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  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2012 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg is affiliated with ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences in Portugal. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with substantial contributions to clinical psychology, social psychology, and public health-related fields.

The scientist's main research topics include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, attachment and relationship dynamics, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child abuse and trauma, family dynamics and relationships, and infant health and development.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg include:

  • Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
  • Henning Tiemeier
  • Martine W. F. T. Verhees
  • Renate S. M. Buisman
  • Alexander Neumann

The scientist has published in various academic venues, commonly appearing in:

  • Attachment & Human Development
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Developmental Psychobiology
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg are:

  • Institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children 1: a systematic and integrative review of evidence regarding effects on development, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Epigenome-wide change and variation in DNA methylation in childhood: trajectories from birth to late adolescence, 2021, Human Molecular Genetics
  • A learning theory of attachment: Unraveling the black box of attachment development, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Attachment goes to court: child protection and custody issues, 2021, Attachment & Human Development
  • Institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children 2: policy and practice recommendations for global, national, and local actors, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg has authored a book published by UCL Press titled Matters of Significance, released in 2024.

The scientist was recognized by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Threat-related attentional bias in anxious and nonanxious individuals: a meta-analytic study.

    Yair Bar-Haim;Dominique Lamy;Lee Pergamin;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • Less is more: Meta-analyses of sensitivity and attachment interventions in early childhood.

    Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Femmie Juffer

  • Disorganized attachment in early childhood: meta-analysis of precursors, concomitants, and sequelae

    M H van Ijzendoorn;C Schuengel;M J Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • A Global Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse: Meta-Analysis of Prevalence Around the World:

    Marije Stoltenborgh;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Eveline M. Euser;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • For Better and For Worse Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences

    Jay Belsky;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

  • Differential susceptibility to the environment: an evolutionary--neurodevelopmental theory.

    Bruce J. Ellis;W. Thomas Boyce;Jay Belsky;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • The significance of insecure attachment and disorganization in the development of children's externalizing behavior: a meta-analytic study.

    R. M. Pasco Fearon;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Anne-Marie Lapsley

  • The Prevalence of Child Maltreatment across the Globe: Review of a Series of Meta‐Analyses

    Marije Stoltenborgh;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Lenneke R. A. Alink;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

  • The first 10,000 Adult Attachment Interviews: distributions of adult attachment representations in clinical and non-clinical groups.

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

  • Attachment Representations in Mothers, Fathers, Adolescents, and Clinical Groups: A Meta-Analytic Search for Normative Data

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

  • Attachment security and disorganization in maltreating and high-risk families: A series of meta-analyses

    Chantal Cyr;Eveline M. Euser;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus Van Ijzendoorn

  • A Psychometric Study of the Adult Attachment Interview : Reliability and Discriminant Validity

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

  • The Significance of Insecure and Disorganized Attachment for Children’s Internalizing Symptoms: A Meta‐Analytic Study

    Ashley M. Groh;Glenn I. Roisman;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • The neglect of child neglect: a meta-analytic review of the prevalence of neglect

    Marije Stoltenborgh;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

  • Unresolved states of mind, anomalous parental behavior, and disorganized attachment : A review and meta-analysis of a transmission gap

    Sheri Madigan;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. Van Ijzendoorn;Greg Moran

  • Frightening maternal behavior linking unresolved loss and disorganized infant attachment

    Carlo Schuengel;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn

  • Differential susceptibility to rearing environment depending on dopamine-related genes: New evidence and a meta-analysis

    Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;Marinus H. Van Ijzendoorn

  • Oxytocin receptor (OXTR) and serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genes associated with observed parenting.

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

  • Gene‐environment interaction of the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) and observed maternal insensitivity predicting externalizing behavior in preschoolers

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

  • Assessing attachment security with the Attachment Q Sort: meta-analytic evidence for the validity of the observer AQS.

    Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn;Carolus M.J.L. Vereijken;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;J. Marianne Riksen-Walraven

Frequent Co-Authors

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London
Femmie Juffer
Femmie Juffer Leiden University
Judi Mesman
Judi Mesman Leiden University
Carlo Schuengel
Carlo Schuengel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Frank C. Verhulst
Frank C. Verhulst Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hans M. Koot
Hans M. Koot Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sheri Madigan
Sheri Madigan University of Calgary
Mattie Tops
Mattie Tops Leiden University
Glenn I. Roisman
Glenn I. Roisman University of Minnesota
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society

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