Alink, Dr L.R.A. (Lenneke)

Position:
  • Assistant professor


Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 3432
E-Mail: alinklra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen, Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Algemene en Gezinspedagogiek
Office Address: Pieter de la Court gebouw
Wassenaarseweg 52
2333 AK Leiden
Room number 4B31
Personal Homepage: www.socialsciences.leidenuniv.nl/​educationandchildstudies/​childandfamilystudies/​organisation/​alink.jsp

Academic Career

  • Assistant professor (UD), Centre for Child and Family Studies and Data Theory, Leiden University (2006-present)
  • Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota (2006-2008)
  • PhD. Social Sciences, Leiden University. Doctoral thesis: Early childhood aggression. Supervisors: Prof. dr. F. Juffer, Prof. dr. J.M. Koot, Prof. dr. M.H. van IJzendoorn (2006)
  • MA. Developmental Psychology, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Leiden University (2002)
  • Educational assistant at Leiden University, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology (2000-2003)

Teaching activities

  • Ontwikkelingspsychologie
  • Kindermishandeling: prevalenties, determinanten en beleid
  • Neurobiologische achtergronden van opvoeding en ontwikkeling 
  • Child abuse and neglect: neurobiological consequences and intervention
  • Oefenonderzoek 

     

Research areas and activities

  • Child maltreatment - prevalence and (neurobiological) predictores and consequences
  • Behavior problems in early childhood
  • Development of physical aggression
  • Parental sensitivity and discipline
  • Attachment
  • Early childhood interventions
  • Physiological differences in stress response

International publications

  • Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Riem, M.M.E., Tops, M., & Alink, L.R.A. (in press). Oxytocin decreases handgrip force in reaction to infant crying in females without harsh parenting experiences. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Huffmeijer, R., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Tops, M. (in press). The impact of oxytocin administration on charitable donating is moderated by experiences of  parental love-withdrawal. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology.
  • Kawabata, Y., Alink, L.R.A., Tseng, W.L., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Crick, N.R. (in press). Maternal and paternal parenting styles associated with relational aggression in children and adolescents: A conceptual analysis and meta-analytic review. Developmental Review.
  • Van den Dries, L., Juffer, F., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Alink, L.R.A. (in press). Infants' responsiveness, attachment, and indiscriminate friendliness after international adoption from institutions or foster care in China: Application of emotional availability scales to adoptive families. Development & Psychopathology.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Cicchetti, D., Kim, J., & Rogosch, F.A. (in press). Longitudinal associations among child maltreatment, social functioning, and cortisol regulation. Developmental Psychology.
  • Huffmeijer, R., Tops, M., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2011). Love withdrawal is related to heightened processing of faces with emotional expression and incongruent emotional feedback: Evidence from ERPs. Biological Psychology, 86, 307-313.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Cicchetti, D., Kim, J., & Rogosch, F.A. (2009) Mediating and moderating processes in the relation between maltreatment and psychopathology: Mother-child relationship quality and emotion regulation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psycholgy, 37, 831-843.
  • Mesman, J., Stoel, R., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M., & Alink, L.R.A. (2009). Predicting growth curves of early childhood externalizing problems: Differential susceptibility of children with difficult temperaments. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 625 – 636.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2009). Maternal sensitivity moderates the relation between negative discipline and aggression in early childhood. Social Development. 18, 99-120.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Mesman, J., Juffer, F., & Koot, H.M. (2008). 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. Developmental Psychobiology, 50, 427-450.
  • Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Mesman, J., Alink, L.R.A., & Juffer, F. (2008). Effects of an attachment-based intervention on daily cortisol moderated by DRD4: A randomized control trial on 1-3-year-olds screened for externalizing behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 805-820. 
  • Stolk, M.N., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F. & Koot, H.M. (2008). Early parenting intervention aimed at maternal sensitivity and discipline: A process evaluation. Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 781-797.
  • Stolk, M.N., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M. (2008). Early parenting intervention: Family risk and first-time parenting related to intervention effectiveness. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 17, 55-83.
  • Mesman, J., Alink., L.R.A., Van Zeijl., J., Stolk, M.N., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., & Koot, H.M. (2008). The observation of early childhood physical aggression: A psychometric study of the system for coding early physical aggression (SCEPA). Aggressive Behavior, 34, 539-552.
  • Van Zeijl, J., Mesman, J., Stolk, M.N., Alink, L.R.A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Koot, H. (2007). Differential susceptibility to discipline: The moderating effect of child temperament on the association between maternal discipline and early externalizing problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 626-636.
  • Mesman, J., Stolk, M.N., Van Zeijl, J., Alink, L.R.A., Juffer, F., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Koot, H.M. (2007). Extending VIPP to parental discipline: The early prevention of antisocial behavior. In F. Juffer, M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, & M.H. van IJzendoorn (Eds.), Promoting positive parenting: An attachment-based intervention. Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2006). The early childhood aggression curve: Development of physical aggression in 10- to 50-month-old children. Child Development, 77, 954-966.
  • Van Zeijl, J., Mesman, J., Stolk, M.N., Alink, L.R.A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Juffer, F., & Koot, H.M. (2006). Terrible ones? Assessment of externalizing behaviors in infancy with the Child Behavior Checklist. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 801-810.
  • Van Zeijl, J., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Juffer, F., Stolk, M.N., Koot, H.M., & Alink, L.R.A. (2006). 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. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 994–1005.
  • Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N., & Alink, L.R.A. (2005). SCRIPT: Preventie van gedragsproblemen in de vroege kindertijd. Kind en Adolescent, 26, 119-130.

