The development of social behavior in childhood has a lasting effect on the life course in multiple domains, such as friendships, relationships, school, work, offending, and mental health. Development of disruptive behavior problems entails mayor harm and costs for children, their environments, and society.
Our group(s) study how behavior problems develop and how they can be prevented or treated. Key to our approach is understanding and changing the mechanisms that maintain behavior problems, such as social information processing, family interaction patterns, and peer social networks.
This approach does not only incease our understanding of social development, but directly contributes to more effective (preventive) interventions that are increasingly used by children, parents, teachers, and clinicians, with lasting benefits.
Current projects, a.o.
Beter samen beslissen over hulp met de Keuzehulp Jeugd en Gezin (ZonMW & NJi): https://www.nji.nl/effectieve-jeugdhulp/keuzehulp-jeugd-gezin
Leren beter te Doen Wat Werkt in de Jeugdzorg (NWA ORC met o.a. HvA, Levvel, Horizon): https://www.dww-jeugdzorg.nl/
Sociale vaardigheden versterken en agressie reguleren met Virtual Reality (NWO VICI; NRO), ism o.a. CleVR, Altrecht, Bascule, GGZ Delfland, Kentalis, Opvoedpoli, RioZorg.
- InterAction: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sode.12784
- YourSkills: https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cdev.13966
Opvoedvaardigheden versterken en gedragsproblemen verminderen met oudergroepen Speel & Verbind (IY en Invest in Play) https://www.nji.nl/interventies/incredible-years-en-invest-in-play
Betere Start: Preventieve opvoedondersteuning voor moeders na detentie, RCT en lange termijn follow-up (Min v Justitie & Veiligheid) https://www.nji.nl/interventies/betere-start
- vermindering van eerste delicten en recidive: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11292-024-09612-1.pdf
Evaluatie van Mentorlessen Over Stress in het voortgezet onderwijs (NRO): https://www.nro.nl/sites/nro/files/media-files/mentorlessen_over_stress_factsheet.pdf
Boegbeeld Nationale Wetenschapsagenda (NWA) Jeugd in Ontwikkeling en Onderwijs (met Gonneke Stevens en Sui Lin Goei): www.nwa-jeugd.nl
UvA thema Gezonde Toekomst: https://healthyfuture.uva.nl/
Lid Schakel & Advies Raad Jeugd (SAR): https://sarjeugd.nl/
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De Castro, B.O. & Van Dijk, A. (2017). “It’s Gonna End Up with a Fight Anyway”: Social Cognitive Processes in Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders. In J.E. Lochman & W. Matthys (Eds). The Wiley Handbook of Disruptive and Impulse-Control Disorders, ch 15. Wiley: New York.
Gardner, F., Leijten, P., Harris, V., Mann, J., Hutchings, J., Beecham, J., … Landau, S. (2019). Equity effects of parenting interventions for child conduct problems: a pan-European individual participant data meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 6(6), 518–527. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30162-2
Van Dijk, A., Poorthuis, A. M. G., Thomaes, S., & de Castro, B. O. (2018). Does Parent-Child Discussion of Peer Provocations Reduce Young Children’s Hostile Attributional Bias? Child Development, 89(5), 1908–1920. http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13087
Verhoef, R. E. J., Alsem, S. C., Verhulp, E., & Castro, B. O. De. (2019). Hostile Intent Attribution and Aggressive Behavior in Children Revisited : A Meta-Analysis, Child Development, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13255
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