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  • 2018 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Judi Mesman is affiliated with Leiden University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans social sciences and psychology with a strong focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, clinical psychology, gender studies, social psychology, and education.

The scientist's work explores key topics including:

  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Gender roles and identity studies
  • Social and intergroup psychology
  • Early childhood education and development
  • Attachment and relationship dynamics
  • Racial and ethnic identity research
  • Cultural differences and values

Mesman has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Attachment & Human Development
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Social Development
  • Child Development
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Recent publications include:

  • "Inhibitory Control Across the Preschool Years: Developmental Changes and Associations with Parenting" (2020, Child Development)
  • "Couples becoming parents: Trajectories for psychological distress and buffering effects of social support" (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • "Early Adolescent Social Anxiety: Differential Associations for Fathers' and Mothers' Psychologically Controlling and Autonomy-Supportive Parenting" (2022, Journal of Youth and Adolescence)
  • "Understanding the terrible twos: A longitudinal investigation of the impact of early executive function and parent-child interactions" (2020, Developmental Science)
  • "Socioeconomic status, parental beliefs, and parenting practices as predictors of preschoolers' school readiness and executive functions in Chile" (2021, Early Childhood Research Quarterly)

Mesman has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Rosanneke A. G. Emmen
  • Marleen G. Groeneveld
  • Ymke de Bruijn
  • Lotte D. van der Pol
  • Lenneke R. A. Alink

Their work covers diverse areas within clinical psychology and gender studies, with interdisciplinary approaches that incorporate elements from social and political science and education. The research often examines developmental processes and interpersonal dynamics in early life stages and family contexts.

Judi Mesman was recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018, indicating acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • The many faces of the Still-Face Paradigm: A review and meta-analysis

    Judi Mesman;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • The Early Childhood Aggression Curve: Development of Physical Aggression in 10- to 50-Month-Old Children

    Lenneke R. A. Alink;Judi Mesman;Jantien van Zeijl;Mirjam N. Stolk

  • Experimental evidence for differential susceptibility: dopamine D4 receptor polymorphism (DRD4 VNTR) moderates intervention effects on toddlers' externalizing behavior in a randomized controlled trial.

    Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn;Femke T. A. Pijlman;Judi Mesman

  • Attachment-based intervention for enhancing sensitive discipline in mothers of 1- to 3-year-old children at risk for externalizing behavior problems: a randomized controlled trial.

    Jantien Van Zeijl;Judi Mesman;Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • Preschool Developmental Pathways to Preadolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Problems

    Judi Mesman;Ilja L. Bongers;Hans M. Koot

  • Cortisol and externalizing behavior in children and adolescents: mixed meta-analytic evidence for the inverse relation of basal cortisol and cortisol reactivity with externalizing behavior.

    Lenneke R.A. Alink;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Judi Mesman

  • Shifting ability predicts math and reading performance in children: A meta-analytical study

    Nihal Yeniad;Maike Malda;Judi Mesman;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

  • Early Preschool Predictors of Preadolescent Internalizing and Externalizing DSM-IV Diagnoses

    Judi Mesman;Hans M. Koot

  • Gender-Differentiated Parenting Revisited: Meta-Analysis Reveals Very Few Differences in Parental Control of Boys and Girls

    Joyce J. Endendijk;Marleen G. Groeneveld;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Judi Mesman

  • Unequal in Opportunity, Equal in Process: Parental Sensitivity Promotes Positive Child Development in Ethnic Minority Families

    Judi Mesman;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • Child Development in the Face of Rural-to-Urban Migration in China: A Meta-Analytic Review.

    Lamei Wang;Judi Mesman

  • Child-Reported Depression and Anxiety in Preadolescence: I. Associations With Parent- and Teacher-Reported Problems

    Judi Mesman;Hans M. Koot

  • Gender Stereotypes in the Family Context: Mothers, Fathers, and Siblings

    Joyce J. Endendijk;Marleen G. Groeneveld;Sheila R. van Berkel;Elizabeth T. Hallers-Haalboom

  • Effects of an attachment-based intervention on daily cortisol moderated by dopamine receptor D4: a randomized control trial on 1- to 3-year-olds screened for externalizing behavior.

    Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn;Judi Mesman;Lenneke R. A. Alink

  • Mary Ainsworth’s legacy: a systematic review of observational instruments measuring parental sensitivity

    Judi Mesman;Rosanneke A.G. Emmen

  • Universality Without Uniformity: A Culturally Inclusive Approach to Sensitive Responsiveness in Infant Caregiving.

    Judi Mesman;Tessa Minter;Andrei Angnged;Ibrahima A. H. Cissé

  • Within- and Cross-Language Relations Between Oral Language Proficiency and School Outcomes in Bilingual Children With an Immigrant Background A Meta-Analytical Study

    Mariëlle J. L. Prevoo;Maike Malda;Judi Mesman;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

  • Predicting Growth Curves of Early Childhood Externalizing Problems: Differential Susceptibility of Children with Difficult Temperament

    Judi Mesman;Reinoud Stoel;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

  • Differential susceptibility to discipline: the moderating effect of child temperament on the association between maternal discipline and early childhood externalizing problems.

    Jantien van Zeijl;Judi Mesman;Mirjam N. Stolk;Lenneke R. A. Alink

  • Gender Differences in Child Aggression: Relations With Gender-Differentiated Parenting and Parents’ Gender-Role Stereotypes

    Joyce J. Endendijk;Marleen G. Groeneveld;Lotte D. van der Pol;Sheila R. van Berkel

  • Dopamine system genes associated with parenting in the context of daily hassles.

    M. H. Van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg;J. Mesman

Frequent Co-Authors

Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London
Hans M. Koot
Hans M. Koot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Femmie Juffer
Femmie Juffer Leiden University
Clancy Blair
Clancy Blair New York University
Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes University of Cambridge
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda New York University
Peter Prinzie
Peter Prinzie Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hanna Swaab
Hanna Swaab Leiden University

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