Van IJzendoorn, Prof. Dr M.H. (Marinus)

Function:
  • Full Professor

Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 3435
E-Mail: vanijzen@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 4B25
 
Academic Career
  • Full professor at the Graduate School of Education and Child Studies, Centre for Child and Family Studies (Theory and Methods Section), Leiden University (1981-present)
  • Chair of the Department of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University (1984-1987; 1992-1994; 2002-)
  • Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University (1998-1999)
  • Chair of the Institute for the Study of Education and Human Development (national graduate school of education and developmental psychology) (1991-1994)
  • Assistant professor at the Graduate School of Education, Leiden University (The Netherlands) (1978-1981)
  • PhD., magna cum laude, Free University of Berlin/Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education (West Germany) (1978)
  • MA., cum laude, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) (1976)
Academic Awards
  • Honorary Doctorate, University of Haifa, Israel, June 4, 2008
  • Distinguished International Contributions to Child Development, awarded by the Society for Research in Child Development, March, 30 2007
  • Spinoza Prize awarded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (November 3rd 2004)
  • Member of the Social Science Council (Sociaal-Wetenschappelijke Raad, KNAW) (2001-2006)
  • Fellow of The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (elected in 1998)
  • Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) (1996-1997)
  • Pioneer award from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (1990-1994)
  • Senior Fulbright Fellow (1989) at the Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley (U.S.A.) and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Bethesda, U.S.A.)
  • Fellow International Rotary Foundation (1978) 
Editorial boards
Attachment and Human Development (1998-); British Journal of Developmental Psychology (Associate Editor) (1998-2005); Child Development (1992-); Developmental Science (1997-); Early Childhood Research Quarterly (2005-2008); Human Development (1988-1997); Infant Behavior and Development (1999-); Journal of Reproductive and Perinatal Psychology (1995-); Parenting (2002- ); Personal Relationships (2003-2005); Social Development (1997-).
Reviews of papers
American Journal of Psychiatry;Behavior Research and Therapy;Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science;Child Development;Child Maltreatment; Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy; Development and Psychopathology; Developmental Psychology; Developmental Review; Early Childhood Research Quarterly; Early Development and Parenting; Ethos. Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology; European Psychiatrist; Infant and Child Development; Infant Behavior and Development; Infant Mental Health Journal; International Journal for Behavioral Development; International Review of Health Psychology; Journal for Research on Adolescence; Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders; Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology; Journal of Experimental Child Psychology; Journal of Family Issues; Journal of Family Psychology; Journal of Marriage and the Family; Journal of Personality; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology; Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; Merrill-Palmer Quarterly; Parenting: Science and Practice; Personal Relationships; Polish Quarterly of Developmental Psychology; Politics and the Individual. International Journal of Political Socialization and Political Psychology; Psychologica Belgica; Psychological Bulletin; Psychological Reports; Psychological Review; Psychology and Health; Psychotherapy Research; Scandinavian Journal of Psychology; Social Development;Social Science & Medicine; Revue Canadienne des Sciences du Comportement.
PhD Dissertations
2009
F. van der Horst: John Bowlby and ethology: A study of cross-fertilization (with R. van der Veer) / E. Barel: Consequences of the Holocaust for survivors: A meta-analysis (with A. Sagi-Schwartz) / E.M. Euser: Child maltreatment: Prevalence and risk factors (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg) / N. Dobrova-Krol: Vulnerable Children in Ukraine: Impact of Institutional Care and HIV on the development of preschoolers (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and F. Juffer) / A. Yaman: Second-generation Turkish immigrant families in the Netherlands (with J. Mesman)
2008
R. Gilissen: Physiological reactivity to fear in children. Effects of temperament, attachment & the serotonin transporter gene (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and R. van der Veer) / M.D. Beijersbergen: The Adult Attachment Interview. Coherence and validation in adolescents (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg).
2007
F. Pannebakker: Morality from infancy to middle childhood (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg) / S. Kasonde-Ng'Andu: Loss of parents, academic performance, and psychosocial adjustment of grade five children in Zambia: A quasi experimental study (with D. Mwamba Kalabula). / E. van der Hal-Raalte: Early childhood Holocaust survival and the influence on later life well-being (with D. Brom and M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg). / M.N. Stolk: Parenting intervention and the caregiving environment (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and J. Mesman).
