Marije Verhage

Marije Verhage is an Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, holding dual affiliations in the Clinical Child and Family Studies department and the APH - Mental Health research group. She also contributes to the LEARN! - Child Rearing initiative. Her research focuses on developmental psychology, parent-child attachment dynamics, and meta-analytic methodologies. She leads the Zooming in on the 'transmission gap' project investigating intergenerational transmission of attachment through individual participant data.

Her work addresses topics such as parenting self-efficacy, child temperament, and maternal/father sensitivity using advanced statistical techniques. Key contributions include studies on fear of childbirth’s impact on parenting behavior and the role of attachment quality in child language competence.

• Received the APA Early Career Outstanding Paper award (2016)
• Active in interdisciplinary collaborations, including international meta-analyses
• Teaches Wetenschappelijk Redeneren met de Gehechtheidstheorie (Scientific Reasoning with Attachment Theory)

Publications span peer-reviewed journals like Developmental Psychology and Child Development, with open-access contributions emphasizing methodological rigor. Media engagement includes discussions on parenting uncertainties and child-rearing challenges.