Daniëlle van der Giessen is an assistant professor. Her main focus is on understanding the nature of parent-child interactions, its links to socio-emotional functioning, and the effects of parenting interventions and CBT on these interactions. Daniëlle teaches in several undergrate and graduate courses on parenting and interventions and has more than 15 years experience coding parent-child interactions. 

Research interest and expertise

• understanding real-time behavioral and emotional processes during parent-child interactions (e.g., parenting behavior, emotional variability, sensitivity, emotion regulation) for healthy functioning of toddlers, children, and adolescents
• a certified coder for several coding systems such as the EAS, SPAFF, DPICS, and the dyadic synchrony coding system.
• using dynamic systems methods (e.g., State Space Grids)
• the effects of parenting interventions (e.g., Incredible Years, The Happiest Toddler) and CBT (denken+doen=durven) on parent-child interactions and children’s anxiety.
• challenging parenting behavior and socio-emotional and motor development in children with and without hearing loss

Personal information

Daniëlle received her bachelor degree in Pedagogical Sciences (2007) and her Research Master degree in the Development and Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence (2009, Cum Laude) at Utrecht University. Daniëlle did her PhD-project at the Research Centre of Adolescent Development at Utrecht University and wrote her dissertation on the role of emotional flexibility in parent-adolescent interactions in adolescent’s socio-emotional functioning (2009-2013). Since 2013 Daniëlle works as the UvA (post-doc and assistant professor).

Research methods

• Observational Data
• Dynamic System Methods
• Gridware
• Longitudinal Data
• RCT

Current research projects

• The Happiest Toddler: Examining the effects of a short parenting intervention on temper tantrums and emotion regulation of toddlers and parenting behavior.
• Orchids and Opgroeien in Amsterdam (Vidi and Vici G. Overbeek): Examining the effects of parenting interventions on parent-child interactions.
• CBT and Anxiety: Examining the effects of CBT on dyadic emotional flexibility during parent-child interactions.
• Catch me if you can (ZonMw): Examining the nature of physical play of children with hearing loss and their parents and its impact on social-emotional and motor development.
• Lorentz Center Workshop/Project: Towards reporting criteria for observational communication coding.
• Pak me dan als je kan! (ZonMW grant): Examining challenging parenting behavior and socio-emotional and motor development in children with and without hearing loss. 

Research grants & honours

• "Catch me if you can''  (ZonMW grant)  www.NSDSK.nl/pakmedan 

Cooperations

Daniëlle works closely together with Prof. Dr. G. Overbeek, Dr. L. van Rijn-van Gelderen, Dr. E. Möller, en Dr. M. Majdandzic on several projects at the UvA.

Daniëlle collaborates with the NSDSK on a ZonMW grant on the nature of physical play of children with hearing loss.

Daniëlle teaches in several undergraduate and graduate courses:

BA

• Familie en gezin
• Stage
• Psychotherapeutische Stromingen

MA

• Psychische Problemen en Opvoeding
• Diagnostiek en Behandeling 1 en 2
• Thesis
• Risk and Resilience
• Family Systems

Supervisor PhD Project

• 'Catch me if you can' - ZonMW project