Robin Achterhof

Dr. Robin Achterhof is an Assistant Professor at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research focuses on understanding the daily social lives of youth, particularly how social interactions, adversity, and identity development influence psychopathology such as anxiety, depression, and psychosis. He employs experience sampling methodologies and longitudinal studies to examine these processes.

Key projects include the SIGMA cohort study, which investigates environmental and interpersonal factors affecting mental health in adolescents. His work explores topics like pandemic impacts on youth behavior, social isolation in psychosis, and the role of parenting in daily social experiences. He has published extensively on topics such as self-harm, threat anticipation, and the temporal dynamics of mental health in diverse adolescent populations.

• Research Themes: Adolescent psychopathology, social interactions, childhood adversity, pandemic mental health, identity development.
• Methodologies: Experience Sampling Method (ESM), longitudinal cohort studies, network analysis.

Dr. Achterhof’s research emphasizes the importance of social processes in mental health, bridging ecological and experimental approaches. His contributions include insights into how daily social experiences mediate the effects of adverse childhood events and how digital environments influence youth mental well-being.