معرفی
Mégane Ackermans, MSc, serves as a Researcher in the Department of Experimental Psychotherapy & Psychopathology within the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Groningen. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through psychological research addressing mental health and behavioral patterns.
Her research focuses on negative emotion regulation, adolescent bullying dynamics, and substance use correlations. Key areas include meta-analytical approaches to childhood bullying perpetration, hunger-induced emotional responses, and developmental studies on reward processing in young children. Her fingerprint analysis reveals strong expertise in Negative Emotion Psychology (100%), Adolescents Psychology (64%), and specialized keyphrase domains including Bullying Perpetration and Substance Use (50% each).
Analysis of her publication trends shows consistent focus on:
- Emotion regulation mechanisms in eating behavior (2020-2024)
- Bullying-substance use longitudinal relationships (2021)
- Developmental mental health assessment protocols (2020)
Scientific recognition includes:
- UG BSS Internet Research Fund award (2020) for collaborative work with Heininga and Jonker
- Significant media impact with 63 news outlets covering her bullying meta-analysis
Her research demonstrates extensive academic engagement through 4 peer-reviewed publications (3 articles, 1 review), 1 professional presentation at an international forum (January 2025), and substantial scholarly attention reflected in 32 Scopus citations for her Pediatrics meta-analysis. Collaborative networks include prominent researchers like de Jong, Kretschmer, and Vrijen across multiple studies. Her work shows particular strength in translating psychological theory into measurable behavioral outcomes with real-world applications in adolescent mental health.
