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Tinca J. C. Polderman is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, as well as sociology and political science.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics including child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, COVID-19 and mental health, family support in illness, autism spectrum disorder research, genetic associations and epidemiology, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Notable recent publications include:

  • The impact of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental and social health of children and adolescents, 2021, Quality of Life Research
  • COVID-19 and child and adolescent psychiatry: an unexpected blessing for part of our population?, 2020, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Systematic Review: How the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Polygenic Risk Score Adds to Our Understanding of ADHD and Associated Traits, 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Statistical and functional convergence of common and rare genetic influences on autism at chromosome 16p, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Mental and Social Health of Children and Adolescents With Pre-existing Mental or Somatic Problems During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Polderman include Josjan Zijlmans, Arne Popma, Michiel A. J. Luijten, Hedy A. van Oers, and Jacintha M. Tieskens.

Their research has been published in several key venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Autism
  • European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis in 269,867 individuals identifies new genetic and functional links to intelligence

    Jeanne E Savage;Philip R Jansen;Philip R Jansen;Sven Stringer;Kyoko Watanabe

  • Genome-wide analysis of insomnia in 1,331,010 individuals identifies new risk loci and functional pathways

    Jansen Pr;Watanabe K;Stringer S;Skene N

  • The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

    Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

  • Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

    Valérie Turcot;Yingchang Lu;Yingchang Lu;Heather M Highland;Heather M Highland;Claudia Schurmann

  • A systematic review of prospective studies on attention problems and academic achievement

    Tinca Polderman;Tinca Polderman;Dorret Boomsma;Meike Bartels;Frank Verhulst

  • Netherlands Twin Register: A Focus on Longitudinal Research

    Dorret I. Boomsma;Jacqueline M. Vink;Toos C. E .M. van Beijsterveldt;Eco J. C. de Geus

  • Netherlands Twin Register: A Focus on Longitudinal Research.

    Janine Stubbe;Dorret I. Boomsma;Jacqueline M. Vink;Toos C. E. M. van Beijsterveldt

  • Accounting for sequential trial effects in the flanker task: Conflict adaptation or associative priming?

    Sander Nieuwenhuis;John F. Stins;Danielle Posthuma;Tinca J. C. Polderman

  • The impact of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental and social health of children and adolescents.

    Michiel A. J. Luijten;Michiel A. J. Luijten;Maud M. van Muilekom;Lorynn Teela;Tinca J. C. Polderman

  • What Twin Studies Tell Us About the Heritability of Brain Development, Morphology, and Function: A Review

    Arija G. Jansen;Sabine E. Mous;Tonya White;Danielle Posthuma

  • Across the continuum of attention skills: a twin study of the SWAN ADHD rating scale.

    Tinca J.C. Polderman;Eske M. Derks;Jim J. Hudziak;Frank C. Verhulst

  • Genetic influences on eight psychiatric disorders based on family data of 4 408 646 full and half-siblings, and genetic data of 333 748 cases and controls

    E. Pettersson;P. Lichtenstein;H. Larsson;H. Larsson;J. Song

  • Genome-wide association studies of a broad spectrum of antisocial behavior

    Jorim J Tielbeek;Jorim J Tielbeek;Jorim J Tielbeek;Ada Johansson;Ada Johansson;Ada Johansson;Tinca J C Polderman;Marja-Riitta Rautiainen;Marja-Riitta Rautiainen;Marja-Riitta Rautiainen

  • A longitudinal twin study on IQ, executive functioning, and attention problems during childhood and early adolescence

    Tinca J C Polderman;M Florencia Gosso;Danielle Posthuma;Toos C E M Van Beijsterveldt

  • The Biological Contributions to Gender Identity and Gender Diversity: Bringing Data to the Table

    Tinca J.C. Polderman;Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels;Michael S. Irwig;Lauren Beach

  • Meta-analysis of up to 622,409 individuals identifies 40 novel smoking behaviour associated genetic loci.

    A. Mesut Erzurumluoglu;Mengzhen Liu;Victoria E. Jackson;Victoria E. Jackson;Victoria E. Jackson;Daniel R. Barnes

  • Young Netherlands Twin Register (Y-NTR): A longitudinal multiple informant study of problem behavior.

    Meike Bartels;C E M van Beijsterveldt;Eske M Derks;Therese M Stroet

  • COVID-19 and child and adolescent psychiatry: an unexpected blessing for part of our population?

    Hilgo Bruining;Meike Bartels;Meike Bartels;Tinca J. C. Polderman;Arne Popma

  • The ongoing adaptive evolution of ASPM and Microcephalin is not explained by increased intelligence

    Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov;Danielle Posthuma;Sandra L. Gilbert;Penelope Lind

  • The co-occurrence of autistic and ADHD dimensions in adults: an etiological study in 17 770 twins

    T. J. C. Polderman;R. A. Hoekstra;D. Posthuma;Henrik Larsson

  • The impact of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental and social health of children and adolescents

    Michiel A. J. Luijten;Michiel A. J. Luijten;Maud M. van Muilekom;Lorynn Teela;Hedy A. van Oers

Frequent Co-Authors

Danielle Posthuma
Danielle Posthuma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Meike Bartels
Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
Arne Popma
Arne Popma University of Amsterdam
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

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