Mi-Lan Woudstra
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. M.J. Woudstra
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 5439
- m.j.woudstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7591-7919
Mi-Lan Woudstra works as a lecturer at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University.
More information about Mi-Lan Woudstra
Short CV
- Lecturer Education and child studies (2021 – present)
- PhD candidate Social Sciences, Parenting, Child Care and Development programme group, Leiden University. Doctoral thesis: Partners, parents, and childrearing beliefs. Supervised by Prof. dr. J. Mesman and Prof. dr. L. R. Alink (2022)
- Teaching and research assistant at the Parenting, Child Care and Development programme group, Leiden University (2014-2015).
- Teaching and research assistant at the Parenting, Child Care and Development programme group, Leiden University Research project: "Boys will be boys" (2014).
- Master child and family studies, cum laude, Leiden University (2012-2014).
- Premaster programme education and child studies, Leiden University (2011-2012).
- Bachelor talen en culturen van China, Leiden University (2007-2010).
Grants
Jo Kolk Study Fund. Study trip to College of Psychology and Sociology, Shenzhen University
Teaching activities
- Introduction to developmental psychology
- Observation family interactions
- Practical Pedagogy
- Forensic Aspects of Child Abuse
- Bachelor Projects
- Master Theses
- Master internship supervision
- Observation training (e.g., parental sensitivity, discipline, child externalizing behavior)
- Various statistical courses
- Various courses aimed at the development of academic skills
Assistant professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Opvoeding en Ontwikkeling
- Li W., Nefs H.T., Emmen R.A.G., Woudstra M.J., Branger M.C.E., Wang L., Alink L.R.A. & Mesman J. (2023), Does parental autonomy support mediate the relation between parent and infant executive function? : A study of mothers and fathers in the Netherlands and China, Infant Behavior & Development 71: 101833.
- Woudstra M.J. (1 February 2022), Partners, parents & childrearing beliefs: couple satisfaction during the transition to parenthood and attitudes towards child maltreatment across countries and caregivers (Dissertatie. Leiden Institute of Education and Child Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Mesman J. & Alink L.R.A., Emmen R.A.G.
- Li W., Emmen R.A., Woudstra M.L.J., Branger M.C.E., Wang L., Alink L.R.A. & Mesman J. (2022), The role of grandparental sensitivity and parental sensitivity in infant cognitive development in China: a pilot study, Journal of Child and Family Studies 31: 2986-2996.
- Li W., Devine R.T., Ribner A., Emmen R.A.G., Woudstra M.L.J., Branger M.C.E., Wang L., Ginkel J. van, Alink L.R.A. & Mesman J. (2022), The role of infant attention and parental sensitivity in infant cognitive development in the Netherlands and China, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 215: 105324.
- Woudstra M.J., Emmen R.A.G., Alink L.R.A., Wang L., Branger M.C.E. & Mesman J. (2021), Attitudes about child maltreatment in China and the Netherlands, Child Abuse & Neglect 112: 104900.
- Mesman J., Branger M., Woudstra M., Emmen R., Asanjarani F., Carcamo R., Hsiao C., Mels C., Selcuk B., Soares I., Van Ginkel J.R., Wang L., Yavuz M., Alink L.R.A. & (2020), Crossing boundaries: A pilot study of maternal attitudes about child maltreatment in nine countries, Child Abuse & Neglect 99: e104257.
- Woudstra M.J., Ginkel J. van, Branger M.C.E., Emmen R.A.G., Alink L.R.A., Asanjarani F., Carcamo R., Hsiao C., Mels C., Selcuk B., Soares I., Wang L.M., Yavuz M. & Mesman J. (2020), Dataset on maternal attitudes about child maltreatment in nine countries using a Q-sort methodology, Data in Brief 30: 105396.
- Woudstra M.L., Ginkel J. van, Branger M., Emmen R., Alink L., Asanjarani F., Carcamo R., Hsiao C., Mels C., Selcuk B., Soares I., Wang L.M., Yavuz M. & Mesman J. (2020), Dataset on maternal attitudes about child maltreatment in nine countries using a Q-sort methodology, Data in Brief 30: 105396.
- Li W., Woudstra M.J., Branger M.C.E., Wang L., Alink L.R.A., Mesman J. & Emmen R.A.G. (2019), The effect of still-face paradigm on infant behavior: a cross-cultural comparison between mothers and fathers, Infancy 24(6): 893-910.
- Branger M.C.E., Emmen R.A.G., Woudstra M.J., Alink L.R.A. & Mesman J. (2019), Context matters: Maternal and paternal sensitivity to infants in four settings. Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Family Psychology 33(7): 851-856.
- Sport instructrice (docent broga)