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Bertus Jeronimus is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, specializing in Developmental Psychology. His research explores the interplay of daily life stress, emotion dynamics, and personality traits (notably neuroticism) in psychopathology, including anxiety, depression, and suicidality. He leads major projects like the NWO Gravitation Stress-in-Action (2023–2033) and NUDS (2023–2025), and contributes to pandemic-related research via PsyCorona and HowNutsAreTheDutch.
- Education: Clinical/Developmental Psychology and Dutch Law, University of Groningen
His work spans within-person variability in mental health, childhood maltreatment effects on adult emotion regulation, and societal resilience. Recent publications highlight neuroticism’s paradoxical benefits, environmental distress in youth, and cross-cultural pandemic impacts on affect. He teaches courses on lifespan development, personality psychology, and interventions, and supervises PhD students like Solomiia Myroniuk and Eda Nureda Taskesen.
Key awards include the Veni Grant (2019–2022) for studying happy neurotics, and collaborative honors like the Recovery of Suicidal Thoughts prize (2024). He contributes to datasets such as PsyCorona and Relative Age Effect, and is actively involved in research networks like CESSHW (Centre of Expertise Social Sciences Health and Well-being) and IKIA: Every Child is Different.
