficult come up...
Abstract Children exposed to traumatic events are at increased risk for developing symptoms of a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. often discuss emotional, and therefore also traumatic, in their lives with parents, the quality these discussions can facilitate coping further development. The study aim was 1) explore whether association between dialogue mothers children about emotional children’s posttraumatic stress (PTSS) might be indirectly linked through adaptive skills, 2) this differed...
To study clinicians' and parents' awareness of suicidal behaviour in adolescents reaching the upper age limit their Child Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) its association with mental health indicators, transition recommendations service (MHS) use.763 CAMHS users from eight European countries were assessed using multi-informant standardised assessment tools at baseline nine months follow-up. Separate ANCOVA's pairwise comparisons conducted to assess whether young people's associated...
Experiences of young people transitioning from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to Adult (AMHS) have mostly been investigated qualitatively. This study adapts validates the On Your Own Feet - Transition Scale (OYOF-TES) in a sample CAMHS users Europe describes people's parents' experiences with transition end care at CAMHS. The OYOF-TES was adapted mental health setting translated. An End Of Care (OYOF-EOC) version (self- parent-report) developed. A total 457 383 parents...