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Sanne Geeraerts is an Assistant Professor in the Youth and Family department at Utrecht University, affiliated with the Social and Behavioral Sciences faculty. Her work focuses on understanding how parenting behaviors are transmitted across generations, particularly examining intergenerational dynamics and their effects on child development. She holds a doctoral degree from Utrecht University and has conducted extensive research on self-regulation in infants and preschoolers, parental interactions, and the role of household chaos and maternal sensitivity in behavioral outcomes.
Her expertise includes Parenting, Children and Family dynamics, and Self-Control mechanisms, with a specific emphasis on the Dynamics of Youth (DoY). Dr. Geeraerts has contributed to theoretical frameworks for self-regulation studies and has evaluated methodologies for longitudinal investigations. She has been involved in teaching and mentoring within the Orthopedagogiek Master's program and courses like 'Socialization of Children and Adolescents.'
Key awards include the CAS honorable mention (2022), Fulbright Scholarship (2017), and recognition for her Master's thesis (2014). Her research activities span peer reviewing for journals such as 'Self and Identity' and 'Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology,' and she has presented at international conferences including EARA and SRCD. She has also served as a visiting researcher at institutions like Pennsylvania State University.
