Expertise

Attachment across the life-span; epidemiology and neurobiology of child abuse and neglect; cross-cultural dimensions of parenting and child emotional development; meta-analysis; parenting; daycare; temperament; behavioral and molecular genetics of socio-emotional development; developmental epigenetics; differential susceptibility; moral development; preventive family interventions; externalizing behaviour problems; autism; child development in orphanages; adoption; oxytocin and parenting.

Academic Career

• Full professor at the Graduate School of Education and Child Studies, Centre for Child and Family Studies, Leiden University (1981-present)
• Research professor of Human Development at Erasmus University Rotterdam and member of the Management Team of the Generation R cohort study (2011-)
• Scientific Director of the Leiden University Research Profile ‘Health, Prevention, and the Human Life Cycle’ (with Assendelft, Van Hemert, Numans) (2009-2015)
• Chair of the Department of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University (1984-1987; 1992-1994; 2002-2008)
• Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University (1998-1999)
• Co-founder and 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 Honours and Awards

• Dr. Hendrik Muller Award 2013, The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Gravitation Award 2012 Consortium Individual Development by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (with Chantal Kemner, Marian Joels, Dorret Boomsma, Patti Valkenburg, Sarah Durston, 27M Euro 2013-2022)
• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s Best Article in Child Maltreatment Award 2011 (with Stoltenborgh, Euser, and Van IJzendoorn: “A global perspective on child sexual abuse: meta-analysis of prevalence around the world”) awarded at the APSAC conference in Chicago on June 29th 2012.
• The Aristotle Prize of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (June, 2011)
• The Bowlby-Ainsworth Founder Award of The Center for Mental Health Promotion and The New York Attachment Consortium. (April, 2011)
• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s Outstanding Research Article Award 2010 (with Cyr, Van IJzendoorn, and Euser: “Attachment security and disorganization in maltreating and high-risk families: A series of meta-analyses”) awarded at the APSAC conference in Philadelphia on July 15th 2011. 
• 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) 

Scientific Impact

Source: Web of Science with the following term: van ijzendoorn mh : 347 papers, 13,515 citations, H-index=56 (December 30, 2014). Source: Harzing’s Publish or Perish with the following terms: “marinus van ijzendoorn” OR “mh ijzendoorn”: 31,258 citations, H-index=83 (December 30, 2014). Rank in Psychiatry/Psychology worldwide according to impact during 2003-2014: 76 (Essential Science Indicators, Web of Science December 21, 2014).

Associate Editor

• Child Development (2013-present)
• British Journal of Developmental Psychology (1998-2005)

Editorial boards

International journals: Developmental Psychology (2012-); Child Maltreatment (2009-2013); Human Development (1988-1997); Child Development (1992-2013); Fathering (2012-); Journal of Child Psychopathology and Developmental Neuroscience (2012-); Journal of Reproductive and Perinatal Psychology (1995-1998); Developmental Science (1997-2000); Social Development (1997-); Attachment and Human Development (1998-); Infant Behavior and Development (1999-); Parenting (2002-2013); Personal Relationships (2003-2005); Early Childhood Research Quarterly (2005-2008).   

Dutch journals: Pedagogische Studiën (1982-1988); Pedagogische Verhandelingen (1984-1988); Comenius (1987-1990); Tijdschrift voor Onderwijswetenschappen (1986-1995); Kinderopvang (1990-1992); Pedagogisch Tijdschrift (1990-1991); Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Opvoeding, Onderwijs en Vorming (1996-1998); Pedagogiek (1999-2004).

PhD Dissertations

2014 

• R.A.G. Emmen: Positive parenting in ethnic minority families: Challenges and outcomes (with J. Mesman and M. Malda)
• C. Schoenmaker: From infancy to young adulthood: The Leiden Longitudinal Adoption Study. (with F. Juffer and M. Linting)
• R.A. Cárcamo Leiva: Childcare in Chile: The role of ethnicity and socioeconomic inequalities. (with R. van der Veer and H.J. Vermeer)
• C.D. Werner: Carefree in child care? Child wellbeing, caregiving quality, and intervention programs in center-based child care. (with H.J. Vermeer and M. Linting)
• M.J.L. Prevoo: Bilingualism is more than just the sum of two parts: The family context of language development in ethnic minority children. (with J. Mesman and M. Malda)
• ​H.Ekmekci-Baydar: Sensitive parenting in Turkish ethnic minority families. (with J. Mesman and M. Malda)  

2013 

• R. Bhandari: Perception of infant cues: the role of childhood experiences (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and R. Van der Veen)
• A. Voorthuis: Future parents: childhood experiences oxytocin and emotion recognition skills. (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg)
• N.Y. Malkamak: Self-regulation in etnic minority children: associations with academic performance and the transition to formal schooling. (with J. Mesman)
• S. Euser: Child maltreatment in numbers. A multimethod study of year prevalence rates and risk factors. (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ans L.R.A. Alink)
• N. Lucassen: Do fathers matter? In search of causes and consequences of parental sensitivity. (with H. Tiemeier and M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg)
• M.M.E. Hendricx-Riem: Adult attachment and oxytocin affect neural and behavioral responses to infant attachment signals.(with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg)
• ​R.Kok: Parenting and the biology of child self-regulation. (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, F.C. Verhulst and H. Tiemeier). 

2012 

• M. Stoltenborgh: It should not hurt to be a child. Prevalence of child maltreatment across the globe. (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and L.R.A. Alink
• K.J. Joosen: Harsh discipline in toddlerhood. A longitudinal study on maternal physiological and behavioral predictors (with J. Mesman and M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg) 

2011

• A. Fridman: Surviving early childhood trauma. Effects of the Holocaust on survivors' psychological and physiological well-being. (with A. Sagi-Schwartz and M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg)
• A. Tharner: Parents and infants: Determinants of attachment in a longitudinal population-based study. (with F.C. Verhulst, M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and H. Tiemeier)
• R. Huffmeijer: Shaping internal working models: Parental love withdrawal, oxytocin, and asymmetric frontal brain activity affect socio-emotional information processing. (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, L.R.A. Alink and M. Tops) 

2010 

• M.G. Groeneveld: Quality in home-based childcare impact and improvement. (with H.J. Vermeer and M. Linting)
• P.C.M. Luijk: Infant attachment and stress regulation. A Neurobiological study. (with F. C. Verhulst, M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and H. Tiemeier)
• C.V. Mbagaya: Child maltreatment in Kenya, Zambia and the Netherlands. A cross-cultural comparison of prevalence, psychopathological sequelae, and mediation by PTSS. (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and P.O. Oburu)
• D. Out: Parenting unraveled. Predictors of infant attachment and responses to crying. (with M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and S. Pieper)
• L.van den Dries: Development after international adoption. (with F. Juffer and M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg) 

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.

Main research interests

In the era of the genome and the brain the influence of parenting on child development is not self-evident anymore. In our research programme we examine the role of parents and other caregivers in children's development of attachment and emotion regulation, and we study the limits of their influence. How crucial are parents and other caregivers in shaping their children’s development, not only in relatively regular settings and circumstances but also in extreme situations of family violence, institutional neglect or social upheaval? What influence do children in their turn have on their parents and caregivers, and in what ways do they trigger specific parental interactions, and help build a relationship? 

See Dutch profile Marinus van IJzendoorn

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