2006
J. van Zeijl: Externalizing problems in 1-to-3-year-old children (with F. Juffer, M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and J. Mesman). / A.H. Rutgers: Autism and attachment security (with I.A. van Berckelaer-Onnes and M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg). / L.R.A. Alink: Early childhood aggression (with F. Juffer, H.M. Koot, M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and J. Mesman).
2005
N. Jaffari-Bimmel: Longitudal study of adopted adolescents (with F. Juffer and M. J. Bakermans-Kranenburg). / M. Klein Velderman: The Leiden VIPP and VIPP-R Study: Evaluation of a short-term preventive attachment-based intervention in infancy (with F. Juffer and M. J. Bakermans-Kranenburg).
2004
C.L. Bokhorst: Attachment in twins. A behavioral genetic study on infant-mother and infant-father attachment (with M. J. Bakermans-Kranenburg & C. Schuengel).
2003
M. de Jong: Little Flatfoot Goes Digital. Computer mediated stories and emergent literacy (with A.G. Bus and W. Ruijssenaars). / C. de Schipper: Children in flexible child care. (with L. Tavecchio).
2002
M. van Londen: Gehechtheid in adoptiegezinnen. Intergenerationele overdracht en gedesorganiseerde gehechtheid (with J. Rispens and F. Juffer).
2001
I. Van der Mark: The development of empathy and compliance in toddlers: The role of attachment, temperament, and parenting (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg).
2000
I. A. Zeijlmans van Emmichoven: Attachment-related information processing. Exploring the effect of attachment organization on cognitive regulation in adults (with W.T.A.M. Everaerd).
1999
E. Hesse: Unclassifiable and disorganized responses in the Adult Attachment Interview and in the Infant Strange Situation procedure: Theoretical proposals and empirical findings.
1998
G-J. Stams: Give me a child until he is seven. A longitudinal study of adopted children followed from infancy to middle childhood (with J.Rispens and F.Juffer).
1997
S. van Dijken: John Bowlby, an intellectual biography. (with René van der Veer). /  C. Schuengel: Attachment, loss, and maternal behavior (with M.J. Bakermans).
1996
M.W.E. De Wolff: Maternal interactive behavior and infant attachment.
1993
M. van Dam: Secondary analyses with Strange Situation data; M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg: Het Gehechtheidsbiografisch interview [The Adult Attachment Interview]. / J. Fahrenfort: Attachment and early hospitalization (with A. Schweitzer).
1992
G.J.J. Biesta: John Dewey. Theorie en praktijk [John Dewey: Theory and practice].
1991
M.W.E. Lambermon: Video of folder? [Parent education and attachment].
1989
F.O.A. Hubbard: Ingaan op huilen bij babies  [Maternal responsiveness and infant crying].
1988
E. Elbers: Social  context and the child's construction of knowledge (with P.A. Vroon).
1987
M.M. Vergeer: Effecten van de geboorte van een tweede kind [Influences of the birth of a sibling on family life] (with P.A. de Ruyter).
1986
S. Miedema: Kennen en Handelen [Knowing and acting]. / P.M. Schoorl: Regelpatronen in het gezinsleven [Rules in family life] (with J. Rispens). / F.A. Goossens: Quality of Attachment in Daycare.
1985  
R. van der Veer: Cultuur en cognitie [Culture and Cognition] (with C. van Parreren).
Honorary doctorates
  • L. Alan Sroufe, Honorary doctoral degree, Leiden University, June 7, 2005; Professor L. Alan Sroufe is William Harris Professor of Child Development at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews of (Grant) proposals
Academy of Finland, Centre of Excellence Programme; Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (NFWO); Blackwell Publishers; Conseil Quebecois de la Recherche Sociale (CQRS, Canada); Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft (DFG Germany); Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l’Aide à la recherche (FCAR, Canada); Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Humaines du Canada ( Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada); Fund for Scientific Research -Flanders (Belgium); PPP Healthcare Medical Trust (UK); Swiss National Science Foundation; The Israeli Science Foundation of the Israel; Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Italian Ministry for University and Research; The National Science Foundation (U.S.A.); The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NIAS); The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); The Royal etherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW); The Wellcome Trust (UK);
Main research interests
Please check the reseach pages in this website for more information.
Interviews and publications of interest
Special key-notes
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (June 2009). In defense of situational morality. Kohlberg Memorial Lecture of the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Moral Education, Utrecht (The Netherlands).
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (March, 2006). The fruits of adoption: Evidence-based effects of a drastic intervention on the deprived child's life course. Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, London (UK), March 16, 2006
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (October, 1997). Attachment and moral development in early childhood: Implications for later development. The Winnicott Lecture at the national meeting of the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health, Adelaide, Australia, October 23-24, 1997
   
