Rosanneke Emmen
Lecturer
- Name
- Dr. R.A.G. Emmen
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- r.a.g.emmen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-9888-3037
Rosanneke Emmen is a postdoc in the research cluster societal challenges (LUC) and investigates the parenting origins of ethnic prejudice in diverse ethnic groups.
More information about Rosanneke Emmen
PhD candidates
Rosanneke Emmen obtained her PhD at the institute of Education and Child studies, Leiden University, in 2014. Her PhD research focused on predictors and consequences of parenting in Turkish migrant families. After obtaining her PhD, she started working as a postdoc in an international longitudinal study investigating the transition to parenthood among first-time fathers and mothers. Currently, Rosanneke is a postdoc in the research cluster societal challenges (LUC) and investigates the parenting origins of ethnic prejudice in diverse ethnic groups.
Academic Career
- Postdoctoral researcher, Societal Challenges Lab, Leiden University College, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University (2018-present).
- Teacher, Forensic Family Science, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University (2019-2021).
- Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Child and Family Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University (2014-2018).
- Teacher, Centre for Child and Family Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University (2014).
- PhD candidate, Centre for Child and Family Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Leiden University (2009-2014).
- MA in Educational Sciences (Pedagogy: specialization youth care), Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Utrecht University (2009).
- Bachelor of Dance in Education, Codarts: School of Preforming Art, Rotterdam (2005).
Research Projects
- Parenting origins of ethnic prejudice in three ethnic groups in the Netherlands. Co-supervisor of 4 PhD-candidates: Ymke de Bruijn, Daudi van Veen, Fadime Pektas, and Yiran Yang (all ongoing).
- Risky beginnings; This study examines trajectories from maternal and paternal characteristics from before the birth of a child to the quality of parent-child interactions in early life in relation to child cognitive development in toddlerhood. Co-supervisor of 3 PhD-candidates: Marjolein Branger (ongoing), Mi-lan Woudstra (ongoing), Wei Li (graduated 2021).
- Maternal beliefs about sensitivity and maltreatment across the globe. In this project we collaborated with research teams from many countries across the globe to investigate differences and similarities in mothers’ beliefs about sensitive parenting and maltreatment in early childhood. Participating countries include, among others, Chile, China, Israel, Turkey, USA, and Zambia.
- SIMCUR: Social Integration of Migrant Children: Uncovering Family and School Factors Promoting Resilience. The aim of the project is to uncover the processes underlying developmental resilience in children from Turkish migrant families during the transitions to primary and secondary education in three European countries: The Netherlands, Norway, and Germany.
Teaching Activities
- Bachelor and master thesis supervision.
- Lectures: Child Abuse and Neglect, Family Process and Developmental Psychopathology, Observing Parent-Child Interactions.
- Workgroups: Observing Parent-Child Interactions, Child Abuse and Neglect, Oefenonderzoek (practice research), SPSS.
- Internship teacher/supervisor clinical internship (master).
Lecturer
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Instituutsbureau Pedagogiek
- 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.
- De Bruijn Y., Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J. (2022), Maternal attitudes toward child interethnic relations in the Netherlands: facilitating intergroup contact effects?, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships : .
- Mesman J., Bruijn Y. de, Veen P.D. van, Pektas F. & Emmen R.A.G. (2022), Maternal color‐consciousness is related to more positive and less negative attitudes toward ethnic‐racial outgroups in children in White Dutch families, Child Development 93(3): 668-680.
- Bruijn Y. de, Emmen R.A.G., Veen P.D. van & Mesman J. (2022), Priming attachment and diversity ideologies: effects on ethnic bias in children's altruistic sharing in a dictator game, Acta Psychologica 230: 103746.
- 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.
- Bruijn Y. de, Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J. (2021), What do we read to our children? : Messages concerning ethnic diversity in popular children’s books in the Netherlands, SN Social Sciences 1(8): 206.
- Bruijn Y. de, Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J. (2021), Maternal attitudes toward child interethnic relations in the Netherlands: Facilitating intergroup contact effects?. International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology 2020+, Online. 27 July 2021 - 31 July 2021. [conference poster].
- Bruijn Y. de, Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J. (2021), Navigating diversity: maternal ideologies and associations with child interethnic prejudice in the Netherlands, Social Development : .
- 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.
- Wang L., Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J. (2020), Beliefs About Sensitive Parenting Among Chinese Cross-Generational Caregivers: The Mediating Role of Education. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, International Journal of Aging and Human Development 90(4): 385-402.
- 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.
- Bruijn Y. de, Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J. (2020), Interethnic Prejudice Against Muslims Among White Dutch Children, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 51(3-4): 203-221.
- Bruijn Y. de, Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J. (2020), Ethnic Diversity in Children’s Books in the Netherlands, Early Childhood Education Journal : .
- 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.
- Bruijn Y. de, Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J (2019), Ethnic diversity in Dutch children’s books. VNOP-CAS Research Days, Utrecht. 21 November 2019 - 22 November 2019. [conference poster].
