Merlin Nieterau is a PhD Candidate at the Research Institute of Child Development and Education. Her main research interests lie in the area of parenting and child development. She is particularly interested in investigating how parenting and interactions between parents and children influence children's mental health and wellbeing. 

By empirically studying the daily lives of families, Merlin aims to fill important gaps in the understanding of dynamic processes of parent-child interactions linked to children's mental health problems.

Research methods 

• Experience sampling methods (ESM)
• Meta-analysis
• Intervention Studies

Current research projects

• Opvoedperikelen [Perils of Parenthood]: The goal of this project is to acquire a more in-depth understanding of the underlying networks of symptoms and risk and protective factors in individual families dealing with disruptive child behavior (for more information, see https://www.opvoedperikelen.nl) 

Bachelor 

• Internship Supervision
  Program: BA Child Development and Education
• Familie en Gezin [Family Systems]

Master 

• Thesis Supervision Master Students 
  Programs: MA Preventive Youth Care, MA Forensic Orthopedagogics