Dr. Loes Janssen

Assistant Professor
Developmental Psychology
l.h.c.janssen@uu.nl

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Janssen, L. H. C., Valkenburg, P. M., Keijsers, L., & Beyens, I. (2025). A harsher reality for adolescents with depression on social media. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89762-y
Bülow, A., Janssen, L. H. C., Dietvorst, E., de Vaate, N. A. J. D. B., Hillegers, M. H. J., Valkenburg, P. M., & Keijsers, L. (2025, Feb 13). From Burden to Enjoyment: A User-Centered Approach to Engage Adolescents in Intensive Longitudinal Research. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rnuvz_v2
Wentholt, W. G. M., Meurs, E. H. A., Janssen, L. H. C., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., Tollenaar, M. S., Alink, L. R. A., & Elzinga, B. M. (2025). Balancing boundaries: Observed parental autonomy support and psychological control in the context of parent-adolescent interactions and adolescent depression. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35(1), Article e70003. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70003
Janssen, L. H. C., Beyens, I., Bij de Vaate, N. A. J. D., van der Wal, A., Valkenburg, P. M., & Keijsers, L. (2025). Parent-adolescent communication in a digital world: A 100-day diary study. Child Development, 96(2), 736-751. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14203

2024

Scholarly publications

Valkenburg, P. M., Beyens, I., de Vaate, N. A. J. D. B., Janssen, L., & Wal, A. V. D. (2024). Person-Specific Media Effects. In Communication Research into the Digital Society: Fundamental Insights from the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (pp. 233-245). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048560608-015
Veenman, M., Janssen, L. H. C., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., Verkuil, B., Epskamp, S., Fried, E. I., & Elzinga, B. M. (2024). A Network Study of Family Affect Systems in Daily Life. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 59(2), 371-405. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2023.2283632
Wentholt, W. G. M., Janssen, L. H. C., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., Tollenaar, M. S., Alink, L. R. A., & Elzinga, B. M. (2024). A qualitative, multi‐perspective study on causal beliefs about adolescent depression. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 97(3), 477-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12528
Janssen, L. H. C., Verkuil, B., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., Wentholt, W. G. M., & Elzinga, B. M. (2024). A closer look into the affect dynamics of adolescents with depression and the interactions with their parents: An ecological momentary assessment study. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 33(12), 4259-4272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02447-1
Janssen, L. H. C., Verkuil, B., Nedderhoff, A., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., & Elzinga, B. M. (2024). Tracking real-time proximity in daily life: A new tool to examine social interactions. Behavior Research Methods, 56(7), 7482-7497. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02432-1
Van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., Van Schie, C. C., Janssen, L. H. C., Wentholt, W. G. M., Tollenaar, M. S., Will, G. J., & Elzinga, B. M. (2024). Sticky criticism? Affective and neural responses to parental criticism and praise in adolescents with depression. Psychological Medicine, 54(3), 507-516. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723002131
http://@https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452808/sticky-criticism-affective-and-neural-responses-to-parental-criticism-and-praise-in-adolescents-with-depression.pdf?sequence=1
Wever, M. C. M., Will, G. J., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Janssen, L. H. C., Wentholt, W. G. M., Spruit, I. M., Tollenaar, M. S., & Elzinga, B. M. (2024). Neural and affective responses to prolonged eye contact with parents in depressed and nondepressed adolescents. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 24(3), 567-581. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-024-01169-w
http://@https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452162/s13415-024-01169-w.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

van der Wal, A., Janssen, L., Verbeij, T., de Vaate, N. B., Beyens, I., & Valkenburg, P. (2024). Through teens’ eyes: The benefits and drawbacks of social media. UvA.

2023

Scholarly publications

van Houtum, L. A. E. M., van Schie, C. C., Wever, M. C. M., Janssen, L. H. C., Wentholt, W. G. M., Tailby, C., Grenyer, B. F. S., Will, G.-J., Tollenaar, M. S., & Elzinga, B. M. (2023). Aberrant neural network activation during reliving of autobiographical memories in adolescent depression. Cortex, 168, 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.06.021
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/246836697/1-s2.0-S0010945223001892-main.pdf
Janssen, L. H. C., Sloan, C. J., Verkuil, B., Van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., Fosco, G. M., & Elzinga, B. M. (2023). Adolescents' and parents' affect in relation to discrepant perceptions of parental warmth in daily life. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33(4), 1320-1334. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12879
Wever, M. C. M., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Janssen, L., Wentholt, W. G. M., Spruit, I. M., Tollenaar, M. S., Will, G. J., & Elzinga, B. M. (2023). Looking into troubled waters: Childhood emotional maltreatment modulates neural responses to prolonged gazing into one’s own, but not others’, eyes. Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 23, 1598-1609. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-023-01135-y
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/246835576/s13415-023-01135-y.pdf

Popularising publications

van der Wal, A., Janssen, L., de Vaate, N. A. J. D. B., Beyens, I., & Valkenburg, P. M. (2023). De plussen en minnen van social media: Jongeren aan het woord. UvA.

