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dr. C. (Charlotte) Vrijen

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences

Telephone:

+31 50 36 35640

Faculty of Medical Sciences

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E-mail:

c.vrijen rug.nl

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Research interests

Positive bias | Optimism | Information processing bias | Peer experiences | Mental health | Depression | Loss of pleasure | Experience sampling | Intergenerational transmission

More information about my research can be found on my website.

Publications

Intergenerational continuity of social competence via parent–child bonding

Wiertsema, M., Vrijen, C., van der Ploeg, R., Hartman, C. & Kretschmer, T., 7-Aug-2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Prospective associations between peer victimization in adolescence and parental stress and self-efficacy: Self-esteem and internalizing problems as pathways

Wiertsema, M., Kretschmer, T., Vrijen, C., Hartman, C. & van der Ploeg, R., 12-Mar-2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Distal-to-proximal etiologically relevant variables associated with the general (p) and specific factors of psychopathology

Ormel, J., Vos, M., Laceulle, O. M., Vrijen, C., van der Laan, C. M., Nolte, I. M. & Hartman, C. A., 2024, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 65, 10, p. 1340-1354 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Genetic confounding in bullying research: Causal claims revisited

Vrijen, C., Nolte, I. M., Oldehinkel, A. J., Veenstra, R. & Kretschmer, T., Aug-2024, In: Development and Psychopathology. 36, 3, p. 1219-1230 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Bullying perpetration and social status in the peer group: A meta-analysis

Wiertsema, M., Vrijen, C., van der Ploeg, R., Sentse, M. & Kretschmer, T., Jan-2023, In: Journal of Adolescence. 95, 1, p. 34-55 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Gene-Environment Interplay in the Development of Overweight

de Roo, M., Hartman, C., Veenstra, R., Nolte, I. M., Meier, K., Vrijen, C. & Kretschmer, T., Sept-2023, In: J Adolesc Health. 73, 3, p. 574-581 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Polygenic risk for aggressive behavior from late childhood through early adulthood

Kretschmer, T., Ouellet-Morin, I., Vrijen, C., Nolte, I. M. & Hartman, C., 2023, In: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. p. 651–660 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Cohort Profile Update: The TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey-The Next Generation (TRAILS NEXT)

Hartman, C. A., Richards, J. S., Vrijen, C., Oldehinkel, A. J., Oerlemans, A. M. & Kretschmer, T., Oct-2022, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 51, 5, p. e267–e275

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Gene-environment interplay in externalizing behavior from childhood through adulthood

Kretschmer, T., Vrijen, C., Nolte, I. M., Wertz, J. & Hartman, C. A., Oct-2022, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 63, 10, p. 1206-1213 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Intergenerational Transmission of Peer Aggression

Wiertsema, M., Vrijen, C., Ploeg, R. V. D. & Kretschmer, T., Oct-2022, In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 51, p. 1901–1913 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

All (32) publications

Press/media

Do parents have any influence on whether their children wear 'pink' or 'grey' glasses?

Vrijen, C.

05/11/2024

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Academic

Optimism can be Learned

Vrijen, C. & Jeronimus, B.

03/06/2024

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Academic

Optimism can be Trained: Happy in Unhappy Times

Vrijen, C. & Jeronimus, B.

07/05/2024

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Academic

Het ontstaan van optimisme onderzocht door de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en Lifelines

Vrijen, C.

08/09/2023 → 10/09/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Optimisme: aangeboren of aangeleerd? Nieuw onderzoek moet het uitwijzen

Vrijen, C.

08/09/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Optimisme onderzocht: zijn het de genen of is het de opvoeding?

Vrijen, C.

07/09/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Lifelines en Rijksuniversiteit Groningen gaan onderzoeken of optimisme invloed heeft op bepaalde keuzes in het leven

Vrijen, C.

07/09/2023

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Pesten ook impact op pester: 'Ik heb er nog iedere dag spijt van'

Vrijen, C.

29/09/2021

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Analysis suggests child bullies have higher risk for substance use later in life

Vrijen, C.

03/03/2021

Press/Media: Research › Popular

’Pestkop grijpt eerder naar drank en drugs’

Vrijen, C.

23/02/2021

Press/Media: Research › Popular

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