Depression, substance use, and minor delinquency steeply increase during adolescence. Parents are in a unique position to counter these adaptation problems, but each family is different. Tailoring advice to the family-specific needs and strengths may help parents in their important task of promoting adolescent behavioral and emotional well-being. Unfortunately, theoretical knowledge of how parenting processes operate at the level of individual families is missing.… Continue reading

Two PhD positions

Developmental Psychobiology Lab

Prof.dr. Carolina de Weerth is looking for two highly capable, eager, and intrinsically motivated PhD candidates to join her Developmental Psychobiology Lab (DPBLab). This position is funded by a personal VICI grant awarded to Prof. de Weerth and funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The grant is on healthy children’s gut microbial colonization in relation to stress early in life and later brain functioning, behavior, and cognition.… Continue reading

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The Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam invites applicants for a full professor position in Orthopedagogics.

The main tasks will be the design and supervision of studies in the area of orthopedagogics. Another main task will be teaching activities within the Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies (Section Clinical Child and Family Studies) in the area of orthopedagogics, including supervision of research of PhD and master students.… Continue reading

Within the research priority area Yield of the University of Amsterdam, there is funding for up to four PhD projects. Yield conducts multidisciplinary research – including medicine, psychology, pedagogics, education, communication, economics, and psychometrics – on human development (for more information, see http://cde.uva.nl/research/rpa-yield/about.html). Yield covers topics on parenting, health, psychopathology, education, and psychometrics.

Applicants should have a Master’s degree in a relevant field, or should have obtained a Master’s degree by the expected starting date of the PhD project (September 2016).… Continue reading

The VNOP board is looking for
1) local AIO representatives from all Dutch and Belgian universities that participate in the VNOP, for a period of two years. The position of representative means that you participate in the organization of AIO activities.
2) One of these local representatives will be selected as board member of the VNOP.… Continue reading