Current research
My current work is focused on the implementation and evaluation of the Family Check-Up program in the Netherlands.
You can apply to receive a Family Check-Up or read more about the project on our website: Home | Family Check-Up Amsterdam (wixsite.com)
Publications
2022
de Mooij, B., Beurskens-Claessens, L., Geertse, P., De Mey, W., & Overbeek, G. (2022). Evaluatie van Samen sterker Terug op Pad (STOP4-7): Een multimodale interventie voor kinderen met gedragsproblmen. Jeugd in Ontwikkeling.
2021
de Mooij, B., Fekkes, M., van den Akker, A. L., Vliek, L., Scholte, R. H. J., & Overbeek, G. (2021). Does affirming children’s autonomy and prosocial intentions help? A microtrial into intervention component effects to improve psychosocial behavior. Journal of School Psychology, 90, 60-81.
2020
de Mooij, B. Opening the black box: Examining effective components of interventions for children’s social-emotional development. Doctoral thesis, University of Amsterdam.
de Mooij, B., Fekkes, M., Scholte, R. H. J., & Overbeek, G. (2020). Effective Components of Social Skills Training Programs for Children and Adolescents in Nonclinical Samples: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 23, 250-264.
Conference Contributions
- “Does context matter? Assessing childhood social skills training effects in different intervention settings.” (2021). 32nd International Congress of Psychology (ICP), Prague, Czech Republic/Online.
- Invited speaker in symposium “How meta-analysis can (or cannot) improve our understanding of parenting and child development.” (2021). VNOP, Online.
- Co-chair masterclass “Effectieve elementen in sociale vaardigheidstrainingen” (2021). Jeugd in Onderzoek, Online.
- “Does affirming children’s autonomy and prosocial intentions help? A microtrial into intervention component effects to improve prosocial behavior.” (2020). 17th Biennial conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Online.
- Symposium chair “Microtrials: the way forward for research into the effectiveness of treatment components?” (2020). ZonMw conference Building on effectiveness research: results and lessons learned from research into core elements of youth interventions, Online.
- Invited speaker in monthly meeting of the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK. “Opening the Black Box of Childhood Social-Emotional Skills Interventions” (2020). Online.
- “Exposure or cognitive restructuring? Effective components training components in decrease social anxiety.” (2019). 19th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Athens, Greece
- “Exposure or cognitive restructuring? Effective components training components in decrease social anxiety” (2019). 9th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Berlin, Germany.
- “Effective treatment components of social skills training programs for children and adolescents: A multilevel meta-analysis.” (2019). Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, United States.
- “Treatment components that lead to the improvement of resilience and self-esteem in children: A microtrial.” (2019) Poster session presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, United States.
- “Effective treatment components of social skills training programs for children and adolescents: A multilevel meta-analysis.” (2018). Paper presented at 16th conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), Ghent, Belgium.
- Co-chair of masterclass “Sociale Vaardigheden in Beeld” (2018). Jeugd in Onderzoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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