Eline Wagemaker

Eline Wagemaker is a Researcher at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences and the Clinical Child and Family Studies department at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on understanding behavioral and developmental challenges in adolescents with intellectual disabilities, particularly examining peer influence, prosocial behavior, risk-taking, and self-regulation mechanisms. She has contributed to meta-analyses on self-regulation across developmental stages and published studies on the social dynamics affecting adolescents with mild-to-borderline intellectual disabilities.

• Research Interests: Intellectual Disability, Adolescent Psychology, Peer Influence, Prosocial Behavior, Risk-Taking, Self-Regulation.
• Key Projects: Project Researcher in 'Jaarplan 2024 Academische Werkplaats Viveon' (2024).

Her work emphasizes the interplay between social contexts and individual factors in shaping behavior among vulnerable populations. Recent studies highlight how peer encouragement and cognitive mechanisms like inhibition influence risk-taking and prosocial actions in adolescents with developmental differences.