2022

Scholarly publications

Wever, M. C. M., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Janssen, L. H. C., Spruit, I. M., Tollenaar, M. S., Aan Het Rot, M., & Elzinga, B. M. (2022). Eyes on you: Ensuring empathic accuracy or signalling empathy? International Journal of Psychology, 57(6), 743-752. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12862
van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Will, G.-J., Wever, M. C. M., Janssen, L. H. C., van Schie, C. C., Tollenaar, M. S., & Elzinga, B. M. (2022). Adolescents’ affective and neural responses to parental praise and criticism. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 54, 1-12. Article 101099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101099
Wever, M. C. M., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Janssen, L. H. C., Wentholt, W. G. M., Spruit, I. M., Tollenaar, M. S., Will, G.-J., & Elzinga, B. M. (2022). Neural and Affective Responses to Prolonged Eye Contact with One's Own Adolescent Child and Unfamiliar Others. NeuroImage, 260, 1-12. Article 119463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119463
http://@https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/423097/1_s2.0_S1053811922005791_main.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Janssen, L. H. C., Elzinga, B. M., Verkuil, B., Hillegers, M. H. J., & Keijsers, L. (2021). The Link between Parental Support and Adolescent Negative Mood in Daily Life: between-Person Heterogeneity in within-Person Processes. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50(2), 271-285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01323-w
van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., Janssen, L. H. C., van Schie, C. C., Will, G.-J., Tollenaar, M. S., & Elzinga, B. M. (2021). Vicarious praise and pain: parental neural responses to social feedback about their adolescent child. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 16(4), 406-417. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab004
Wever, M. C. M., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Janssen, L. H. C., Will, G.-J., Tollenaar, M. S., & Elzinga, B. M. (2021). Neural signatures of parental empathic responses to imagined suffering of their adolescent child. NeuroImage, 232, Article 117886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117886
Janssen, L. H. C., Verkuil, B., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wever, M. C. M., & Elzinga, B. M. (2021). Perceptions of Parenting in Daily Life: Adolescent-Parent Differences and Associations with Adolescent Affect. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50, 2427-2443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01489-x
van den Heuvel, M. I., Bülow, A., Heininga, V. E., de Moor, L., Janssen, L., Vanden Abeele, M., & Boekhorst, M. G. B. M. (2021). Tracking Infant Development With a Smartphone: A Practical Guide to the Experience Sampling Method. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1-10. Article 703743. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703743
http://@https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413807/fpsyg_12_703743.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

Janssen, L. H. C., Kullberg, M.-L. J., Verkuil, B., van Zwieten, N., Wever, M. C. M., van Houtum, L. A. E. M., Wentholt, W. G. M., & Elzinga, B. M. (2020). Does the COVID-19 pandemic impact parents' and adolescents' well-being? An EMA-study on daily affect and parenting. PLoS One, 15(10), Article e0240962. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240962

2017

Other output

Keij, B. M., Janssen, L. H. C., van der Graaff, J., de Mulder, H. N. M., Verhagen, J., & Terband, H. R. (2017). The relation between phonological skills and problem behaviour in pre-schoolers. Poster session presented at Congres TaalStaal 2017: Effectiviteit van behandelinterventie, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Keij, B. M., Janssen, L. H. C., van der Graaff, J., de Mulder, H. N. M., Verhagen, J., & Terband, H. R. (2017). The relation between linguistic skills and problem behaviour in typically developing pre-schoolers. Paper presented at 18th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Keij, B. M., Janssen, L. H. C., van der Graaff, J., de Mulder, H. N. M., Verhagen, J., & Terband, H. R. (2017). The relation between phonological skills and problem behaviour in pre-schoolers. Poster session presented at 14th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Lyon, France.

2016

Scholarly publications

Branje, S. J. T., Janssen, L., & van der Giessen, D. (2016). Emotionele variabiliteit in moeder-kindinteracties in de adolescentie. Systeemtherapie. Tijdschrift voor Systeemtheoretische Psychotherapie, 28(1).

Professional publications

Janssen, L. H. C., Keij, B. M., de Mulder, H. N. M., Verhagen, J., van der Graaff, J., & Terband, H. R. (2016). Communicatieve vaardigheden als voorspeller van gedrag bij kleuters. In SCEM Symposium Taalontwikkeling: stoornis of achterstand?, Ede, the Netherlands, December 1, 2016.

Other output

Janssen, L. H. C., Terband, H. R., Keij, B. M., Le Pichon, E. M. M., Verhagen, J., van der Graaff, J., & de Mulder, H. N. M. (2016). When language fails: Communication skills as a predictor of behavioural problems in children: Language Science Day. Poster session presented at Language Science Day, Utrecht, Netherlands.