Publications in Dutch

  • Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N. & Alink, L.R.A. (2005). SCRIPT: Preventie van gedragsproblemen in de vroege kindertijd. Kind en Adolescent, 26, 119-130.

Books, or contributions to books

  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Alink, L.R.A. (in press). Meta-analysis: An indispensable tool for progress in developmental science. In B. Laursen, T. Little, & N. Card (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Research Methods. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Mesman, J., Stolk, M.N., Van zeijl, J., Alink. L.R.A., Juffer, F., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Koot, H.M. (2008). Extending VIPP to parental discipline: The early prevention of antisocial behavior. In: Juffer, F., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (Eds.). Promoting positive parenting: An attachment-based intervention. NY: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Conference presentations

  • Alink, L.R.A., Kawabata, Y., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Tseng, W.L., & Crick, N.R. (2011). Maternal and paternal parenting styles associated with relational aggression in children and adolescents: A conceptual analysis and meta-analytic review. Poster presented at the SRCD conference, Montreal, Canada, April 2011.
  • Huffmeijer, R. Tops, M., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Van IJzendoorn,M.H. (2011). Love withdrawal and the processing of congruent and incongruent feedback. Poster presented at the SRCD conference, Montreal, Canada, April 2011.
  • Huffmeijer, R. Tops, M., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Van IJzendoorn,M.H. (2011). Oxytocin and the relations between love withdrawal and ERP responses to congruent and incongruent feedback. Poster presented at the SRCD conference, Montreal, Canada, April 2011.
  • Mesman, J., Joosen, J., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Alink, L.R.A. (2011). Predicting aggression in 12-month-olds with an older sibling: The role of maternal discipline towards both children. Paper presented at the SRCD conference, Montreal, Canada, April 2011.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Cicchetti, D., Kim, J., & Rogosch, F.A. (2010). The longitudinal relation between maltreatment, internalizing and externalizing behavior, and cortisol. Poster presented at the World Congress of Stress, Leiden, August 2010.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Cicchetti, D., Kim, J., & Rogosch, F.A. (2010). Maltreatment and aggressive behavior: Mediating and moderating processes. Paper presented at the ISSBD conference, Lusaka, Zambia, July 2010.
  • Mesman, J., Joosen, K., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Alink, L.R.A. (2010). Maternal sensitivity and discipline towards young siblings. Paper presented at the ISSBD conference, Lusaka, Zambia, July 2010.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Cicchetti, D. (2009) Low levels of cortisol and antisocial behavior? Meta-analytic and empirical evidence. Paper presented at the Workshop on Context, Causes and Consequences of Conflict, Leiden. September 2009.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Cicchetti, D., Kim, J., & Rogosch, F.A. (2009). The longitudinal relation between maltreatment, social behavior, and cortisol. Paper presented at the SRCD conference, Denver, CO, April, 2009. 
  • Alink, L.R.A., Cicchetti, D., Kim, J., & Rogosch, F.A. (2009). How does child maltreatment affect maladdoptation? The roles of emotion regulation and the mother-child relationship. Paper presented at the SRCD conference, Denver, CO, April 2009.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Mesman, J., & Juffer, F., (2008). Testing the underarousal hypothesis for antisocial behavior: The ANS and HPA axis. Paper presented at the EFCAP international conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 2008.
  • Alink, L.R.A., & Egeland, B. (2008). Turning processes in different trajectories of antisocial behavior. Paper presented at the ISSBD conference, Würzburg, Germany, July 2008.
  • Alink, L.R.A., & Egeland, B. (2008). Emerging adulthood adaptation as a turning process in the development of antisocial behavior. Poster presented at the ISSBD conference, Würtzburg, Germany, July 2008
  • Mesman, J., Alink, L.R.A., Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2007). Maternal sensitivity moderates the relation between negative discipline and aggression in early childhood. Paper presented at the SRCD biennal meeting, Boston, USA, 2007.
  • Alink. L.R.A., Mesman, J., Koot, H.M., Juffer, F., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Stolk, M.N. & Van Zeijl, J. (2005). Parental correlates of aggressive and oppositional behavior in 1-, 2-, and 3-year-old boys and girls. Poster presented at the SRCD conference, Atlanta, USA, 2005.
  • Mesman, J., Alink, L.R.A., Stolk, M.N., Van Zeijl, J., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Koot, H.M. & Juffer, F. (2005). Maternal discipline and early childhood externalizing problems. Paper presented at the SRCD conference, Atlanta, USA, 2005.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Mesman, J., Koot, H.M., Juffer, F., Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2004). Maternal discipline strategies and oppositional and aggressive behavior problems in 2-year-olds. Poster presented at the ISSBD conference, Gent, Belgium, 2004.
  • Stolk, M.N., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Alink, L.R.A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Juffer, F. & Koot, H.M. (2004). Externalizing behavior problems in early childhood: Parent and child characteristics. Poster presented at the ISSBD conference, Gent, Belgium, 2004.

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