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Overview

Geertjan Overbeek is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, where the research primarily focuses on developmental psychology and social sciences. The work encompasses a broad range of topics related to child development, psychosocial factors, and educational outcomes, reflecting a comprehensive approach toward understanding behavioral and social dynamics in childhood and adolescence.

Their research fields include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these broader categories, their subfields of study cover:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education
  • Social Psychology
  • Safety Research
  • Sociology and Political Science

Geertjan Overbeek's main research topics include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

The recent publication record highlights significant contributions across multiple journals, with some of the latest papers being:

  • Effective Components of Social Skills Training Programs for Children and Adolescents in Nonclinical Samples: A Multilevel Meta-analysis (2020), published in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • Development and socialization of self-regulation from infancy to adolescence: A meta-review differentiating between self-regulatory abilities, goals, and motivation (2023), published in Developmental Review
  • What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis (2022), published in Prevention Science
  • Manifesto for new directions in developmental science (2020), published in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
  • Social goals and gains of adolescent bullying and aggression: A meta-analysis (2023), published in Developmental Review

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Prevention Science
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Developmental Review

Collaborations are notable with several co-authors, including:

  • Patty Leijten
  • Alithe L. van den Akker
  • Eddie Brummelman
  • Brechtje de Mooij
  • Nicole Creasey

Best Publications

  • Daily and Compulsive Internet Use and Well-Being in Adolescence: A Diathesis-Stress Model Based on Big Five Personality Traits

    Niels van der Aa;Geertjan Overbeek;Rutger C. M. E. Engels;Ron H. J. Scholte

  • Origins of narcissism in children

    Eddie Brummelman;Eddie Brummelman;Sander Thomaes;Sander Thomaes;Stefanie A. Nelemans;Bram Orobio de Castro

  • Stability in bullying and victimization and its association with social adjustment in childhood and adolescence.

    Ron H. J. Scholte;Rutger C. M. E. Engels;Geertjan Overbeek;Raymond A. T. de Kemp

  • Bullying and Victimization Among Adolescents: The Role of Ethnicity and Ethnic Composition of School Class

    Miranda H. M. Vervoort;Ron H. J. Scholte;Geertjan Overbeek

  • Meta-Analyses: Key Parenting Program Components for Disruptive Child Behavior

    Patty Leijten;Patty Leijten;Frances Gardner;G.J. Melendez-Torres;Jolien van Aar

  • Longitudinal associations of marital quality and marital dissolution with the incidence of DSM-III-R disorders.

    Geertjan Overbeek;Wilma Vollebergh;Ron de Graaf;Ron Scholte

  • What it takes to forgive: When and why executive functioning facilitates forgiveness.

    Tila M. Pronk;Johan C. Karremans;Geertjan Overbeek;Ad A. Vermulst

  • Parent-child relationship trajectories during adolescence: Longitudinal associations with romantic outcomes in emerging adulthood

    Inge Seiffge-Krenke;Geertjan Overbeek;Ad Vermulst

  • Substance use risk profiles and associations with early substance use in adolescence

    Monique Malmberg;Geertjan Overbeek;Karin Monshouwer;Jeroen Lammers

  • Sustained, fade-out or sleeper effects? A systematic review and meta-analysis of parenting interventions for disruptive child behavior

    Jolien van Aar;Patty Leijten;Patty Leijten;Bram Orobio de Castro;Geertjan Overbeek

  • Early Adolescent Empathy, Parental Support, and Antisocial Behavior.

    Raymond A T de Kemp;Geertjan Overbeek;Minet de Wied;Rutger C M E Engels

  • Parenting in times of war: A meta-analysis and qualitative synthesis of war-exposure, parenting, and child adjustment

    Hend Eltanamly;Patty Leijten;Suzanne Jak;Geertjan Overbeek

  • Transitions in body and behavior: a meta-analytic study on the relationship between pubertal development and adolescent sexual behavior

    Laura Baams;Judith Semon Dubas;Geertjan Overbeek;Marcel A.G. van Aken

  • Early adolescent delinquency: the role of parents and best friends

    Raymond A. T. de Kemp;Ron H. J. Scholte;Geertjan Overbeek;Rutger C. M. E. Engels

  • Parent-child relationships, partner relationships, and emotional adjustment: a birth-to-maturity prospective study.

    Geertjan Overbeek;Håkan Stattin;Ad Vermulst;Thao Ha

  • Drinking Motives, Alcohol Expectancies, Self-Efficacy, and Drinking Patterns

    Rutger C M E Engels;Reinout Wiers;Lex Lemmers;Geert Jan Overbeek

  • On feeding those hungry for praise: person praise backfires in children with low self-esteem

    Eddie Brummelman;Sander Thomaes;Geertjan Overbeek;Bram Orobio De Castro

  • Course, Co-Occurrence, and Longitudinal Associations of Emotional Disturbance and Delinquency From Adolescence to Young Adulthood: A Six-Year Three-Wave Study

    Geertjan Overbeek;Wilma Vollebergh;Wim Meeus;Rutger Engels

  • Parents and partners in crime: a six-year longitudinal study on changes in supportive relationships and delinquency in adolescence and young adulthood.

    W.H.J. Meeus;S.J.T. Branje;G.J. Overbeek

  • Underlying Mechanisms of Gene-Environment Interactions in Externalizing Behavior: A Systematic Review and Search for Theoretical Mechanisms.

    Joyce Weeland;Joyce Weeland;Geertjan Overbeek;Bram Orobio de Castro;Walter Matthys

Frequent Co-Authors

Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Rutger C. M. E. Engels Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ron H. J. Scholte
Ron H. J. Scholte Radboud University
Bram Orobio de Castro
Bram Orobio de Castro Utrecht University
Ad A. Vermulst
Ad A. Vermulst Radboud University
Judith Semon Dubas
Judith Semon Dubas Utrecht University
Marcel A. G. van Aken
Marcel A. G. van Aken Utrecht University
Walter Matthys
Walter Matthys Utrecht University
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh
Wilma A. M. Vollebergh Utrecht University
Sander Thomaes
Sander Thomaes Utrecht University
Wim Meeus
Wim Meeus Utrecht University

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