Selected publications
(For a more complete list of journal publications please consult the ISI Web of Science. Please list in General Search under AUTHOR: van ijzendoorn mh or vanijzendoorn mh or ijzendoorn m or van ijendoorn mh).
Shown here are publications in 2010, 2009 and 2008. Articles and chapters published before 2008 can be viewed by clicking on the tab Published work at the top of this page.

In press
  • Bakermans–Kranenburg, M.J. & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (in press). Parenting matters: Family science in the genomic era. Family Science, 1,
  • Euser, E.M., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Prinzie, P., &  Bakermans–Kranenburg, M.J. (in press).The prevalence of child maltreatment in the Netherlands. Child Maltreatment.
  • Naber, F.B.A., Swinkels, S.H.N., Buitelaar, J.K., Dietz, C., Van Daalen, E., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Van Engeland, H. (in press). Joint attention and attachment in toddlers with autism and other developmental disorders. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
  • Ramchandani, P., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans–Kranenburg, M.J. (in press). Differential susceptibility to fathers’ care and involvement: The moderating effect of infant reactivity. Family Science, 2,
  • Van der Hal-Van Raalte, E.A.M., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans–Kranenburg, M.J. (in press). Sense of coherence moderates late effects of early childhood Holocaust exposure. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
  • Van den Dries, L., Juffer, F., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (in press). Infants’ physical and cognitive development after international adoption from foster care or institutions in China. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Bakermans–Kranenburg, M.J. (in press). Stretched until it snaps:  Attachment and close relationships. Child Development Perspectives
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Bakermans–Kranenburg, M.J. (in press). Invariance of adult attachment across gender, age, culture, and socioeconomic status? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Van IJzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J.,  Pannebakker, F., & Out, D. (in press). In defense of situational morality: Genetic, dispositional and situational determinants of children’s donating to charity. Journal of Moral Education.
  • Yaman, A., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (in press). Perceived family stress, parenting efficacy, and child externalizing behaviors in second-generation immigrant mothers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
  • Yaman, A., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (in press). Parenting and toddler aggression in  second-generation immigrant families: The moderating role of child temperament. Journal of Family Psychology.
  • Yaman, A., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Linting, M. (in press).Parenting in an individualistic culture with a collectivistic cultural background: The case of Turkish immigrant families with toddlers in the Netherlands. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 
2010
  • Dobrova-Krol, N., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Juffer, F. (2010). Effects of perinatal HIV infection and early institutional rearing on physical and cognitive development of children in Ukraine. Child Development, 81, 237-251.
  • Cyr, C., Euser, E.M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2010). Attachment security and disorganization in maltreating and high-risk families: A series of meta-analysis. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 87-108. Full text (copyright Cambridge University Press).
2009
  • Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2009). No reliable gender differences in attachment across the lifespan. Commentary on Del Giudice: Sex, attachment, and the development of reproductive strategies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 22-23.
  • Van den Dries, L., Juffer, F., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2009). Fostering Security? A meta-analysis of attachment in adopted children. Children and Youth Services Review, 31, 410-421.
  • Alink, L.R.A., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N., Juffer, F., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Koot, H.M. (2009). Maternal sensitivity moderates the relation between negative discipline and aggression in early childhood. Social Development, 18, 99-120.