- Van Veen P.D., Emmen R.A.G., Amoureus C. & Mesman J. (2018), Guess Who? Interethnic Colorblindness Among White Dutch Adults. IACCP 2018, Guelph. 1 July 2018 - 5 July 2018. [conference poster].
- Bruijn Y. de, Emmen R.A.G., Amoureus C. & Mesman J. (2018), Ingroup Favoritism and Outgroup Rejection in White Dutch Children. IACCP 2018, Guelph. IACCP 2018 1 July 2018 - 5 July 2018.
- Pektas F., Emmen R.A.G. & Mesman J. (2018), Ethnic and National Identity Development of Turkish-Dutch Preadolescents. IACCP 2018, Guelph. 1 July 2018 - 5 July 2018. [conference poster].
- Prevoo M.J.L., Malda M., Mesman J., Tamis-LeMonda C., Emmen R.A.G. & Yeniad N. (2016), It’s not just how you parent, it’s also what you say: Quality of maternal language input as a mediator of the relation between maternal sensitivity and child language outcomes. 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development 10 July 2016 - 14 July 2016.
- Mesman J., IJzendoorn M.H. van, Behrens K., Carbonell A.O., Cárcamo R., Cohen-Paraira I., Harpe C. de la, Ekmekci H., Emmen R.A.G., Heidar J.Y.A., Kondo-Ikemura K., Mels C., Mooya H., Murtisari S., Noblega M., Ortiz J.A., Sagi-Schwartz A., Sichimba F., Soares I., Steele H., Steele M., Pape M., Ginkel J.R. van, Veer R. van der., Wang L., Selcuk B., Yavuz M. & Zreik G. (2016), Is the ideal mother a sensitive mother? Beliefs about early childhood parenting in mothers across the globe, International Journal of Behavioral Development 40(5): 385-397.
- Prevoo M.J.L., Malda M., Emmen R.A.G., Yeniad N. & Mesman J. (2015), A context-dependent view on the linguistic interdependence hypothesis: Language use and SES as potential moderators, Language Learning 65(2): 449-469.
- Prevoo M.J.L., Malda M., Mesman J., Tamis-LeMonda C., Emmen R.A.G. & Yeniad N. (2015), It's not just how you parent, it's also what you say: Quality of maternal language input as a mediator of the relation between maternal sensitivity and child language outcomes. European Conference on Developmental Psychology. 17th European Conference. on Developmental Psychology 8 September 2015 - 12 September 2015. Braga, Portugal.
- Ekmekci H., Yavuz H.M., Emmen R.A.G., Mesman J., Van IJzendoorn M.H., Yagmurlu B. & Malda M. (2015), Professionals' and mothers' beliefs about maternal sensitivity across cultures: Toward effective interventions in multicultural societies, Journal of Child and Family Studies 24(5): 1295-1306.
- Prevoo M.J.L., Malda M., Mesman J., Yeniad N. & Emmen R.A.G. (2014), A context-dependent view on the linguistic interdependence hypothesis: SES and language use as potential moderators. ISED Research Days. . Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Emmen R. (2014), Predicting Turkish minority children's host and ethnic vocabulary from socioeconomic status and home environment. Conference paper IACCP. . Reims, France.
- Emmen R. (28 January 2014), Positive parenting in ethnic minority families. Challenges and outcomes (Dissertatie. Education and Child Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). 's Hertogenbosch: Uitgeverij BOXPress B.V.. Supervisor(s): Mesman J. & IJzendoorn M.H. van.
- Yeniad N., Malda M., Mesman J., Van IJzendoorn M.H., Emmen R.A.G. & Prevoo M.J.L. (2014), Cognitive flexibility in children across the transition to school: A longitudinal study, Cognitive Development 31: 35-47.
- Prevoo M.J.L., Malda M., Mesman J., Emmen R.A.G., Yeniad N., Van IJzendoorn M.H. & Linting M. (2014), Predicting ethnic minority children's vocabulary from socioeconomic status, maternal language and home reading input: Different pathways for host and ethnic language, Journal of Child Language 41(5): 963-984.
- Mesman J. & Emmen R.A.G. (2013), Mary Ainsworth's legacy: a systematic review of observational instruments measuring parental sensitivity, Attachment & Human Development 15(5-6): 485-506.
- Emmen R.A.G., Malda M., Mesman J., Van IJzendoorn M.H., Prevoo M.J.L. & Yeniad N. (2013), Socioeconomic status and parenting in ethnic minority families: Testing a minority family stress model, Journal of Family Psychology 27(6): 896-904.
- Emmen R.A.G., Malda M., Mesman J., Ekmekci H. & Van IJzendoorn M.H. (2012), Sensitive parenting as a cross-cultural ideal: Sensitivity beliefs of Dutch, Moroccan, and Turkish mothers in the Netherlands, Attachment & Human Development 14(6): 601-619.
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