Published Academic Work
| Title |
Link |
Social media text mining (SMTM) to assess wellbeing in Dutch/ What does your social media language say about your wellbeing? (not peer-reviewed yet!) |
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| A twin study for disentangling genetic and environmental factors influencing social media use and wellbeing/anxious depressive symptoms |
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| A review and a meta-analysis on assessment of WB via social media text mining |
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| A Network study on assessment of wellbeing |
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| A longitudinal analysis on perfectionism and psychopathology |
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| Doctoral thesis: Social media as a source for understanding differences in wellbeing |
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Ongoing Projects
| Project Title |
Description / Status |
| Adaptive Vocabulary Assessment App (CAT-CDI) (first author) |
Developing a computerized adaptive testing app for vocabulary assessment in Dutch. Estimating IRT parameters and backend integration underway. |
| Genetics–environment interplay in first language acquisition (first author) |
Stay tuned for more |
| LabTIJGER project (project co-lead) |
Stay tuned for more |
| How similar are language skills among family members in early childhood? A systematic review of nuclear family associations (co-author) |
Stay tuned for more/ and Read here |
| Family language environment: development of a questionnaire (senior author) |
Stay tuned for more |
Press/ Public Outreach
| Title |
Description |
Link |
| "Genetic analysis upends narrative linking social media use to lower wellbeing" |
A blog entry written by Eric Dolan on PsyPost |
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| "Zeg & Leg" interactive card game for children about word learning |
A card game co-developed with a colleague for the Kletskoppen Festival 2026 in Nijmegen, which was suitable for children above the age of 2 and above. |
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| "Social media: cause or scapegoat?" a talk at InScience Film Festival 2026 |
Postdoctoral researcher Selim Sametoglu presented research on another hotly debated topic: the relationship between social media use and mental health. Public debate often suggests that social media platforms are responsible for declining well-being among young people, a view popularised by psychologist Jonathan Haidt in his book The Anxious Generation. Some countries have already introduced restrictions, such as banning social media for younger teenagers...(Read more by following the link on the right hand side) |
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Open science
| Title |
Description |
Link |
| Open access scientific illustrations |
A work in progress effort, where I try to create and share visuals that can be used by fellow scientists with attribution |
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| *simulated_families* is a repository where I aim to share code/tip and tricks to simulate datasets involving relatedness |
Another work in progress, with aim to serve the scientific community by decreasing the threshold to access simulation data and power analysis for genetics research |
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