  • Linting, M. & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2009). Dissipating or diffusing aggression after non-maternal childcare? Social Development, 18, 239-143.
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bard, K.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Ivan, K. (2009). Enhancement of attachment and cognitive development of young nursery-reared chimpanzees in responsive versus standard care. Developmental Psychobiology, 51, 173-185.
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2009). The first 10,000 Adult Attachment Interviews: Distributions of adult attachment representations in clinical and non-clinical groups. Attachment & Human Development, 11, 223-263..
  • 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.
  • Kalinauskiene, L., Cekuoliene, D., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Juffer, F., & Kusakovskaja, I. (2009). Supporting insensitive mothers: the Vilnius randomized control trial of video-feedback intervention to promote maternal sensitivity and infant attachment security. Child: care, health and development, 35 (5), 613-623.
  • Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2009). The many faces of the Still-Face Paradigm: A review and meta-analysis. Developmental Review, 29, 120-162 Erez, A., Sleebos, E., Mikulincer, M., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Ellemers, N. & Kroonenberg, P.M. (2009). Attachment anxiety, intra-group (dis)respect, actual efforts, and group donation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 734-746.
  • Harari, D., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., De Kloet, C.S., Geuze, E., Vermetten, E., Westenberg, H.G.M., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2009). Attachment representations in Dutch veterans with and without deployment-related PTSD. Attachment and Human Development, 11, 515-536.
  • Out, D., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2009). The role of disconnected and extremely insensitive parenting in the development of disorganized attachment: Validation of a new measure. Attachment & Human Development, 11, 419-443.
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Euser, E.M., Prinzie, P., Juffer, F., & Bakermans–Kranenburg, M.J. (2009). Elevated risk of child maltreatment in families with stepparents but not with adoptive parents. Child Maltreatment, 14, 369-375  
2008
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Mesman, J. (2008). Dopamine system genes associated with parenting in the context of daily hassles . Genes, Brain and Behavior, 7, 403-410.
  • 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, 780-797.
  • 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 & Psychopathology, 20. 
  • Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Pijlman, F.T.A., Mesman, J., &  Juffer, F. (2008). Experimental evidence for differential susceptibility: Dopamine D4 Receptor Polymorphism (DRD4 VNTR) moderates effects on toddlers’ externalizing behavior in a randomized control trial. Developmental Psychology, 44, 293-300.
  • Zegers, M.A.M., Schuengel, C., Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Janssens, J.M.A.M. (2008). Attachment and problem behavior of adolescents during residential treatment. Attachment and Human Development, 10, 91-103.  
  • Gilissen, R., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Van der Veer, R. (2008). Parent-Child Relationship, Temperament, and Physiological Reactions to Fear-Inducing Film Clips: Further Evidence for Differential Susceptibility. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 99, 182-195.
  • Stolk, M.N., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., and 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.
  • Erez, A., Mikulincer, M., Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Kroonenberg, P.M. (2008). Attachment, personality, and volunteering: Placing volunteerism in an attachment-theoretical framework. Personal and Individual Differences, 44, 64-74. 


Nederlandse artikelen
  • Juffer, F. & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2009). De onbetwistbare inhaalslag van adoptiekinderen - reactie op "Adoptie: een positieve interventie?" van Hoksbergen. Kind en Adolescent, 30 (1), 16-23
  • Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2009). Adoptie is een morele plicht: je redt een kind. Trouw, Podium, 25 augustus 2009.

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